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Table 2 Administration costs 1998-99 to 1999-2000 |
Outturn |
| 1998-99 | 1999-2000 |
Children
|
225
|
225
|
Working Age
|
1,695
|
1,694
|
Pensions
|
255
|
255
|
Disability
|
137
|
137
|
Corporate and Shared Services
|
1,780
|
1,779
|
Total administration
|
4,092
|
4,090
|
Notes:
1. The administration costs for previous years have been adjusted to take into account the restructuring of the Department.
2. It is important to note that the analysis of the administration budget for children, working age, pensioners and disabled people in Table 5 excludes the cost of corporate and shared services, these are shown separately in the same table. All figures provided for years prior to the formation of The Department for Work and Pensions were determined on the basis of the expenditure incurred by each of the various business areas brought together by the machinery of Government changes in 2001. Analysis of administration data in this format is not available prior to 1998-99.
3. Table 5 from the Departmental report for 2005 (Cm 6539) contains the most recent analysis of administration costs for the year 1999-2000, and Table 5 from the departmental report for 2004 (Cm 6221) contains the most recent analysis of administration costs for 1998-99. As these analyses will only have been adjusted for the structure of the Department that existed at the time the relevant departmental report was issued, they will not be directly comparable with Table 5 in the departmental report for 2006.
Sources:
Department Report 2006 (Cm 6829)
Department Report 2005 (Cm 6539)
Departmental Report 2004 (Cm 6221)
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Care Homes
Daniel Kawczynski:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if his Department will make an estimate of the number of homes sold in 2005-06 to fund care home residency. [112713]
Mr. Ivan Lewis:
I have been asked to reply.
Information about the sale of property to pay for residential care is not collected centrally. Local authorities also may not know if this has happened, for example where a person sells a property and arranges their care privately without involving social services. It is not, therefore, possible to estimate the number of homes that may have been sold for this purpose.
However, the Government have taken steps to help people avoid having to sell their homes during their lifetime to pay for residential care. Since October 2001 councils have been able to enter into a deferred payments agreement. The aim is to allow people with property, but without income and other assets sufficient to meet their assessed financial contribution to the cost of residential care, to have a legal charge placed on their property to meet any shortfall. This gives people more options for meeting care home fees.
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Carers
Mr. Laws:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what his Department's total expenditure on carers was each year since 1990-91 in (a) cash terms
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and (b) real terms using 2004-05 prices; what the planned expenditure is in 2006-07 in the same terms; and if he will make a statement. [103995]
Mrs. McGuire:
The information is in the following tables.
Great BritainCash terms |
£ million |
| Status | (a) Carer's allowance | (b) Income supportreceived by carers | (c) Income support / pension creditcarer premium over-60s | (d) Income supportcarer premiums received by other income support recipients under-60s | Total expenditure on carers |
1990-91
|
outturn
|
208
|
9
|
1
|
4
|
222
|
1991-92
|
outturn
|
285
|
18
|
3
|
9
|
315
|
1992-93
|
outturn
|
345
|
50
|
5
|
19
|
419
|
1993-94
|
outturn
|
442
|
57
|
7
|
29
|
535
|
1994-95
|
outturn
|
526
|
73
|
11
|
43
|
653
|
1995-96
|
outturn
|
617
|
97
|
14
|
56
|
784
|
1996-97
|
outturn
|
736
|
111
|
17
|
67
|
931
|
1997-98
|
outturn
|
746
|
118
|
20
|
66
|
950
|
1998-99
|
outturn
|
782
|
116
|
21
|
69
|
988
|
1999-2000
|
outturn
|
835
|
118
|
24
|
72
|
1,049
|
2000-01
|
outturn
|
867
|
126
|
26
|
76
|
1,095
|
2001-02
|
outturn
|
932
|
172
|
51
|
106
|
1,261
|
2002-03
|
outturn
|
993
|
182
|
63
|
118
|
1,356
|
2003-04
|
outturn
|
1,054
|
201
|
81
|
128
|
1,464
|
2004-05
|
outturn
|
1,096
|
202
|
130
|
132
|
1,560
|
2005-06
|
estimated outturn
|
1,149
|
173
|
178
|
132
|
1,632
|
2006-07
|
plans
|
1,201
|
180
|
205
|
145
|
1,731
|
Note: Totals may not sum due to rounding.
