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In addition, it should be noted that several changes were made to theStats 19 specification with effect from the start of 1999, including theintroduction of the code which is used to identify drivers or riders who arenon-UK residents.
However, that section refers clearly to children whose parents are in receipt of benefit or other tax allowances; it does not provide for a wider group of children, such as all children in primaries 1 to 3 in certain council areas.
However, claimants of legacy benefits can make a claim for universal credit if they believe that they would then be better off, and there are special arrangements for those in receipt of the severe disability premium, who will be able to make a new claim for universal credit from January next year.
Can the cabinet secretary shed light on the reasons for that increase? As the member would expect, on receipt of such statistics, we look very closely and carefully at what might lie behind them.