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Disability Living Allowance
Mrs. Ewing: To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many people were in receipt of disability living allowance for each month since May 1997. [27534]
Mr. Denham: The information requested is set out in the table.
| Number | |
|---|---|
| 30 June | 1,915,600 |
| 31 July | 1,930,600 |
| 31 August | 1,943,700 |
| 30 September | 1,955,000 |
| 31 October | 1,968,200 |
| 30 November | 1,979,900 |
| 31 December | 1,988,600 |
| 31 January | 1,996,200 |
Notes
Figures relate to all people with entitlement to benefit and include those where payment has been suspended.
Source:
Analytical Services Divisions: 100 per cent. data.
Mr. Burstow:
To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many claimants for disability living
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allowance, whose predominant disability is deafness, are in the age groups (a) 0 to 4, (b) 5 to 15, (c) 16 to 24, (d) 25 to 29, (e) 30 to 34, (f) 35 to 39, (g) 40 to 44, (h) 45 to 49, (i) 50 to 54, (j) 55 to 59, (k) 60 to 64, (l) 65 to 69, (m) 70 to 74, (n) 75 to 79 and (o) over 80 years. [28357]
Mr. Denham:
The information requested is set out in the following table.
(6) Unrounded figures relate to 30 November 1997
(7) People who are deaf but do not list this as their main disabling condition may also receive Disability Living Allowance
Source:
Analytical Services Division: 5 per cent. data.
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Pensioner Incomes
Mr. O'Hara: To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if she will estimate the percentage and number of pensioners who have an annual income of £2,000 or less in addition to state benefits including the state pension. [28625]
Mr. Denham: The information is not available in the format requested. Such information as is available is set out in the table.
| Percentage of pensioner units | Numbers (million) |
|---|---|
| 52 | 3.7 |
Notes:
1. The information is based on gross unequivalised weekly income before housing costs and benefit income at July 1995 prices.
2. The Pensioners' Income Series gives estimates for pensioner units. A pensioner unit is defined as a single person over State Pension Age (SPA) or a couple where the man, defined as the head, is over SPA.
3. Numbers of pensioner units are rounded to the nearest 50,000, percentages to the nearest 1 per cent.
Source:
Pensioners' Income Series 1995-6.
CABINET OFFICE
Ministerial Visits
Mr. Wilkinson: To ask the Minister without Portfolio in what capacity he attended the British-Spanish Tertulias in Cambridge in November; what public expenditure was incurred by his participation; and if he will make a statement. [27892]
Mr. Mandelson: I attended the British-Spanish Tertulias following official advice from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. The cost to public funds of my visit was approximately £21.
Ministerial Meetings
Mr. Edward Davey: To ask the Minister without Portfolio (1) how many meetings he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer since 2 May 1997; [28025]
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(3) how many meetings he has had with the Secretary of State for Health since 2 May 1997; [28014]
(4) how many meetings he has had with the Prime Minister since 2 May 1997; [28026]
Mr. Mandelson: I attend meetings with the Prime Minister and other Ministerial colleagues on a regular basis in the course of my duties. I have attended very few press briefings.
EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT
Achievement Targets
Mr. Dorrell: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment for what reasons he uses data based on eligibility for, or uptake of, free school meals in setting achievement targets for primary and secondary schools. [26802]
Ms Estelle Morris [holding answer 4 February 1998]: The Government view is that poverty is no excuse for failure. It is for individual schools, in discussion with their LEAs, to set appropriately challenging achievement targets, which reflect national targets such as those for literacy and numeracy. All schools, regardless of the socio-economic characteristics of their pupils, are capable of improvement.
Local Authority Budgets
Mr. Don Foster: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what was the (a) overall education budget, (b) general schools budget and (c) aggregated schools budget for each local education authority in 1997-98. [27541]
Mr. Byers [holding answer 5 February 1998]: The following table sets out, for each local education authority in England, its education budget, General Schools Budget (excluding capital) and Aggregated Schools Budget for the year 1997-98. Capital and related expenditure has been excluded from GSB figures to ensure consistency with the education budget figures, which represent revenue expenditure only.
(8) Taken from the Revenue Account (RA) returns which local authorities make to the DETR.
(9) The figures for the GSB and ASB are taken from the LMS budget statements which LEAs are required to submit to the Department under section 122 of the Education Act 1996 (formerly section 42 of the 1988 Act). These do not include expenditure on Grant Maintained Schools budgets which is recouped from LEAs.
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