To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will estimate the present distribution of recipients of widow's benefits by income decile, distinguishing between those receiving widow's pension and those receiving Widowed Mothers Allowance. [76134]
I refer my hon. Friend to the written answer I gave to my right hon. Friend the Member for Birkenhead (Mr. Field) on 1 March 1999, Official Report, columns 597–98. Information on Widowed Mothers Allowance is not available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will estimate (a) the proportion of recipients of Widowed Mothers Allowance who are in receipt of occupational pension payments and (b) their distribution areas on the overall income range and across weekly incomes in the form set out in paragraph 13 and paragraph 14 of his consultation paper on bereavement support. [76104]
The information is not available as information on current Widowed Mothers Allowance recipients in receipt of Occupational Pensions is not available because the sample sizes involved are too small to allow a robust analysis.
To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will estimate the cost of extending the bereavement payment to those bereaved people of pension age who are also in receipt of Income Support. [76449]
| Appointee | Position and Non-Departmental Public Body | Remuneration |
| Air Commordore J. G. Hargreaves CBE | Member, Central Advisory Committee on War Pensions | None |
| Brigadier H. L. B. Salmon OBE | Member, Central Advisory Committee on War Pensions | None |
| Jean Cooper | Member, Disability Living Allowance Advisory Board | £126 per meeting |
| Dr. Margaret du Feu | Member, Disability Living Allowance Advisory Board | £237 per meeting |
| Marilyn Howard | Member, Disability Living Allowance Advisory Board | £126 per meeting |
| Dr. Karin Moses | Member, Disability Living Allowance Advisory Board | £237 per meeting |
| Lisa Shend'ge | Member, Disability Living Allowance Advisory Board | £126 per meeting |
| Mr. Brendan Fenelon | Member, Industrial Injuries Advisory Council | £112 per meeting |
| Professor Eithne McLaughlin | Member, Social Security Advisory Committee | £128 per day |
| Dr. Adrian Stokes | Member, Social Security Advisory Committee | £128 per day |
| Miss Boyle | Vice-Chair, War Pensions Committees | None |
| Mr. W. Brown | Member, War Pensions Committees | None |
| Mr. Cartwright | Member, War Pensions Committees | None |
| Mr. Jones | Member, War Pensions Committees | None |
| Major Marshall | Member, War Pensions Committees | None |
| Mr. Proctor | Member, War Pensions Committees | None |
| Mr. C. Ruff | Member, War Pensions Committees | None |
| Dr. J. K. Anand | Medical Member, Disability Appeal Tribunals1 | £201 per day |
| Dr. A. J. Hicks | Medical Member, Disability Appeal Tribunals1 | £201 per day |
| Dr. C. E. John | Medical Member, Disability Appeal Tribunals1 | £201 per day |
| Dr. P. Griffiths | Medical Member, Disability Appeal Tribunals1 | £201 per day |
| Dr. E. B. Knight-Jones | Medical Member, Disability Appeal Tribunals1 | £201 per day |
| Dr. F. Willis | Medical Member, Disability Appeal Tribunals1 | £201 per day |
| Dr. R. D. Jones | Medical Member, Disability Appeal Tribunals1 | £201 per day |
| Mrs. M. Bhatti | Carer Member, Disability Appeal Tribunals1 | £124 day |
| Mr. B. Butler | Carer Member, Disability Appeal Tribunals1 | £124 day |
| Mr. M. F. Cook | Carer Member, Disability Appeal Tribunals1 | £124 day |
| Mr. A. Gupta | Carer Member, Disability Appeal Tribunals1 | £124 day |
| Mrs. S. Horn | Carer Member, Disability Appeal Tribunals1 | £124 day |
| Mrs. S. A. Howard | Carer Member, Disability Appeal Tribunals1 | £124 day |
| Mr. C. C. Lea | Carer Member, Disability Appeal Tribunals1 | £124 day |
| Mr. J. C. Locke | Carer Member, Disability Appeal Tribunals1 | £124 day |
[holding answer 12 March 1999]: It is estimated that extending eligibility for the Bereavement Payment would increase expenditure by up to £60 million for pensioners receiving Income Support (IS) in households in 2001–02.
Note:
This excludes IS pensioners who are in, or whose partners are in, residential care and nursing homes.
Source:
Income Support Quarterly Statistical Enquiries.
To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what proportion of respondents to the Green Paper, "Support in Bereavement", expressed opposition to the replacement of widow's pension with a time-limited bereavement allowance; and what proportion expressed support. [77300]
Of the 80 responses to the Support in Bereavement Green Paper received, 28 respondents expressed opposition to the principle of replacing Widows' Pension with a time-limited Bereavement Allowance. 5 respondents expressed support of this specific aspect of the proposals.