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New Deal
Mr. Hepburn: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) south Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) the UK have been helped by the new deal in each year since its inception. [223047]
Jane Kennedy: The available information is in the tables.
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Notes:
1. New deal for young people started in January 1998; New deal 25 plus started in July 1998; new deal for lone parents started in October 1998; new deal 50 plus started in April 2000; new deal for disabled people started in July 2001; new deal for partners started in April 1999 but information broken down by geography and year is only available from April 2002.
2. Figures for Jarrow do not include new deal for disabled people and new deal for partners as they are not available at constituency level.
3. South Tyneside data is for the Jobcentre Plus district of Gateshead and south Tyneside.
4. All data is based on calendar years and is to the end of December 2004 apart from new deal for partners which is to March 2004.
5. Information is for Great Britain rather than the UK as the Departments new deals do not operate in Northern Ireland.
6. All figures have been rounded to the nearest 10.
Source:
DWP Information Directorate
Shona McIsaac: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many (a) young people, (b) lone parents and (c) older people have participated in the new deal in Cleethorpes constituency. [223462]
Jane Kennedy: The information is in the following table.
(34) Information relates to the number of people aged 18–24 who have started new deal for young people and new deal for lone parents and those gaining a job through these programmes.
(35) Information relates to the number of lone parents who have started new deal for lone parents and those gaining a job through the programme.
(36) Information relates to people aged 50 and over who have started new deal 25 plus and new deal for lone parents and those gaining a job through these programmes.
(37) Information relates to people aged 50 who claimed the new deal 50 plus employment credit up to the end of March 2003.
(38) Information relates to people aged 50 and over who have gained a job through new deal 50 plus since April 2003. Starts information is not available from April 2003 to date.
Notes:
1. Information for new deal for disabled people and new deal for partners is not available at constituency level.
2. New deal for young people started in January 1998; new deal for lone parents started in October 1998; new deal 50 plus started in April 2000.
3. Some individuals may be counted more than once in these figures.
4. All data is to December 2004.
5. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10.
Source:
DWP Information Directorate
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Pensions
Shona McIsaac: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much his Department spent on (a) male and (b) female recipients of the (i) basic state pension, (ii) SERPS and (iii) pension credit in 2003–04; and how many recipients there were of each. [223461]
Malcolm Wicks: The requested information is in the table.
| Expenditure, £ millions, cash terms | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| (i) Basic state pension | (ii) SERPS | (iii) Pension credit | |
| (a) Male | 16,801 | 4,727 | 1,953 |
| (b) Female | 22,978 | 1,951 | 2,840 |
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| (i) Basic state pension | (ii) SERPS | (iii) Pension credit | |
|---|---|---|---|
| (a) Male | 4,241 | 3,597 | 761 |
| (b) Female | 7,011 | 3,572 | 1,405 |
Notes:
1. All expenditure figures have been rounded to the nearest million pounds. Expenditure recorded on the department's accounting systems has been apportioned between males and females using a 5 per cent. sample of administrative records.
2. All caseload figures have been rounded to the nearest thousand, and are based on a 5 per cent. sample of administrative records.
3. A basic state tension is paid to those who fully or partially satisfy the contribution conditions for a category A or category B basic state pension.
4. Category D retirement pensions are not included in the figures.
5. The SERFS (state earnings-related pension scheme) figure also includes amounts for state second pension and graduated retirement benefit.
6. Basic state pension and SERPS expenditure includes pensions paid to people living overseas.
7. Pension credit expenditure includes both the guarantee credit and the savings credit. As pension credit was only introduced on 6 October 2003, the 2003–04 expenditure quoted relates only to half a year.
8. Figures are consistent with the Pre-Budget Report 2004 and with expenditure information published on the Internet at http://www.dwp.gov.uk/asd/asd4/expenditure.asp (table 3). These tables will shortly be updated with Budget 2005 figures.
Source:
Departmental accounts data and 5 per cent. samples of departmental administrative records.
