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Mr. Freeman [holding answer 15 February 1990] : The table gives the ranking for each regional health authority according to the amount of cash increase over the previous baseline for the region, allocated for 1989-90 and 1990-91 :
Region |Ranking|Ranking
|1989-90|1990-91
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Northern |9 |11
Yorkshire |6 |7
Trent |2 |2
East Anglian |14 |12
North West Thames |7 |10
North East Thames |4 |4
South East Thames |5 |3
South West Thames |8 |8
Wessex |11 |9
Oxford |13 |13
South Western |9 |6
West Midlands |1 |1
Mersey |12 |14
North Western |3 |5
Notes:
1. 1989-90 is based on the allocations
for services provided in the Region using
the resource allocation working party
formula
(RAWP).
2. 1990-91 is based on the allocations
for resident population using the new
allocation formula, adjusted for the
effect of cross boundary flows, so that
they are on a comparable basis to
1989-90.
3. Both 1989-90 and 1990-91 exclude the
additions for SIFT supra-regional
services and other special additions
specific to individual regions.
SCOTLAND
Rateable Values
Mr. Austin Mitchell : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he will provide for the districts of Stirling, Perth and Kinross and Ross, Cromarty and Skye the number and rateable value of houses and so on, immediately prior to the introduction of the poll tax with a rateable value not exceeding £100 and by (a) £50 steps to £400, (b) £100 steps to £800, (c) £800 to £1,000, (d) £1,000 to £1,500 and (e) over £1,500.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : Information is not available in the form requested. The available information is given in the table :
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Domestic rateable subjects at 1 April 1988
Stirling Perth and Kinross Ross and Cromarty Skye and Lochalsh
Bands of rateable value |Number |Total |Number |Total |Number |Total |Number |Total
|rateable |rateable |rateable |rateable
|value (£) |value (£) |value (£) |value (£)
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£0 to £300 |677 |127,893 |3,201 |505,831 |2,351 |419,310 |1,106 |168,606
£301 to £600 |13,435 |6,551,918 |25,321 |11,489,921 |10,309 |4,843,669 |1,832 |797,024
£601 to £900 |9,286 |6,576,092 |12,951 |9,312,270 |4,209 |3,013,623 |544 |395,687
£901 to £1,200 |4,376 |4,553,954 |6,870 |7,138,130 |1,379 |1,390,534 |179 |180,148
£1,201 to £1,500 |2,176 |2,884,471 |2,807 |3,727,934 |199 |261,652 |27 |35,006
Over £1,500 |1,341 |2,386,397 |1,078 |1,876,567 |79 |153,699 |13 |25,910
Croft houses/separately
assessed caravans |127 |38,106 |270 |55,701 |1,572 |397,544 |1,935 |445,746
|------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |-------
Total |31,418 |23,118,831 |52,498 |34,106.354 |20,098 |10,480,031 |5,636 |2,048,127
Green Pound
Sir David Steel : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what changes have been made over the past 12 months in the green pound arrangements for Scottish farmers ; and what estimate he has made of the effect this has had on their standard of living.
Mr. Rifkind : In April 1989, as part of the price-fixing settlement, we obtained a substantial devaluation of the green pound, reducing United Kingdom monetary gaps generally by half, and in the case of beef removing the gap completely. The devaluations were estimated to boost Scottish farm incomes by between £15 and £20 million in a full year.
In January this year an EMS realignment created new negative monetary gaps for some currencies, including sterling. Under agreed rules, such gaps are removed automatically and the United Kingdom will benefit from a devaluation of about 1.5 percentage points, which will add about £6.5 million to Scottish farm incomes in a full year.
Sir David Steel : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what measures he proposes to take to reduce the disadvantage to Scottish farmers as a result of the current levels of the green pound and interest rates.
Mr. Rifkind : The disadvantage to Scottish and other United Kingdom farmers will be overcome by reducing
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monetary gaps through devaluation of the green pound in the current price-fixing negotiations. We are seeking a substantial devaluation as part of our commitment to remove all monetary gaps by 1992. The high level of interest rates is necessary to control inflation which, if unchecked, would harm the farming industry as much as other sectors of the economy.Private Security Firms
Mr. George : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the names of all the private security firms currently employed by his Department, the number of employees for each firm on the contract, the total value of each contract and the total value of all contracts for each financial year since 1984-85.
