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An announcement about the appointment of the programme director will be made shortly. Under the terms of an interim agreement with Highlands and Islands Enterprise, the director will be employed by HIE and his office will be located in their headquarters in Inverness.
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One of his initial tasks will be to prepare more detailed proposals for the functioning of the executive including staff numbers and their location.European Structural Funds
Mr. Maclennan : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what steps he will take to ensure that assistance from the European structural funds, under objective 1, will be channelled into crofting.
Sir Hector Monro [holding answer 28 January 1994] : Crofters already benefit from a range of national and EC structural support measures which will continue under objective 1. In addition, the objective 1 plan which was recently submitted to the European Commission allows for consideration to be given to additional measures to help crofters to increase efficiency and improve the quality of their produce.
GP Fundholders
Mr. Donohoe : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the general practitioner fundholders operating within the Ayrshire and Arran health board area ; what is the size of the budgets under their control ; and if he will make a statement on the criteria which GP practices have to fulfil in order to gain fund holding status.
Mr. Stewart [holding answer 31 January 1994] : Three fund- holding practices have been operating within the board area from 1 April 1993 : Dr. Richardson and partner, Institute avenue, Catrine combined with Dr. Cleland and partners, High street, Mauchline ; Dr. Thomson and partners, 8 Cathcart street, Ayr and Dr. McSherry and partners, 9 Frew terrace, Irvine.
Details of the allotted sums, or funds, determined by the health board and deployed by a GP fundholding practice are published annually in each individual practice's audited annual accounts. Such audited accounts are not yet available for 1993-94.
The health board is required to determine each application according to the National Health Service (Fundholding Practices) (Scotland) Regulations 1993 --SI 1993 No. 488. The main criteria to be fulfilled to gain GP fundholding status are that the practice, or group of practices, must have a list size of at least 6,000 patients ; the fundholding application must be made by all members of the practice partnership ; the practice must demonstrate that it has the managerial capability and resource plans necessary to manage a fund effectively and efficiently ; and it must have a computer system to support the effective and efficient management of the fund.
Dental Practices
Dr. Godman : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many dental practices accepted national health service patients in (a) Inverclyde, (b) Strathclyde and (c) Scotland as a whole in each year since 1978-79.
Mr. Stewart [holding answer 31 January 1994] : No information is held on dental practices. The number of individual dentists registered on health board dental lists to provide national health service general dental services in each of the four health board areas within Strathclyde region and the total number of dentists registered in
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Scotland is contained in the table. Information for individual local government districts and regional areas is not available.Column 683
Number of dentists on health board dental lists
in Scotland at 31 December
Year |Argyll and |Ayrshire and|Greater |Lanarkshire |Scotland
|Clyde |Arran |Glasgow
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1978 |<1>- |<1>- |<1>- |<1>- |1,188
1979 |<1>- |<1>- |<1>- |<1>- |1,207
1980 |<1>- |<1>- |<1>- |<1>- |1,251
1981 |<1>- |<1>- |<1>- |<1>- |1,294
1982 |<1>- |<1>- |<1>- |<1>- |1,334
1983 |<1>- |<1>- |<1>- |<1>- |1,379
1984 |113 |110 |263 |131 |1,360
1985 |115 |112 |263 |133 |1,392
1986 |122 |114 |282 |137 |1,456
1987 |132 |122 |289 |142 |1,511
1988 |133 |113 |299 |137 |1,528
1989 |137 |112 |328 |140 |1,587
1990 |141 |118 |337 |142 |1,626
1991 |157 |118 |340 |147 |1,666
1992 |160 |120 |348 |141 |1,680
1993 |165 |126 |358 |147 |1,774
<1>Information before December 1984 is not available for the number of dentists registered
with individual health boards.
Prescriptions
Dr. Godman : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the total number of prescriptions dealt with in each year since 1978-79 ; and, of this total, how many were (a) free of charge, (b) covered by a pre- payment certificate, (c) paid for as a straightforward commercial transaction and (d) paid for in some other way.
