Annex B
MATERNITY AND FUNERAL PAYMENTS AWARDS BY
CLAIMANT GROUP 1999-2000
| Maternity Payments
| Funeral Payments |
| Claimant Group | Awards
(000)
| % of
Awards | Awards
(000)
| % of
Awards |
| Pensioners | 0 | 0
| 16 | 36 |
| Unemployed | 23 | 13
| 3 | 7 |
| Disabled | 12 | 7
| 6 | 13 |
| Lone parent | 66 | 38
| 5 | 11 |
| Employed | 22 | 13
| 2 | 4 |
| Others | 49 | 29
| 13 | 29 |
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AWARDS BY QUALIFYING BENEFIT OR TAX CREDIT
| Maternity Payments
| Funeral Payments |
| Qualifying Benefit | Awards
(000)
| % of
Awards | Awards
(000)
| % of
Awards |
| Income Support | 116 | 67
| 28 | 62 |
| Jobseeker's Allowance (income-based) | 24
| 14 | 3 | 7
|
| Family Credit/Disability Working Allowance |
29 | 17 | 2 |
4 |
| Working Families/ Disabled Persons Tax Credits
| 3 | 2 | 0 |
0 |
| Housing Benefit & Council Tax Benefit |
N/A | N/A | 12 |
27 |
| Total | 172 | N/A
| 45 | N/A |
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Notes:
1. Figures and percentages may not sum due to rounding.
2. Working Families/Disabled Persons Tax Credits superceded
Family Credit and Disability Working Allowance from 4 October
1999.
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