Speeches

Alan Brown – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Alan Brown on 2016-04-29.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 26 April 2016 to Question 35019, on social fund, for what reasons management information is only held from 2013.

Justin Tomlinson

Pursuant to the Answer of 26 April 2016 the information previously provided was extracted from the current live Operational Activity Based Management Information System.

The information from 2010 until 2013 is not readily available as it is archived. However we have now been able to extract the historical data which is displayed in the table below.

2009/10

2010/11

2011/12

2012/13

2013/14

2014/15

2015/16

Bereavement Benefit

145

130

116

106

94

84

78

Maternity Allowance

108

82

77

75

70

66

72

Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit

309

243

241

226

192

166

148

Social Fund

4321

2480

1968

1552

798

411

349

Notes: The table above shows average Full Time Equivalent for each financial year from April to March.

Source: Jobcentre Plus Activity Based Management System (L1A) and Operational Activity Based Management Information System (L1A)