Mr. Stewart [holding answer 31 January 1994] : The available information is as shown in the table.
No breakdown is available between those prescription items which were free from charges and those covered by a pre-payment certificate. Column 5 shows, where available, the value of the pre-payment certificates issued in the respective years. No information is available regarding prescriptions paid for in some other way.
NHS prescriptions (Scotland)
1 |2 |3 |4 |5
|prescription|dispensed |paid for |pre-payment
|items |free of |directly |certificates
|charge
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1978-79 |35.78 |22.35 |13.43 |N/A
1979-80 |35.61 |23.16 |12.45 |N/A
1980-81 |35.49 |24.88 |10.61 |N/A
1981-82 |35.46 |26.23 |9.23 |0.85
1982-83 |36.50 |27.69 |8.81 |1.00
1983-84 |37.24 |28.77 |8.47 |1.10
1984-85 |37.77 |29.75 |8.02 |1.27
1985-86 |37.87 |30.53 |7.34 |1.45
1986-87 |38.51 |31.56 |6.95 |1.64
1987-88 |40.05 |33.27 |6.78 |1.81
1988-89 |41.12 |34.41 |6.71 |2.02
1989-90 |43.25 |36.36 |6.89 |2.27
1990-91 |44.37 |37.70 |6.67 |2.63
1991-92 |46.48 |39.89 |6.59 |3.07
1992-93 |48.30 |41.79 |6.51 |3.50
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Dental Treatment
Dr. Godman : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many pregnant women received free dental treatment in each year since 1978-79.
Mr. Stewart [holding answer 31 January 1994] : All pregnant women and women who have had a child within the previous 12 months are exempt from NHS dental charges and receive free dental treatment. Information is recorded on courses of treatment rather than individual patients treated. The total number of courses of dental treatment received by pregnant women and nursing mothers is contained in the table.
Number of courses of dental
treatment for pregnant
and nursing women in Scotland
Year |Number of
(calendar) |courses of
|treatment
---------------------------------
1978 |80,009
1979 |82,830
1980 |89,207
1981 |92,253
1982 |93,947
1983 |93,066
1984 |92,608
1985 |95,162
1986 |98,565
1987 |98,390
1988 |98,796
1989 |107,981
1990 |103,873
1991 |118,000
1992 |118,060
1993 |115,436
Council House Sales
Dr. Godman : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many local authority houses have been sold since the introduction of right-to- buy legislation in each district council area.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton [holding answer 31 January 1994] : The information requested is set out in the table.
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Right to buy sales of local authority
dwellings
Area |<2>Number
----------------------------------------------
Scotland |201,485
Fife
Berwickshire |821
Ettrick and Lauderdale |1,412
Roxburgh |1,527
Tweeddale |451
Central
Clackmannan |2,307
Falkirk |8,201
Stirling |3,534
Dumfries and Galloway
Annandale and Eskdale |1,688
Nithsdale |2,524
Stewartry |907
Wigtown |1,428
Fife
Dunfermline<1> |6,878
Kirkcaldy |7,340
North East Fife |3,153
Grampian
Aberdeen |7,716
Banff and Buchan |3,695
Gordon |1,932
Kincardine and Deeside |1,009
Moray |3,547
Highland
Badenoch and Strathspey |454
Caithness |998
Inverness |1,996
Lochaber |963
Nairn |327
Ross and Cromarty |1,364
Skye and Lochalsh |241
Sutherland |401
Lothian
East Lothian |4,989
Edinburgh |15,611
Midlothian |4,132
West Lothian |4,944
Strathclyde
Argyll and Bute |2,063
Bearsden and Milngavie |439
Clydebank |2,940
Clydesdale |1,849
Cumbernauld and Kilsyth |1,143
Cumnock and Doon Valley |1,881
Cunninghame |5,079
Dumbarton |2,321
East Kilbride |588
Eastwood |600
Glasgow |25,297
Hamilton |5,684
Inverclyde |2,875
Kilmarnock and Loudoun |3,588
Kyle and Carrick |5,518
Monklands |5,586
Motherwell |6,351
Renfrew |9,027
Strathkelvin |3,135
Tayside
Angus |3,681
Dundee |8,704
Perth and Kinross |4,918
Islands Councils
Orkney Islands |533
Shetland Islands |503
Western Isles |692
<1>Return outstanding for quarter 2 1993.
