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Pensioners' Benefits
Mr. Willetts: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to the answer of 20 April 2004, Official Report, column 447W, on pensioners' benefits, how many people are projected to be on (a) disability and (b) carer's benefits in the years shown in the answer. [172948]
Maria Eagle: The information requested is in the table.
| Disability benefits (16) | Carer's benefits (17) | |
|---|---|---|
| 1997–98 | 1,738 | 19 |
| 2002–03 | 2,026 | 19 |
| 2010–11 | 2,487 | 46 |
| 2020–21 | 2,967 | 54 |
| 2030–31 | 3,561 | 62 |
| 2040–41 | 3,879 | 66 |
| 2050–51 | 4,022 | 68 |
(16) Disability living allowance and attendance allowance.
(17) Invalid care allowance/ carer's allowance.
Notes:
1. Numbers are based on estimates from the 5 per cent. Quarterly Statistical Enquiry and therefore subject to some sampling variation.
2. Projected numbers are consistent with the long term projections of benefit expenditure as published in the HM Treasury publication "Long-Term Public Finance Report: Fiscal Sustainability with an ageing population" at the pre-Budget report 2003.
3. Numbers are rounded to the nearest thousand.
Poverty (Greater London)
Simon Hughes: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what proportion of (a) men, (b) women and (c) children in each ethnic group are living in poverty, defined as below 60 per cent. of median income (i) before and (ii) after housing costs, in each Greater London borough. [173333]
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Mr. Pond: The information requested is not available due to insufficient sample size.
Productivity
Bob Spink: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what his policy is for (a) increasing the productivity and (b) cutting the costs of (i) his Department and (ii) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies. [172188]
Maria Eagle: I refer the hon. Member to the reply given by the Financial Secretary to the Treasury, on 10 May 2004, Official Report, columns 148–49W.
Timber
Ms Walley: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether his Department plans to contribute financially to the establishment of the second phase of the Central Point of Expertise on Timber. [167622]
Jane Kennedy:
The Department is keen to ensure that all its timber is procured from legal and sustainable sources, and is developing a supply chain mechanism to track these sources and their levels of certification. DEFRA will set out the current position regarding the CPET in their reply on behalf of Her Majesty's Government.
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Labour Statistics
Paul Holmes: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) what percentage of single non-working people between the age of 50 and state pension age are in each decile of overall income distribution, broken down by gender; and if he will make a statement; [172537]
(2) how many and what proportion of people between the age of 50 and state pension age, who are not working, are in each decile of overall income distribution, broken down by gender; and if he will make a statement. [172539]
Mr. Pond: The Government are committed to tackling age discrimination in employment, extending opportunities for older workers. From Spring 1997 to Spring 2003 the employment rate for those aged 50 to State Pension Age has increased from 64.5 per cent. to 70.1 per cent. We are committed to further increasing the employment rate for the over 50s by 2006.
Through Age Positive, we are promoting the business benefits of an age diverse workforce by encouraging employers to adopt the voluntary Code of Practice: Age Diversity at Work, A Practical Guide For Business, which was first developed in 1998 and updated in 2002. The Budget 2004 announced a new high profile national guidance campaign to raise employers' awareness of, and ability to adopt, flexible employment and retirement opportunities in order to increase the recruitment, training and retention of older workers.
The information is in the tables.
| Decile | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9&10 | |
| Before housing costs | |||||||||
| Male | 24 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
| Female | 25 | 21 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
| After housing costs | |||||||||
| Male | 27 | 18 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 5 |
| Female | 28 | 23 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 4 |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Before housing costs | ||||||||||
| Male | 390 | 240 | 240 | 190 | 170 | 130 | 120 | 80 | 80 | 50 |
| Female | 250 | 180 | 170 | 140 | 140 | 120 | 110 | 80 | 80 | 80 |
| After housing costs | ||||||||||
| Male | 370 | 260 | 200 | 220 | 160 | 130 | 120 | 90 | 100 | 50 |
| Female | 240 | 180 | 130 | 180 | 120 | 130 | 110 | 100 | 80 | 100 |
Notes:
1. Figures are for 2002–03, the latest date for which data are available.
2. Estimates are for Great Britain. Numbers are rounded to the nearest 10,000, and proportions to the nearest per cent. Decile 1 is the lowest income decile.
3. Estimates relate to the status of individuals at the time they were interviewed for the FRS.
4. FRS-based estimates for both the number of people aged between 50 and state pension age, and the number of workless in this group exceed estimates sourced from the Labour Force Survey, the main source for employment statistics. The estimate of percentages should therefore be considered more robust than the estimate of numbers in this group.
5. The estimates are based on sample counts, which have been adjusted for non-response. Estimates are subject both to sampling error and to variability in non-response.
6. The income measure used is weekly net (disposable) equivalised household income (income that is adjusted to reflect the composition of the household).
7. The Households Below Average Income series presents analysis of income of two bases: Before Housing Costs (BHC) and After Housing Costs (AHC). This is principally to take into account variations in housing costs that themselves do not correspond to comparable variations in the quality of housing.
8. The Households Below Average Income series assumes that both partners in a couple receive the same income. Therefore any differences in the above between genders can be driven only by differences from single adults, which will themselves be diluted by the figures for couples.
9. Deciles nine and 10 of the tables relating to non-working single people have been combined as individually, these deciles contained too few households to provide robust estimates.
Source:
Family Resources Survey (FRS).
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HEALTH
A and E/Paediatric Departments
Mr. Goodman: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many hospitals have an accident and emergency department and a paediatric department which is not open for 24 hours a day. [174562]
Ms Rosie Winterton: The information is not available in the form requested.
Alzheimer's Disease
Lady Hermon: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what percentage of his Department's budget was spent on the development of treatment and care for Alzheimer's sufferers in each of the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the provision for those with Alzheimer's; [173269]
(2) what future funding has been allocated specifically in relation to the development of treatment and care for Alzheimer's sufferers. [173271]
Dr. Ladyman: Funding for the development of treatment and care for people with Alzheimer's disease is not identified separately, but is part of general allocations to local health and social care organisations. It is for local primary care trusts, in partnership with other local national health service and social care organisations, to assess the needs of the local population and meet them from general funding allocations.
The Government are committed to improving standards of health and social care and people with Alzheimer's disease will benefit from the new investment that is being made available to support this commitment. For the NHS there is an annual average funding increase of 7.5 per cent. above inflation over the five years 2003–04 to 2007–08. This is now the largest ever sustained increase in NHS funding. There have also been substantial increases in the level of funding provided for social services in recent years. Social services resources will increase by an annual average of 6 per cent., in real terms from 2003–04 to 2005–06. These significant funding increases will help provide new and better health and social care services for people with Alzheimer's disease.
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