Frances Fitzgerald
Question:777 Ms Fitzgerald asked the Minister for Social, Community and Family Affairs the numbers receiving the maternity allowance; and the annual cost from 1995 and to date in 2000. [20309/00]
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777 Ms Fitzgerald asked the Minister for Social, Community and Family Affairs the numbers receiving the maternity allowance; and the annual cost from 1995 and to date in 2000. [20309/00]
The information requested by the Deputy is contained in the following tables.
Table 1: Number of Recipients of Maternity Benefit at 31 December, 1995-2000
£000 | |
1995 | 3,889 |
1996 | 4,592 |
1997 | 5,512 |
1998 | 5,453 |
1999 | 6,008 |
2000* | 6,198 |
£000 | |
1995 | 15,664 |
1996 | 17,628 |
1997 | 19,796 |
1998 | 22,384 |
1999 | 23,851 |
2000* | 19,004 |
£000 | |
1995 | 27,273 |
1996 | 29,839 |
1997 | 34,058 |
1998 | 38,208 |
1999 | 41,530 |
2000* | 32,492 |
780 Ms Fitzgerald asked the Minister for Social, Community and Family Affairs the number of those receiving the carer's allowance; and the number in each case who receive under £10, under £20, under £30, under £40, under £50, under £60, under £70 and under £80. [20347/00]
The information requested by the Deputy is not readily available within my Department. However, the pensions development area of the Department is currently working on a program to retrieve the statistics requested from the Department's database. It is expected that these figures will be available by Friday, 6 October 2000 and they will be forwarded directly to the Deputy.