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Salaries paid to civil servants
£000
Year ending 31 March
	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
Benefits agency	1,016,270	1,000,897	1,035,114	1,056,033	991,199	—	—	—
The pension service	—	—	—	—	—	207,556	309,238	292,785
Contributions agency	118,131	117,455	—	—	—	—	—	—
Child support agency	120,692	108,053	116,690	133,306	148,654	169,193	176,694	184,242
Veterans agency	15,895	13,580	14,214	15,351	15,261	—	—	—
Jobcentre plus	—	—	—	—	—	1,419,939	1,388,633	1,454,555
Disability and carers	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	48,482
The appeals service	17,949	22,336	22,342	21,203	18,902	19,884	20,527	20,758
Corporate	37,449	47,707	52,582	74,471	237,642	418,983	413,192	401,901
Total	1,326,386	1,310,028	1,240,942	1,300,364	1,411,658	2,235,555	2,308,284	2,402,723
Percentage movement	—	-1.2	-5.6	4.6	7.9	36.9	3.2	3.9
plus
Employment service	450,015	478,533	504,251	538,755	595,878	—	—	—
less
Veterans’ agency	(15,895)	(13,580)	(14,214)	(15,351)	(15,261)	—	—	—
Total (incl ES & excl. VA)	1,792,296	1,802,141	1,759,407	1,854,470	2,022,797	2,235,555	2,308,284	2,402,723
Percentage movement	—	0.5	-2.4	5.1	8.3	9.5	3.2	3.9
Notes: Listed above are the salaries paid to civil servants, in the years stated, by agency. The figures exclude NI contributions, superannuation, bonuses, short term circumstances (e.g. deputising allowances) and staff on short term promotion. The first total includes all the agencies in the OWP (formally DSS) and therefore The veterans’ agency (formally war pensions) is included but the employment service is excluded up to March 2002. This produces a large increase (36.9 per cent.) in 2002-03 when ES became part of the DWP. The second total includes ES and excludes war pensions from 1997-98 and therefore reduces the effect of the agency movements.

David Simpson: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many public consultations his Department undertook in 2005; and what the cost was (a) in total and (b) of each consultation. [72862]

Mrs. McGuire: As part of its policy development activity, the Department for Work and Pensions ran six formal public consultation exercises in 2005. The consultation process involved not only the formal consultation document, but also ongoing dialogue with stakeholders. The precise cost of this consultation activity is not collated on a central basis and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

Formal public consultation papers, summaries of replies, and Government’s responses, are available at http://www.dwp.gov.uk/consultations/2005/index.asp.

David Simpson: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many staff from his Department attended the Civil Service Islamic Society Eid-ul-Adha event in London in 2005; and what the total cost was to his Department of their attendance. [73102]

Mrs. McGuire: My right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster will write to the hon. Member with details of the Civil Service Islamic Society Eid-ul-Adha event. Copies of her letter will be placed in the Library.

Departmental Legislation

Mr. Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will list those (a) Acts and (b) parts of Acts which received Royal Assent between 1976 and 2006 for which his Department has policy responsibility and which remain in force. [70397]

Mrs. McGuire: The information requested is as follows:

