To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many A8 nationals claimed (a) income support, (b) jobseeker’s allowance, (c) housing benefit, (d) council tax benefit and (e) pension credit in each quarter since 1 May 2004, broken down by nationality. (162347)

The information is not available in the format requested.

Some information is available in the “Accession Monitoring Report; May 2004-September 2007”, a joint report by the Border and Immigration Agency, Department for Work and Pensions, HM Revenue and Customs and Department for Communities and Local Government, copies of which have been placed in the Library.

The Accession Monitoring Report only gives the total of applicants for tax funded income related benefits (income based jobseeker’s allowance , income support and state pension credit) broken down by A8 nation.