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Girocheque Payments
Mr. Webb: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (a) how many and (b) what percentage of Girocheque payments were delayed or lost between 31 March 2002 and 1 April 2003; and how many of these late payments resulted in emergency payments to claimants. [177395]
Mr. Pond: The information is not available in the format requested. The following table shows the information which is available on Girocheques between 1 April 2002 and 31 March 2003.
| Number | |
|---|---|
| Girocheques issued | 43,570,325 |
| Girocheques reported not received, lost, stolen or destroyed | 288,999 |
| Number of Girocheques reported not received, lost, missing or stolen as a percentage of Girocheques issued | 0.66 |
Customers who suffer hardship as a result of delayed or lost Girocheques can apply for a payment from the social fund. We do not keep specific data on the number of customers who apply to the social fund for this reason.
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Jobseeker's Allowance
Linda Perham: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what proportion of recipients of jobseeker's allowance who found work made a subsequent claim for JSA in the following six months broken down by (a) all adults, (b) adults aged 16 to 24, (c) adults aged 25 to 49 and (d) adults aged 50 years to state pension age in the last period for which figures are available. [181111]
Mr. Pond: The information requested is shown in the tables. The latest available information is for February 2003, as this allows a full six months for claimants leaving benefit to return. Updated figures (for August 2003) however should become available within the next two weeks.
| JSA claim ending in period | All terminations (Thousand) | Returning to JSA within six months (Thousand) | Percentage returning to JSA within 6 months |
|---|---|---|---|
| All ages | |||
| March 2002 to February 2003 | 746.1 | 264.4 | 35.4 |
| March to May 2002 | 209.2 | 73.9 | 35.3 |
| June to August 2002 | 183.0 | 70.4 | 38.5 |
| September to November 2002 | 222.7 | 89.3 | 40.1 |
| December 2002 to February 2003 | 226.8 | 83.0 | 36.6 |
| Claimant aged 16 to 24 2 | |||
| March 2002 to February 2003 | 231.0 | 94.9 | 41.1 |
| March to May 2002 | 65.8 | 26.9 | 40.9 |
| June to August 2002 | 58.6 | 25.0 | 42.6 |
| September to November 2002 | 78.9 | 35.7 | 45.3 |
| December 2002 to February 2003 | 69.5 | 29.2 | 42.0 |
| Claimant aged 25 to 49 2 | |||
| March 2002 to February 2003 | 413.6 | 138.3 | 33.4 |
| March to May 2002 | 114.8 | 38.1 | 33.2 |
| June to August 2002 | 101.1 | 37.4 | 37.0 |
| September to November 2002 | 116.6 | 43.6 | 37.4 |
| December 2002 to February 2003 | 126.4 | 43.6 | 34.5 |
| Claimant aged 50 and over(20) | |||
| March 2002 to February 2003 | 101.5 | 31.2 | 30.7 |
| March to May 2002 | 28.6 | 8.9 | 31.1 |
| June to August 2002 | 23.4 | 8.0 | 34.3 |
| September to November 2002 | 27.1 | 10.0 | 36.8 |
| December 2002 to February 2003 | 30.9 | 10.2 | 33.0 |
(19) The numbers show the number of people who have left JSA on finding work, working on average 16 hours per week or more, and on taking up the New Deal Employers Option.
(20) Age is given at the point the JSA claim terminates.
Notes:
1. Caseload figures have been rounded to the nearest hundred and expressed in thousands. Percentages are given to one decimal place.
2. Figures are based on a 5 per cent. sample, and are therefore subject to a degree of sampling variation.
3. Figures are based on persons who were receiving income-based or contribution-based JSA when their claim terminated. National insurance credits only cases are not included.
4. A person is counted only once in each period, regardless of the number of times they claim and subsequently leave JSA.. This means that the annual figures will be considerably lower than the sum of the four quarters.
Source:
IAD Information Centre, 5 per cent. samples
Linda Perham:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what proportion of recipients of (a) jobseeker's allowance, (b) income support, (c) incapacity benefit and (d) severe disablement
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allowance who found work made a subsequent claim for one of those benefits in the following six months broken down by (i) all adults, (ii) adults aged 16 to 24, (iii) adults aged 25 to 49 and (iv) adults aged 50 years to state pension age in the last period for which figures are available. [181112]
Mr. Pond: The available information is in the tables.
