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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.

Letter from Terry Moran:


Average length of time in days to clear attendance allowance normal rules claims for the period April 2005 to February 2006.


Year to date
Cleared year to dateActual average clearance time (in days)
April 2005 to February 2006 339,33418.0

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
Winter fuels contract

£ million
2002–033.72
2003–043.72
2004–053.97

Record storage contract commenced July 2004, estimated contract value £70 million per annum until 2011.
Office services contract(61)

£ million
2002–0321.49
2003–0426.47
2004–0528.03


(61) Ends December 2006





 
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Consultancy and professional services contracts through framework agreements

£ million
2004–051.82

(b) Value of contracts held with subsidiaries
Lonsdale Travel—air and ferry travel contract(62)

£ million
2004–055.51


(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.
Capita Business Services Ltd.

£
2004–05113,910

Health and Safety Executive, an Executive agency of DWP contract values are:
£
Capita Health Solutions
2002–03156,927
2003–0439,681
2004–054,178
Montague Evans Consultancy Services
2002–0319,885
2003–0421,548
2004–050
Capita Business Services Ltd.
2002–0370,052
2003–043,839
2004–0551,818
Symonds Group Ltd.
2002–0319,850
2003–043,885
2004–0537,707

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:
Contracts that were in existence in the last five years and the payments made on those contracts

£
2001–02(63)
Winter fuels3.72 million
Office services20.968 million
2002–03
Winter fuels3.72 million
Office services21.494 million
With subsidiaries
Capita Health Solutions156,927
Montagu Evans19,885
Capita Business Services Ltd.70,052
Symonds Group Ltd.19,850
2003/04
Winter fuels£3.72 million
Office services26.473 million
With subsidiaries
Capita Health Solutions39,681
Montagu Evans21,548
Capita Business Services3,839
Symonds Group Ltd.3,885
2004–05
Winter fuels3.97 million
Office services28.031 million
Consultancy and professional services contracts through framework agreements1,817,328
With subsidiaries
Lonsdale Travel Air and Ferry contract(64)5.51 million
Capita Health Solutions4,178
Capita Business Services51,818
Symonds Group Ltd.37,707
The Capita Group113,910
2005–06(65)
Office services
Records storage
Consultancy and professional services contracts through framework agreements
With subsidiaries
Lonsdale Travel Air and Ferry contract
Veredus Executive Resourcing


(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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