House of Commons Hansard Written Answers for 10 Jun 2004 (pt 25)

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WORK AND PENSIONS

Attendance Allowance

John Thurso: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people in Scotland have applied for attendance allowance since February 2002, broken down by (a) disability benefit centre and (b) quarter. [176761]

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Maria Eagle: The information requested is in the table.

All Edinburgh Glasgow

May 2002⁽³¹⁾ 7,250 3,675 3,575

August 2002 9,665 4,905 4,760

November 2002 9,540 5,070 4,470

February 2003 8,785 4,625 4,160

May 2003 10,550 5,475 5,075

August 2003 10,465 5,275 5,190

November 2003 10,430 5,330 5,100

February 2004 8,905 4,570 4,335

⁽³¹⁾ March data are unavailable for this quarter
Notes:
Figures taken from a 100 per cent. sample at the end of each quarter.
Figures are rounded to the nearest 5.
Source:
IAD Information Centre

	All	Edinburgh	Glasgow
May 2002⁽³¹⁾	7,250	3,675	3,575
August 2002	9,665	4,905	4,760
November 2002	9,540	5,070	4,470
February 2003	8,785	4,625	4,160
May 2003	10,550	5,475	5,075
August 2003	10,465	5,275	5,190
November 2003	10,430	5,330	5,100
February 2004	8,905	4,570	4,335

Child Support Agency

Mr. Frank Field: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions when those Child Support Agency cases enrolled under the old rules will be converted to the new rules system. [177974]

Mr. Pond: I refer my right hon. Friend to the Written Answer I gave the hon. Member for Castle Point (Bob Spink) on 18 December 2003, Official Report, column 1092W.

Council Tax Benefit

John Barrett: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people are in receipt of council tax benefit in the City of Edinburgh local authority area. [176735]

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Mr. Pond: The number of council tax benefit recipients in the City of Edinburgh at August 2003 is 38,100.

Notes:

1. The data refer to benefit units, which may be a single person or a couple.

2. The figure is rounded to the nearest hundred.

3. Figures for non-responding authorities are estimated.

4. Council tax benefit data excludes Second Adult Rebate cases.

Source:

Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit Management Information System, Quarterly 100 per cent. caseload stock-count taken in August 2003.

John Barrett: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will estimate the cost to local authorities of administering council tax benefit; and if he will make a statement. [176739]

Mr. Pond: The information is in the table.
Cost of administering council tax benefit

£ million

England 229

Wales 12

Scotland 19

Great Britain 259

Notes:
1. Figures are for reported net current expenditure in 2002–03.
Amounts are rounded to the nearest £ million. The sum of the individual countries does not equal the Great Britain total due to rounding.
2. Figures for England are provided by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister.
3. Figures for Wales are provided by the Welsh Assembly.
4. Figures for Scotland are provided by the Scottish Executive.

	£ million
England	229
Wales	12
Scotland	19
Great Britain	259

Simon Hughes: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the cost was of administering council tax benefit payments in (a) Greater London and (b) each London borough in each of the last five years. [177186]

Mr. Pond: The information is in the table.
Net cost of administering Council Tax benefit in nominal terms £ million

1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03

Total Greater London 38.4 39.3 45.0 52.4 47.7

Of which:

Inner London

City of London 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Camden 1.1 1.1 1.4 1.4 1.5

Greenwich 0.8 0.8 0.8 2.2 2.5

Hackney 1.9 2.0 1.9 4.0 3.2

Hammersmith and Fulham 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.7 1.6

Islington 1.5 1.3 1.2 3.2 3.3

Kensington and Chelsea 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.5

Lambeth 3.1 3.4 5.0 5.6 2.2

Lewisham 0.9 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.0

Southwark 0.8 1.4 1.2 1.1 1.2

Tower Hamlets 2.4 2.3 2.8 2.9 3.0

Wandsworth 1.0 1.5 1.5 1.7 2.0

Westminster 2.2 2.1 2.0 2.3 2.3

Outer London

Barking and Dagenham 0.8 0.7 1.2 1.3 0.8

Barnet 1.2 1.2 1.5 1.6 1.8

Bexley 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6

Brent 1.3 1.2 1.9 1.5 1.2

Bromley 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6

Croydon 0.9 1.0 1.3 1.2 1.3

Ealing 1.7 2.0 2.3 2.7 0.9

Enfield 1.4 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.9

Haringey 0.8 1.1 1.2 1.4 1.5

Harrow 0.4 0.7 0.7 0.9 0.9

Havering 0.9 0.9 0.9 1.4 0.9

Hillingdon 0.3 0.5 0.3 0.4 0.5

Hounslow 1.3 1.4 2.2 2.2 2.3

Kingston 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.4 0.7

Merton 0.8 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1

Newham 2.7 2.2 2.9 2.5 3.2

Redbridge 0.3 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6

Richmond 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4

Sutton 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5

Waltham Forest 3.3 1.9 1.8 1.7 1.9

Notes:
1. The figures shown are reported net current expenditure, in nominal terms.
2. All figures are provided to the nearest £0.1 million. The total greater London figure shown may not be the sum of the individual authorities due to rounding.
Source:
Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

