Departmental Statistics
Mr. Willetts:
To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, pursuant to his answer of 18 January 2000, Official Report, column 427W, if he will list the publication dates of statistics to be released by his Department and agencies in the next 12 months. [137176]
Mr. Rooker:
The information in the table relates to statistics published by the Department under the National Statistics banner.
Although many of the dates are provisional at this stage, final release dates will be notified in the National Statistics Update issued by the Office for National Statistics in the month prior to the publication. This is in line with DSS release practice.
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| Title | Period of issue | Period ending | Date of release
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| Imminent Publications | | |
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| Child Benefit Quarterly Statistics | Quarterly | August 2000 | 9 November 2000
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| Income Support Statistics Quarterly Enquiry | Quarterly | August 2000 | 23 November 2000
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| Fraud and error in claims for Income Support and JSA | Annual | October 1998 to September 1999 | 29 November 2000
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| Fraud and error in claims for Income Support and JSA | Annual | April 1999 to March 2000 | 29 November 2000
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| Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit | Quarterly | September 2000 | 7 December 2000
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| Appeal Tribunal Statistics | Quarterly | June 2000 | 7 December 2000
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| Take-up of Income Related Benefits | Annual | 1998-99 | 8 December 2000
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| Client Group Analysis--Quarterly Bulletin on the Population of Working Age on Key Benefits | Quarterly | May 2000 | 14 December 2000
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| Incapacity Benefit/Severe Disablement Allowance | Quarterly | August 2000 | 14 December 2000
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| Social Security Statistics | Annual | 2000 | 14 December 2000
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| Jobseeker's Allowance Statistics Quarterly Enquiry | Quarterly | August 2000 | 14 December 2000
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| Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit Quarterly Summary Statistics | Quarterly | August 2000 | 21 December 2000
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| Disability Care and Mobility Benefits | Quarterly | August 2000 | 18 January 2001
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| Client Group Analysis of the Population Over State Pension Age | Bi-annual | May 2000 | 18 January 2001
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| Statistical Summary | Quarterly | December 2000 | 18 January 2001
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| Child Support Agency Quarterly Summary of Statistics | Quarterly | November 2000 | 15 February 2001
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| Income Support Statistics Quarterly Enquiry | Quarterly | November 2000 | 22 February 2001
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| Retirement Pension Summary of Statistics | Bi-annual | September 2000 | 15 March 2001
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| Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit Quarterly Summary Statistics | Quarterly | November 2000 | 29 March 2001
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| Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit Annual Summary Statistics | Annual | May 2000 | 26 April 2001
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| Child Support Agency Quarterly Summary of Statistics | Quarterly | February 2001 | 17 May 2001
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| Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit Quarterly Summary Statistics | Quarterly | February 2001 | 21 June 2001
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| Child Support Agency Quarterly Summary of Statistics | Quarterly | May 2001 | 16 August 2001
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| Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit Quarterly Summary of Statistics | Quarterly | May 2001 | 18 October 2001
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| Child Support Agency Quarterly Summary of Statistics | Quarterly | August 2001 | 15 November 2001
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| Provisional Publication Dates | | |
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| Child Benefit Quarterly Statistics | Quarterly | November 2000 | 8 February 2001
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| Abstract of Statistics for Social Security Benefits and indices of prices and earnings | Annual | 2000 | 22 February 2001
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| Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit | Quarterly | December 2000 | 8 March 2001
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| Appeal Tribunal Statistics | Quarterly | September 2000 | 15 March 2001
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| Jobseeker's Allowance Statistics Quarterly Enquiry | Quarterly | November 2000 | 15 March 2001
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| Incapacity Benefit/Severe Disablement Allowance | Quarterly | November 2000 | 22 March 2001