Mr. Rifkind : Information relating to the value of current contracts with private security companies and the number of staff employed on these contracts are matters of contractual and commercial confidentiality which it would not be proper to disclose. The total value of all contracts awarded during the period 1984-85 to 1988-89 is show at column 1, and details of the private security companies with which contracts are currently in operation are set out at column 2 :
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1. Year |Total value of
|all contracts
|(inclusive of
|VAT)
|£
---------------------------------------------
1984-85 |68,384
1985-86 |70,468
1986-87 |261,306
1987-88 |294,229
1988-89 |515,982
2. Companies
Group 4 Total Security Ltd
Chubb Wardens Ltd
Shorrock Guards Ltd
Burns International Security Services
(UK) Ltd
Wackenhut UK Ltd
Castlemilk Enterprises Ltd
Paternity Leave
Mr. Redmond : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what paternity leave is allowed to staff in his Department ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Rifkind : At present paternity leave is not available to civil servants. The Treasury is, however, finalising arrangements for the introduction of an entitlement to two days' paid paternity leave.
House Prices
Mr. Allan Stewart : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) if he will estimate the number of houses owned by Glasgow district council which have a market value of less than £10,000 ;
(2) if he will estimate the number of houses owned by Scottish local authorities which have a negative market value.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : My right hon. and learned Friend has no basis on which to make such an estimate.
Slumberdown Limited
Mr. Robin Cook : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what regional development grants or other industrial assistance have been paid in the past six years to Slumberdown Limited, or its parent company the Walter Alexander Group, in respect of its premises at Broxburn ; and what was the value of each such payment.
Mr. Rifkind : One payment of £128,945 of regional development grant has been made.
NHS Expenditure
Mr. Bill Walker : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what financial allocations he has made to health boards for 1990-91.
Mr. Michael Forsyth : My right hon. and learned Friend has allocated £2,061.498 million to health boards in Scotland to meet their gross recurrent expenditure commitments on hospitals and community health services in 1990-91. This figure includes £89.891 million allocated for specific commitments including NHS review, national cardiac surgery services, AIDS, nurse training and pay
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review body awards. After expected income is taken into account, the net cash allocations to individual health boards are as follows :
Health Board |Recurrent
|Expenditure (net)
|£ million
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Argyll and Clyde |142.956
Ayr and Arran |111.671
Borders |32.801
Dumfries and Galloway |54.062
Fife |103.308
Forth Valley |96.487
Grampian |184.696
Greater Glasgow |503.944
Highland |77.960
Lanarkshire |164.513
Lothian |319.217
Orkney |6.076
Shetland |7.214
Tayside |184.386
Western Isles |10.646
|-----
|1,999.937
A further £36.511 million will be distributed during the
year for specific initiatives to tackle waiting lists,
for the breast cancer screening service and other
specific initiatives.
SOCIAL SECURITY
Old-Age Programmes
Mr. Pawsey : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will publish a list showing expenditure on programmes for old age as a proportion of gross domestic product at market prices for European Community member states for each year since 1983.
Mrs. Gillian Shephard : The latest statistics available were published in June 1989 in issue 1989/2 of Eurostat's "Rapid Reports on Population and Social Conditions", a copy of which is in the Library.
Income Support
Mr. Summerson : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security when income support was increased to fund the balance of community charge after rebate, and by how much.
Mrs. Gillian Shephard : I refer my hon. Friend to my reply to the hon. Member for Birmingham, Perry Barr (Mr. Rooker) on 5 February 1990 at column 524.
Students (Benefits)
Mr. Bill Walker : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security when he expects to announce his proposals for the withdrawal of social security benefits from students.
Mr. Scott : It is Government policy that full-time students should be funded from one source--the educational maintenance system. To this end we propose to withdraw entitlement to unemployment benefit, income support and housing benefit from the majority of students from the start of the next academic year in September. The regulations to give effect to these proposals have today been referred to the Social Security Advisory Committee for consultation. The draft regulations describe those
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students in vulnerable groups who will retain eligibility to income support and housing benefit. They also set out the proposed treatment in the income-related benefits of top-up loans and payments from the access funds.Bereavement
Mr. Andrew Smith : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will consider amending social security regulations to exempt recently bereaved claimants from the actively seeking work provision for a specified period.