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	1998–99	1999–00	2000–01	2001–02	2002–03
Total Greater London	38.4	39.3	45.0	52.4	47.7

Of which:
Inner London
City of London	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Camden	1.1	1.1	1.4	1.4	1.5
Greenwich	0.8	0.8	0.8	2.2	2.5
Hackney	1.9	2.0	1.9	4.0	3.2
Hammersmith and Fulham	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.7	1.6
Islington	1.5	1.3	1.2	3.2	3.3
Kensington and Chelsea	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.5	0.5
Lambeth	3.1	3.4	5.0	5.6	2.2
Lewisham	0.9	1.1	1.2	1.2	1.0
Southwark	0.8	1.4	1.2	1.1	1.2
Tower Hamlets	2.4	2.3	2.8	2.9	3.0
Wandsworth	1.0	1.5	1.5	1.7	2.0
Westminster	2.2	2.1	2.0	2.3	2.3

Outer London
Barking and Dagenham	0.8	0.7	1.2	1.3	0.8
Barnet	1.2	1.2	1.5	1.6	1.8
Bexley	0.4	0.5	0.6	0.6	0.6
Brent	1.3	1.2	1.9	1.5	1.2
Bromley	0.6	0.5	0.6	0.6	0.6
Croydon	0.9	1.0	1.3	1.2	1.3
Ealing	1.7	2.0	2.3	2.7	0.9
Enfield	1.4	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.9
Haringey	0.8	1.1	1.2	1.4	1.5
Harrow	0.4	0.7	0.7	0.9	0.9
Havering	0.9	0.9	0.9	1.4	0.9
Hillingdon	0.3	0.5	0.3	0.4	0.5
Hounslow	1.3	1.4	2.2	2.2	2.3
Kingston	0.6	0.7	0.7	0.4	0.7
Merton	0.8	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1
Newham	2.7	2.2	2.9	2.5	3.2
Redbridge	0.3	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6
Richmond	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.4
Sutton	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.5	0.5
Waltham Forest	3.3	1.9	1.8	1.7	1.9

Simon Hughes: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) what the value was of council tax benefit payments made in (a) Greater London and (b) each London borough in each of the last five years; [177187]

(2) what the value was of council tax benefit payments made in (a) Greater London and (b) each London borough in each of the last five years; and what estimate he has made of the total amount of council tax benefit unclaimed in each of those years. [177188]

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Mr. Pond: The information requested about the total amount of unclaimed council tax benefit is not available below national level. Estimates of the total amount of council tax benefit unclaimed at a national level can be found in a series of DWP reports entitled: "Income Related Benefits Estimates of Take-Up". The latest publication relates to financial year 2001–02; copies of this and previous reports are available from the Library.

The value of council tax benefit payments made in each London borough and greater London as a whole, from 1998–99 to 2002–03 is in the table.
Council tax benefit expenditure in nominal terms £million

