House of Commons Hansard Written Answers for 11 Nov 2003 (pt 13)

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Remploy

Adam Price: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what subsidy has been awarded to Remploy in each of the last four years. [135284]

Maria Eagle: Remploy receives a grant in aid each year to deliver part of our WORKSTEP programme to support disabled people in employment.

The information is in the table.

£ million

Grant in aid

1999–2000 95.661

2000–01 100.661

2001–02 100.061

2002–03 119.162

	Grant in aid
1999–2000	95.661
2000–01	100.661
2001–02	100.061
2002–03	119.162

Stakeholder Pensions

Mr. Cousins: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for Bexhill and Battle (Gregory Barker), of 3 November 2003, Official Report, column 474W, on

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stakeholder pensions, if he will estimate how many new stakeholder pensions have been taken up by those with no earnings. [137761]

Malcolm Wicks: The information available is in the table:

Stakeholder pensions: Number of individuals contributing⁽¹⁰⁾ by status⁽¹¹⁾ and earned income⁽¹²⁾for year ending 5 April 2002

Individuals (thousand)

Employees

£0-£9,999 a year 170

£10,000-£19,000 a year 300

£20,000-£29,000 a year 150

£30,000 a year upwards 60

Total 680

Self employed

£0-£9,999 a year 30

£10, 000-£19, 000 a year 30

£20,000-£29,000 a year 10

£30,000 a year upwards 20

Total 90

In receipt of a pension 10

Child 20

Full-time education —

Carer —

Unemployed 10

Other 20

Total 840

	Individuals (thousand)
Employees
£0-£9,999 a year	170
£10,000-£19,000 a year	300
£20,000-£29,000 a year	150
£30,000 a year upwards	60
Total	680

Self employed
£0-£9,999 a year	30
£10, 000-£19, 000 a year	30
£20,000-£29,000 a year	10
£30,000 a year upwards	20
Total	90

In receipt of a pension	10
Child	20
Full-time education	—
Carer	—
Unemployed	10
Other	20
Total	840

⁽¹⁰⁾ The table refers to the number of individuals whose stakeholder pension has received a contribution during the year.

⁽¹¹⁾ Status is largely based on what is reported by an individual when making their opening application, or for existing business by the provider.

⁽¹²⁾ Earned income is derived from the Survey of Personal Incomes (SPI) and consists of all income chargeable under Schedule E (mainly pay, private and occupational pensions, retirement annuities and state retirement pensions), Schedule D Cases I and II (self-employment income), and miscellaneous other earnings.

Notes:

1. The information in the table is taken from IR website statistics (Table T7.10.) It shows individuals contributing to a stakeholder pension, by status and earnings. The data are derived from a sample of annual returns of information submitted to the Inland Revenue by stakeholder pension providers. Numbers are rounded to nearest 10,000. Totals may not sum, due to rounding.

2. The data are collected primarily for compliance purposes and contains details of contributions made by or on behalf of individuals.

3. As well as containing individual details, such as name and date of birth, the data also contains their national insurance number. Using this it possible to aggregate across those who have arrangements with one or more providers. Therefore, unlike tables 7.4 and 7.5 which are based on aggregate returns from providers and are therefore at arrangement level, IR are able to present these results at an individual level. In addition the providers have to report the status of the individual

in the following categories:

Employee

Pensioner

Self-employed

Child

Carer of a child aged less than 16

Carer of a person aged 16 or over

In full-time education

Unemployed

Other

4. Any individual making a gross contribution of £3,600 or less to a stakeholder pension from 6 April 2001 does not have to present evidence of earnings to the provider to whom they are making the contribution. Therefore in order to assess the earned income of contributors IR has matched the individual details provided where possible with the Survey of Personal Incomes (SPI) 2000–01.

5. The SPI is a representative sample of nearly 200,000 individuals, drawn from the Revenue's Self Assessment, Pay As You Earn and Claims systems. Where IR has been able to match these individuals to the SPI, primarily those with earned income, the totals in the tables are based on this sample. For other groups that are unlikely to be in the SPI, such as children, IR has used the whole database directly to derive counts and amounts. For this latter group further analysis is limited to the data that providers have to submit.

6. The table relates to the number of individuals who have a recorded contribution in the year—either individual, employer or minimum. While in theory the data should give details of all individuals, in practice due to incorrect or missing data less than 100 per cent. of records are available for analysis. To account for this the results in the tables have been scaled to known administrative totals.

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EDUCATION AND SKILLS

Bullying

Linda Perham: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what plans he has to reduce bullying in schools. [136590]

Mr. Ivan Lewis: Bullying is a serious issue which can affect young people's educational achievement and emotional well-being. The range of measures we are implementing reflects our determination to help schools tackle the problem.

