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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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