Social Security Benefits Mr. Harper To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate she has made of the number and proportion of claimants of (a) incapacity benefit and (b) severe disablement allowance who were also in receipt of (i) income support, (ii) housing benefit and (iii) council tax benefit in each year for which information is available. Jonathan Shaw [holding answer 26 October 2009]: The available information is in the tables. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | |IB |SDA | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | |Claiming IB and HB|Estimate of percentage of IB claimants also in receipt of HB|Claiming SDA and HB|Estimate of percentage of SDA claimants also in receipt of HB| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |May 1995|431,000 |118 |92,000|126| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |May 1996|434,000 |118 |110,000|131| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |May 1997|446,000 |119 |117,000|132| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |May 1998|439,000 |119 |122,000|133| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |May 1999|423,000 |119 |118,000|132| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |May 2000|407,000 |17 |114,000|30| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |May 2001|400,000 |17 |115,000|31| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |May 2002|403,000 |16 |114,000|34| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |May 2003|396,000 |16 |112,000|35| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |May 2004|414,000 |17 |114,000|37| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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| |IB |SDA | 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| |Claiming IB and CTB|Estimate of percentage of IB claimants also in receipt of CTB|Claiming SDA and CTB|Estimate of percentage of SDA claimants also in receipt of CTB| 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|May 1995 |529,000 |122 |101,000|129| 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|May 1996 |528,000 |122 |116,000|133| 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|May 1997 |573,000 |124 |119,000|132| 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|May 1998 |569,000 |125 |124,000|133| 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|May 1999 |541,000 |124 |118,000|132| 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|May 2000 |516,000 |22 |112,000|30| 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|May 2001 |511,000 |21 |113,000|30| 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|May 2002 |512,000 |21 |110,000|33| 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|May 2003 |498,000 |20 |97,000|30| 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|May 2004 |497,000 |20 |97,000|32| 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|1 These estimates are based on a 5 per cent. sample of incapacity benefit and severe disablement allowance claimants.Notes:1. The data refer to benefit units, which may be a single person or a couple.2. Case loads are rounded to the nearest thousand.3. Percentages are rounded to the nearest per cent.4. Housing benefit figures exclude any extended payment cases.5. Council tax benefit figures exclude any second adult rebate cases.6. All proportions are estimates as figures are based on a 1 per cent. HB/CTB sample and come from two different data sources.7. SDA figures were derived by looking at IBSDA claimants and IB claimants and working out the difference between these figures.8. In time, these figures will be able to be derived by matching the new single housing benefit extract (SHBE) with other benefit data.Source:Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit Management Information System Annual 1 per cent. sample taken between May 1995 and May 2004.| | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |IB |SDA | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |Claiming IB and IS|Percentage of IB claimants also in receipt of IS|Claiming SDA and IS|Percentage of SDA claimants also in receipt of IS| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |February 2000 |959,880 |40.9 |256,540|68.3| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |February 2001 |1,040,160 |43.1 |260,410|69.1| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |February 2002 |1,078,130 |44.4 |253,550|70.4| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |February 2003 |1,126,410 |45.2 |229,840|70.8| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |February 2004 |1,038,020 |41.4 |191,950|62.0| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |February 2005 |1,025,690 |41.0 |183,040|61.8| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |February 2006 |1,022,180 |41.5 |174,150|61.5| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |February 2007 |1,029,100 |42.3 |167,300|61.8| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |February 2008 |1,035,630 |43.1 |159,750|61.8| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |February 2009 |982,500 |44.2 |152,750|61.9| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Note:Case loads are rounded to the nearest 10. Percentages are rounded to the nearest one decimal place.Source:DWP Information Directorate 100 per cent. WPLS| | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------