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Mr. George Osborne: To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs how many press officers are employed in the Department. [206523]
Mr. Lammy: At 1 April 2004, my Department employed 14 press officers.
Mr. George Osborne: To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs (1) if he will list the property belonging to his Department that has (a) been stolen and (b) been reported lost in each year since 1997, broken down by type of article; [206368]
(2) how many items of civil service property within his Department are unaccounted for, broken down by type. [205574]
Mr. Lammy: The information requested is as in the following table.
Mr. Dobson: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many and what percentage of benefit fraud cases he estimates would be caught by the use of identity cards. [209030]
Mr. Pond: I refer my right hon. Friend to the written answer I gave the right hon. Member for Haltemprice and Howden (David Davis) on 21 December 2004, Official Report, column 1723W.
Lynne Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people who have been in hospital for more than a year live on the weekly benefit rate of £15.90; and what proportion suffer from mental ill-health. [207736]
Malcolm Wicks: The information is not available in the format requested. However, such information as is available is set out in the table:
Benefit type | Number of people on adjusted personal benefit rate |
---|---|
State pension and bereavement benefits | (15)7,030 |
Severe disablement allowance | 8,000 |
Income support | 3,500 |
Incapacity benefit | 3,500 |
Chris Ruane: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many and what percentage of children in poverty have been lifted out of poverty in each of the last seven years, broken down by (a) constituency, (b) county and (c) region. [207714]
Mr. Pond: Poverty is about more than low income; it also impacts on the way people livetheir health, housing and the quality of their environment. The sixth annual "Opportunity for all" report (Cm 6239), published in September 2004, sets out the Government's strategy for tackling poverty and social exclusion and presents information on the indicators used to measure progress against this strategy.
Specific information regarding low income for the United Kingdom is available in "Households Below Average Income 199495 to 200203". Data are not available below the regional level and are only available as proportions at the regional level. It should be noted that the reporting of year on year changes in the regional low-income rates are not reliable.
"Measuring child poverty", published in December 2003, outlines the Government's measure of UK child poverty for the long-term. This new measure will begin from 200405.
All publications listed are available in the Library.
Mr. George Osborne: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many credit cards for official expenditure are held by his Department. [206443]
Maria Eagle: As of 21 December 2004, there are 184 credit cards in issue for official expenditure.
Mr. George Osborne: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the cost of travel within the UK for the Department was in each year since 1997; and how much of this was spent on (a) hire cars, (b) helicopter hire, (c) hotel accommodation and (d) subsistence. [206477]
Maria Eagle:
The information is not available in the format requested. The available information is in the table. DWP was formed in June 2001 from Department of Social Security (DSS) and parts of the former Department for Education and Employment, including the Employment Service. Information for the period prior to June 2001 refers to the former DSS.
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Mr. George Osborne: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much the Department spent on first-class travel in each year since 1997. [206563]
Maria Eagle: The available information is in the table.
Number of journeys | Cost (£) | |
---|---|---|
200203 | 51,564 | 8,315,975 |
200304 | 45,289 | 7,082,711 |
Mr. George Osborne: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many overseas trips, and at what total cost, have been made by his Department in each year since 1997; and what the costs of (a) flights, (b) internal travel, (c) hotel accommodation and (d) subsistence were of each trip. [206662]
Maria Eagle: The available information is in the tables.
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