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Unemployment (Brentford and Isleworth)
Ann Keen: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what action he has taken to reduce unemployment in Brentford and Isleworth constituency since 2001 among (a) young people, (b) disabled people, (c) lone parents and (d) the long-term unemployed. [62120]
Margaret Hodge: Since 2001, nearly 1,200 lone parents, young people and long term unemployed adults have been helped into work through the New Deal in Brentford and Isleworth. People with health conditions and disabilities will also have been helped into work through New Deal for Disabled People but these figures are not available at parliamentary constituency level.
Lone parents in Brentford and Isleworth can also get additional support to help them into work through the Work Search Premium and In-Work Credit. The Lone Parent Work Search Premium was introduced in October 2004 and eligible lone parents can receive an additional £20 per week if they agree to undertake intensive work search activities. Eligible parents in Brentford and Isleworth who obtain employment of more than 16 hours a week can also be paid £40 per week for the first year of the job through the In-Work Credit, which was also introduced in October 2004.
Over the next two years, we will be extending our Pathways to Work pilots to every part of Britain. The pilots have already shown significant success in helping people off incapacity benefit and into employment.
Information on the numbers of people helped into work through New Deal for Young People, New Deal for Lone Parents and New Deal 25 plus, which is specifically aimed at helping long term unemployed adults into work, is in the following table.
| New Deal in Brentford and Isleworth | ||
| Individuals into work: | ||
| Since January 2001 | Since the start of the programme | |
| Note: 1. Figures are to the end of August 2005 and are rounded to the nearest 10. Source: Department for Work and Pensions Information Directorate |
Home Department
Assets Recovery Agency
Grant Shapps: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the Answer to Question 64418, what progress the Assets Recovery Agency has made in meeting its targets; and if he will list completed cases, broken down by (a) regional recovery team and (b) value of realised receipts. [67625]
Mr. Coaker: Information on the Assets Recovery Agency's progress on completed cases and the value of realised receipts is shown in Tables 1 and 2. It is not possible to break down the Agency's figures further by region. The Agency is currently finalising its Annual Report 2005-06 which will set out progress in meeting its targets. The Report will be sent to my right hon. Friend the Home Secretary who will lay it before Parliament. Information on the current performance of police forces, including Regional Asset Recovery Teams, in obtaining orders for the recovery of criminal assets is set out in Table 3. The regional teams are not part of the Assets Recovery Agency; they are funded separately by the Home Office.
| Assets Recovery Agency: number of completed civil recovery/tax cases Table 1 | |||
| Total | England and Wales | Northern Ireland | |
| (1) There were no completed cases in 2003-04 as this was the first full operational year of the Agency. (2 )2005-06 performance figures are to end March 2006. Final year-end performance figures are yet to be finalised. |
| Assets Recovery Agency: value of realised assets received from civil recovery/tax cases Table 2 | |||
| £ | |||
| Total | England and Wales | Northern Ireland | |
| (1) There were no realised assets from completed cases in 2003-04 as this was the first full operational year of the Agency. (2 )2005-06 performance figures are to end March 2006. Final year-end performance figures are yet to be finalised; therefore are subject to change. |
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