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| Client Group Analysis--Quarterly Bulletin on the Population of Working Age on Key Benefits | Quarterly | August 2000 | 29 March 2001
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| Statistical Summary | Quarterly | March 2001 | 9 April 2001
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| Disability Care and Mobility Benefits | Quarterly | November 2000 | 19 April 2001
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| Child Benefit Quarterly Statistics | Quarterly | February 2001 | 17 May 2001
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| Income Support Statistics Quarterly Enquiry | Quarterly | February 2001 | 24 May 2001
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| Jobseeker's Allowance Statistics Quarterly Enquiry | Quarterly | February 2001 | 14 June 2001
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| Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit | Quarterly | March 2001 | 14 June 2001
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| Appeal Tribunal Statistics | Quarterly | December 2000 | 14 June 2001
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| Incapacity Benefit/Severe Disablement Allowance | Quarterly | February 2001 | 21 June 2001
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| Client Group Analysis--Quarterly Bulletin on the Population of Working Age on Key Benefits Working Age | Quarterly | November 2000 | 24 June 2001
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| Family Resources Survey report | Annual | 1999-2000 | July 2001
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| Statistical Summary | Quarterly | June 2001 | 8 July 2001
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| Disability Care and Mobility Benefits | Quarterly | February 2001 | 19 July 2001
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| Tax Benefit Model | Annual | 2001 | 29 July 2001
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| Child benefit Quarterly Statistics | Quarterly | May 2001 | 9 August 2001
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| Income Support Statistics Quarterly Enquiry | Quarterly | May 2001 | 23 August 2001
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| Jobseeker's Allowance Statistics Quarterly Enquiry | Quarterly | May 2001 | 13 September 2001
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| Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit | Quarterly | June 2001 | 13 September 2001
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| Appeal Tribunal Statistics | Quarterly | March 2001 | 13 September 2001
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| Retirement Pension Summary of Statistics | Bi-annual | March 2001 | 13 September 2001
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| Client Group Analysis--Quarterly Bulletin on the Population of Working Age on Key Benefits | Quarterly | February 2001 | 30 September 2001
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| Incapacity Benefit/Severe Disablement Allowance | Quarterly | May 2001 | 20 September 2001
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| Statistical Summary | Quarterly | September 2001 | 14 October 2001
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| Disability Care and Mobility Benefits | Quarterly | May 2001 | 18 October 2001
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| Child Benefit Quarterly Statistics | Quarterly | August 2001 | 8 November 2001
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| Income Support Statistics Quarterly Enquiry | Quarterly | August 2001 | 22 November 2001
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| Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit | Quarterly | September 2001 | 6 December 2001
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| Jobseeker's Allowance Statistics Quarterly Enquiry | Quarterly | August 2001 | 13 December 2001
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| Appeal Tribunal Statistics | Quarterly | June 2001 | 13 December 2001
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| Incapacity Benefit/Severe Disablement Allowance | Quarterly | August 2001 | 13 December 2001
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| Client Group Analysis--Quarterly Bulletin on the Population of Working Age on Key Benefits | Quarterly | May 2001 | 16 December 2001
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| Release Date to be Determined | | |
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| Pensioners Income Series 1999-2000 | Annual | 1999-2000 | To be determined within next 12 months
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| Households Below Average Income Statistics | Annual | 1999-2000 | To be determined
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| Client Group Analysis of the Population Over State Pension Age | Bi-annual | November 2000 | To be determined
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| Social Security Statistics | Annual | 2001 | To be determined
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| Take-up of Income Related Benefits | Annual | 1999-2000 | To be determined sometime 2001
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Age Allowances
Mr. Willetts:
To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what the current value of the (a) Christmas Bonus and (b) 25p age addition for pensioners aged over 80 years would be if they had been uprated in line with prices since their first introduction. [137526]
Mr. Rooker:
I refer the hon. Member to the written answers I gave my hon. Friend the Member for Stroud (Mr. Drew) on 14 April 2000, Official Report, columns 301-04W.
