Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many new claims for (a) tax credits, (b) jobseeker's allowance, (c) employment and support allowance, (d) income support and (e) housing benefit have been made since April 2014.

Part (a) Tax Credits

Number of new Tax Credit claims received for the period April 2014 to end July 2015 is included in the list below:

Claims received 12/13 - 1,072,007

Claims received 13/14 - 1,019,719

Claims received 14/15 - 922,661

Claims received April 15 to end July 15 - 320,673

Part (b) Jobseekers Allowance; Part (c) Employment and Support Allowance and Part (d) Income Support

The information requested for Part (b) Jobseekers Allowance, Part (c) Employment and Support Allowance and Part (d) Income Support is not available in the Public Domain.

Part (e) Housing Benefit

Information on the number of claims for Part (e) Housing Benefit is published and available at:-

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/housing-benefit-statistics-on-speed-of-processing-2014-to-2015