Mrs. Gillian Shephard : We do not consider that a change to the legislation is required. In determining whether a person has taken reasonable steps in any week to actively seek employment, the regulations require an adjudication officer to have regard to all the circumstances of the case. This provision allows an adjudication officer to take into account exceptional circumstances, like bereavement, in determining whether the actively seeking work condition has been satisfied.
Transitional Protection
Mr. Andrew Smith : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many income support claimants are in receipt of a transitional addition at present ; and how many were in receipt before the April 1989 uprating.
Mrs. Gillian Shephard : It is estimated that next month about 485, 000 income support claimants will be in receipt of normal statutory transitional protection. The corresponding number immediately before the April 1989 uprating was estimated at 1.2 million.
Mr. Andrew Smith : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what information he has on the change in benefit income to claimants following the introduction of the transitional protection arrangements currently in practice.
Mrs. Gillian Shephard : As a result of the transitional protection arrangements noone who has been continuously on benefit since April 1989 in unchanged circumstances will have suffered a reduction in benefit income in cash terms. We estimate that 95 per cent. of claimants on income support either saw an increase in that benefit income in October, as a result of the restructuring of premiums for older and disabled pensioners, or will see such an increase in April 1990 as a result of the general uprating.
Mr. Andrew Smith : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he has any plans to amend current transitional protection regulations.
Mrs. Gillian Shephard : We amended the regulations as recently as December 1989. We have no plans for further amendment.
Industrial Injuries and Adjudication
Dr. Godman : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will provide a breakdown of the figure given in the Official Report , 7 February, column 978 , concerning claims made under regulation 13 of the Social Security (Industrial Injuries and Adjudication) Miscellaneous Amendments Regulations 1986, by geographical region ; and if he will make a statement.
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Mr. Scott : The geographical distribution of new claims and review applications made under regulation 13(2) of the Social Security (Industrial Injuries and Adjudication) Miscellaneous Amendments Regulations 1986 is estimated to be as follows :
Region<1> |New claims
|and review
|applications
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North Eastern |15,000
London North |300
Wales and South West |800
Midlands |800
North Western |5,500
Scotland |2,300
London South |1,300
Great Britain |26,000
<1>Standard social security regions.
Note:
Based on special returns received from local
offices up to 30 November 1989 extrapolated to
the end of December 1989.
Personal Allowances
Mr. Meacher : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will give a table for the income support personal allowances for (a) a single person aged 18-24 years, (b) a single person aged 25 years plus and (c) a couple without children, showing (i) the illustrative figures in the technical annex to the 1985 White Paper, (ii) the illustrative figures uprated by the ROSSI index since then, (iii) the amount provided to compensate for the exclusion of 20 per cent. at rates from housing benefit and (iv) the personal allowances for April 1990.
Mrs. Gillian Shephard : The information requested is in the table :
|Aged 18-24 |Aged 25+ |Couple,
|single |single |no children
|£ |£ |£
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Technical annex to
1985 White Paper |24.00 |30.60 |48.00
Uprated by ROSSI<1> |28.28 |36.06 |56.56
Help towards 20 per cent.
domestic rates from
April 1988 |1.00 |1.30 |1.30
Help towards 20 per cent.
community charge
from April 1989<2> |1.15 |1.30 |2.30
April 1990 rates |28.80 |36.70 |57.60
<1>Based on movement in the index of retail prices (less housing) between
November 1985 and December 1989 (the latest date for which the index is
available).
<2>These amounts were introduced to coincide with the introduction of the
community charge in Scotland in April 1989. They replaced the amounts
previously included to help towards 20 per cent. of domestic rates but
continue to provide help towards domestic rates for people in England and
Wales.
Disability
Mr. Wareing : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security (1) how many people are currently in receipt of (a) attendance allowance and (b) severe disablement allowance ;
(2) how many people are in receipt of attendance allowance at (a) the higher rate and (b) the lower rate ; and what is the average period for which attendance allowance is paid.
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Mr. Scott : The estimated number receiving these benefits in 1989-90 is set out in the following table :
|Higher |Lower |Total |Average
|rate |rate |length
|of award
----------------------------------------------------------------
Attendance allowance 320,00475,000 795,000 3 years
Severe disablement
allowance |- |- |265,000 |-
Mr. Wareing : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many people are currently in receipt of (a) invalidity pension and (b) invalidity allowance ; and how many were disqualified from each in the past year.