Benefits Expenditure
Mr. Field:
To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, pursuant to his answer of 30 October 2000, Official Report, column 261W, on benefits expenditure, if he will reproduce the table on the assumption that working families tax credit is a means-tested benefit. [137300]
Mr. Rooker:
The information is in the table.
Contributory, means-tested with tax credits and other benefits as a proportion of total benefits and tax credits
| | | Percentage
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| Contributory | Means-tested | Others
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| 1995-96 | 46 | 36 | 18
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| 1996-97 | 46 | 35 | 19
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| 1997-98 | 46 | 34 | 20
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| 1998-99 | 47 | 33 | 20
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| 1999-2000 | 47 | 32 | 22
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Note:
Working families tax credit and disabled persons tax credit have been included in the means-tested benefits. This causes a 1 per cent. increase in the proportion of means-tested benefits for 1999-2000 to 32 per cent.
Source:
Departmental report 2000, Spending Review 2000.
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Social Fund
Mr. Webb:
To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will estimate the number of people in each sub-region who were turned down for social fund budgeting loans in 1999-2000 on the grounds that they already had excessive levels of outstanding debt. [134514]
Angela Eagle:
On 5 April 1999 we introduced major changes to the budgeting loan scheme, which have made it fairer, more objective and quicker and easier for customers to use. Applications are decided according to a few simple facts relating to the applicant's length of time on benefit and the size of their family, taking into account the level of budgeting loan debt they may already have. Because loans are repayable, applicants no longer have to justify their reasons for needing a loan or provide information about what they will spend it on.
During 1999-2000 the scheme provided more help to more people than ever before. The number of applications for budgeting loans increased by 26 per cent. to almost 1.7 million. The number of successful applications increased by 9 per cent., with 82,000 more people receiving help than in 1998-99. Expenditure rose by 15 per cent. to almost £400 million, an increase of £52 million over the amount spent in 1998-99. And, for the first time since the fund started in April 1988, over 1 million budgeting loans were awarded in a year.
The significant increase in applications inevitably led to an increase in the number that were refused a loan-- 38 per cent. of applications were refused compared to 33 per cent. in 1998-99--an increase of only 5 percentage points.
As part of the April 1999 changes, the wide-ranging reasons for refusal, which had existed previously, were radically simplified and reduced. As a result, a new reason for refusal, which only applies to people with social fund debt, has been introduced. Those with existing debt of
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half or more of their maximum possible loan amount are restricted from having further loans until their outstanding debt drops below that level, at which point they are free to re-apply. The scheme therefore does allow limited access to further loans while previous loans are still being repaid but without encouraging people to run up and maintain high levels of debt. It would not be fair to allow the cash-limited budget to be monopolised by people continually topping-up their loans to the maximum at the expense of other applicants.
By limiting access by those with existing social fund debt, the scheme is able to offer loans to all applicants who satisfy the qualifying conditions and who have no debt. While benefiting all family types this change has enabled more single people to access the scheme, the group most likely to have been refused a loan on priority grounds under the previous scheme.
Budgeting loan applications refused between April 1999 and March 2000 because of the level of existing budgeting loan debt are given in the table by Benefits Agency Area Directorates. For completeness the table also includes the number of awards made.
Budgeting loans: awards and refusals because of existing budgeting loan debt 1999-2000
| Benefits Agency Area Directorate | Awards | Number of refusals
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| East London and Anglia | 79,195 | 24,280
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| Chilterns | 63,356 | 18,986
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| London South | 98,896 | 28,754
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| West Country | 56,713 | 18,333
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| Mercia | 75,515 | 28,075
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| West Midlands | 78,388 | 26,778
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| Wales | 70,917 | 27,338
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| North West Coast | 109,800 | 38,231
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| Greater Manchester | 76,537 | 27,121
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| Yorkshire | 99,980 | 35,978
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| Tyne Tees | 88,850 | 34,283
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| West of Scotland | 82,918 | 32,105
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| East of Scotland | 61,139 | 22,167
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| Total | 1,042,204 | 362,429
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