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Isle of Wight (Expenditure)
Mr. Barry Field: To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what was the total expenditure of his Department on the Isle of Wight in 1994-95 broken down by category. [16772]
Mr. Burt: The information requested is not available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
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Industrial Injuries Scheme
Mr. Ian McCartney: To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what is the average annual amount paid to individual claimants of prescribed diseases under the industrial injuries scheme; and what is the average duration of claims for those diseases. [17219]
Mr. Roger Evans: Information is not available in the format requested. Available figures relate to the number of assessments, not to claimants, and a person can be in receipt of more than one assessment. Based on prescribed disease assessments current at 2 April 1994, the average annual amount paid per industrial injuries disablement benefit assessment as a result of a prescribed disease was £1,669 at the 14 April 1993 rates. Of 43,184 assessments, current at 2 April 1994, 21,979 were for life awards and the average duration of the remainder was 46 months.
Cold Weather Payments
Mr. Redmond: To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will ensure that the parliamentary constituency of Don Valley is covered by a single weather station in respect of cold weather payments; and if he will make a statement. [17373]
Mr. Roger Evans: The choice of weather stations for local areas is decided after consultation with the Meteorological Office. These linkages are constantly kept under review, and the Government have made a number of adjustments in successive years to ensure that weather stations are as representative as possible of the conditions in the areas they cover. Current Meteorological Office advice is that Leeds and Waddington are appropriate weather stations for the area in which the Don Valley constituency lies.
Where it can be shown that particular post code areas covering a large geographical area are not reasonably represented by the designated weather station or stations, the Department would consider, in consultation with the Meteorological Office, whether a change of weather station was appropriate. This would occur when the operation of the scheme is reviewed with the Meteorological Office after the end of March each year.
Housing Benefit
Mrs. Ray Michie: To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what was the total cost of housing benefit paid to families living in bed-and-breakfast accommodation in Argyll and Bute; what was the total for Scotland last year; and if he will make a statement. [17103]
Mr. Roger Evans: The information is not available.
Invalidity Benefit
Mr. Rogers: To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many people are currently receiving invalidity benefit in the Rhondda benefit district; what percentage this is of the total population of working age; and what are the average percentages for (a) Wales and (b) England and Wales. [17506]
Mr. Burt: The information is not available in the format requested. The available information is as follows:
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There were 32,814 people in receipt of incapacity benefit at the short-term--higher--and long-term rates in the Mid Glamorgan district of the Benefits Agency at 31 January 1996.
(13) The working population has been taken to be 16 to 64 for men and 16 to 59 for women.
(14) Invalidity benefit information based on a 1 per cent. sample of claimants, rounded to the nearest thousand at 2 April 1994.
(15) Estimated mid-year 1994 population figures supplied by OPCS publication, "Population Trends".
Notes:
1. Incapacity benefit replaced sickness and invalidity benefit on 13 April 1995.
2. Figure obtained from a 100 per cent. clerical count of cases in Benefit Agency offices.
3. The Mid Glamorgan district includes the following branch offices: Porth, Pontypridd, Tonypandy, Aberdare and Bridgend.
Country People in receipt of invalidity benefit Percentage of the working population
Wales 181,000 10
England 1,265,000 4
England and Wales 1,446,000 5
Absent Parents
Mr. Deva: To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what is the average net income, after deductions for tax and national insurance, of those absent parents with full maintenance assessments who receive earned income. [17664]
Mr. Andrew Mitchell: The average net income of absent parents with earned income--including the self-employed--who have a full maintenance assessment is £194.52. The average child support liability for this group is £38.66, which is less than 20 per cent. of their average net income.
Social Fund
Mr. Nigel Evans: To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what plans he has to make changes to the discretionary social fund; and if he will make a statement. [18907]
Mr. Roger Evans: We are introducing some minor amendments to the Secretary of State's directions and guidance on the help available from the discretionary social fund, the need for which we have identified in the course of our routine monitoring of the social fund.
Details of the amendments and a revised copy of the Secretary of State's directions and guidance to take effect from 1 April 1996 have been placed in the Library.
