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Ms Buck: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many children were estimated to be living in households on (a) any benefits, (b) income support only, (c) jobseekers allowance, (d) incapacity benefit, (e) disability living allowance and (f) income support and incapacity benefit in 2008. [210108]

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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 a relevant benefit, is shown in the following table:

Children aged under 16 dependent on a parent or guardian claiming one or more of income support (IS), jobseeker’s allowance (JSA), incapacity benefit (IB) or severe disablement allowance (SDA), and disability living allowance (DLA), Great Britain, as at April 2007
	Number
Any benefits	2,304,870
Income support only (not in receipt of IB/SDA or DLA)	1,388,030
Jobseeker's allowance	164,550
Incapacity benefit/severe disablement allowance	600,980
of which: are incapacity benefit	570,210
of which: are severe disablement allowance	30,770
Disability living allowance	374,265
Income support and IB/SDA	222,205
Notes: 1. All data represent a snapshot in time of claimants on the computer system and will therefore exclude a very small number of cases that are held clerically. 2. Information on child dependents is not reliably completed on the benefit computer system; therefore children have been merged onto IS/JSA/IB/SDA and pension credit (PC) claims from child benefit records with permission from HMRC. 3. IB/SDA claimants may also be in receipt of IS/PC and/or DLA. Disability living allowance claimants may also be in receipt of IS/PC and/or IB/SDA. 4. ‘Any benefits’ means one or more of IS/JSA/IB/SDA/PC/DLA. 5. Figures for individual benefits do not sum to the total for any benefits due to overlaps in benefits. Source: DWP Information Directorate.

Ms Buck: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many children were living in households dependent on benefits in each local authority ward in Westminster in 2008. [210109]

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 a relevant benefit, is shown in the following table:

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Children aged under 16 dependent on a parent or guardian claiming one or more of incapacity benefit (IB), severe disablement allowance (SDA), jobseeker's allowance (JSA), income support (IS) or pension credit (PC) in Westminster city council wards, as at April 2007
	Number
Abbey Road	145
Bayswater	175
Bryanston and Dorset Square	105
Churchill	720
Church Street	1,490
Harrow Road	1,010
Hyde Park	275
Knightsbridge and Belgravia	10
Lancaster Gate	270
Little Venice	420
Maida Vale	600
Marylebone High Street	70
Queen's Park	1,525
Regent's Park	340
St. James's	280
Tachbrook	195
Vincent Square	425
Warwick	210
Westbourne	1,560
West End	115
Notes: 1. All figures supplied have been rounded. 2. All data represent a snapshot in time of claimants on the computer system, and will therefore exclude a very small number of cases that are held clerically. 3. Information on child dependents is not reliably completed on the benefit computer systems; therefore children have been merged onto IS/JSA/IB/SDA/PC claims from child benefit records with permission from HMRC. Source: DWP Information Directorate.

Social Security Benefits: Warrington

Helen Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much and what proportion of each type of state benefit paid to residents in Warrington North constituency was paid into Post Office card accounts in each of the last five years. [217124]

Mr. Plaskitt: The answer is not available in the precise format requested. The following table shows the number and percentage of state benefit payments paid into Post Office card accounts in Warrington, North in each of the last five years.

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			December
	2003		2004		2005		2006		2007
			Total		%	Total		%	Total		%	Total		%	Total		%
Attendance Allowance			—		—	80		13	100		17	110		18	100		19
Bereavement Benefit			—		—	—		—	—		—	10		8	10		6
Disability Living Allowance			30		1	710		15	840		19	810		18	810		17
Incapacity Benefit			—		—	360		13	490		19	490		19	450		17
Carers Allowance			—		—	160		20	190		23	180		22	160		19
Industrial Injuries			60		7	150		20	160		22	150		20	130		19
Income Support			10		—	600		18	930		29	890		28	870		27
Jobseeker’s Allowance			—		—	50		6	220		21	270		22	240		22
Pension Credit			30		1	1,060		26	1,620		38	1,560		37	1,480		35
State Pension			140		1	2,260		16	3,370		24	3,170		22	2,980		20
Severe Disablement Allowance			—		—	30		9	70		19	70		20	60		18
Widows Benefit			—		—	30		11	40		18	30		19	30		18
Total			270		1	5,480		17	8,050		25	7,740		24	7,310		22
Notes: 1. Numbers are rounded to the nearest 10, percentages to the nearest whole per cent. 2. Totals may not sum due to rounding. 3. Figures refer to payment accounts. Claimants with more than one account will be counted for each account. Figures only relate to accounts live and in payment on the specified date. 4. Child Benefit is administered by HM Revenue and Customs and War Pensions are now administered by MOD. These benefits have therefore been excluded. Source: DWP, Information Directorate

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