<2>Sales from October 1980 to June 1993.
Milk
Mr. Morley : To ask the Secetary of State for Scotland how many gallons of milk were consumed in Scotland in the most recent year for which figures are available ; and how many gallons of milk were produced in Scotland in that year.
Sir Hector Monro [holding answer 31 January 1994] : The volume of milk produced and sold through milk marketing schemes in Scotland in 1992 was 1,156 million litres. The volume used for consumption as liquid milk was 662 million litres.
Meigle Cottage Hospital
Mr. Bill Walker : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give details of the representations his Department has received regarding the future of Meigle cottage hospital.
Mr. Stewart [holding answer 31 January 1994] : Since March 1991, the Scottish Office Home and Health Department has received 37 letters from 29 individuals regarding the future of Meigle cottage hospital.
Mr. Bill Walker : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what details of population growth for the Blairgowrie cottage hospital and the Meigle cottage hospital which were used to determine the hospital needs for both these catchment areas.
Mr. Stewart [holding answer 31 January 1994] : Tayside health board has responsibility to assess the needs of the local population and to obtain appropriate services to meet these needs. In doing so, it takes into account a wide range of factors including predicted changes in the size and composition of the local population. In the particular case of Meigle and Blairgowrie, I understand that the health board used the population projections of the General Registrar's office.
Forestry Commission
Mr. Tipping : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will place in the Library the report by the Forestry Commission on the review of access to Forestry Commission woodlands after sale.
Sir Hector Monro [holding answer 31 January 1994] : I shall arrange for a copy to be placed in the Library shortly.
SOCIAL SECURITY
Goode Report
Mr. Ieuan Wyn Jones : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what measures he proposes to reform the law on pensions in the light of the Goode report.
Mr. Hague : I refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave to the hon. Member for Newport, West (Mr. Flynn) on31 January.
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Rhinitis
Mr. Mullin : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what discussions he has had with the Industrial Injuries Advisory Council regarding its proposed inquiry into occupational rhinitis ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Scott : I wrote to the chairman of the council, on behalf of my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State on23 September 1993, asking the council to consider and advise on whether the present prescription of the prescribed disease D4--inflamation of the mucous membrane of the upper respiratory passages or mouth--should be changed and, if the council concludes that it should, for recommendations on revised terms of prescription.
Housing Benefit
Ms Short : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if a person enrolled on a full-time training course supported by (a) training for work or (b) the European social fund and attending an educational establishment, is eligible for (i) housing benefit or (ii) council tax benefit ; how their training allowance is taken into account in assessing the amount of benefit they should receive ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Burt : A person attending a full-time training for work course is eligible for housing benefit and council tax benefit, subject to normal rules. The training allowance is taken into account in assessing benefit entitlement, but any payment reimbursing travelling expenses, any training premium and, in certain circumstances, any living away from home allowance is disregarded.
A person attending a full-time training course supported by the European social fund, which does not fall within the definition of a training allowance, is ineligible for housing benefit and council tax benefit unless he or she is a member of the vulnerable groups, including disabled people and lone parents.
Child Support Agency
Mr. Alexander : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will provide full details of the arrangements for awarding performance- related pay to staff employed by the Child Support Agency ; and if he will make a statement.
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Mr. Burt : I refer my hon. Friend to the reply given to the hon. Member for Warley, West (Mr. Spellar) by the chief executive of the Child Support Agency on 19 January 1994, at column 797.
