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Carer's Allowance: Enfield

Volume 495: debated on Friday 3 July 2009

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Joan Ryan

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people were in receipt of carer’s allowance in (a) the London borough of Enfield and (b) Enfield North constituency on the latest date for which figures are available. (282572)

Jonathan Shaw

The information is in the following table.

Carer’s allowance—cases in payment caseloads by local authority and constituency of claimant: November 2008

Number

Enfield Local Authority

2,170

Enfield North Parliamentary Constituency

840

Notes:

1. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10.

2. Caseload totals show the number of people in receipt of an allowance and exclude people with entitlement, but who do not actually receive carer’s allowance, for example, because of the overlapping benefits rule.

Source:

DWP Information Directorate: Work and Pensions Longitudinal Study.