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Personal Capability Assessments
Mr. Goodman:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what percentage of new claimants underwent their personal capability assessment within
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12 weeks of applying for the claim in each year since 1997. [215774]
Maria Eagle: The information is not available.
Return to Work
Mr. Dismore: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what assistance is available to people with disabilities to return to work in Hendon; how many people have taken up this assistance in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. [211036]
Maria Eagle: There are a number of programmes, such as Access to Work, Work Preparation and Workstep designed to help disabled people return to work. Jobcentre Plus also offers interviews with a personal adviser to all disabled people making new or repeat claims to qualifying benefits to ensure they are aware of the help and opportunities available to them.
Access to Work is a specialist disability programme, which provides practical advice and support to help disabled people enter or stay in paid employment.
Work Preparation is an individually tailored, work-focused programme that enables disabled people to address barriers associated with their disability and prepare for working with the confidence necessary to achieve and sustain their job goal.
Workstep provides support in jobs for disabled people who have more complex barriers to finding and keeping work but who, with the right support, can work effectively and develop in their job. Longer-term support continues to be available for those who need it and is a major element of the programme.
Details of the number of disabled people helped to return to work through Access to Work, Work Preparation and Workstep in each of the last five years are not available at constituency or Jobcentre Plus district level.
Disabled people may also receive help through the new deal programme. New deal for disabled people is a voluntary programme which gives customers on qualifying disability or health-related benefits in England, Scotland and Wales access to a network of Job Brokers. Job Brokers work with customers to help them compete in the labour market and support them in finding and keeping a job.
Disabled people may also receive help through other New Deal programmes such as the new deal for young people, new deal 25 plus, new deal 50+, and new deal for lone parents. Over the last five years we estimate that around 430 disabled people have been supported through these new deal programmes in Hendon, of which around 180 have entered work.
Information relating to people supported through the New Deal for Disabled People is not available at constituency level. The available information for the North London Jobcentre Plus district is in the following table.
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Notes:
1.Starts figures relate to the number of individuals registering with an NDDP Job Broker.
2.Individuals into work figures relate to the number of individuals gaining NDDP Job Broker jobs and individuals gaining NDDP Jobcentre Plus jobs.
3.The NDDP programme is available to people in receipt of a disability or health related benefit and started in July 2001.
4.All figures have been rounded to the nearest 10 and for this reason components may not necessarily sum to totals.
Source:
New Deal Evaluation Database
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Secondment
Alan Simpson: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will list the people working within his Department on secondment from the private sector, broken down by (a) the organisation or industry they came from and (b) the policy responsibilities they have been given. [208633]
Maria Eagle: There are currently 14 inward secondees in the Department, 12 of whom are listed. We have omitted two secondees operating at junior level as we are not able to contact them to comply with the Data Protection Act.
State Pension
Mr. Webb: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will estimate the cost in each of the next six financial years, net of savings in means-tested benefits and additional income tax revenues, of paying a full basic state pension to everyone over state pension age, regardless of contribution record. [214513]
Malcolm Wicks [holding answer 7 February 2005]: The information is in the table.
| Net cost (£ million) | |
|---|---|
| 2005–06 | 5.0 |
| 2006–07 | 5.0 |
| 2007–08 | 5.1 |
| 2008–09 | 5.2 |
| 2009–10 | 5.2 |
| 2010–11 | 5.1 |
Notes:
1.Figures are for Great Britain only, in 2004–05 price terms, using the Gross Domestic Product deflator index, rounded to the nearest £100 million. They assume overnight introduction for all citizens above state pension age.
2.It is assumed that the rules are changed from 2005–06 and that basic state pension is increased in line with prices. It is assumed that all individuals above state pension age (65 for men; 60 for women) receive the full category A rate of basic state pension (currently £79.60 per week) regardless of contribution record or marital status.
3.Gross additional basic state pension costs are estimated by the Government Actuary's Department and are consistent with Budget 2004 assumptions and use 2002 based population projections. basic state pension costs refer to the additional costs after allowing for consequential changes to national insurance fund benefits and non-income-related vote benefits.
4.Costs are net of income related benefits and income tax. For illustrative purposes it is assumed that the proportion of savings calculated is constant after 2006–07.
Mr. Hurst: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the average income of state pensioner households in England and Wales was in each year from 1991 to 2004. [215120]
Malcolm Wicks: The information requested that is available is in the tables.
The pensioners' incomes series has been based on data from the Family Resources Survey since 1994–95 and income information for FRS data is only available for the financial years 1994–95 to 2002–03
Family Expenditure Survey (FES) before 1994–95. Due to methodological differences between the surveys, results from FES and FRS can not be directly compared.
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| 1999–2000 | 2000–01 | 2001–02 | 2002–03 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross income | 252 | 267 | 275 | 275 |
| Net BHC income | 216 | 227 | 234 | 236 |
| Net AHC income | 189 | 203 | 211 | 213 |
| Gross income from state retirement pension | 100 | 100 | 106 | 108 |
| 1999–2000 | 2000–01 | 2001–02 | 2002–03 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross income | 359 | 384 | 396 | 383 |
| Net BHC income | 302 | 319 | 331 | 324 |
| Net AHC income | 277 | 299 | 310 | 305 |
| Gross income from state retirement pension | 132 | 132 | 139 | 142 |
| 1999–2000 | 2000–01 | 2001–02 | 2002–03 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross income | 181 | 192 | 194 | 200 |
| Net BHC income | 159 | 167 | 170 | 175 |
| Net AHC income | 131 | 141 | 145 | 150 |
| Gross income from state retirement pension | 78 | 79 | 84 | 85 |
Notes:
1.Incomes are presented as pounds per week. Figures for incomes are given in 2002–03 prices and rounded to the nearest pound.
2.The pensioners' incomes series analysis is for pensioner units, which are either: single pensioners (defined as. people over state pension age) or pensioner couples (defined as married or cohabiting pensioners where the man is over state pension age.)
3.BHC stands for before housing costs' and AHC for after housing costs'.
4.State retirement pension includes the basic state pension, as well as earnings related-related component from SERPS or its predecessor graduated
5.Net income is income from all sources deducting income tax and council tax. retirement benefit.
Source:
Tables A, B and C: Based on data from The Pensioners' Incomes Series 2002–03 (which is based on data from the Family Resources Survey).
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