Mr. Dewar : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security (1) what is the estimated reduction in yield to the Child Support Agency arising in a full year from the reduction in extra maintenance payments from 25p in every additional pound of assessable income to 15p and 20p if there are two children ;
(2) what is the estimated reduction in yield in a full year to the Child Support Agency arising from the reduction of one quarter in the care element of the maintenance requirement for a child over 11 years and of a further quarter when the youngest child reaches 14 years ; (3) what is his estimate of the total sum forgone by the Child Support Agency as a result of the changes to the child support system announced by his Department on 22 December ;
(4) if he will estimate the reduction in yield to the Child Support Agency of the phasing proposals set out in the Child Support (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 1994 ;
(5) what is the estimated reduction in yield to the Child Support Agency arising in a full year from the increase in the level of protected income above income support from £8 to £30 and the 10p in the pound to 15p.
Mr. Kirkwood : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how much money he has made available for the cost of the modifications announced on 22 December 1993 to the Child Support Act 1991.
Mr. Burt : The estimated costs of the changes to the assessment formula and of the extension to the provisions for phasing in new amounts of maintenance are in the table.
These estimates are derived using the assumptions about volume of cases, taking account of factors such as time taken, throughput and compliance rates underlying the figures published in the agency's business plan, and do not, at this stage, make any allowance for changes in these variables in response to this package of changes.
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Total cost of DSS proposals for 1993-94 and PES period
£ million, cash
|1993-94 |1994-95 |1995-96 |1996-97
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Phasing |5 |35 |20 |15
Increase in protected income margins
to £30 and 15 per cent. |5 |35 |50 |60
Reduction in additional deduction rate |Negligible|5 |5 |5
Reduction of 25 per cent. in the amount
of maintenance for caring parent
once child 11, and again at 14 |Negligible|10 |10 |15
|------- |------- |------- |-------
Total cost of proposals |15 |85 |85 |95
Effect of rescheduling of work to
accommodate implementation of
changes |30 |15 |- |-
|------- |------- |------- |-------
Total effect of programme costs |45 |100 |85 |95
Note: Figures have been rounded to the nearest £5 million. Amounts less than £2.5 million are
treated as negligible. Totals may not sum because of
rounding.
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Mr. Dewar : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what is the estimated cost to the Child Support Agency of the withdrawal of the collection fee in cases where maintenance is being paid direct to the parent with care.
Mr. Burt : It is not possible to provide an accurate estimate of the cases affected. The number is likely to be small, so it is anticipated that the cost will therefore be minimal.
Mr. Dewar : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what is the latest estimate of the Child Support Agency's administrative budget for 1993-94 and for the next three financial years.
Mr. Burt : The information is in the table.
-
|£ million
------------------------------
1993-94 |120
1994-95 |135
1995-96 |136
Sources:
1993-94 Winter Supplementary
Estimate, November 1993.
1994-96 DSS Departmental
Report 1993.
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Mr. Bayley : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security when the Child Support Agency will be publishing an annual report ; and how the public will be able to obtain it.
Mr. Burt : The administration of the Child Support Agency is a matter for Ros Hepplewhite, the chief executive. She will write to the hon. Member.
Letter from Ros Hepplewhite to Mr. Hugh Bayley, dated 31 January 1994 :
I am replying to your Parliamentary Question to the Secretary of State for Social Security about the Child Support Agency's annual report.
As stated in its Business Plan for 1993-94, the Agency intends to publish an Annual Report in the summer of 1994. Copies will be placed in the Library of the House, and will also be available from the Agency's headquarters at Millbank Tower.
I hope you find this letter helpful.
Invalidity Benefit
Mr. Frank Field : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what was the number of successful claims for invalidity benefit for each year since inception of the scheme broken down by sex ; and what proportion of claims by each sex represented the total.
Mr. Scott : The available information is in the table.