Mr. Scott : At 2 April 1988, the latest date for which figures are available, there were 1,047,500 people in receipt of invalidity pension. Of these 509,100 were also getting invalidity allowance (IVA) and in addition there are 360,300 people who do not receive invalidity allowance because the rate of additional pension or guaranteed minimum pension they receive exceeds the rate of invalidity allowance which would have been payable. I regret that information on the number of people disqualified from invalidity benefit is not available.
Mr. Wareing : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many people are currently in receipt of invalid care allowance.
Mr. Scott : The estimated average number receiving invalid care allowance in 1989-90 is 110,000.
Mr. Wareing : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many people are in receipt of (a) the disability premium, (b) the severe disability premium and (c) the disabled child premium.
Mrs. Gillian Shephard : In May 1988, the latest date for which this information is available, the number of claimants receiving each of these premiums was as follows :
|Numbers
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(a) |Disability premium |248,000
(b) |Severe disability premium|35,000
(c) |Disabled child premium |14,000
Source: Annual Statistical Inquiry.
Mr. Wareing : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many people have been disqualified from receiving severe disablement allowance in the last year ; and for what reasons.
Mr. Scott : I regret that this information is not available.
Mr. Wareing : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many people receive disability benefit ; how many receive this benefit at the main disability percentage levels ; and how many have been disqualified from receipt of this benefit in the past year.
Mr. Scott : In April 1988, the latest available date, 189,000 people received disablement benefit. The distribution of assessed levels of disability is as follows :
Percentage |Number of
assessment |claimants
---------------------------------
1 to 19 |25,000
20 to 24 |66,000
25 to 34 |47,000
35 to 44 |22,000
45 to 54 |11,000
55 to 64 |7,000
65 to 74 |4,000
75 to 84 |2,000
85 to 94 |1,000
95 to 100 |4,000
|-------
Total |189,000
Figures on numbers of disqualifications are not available.
Reduced Earnings Allowance
Mr. Wareing : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many people are in receipt of reduced earnings allowance.
Mr. Scott : Including previous recipients of special hardship allowance, some 150,000 people are estimated to be recipients of reduced earnings allowance.
Social Fund
Mr. Wareing : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what percentage of applicants for a social fund loan have received money advice (a) nationally, (b) regionally and (c) in each local Department of Social Security office area.
Mr. Scott : Information at national and regional levels in the period 1 April 1989 to 31 January 1990 is given in the table. Information relating to each local office could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
Number of money advice interviews as
percentage of loan
applications processed
|per cent.
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National |2.3
London North |1.2
London South |1.5
Midlands |2.4
North East |1.8
North West |3.9
Scotland |2.1
Wales and South West |2.6
Self-Employed People
Mr. Worthington : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what numbers paid national insurance contributions as self-employed people in each of the years 1979 to 1989.
Mrs. Gillian Shephard : I refer the hon. Member to my answer to the hon. Member for Fife, Central (Mr. McLeish) on 16 November 1989 at column 442. Agreed figures for 1988-89 are still not available.
Private Rents
Mr. Tony Banks : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security (1) what guidance has been issued to local authorities on the matter of poll tax and inclusive private rents ;
(2) what subsidy arrangements have been made for local authorities where housing benefit payments are to be made on the basis of inclusive rents becoming the new net rent after the abolition of rates.
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Mrs. Gillian Shephard : Guidance on the subsidy arrangements for community charge benefit and other matters connected with inclusive private rents was contained in circular HB/CCB (90)2, a copy of which is in the Library.Mr. Tony Banks : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what guidance has been given to rent officers in reaching determinations of eligible rents under the housing benefit regulations.
Mr. Chope : I have been asked to reply.
The Rent Officers (Additional Functions) Order 1989 lays down the basis on which rent officers assess the rents paid by, and accommodation occupied by, private tenants claiming housing benefit. Advice on how rent officers might approach this task--particularly in circumstances where no direct market evidence is available--was included in a study of the private rented housing market commissioned by the Department from the consultants Price Waterhouse. Copies of that report were circulated to rent officers and placed in the Library in February 1989.
Young People
Mr. Meacher : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will list the number of young people affected by each change listed in the reply to the hon. Member for Derby, South (Mrs. Beckett), Official Report, 27 July, columns 878-84, and the cost or saving incurred by his Department as a result.
