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Flour Milling and Baking Research AssociationThe Food Hygiene Bureau
Food Manufacturers Industrial Group
Food Policy Research Unit, University of Bradford
The Food Research Institute
Freight Transport Association
GMB Union
International Natural Gums Association for Research
Isinglass Manufacturers Association
Leatherhead Food Research Association
Liverpool Chamber of Commerce and Industry
London Chamber of Commerce and Industry
London Egg Exchange
London Food Commerce
National Association of Health Stores
National Chamber of Trade
National Farmers Union
National Freight Federation
National Institute for Research in Dairying
Joint Council for the Port Transport Industry
National Pharmaceutical Association
National Physical Laboratory
Natural Food Colours Association
North East Coast Fishing Vessel Owners Association
Pea Pickers and Pea Packers Association
The Post Office
Proprietary Association of Great Britain
Research Institute for Consumer Affairs
Tea Buyers Association
UK Provision Trade Federation
British Hotel Federation
British Hotel, Restaurants and Caterers Association
Confederation of Fried Fish Caterers Association
Confederation of Fried Fish Cateries
Hospital Caterers Association
National Association of Catering Butchers
National Catering Federation
Restauranteurs Association of Great Britain
Scarborough Hotels Association
British Frozen Food Federation
British Refrigeration Association
National Cold Storage Federation
In addition, approximately 240 other individuals and organisations have been consulted.
Local Government Finance
Mr. Dewar : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the grant element used for each local authority in Scotland in calculating the tax liability for a house with two or more adults in that authority area in 1991-92 for the purposes of tables 1 and 2 in the annex to the consultation paper, "A New Tax for Local Government".
Mr. Lang [holding answer 26 April 1991] : The illustrative figures were calculated at district level, and for this purpose regional community charge income was apportioned to districts in proportion to the community charge tax base. With grant similarly apportioned to districts, the grant amounts assumed for the purposes of the calculation are set out in the table. The figures allow for revenue support grant, community charge grant and grant under the personal community charge reduction scheme.
|Grant total £
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Berwickshire |14,414,578
Ettrick and Lauderdale |25,380,818
Roxburgh |27,491,083
Tweeddale |11,368,346
Clackmannan |27,539,962
Falkirk |81,274,179
Stirling |44,617,462
Annandale and Eskdale |27,454,017
Nithsdale |41,675,769
Stewartry |17,721,405
Wigtown |22,758,395
Dunfermline |71,591,125
Kirkcaldy |83,761,661
North East Fife |40,976,839
Aberdeen City |130,510,392
Banff and Buchan |51,047,129
Gordon |45,115,129
Kincardine and Deeside |29,962,875
Moray |51,446,270
Badenoch and Strathspey |9,183,496
Caithness |21,781,863
Inverness |48,782,813
Lochaber |15,157,189
Nairn |8,579,407
Ross and Cromarty |39,539,931
Skye and Lochalsh |10,189,375
Sutherland |11,813,807
East Lothian |39,133,089
Edinburgh City |213,518,570
Midlothian |38,349,029
West Lothian |68,401,040
Argyll and Bute |44,409,721
Bearsden and Milngavie |24,121,307
Clydesbank |31,596,178
Clydesdale |36,677,761
Cumbernauld and Kilsyth |38,196,487
Cumnock and Doon Valley |29,106,142
Cunninghame |83,783,569
Dumbarton |47,621,138
East Kilbride |49,765,499
Eastwood |35,653,554
Glasgow City |465,399,616
Hamilton |66,255,835
Inverclyde |61,644,107
Kilmarnock and Loudoun |52,566,746
Kyle and Carrick |72,650,459
Monklands |69,487,982
Motherwell |93,897,412
Renfrew |128,132,921
Strathkelvin |53,883,882
Angus |62,577,035
Dundee City |114,451,379
Perth and Kinross |80,998,493
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Total |3,113,414,165
SOCIAL SECURITY
Fraud
Mr. Battle : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many cases of alleged fraud were detected in relation to (a) income support and (b) social fraud, which were considered for civil legal proceedings in England, Scotland and Wales in 1989-90 and 1990-91.
