To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will publish a table showing the total number of single payments made in 1986–87 and 1987–88 broken down into pensioners, couples with children, lone parents, sick and disabled people and others.
[holding answer 21 June 1990]: The information requested is available only for the 12 months prior to each annual statistical inquiry. As marital status applies to all client groups, the data are split into two separate tables.
| Number of single payments (thousands) | ||
| February 1986 | May 1987 | |
| Group | ||
| Pensioners | 410 | 933 |
| Sick and disabled | 175 | 257 |
| Others | 2,498 | 2,115 |
| Total | 3,083 | 3,305 |
| Marital status | ||
| Lone parent | 1,038 | 960 |
| Couples with dependants | 876 | 693 |
| Others | 1,169 | 1,652 |
| Total | 3,083 | 3,305 |
Source: Annual statistical inquiry
Notes: Columns may not sum due to rounding.
The figures include payments made to cases during the 12 months prior to the inquiry, but exclude those cases which received a payment during the year but were not in receipt of benefit at the date of the inquiry; there is therefore an undercount of the total payments made.
To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will publish a table showing the proportion of pensioners, couples with children, lone parents, sick and disabled people and others on income support who received single payments in 1986–87 and 1987–88.
[holding answer 21 June 1990]: The information requested is available only for the 12 months prior to each annual statistical inquiry. As marital status applies to all client groups, the data are split into two separate tables.
| Proportion of single payments by client group and marital status | ||
| Group | February 1986 | May 1987 |
| Pensioners | 0.14 | 0.31 |
| Sick and Disabled | 0.24 | 0.30 |
| Others | 0.30 | 0.29 |
| All cases | 0.24 | 0.30 |
| Marital status | ||
| Lone parent | 0.44 | 0.52 |
| Couples with dependants | 0.59 | 0.47 |
| Others | 0.16 | 0.24 |
| All cases | 0.24 | 0.30 |
Source: Annual statistical inquiry.
Note:
The figures include payments to cases during the 12 months prior to the inquiry, but exclude those cases which received a payment during the year but were not in receipt of benefit at the date of the inquiry; there is therefore an undercount of the total payments made.
To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will publish a table showing expenditure on the single payments scheme in each year between 1980–1981 and 1987–1988 in both current prices and 1990–91 prices.
[holding answer 21 June 1990]: The information requested is given in the table.
National expenditure on single payments
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£ million
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Current prices
| 1990–91 prices
| |
| 1980–81 | 48·403 | 87·302 |
| 1981–82 | 57·295 | 94·123 |
| 1982–83 | 98·074 | 150·265 |
| 1983–84 | 166·136 | 243·197 |
| 1984–85 | 240·663 | 335·621 |
| 1985–86 | 334·409 | 442·633 |
| 1986–87 | 329·945 | 422·376 |
| 1987–88 | 213·084 | 258·898 |
Source: Statistical record of actual single payment decisions made.