| Number of claimants ending their claim to: | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Jobseeker's allowance | Incapacity benefit | Severe disablement allowance | |
| All ages | 746.1 | 23.5 | 0.6 |
| Claimant aged 16–24 | 231.0 | 0.9 | (21)0.1 |
| Claimant aged 25–49 | 413.6 | 13.3 | 0.5 |
| Claimant aged 50 and over | 101.5 | 9.3 | – |
| People returning to benefit within 6 months of ending their claim to: | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Jobseeker's allowance | Incapacity benefit | Severe disablement allowance | |
| All ages | 37.6 | 16.8 | (21)16.7 |
| Claimant aged 16–24 | 43.1 | (21)23.3 | |
| Claimant aged 25–49 | 35.6 | 15.9 | (21)16.0 |
| Claimant aged 50 and over | 33.3 | 17.4 | . |
(21) are based on very few sample cases and will be subject to a high degree of sampling variation.
| Number | |
|---|---|
| All ages | 884,900 |
| 16–24 | 135,800 |
| 25–49 | 409,500 |
| 50 and over | 339,600 |
| Number | |
|---|---|
| All ages | 31.1 |
| 16–24 | 43.5 |
| 25–49 | 37.9 |
| 50 and over | 18.0 |
n/a=Percentage is not applicable, as at least one of the corresponding caseloads is nil or negligible.
(22) Caseload figures have been rounded to the nearest hundred and expressed in thousands. Percentages are given to one decimal place.
Notes:
1. Figures are based on a 5 per cent. sample, and are therefore subject to a degree of sampling variation. These figures should be used as a guide to the current situation only.
2. JSA figures are based on persons who were receiving Income-based or contribution-based JSA when their claim terminated. National Insurance credits only cases are not included.
3. JSA numbers show the number of people who have left JSA on finding work, working on average 16 hours per week or more, and on taking up the New Deal Employers Option.
4. Incapacity Benefit figures are based on persons receiving either Long Term or
5. Incapacity Benefit and Severe Disablement Allowance terminations shown are those recorded as "returning to work" and therefore figures may not directly correspond to those finding work.
6. All Income Support terminations are shown as the reason for leaving benefit is not known.
7. A person is counted only once in each period, regardless of the number of times they claim and subsequently leave each benefit.
8. Age is given at the point the claim terminates.
9. End dates of IS claims are not collected, therefore the claim end dates for IS claimants are estimated. Persons returning within 6 months will therefore be a six month period from the estimated end date.
10. "—" signifies nil or negligible.
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Linda Perham: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many (a) people and (b) people aged over 50 years who made a new claim for jobseeker's allowance were (i) still claiming jobseeker's allowance, (ii) claiming another benefit and (iii) in employment six months later in the latest period for which figures are available. [181114]
Mr. Pond: The available information requested is shown in the tables. The latest available information is for February 2003, as this allows a full six months for claimants leaving benefit to return. Updated information (for August 2003) will be available within the next two weeks.
| Status of claim six months after commencement 1,2 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claim ending in period: | All claims commencing in period | All still receiving JSA | Still receiving JSA (same claim) | Still receiving JSA (subsequent claim) | All receiving another benefit 3 |
| March 2002 to February 2003 | 1,928.7 | 725.4 | 396.0 | 329.4 | 118.8 |
| March 2002 to May 2002 | 579.1 | 201.2 | 115.7 | 85.5 | 36.6 |
| June 2002 to August 2002 | 611.7 | 218.8 | 119.5 | 99.3 | 35.6 |
| September 2002 to November 2002 | 610.0 | 234.3 | 139.5 | 94.8 | 37.8 |
| December 2002 to February 2003 | 623.7 | 213.3 | 128.7 | 84.6 | 35.5 |
| Status of claim six months after commencement 1,2 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Claim ending in period: | Claimants subsequently leaving benefit | Left JSA for work 4 (and had not returned within six months) | Left JSA for other reasons (and had not returned at the six-month date) |
| March 2002 to February 2003 | 1,084.6 | 451.6 | 632.9 |
| March 2002 to May 2002 | 341.3 | 113.1 | 228.2 |
| June 2002 to August 2002 | 357.2 | 121.8 | 235.5 |
| September 2002 to November 2002 | 338.0 | 138.7 | 199.3 |
| December 2002 to February 2003 | 374.8 | 185.7 | 189.2 |
| Status of claim six months after commencement 1,2 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claim ending in period: | All claims commencing in period | All still receiving JSA | Still receiving JSA (same claim) | Still receiving JSA (subsequent claim) | All receiving another benefit(25) |
| March 2002 to February 2003 | 1,711.4 | 645.1 | 346.2 | 298.9 | 101.9 |
| March 2002 to May 2002 | 509.7 | 177.7 | 100.7 | 77.0 | 31.3 |
| June 2002 to August 2002 | 547.6 | 195.1 | 104.2 | 90.9 | 31.0 |
| September 2002 to November 2002 | 539.7 | 208.3 | 122.2 | 86.1 | 32.5 |
| December 2002 to February 2003 | 554.8 | 191.9 | 114.3 | 77.6 | 30.7 |