Mr. Hepburn: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the average state pension for a pensioner living in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) the UK has been in each year since 1997. [223657]
Malcolm Wicks: The available information is in the table.
Notes:
1. Figures are taken from a five per cent. sample and are therefore subject to a high degree of sampling variation.
2. Figures prior to 1999 are only available for Great Britain. There are no figures for September 1998 so March 1998 figures have been provided.
3. State pension means Category A, B, C or D state pension or graduated retirement benefit.
4. Parliamentary constituencies and local authority areas are assigned by matching postcodes against the relevant Office for National Statistics postcode directory.
5. North East GOR is the North East Government Office Region which includes: the unitary authorities of Darlington, Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Redcar and Cleveland, and Stockton on Tees; authorities in Durham—Chester-le-Street, Derwentside, Durham, Easington, Sedgefield, Teesdale and Wear Valley; authorities in Northumberland—Alnwick, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Blyth Valley, Castle Morpeth, Tynedale and Wansbeck; and authorities in the Metropolitan county of Tyne and Wear—Gateshead, Newcastle upon Tyne, North Tyneside, South Tyneside and Sunderland).
Source:
IAD Information Centre, five per cent. sample for 30 September or 31 March for the years shown.
Hugh Bayley:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the total value of basic state pension payments paid to pensioners in the city of York local authority area was in 1996–97; what the total value of such payments would have been in 2004–05 if the basic state pension had been increased in line with (a) prices and (b) wages between 1996–97 and 2004–05; and what he estimates the total value of (i) basic state pension
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payments, (ii) pension credit payments, (iii) winter fuel payments, (iv) council tax £100 payments and (v) free television licences to the over 75s in that area will be in 2004–05. [222224]
Malcolm Wicks: Basic state pension expenditure information is not available at constituency or local authority level before 1999–2000, so it is not possible to state the total value of basic state pension payments to pensioners in the city of York local authority area in 1996–97.
However, it has been possible to calculate that if the basic state pension had been increased in line with (a) prices and (b) wages between 1996–97 and 2004–05, the total value of such payments in 2004–05 would have been (a) £127.6 million and (b) £145.9 million respectively.
The other available information is in the following table.
Notes:
1. All figures have been rounded to the nearest hundred thousand pounds.
2. Expenditure for basic state pension and pension credit has been apportioned using 2004–05 Quarterly Statistical Inquiry data.
3. Figures for expenditure on basic state pension exclude people receiving Category C or Category D pension only, additional state pension only or graduated retirement benefit only.
4. Pension credit expenditure includes both the guarantee credit and the savings credit.
5. 2004–05 Quarterly Statistical Inquiry data is not yet available for winter fuel, council tax £100 payments or free television licence expenditure. Therefore, 2003–04 data has been used. It has been assumed that the City of York's proportion of the Great Britain total (United Kingdom in the case of free television licence expenditure) would be very similar in 2003–04 and 2004–05.
6. Winter fuel expenditure includes the basic winter fuel payment and the Over 80s payment, which was introduced in 2003–04.
7. Council tax £100 payments has been interpreted to mean the over 70s payment introduced in 2004–05.
8. Free television licence expenditure data is not available at a local level within the Department. The expenditure has been estimated using the number of households where there is one or more people aged 75 or over, according to the Department's winter fuel payments database, and the estimated cost of free television licences in 2004–05.
9. Figures are consistent with the pre-budget report 2004 and with expenditure information published on the internet at http://www.dwp.gov.uk/asd/asd4/expenditure.asp (table3). These tables will shortly be updated with budget 2005 figures.
Source:
Expenditure is based on departmental forecasts underpinning the pre-budget report and has been apportioned using Quarterly Statistical Inquiry data, from 2003–04 or 2004–05, for the relevant benefits. The data is based on a 5 per cent. sample, and therefore subject to a degree of sampling variation, with the exception of winter fuel, council tax £100 payments and free television licence expenditure which have been calculated from 100 per cent. samples.
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