Tackling bullying is covered in the behaviour audit and training materials that we are making available to all secondary and middle schools through our Key Stage 3 strategy. These reinforce and extend the good practice guidance in our anti-bullying pack 'Bullying: Don't Suffer in Silence' and our anti-bullying website (www.dfes.gov.uk/bullying).

I recently launched a new public information film aimed at children and young people. The film is entitled "Tell Someone". It encourages pupils experiencing bullying to tell someone who can help rather than suffering in silence.

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Later this month I will be launching an anti-bullying charter which I hope as many schools as possible will sign and use. The charter is being drawn up in consultation with the professional associations and voluntary sector partners. It will be accompanied by a summary of effective practice to help schools review and enhance their anti-bullying policies.

The charter will be launched at the first of a series of regional conferences. These conferences will involve schools, local education authorities and voluntary organisations. As well as raising awareness, they will celebrate and share good practice in tackling bullying.

Call Centres

Mr. Connarty: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills whether his Department plans to outsource call centre work to premises outside the United Kingdom. [132108]

Mr. Ivan Lewis: My Department has a small call centre operating from Runcorn. There are no plans to move it.

Education Expenditure

Mr. Willis: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the expenditure was as a share of GDP on (a) early years and childcare, (b) schools, including sixth forms, (c) support for young people, (d) higher education and (e) further education, adult learning and skills and lifelong learning in each financial year from 1992–93 to the end of the public expenditure planning cycle. [136782]

Mr. Charles Clarke: The information requested is only readily available from 1993–94. The figures in the following table show Central Government and local authority expenditure for England only while the GDP figures used are for the UK. The figures exclude expenditure on Children's Social Services, the resources for which were recently transferred to DfES. For 2003–04 to 2005–06, the local authority expenditure element for each category has been estimated.

Percentage

1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000

Early Years & Childcare 0.20 0.21 0.20 0.20 0.21 0.22 0.24

Schools, including 6th forms⁽¹³⁾ 2.31 2.34 2.28 2.23 2.16 2.11 2.18

Support for Young People⁽¹⁴⁾ 0.15 0.16 0.16 0.16 0.16 0.15 0.15

Further Education, adults etc.⁽¹⁵⁾ 0.43 0.42 0.42 0.42 0.39 0.40 0.40

Higher Education 0.92 0.93 0.86 0.78 0.74 0.70 0.70

2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06

Early Years & Childcare 0.25 0.29 0.30 0.29 0.34 0.36

Schools, including 6th forms ⁽¹³⁾ 2.25 2.45 2.54 2.75 2.77 2.84

Support for Young People ⁽¹⁴⁾ 0.16 0.08 0.10 0.12 0.13 0.14

Further Education, adults etc. ⁽¹⁵⁾ 0.43 0.58 0.63 0.66 0.67 0.67

Higher Education 0.63 0.62 0.63 0.67 0.66 0.68

	1993–94	1994–95	1995–96	1996–97	1997–98	1998–99	1999–2000
Early Years & Childcare	0.20	0.21	0.20	0.20	0.21	0.22	0.24
Schools, including 6th forms⁽¹³⁾	2.31	2.34	2.28	2.23	2.16	2.11	2.18
Support for Young People⁽¹⁴⁾	0.15	0.16	0.16	0.16	0.16	0.15	0.15
Further Education, adults etc.⁽¹⁵⁾	0.43	0.42	0.42	0.42	0.39	0.40	0.40
Higher Education	0.92	0.93	0.86	0.78	0.74	0.70	0.70

	2000–01	2001–02	2002–03	2003–04	2004–05	2005–06
Early Years & Childcare	0.25	0.29	0.30	0.29	0.34	0.36
Schools, including 6th forms ⁽¹³⁾	2.25	2.45	2.54	2.75	2.77	2.84
Support for Young People ⁽¹⁴⁾	0.16	0.08	0.10	0.12	0.13	0.14
Further Education, adults etc. ⁽¹⁵⁾	0.43	0.58	0.63	0.66	0.67	0.67
Higher Education	0.63	0.62	0.63	0.67	0.66	0.68

⁽¹³⁾ Responsibility for 6th form funding was transferred to the LSC from local authorities in 2002–03.

⁽¹⁴⁾ Includes Work Based Training for Young People up to 2000–01. From 2001–02 the resources transferred to the LSC and are included in "Further Education".

⁽¹⁵⁾ Includes college based learning for young people and, from 2001–02, Work Based Training for Young People.

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