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Supporting People
Miss McIntosh: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister for what reason he has refused funds to local authorities for the Supporting People programme. [65541]
Mr. Woolas: The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister has not refused funds to any Supporting People local authority.
Telephone Advice Lines
Mr. Love: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many telephone advice lines his Department and its non-departmental public bodies support; how many telephone advisers each employs; and how much funding is provided to each by (a) his Department and its non-departmental public bodies, (b) other Government Departments, (c) the private sector and (d) the voluntary sector. [66591]
Jim Fitzpatrick: The central Office of the Deputy Prime Minister does not support any telephone advice lines. Similar information relating to the Office's regional offices, agencies, non-departmental public bodies or other bodies that the Office sponsors is available only at disproportionate cost.
WORK AND PENSIONS
Attendance Allowance
Mr. Jenkin: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what recent estimate he has made of the average period of time between an application for attendance allowance and the application being approved. [63499]
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Mrs. McGuire: The administration of attendance allowance is a matter for the chief executive of the disability and carers service, Mr Terry Moran. He will write to the hon. Member with the information requested.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate he has made of the average period of time between an application for attendance allowance and the application being approved.
The Minister for Disabled People, Anne McGuire MP, promised you a substantive reply from the chief executive of the disability and carers service.
Benefits
Mr. Burrowes: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the estimated costs are of carrying out full benefit entitlement checks for pensioners at home. [66699]
Mr. Timms: The information requested is not available. The Department's systems do not currently record separately the costs of this activity.
Capita
James Brokenshire: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the value of contracts held by his Department with (a) Capita plc and (b) its subsidiaries was in the last three financial years. [61474]
Margaret Hodge [holding answer 29 March 2006]: The Department is currently unable to confirm value of contracts held for 2005–06. This information will not be available until July 2006.
(a) Contracts held with Capita plc
| £ million | |
|---|---|
| 2002–03 | 3.72 |
| 2003–04 | 3.72 |
| 2004–05 | 3.97 |
Record storage contract commenced July 2004, estimated contract value £70 million per annum until 2011.
| £ million | |
|---|---|
| 2002–03 | 21.49 |
| 2003–04 | 26.47 |
| 2004–05 | 28.03 |
(61) Ends December 2006
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| £ million | |
|---|---|
| 2004–05 | 1.82 |
(b) Value of contracts held with subsidiaries
| £ million | |
|---|---|
| 2004–05 | 5.51 |
(62) Contract awarded to Lonsdale company acquired by Capita in November 2005
The Rent Service, an Executive agency, which became part of DWP April 2004 held various contracts for the provision of training sourced through SCAT.
| £ | |
|---|---|
| 2004–05 | 113,910 |
Health and Safety Executive, an Executive agency of DWP contract values are:
Chris Grayling: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much business his Department has placed with (a) Capita Group plc and (b) its subsidiaries in each of the past five years; what the total value is of outstanding contracts placed with Capita Group plc and its subsidiaries by his Department; for which current tenders (i) Capita Group plc and (ii) its subsidiaries have been invited to bid; and whether (A) Capita Group plc and (B) its subsidiaries have seconded staff (1) temporarily and (2) on a longer term basis to (x) his Department and (y) its agencies. [61139]
Margaret Hodge: The information is as follows:
(63) DWP was formed in July 2001. These contracts relate to the former DSS only.
(64) Contract awarded to Lonsdale, company acquired by Capita in November 2005.
(65) Spend for this year will not be available until July 2006.
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Total value of outstanding contracts with Capita or its subsidiaries:
The Department has currently invited Capita to submit tenders for two consultancy and professional services contracts through framework agreements.
The Department is unable to provide information about secondees from Capita or its subsidiaries as this information is not held centrally.
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