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Sure Start Maternity Grant
Martin Linton: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many mothers in Battersea have (a) applied for and (b) obtained the Sure Start maternity grant. [167640]
Mr. Pond: The information is not available in the format requested. The available information is in the tables.
| Applications | Awards | |
|---|---|---|
| 2000–01 | 1,360 | 1,165 |
| 2001–02 | 1,678 | 1,400 |
| 2002–03 | 1,952 | 1,487 |
| 2003 to October | 1,494 | 978 |
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| Applications | Awards | |
|---|---|---|
| November and December 2003 | 479 | 325 |
| Applications | Awards | |
|---|---|---|
| January to March 2004 | 1,627 | 1,162 |
Notes:
1. Data is not available by Parliamentary Constituency. Battersea Parliamentary Constituency used to be part of South West Thames Social Fund District. This District was involved in a very complex set of interlocking boundary changes affecting most of Greater London and some neighbouring areas, which took place from April 2003 to January 2004. Changes affecting South West Thames Social Fund District happened in November 2003 and the district then became known as South West Thames interim district. Changes to this district occurred in January 2004, resulting in the formation of Lambeth, Southwark and Wandsworth Jobcentre Plus district. Battersea Parliamentary Constituency was part of South West Thames interim district and is now part of Lambeth, Southwark and Wandsworth Jobcentre Plus district. The three areas for which data is given above are thus different, so the data is not comparable.
2. Sure Start maternity grants were introduced on 27 March 2000. The very small number of cases for 1999–2000 has been excluded for data protection reasons.
3. Data is given for all applications and awards, irrespective of whether the application was made by the mother or her partner.
Source:
DWP Social Fund Policy, Budget and Management Information System.
Winter Fuel Allowance (Oldham, West and Royton)
Mr. Meacher: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many senior citizens in Oldham, West and Royton have benefited from the winter fuel allowance since 1997. [170951]
Malcolm Wicks: The number of senior citizens in the Oldham, West and Royton constituency who have benefited from a Winter Fuel Payment in each year since 1999–2000 (including provisional figures for 2003–04) is in the table. Information relating to the 1997–98 and 1998–99 winters is not available.
| Payments made | |
|---|---|
| 1999–2000 | 15,840 |
| 2000–01 | 17,330 |
| 2001–02 | 17,270 |
| 2002–03 | 17,170 |
| 2003–04 | 17,160 |
Notes:
1. Numbers are rounded to the nearest 5.
2. Please note that the figures for 2003–04 refer only to the main payment run i.e. they do not include the late payment run figures. We estimate that there are approximately 100,000 people in Great Britain paid via late payment runs (0.8 per cent. of all payments). However, since late payment runs are mainly in respect of non-system cases whose claim had not been received by Qualifying Week, they are heavily skewed towards men aged 60.
Source:
IAD Information Centre, 100 per cent. samples.
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TREASURY
Child Benefit
Bob Spink: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the total funding allocation for his Department was in 2003–04 for child benefit. [170820]
Ruth Kelly: The funding provision for 2003–04 for child benefit can be found on page 524 in the Central Government Supply Estimates 2004–05, (published April 2004).
National Minimum Wage (Oldham, West and Royton)
Mr. Meacher: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many workers in Oldham, West and Royton have benefited from the national minimum wage. [170946]
Ruth Kelly: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Len Cook to Mr. Meacher, dated 10 May 2004:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent question about the number of workers in Oldham, West and Royton who have benefited from the national minimum wage (NMW). (170946)
Estimates for Parliamentary Constituencies are not available.
However, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) calculates estimates of the number of jobs paid less than NMW rates for the United Kingdom and Government Office Regions. A guide to measuring low pay and associated articles and data can be found on the National Statistics website at: http://www.statistics.gov.uk/StatBase/Product.asp?vlnk=5837&Pos=l&ColRank=l&Rank=272
Teenage Pregnancy
Tim Loughton: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many teenage girls (a) below the age of 16 years and (b) over the age of 16 years fell pregnant in (i) 2003–04 and (ii) each of the previous five years. [171070]
Ruth Kelly: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Len Cook to Tim Loughton, dated 10 May 2004:
As National Statistician I have been asked to reply to your recent question asking how many teenage girls (a) below 16 and (b) over 16 conceived in (i) 2003/4 and (ii) each of the previous five years. (171070)
For this purpose, teenagers are interpreted as the under 18 age group, in line with the target set by The Government Strategy on Teenage Pregnancy.
The table gives the number of conceptions among girls aged under 16, 16 and 17 in England and Wales for 1997 to 2001, the most recent year for which figures are available.
| Age at conception | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 16 | 16 | 17 | |
| 1997 | 8,271 | 14,058 | 21,029 |
| 1998 | 8,452 | 13,802 | 21,865 |
| 1999 | 7,945 | 13,334 | 20,749 |
| 2000 | 8,114 | 13,153 | 20,081 |
| 2001(39) | 7,891 | 13,103 | 19,972 |
(39) Provisional.
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Numbers of conceptions are estimated from registrations of births and notifications of abortions. Miscarriages before the 24th week of gestation are not included.
Average Earnings
Mr. Hoyle: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the average earnings of (a) women and (b) men in (i) Lancashire and (ii) the North West. [172070]
Ruth Kelly: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Len Cook to Mr. Lindsay Hoyle, dated 10 May 2004:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question asking what assessment has been made of the average earnings of (a) women and (b) men in (i) Lancashire and (ii) the North West. (172070)
Average earnings arc estimated from the 2003 New Earnings Survey (NES) and are provided for full-time employees on adult rates of pay whose pay was unaffected by absence during the pay period, by their place of work. This is the standard definition used for MRS tables. The NES does not collect data on the self employed and people who do unpaid work.
The 2003 NES estimates that the total average weekly earnings of full-time adult employees in Lancashire were £471.30 for males and £357.40 for females, and in: the North West £483.10 for males and £367.90 for females. Please note that the former two estimates relate to the administrative county of Lancashire, which excludes Blackburn with Darwen unitary authority.
More detailed information on earnings in each of these areas is available in the published tables from the 2003 NES. The relevant estimates can be found in table A22.1 for males and A23.1 for females, and arc available on the National Statistics wcbsite at: http://www.statistics.gov.uk/downloads/theme labour/NES2003 Analyses By Region/NES2003 Analyses By Region.pdf
The NES, carried out in April of each year, is the most comprehensive source of earnings information in Great Britain. It is a 1 per cent. sample of all employees who are members of pay-as-you-earn (PAYE) schemes, but because of its sampling frame, it has difficulty capturing data on people with very low pay. It is therefore likely to under-represent relatively low paid staff earning below the tax threshold.
The New Earnings Survey publication criteria ensures that all estimates are undisclosive and of reliable quality. A number of estimates have been removed from the published tables for these reasons.
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