Outturn

Greater London 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03⁽³²⁾

City of London 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2

Camden 18.3 18.0 17.4 18.0 18.9

Greenwich 18.0 16.6 15.9 16.2 16.9

Hackney 20.2 17.2 19.3 24.2 26.1

Hammersmith 12.0 11.9 12.1 12.5 12.7

Islington 22.4 20.5 19.7 19.0 18.6

Kensington and Chelsea 5.8 5.9 6.2 6.8 7.6

Lambeth 18.2 16.8 17.3 19.1 20.1

Lewisham 14.8 14.5 14.8 15.7 16.9

Southwark 18.5 18.0 18.8 19.6 20.5

Tower Hamlets 14.6 14.7 15.4 16.4 17.4

Wandsworth 5.3 5.7 5.8 6.4 5.6

Westminster 4.7 4.8 4.8 6.0 6.5

Total Inner London 172.9 164.8 167.6 180.1 187.9

Barking 9.9 10.2 10.5 11.3 12.1

Barnet 12.1 12.1 12.5 13.3 14.0

Bexley 7.1 7.6 7.5 8.0 8.3

Brent 12.4 13.2 14.5 15.0 16.7

Bromley 7.7 8.3 8.8 9.7 10.2

Croydon 13.2 13.5 13.7 13.6 13.9

Baling 12.2 13.0 12.1 14.5 14.6

Enfield 13.3 13.5 14.6 16.0 17.0

Haringey 22.6 22.5 22.3 21.6 21.9

Harrow 7.3 7.5 8.1 9.0 9.6

Havering 8.1 8.6 9.3 9.9 10.7

Hillingdon 9.6 10.2 10.7 11.7 12.6

Hounslow 10.7 10.8 11.0 11.7 12.6

Kingston 3.7 4.2 4.5 5.0 5.5

Merton 7.5 7.5 7.7 8.3 8.6

Newham 17.7 16.8 17.6 18.2 19.1

Redbridge 9.1 9.4 9.9 10.3 10.9

Richmond 5.6 6.0 6.3 6.8 7.5

Sutton 6.0 5.9 5.8 6.3 6.9

Waltham Forest 14.9 14.4 14.2 14.8 15.4

Total Outer London 210.7 215.3 221.7 234.8 248.2

Total Greater London 383.6 380.1 389.3 414.9 436.1

⁽³²⁾ Estimated
Notes.
1. All expenditure figures are rounded to the nearest £0.1 million and therefore may not add up to the total greater London expenditure.
2. Expenditure figures for 1998–99 to 2001–02 are final outturn figures supplied by local authorities in 'final audited' subsidy claims. The figures for 2002–03 are the latest available estimated outturn figures, provided by local authorities in their 'initial final' subsidy claims, and are subject to revision in the final audited' claims.
3. Figures are total yearly amounts paid to beneficiaries, regardless of the source of funding, and includes payments subsidised by DWP, those funded through local authorities housing revenue accounts, spending financed by the National Asylum Support Service, and benefit spending financed from local authorities' general funds.
Source:
1. 1998–99—Final Audited Subsidy claim forms submitted by local authorities.
2. 2002–03—Initial Final Claim forms submitted by local authorities.

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	Outturn
Greater London	1998–99	1999–2000	2000–01	2001–02	2002–03⁽³²⁾
City of London	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2
Camden	18.3	18.0	17.4	18.0	18.9
Greenwich	18.0	16.6	15.9	16.2	16.9
Hackney	20.2	17.2	19.3	24.2	26.1
Hammersmith	12.0	11.9	12.1	12.5	12.7
Islington	22.4	20.5	19.7	19.0	18.6
Kensington and Chelsea	5.8	5.9	6.2	6.8	7.6
Lambeth	18.2	16.8	17.3	19.1	20.1
Lewisham	14.8	14.5	14.8	15.7	16.9
Southwark	18.5	18.0	18.8	19.6	20.5
Tower Hamlets	14.6	14.7	15.4	16.4	17.4
Wandsworth	5.3	5.7	5.8	6.4	5.6
Westminster	4.7	4.8	4.8	6.0	6.5
Total Inner London	172.9	164.8	167.6	180.1	187.9

Barking	9.9	10.2	10.5	11.3	12.1
Barnet	12.1	12.1	12.5	13.3	14.0
Bexley	7.1	7.6	7.5	8.0	8.3
Brent	12.4	13.2	14.5	15.0	16.7
Bromley	7.7	8.3	8.8	9.7	10.2
Croydon	13.2	13.5	13.7	13.6	13.9
Baling	12.2	13.0	12.1	14.5	14.6
Enfield	13.3	13.5	14.6	16.0	17.0
Haringey	22.6	22.5	22.3	21.6	21.9
Harrow	7.3	7.5	8.1	9.0	9.6
Havering	8.1	8.6	9.3	9.9	10.7
Hillingdon	9.6	10.2	10.7	11.7	12.6
Hounslow	10.7	10.8	11.0	11.7	12.6
Kingston	3.7	4.2	4.5	5.0	5.5
Merton	7.5	7.5	7.7	8.3	8.6
Newham	17.7	16.8	17.6	18.2	19.1
Redbridge	9.1	9.4	9.9	10.3	10.9
Richmond	5.6	6.0	6.3	6.8	7.5
Sutton	6.0	5.9	5.8	6.3	6.9
Waltham Forest	14.9	14.4	14.2	14.8	15.4
Total Outer London	210.7	215.3	221.7	234.8	248.2
Total Greater London	383.6	380.1	389.3	414.9	436.1

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