Mrs. Gillian Shephard [holding answer 15 December 1989] : The cessation of entitlement to income support for most 16 and 17-year-olds in September 1988 was estimated to have affected approximately 100,000 young people and reduced expenditure by around £100 million. The vast majority of young people who chose to participate in YTS received a training allowance at a rate exceeding income support. The additional costs of these allowances, and the cost of training provision, were borne by the Department of Employment's Training Agency. At the same time, the extension of eligibility to child benefit during the child benefit extension period affected around 43,000 young people at a cost of £4.85 million a year including the consequential effects on dependency additions. The overall cost of increasing personal allowances for income- related benefits by 50p above inflation from April 1989, including increases for children aged under 16, was estimated at around £70 million in a full year. In July 1989 extra help was provided for 16 and 17- year-olds receiving income support who have to live independently, and all those receiving housing benefit only, affecting around 17,000 young people at a cost of £3.7 million a year.
Further information could be produced only at disproportionate cost.
Local Government Finance
Mr. Blunkett : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what are his best estimates of the number of applications for deductions from income support for poll tax arrears in 1990-91, the number which will be enforced ; the costs of servicing each deduction, and the staffing implications of the increased workload.
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Mrs. Gillian Shephard [holding answer 5 February 1990] : The Department expects that in any year in England, Wales and Scotland some 850,000 applications for deductions from income support may be made in respect of the community charge, though the number will depend on the extent to which authorities choose to recover unpaid charges using this particular method. We expect about 700,000 of the applications to be enforced. The average annual cost to the Department of servicing each application is estimated to be £26. The total staffing requirement in Great Britain is now estimated to be approximately 470 posts. People in receipt of income support are entitled to maximum community charge benefit which reduces their community charge bill by 80 per cent.
Income support levels were adjusted in April last year to include help towards the average minimum contribution to the community charge that recipients would be expected to pay.
The amounts included were £1.15 a week for single people aged 18 to 24, £1.30 a week for single people aged 25 or over and £2.30 a week for couples. These amounts form part of the overall benefit levels which will be uprated from April this year.
Spending Power
Mr. Nellist : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will publish tables using the assumptions in his answer to the hon. Member for Bradford, West (Mr. Madden) on 22 June 1988, Official Report, columns 575-80, but using expenditure and benefit figures appropriate for families in Coventry, together with a column showing the extent of the differences resulting from the April 1988 social security changes.
Mrs. Gillian Shephard [holding answer 6 February 1990] : The information requested is set out in the tables.
The tables use the methods and assumptions contained in the technical annex to the 1985 White Paper "Reform of Social Security" and in "Impact of the Reformed Structure of Income-Related Benefits" published in 1987. They illustrate the impact of the changes on claimants in April 1988, by comparing the results of applying the old and new benefits rules (with an assumed uprating for the former) to the personal circumstances of a sample of cases.
As indicated in the reply to the hon. Member for Bradford, West (Mr. Madden) on 22 June 1988, the result is a hypothetical comparison with what people might have got under the old system. The passage of time, and subsequent changes to the benefit scheme render such comparisons increasingly hypothetical and unrealistic.
It should be noted that, although the comparisons are based on average local authority housing charges in Coventry, they do not necessarily reflect either the wide variety of rents and domestic rates that people in the borough actually pay or real families' circumstances and their housing arrangements.
Finally, the comparisons take no account of the housing benefit transitional cash protection announced on 27 April 1988.
