House of Commons Hansard Written Answers for 27 Mar 2006 (pt 27)

Carer's Allowance

Mrs. Moon: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people in Bridgend constituency have ceased to receive carer's allowance having reached pensionable age in each of the last five years. [59981]

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Mrs. McGuire: The administration of carer's allowance is a matter for the chief executive of the Disability and Carers Service, Mr. Terry Moran. He willwrite to my hon. Friend with the information requested.

Letter from Terry Moran:

You asked the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Bridgend constituency have ceased to receive carers' allowance having reached pensionable age in each of the last five years.

The Minister for Disabled People, Anne McGuire MP, promised you a substantive reply from the Chief Executive of the Disability and Carers Service.

The information requested is not available. Such information as is available is in the following table:

State pension claimants in Bridgend parliamentary constituency with underlying entitlement to carer's allowance but not in receipt of carer's allowance Thousand

Number

August

2005 0.1

2004 0.1

2003 0.1

September

2002 0.1

2001 —

Notes:
1.Definitions and conventions: —" nil or negligible, ." not applicable; caseload figures are rounded to the nearest 100 and displayed in thousands.
2.Totals show the number of people not in receipt of an allowance and where they are recorded as being in receipt of state pension on the carer's allowance computer system.
3.Parliamentary constituency of claimant (Westminster): These constituencies are used for the Westminster parliament. For the May 2005 general election, the constituencies in Scotland changed. These constituencies are included in the tables from May 2005 onwards. Prior to that, these new constituencies are shown as missing.
Source:
DWP Information Directorate: Work and Pensions Longitudinal Study.

	Number
August
2005	0.1
2004	0.1
2003	0.1

September
2002	0.1
2001	—

I hope this is helpful.

Julie Morgan: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many carers aged 60 and over in each Welsh parliamentary constituency receive the non-standard rate of carer's allowance, broken down by sex. [60410]

Mrs. McGuire: The administration of carer's allowance is a matter for the chief executive of the Disability and Carers Service, Mr. Terry Moran. He will write to my hon. Friend with the information requested.

Letter from Terry Moran:

You asked the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many carers aged 60 and over in each Welsh parliamentary constituency receive the non-standard rate of carer's allowance broken down by sex.

The Minister for Disabled People, Anne McGuire MP, promised you a substantive reply from the Chief Executive of the Disability and Carers Service.

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The information requested is not available. Such information as is available is in the following table:

Carer's allowance cases in payment by parliamentary constituency as at August 2005 for people aged 60 and over Thousand

Number

Wales 3.0

Aberavon 0.1

Alyn and Deeside 0.1

Blaenau Gwent 0.1

Brecon and Radnorshire 0.1

Bridgend 0.1

Caernarfon —

Caerphilly 0.1

Cardiff, Central —

Cardiff, North —

Cardiff, South and Penarth 0.1

Cardiff, West 0.1

Carmarthen, East and Dinefwr 0.1

Carmarthen, West and South Pembrokeshire 0.1

Ceredigion 0.1

Clwyd, South 0.1

Clwyd, West 0.1

Conwy —

Cynon Valley 0.1

Delyn —

Gower 0.1

Islwyn 0.1

Llanelli 0.1

Meirionnydd Nant Conwy —

Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney 0.1

Monmouth 0.1

Montgomeryshire —

Neath 0.1

Newport, East 0.1

Newport, West 0.1

Ogmore 0.1

Pontypridd 0.1

Preseli Pembrokeshire 0.1

Rhondda 0.1

Swansea, East 0.1

Swansea, West 0.1

Torfaen 0.1

Vale of Clwyd 0.1

Vale of Glamorgan 0.1

Wrexham 0.1

Ynys Mon 0.1

Notes:
1.Definitions and conventions: —" nil or negligible; ." not applicable; caseload figures are rounded to the nearest hundred and displayed in thousands; Totals may not sum due to rounding.
2.Caseload (thousands) totals show the number of people in receipt of an allowance, and excludes people with entitlement where the payment has been suspended.
3.Parliamentary constituency of claimant (Westminster) These constituencies are used for the Westminster parliament. For the May 2005 general election, the constituencies in Scotland changed. These constituencies are included in the tables from May 2005 onwards. Prior to that, these new constituencies are shown as missing.
Source:
DWP Information Directorate: Work and Pensions Longitudinal Study.

