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Mr. McFadden: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people in Wolverhampton South East constituency are in receipt of incapacity benefit. [10994]
Mrs. McGuire: As at February 2005, there were 4,600 incapacity benefit and severe disability allowance claimants in the Wolverhampton South East parliamentary constituency.
Adam Afriyie: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what his estimate is of the number of people who did not receive the incapacity benefit to which they were entitled because they had incorrectly completed the initial application form in the last year for which figures are available. [12266]
Mrs. McGuire: The information is not collected centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
Mr. Paul Goodman: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) if he will list the organisations contracted by his Department to assess claims for incapacity benefit, broken down by region; [12951]
(2) if he will list the organisations responsible for the assessment of the performance of the organisations contracted by his Department to assess claims for incapacity benefit. [12952]
Mrs. McGuire [holding answer 18 July 2005]: No organisations have been contracted by the Department to assess claims for incapacity benefit. All such claims are assessed by Jobcentre Plus staff.
Mr. Frank Field: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the estimated annual probability was of an (a) employed and (b) unemployed (i) man and (ii) woman remaining on incapacity benefit in each 12 month period since 197879. [13014]
Mrs. McGuire [holding answer 18 July 2005]: The information is not available.
Mr. Clappison: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many jobcentre staff have been the victims of offences of violence in each year for the last 10 years. [4945]
Margaret Hodge:
The administration of Jobcentre Plus is a matter for the Acting Chief Executive of Jobcentre Plus, Lesley Strathie. She will write to the hon. Member.
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Letter from Lesley Strathie to Mr. James Clappison, dated 19 July 2005:
The Secretary of State has asked me to reply to your question asking how many Jobcentre Plus staff have been victims of violence in each year for the last 10 years. This is something that falls within the responsibilities delegated to me as Acting Chief Executive of Jobcentre Plus.
The figures provided in the table relate specifically to actual physical assault as a result of staff carrying out their duties, rather than the number of victims of offences of violence as our data is not recorded in that way. Data prior to the periods covered is not available.
Calendar year | Assaults |
---|---|
2000* | 291 |
2001* | 326 |
2002 | 203 |
2003 | 235 |
2004 | 329 |
Chris Ruane: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many and what percentage of lone parents are in paid employment in each constituency in the UK, listed in descending order of percentage. [8267]
Margaret Hodge [holding answer 4 July 2005]: The information is not available in the form requested. The available information on the number and percentage of lone parents in employment by region in descending order of percentage is in the following table.
Paul Holmes: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what level and type of medical qualification is required for a professional employed to conduct benefit claimants' medical examinations at a medical examination centre. [10079]
Mrs. McGuire: Doctors appointed by the Medical Service are specifically trained in disability assessment medicine.
All doctors who carry out work for Medical Services have to be fully registered with the General Medical Council. In addition, they must satisfy specific recruitment criteria. They are required to have at least three years post-registration experience with a spread of experience in appropriate fields, for example, General Practice, Orthopaedics, Rheumatology, rehabilitation medicine and Psychiatry.
On appointment, they must undergo specific training, show evidence of competence and be approved on behalf of the Secretary of State by the Chief Medical Advisor to the Department for Work and Pensions.
Annual continuing professional training, agreed between Atos Origin and the Department, is mandatory for every doctor providing services to the Department.
Mr. Boswell: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what plans he has for incorporating basic skills education into the Building on New Deal programme. [6654]
Margaret Hodge: Basic skills is a key element of the Building on New Deal (BoND) programme. It is planned that Advisers will work with customers to identify potential literacy, language or numeracy needs and, where such needs are identified, referral for an independent assessment of those needs will be offered.
The assessment will identify the customer's current level of skill and help determine the most appropriate provision to address those needs and improve skills.
The planned suite of provision offered to clients within BoND contains courses to help improve literacy and language skills to a level where customers are able to compete more effectively in the labour market.
Malcolm Bruce: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions when he will answer written parliamentary questions reference (a) 3169, (b) 3160, (c) 3158, (d) 3157, (e) 3156 and (f) 3153. [9582]
Mr. Plaskitt: Replies were given to the hon. Member on 4 and 13 July.
Mr. Jim Cunningham: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions when the next round of Pathfinders evaluations will be completed and published. [11703]
Mr. Plaskitt
[holding answer 14 July 2005]: We are about to publish further evidence from the local housing allowance pathfinder evaluation. The expected publication dates for the next and future evaluation summaries and reports is given in the table. All these documents will be placed in the Library when they are published.
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