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Former Member and |Duration of
Title of Post
|Appointment
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Mr. Dick Douglas
Member of Central Advisory Committee on War
Pensions |1987-1990
Sir Paul Hawkins
Member of Central Advisory Committee on War
Pensions |1976-1987
Sir David Price
Member of Central Advisory Committee on War
Pensions |1987-1992
Mr. Alec Woodall
Member of Central Advisory Committee on War
Pensions |1975-1987
Mr. Martin Flannery
Trustee of Far Eastern (Prisoners of War and
Internees) Fund |1987-1988
Mr. James Tinn
Trustee of Far Eastern (Prisoners of War and
Internees) Fund |1979-1986
Mr. Meale : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will list the names of all individuals who are or were members of the House of Lords who since 1979 have been appointed to any quasi-autonomous non- governmental organisations, excluding appointments as justices of the peace, giving in each case the title of the post, any salary payable and the duration of the appointment.
Mr. Hague : The available information covering appointments or reappointments since 1979 is as follows. The information requested is not readily available for the independent tribunal service and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
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Member |Title of post |Duration of
|appointment |payable
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Lord Mackie |Member of Central Advisory Committee on War Pensions |1988-date |nil
Lord Mayhew |Member of Central Advisory Committee on War Pensions |1982-1987 |nil
Lord Gridley |Trustee of Far Eastern (Prisoners of War and Internees) Fund|1973-date |nil
Baroness Vickers |Trustee of Far Eastern (Prisoners of War and Internees) Fund|1962-1991 |nil
Lord Brimelow |Chairman of Occupational Pensions Board |1978-1982 |£5,900-£11,100
Baroness Turner of Camden |Member of Occupational Pensions Board |1974-1993 |nil
Mr. Meale : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will list the names of all former British representative members in the European Parliament who since 1979 have been appointed to quasi-autonomous non-governmental organisations, excluding appointments as justices of the peace, giving in each case the title of the post, any salary payable and the duration of the appointment.
Mr. Hague : Details of appointments to the independent tribunal service could be obtained only at disproportionate cost. There are none in the other remaining organisations.
Income Support
Mr. Burden : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what is the number of persons without accommodation claiming income support in the area covered by the DSS office in Northfield, Birmingham.
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Mr. Burt : The information is not readily available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
Benefit Statistics
Mr. Hain : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what percentage of (a) the adult male population of working age, (b) the adult female population of working age and (c) the total population of working age receives (i) invalidity benefit, (ii) sickness benefit and (iii) industrial injuries benefit ; and if he will provide a breakdown for each standard United Kingdom region.
Mr. Scott : The information for Great Britain is in the tables. My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, is responsible for Social Security statistics in Northern Ireland.
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Table 1
Sickness Benefit recipients as a percentage of the adult working population
Region<3><1> |<1>Estimated|<2>Total |Percentage |<1>Estimated|<2>Male |Percentage |<1>Estimated|<2>Female |Percentage
|total |recipients |of |male |recipients |of |female |recipients |of
|population |population |population
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Great Britain<4> |34,576,000 |138,000 |0.40 |18,117,000 |104,000 |0.57 |16,459,000 |34,000 |0.21
England |29,678,000 |108,000 |0.36 |15,566,000 |84,000 |0.54 |14,112,000 |25,000 |0.18
Northern |1,884,000 |13,000 |0.67 |987,000 |10,000 |0.97 |897,000 |3,000 |0.33
Yorkshire and Humberside |3,056,000 |14,000 |0.46 |1,609,000 |12,000 |0.76 |1,447,000 |2,000 |0.13
East Midlands |2,492,000 |6,000 |0.25 |1,312,000 |5,000 |0.34 |1,180,000 |2,000 |0.14
East Anglia |1,265,000 |3,000 |0.26 |669,000 |3,000 |0.37 |596,000 |1,000 |0.13
South East |11,053,000 |26,000 |0.23 |5,770,000 |19,000 |0.33 |5,284,000 |7,000 |0.13
South Western |2,823,000 |8,000 |0.29 |1,487,000 |7,000 |0.45 |1,336,000 |1,000 |0.11
West Midlands |3,228,000 |13,000 |0.41 |1,705,000 |10,000 |0.59 |1,523,000 |3,000 |0.22
North Western |3,877,000 |25,000 |0.64 |2,027,000 |19,000 |0.95 |1,849,000 |5,000 |0.30
Scotland |3,174,000 |17,000 |0.53 |1,646,000 |11,000 |0.66 |1,527,000 |6,000 |0.39
Wales |1,724,000 |12,000 |0.72 |904,000 |9,000 |1.03 |820,000 |3,000 |0.38
<1>The estimated resident working population at mid-1992, male 16-64, female 16-59 rounded to the nearest thousand.