| Status of claim six months after commencement 1,2 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Claim ending in period: | Claimants subsequently leaving benefit | Left JSA for work(26) (and had not returned within six months) | Left JSA for other reasons (and had not returned at the six-month date) |
| March 2002 to February 2003 | 964.4 | 395.3 | 569.1 |
| March 2002 to May 2002 | 300.7 | 97.2 | 203.5 |
| June 2002 to August 2002 | 321.5 | 107.5 | 214.0 |
| September 2002 to November 2002 | 298.9 | 119.9 | 179.1 |
| December 2002 to February 2003 | 332.2 | 161.5 | 170.7 |
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| Status of claim six months after commencement 1,2 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claim ending in period: | All claims commencing in period | All still receiving JSA | Still receiving JSA (same claim) | Still receiving JSA (subsequent claim) | All receiving another benefit 3 |
| March 2002 to February 2003 | 217.3 | 80.3 | 49.8 | 30.5 | 16.9 |
| March 2002 to May 2002 | 69.4 | 23.5 | 15.0 | 8.5 | 5.3 |
| June 2002 to August 2002 | 64.1 | 23.8 | 15.3 | 8.4 | 4.6 |
| September 2002 to November 2002 | 70.3 | 26.0 | 17.3 | 8.7 | 5.3 |
| December 2002 to February 2003 | 68.9 | 21.4 | 14.4 | 7.0 | 4.8 |
| Status of claim six months after commencement 1,2 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Claim ending in period: | Claimants subsequently leaving benefit | Left JSA for work 4 (and had not returned within six months) | Left JSA for other reasons (and had not returned at the six-month date) |
| March 2002 to February 2003 | 120.1 | 56.3 | 63.8 |
| March 2002 to May 2002 | 40.6 | 15.9 | 24.7 |
| June 2002 to August 2002 | 35.7 | 14.2 | 21.5 |
| September 2002 to November 2002 | 39.0 | 18.8 | 20.2 |
| December 2002 to February 2003 | 42.7 | 24.2 | 18.5 |
(23) A person is counted only once in each period, regardless of the number of times they claim and subsequently leave each benefit. Only the first claim in any given period is counted, and it is that claim from which the six-month period has been calculated. As claimants may have more than one claim starting (and ending) within the same three month or annual period this means that the annual figures will be considerably lower than the sum of the four quarters.
(24) The status of a claim at the six-month later period does not take account of subsequent changes after the six-month date. The status of a claim may change after the six-month point.
(25) Claimants receiving income support or incapacity benefit where claims commenced on or after 1 March 2002. Movements to other benefits are not considered. For example a person who retires and moves to state pension will be counted as leaving JSA for other reasons.
(26) JSA numbers for those claimants leaving on finding work show the number of people who have left JSA on finding work, working on average 16 hours per week or more, and on taking up the New Deal Employers Option and have not returned to benefit by the six-month date (benefits considered are jobseeker's allowance, income support, or incapacity benefit).
Only the claim commencing in the time specified is considered and any claimant whose claim ends, returns to JSA and then leaves again to go into work is not counted in this category.
Only those cases where no subsequent claim to benefit is made after leaving for work are shown. Any claimant who makes any additional claim after leaving benefit to move to work is not counted in this category, regardless of whether that claim also subsequently ends before the six months in question.
Claimants shown in this category may in fact have returned to JSA or another benefit after the six-month point.
Where a case is shown as having left JSA for work and not returned, this does not mean that the person is still in employment. Once a person has left the benefit system it is not possible to say what they are doing after this point.
(27) Age is given at the point the claim commences.
Notes:
1. Caseload figures have been rounded to the nearest hundred and expressed in thousands.
2. Figures are based on a 5 per cent. sample, and are therefore subject to a degree of sampling variation.
3. JSA figures are based on all persons who were claiming JSA and include those receiving income-based or contribution-based and national insurance credits only cases.
4. SDA claimants are not considered in the numbers receiving another benefit as only claims commencing on or after 1 March 2002 are included in the analysis. SDA has not been available to new claimants since 6 April 2001. From this point, disabled people, whose period of incapacity begins before the age of 20 (or 25 if in education or training before the age of 20), may have been able to receive incapacity benefit without having to satisfy the national insurance contribution conditions. SDA recipients aged below 20 at the cut-off point would have transferred on to IB at the long-term rate in April 2002. Existing recipients can continue to receive the benefit for as long as they satisfy the conditions of entitlement for the benefit. Some persons shown as leaving benefit may therefore have retained entitlement to SDA.
Source:
IAD Information Centre, 5 per cent. samples.
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