|
Great BritainReal terms, at 2004-05 prices |
£ million |
| Status | (a) Carer's allowance | (b) Income supportreceived by carers | (c) Income support / pension creditcarer premium over-60s | (d) Income supportcarer premiums received by other income support recipients under-60s | Total expenditure on carers |
1990-91
|
outturn
|
308
|
13
|
1
|
6
|
329
|
1991-92
|
outturn
|
398
|
25
|
4
|
13
|
440
|
1992-93
|
outturn
|
467
|
68
|
7
|
26
|
567
|
1993-94
|
outturn
|
583
|
75
|
9
|
38
|
705
|
1994-95
|
outturn
|
683
|
95
|
14
|
56
|
848
|
1995-96
|
outturn
|
778
|
122
|
18
|
71
|
988
|
1996-97
|
outturn
|
897
|
135
|
21
|
82
|
1,135
|
1997-98
|
outturn
|
884
|
140
|
24
|
78
|
1,125
|
1998-99
|
outturn
|
903
|
134
|
24
|
80
|
1,141
|
1999-2000
|
outturn
|
946
|
134
|
27
|
82
|
1,188
|
2000-01
|
outturn
|
968
|
141
|
29
|
85
|
1,223
|
2001-02
|
outturn
|
1,017
|
188
|
56
|
116
|
1,376
|
2002-03
|
outturn
|
1,051
|
193
|
67
|
125
|
1,435
|
2003-04
|
outturn
|
1,083
|
207
|
83
|
132
|
1,504
|
2004-05
|
outturn
|
1,096
|
202
|
130
|
132
|
1,560
|
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2005-06
|
estimated outturn
|
1,128
|
170
|
175
|
130
|
1,602
|
2006-07
|
plans
|
1,148
|
172
|
196
|
139
|
1,654
|
Notes:
1. Expenditure on carers has been interpreted to include the following: a. total carer's allowance expenditure; b. total income support expenditure who are entitled to income support by virtue of being a carer. People who are unemployed, lone parents or disabled and who also receive a carer premium are counted in column d. The figures quoted include people who were unemployed and entitled to income support prior to the introduction of income based jobseeker's allowance in October 1996; c. carer premium entitlement for people in receipt of income support (for people over 60 years of age) and pension credit; d. expenditure on the carer premium for carers who are on income support by virtue of being unemployed, lone parents or disabled. 2. Income support carer expenditure [(b) in the tables] has been estimated using caseload and average weekly amount data. 3. Pension credit and income support expenditure [(c) and (d) in the tables] has been estimated using caseloads and carer premium rates. 4. Carer premium expenditure has been quoted in full. It has not been reduced, or offset, by any income received by the beneficiary of the benefit. 5. The income support carer premium was introduced in October 1990. The first caseload information was collected in May 1991, so the income support expenditure quoted in the tables has been estimated using administration data for 1991-92. 6. All figures have been rounded to the nearest million pounds. 7. Expenditure is consistent with the 2006 pre-Budget report. 8. Carer's allowance replaced invalid care allowance on 1 April 2003. 9. Pension credit replaced income support, for people over 60 years of age, on 5 October 2003. 10. DWP expenditure tables, which will soon be updated to be consistent with the 2006 pre-Budget report, can be viewed at the following web address: http://www.dwp.gov.uk/asd/asd4/expenditure.asp 11. Totals may not sum due to rounding. Source: DWP expenditure tables, departmental accounting systems, 5 per cent. samples of departmental administrative records and the Department's expenditure forecasting models.
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