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c|Invalidity benefit spells commencing by period
Period Total spellTotal spells Total spells
|commencing
|(ii)
|All men |Per cent. |All women |Per cent.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
7 June 1971 to 3 June 1972 |636,000 |526,000 |83 |110,000 |17
5 June 1972 to 2 June 1973 |416,000 |365,000 |88 |51,000 |12
4 June 1973 to 1 June 1974 |453,000 |400,000 |88 |53,000 |12
3 June 1974 to 31 May 1975 |459,000 |403,000 |88 |56,000 |12
1 September 1975 to 6 June 1976 |n/a |n/a |n/a |n/a |n/a
7 June 1976 to 4 June 1977 |520,000 |440,000 |85 |79,000 |15
6 June 1977 to 3 June 1978 |562,000 |473,000 |84 |89,000 |16
5 June 1978 to 2 June 1979 |621,000 |518,000 |83 |103,000 |17
4 June 1979 to 31 May 1980 |543,000 |439,000 |81 |103,000 |19
2 June 1980 to 30 May 1981 |365,000 |283,000 |78 |81,000 |22
1 June 1981 to 29 May 1982 |303,000 |229,000 |76 |74,000 |24
5 April 1982 to 2 April 1983 |305,000 |225,000 |74 |80,000 |26
4 April 1983 to 31 March 1984 |278,000 |205,000 |74 |72,000 |26
2 April 1984 to 30 March 1985 |272,000 |199,000 |73 |73,000 |27
1 April 1985 to 5 April 1986 |285,000 |207,000 |73 |78,000 |27
7 April 1986 to 4 April 1987 |284,000 |202,000 |71 |83,000 |29
6 April 1987 to 2 April 1988 |282,000 |201,000 |71 |81,000 |29
4 April 1988 to 1 April 1989 |280,000 |199,000 |71 |81,000 |29
3 April 1989 to 31 March 1990 |284,000 |208,000 |73 |76,000 |27
2 April 1990 to 30 March 1991 |288,000 |204,000 |71 |83,000 |29
1 April 1991 to 4 April 1992 |323,000 |233,000 |72 |90,000 |28
Notes:
(i) All figures are for Great Britain and are based on a 2.5 per cent. sample up to 1974-75; a 2
per cent. sample up to 1977-78; and a 1 per cent. sample
thereafter. Figures are rounded to the nearest thousand and percentages are rounded to the
nearest whole per cent.
(ii) May include two or more spells commencing for the same person.
(iii) Figures include spells where benefit is not paid because of entitlement to overlapping
benefits.
(ix) There are no figures available for 1975-76 as this was an incomplete statistical year.
Invalidity Pension
Mr. Flynn : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what plans he has to make to people whose entitlement to earnings-related invalidity pension based on contributions paid since 1978 is to be abolished will receive a refund of the contributions proportionate to the reduction in benefit.
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Mr. Scott : National insurance contributions correctly paid at the time of payment are not refundable. We have no plans to change this position.
Social Fund Loans
Mrs. Golding : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many families were refused loans from the social fund because they were too poor to repay them or because they were considered of insufficient priority within the budget.
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Mr. Scott : The information is not readily available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost. General information on refused loan applications is published in my right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State's annual report on the social fund for 1992-93, which is in the Library.
Hearing Loss
Mr. Llwyd : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security (1) how many representations he has received on the increasing of minimum assessment to 20 per cent. in cases of hearing loss among ex-service men ; and if he will make a statement ;
(2) how many representations he has received from associations representing ex-service men and women on the proposed increase to 20 per cent. of the minimum assessment figure of those suffering from hearing loss ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Scott : Information is not available on how many further representations have been made since the change became effective.
Mr. Llwyd : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what percentage of ex-service men and women receiving war service and disability pensions suffer from hearing defects ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Scott : The information is not available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
Benefits (Calculation)
Mr. Cousins : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what plans he has to reduce the nominal amount of income assumed on savings for calculation of benefits.
Mr. Burt : I refer the hon. Member to my reply to the hon. Member for Birkenhead (Mr. Field) on 16 December, at column 837.
Bronchitis and Emphysema (Compensation)
Mr. Hardy : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will extend the recent arrangements to compensate former mineworkers who suffer from severe bronchitis and emphysema as a result of their employment to make similar provision for workers in the steel industry who suffer from these diseases as a result of the conditions of their employment.
Mr. Scott : We have no such plans. The Industrial Injuries Advisory Council concluded in its report "Chronic Bronchitis and Emphysema", Cm 2091, that, on present evidence, it could not recommend prescription of the diseases in relation to metal production workers.
