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Mr. Webb: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will set out the basis for his oral statement of 25 June 2001, Official Report, column 372, about the number of pensioners who will benefit from the proposed
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pension credit; and if that total includes pensioners with no private pension income who receive the minimum income guarantee. [1160]
Mr. McCartney: I refer the hon. Member to "The Pension Credit: A consultation paper" (Nov 2000, Cm 4900).
Mr. Willetts: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much it is expected to cost to establish the Pension Service. [370]
Mr. McCartney: The Government's current spending plans (Spending Review 2000: New Public Spending Plans 2001-04 Cm4807) provide funds for extensive improvements to the services this Department offers to its customers. Establishing the new Pension Service will form a key part of this modernisation programme.
Mr. Willetts: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people have bought a stakeholder pension in each month since they first became available; and what proportion of these were bought on behalf of someone else. [376]
Mr. McCartney: The information requested is not yet available.
Mr. Willetts: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if Jobcentre Plus and the Pension Service will have their own dedicated websites. [369]
Mr. McCartney: Jobcentre Plus and the Pension Service will have their own dedicated websites.
Information about both organisations is already available through either the Department's or the Employment Service's websites.
Mrs. Lait: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate he has made of the number of people who claim minimum income guarantee as a result of the take-up campaign. [919]
Mr. McCartney: The take-up campaign has so far resulted in 110,286 successful claims to the minimum income guarantee. The average additional income is £20 per week.
Mr. Burstow: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how people in long-term residential care who are (a) state-funded and (b) self-funded will benefit from the introduction of the pension credit. [1260]
Mr. McCartney: The pension credit forms a key part of the Government's overall strategy for tackling pensioner poverty.
We are in the process of completing the design of the credit and will publish details of our proposals when the Bill is introduced.
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Severe Disablement Allowance
Mr. Burstow: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) how many claims were made for Severe Disablement Allowance in each of the 12 months up to and including March 2001; [1157]
- (2) how many (a) claims and (b) awards have been made for Severe Disablement Allowance in each of the 12 months up to and including March 2001. [1161]
Malcolm Wicks: The available information is set out in the table.
| New claims to Severe Disablement Allowance (SDA) | Severe Disablement Allowance awards | |
|---|---|---|
| April 2000 | 3,459 | 1,100 |
| May 2000 | 3,884 | 800 |
| June 2000 | 3,966 | 1,300 |
| July 2000 | 3,830 | 1,200 |
| August 2000 | 4,172 | 900 |
| September 2000 | 4,226 | 1,000 |
| October 2000 | 4,418 | 1,000 |
| November 2000 | 4,537 | 800 |
| December 2000 | 3,122 | 1,000 |
| January 2001 | 4,022 | 900 |
| February 2001 | 3,962 | 700 |
| March 2001 | 4,788 | n/a |
n/a = Not available
Note:
Information on the number of awards commencing in March 2001 is not yet available as these figures are derived from quarterly data, not due to be released until September 2001.
Source:
New claims figures are from 100 per cent. counts supplied by the Central Data Unit and are subject to change.
Figures for SDA awards are taken from 5 per cent. samples of the PSCS(INCAP) benefit computer system, and exclude a small number of cases held clerically. These figures are rounded to the nearest hundred.
Housing Benefit
Jeremy Corbyn: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimates he has made of the administrative costs of Housing Benefit for each London borough for each of the past three years. [1046]
Malcolm Wicks: The annual expenditure on Housing Benefit administration reported by London local authorities for the last three years for which figures are available are given in the table.
Source:
Reported expenditure to the DTLR on form R04.
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Jobcentre Plus
Mr. Willetts: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much it is expected to cost to establish Jobcentre Plus; and how much revenue is expected to be raised by selling off premises that are vacated as a result of the merger between the Employment Service and the Benefits Agency. [650]
Mr. Nicholas Brown: Our plans for introducing Jobcentre Plus are still developing. For this reason the information requested is not yet available.
Benefits Expenditure
Mr. Burstow: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what his Department's most recent estimates are for expenditure on (a) Disability Living Allowance, (b) Attendance Allowance, (c) Severe Disablement Allowance, (d) the short-term component of Incapacity Benefit, (e) the long-term component of Incapacity Benefit and (f) the earnings-related component of Incapacity Benefit for (i) 2000-01, (ii) 2001-02 and (iii) 2002-03. [1154]
Maria Eagle: The information is in the table.
| £ million | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000-01 | 2001-02 | 2002-03 | |
| Disability Living Allowance | 6,044 | 6,511 | 6,877 |
| Attendance Allowance | 2,946 | 3,094 | 3,174 |
| Severe Disablement Allowance | 1,014 | 1,020 | 959 |
| Incapacity Benefit--short term | 563 | 546 | 570 |
| Incapacity Benefit--long term | 5,329 | 5,430 | 5,532 |
| Incapacity Benefit--AP | 644 | 552 | 474 |
Note:
Figures are consistent with Departmental Report 2001
Mr. Burstow: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what his Department's original forecasts were for expenditure on (a) Disability Living Allowance, (b) Attendance Allowance, (c) Severe Disablement Allowance, (d) the short-term component of Incapacity Benefit, (e) the long-term component of Incapacity Benefit and (f) the earnings-related component of Incapacity Benefit for (i) 1999-2000, (ii) 2000-01, (iii) 2001-02 and (iv) 2002-03. [1162]
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Maria Eagle: The information is in the table.
| £ million | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999-2000 | 2000-01 | 2001-02 | |
| Disability Living Allowance | 5,630 | 5,823 | 6,282 |
| Attendance Allowance | 2,841 | 2,916 | 3,078 |
| Severe Disablement Allowance | 1,011 | 1,017 | 1,029 |
| Incapacity Benefit | |||
| Short-term | 560 | 557 | 510 |
| Long-term | 5,564 | 5,579 | 5,836 |
| AP | 751 | 641 | 563 |
Notes:
1. Figures are consistent with Departmental Report 2000.
2. No projected expenditure for 2002-03 was made in Departmental Report 2000.
Mr. Burstow: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what his Department's actual expenditure was on (a) Disability Living Allowance, (b) Attendance Allowance, (c) Severe Disablement Allowance, (d) the short-term component of Incapacity Benefit, (e) the long- term component of Incapacity Benefit and (f) the earnings-related component of Incapacity Benefit for (i) 1999-2001 and (ii) 2000-01. [1163]
Maria Eagle: The information is in the table.
| 1999-2000 | 2000-01 | |
|---|---|---|
| Disability Living Allowance | 5,660 | 6,044 |
| Attendance Allowance | 2,823 | 2,946 |
| Severe Disablement Allowance | 1,006 | 1,014 |
| Incapacity Benefit | ||
| Short-term | 547 | 563 |
| Long-term | 5,492 | 5,329 |
| AP | 753 | 644 |
Notes:
1. Figures are consistent with Departmental Report 2001.
2. Figures for 1999-2000 are outturn.
3. Figures for 2000-01 are estimated outturn.
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