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Old benefit system at hypothetical rates April 1988
Coventry local authority
Married couple with 2 children aged 4 and 6
|£ |£ |£ |£ |£ |£ |£ |£ |£ |£ |£ |£
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Earnings head |60.00 |70.00 |80.00 |90.00 |100.00|110.00|120.00|130.00|140.00|150.00|160.00|170.00
Tax |0.00 |0.00 |1.22 |3.92 |6.62 |9.32 |12.02 |14.72 |17.42 |20.12 |22.82 |25.52
National insurance |3.00 |4.90 |5.60 |6.30 |7.00 |9.90 |10.80 |11.70 |12.60 |13.50 |14.40 |15.30
Family income supplement |28.70 |23.70 |18.70 |13.70 |8.70 |3.70 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00
Child benefit |14.50 |14.50 |14.50 |14.50 |14.50 |14.50 |14.50 |14.50 |14.50 |14.50 |14.50 |14.50
Rent |22.28 |22.28 |22.28 |22.28 |22.28 |22.28 |22.28 |22.28 |22.28 |22.28 |22.28 |22.28
Rent rebate |18.78 |17.53 |16.28 |15.03 |13.78 |12.26 |10.18 |6.88 |3.58 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00
Rates |6.21 |6.21 |6.21 |6.21 |6.21 |6.21 |6.21 |6.21 |6.21 |6.21 |6.21 |6.21
Rate rebate |5.46 |5.06 |4.66 |4.26 |3.86 |3.29 |2.47 |1.17 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00
Fares to work |5.85 |5.85 |5.85 |5.85 |5.85 |5.85 |5.85 |5.85 |5.85 |5.85 |5.85 |5.85
Free school meals |2.55 |2.55 |2.55 |2.55 |2.55 |2.55 |2.55 |2.55 |2.55 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00
Free welfare milk |1.83 |1.83 |1.83 |1.83 |1.83 |1.83 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00
Net weekly spending power |94.48 |95.93 |97.36 |97.31 |97.26 |94.57 |92.54 |94.34 |96.27 |96.54 |102.94|109.34
New benefit system from April 1988
Coventry local authority
Married couple with 2 children aged 4 and 6
|£ |£ |£ |£ |£ |£ |£ |£ |£ |£ |£ |£
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Earnings head |60.00 |70.00 |80.00 |90.00 |100.00|110.00|120.00|130.00|140.00|150.00|160.00|170.00
Tax |0.00 |0.00 |1.22 |3.92 |6.62 |9.32 |12.02 |14.72 |17.42 |20.12 |22.82 |25.52
National insurance |3.00 |4.90 |5.60 |6.30 |7.00 |9.90 |10.80 |11.70 |12.60 |13.50 |14.40 |15.30
Family credit |40.32 |34.65 |28.99 |24.37 |19.75 |16.67 |12.19 |7.71 |3.23 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00
Child benefit |14.50 |14.50 |14.50 |14.50 |14.50 |14.50 |14.50 |14.50 |14.50 |14.50 |14.50 |14.50
Rent |22.28 |22.28 |22.28 |22.28 |22.28 |22.28 |22.28 |22.28 |22.28 |22.28 |22.28 |22.28
Rent rebate |7.52 |5.94 |4.36 |3.07 |1.79 |0.93 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00
Rates |6.21 |6.21 |6.21 |6.21 |6.21 |6.21 |6.21 |6.21 |6.21 |6.21 |6.21 |6.21
Rate rebate |0.00 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00
Fares to work |0.00 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00
Net income after housing costs 9091.70 92.54 93.23 93.93 94.39 95.38 97.30 99.22 102.39 108.79 115.19
Difference between systems |-3.63 |-4.23 |-4.82 |-4.08 |-3.33 |-0.18 |+2.84 |+2.96 |+2.95 |+5.85 |+5.85 |+5.85
Old benefit system at hypothetical rates April 1988
Coventry local authority
Married couple with 3 children aged 3, 8 and 11
|£ |£ |£ |£ |£ |£ |£ |£ |£ |£ |£ |£
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Earnings head |60.00 |70.00 |80.00 |90.00 |100.00|110.00|120.00|130.00|140.00|150.00|160.00|170.00
Tax |0.00 |0.00 |1.22 |3.92 |6.62 |9.32 |12.02 |14.72 |17.42 |20.12 |22.82 |25.52
National insurance |3.00 |4.90 |5.60 |6.30 |7.00 |9.90 |10.80 |11.70 |12.60 |13.50 |14.50 |15.30
Family income supplement |32.90 |30.50 |25.50 |20.50 |15.50 |10.50 |5.50 |0.50 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00
Child benefit |21.75 |21.75 |21.75 |21.75 |21.75 |21.75 |21.75 |21.75 |21.75 |21.75 |21.75 |21.75
Rent |22.28 |22.28 |22.28 |22.28 |22.28 |22.28 |22.28 |22.28 |22.28 |22.28 |22.28 |22.28
Rent rebate |19.82 |17.92 |16.67 |15.42 |14.17 |12.77 |11.12 |9.47 |6.34 |3.04 |0.00 |0.00
