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Headcount related costs includes the costs of permanent salaries, casual and temporary staff, superannuation costs and overtime. Non Headcount related cost includes office costs, utilities, telephone costs and the cost of training programmes e.g. New Deal.
The capital figures exclude the cost of Jobcentre Plus Rollout (refurbishment and acquisitions) which is met from a centrally managed national programme budget.
During the period since Jobcentre Plus was created London region has undergone major restructuring to move from one region covering London and South East to two regions. The number of districts in the region has also reduced from 30 to 9. This reorganisation makes comparison of expenditure between years difficult. The continued centralisation of benefit processing has reduced costs directly held in regions over the period.
The 2005-06 figures have not been finalised and may be subject to change following the annual audit.
Mr. Laws: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will estimate the cost of maintaining the Job Centre Plus website in each year since its creation. [73922]
Mr. Jim Murphy: The administration of Jobcentre Plus is a matter for the chief executive of Jobcentre Plus, Lesley Strathie. I have asked her to provide the information requested.
The Secretary of State has asked me to reply to your question about the costs of maintaining the Jobcentre Plus website in each year since its creation. This is something which falls within the responsibilities delegated to me as chief executive of Jobcentre Plus.
The information you have requested is in the table.
| £ | |
| Total maintenance costs | |
I hope this is helpful.
Pathways to Work
Mr. Frank Field:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people have started on
the Pathways to Work scheme in each pilot district since the scheme's introduction. [73573]
Mr. Jim Murphy [holding answer 25 May 2006]: The information requested is in the table.
| Individuals starting Pathways to Work, by district | |
| Number | |
| Notes: 1. Data is to the end of October 2005. 2. All figures have been rounded to the nearest 10. 3. As requested the answer is based on the number of individuals who have started Pathways to Work. The total number of Pathways starts is higher as an individual can have multiple spells on Pathways. 4. The first three Pathways to Work pilots (Bridgend, Rhondda, Cynon and Taf; Renfrewshire, Inverclyde, Argyll and Bute; Derbyshire) commenced on 27 October 2003. The four pilots in the second phase of Pathways to Work (Gateshead and South Tyneside; East Lancashire; Essex; Somerset) commenced on 5 April 2004. Source: Pathways to Work Evaluation Database. | |
Communities and Local Government
Arm's Length Management Organisations
Mr. Rogerson: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what assessment she has made of the impact on tenant (a) rents and (b) satisfaction with their accommodation of the transfer of housing stock to arm's length management organisations. [71007]
Yvette Cooper: Local authorities do not transfer their housing stock to arm’s length management organisations (ALMOs). The stock and the ALMO remain wholly owned by the local authorities. ALMOs are set up by local authorities to manage all or part of their housing stock.
There is no direct impact on rents when an ALMO is set up as the power to set rents remains with the local authority. The Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) issues rent setting guidance to all local authorities, whether or not they have an ALMO, on the rent restructuring rules. Rent restructuring will result in actual and assumed rents converging over time.
DCLG as yet does not have sufficient definitive data covering ALMOs to assess the impact of ALMOs on tenant satisfaction.
Mr. Rogerson: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much funding will be made available for the next round of transfers to arm's length management organisations. [71018]
Yvette Cooper:
The ALMO (Arm’s Length Management Organisation) programme has received a
budget of £3.7 billion under the two most recent spending reviews for the five years up to 2007-08. £3.3 billion of this has been allocated to existing ALMOs. Spend in 2007-08 by any ALMOs that apply for the next round, along with further allocations for continuing ALMOs, will be met from the remaining provision. Funding for ALMOs beyond 2007-08 will be considered in the context of the Comprehensive Spending Review.
Carol Vincent
Mr. Spellar: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister if his Department will investigate the management of the Metropolitan Housing Trust following the discovery of the remains of Carol Vincent in one of the Trust's properties. [66970]
Yvette Cooper: I have been asked to reply.
The Housing Corporation is the independent regulator for registered social landlords (RSLs) such as MHT. Its assessment is that no mismanagement has occurred on the behalf of MHT in relation to the case of Carol Vincent. However, I understand that MHT is reviewing its procedures to consider what checks it could or should carry out to try to ensure it has contact with those residents who, though not vulnerable and not in contact with the association because of any repair or maintenance issue, do not contact the association for a significant period of time.
Compulsory Land Purchases
Anne Milton: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much was spent on compulsory land purchases in (a) Guildford constituency, (b) Surrey and (c) England in 2005-06. [73282]
Yvette Cooper: This information is not collected by the Department.
Correspondence
Sir Michael Spicer: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government when the Minister of State will reply to the hon. Member for West Worcestershire’s letter of 24 April, about council tax on secondary homes. [73896]
Angela E. Smith: A response was sent to the hon. Member on 31 May 2006. I apologise for the delay.
Council Tax
Andrew George: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many and what proportion of properties in each council tax collecting local authority area were recorded as being entitled to second home council tax relief in (a) 1995, (b) 2000, (c) 2005 and (d) 2006. [71603]
A table detailing the information for 2005 has been made available in the Library of the House. The table gives, for each billing authority, both the number of second homes in the local authority area and the number of second homes as a proportion of the housing stock in the area. The data are from a snapshot taken in October 2005, as recorded on CTB1 forms submitted by each local authority.
Data for 1995 and 2000 are not available on a robust consistent basis. The snapshot for 2006 is not yet available.
Departmental Legislation
Mr. Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if she will list those (a) Acts and (b) parts of Acts which received Royal Assent between 1976 and 2006 for which her Department has policy responsibility and which remain in force. [70393]
Angela E. Smith: There is no centrally held record of this information and it could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Departmental Transition Costs
Mr. Willis: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what estimate she has made of the cost of re-organising her Department. [74696]
Angela E. Smith: I refer the hon. Member to the answers I gave to the hon. Members for Brentwood and Ongar (Mr. Pickles) and North Cornwall (Mr. Rogerson) on 17 May 2006, Official Report, column 989W and to the hon. Member for Ryedale (Mr. Greenway) on 18 May 2006, Official Report, column 990W.
Deprivation
Mr. Jenkins: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if she will list the local authority wards in (a) Tamworth constituency and (b) Staffordshire which are in the top 30 per cent. of wards in England by multiple deprivation indicators; and if she will make a statement. [71244]
Mr. Woolas: The following table lists the super output areas (SOAs) in Tamworth constituency and Staffordshire that fall within the 30 per cent. most deprived SOAs in England. The most deprived SOA in the area is located in Newcastle-under-Lyme.
| SOA code | Parliamentary constituency | Rank of IMD where1 = most deprived |
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