House of Commons Hansard Written Answers for 03 Nov 2009 (pt 0008)

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Jobseeker's Allowance: Derbyshire

Mr. McLoughlin: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions for what average length of time jobseeker's allowance claimants, resident in West Derbyshire, received the allowance in each of the last five years. [295874]

Jim Knight [holding answer 26^{( )} October 2009]: The following table shows the average length of jobseeker's allowance claims in West Derbyshire in the last five years.

	West Derbyshire
	Claims terminated during period	Median length
October 2004 to September 2005⁽¹⁾	1,735	9.5
October 2005 to September 2006⁽¹⁾	1,740	10.1
October 2006 to September 2007⁽¹⁾	1.975	9.7
October 2007 to September 2008⁽¹⁾	1,805	8.5
October 2008 to September 2009⁽¹⁾	3,030	9.2
⁽¹⁾ Inclusive. Notes: 1. Claims terminated during period are rounded to the nearest 5. 2. Median is measured in number of weeks. 3. Median is the preferred measure of "average" for duration of claim, rather than arithmetic mean which would be unduly influenced by outliers. Source: DWP WPLS 100 per cent. data.

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Jobseeker's Allowance: Employment Schemes

Steve Webb: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many jobseeker's allowance claimants have moved on to employment support allowance in each of the last 12 months. [293595]

Jim Knight: The information requested is not collated centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

New Deal for Disabled People and Pathways to Work

Mr. Harper: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much has been spent on the New Deal for Disabled People in each year since 2001. [295025]

Jim Knight [holding answer 22 October 2009]: The information requested is in the table:

Total programme expenditure on new deal for disabled people
	£ million
2001-02	4.1
2002-03	15.6
2003-04	28.5
2004-05	64.8
2005-06	68.4
2006-07	73.0
2007-08	78.4
2008-09	34.1
Note: The reduction of expenditure in 2008-09 is due to the introduction of contracted delivery of Pathways to Work in around half the country. These contracted services include provision which is analogous to the new deal for disabled people which now only operates in the remaining districts.

Mr. Harper: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many sub-contractors have withdrawn from contractual commitments in the delivery of the (a) New Deal for Disabled People and (b) Pathways to Work programme; how many contracts have been handed back to prime providers in each district; and what the monetary value of contracts returned to prime providers is to date. [292914]

Jim Knight [holding answer 14 October 2009]: The number of subcontractors that have withdrawn from the delivery of New Deal for Disabled People and Pathways to Work provision will be placed in the House of Commons Library during November.

The monetary value of Pathways to Work contracts is a commercial matter between the organisations concerned.

Social Security Benefits

Mr. Harper: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate she has made of the number and proportion of claimants of (a) incapacity benefit and (b) severe disablement allowance who were also in receipt of (i) income support, (ii) housing benefit and (iii) council tax benefit in each year for which information is available. [295570]

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Jonathan Shaw [holding answer 26 October 2009]: The available information is in the tables.

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Housing benefit recipients (HB) also claiming incapacity benefit (IB) and severe disablement allowance (SDA) in Great Britain: May 1995 to May 2004
	IB		SDA
	Claiming IB and HB	Estimate of percentage of IB claimants also in receipt of HB	Claiming SDA and HB	Estimate of percentage of SDA claimants also in receipt of HB
May 1995	431,000	⁽¹⁾18	92,000	⁽¹⁾26
May 1996	434,000	⁽¹⁾18	110,000	⁽¹⁾31
May 1997	446,000	⁽¹⁾19	117,000	⁽¹⁾32
May 1998	439,000	⁽¹⁾19	122,000	⁽¹⁾33
May 1999	423,000	⁽¹⁾19	118,000	⁽¹⁾32
May 2000	407,000	17	114,000	30
May 2001	400,000	17	115,000	31
May 2002	403,000	16	114,000	34
May 2003	396,000	16	112,000	35
May 2004	414,000	17	114,000	37

Council tax benefit (CTB) recipients also claiming incapacity benefit (IB) and severe disablement allowance (SDA): Great Britain: May 1995 to May 2004
	IB		SDA
	Claiming IB and CTB	Estimate of percentage of IB claimants also in receipt of CTB	Claiming SDA and CTB	Estimate of percentage of SDA claimants also in receipt of CTB
May 1995	529,000	⁽¹⁾22	101,000	⁽¹⁾29
May 1996	528,000	⁽¹⁾22	116,000	⁽¹⁾33
May 1997	573,000	⁽¹⁾24	119,000	⁽¹⁾32
May 1998	569,000	⁽¹⁾25	124,000	⁽¹⁾33
May 1999	541,000	⁽¹⁾24	118,000	⁽¹⁾32
May 2000	516,000	22	112,000	30
May 2001	511,000	21	113,000	30
May 2002	512,000	21	110,000	33
May 2003	498,000	20	97,000	30
May 2004	497,000	20	97,000	32
⁽¹⁾ These estimates are based on a 5 per cent. sample of incapacity benefit and severe disablement allowance claimants. Notes: 1. The data refer to benefit units, which may be a single person or a couple. 2. Case loads are rounded to the nearest thousand. 3. Percentages are rounded to the nearest per cent. 4. Housing benefit figures exclude any extended payment cases. 5. Council tax benefit figures exclude any second adult rebate cases. 6. All proportions are estimates as figures are based on a 1 per cent. HB/CTB sample and come from two different data sources. 7. SDA figures were derived by looking at IBSDA claimants and IB claimants and working out the difference between these figures. 8. In time, these figures will be able to be derived by matching the new single housing benefit extract (SHBE) with other benefit data. Source: Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit Management Information System Annual 1 per cent. sample taken between May 1995 and May 2004.

Number and proportion of people receiving incapacity benefit (IB) and income support (IS)
	IB		SDA
	Claiming IB and IS	Percentage of IB claimants also in receipt of IS	Claiming SDA and IS	Percentage of SDA claimants also in receipt of IS
February 2000	959,880	40.9	256,540	68.3
February 2001	1,040,160	43.1	260,410	69.1
February 2002	1,078,130	44.4	253,550	70.4
February 2003	1,126,410	45.2	229,840	70.8
February 2004	1,038,020	41.4	191,950	62.0
February 2005	1,025,690	41.0	183,040	61.8
February 2006	1,022,180	41.5	174,150	61.5
February 2007	1,029,100	42.3	167,300	61.8
February 2008	1,035,630	43.1	159,750	61.8
February 2009	982,500	44.2	152,750	61.9
Note: Case loads are rounded to the nearest 10. Percentages are rounded to the nearest one decimal place. Source: DWP Information Directorate 100 per cent. WPLS

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