Mr. Jack : The Department does not collect information on the number of cases considered for civil legal proceedings which relate to alleged fraud involving social security payments. A case is accepted for proceedings on the basis that a debt exists, with no distinction being made between fraudulent and non-fraudulent cases. Proceedings will be considered in all cases where the overpayment is £300 or more after other attempts to recover the debt have been exhausted.
Departmental Staff
Mr. Dobson : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will give for each year from 1979-80, including 1991-92, the number of staff actually employed on 1 April and the full complement of staff, including
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vacant posts, by grade, in the statistical divisions in his Department ; and if he will differentiate between staff in statistical posts and staff in administrative posts.Miss Widdecombe : The Department of Social Security holds no records to show the numbers of statisticians in
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DHSS before the split of the Department in 1989. Figures for the years since 1989 are shown in the table and give the full complement of staff, including vacant posts, by grade, in the analytical services division of DSS. The figures are not strictly comparable between years because of reorganisation of the Department's analytical services.Column 91
Numbers of Staff in statistical divisions on 1 April 1989, 90, 91
1989 1990 1991
|Admin. |Prof. |Total |Admin. |Prof. |Total |Admin. |Prof. |Total
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Grade
1 |- |- |0 |- |- |0 |- |- |0
2 |- |- |0 |- |- |0 |- |- |0
3 |- |0.33 |0.33 |- |0.33 |0.33 |- |0.33 |.33
4 |- |- |0 |- |- |0 |- |- |0
5 |- |2 | 2 |- |2 |2 |- |2 |2
6 |- |- |0 |- |- |0 |- |- |0
7 |1 |9 |10 |- |8 |8 |- |8 |8
Senior Assistant Statistician |- |2 |2 |- |2 |2 |- |7 |7
Assistant Statistician |- |2 |2 |- |4 |4 |- |2 |2
SEO |2 |- |2 |- |- |0 |- |- |0
HEO |11 |- |11 |9 |- |9 |7.5 |- |7.5
EO |19.5 |- |19.5 |12.5 |- |12.5 |10.5 |- |10.5
AO |33 |- |33 |34.5 |- |34.5 |33 |- |33
AA |7 |- |7 |6 |- |6 |5 |- |5
S/PES |2 |- |2 |2.33 |- |2.33 |2 |- |2
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------
Total |75.5 |15.33 |90.83 |64.33 |16.33 |80.66 |58 |19.33 |77.33
1989 1990 1991
|Admin. |Prof. |Total |Admin. |Prof. |Total |Admin. |Prof. |Total
Grade
1 |- |- |0 |- |- |0 |- |- |-
2 |- |- |0 |- |- |0 |- |- |-
3 |- |- |0 |- |- |0 |- |- |-
4 |- |- |0 |- |- |0 |- |- |-
5 |- |- |0 |- |- |0 |- |- |-
6 |- |- |0 |- |- |0 |- |- |-
7 |- |1 |1 |- |- |0 |- |- |-
Senior Assistant Statistician |- |- |0 |- |- |0 |- |- |-
Assistant Statistician |- |- |0 |- |- |0 |- |1 |1
SEO |1 |- |1 |- |- |0 |- |- |-
HEO |3 |- |1 |- |- |0 |- |- |-
EO |1 |- |1 |- |- |0 |- |- |-
AO |- |- |0 |2.5 |- |2.5 |- |- |-
AA |- |- |0 |- |- |0 |- |- |-
S/PES |- |- |0 |- |- |0 |- |- |-
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------
Total |5 |1 |6 |2.5 |0 |2.5 |- |1 |1
Vacancies in statistical divisions on 1 April 1989, 90, 91
1989 1990 1991
Admin. Prof. Total Admin. Prof. Total Admin. Prof. Total Grade
1 -- -- 0 -- -- 0 -- -- --
2 -- -- 0 -- -- 0 -- -- --
3 -- -- 0 -- -- 0 -- -- --
4 -- -- 0 -- -- 0 -- -- --
5 -- -- 0 -- -- 0 -- -- --
6 -- -- 0 -- -- 0 -- -- --
7 -- 1 1 -- -- 0 -- -- --
Senior Assistant Statistician -- -- 0 -- -- 0 -- -- --
Assistant Statistician -- -- 0 -- -- 0 -- 1 1
SEO 1 -- 1 -- -- 0 -- -- --
HEO 3 -- 1 -- -- 0 -- -- --
EO 1 -- 1 -- -- 0 -- -- --
AO -- -- 0 2.5 -- 2.5 -- -- --
AA -- -- 0 -- -- 0 -- -- --
S/PES -- -- 0 -- -- 0 -- -- --
Total 5 1 6 2.5 0 2.5 -- 1 1
Mortgage Interest Payments
Mr. Allen : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will bring forward proposals to regulate the amount which can be claimed to pay mortgage interest payments on homes.
