Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants in Scotland received carer premiums for (a) jobseeker's allowance, (b) employment and support allowance, (c) income support and (d) pension credit in in each of the last three years for which information is available.

There has been no assessment of carer premiums paid to claimants in Scotland in the last three years.

Statistics on the number of Jobseeker’s Allowance, Income Support and Pension Credit claimants in Scotland in May 2014, May 2015 and May 2016 who were in receipt of Carer’s Allowance are shown in the following table.

Income Support, Pension Credit and Jobseeker’s Allowance claimants in receipt of a carer’s premium, Scotland, May 2014 - May 2016

Source: DWP 5% and 100% Work and Pensions Longitudinal Study data

Notes

1. Figures for Income Support and Pensions Credit are rounded to the nearest 10. Figures for Jobseeker’s Allowance are rounded to the nearest 100
2. Jobseeker’s Allowance figures have been uprated using 5% proportions against 100% Work and Pensions Longitudinal Study (WPLS) totals.

The information requested is not readily available for Employment and Support Allowance claimants and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.