Supply Estimates
Mr. Frank Field: To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will set out for each year since 1990-91 in respect of the supply estimates for each sub-head of the votes accounted for by the Department of Social Security(a) the original estimate, the amount of increase or
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decrease for which approval was sought in the (b) summer, (c) winter and (d) spring supplementary estimates and the (e) amount of any excess vote; and which sub-heads were subject to a cash limit. [16678]
Mr. Burt: The table sets out the original estimate provision, the changes secured in the summer, winter, and
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spring supplementary estimates, and the amounts of any excess votes, for each of the votes accounted for by the Department of Social Security and for each year since 1990-91. Details of grants, expenditure, and receipts in respect of individual subheads of the votes are contained within the published appropriation accounts for each vote which are available in the Library.
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| Vote Number | Vote title | Original/revised | Summer | Winter | Spring | Excess |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990-91 | ||||||
| Class XIV, Vote 1 | Pension and disability benefits (non-contributory) | 3,641,000 | -- | 1,881,000 | 39,000 | -- |
| Class XIV, Vote 2 | Income support | 8,461,000 | -- | 14,747 | 213,000 | 206,438 |
| Class XIV, Vote 3 | Family benefits | 5,314,000 | -- | 1 | -- | -- |
| Class XIV, Vote 4 | Social fund | 152,000 | -- | -- | 11,400 | -- |
| Class XIV, Vote 5 | Housing benefit, community charge benefit and transitional payments | 3,536,041 | 444,000 | -- | 166,480 | -- |
| Class XIV, Vote 6(16) | Housing benefit administration and community charge benefit administration | 114,464 | -- | 5,500 | -- | -- |
| Class XIV, Vote 7(16) | DSS Administration and miscellaneous services | 1,703,179 | 3,080 | 116 | 59,013 | -- |
| 1991-92 | ||||||
| Class XIV, Vote 1 | Gentral government administered social security benefits and other payments | 20,719,198 | 210,000 | 1,680,076 | 804,496 | -- |
| Class XIV, Vote 2 | Housing benefit, community charge benefit, payments, into the NI fund and payments into the social fund IRO regulated expenditure | 4,581,930 | -- | 236,531 | 45,900 | -- |
| Class XIV, Vote 3(16) | Housing benefit administration and community charge benefit administration, payments into the social fund IRO discretionary expenditure and other grants | 292, 625 | -- | 32,918 | -- | -- |
| Class XIV, Vote 4(16) | DSS administration and miscellaneous services | 1,838,770 | 42,658 | 19,789 | 22,716 | -- |
| 1992-93 | ||||||
| Class XIV, Vote 1 | Central Government administered social security benefits and other payments | 25,623,405 | 145,000 | 1,435,000 | 448,745 | 353,952 |
| Class XIV, Vote 2 | Housing benefit, community charge benefit, payments into the NI fund and payments into the social fund IRO regulated expenditure | 5,725,652 | -- | 286,620 | 215,128 | -- |
| Class XIV, Vote 3(16) | Housing benefit administration and community charge benefit administration, payments into the social fund IRO discretionary expenditure and other grants | 351,991 | 13,981 | 4,250 | -- | -- |
| Class XIV, Vote 4(16) | DSS administration and miscellaneous services | 2,270,076 | -- | 1,922 | 21,426 | -- |
| 1993-94 | ||||||
| Class XIII, Vote 1 | Central government administered social security benefits and other payments | 30,332,625 | -- | -- | 790,000 | 141,339 |
| Class XIII, Vote 2 | Housing benefit, council tax benefit, payments into the NI fund and payments into the social fund IRO regulated expenditure | 14,141,567 | -- | 886,600 | 63,955 | -- |
| Class XIII, Vote 3(16) | Housing benefit administration and council tax benefit administration, payments into the social fund IRO discretionary expenditure and other grants | 402,647 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Class XIII, Vote 4(16) | DSS administration and miscellaneous services | 2,526,356 | 810 | 30,958 | 1,870 | -- |
| 1994-95 | ||||||
| Class XIII, Vote 1 | Central government administered social security benefits and other payments | 32,006,440 | -- | -- | 395,365 | 139,668 |
| Class XIII, Vote 2 | Housing benefit, council tax benefit, payments into the NI Fund and payments into the social fund IRO regulated expenditure | 13,628,051 | -- | 375,000 | 152,238 | -- |
| Class XIII, Vote 3(16) | Housing benefit administration and council tax benefit administration, payments into the social fund IRO discretionary expenditure and other grants | 425,044 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Class XIII, Vote 4(16) | DSS administration and miscellaneous services | 2,724,356 | -- | 45,825 | -- | -- |
(16) This Vote is subject to a cash limit, the figures quoted above represent the NET provision.
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