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Mr. Laws: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions when he plans to introduce the Housing Benefit Bill; why it has been delayed; whether it is his policy to include a pilot scheme for the social rented sector and housing benefit sanctions for anti-social neighbours; and if he will make a statement. [31196]
Mr. Plaskitt: In the Queen's speech we made a commitment to legislate on reform of support for housing costs during this Parliamentary session and that remains the position.
We would want to discuss any proposals to reform housing benefit in the social rented sector in more detail with interested organisations as we determine our priorities for wider welfare reform.
We are continuing to keep all measures for tacking antisocial behaviour under review. Sanctions could be one of a number of measures that would help to address the misery caused by antisocial behaviour.
Mr. Maples: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions who the Director of Human resources is in his Department; what relevant specialist qualifications he or she holds; and what are the details of his or her career to date. [26331]
Mrs. McGuire: The Group Human Resources Director General for the Department for Work and Pensions is Kevin White. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development and has been working in Human Resources for 12 years. His contact details, responsibilities and key staff are published in the Civil Service Yearbookthe official online directory for all Government Departments. His biography, including information about his present job, career history and education are reproduced in The Whitehall Companion.
Jon Trickett:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people living in (a) Wakefield
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and (b) Hemsworth constituency (i) left and (ii) joined the register of persons in receipt of incapacity benefit in the last 10 years. [34668]
Mrs. McGuire: The information is in the tables.
Ed Balls: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) how many people living in the Normanton constituency claimed incapacity benefit in each year since 1997, [37851]
(2) what proportion of the working age population in the Normanton constituency claimed incapacity benefit in each year since 1997. [37852]
Mrs. McGuire: The information necessary to determine the proportion of the working age population claiming incapacity benefit or severe disability allowance is not available, because population estimates are not available for parliamentary constituencies.
The available information is in the table.
Jon Trickett: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what percentage of people of working age are in receipt of incapacity benefit within each (a) local authority area and (b) parliamentary constituency. [38131]
Mrs. McGuire: The information is not available in the format requested, because population estimates are not available by parliamentary constituency. The available information has been placed in the Library.
Danny Alexander: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what assessment he has made of the types of mental health problems experienced by incapacity benefit claimants who have been claiming for (a) less than a year and (b) more than a year. [38250]
Mrs. McGuire: The information requested is in the table.
Adam Afriyie: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether the proposed reforms of the incapacity benefit system will be in place by the end of 2008; what recent meetings he has had to discuss such reforms; when he will publish a Green Paper on these reforms; and if he will make a statement. [38539]
Margaret Hodge: We intend to publish our proposals for welfare reform, including reforming incapacity benefits, in a Green Paper in January. I have continued the process of engagement with stakeholder groups and others which has been an on-going feature of our consultation on welfare reform. As we have said before, we plan to have the main elements of the reforms in place by 2008.
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