Social Protection | To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which the number of applications for various social welfare payments has fluctuated over the past 12 months
To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which the number of applications for various social welfare payments has fluctuated over the past 12 months; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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The table below shows the number of claims registered for various social welfare schemes over the 12 month period from April 2021 to March 2022.
| Scheme | Apr-21 | May-21 | Jun-21 | Jul-21 | Aug-21 | Sep-21 | Oct-21 | Nov-21 | Dec-21 | Jan-22 | Feb-22 | Mar-22 |
| State Pension (Contributory) | 3,283 | 3,360 | 3,246 | 3,118 | 2,909 | 2,463 | 3,430 | 3,310 | 2,135 | 2,809 | 3,724 | 3,890 |
| Widow(er)’s Contributory Pension | 645 | 626 | 702 | 623 | 536 | 620 | 634 | 819 | 551 | 800 | 743 | 757 |
| State Pension (Non-Contributory) | 823 | 699 | 768 | 759 | 562 | 630 | 738 | 782 | 451 | 722 | 754 | 726 |
| Jobseekers Allowance | 6,682 | 6,938 | 9,347 | 9,691 | 8,204 | 9,556 | 8,371 | 9,076 | 7,437 | 8,471 | 7,919 | 8,075 |
| Jobseekers Benefit | 8,156 | 6,982 | 11,944 | 13,228 | 9,382 | 10,775 | 9,587 | 10,323 | 9,137 | 10,600 | 8,692 | 9,529 |
| One-Parent Family Payment | 770 | 798 | 797 | 819 | 826 | 994 | 929 | 989 | 663 | 752 | 855 | 981 |
| Supplementary Welfare Allowance Basic | 2,185 | 2,393 | 2,863 | 3,421 | 3,480 | 3,814 | 3,553 | 3,930 | 3,412 | 3,143 | 3,637 | 5,009 |
| Maternity Benefit | 3,515 | 3,610 | 4,606 | 3,478 | 3,665 | 4,987 | 3,680 | 3,914 | 3,547 | 3,465 | 3,100 | 3,702 |
| Paternity Benefit | 2,162 | 3,610 | 2,557 | 2,157 | 2,324 | 3,160 | 2,327 | 2,411 | 2,416 | 2,531 | 2,344 | 2,447 |
| Parent’s Benefit | 6,769 | 4,709 | 4,713 | 4,979 | 4,243 | 5,157 | 4,614 | 4,800 | 4,013 | 5,838 | 5,290 | 5,636 |
| Carer’s Allowance | 1,744 | 1,984 | 1,735 | 1,558 | 1,456 | 1,762 | 1,741 | 1,913 | 1,252 | 905 | 1,103 | 1,396 |
| Carer’s Benefit | 311 | 426 | 429 | 363 | 311 | 393 | 368 | 264 | 251 | 313 | 396 | 468 |
| Disability Allowance | 1,650 | 1,794 | 1,909 | 1,822 | 1,646 | 1,928 | 1,900 | 1,954 | 1,465 | 1,596 | 1,888 | 2,260 |
| Invalidity Pension | 655 | 790 | 727 | 649 | 638 | 723 | 858 | 820 | 641 | 694 | 865 | 778 |
| Illness Benefit | 21,349 | 22,233 | 24,522 | 32,953 | 38,116 | 33,918 | 30,633 | 62,355 | 73,368 | 187,091 | 88,717 | 103,155 |
| Occupational Injury Benefit | 586 | 747 | 886 | 904 | 932 | 1,100 | 1,009 | 1,165 | 858 | 844 | 839 | 830 |
| Child Benefit | 2,435 | 2,106 | 1,499 | 2,694 | 2,506 | 2,528 | 2,736 | 3,670 | 2,737 | 1,526 | 3,239 | 2,838 |
| Domiciliary Care Allowance | 809 | 1072 | 849 | 700 | 668 | 837 | 766 | 785 | 577 | 585 | 801 | 855 |
| Household Benefits | 3,318 | 4,746 | 4,721 | 4,777 | 4,707 | 6,259 | 6,510 | 8,286 | 3,318 | 944 | 1,082 | 7,022 |
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