Rates |6.21 |6.21 |6.21 |6.21 |6.21 |6.21 |6.21 |6.21 |6.21 |6.21 |6.21 |6.21
Rate rebate |5.79 |5.18 |4.78 |4.38 |3.98 |3.49 |2.84 |2.19 |0.96 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00
Fares to work |5.85 |5.85 |5.85 |5.85 |5.95 |5.85 |5.85 |5.85 |5.85 |5.85 |5.85 |5.85
Free school meals |5.10 |5.10 |5.10 |5.10 |5.10 |5.10 |5.10 |5.10 |5.10 |5.10 |2.55 |0.00
Free welfare milk |1.83 |1.83 |1.83 |1.83 |1.83 |1.83 |1.83 |1.83 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00
Net weekly spending power |109.85|113.04|114.47|114.42|114.37|111.88|110.98|110.98|109.79|111.93|112.74|116.59
New benefit system from April 1988
Coventry local authority
Married couple with 3 children aged 3, 8 and 11
|£ |£ |£ |£ |£ |£ |£ |£ |£ |£ |£ |£
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Earnings head |60.00 |70.00 |80.00 |90.00 |100.00|110.00|120.00|130.00|140.00|150.00|160.00|170.00
Tax |0.00 |0.00 |1.22 |3.92 |6.62 |9.32 |12.02 |14.72 |17.42 |20.12 |22.82 |25.52
National insurance |3.00 |4.90 |5.60 |6.30 |7.00 |9.90 |10.80 |11.70 |12.60 |13.50 |14.40 |15.30
Family credit |51.72 |46.05 |40.39 |35.77 |31.15 |28.07 |23.59 |19.11 |14.63 |10.15 |5.67 |1.19
Child benefit |21.75 |21.75 |21.75 |21.75 |21.75 |21.75 |21.75 |21.75 |21.75 |21.75 |21.75 |21.75
Rent |22.28 |22.28 |22.28 |22.28 |22.28 |22.28 |22.28 |22.28 |22.28 |22.28 |22.28 |22.28
Rent rebate |5.86 |4.28 |2.70 |1.42 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00
Rates |6.21 |6.21 |6.21 |6.21 |6.21 |6.21 |6.21 |6.21 |6.21 |6.21 |6.21 |6.21
Rate rebate |0.00 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00
Fares to work |0.00 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00
Net income after housing costs 10108.69 109.53 110.23 110.79 112.11 114.03 115.95 117.87 119.79 121.71 123.63
Difference between systems |-2.01 |-4.35 |-4.94 |-4.19 |-3.58 |+0.23 |+3.05 |+5.87 |+8.08 |+7.86 |+8.97 |+7.04
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Old benefit system at hypothetical rates April 1988
Coventry local authority
Single person with 2 children aged 4 and 6
|£ |£ |£ |£ |£ |£ |£ |£ |£ |£ |£ |£
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Earnings head |60.00 |70.00 |80.00 |90.00 |100.00|110.00|120.00|130.00|140.00|150.00|160.00|170.00
Tax |0.00 |0.00 |1.22 |3.92 |6.62 |9.32 |12.02 |14.72 |17.42 |20.12 |22.82 |25.52
National insurance |3.00 |4.90 |5.60 |6.30 |7.00 |9.90 |10.80 |11.70 |12.60 |13.50 |14.40 |15.30
Family income supplement |28.70 |23.70 |18.70 |13.70 |8.70 |3.70 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00
Child benefit |19.40 |19.40 |19.40 |19.40 |19.40 |19.40 |19.40 |19.40 |19.40 |19.40 |19.40 |19.40
Rent |22.28 |22.28 |22.28 |22.28 |22.28 |22.28 |22.28 |22.28 |22.28 |22.28 |22.28 |22.28
Rent rebate |17.56 |16.31 |15.06 |13.81 |12.30 |10.65 |8.57 |5.27 |1.97 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00
Rates |6.21 |6.21 |6.21 |6.21 |6.21 |6.21 |6.21 |6.21 |6.21 |6.21 |6.21 |6.21
Rate rebate |5.07 |4.67 |4.27 |3.87 |3.30 |2.65 |1.83 |0.53 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00
Fares to work |5.85 |5.85 |5.85 |5.85 |5.85 |5.85 |5.85 |5.85 |5.85 |5.85 |5.85 |5.85
Free school meals |2.55 |2.55 |2.55 |2.55 |2.55 |2.55 |2.55 |2.55 |2.55 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00
Free welfare milk |1.83 |1.83 |1.83 |1.83 |1.83 |1.83 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00
Net weekly spending power |97.77 |99.22 |100.65|100.60|100.12|97.22 |95.19 |96.99 |99.56 |101.44|107.84|114.24
New benefit system from April 1988
Coventry local authority
Single person with 2 children aged 4 and 6
|£ |£ |£ |£ |£ |£ |£ |£ |£ |£ |£ |£
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Earnings head |60.00 |70.00 |80.00 |90.00 |100.00|110.00|120.00|130.00|140.00|150.00|160.00|170.00
Tax |0.00 |0.00 |1.22 |3.92 |6.62 |9.32 |12.02 |14.72 |17.42 |20.12 |22.82 |25.52