Miss Widdecombe : Regulations exist to limit the amount which can be paid for mortgage interest through income support where payments are excessive. This is where :
The accommodation is too large ; or
The accommodation is situated in an unnecessarily expensive area ; or
The outgoings are higher than those on suitable alternative accommodation in the same area.
The restriction--to the amount that the claimant would need to obtain suitable alternative accommodation--applies from the outset of the claim if the claimant could not afford the financial commitment when it was entered into, provided it is reasonable to expect the claimant and family to move. Its application my be deferred for
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26 weeks where the commitment was affordable and for up to a further 26 weeks if the claimant is using his best endeavours to obtain cheaper accommodation.This regulation is, like all social security legislation, kept under careful review.
Benefits
Mrs. Ray Michie : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will list the number of people in the constituency of Argyll and Bute receiving (a) retirement pension, (b) widow's benefit, including death benefit, (c) invalidity benefit, (d) invalid care allowance, (e) severe disablement allowance, (f) unemployability supplement and (g) child benefit ; how many of those in (a) to (f) also receive child benefit ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Scott : Information relating to these benefits is not available for individual constituencies.
Mrs. Ray Michie : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will list the number of people in
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Scotland receiving (a) retirement pension, (b) widow's benefit, including death benefit, (c) invalidity benefit, (d) invalid care allowance, (e) severe disablement allowance, (f) unemployability supplement and (g) child benefit ; how many of those in (a) to (f) also receive child benefit ; and if he will make a statement.Mr. Scott : The table shows the latest available figures :
Benefit |Number receiving in |Date to which infor-
|Scotland |mation relates
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Retirement Pension |809,490 |30 September 1990
Widows Benefit |38,510 |31 March 1990
Invalidity Benefit |169,300 |31 March 1990
Severe Disablement
Allowance |33,600 |31 March 1990
Child Benefit |609,000 |21 February 1991
Widow's payment, which is a lump sum payment of £1,000, may be payable for those women who were widowed after April 1988. Information relating to the number of widows receiving a widow's payment is not available for Scotland.
Information relating to the number of people receiving invalid care allowance and unemployability supplement is not available for Scotland.
Information relating to the number of benefit recipients also receiving child benefit is not available centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
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Mr. Ralph Howell : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what was the total amount paid out in state benefits, including mortgage interest relief, to people earning more than (a) the national average wage and (b) two thirds of national average wage at the latest date for which figures are available.
Mr. Jack : The latest available information on benefit payments is for 1987 ; the closest corresponding period for which information on mortgage tax relief is available is the financial year 1987-88. On this basis, the estimated benefit payments to family units with total gross earnings of more than the specified levels, based on average male earnings, were :
(a) about £6.7 billion ;
(b) about £9.7 billion.
Child benefit represents around two thirds of those benefit payments.
Resettlement Unit
Mr. Harry Greenway : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security when the business plan of the Resettlement Unit executive agency for 1991-92 will be published.
Miss Widdecombe : The 1991-92 business plan has today been placed in the Library.
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