	Number
Wales	3.0

Aberavon	0.1
Alyn and Deeside	0.1
Blaenau Gwent	0.1
Brecon and Radnorshire	0.1
Bridgend	0.1
Caernarfon	—
Caerphilly	0.1
Cardiff, Central	—
Cardiff, North	—
Cardiff, South and Penarth	0.1
Cardiff, West	0.1
Carmarthen, East and Dinefwr	0.1
Carmarthen, West and South Pembrokeshire	0.1
Ceredigion	0.1
Clwyd, South	0.1
Clwyd, West	0.1
Conwy	—
Cynon Valley	0.1
Delyn	—
Gower	0.1
Islwyn	0.1
Llanelli	0.1
Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	—
Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney	0.1
Monmouth	0.1
Montgomeryshire	—
Neath	0.1
Newport, East	0.1
Newport, West	0.1
Ogmore	0.1
Pontypridd	0.1
Preseli Pembrokeshire	0.1
Rhondda	0.1
Swansea, East	0.1
Swansea, West	0.1
Torfaen	0.1
Vale of Clwyd	0.1
Vale of Glamorgan	0.1
Wrexham	0.1
Ynys Mon	0.1

I hope this is helpful.

Child Poverty

John Cummings: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate he has made of the level of child poverty in Easington constituency in the last five years. [61133]

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Margaret Hodge: Specific information regarding low income for Wales, Scotland and the English regions of Great Britain is available in the latest publication of Households Below Average Income 1994–95 to 2004–05". The threshold of below 60 per cent. contemporary median income is the most commonly used in reporting trends in low income.

The data source does not allow us to provide robust estimates below regional level and, therefore, estimates for the number of children living in poverty in Easington for the past five years are not available.

Mr. Crabb: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what proportion of children in Wales were living in poverty in (a) 1979, (b) 1997 and (c) 2005. [58462]

Margaret Hodge [holding answer 14 March 2006]: Specific information regarding low income for Wales and other regions of Great Britain is available in the latest publication of the 'Households Below Average Income 1994–95 to 2004–05'. The threshold of below 60 per cent. contemporary median income is the most commonly used in reporting trends in low income.

The specific information requested is not available; however I have provided three-year averages showing the proportions of children in low income households in Wales on both before and after housing costs bases in the following table. Similar figures for the proportions of children living in poverty in 1979 are not available.
Percentage of children living in households with contemporary income less than 60 per cent. of median income: Wales

Before housing costs After housing costs

1996–97 to 1998–99 28 34

2002–03 to 2004–05 23 28

Source:
Family Resources Survey

	Before housing costs	After housing costs
1996–97 to 1998–99	28	34
2002–03 to 2004–05	23	28

Mr. Crabb: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many children were living in poverty in (a) Wales and (b) Pembrokeshire in each year since 1997. [58463]

The specific information requested is not available; however I have provided three-year averages showing the numbers of children in relative low income households in Wales on both before and after housing costs bases in the following table. The data source does not allow us to provide robust estimates below regional level so estimates for the numbers of children living in poverty in Pembrokeshire are not available.

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Numbers of children (in millions) living in households with relative income less than 60 per cent. of median income since 1997: Wales

Three-year moving averages Before housing costs After
housing costs

1996–97 to 1998–99 0.18 0.23

1997–98 to 1999–2000 0.18 0.23

1998–99 to 2000–01 0.18 0.23

1999–2000 to 2001–02 0.17 0.21

2000–01 to 2002–03 0.16 0.20

2001–02 to 2003–04 0.15 0.19

2002–03 to 2004–05 0.15 0.18

Source:
Family Resources Survey

Three-year moving averages	Before housing costs	After housing costs
1996–97 to 1998–99	0.18	0.23
1997–98 to 1999–2000	0.18	0.23
1998–99 to 2000–01	0.18	0.23
1999–2000 to 2001–02	0.17	0.21
2000–01 to 2002–03	0.16	0.20
2001–02 to 2003–04	0.15	0.19
2002–03 to 2004–05	0.15	0.18

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