Source: Population Estimates Unit, OPCS.
<2>The number of Sickness Benefit recipients on 4 April 1992 of working age.
Source: 1 per cent. sample of claimants in Great Britain, rounded to the nearest thousand.
<3>Standard Statistical Region.
<4>The Great Britain recipient figures include a number of overseas cases.
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Table 2
Invalidity Benefit recipients as a percentage of the adult working population
Region<3><1> |<1>Estimated|<2>Total |Percentage |<1>Estimated|<2>Male |Percentage |<1>Estimated|<2>Female |Percentage
|total |recipients |of |male |recipients |of |female |recipients |of
|population |population |population
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Great Britain<4> |34,576,000 |1,175,000 |3.40 |18,117,000 |845,000 |4.66 |16,459,000 |330,000 |2.00
England |29,678,000 |874,000 |2.94 |15,566,000 |641,000 |4.12 |14,112,000 |232,000 |1.65
Northern |1,884,000 |107,000 |5.65 |987,000 |81,000 |8.19 |897,000 |26,000 |2.86
Yorkshire and Humberside |3,056,000 |112,000 |3.67 |1,609,000 |86,000 |5.36 |1,447,000 |26,000 |1.80
East Midlands |2,492,000 |67,000 |2.70 |1,312,000 |52,000 |3.93 |1,180,000 |16,000 |1.33
East Anglia |1,265,000 |25,000 |1.94 |669,000 |18,000 |2.75 |596,000 |6,000 |1.04
South East |11,053,000 |203,000 |1.84 |5,770,000 |138,000 |2.40 |5,284,000 |65,000 |1.24
South Western |2,823,000 |60,000 |2.11 |1,487,000 |46,000 |3.11 |1,336,000 |13,000 |1.00
West Midlands |3,228,000 |99,000 |3.05 |1,705,000 |74,000 |4.35 |1,523,000 |24,000 |1.60
North Western |3,877,000 |201,000 |5.20 |2,027,000 |146,000 |7.19 |1,849,000 |56,000 |3.01
Scotland |3,174,000 |169,000 |5.32 |1,646,000 |111,000 |6.74 |1,527,000 |58,000 |3.79
Wales |1,724,000 |125,000 |7.26 |904,000 |87,000 |9.65 |820,000 |38,000 |4.63
<1>The estimated resident working population at mid-1992, male 16-64, female 16-59 rounded to the nearest thousand.
Source: Population Estimates Unit, OPCS.
<2>The number of Invalidity Benefit recipients on 4 April 1992 of working age.
Source: 1 per cent. sample of claimants in Great Britain, rounded to the nearest thousand.
<3>Standard Statistical Region.
<4>The Great Britain recipient figures include a number of overseas cases.
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Table 3
Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit Pensions as a percentage of the adult working population
Region<3><1> |<1>Estimated|<2>Total |Percentage |<1>Estimated|<2>Male |Percentage |<1>Estimated|<2>Female |Percentage
|total |pensions |of |male |pensions |of |female |pensions |of
|population |population |population
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Great Britain<4> |34,576,000 |124,000 |0.36 |18,117,000 |109,000 |0.60 |16,459,000 |15,000 |0.09
England |29,678,000 |101,000 |0.34 |15,566,000 |88,000 |0.57 |14,112,000 |13,000 |0.09
Northern |1,884,000 |14,000 |0.73 |987,000 |12,000 |1.25 |897,000 |1,000
Yorkshire and Humberside |3,056,000 |11,000 |0.37 |1,609,000 |10,000 |0.65 |1,447,000 |1,000 |0.06
East Midlands |2,492,000 |10,000 |0.40 |1,312,000 |9,000 |0.68 |1,180,000 |1,000 |0.08
East Anglia |1,265,000 |4,000 |0.29 |669,000 |3,000 |0.45 |596,000 |1,000 |0.11
South East |11,053,000 |23,000 |0.21 |5,770,000 |20,000 |0.34 |5,284,000 |4,000 |0.07
South Western |2,823,000 |8,000 |0.27 |1,487,000 |7,000 |0.45 |1,336,000 |1,000 |0.07
West Midlands |3,228,000 |14,000 |0.42 |1,705,000 |12,000 |0.69 |1,523,000 |2,000 |0.13
North Western |3,877,000 |18,000 |0.47 |2,027,000 |16,000 |0.76 |1,849,000 |3,000 |0.14
Scotland |3,174,000 |12,000 |0.37 |1,646,000 |11,000 |0.66 |1,527,000 |1,000 |0.06
Wales |1,724,000 |9,000 |0.53 |904,000 |8,000 |0.89 |820,000 |1,000 |0.12
<1>The estimated resident working population at mid-1992, male 16-64, female 16-59 rounded to the nearest thousand.
