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Incapacity Benefit: Greater London
Ms Buck: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many households were in receipt of incapacity benefit in each parliamentary constituency in London in the most recent period for which figures are available. [210110]
Mr. Timms: The information is not available for households in the format requested. The available information, which is for those claiming incapacity benefits, is in the following table.
| Number of incapacity benefit and severe disablement allowance claimants in London; as at November 2007 | |
| Parliamentary constituency | Number of claimants |
| Notes: 1. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10. 2. Totals may not sum due to rounding. 3. Numbers of incapacity benefit/severe disablement allowance claimants by parliamentary constituency at November 2007, are published on the NOMIS website at: www.nomisweb.co.uk Source: DWP Information Directorate 100 percent WPLS | |
Income Support: Children
Ms Buck: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many children aged (a) under five, (b) five to 11 and (c) 12 to 16 years are estimated to be living in (i) single parent and (ii) other households in receipt of income support in each London local authority area. [210112]
Mr. Timms: The information is not available for households in the format requested. The available information, which is for the numbers of children who have a parent or guardian in receipt of income support, has been placed in the Library.
Income Support: Lone Parents
Ms Buck: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many households with lone parents in receipt of income support are estimated to be living in (a) Regent's Park and Kensington North, (b) the London borough of Westminster and (c) each ward in the London borough of Westminster. [210111]
Mr. Timms: The information is not available for households in the format requested. The available information, which is for lone parents claiming income support, is in the following table.
| Number of lone parent income support claimants in Regent's Park and North Kensington parliamentary constituency and Westminster city council, by ward; as at November 2007 | |
| Number | |
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Regent's Park and North Kensington parliamentary constituency | |
| Notes: 1. Parliamentary constituency and local authority figures are rounded to the nearest 10. 2. Ward figures are rounded to the nearest 5. 3. Totals may not sum due to rounding. 4. Numbers of income support lone parents by parliamentary constituency and ward at November 2007, are published on the NOMIS website at: www.nomisweb.co.uk Source: DWP Information Directorate 100 per cent. WPLS | |
Lone Parents: Social Security Benefits
Jenny Willott: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) what estimate his Department has made of the average amount unclaimed by working lone parents entitled to but not claiming (a) council tax benefit and housing benefit/local housing allowance, (b) council tax benefit and income support, (c) income support and housing benefit/local housing allowance and (d) income support, housing benefit/local housing allowance and council tax benefit, in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement; [215914]
(2) what estimate his Department has made of the average amount unclaimed by couples with children, where one or both parents were working, who were entitled, to but not claiming (a) council tax benefit and housing benefit/local housing allowance, (b) council tax benefit and income support, (c) income support and housing benefit/local housing allowance and (d) income support, housing benefit/local housing allowance and council tax benefit, in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. [215921]
Mr. Plaskitt: Estimates of the average unclaimed weekly amounts of means-tested benefits in Great Britain, covering income support, pension credit, housing benefit, council tax benefit and jobseeker's allowance (income based) are published in the report “Income Related Benefits Estimates of Take-Up in 2006-07”. Copies of the report are available in the Library.
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