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National Insurance
Mr. Randall: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate he has made of the number of residents in each London borough issued with a new national insurance number in each of the last five years. [83531]
Mr. Plaskitt: Information is not available in the format requested. Information on the number of national insurance numbers issued is not available broken down below national level.
Mr. Heald: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate he has made of the number of (a) illegal immigrants and (b) failed asylum seekers who fraudulently hold national insurance numbers. [73988]
Mr. Plaskitt: There is no estimate of the number of national insurance numbers obtained fraudulently. However, the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has robust procedures and checks in place to intercept fraudulent applications for national insurance numbers.
Pensions
Daniel Kawczynski: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what requirements the Government have placed on private businesses to contribute to a safety net for pension funds. [79753]
James Purnell: The Pension Protection Fund (PPF) pays compensation to members of defined benefit schemes if their employer becomes insolvent and the pension scheme is underfunded. The PPF has also taken on responsibility for paying compensation to members of any eligible defined benefit or other defined contribution scheme where the members lose their pension due to fraud.
The Pensions Act (2004) provides for the funding of this through levies on eligible schemes.
Post Office Card Account
Rosie Cooper: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people in West Lancashire collect their (a) pensions and (b) benefit payments via a Post Office card account. [83465]
Mr. Plaskitt: Information showing the number of Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) benefit and pension payment accounts paid by direct payment into a Post Office card account for each parliamentary constituency has been placed in the Library.
Mr. Frank Field: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to his answer of 10 July 2006, Official Report, column 1603W, on the Post Office card account, if he will place a copy of the contract in the Library. [85720]
Mr. Plaskitt: I have already placed an abridged copy of the contract in the Library.
I also refer my right hon. Friend to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for Bury St. Edmunds (Mr. Ruffley) on 7 March 2006, Official Report, column 1354W.
Sure Start
Mr. Drew: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many women have received a Sure Start maternity grant in Stroud constituency in each of the last two years. [83251]
Mr. Plaskitt: The information is not available in the format requested. Such information as is available is in the following table.
| Sure Start maternity grants for Gloucestershire Jobcentre Plus district | |
| Number of awards | |
| Notes: 1. Data are not available by parliamentary constituency but only by Jobcentre Plus district. 2. Stroud parliamentary constituency is in Gloucestershire Jobcentre Plus district in 2004-05. This district merged with another district in April 2005. The figure for 2005-06 in the table is for the area covered by the former Gloucestershire Jobcentre Plus district. 3. Figures are for all awards, irrespective of whether the award was made to the mother or her partner. 4. Figures have been rounded to the nearest 10. Source: DWP Social Fund Policy, Budget and Management Information System. | |
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Advertising Campaigns
Mr. Hayes: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what advertising campaigns her Department has run since July 2004; and what the (a) date and (b) cost was of each. [81923]
Mr. Hoon: The information requested is as follows:
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