Work and Pensions written question – answered am ar 8 Ebrill 2010.
Angus MacNeil
Shadow SNP Spokesperson (Scotland), Shadow Spokesperson (Culture, Media and Sport), Shadow Spokesperson (Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people in Na-h-Eileanan an Iar Constituency received carer's allowance in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2008-09 and (c) 2007-08.
Jonathan R Shaw
Minister of State (Disabled People), Regional Affairs, Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Disabled People), Department for Work and Pensions
The information is in the table:
| Carer's a llowance - cases in payment in Na-h-Eileanan an I ar parliamentary Constituency | |
| Quarter ending | Number |
| February 2007 | 200 |
| May 2007 | 200 |
| August 2007 | 200 |
| November 2007 | 200 |
| February 2008 | 200 |
| May 2008 | 200 |
| August 2008 | 200 |
| November 2008 | 200 |
| February 2009 | 200 |
| May 2009 | 190 |
| August 2009 | 190 |
| Notes: 1. Caseload figures are rounded to the nearest 10. 2. Cases in payment show the number of people in receipt of an allowance, and exclude people with entitlement where the payment has been suspended and exclude people with entitlement where the payment has been suspended. Source: DWP Information Directorate Work and Pensions Longitudinal Study | |
Yes3 people think so
No4 people think not
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