Source: Population Estimates Unit, OPCS.
<2>The number of Industrial Injuries Disablement pensions in payment at 4 April 1992 to people of working age. (A person can be in receipt of more than
one Disablement pension).
Source:10 per cent. sample of assessments in Great Britain with an allowance for late returns, rounded to the nearest thousand.
<3>Standard Statistical Region.
<4>The Great Britain Pensions include a number of overseas cases.
Housing Benefit
Ms Coffey : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security (1) if he will publish the figures showing the total amount of housing benefit subsidy in the private sector broken down into (a) DOE and (b) local authority where the rent was above the level agreed by the rent assessment officers and where the tenants were (i) elderly, (ii) adults with special handicaps and (iii) families with dependent children, for 1989-90, 1990-91, 1992-93 and the latest available date for the current year ;
(2) what amount of housing subsidy is produced by (a) central Government and (b) local authorities to private landlords, where the rent is above the level agreed by the rent assessment officers, where the tenants are (i) elderly, (ii) disabled, (iii) adults with special handicaps and (iv) families with dependent children for the years 1989-90, 1990-91 and 1992- 93.
Mr. Burt : The information is not available in the form requested. Such information as is available is in the table.
Rent Allowances paid in Great Britain to vulnerable groups
exceeding
the Rent Officer's determination of a Reasonable Market
Rent (RMR).
Year |Total |DSS Subsidy|Local
|expenditure |Authority
|exceeding |Expenditure
|RMR
|£ |£ |£
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1989-90 |5,339,306 |2,669,672 |2,669,634
1990-91 |21,030,787 |10,515,424 |10,515,363
1991-92 |26,119,913 |13,060,020 |13,059,893
1992-93 |26,971,288 |13,485,705 |13,485,583
1993-94 |n/a |n/a |n/a
Source: Housing Benefit final subsidy claim forms.
Notes:
1. No benefit subsidy in respect of rent allowances is paid
by the Department of the Environment.
2. Vulnerable groups include the elderly, sick and disabled
people and families with dependent children.
3. The figures for 1992-93 are provisional.
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Social Fund
Mr. Pike : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what criteria are used for determining the maximum deduction from income support to repay a loan from the social fund ; what is the minimum level of benefit left payable ; what changes he is considering to the criteria ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Scott : In determining the rate at which social fund loans are repaid the applicant's commitments are taken into account. The normal repayment rate is 15 per cent. of the applicant's Income Support applicable amount, less housing costs. Where the applicant has existing commitments the rate may be set at 10 per cent., 5 per cent. or lower. In exceptional circumstances, with the applicant's agreement, the repayment rate may be set at 25 per cent., leaving a minimum 75 per cent. of the applicable amount, but only if it is clear that the applicant can afford to repay at this rate. All aspects of the social fund are closely monitored, including repayment rates for loans.
Disability Living Allowance
Mr. Lidington : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will list the publications and television channels in which his Department advertised the introduction of disability living allowance in April 1992 ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Scott : Advertising the introduction of disability living allowance--DLA--in the publications and on the television stations shown in the table, was one part of a successful, multi-stranded publicity campaign which was targeted at disabled people, carers, advisers and health professionals. By the end of November 1993 over one million claims to DLA had been processed and over a half a million awards of benefit made.
Publications
Daily Mail
Daily Express
Daily Telegraph
Daily Record
Daily Mirror
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Daily StarGuardian Times
Guardian
Independent on Sunday
Independent
Mail on Sunday
News of the World
Observer
Star
Sun
Sunday Express
Sunday People
Sunday Mirror
Sunday Times
Sunday Telegraph
Times
Today
TV Times
Amspar
Disability Arts Mag
Disability News (London)
Disability Now
Disabled
Disabled Driver
Phab
Amar Deep
Asian Times
Black Briton
Cineblitz
Daily Jang
Eastern Eye
Garavi Gujarat
India Times
Punjabi Times
Sing Tao
Surma Bengali
The Voice
Care Weekly
Caring Times
Community Care
General Practitioner
Health Visitor
Health Service Journal
Hospital Doctor
New Statesman and Society
Nursing Standards
Nursing Times
Social Work Today
Therapy Weekly
Chat
Me
My Weekly
Take a Break
Woman
Woman's Own
Woman's Weekly
Woman's Realm
Television stations
Anglia
BBC Select
Border
C4 Network except Ulster
Central
Grampian
Granada
HTV
Lifestyle
LWT
STV
Thames
TSW
TVS
Tyne Tees
Yorkshire
TVAM included in areas
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