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Low Pay

Mr. Timms: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the number of people in (a) Newham, (b) Tower Hamlets, (c) Hackney, (d) Redbridge, (e) Waltham Forest, (f) Barking and Dagenham and (g) the United Kingdom who earn less than (i) £2.50, (ii) £3, (iii) £3.50 and (d) £4 per hour; and what this figure is as a proportion of all employees. [6814]

Mrs. Liddell [holding answer 7 July 1997]: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the

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Chief Executive of the Office for National Statistics. I have asked him to arrange for a reply to be given. Letter from Tim Holt to Mr. Stephen Holt, dated 8 July 1997:


Ms Walley: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people in the constituency of Stoke-on-Trent, North earn (a) less than £4 per hour, (b) £3.50 per hour and (c) £3 per hour. [6866]

Mrs. Liddell: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the Chief Executive of the Office for National Statistics. I have asked him to arrange for a reply to be given.

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Letter from Tim Holt to Ms Joan Walley, dated 8 July 1997:


Employment

Ms Walley: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what percentage of households (a) in Stoke-on-Trent, North, (b) by region and (c) nationally have no-one in full-time employment. [6868]

Mrs. Liddell: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the Chief Executive of the Office for National Statistics. I have asked him to arrange for a reply to be given. Letter from Tim Holt to Ms Joan Walley, dated 8 July 1997:

The Chancellor of the Exchequer has asked me to reply as the Director of the Office for National Statistics to your recent question (6868) on what percentage of households have no one in full-time employment.


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Labour Market Statistics

Ms Walley: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he plans to (a) publish and (b) introduce the outcome of the consultation exercise on the future presentation and dissemination of labour market statistics by the Office for National Statistics. [6867]

Mrs. Liddell: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the Chief Executive of the Office for National Statistics. I have asked him to arrange for a reply to be given. Letter from Tim Holt to Ms Joan Walley, dated 8 July 1997:



    The Chancellor of the Exchequer has asked me to reply as Director of the Office for National Statistics to your recent question (6867) on when he plans to publish and introduce the outcome of the consultation exercise on the labour market statistics.
    Users were asked for comments on the consultation article to be provided by 14 June 1997. This information is in the process of being assessed by the ONS and an announcement of the outcome will be made by late summer.

LORD CHANCELLOR'S DEPARTMENT

Domestic Violence

Mr. Hill: To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department on how many occasions an application for emergency legal aid to seek an injunction in a domestic violence case has been (a) granted or (b) refused in each of the last five years. [6375]

Mr. Hoon: The information requested is not available. The data gathered by the Legal Aid Board do not identify separately applications for emergency civil legal aid.

Legal Aid

Mr. Hill: To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department on how many occasions the decision to exceed the Green Form financial limit by a solicitors practice with developed powers under a legal aid franchise has subsequently been overruled by a legal aid area office in each of the last three years. [6377]

Mr. Hoon: This information prior to June 1995 has been archived and could be provided only at disproportionate cost. As a result, figures can be provided for each of the last two years only. It is set out in the following tables.

Number
1 July 1995 to 30 June 1996
Total number of devolved powers to extend the financial limit on a Green Form exercised by solicitors23,020
Number of occasions on which solicitor's decision was overruled by a legal aid area office276
1 July 1996 to 30 June 1997
Total number of devolved powers to extend the financial limit on a Green Form exercised by solicitors28,481
Number of occasions on which solicitor's decision was overruled by a legal aid area office273

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Mr. Hill: To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department how many solicitors' firms have been granted a legal aid franchise and in what areas of law; and how many franchised firms have devolved powers in relation to (a) emergency aid, (b) the Green Form scheme and (c) assistance by representation. [6376]

Mr. Hoon: As at 30 June 1997 there were 1,852 franchised solicitors' offices. The following table provides a breakdown of the franchise categories and the number of franchised offices with devolved power in emergency aid, the Green Form and assistance by representation.

Franchise category (5)Number of solicitors officesDevolved Powers
Emergency aidGreen form (6)ABWOR
Consumer and general contract81635225--
Crime1,0891974136
Debt56827266--
Employment55733162--
Housing63484333--
Immigration932649--
Matrimonial and family1,6719411,379226
Personal injury1,50479661--
Welfare benefits27729174--

(5) Solicitors firms may have franchises in more than one category of law.

(6) Assistance by way of representation. Devolved powers apply only to the crime and matrimonial and family franchise categories.



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