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	In force
(a) Acts since 1976 for which the Department is responsible
Vaccine Damage Payments Act 1979 (c.17)	The whole Act, except sections 10 and 11 (repealed)
Social Security Act 1979 (c.18)	Sections 1, 20 and 21
Pneumoconiosis etc. (Workers’ Compensation) Act 1979 (c.41)	The whole Act
Social Security Act 1980 (c.30)	Sections 6, 9, 12, 16, 19 to 21 except section 4
Social Security and Housing Benefits Act 1982 (c.24)	Sections 10, 39, 42, 45 to 48
Social Security Act 1986 (c.50)	Sections 37, 39, 54, 56, 57 and 83 to 90
Social Security Act 1988 (c.7)	Sections 12, 13, 15 to 16 and 18 to 20
Social Security Act 1989 (c.24)	Sections 4, 6, 22 to 24, 28 to 30, 31 and 33
Social Security Act 1990 (c.28)	Sections 6, 7, 15 and 18 to 23
Disability Living Allowance and Disability Working Allowance Act 1991 (c.21)	Sections 2, 4, 10 and 15
Child Support Act 1991 (c.48)	The whole Act except sections 13, 18, 19, 20A and 21 (repealed)
Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 (c.4) other than parts 1, 12, ZA and 12 ZB	Parts 2 to 12 and 12A and 13 except sections 25 to 30, 31 to 34, 49, 50, 53, 57 to 59, 80, 81, 86, 158 and 159 (repealed)
Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c.5)	The whole Act except for parts 2 and 4 and sections 11, 72, 110, 110B, 114A, 122A, 127, 128, 177 and 178 (repealed)
Social Security (Consequential Provisions Act) 1992 (c.6)	The whole Act
Social Security (Mortgage Interest Payments) Act 1992 (c.33)	Section 2
Social Security Act 1993 (c.3)	The whole Act except section 1 (repealed)
The Disability Grants Act 1993 (c.14)	The whole Act
Pension Schemes Act 1993 (c.48)	The whole Act except part 2 of schedule 5 and schedule 7 (not yet in force) and sections 2 to 6, 22, 24, 48, 59, 64 to 66, 77 to 80, 102 to 108, 111, 111B, 112, 114, 116, 118, 119 to 122, 133 to 144, 172, 173 and 187 (repealed)
Statutory Sick Pay Act 1994 (c.2)	The whole Act
Social Security (Incapacity for Work) Act 1994 (c.18)	The whole Act except sections 2(4), 9(1) to (3) and 10 (repealed)
Jobseekers Act 1995 (c.18)	The whole Act except sections 33 and 34 (repealed)
Pensions Act 1995 (c.35)	The whole Act except sections 145 (not yet in force) and 1, 2, 5, 13, 16 to 21, 26A to C, 30A, 31, 42 to 46, 48, 56 to 61, 95 to 114, 127 and 150 (repealed)
Child Support Act 1995 (c.34 )	The whole Act except for sections 12, 13, 15, 16 and 24 (repealed)
Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (c.50) except parts 4 and 5	Parts 1 to 3 and 6 to 8 except for sections 7, 9, 11, 12, 17, 18, 50, 62, 63 and 66 (repealed)
Social Security (Overpayments) Act 1996 (c.51)	The whole Act
Social Security (Recovery of Benefits) Act 1997 (c.27)	The whole Act
Social Security Administration (Fraud) Act 1997 (c.47)	The whole Act except sections 6, 12, 14, 17 and 18 (repealed)
Social Security Act 1998 (c.14)	The whole Act except for section 35 (repealed)
Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999 (c.30)	The whole Act except for sections 4, 5 and 17 (repealed)
Disability Rights Commission Act 1999 (c.17)	The whole Act except section 11 (repealed)
Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000 (c.19) other than part 4 (contributions)	Parts 1 to 3 and 5 except for sections 43 to 46
Social Security Fraud Act 2001 (c.11)	The whole Act
State Pension Credit Act 2002 (c.16)	The whole Act
The Age-Related Payments Act 2004 (c.10)	The whole Act
Pensions Act 2004 (c.35)	Except for sections 118, 153, 155 to 159, 187, 234 to 238 and 308, the other provisions are either in force or partially in force
Disability Discrimination Act 2005 (c.13) except sections 5 to 9 and 15	Except for section 14, the provisions for which DWP are responsible are either in force or partially in force
(b) Parts of Acts for which the Department is responsible
Part 2 of the Health and Social Security Act 1984 (c.48)	Sections 15, 21 and 23 to 29
Section 115 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 (c.33)	Section 115
Sections 6 and 8 of the Children (Leaving Care Act) 2000 (c.35)	Sections 6 and 8
Sections 48 to 50 of the Employment Act 2002 (c.22)	Sections 48 to 50
Sections 254 and 255 of the Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c.33 )	Sections 254 and 255
Sections 43, 88 and 89 of the Equality Act 2006 (c.3)	Sections 43, 88 and 89
Note: References to an Act or part of an Act are to that Act or part as amended and include references to provisions which have not been repealed but are obsolete or spent.

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