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Notes:

1. Figures rounded to the nearest 10.

2. Parliamentary constituencies are assigned by matching postcodes against the relevant ONS postcode directory.

Source:

Information Directorate 100 per cent. sample.

John Battle: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people in (a) Leeds West constituency and (b) Leeds have received the winter allowance for pensioners in each year since it was introduced. [110349]

James Purnell: Information relating to winter fuel payments for the winters of 1997-98 and 1998-99 is not available. The information from winter 1999-2000 is in the following tables.

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Leeds, West constituency
	Payments made
1999-2000	13,870
2000-01	14,920
2001-02	14,790
2002-03	14,680
2003-04	14,480
2004-05	14,040
2005-06	13,890

Leeds local authority
	Payments made
1999-2000	121,930
2000-01	133,200
2001-02	132,990
2002-03	133,000
2003-04	133,210
2004-05	130,960
2005-06	131,020
Notes: 1. Figures rounded to the nearest 10. 2. Local authorities and parliamentary constituencies are assigned by matching postcodes against the relevant ONS postcode directory. Source: Information Directorate 100 per cent. sample.

Mr. Burns: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many households in the Chelmsford local authority area were in receipt of (a) housing benefit and (b) council tax benefit in each year since 1996; and how many recipients in each case were (i) pensioner and (ii) non-pensioner households. [110054]

Mr. Plaskitt: The available information is in the following tables.

Housing benefit (HB) and council tax benefit (CTB) recipients by age in the Chelmsford local authority area
	Housing benefit			Council tax benefit
	Total recipients	Recipients aged 60 and over	Recipients aged under 60	Total recipients	Recipients aged 60 and over	Recipients aged 60
May 1996	7,180	—	—	9,200	—	—
May 1997	6,920	—	—	9,210	—	—
May 1998	6,610	—	—	8,340	—	—
May 1999	6,450	—	—	8,140	—	—
May 2000	6,080	—	—	7,620	—	—
May 2001	5,990	—	—	7,430	—	—
May 2002	5,790	—	—	7,190	—	—
May 2003	5,590	—	—	7,190	—	—
May 2004	5,670	2,570	3,110	7,020	3,690	3,330
May 2005	6,330	2,670	3,660	7,850	4,020	3,830
May 2006	6,530	2,700	3,830	8,280	4,350	3,920
Notes: 1. — = nil 2. It is only possible to provide the information regarding HB and CTB with an age spilt from May 2004, as this information was not collected before this date. Source: Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit Management Information System Quarterly 100 per cent caseload stock-count taken in May 2006.

Mark Simmonds: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people in (a) Great Britain and (b) Boston and Skegness constituency were in receipt of each benefit administered by his Department (i) at the last date for which figures are available and (ii) on the same date in each of the previous 10 years; and how much was spent on each benefit in (A) Great Britain and (B) Boston and Skegness constituency in each year. [102514]

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Mr. Plaskitt: The available information has been placed in the Library.

Child Support

Mr. Laws: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many claimants in (a) Great Britain, (b) each region and (c) each London borough did not receive the full child support payments they were entitled to in each of the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement. [102174]

Mr. Plaskitt: The Child Support Agency is a matter for the Chief Executive. He will write to the hon. Member with the information requested.

Letter from Stephen Geraghty:

In reply to your recent Parliamentary Question about the Child Support Agency the Secretary of State promised a substantive reply from the Chief Executive.

You asked the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants in (a) Great Britain (b) each region and (c) each London borough did not receive the full child support payments they were entitled to in each of the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement.

Table 1 attached gives the number of cases with an assessed/calculated maintenance liability that was not paid in full by the non-resident parent via the Agency’s collection service in respect of the qualifying child or children in each month from October 2005 to September 2006. Tables 2 and 3 provide the same data by each Government region and each London borough.

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It is worth noting that the tables contain cases where the non-resident parents have paid some of the maintenance liability they have for the financial support of their child or children, but not all of it. In the quarter ending September 2006:

in 60 per cent of cases where the non-resident parent was liable to pay maintenance, either the non-resident parent made a payment via the collection service or a Maintenance Direct arrangement was in place.

in those cases where the non-resident parent was paying via the collection service, the amount paid was, on average, 88 per cent of the maintenance due.

I hope you find this helpful.

Table 1: The number of cases with an assessed/calculated maintenance liability which was not paid in full by the non-resident parent via the Agency’s collection service, Great Britain, October 2005 to September 2006. These figures are for cases held on both computer systems (CSCS and CS2)
	Number
October 2005	373,900
November 2005	374,100
December 2005	405,200
January 2006	380,400
February 2006	390,200
March 2006	407,000
April 2006	394,200
May 2006	398,100
June 2006	416,500
July 2006	396,800
August 2006	402,800
September 2006	423,800

Table 2: The number of cases with an assessed/calculated maintenance liability which was not paid in full by the non-resident parent via the Agency’s collection service, by Government office region, October 2005 to September 2006. These figures are for cases held on both computer systems (CSCS and CS2)
	October 2005	November 2005	December 2005	January 2006	February 2006	March 2006
North East	22,100	21,900	24,300	21,900	23,000	24,300
North West	52,400	52,400	56,800	52,500	53,100	55,300
Yorks/Humber	35,500	35,800	38,900	36,100	37,500	39,200
East Midlands	25,200	24,800	27,500	25,800	27,200	28,300
West Midlands	34,400	34,600	37,300	34,900	36,300	38,600
Eastern	29,100	29,400	31,400	29,800	30,900	32,000
London	35,400	35,600	37,700	37,100	37,700	38,600
South East	47,900	47,800	51,200	49,000	49,800	51,100
South West	32,800	32,500	35,000	33,400	34,100	35,400
Wales	24,100	23,900	26,000	24,100	24,200	25,100
Scotland	33,200	33,500	37,100	34,000	34,600	37,100

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