Income Support Personal Allowance
Mr. Dewar : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if a step-child living with a parent with care is taken into account for the purposes of deciding if the absent parent's liability for the income support personal allowance is reduced to 50 per cent.
Child Support Act 1991
Mr. Kirkwood : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will estimate how much it will cost to implement the modifications announced on 22 December 1993 to the Child Support Act 1991.
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Mr. Burt : The final cost of implementing the changes is difficult to estimate as the impact extends over several years, until all phasing cases are dealt with. Initial indications suggest that the total work involved would cost in the region of £3 million, which it is intended to absorb within current estimates.
Mr. Kirkwood : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security whether the cost of the modifications announced on 22 December 1993 to the Child Support Act is being made available from the budget for (a) 1993-94 or (b) 1994-95.
Mr. Burt : The changes will have some effect on expenditure in the current financial year : this will be met from the Reserve and will not add to the planned total of public expenditure. A supplementary estimate will be sought shortly. The main financial impact of the changes will be in 1994 -95 and subsequent years.
Mr. Donohoe : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security (1) whether the assessment forms issued to absent parents under the terms of the Child Support Act 1991 indicate that any information disclosed in the assessment forms will be disclosed to the other parties directly involved in that assessment ;
(2) whether the assessment forms issued to absent parents under the terms of the Child Support Act 1991 indicate that any information disclosed in the form is confidential and for the use of the Child Support Agency only.
Mr. Burt : The administration of the Child Support Agency is a matter for Ros Hepplewhite, the chief executive. She will write to the hon. Member.
Letter from Ros Hepplewhite to Mr. Brian Donohoe, dated 31 January 1994 :
I am replying to your Parliamentary Questions to the Secretary of State for Social Security requesting information about the maintenance enquiry forms used by the Child Support Agency. When the Agency takes on a case, the absent parent is sent a maintenace enquiry pack. In this pack, the absent parent is advised that, as part of the Department of Social Security, the Agency is bound by very strict rules of confidentiality. The pack also makes clear that, unless ordered to do so by Court Order, the Agency will not normally disclose an address or telephone number to the other party without the absent parent's specific permission.
In addition, the Child Support Agency Charter states that, like the courts, the Agency is required by law to let both parents know what financial information was used to make the maintenance assessment. I hope that you find this reply useful.
Fraud
Mr. Menzies Campbell : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security (1) how many employees were judged to be guilty of fraud in his Department in each year since 1989 ; and how many were dismissed ;
(2) what is his Department's policy for dealing with employees found guilty of fraud.
Mr. Hague : Allegations of internal fraud are investigated under the Department's disciplinary procedures. Where an employee is considered, on the balance of probabilities, to have committed such an offence, dismissal would be appropriate.
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Since 1989, a total of 68 officers have been dismissed in such circumstances or have resigned during the course of an investigation. The yearly breakdown is as follows :
|Number
---------------------------
1989 |9
1990 |6
1991 |13
1992 |18
1993 |21
1994 to date |1
Pensions
Mr. Ingram : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, pursuant to his answer of 17 January, Official Report, columns 424-25, if he will list the organisations and individuals which have been issued with a copy of the consultation document on age-related benefits.
Mr. Hague [pursuant to his reply, 24 January 1994, columns 20-22] : The following organisation also received copies of the consultation document on age-related rebates : Confederation of British Industry.
Industrial Injury Claims
Mr. Steinberg : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what amount was recovered, under section 22 of the Social Security Act 1989, from the damages paid to victims of industrial injury for Durham for each year since 1989.
Mr. Scott : This is a matter for Mr. Michael Bichard, the chief executive of the Benefits Agency. He will write to the hon. Member with such information as is available.
Letter from Michael Bichard to Mr. Gerry Steinberg, dated 31 January 1994 :
The Secretary of State for Social Security has asked me to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question asking about the amount recovered, under Section 22 of the Social Security Act 1989, from damages paid to victims of industrial injury in Durham since 1989.
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