To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if the 34-page version of 'Review Claim Form A2' continues to be issued to Minimum Income Guarantee claimants. [88202]
The review claim form A2 continues to be used when reviewing certain Minimum Income Guarantee (MIG) claims. It is completed, for example, when the claimant is in receipt of another income such
| Pension provision by size of organisation, 1996, 1998 and 2000 | ||||||
| Cell percentages | ||||||
| 1996 | 1998 | 2000 | ||||
| Type of pension provision | Up to 19 employees | 20+ employees | Up to 19 employees | 20 + employees | Up to 19 employees | 20+ employees |
| Occupational scheme12 | n/a | 2n/a | 2n/a | 2n/a | 5 | 22 |
| Salary-related | 3 | 19 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 12 |
| Money purchase | 2 | 13 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 9 |
| COMBS | — | — | 0 | 1 | 3— | 1 |
| Top Hat | 6 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 6 |
| Other | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3— | 0 | 1 |
| Closed scheme | 1 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 |
| Group personal pension | 6 | |||||
| 19 | 4 | 26 | 7 | 37 | ||
| Contributions to personal pensions | 20 | 27 | 21 | 30 | 16 | 23 |
| Any provision | 36 | 70 | 32 | 66 | 26 | 64 |
| No provision | 64 | 30 | 68 | 34 | 74 | 36 |
| 1Any | ||||||
| 2Information not available from published reports. | ||||||
| 3Less than 0.5 per cent. | ||||||
as occupational pension, has capital,or receives Invalid Care Allowance or Attendance Allowance. It was used in around 10 per cent. of MIG claims in 2001-02 and was completed by a member of DWP staff in two thirds of these cases. Help to complete the form is available to everyone.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many pensioners in Telford benefit from the Minimum Income Guarantee.[93283]
As at August 2002 there were 2,900 people benefiting from the Minimum Income Guarantee in the Telford constituency.
Source:
Income Support Quarterly Statistical Enquiry, August 2002.