National insurance |3.00 |4.90 |5.60 |6.30 |7.00 |9.90 |10.80 |11.70 |12.60 |13.50 |14.40 |15.30
Family credit |40.32 |34.65 |28.99 |24.37 |19.75 |16.67 |12.19 |7.71 |3.23 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00
Child benefit |19.40 |19.40 |19.40 |19.40 |19.40 |19.40 |19.40 |19.40 |19.40 |19.40 |19.40 |19.40
Rent |22.28 |22.28 |22.28 |22.28 |22.28 |22.28 |22.28 |22.28 |22.28 |22.28 |22.28 |22.28
Rent rebate |1.44 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00
Rates |6.21 |6.21 |6.21 |6.21 |6.21 |6.21 |6.21 |6.21 |6.21 |6.21 |6.21 |6.21
Rate rebate |0.00 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00
Fares to work |0.00 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00
Net income after housing co90.66 893.08 95.06 97.04 98.36 100.28 102.20 104.12 107.29 113.69 120.09
Old tax and benefit system-assuming average local authority rent and rates for Coventry and a simple rescaling of April 1987 benefits to April 1988. Lone mother with two children aged four and six.
Benefit system from April 1988
Assumptions as in "Impact of reformed structure of
income related
benefits" October 1987
Average local authority rent and rates for Coventry.
Lone mother with two children aged 4 and 6
|a. Not working
|after one year
|on benefit
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Income Support |45.35
Rent |22.28
Rates |6.21
Housing Benefit |26.00
CHB |19.40
FSM |2.55
FWM |1.83
Net Weekly spending power |66.64
Difference between systems |-1.50
Benefit system from April 1988
Assumptions as in "Impact of reformed structure of income related
benefits" October 1987
Average local authority rent and rates for Coventry.
Lone mother with two children aged 4 and 6
|b. Working part|c. Working part
|time earning |time earning
|£20 |£40
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Income Support |40.35 |20.35
Earnings |20.00 |40.00
Tax |0.00 |0.00
NI |0.00 |0.00
Fares to work |2.92 |2.92
Rent |22.28 |22.28
Rates |6.21 |6.21
Housing Benefit |26.00 |26.00
CHB |19.40 |19.40
FSM |2.55 |2.55
FWM |1.83 |1.83
Net weekly spending power |78.72 |78.72
Difference between systems |+8.54 |+7.08
FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
Sanctions
Mr. Allen : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list all those countries against which the United Kingdom is operating sanctions, the sanctions in each case and the countries or organisations requesting such sanctions.
Mr. Waldegrave : We have implemented a variety of restrictive measures on our trade and other relations with a number of countries. These include :
(a) controls through COCOM on the export of high technology equipment which could be used for
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military as well as civil purposes to a number of proscribed destinations, including to the Soviet Union, eastern Europe and China. COCOM comprises the NATO countries, less Iceland, as well as Japan and Australia.(b
restrictive measures against South Africa. I refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Southend, East (Mr. Taylor) on 15 February 1990 for a list of the measures adopted by the UK in conjunction with the European Community. We have also agreed with the Commonwealth a number of measures. These are : ()
(i
The strict enforcement of the mandatory arms embargo against South Africa ;
(ii
A re-affirmation of the Gleneagles declaration of 1977, which called upon Commonwealth members to take every practical step to discourage sporting contacts with South Africa ;
(iii
Agreement upon and commendation to other Governments of the adoption of the following further economic measures against South Africa :
(a
A ban on all new Government loans to the Government of South Africa and their agencies ;
(b
A readiness to take unilaterally what action may be possible to preclude the import of Krugerrands ;
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