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David Simpson: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on how many occasions he has visited each region in an official capacity in the last 12 months. [83907]
Mrs. McGuire: In the last 12 months the Secretary of State has made the following number of official visits to each region:
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All visits were conducted in accordance with the ministerial code. The official visits figures do not include speeches in London or departmental visits without an external dimension.
Mr. Gauke: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what administrative functions for which his Department is responsible are outsourced overseas; and what assessment he has made of the merits of outsourcing further such functions overseas. [81550]
Mrs. McGuire: None of the administrative functions for which the Department for Work and Pensions is responsible are outsourced overseas.
Currently the Department has no intention to locate administration functions overseas, therefore no assessment has been made of the merits.
Mr. Laws: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what his estimate is of the (a) number and (b) proportion of pensioners receiving pension credit in (i) 2020, (ii) 2030, (iii) 2040 and (iv) 2050 on the basis of the proposals made by the Pensions Commission; and if he will make a statement. [70294]
James Purnell: The Pensions Commission made no projections of receipt of pension credit in its second report A New Pension Settlement for the Twenty-First Century, giving figures for eligibility instead. These are shown in figure 6.42 on page 294.
Mr. Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many public appointments are within his patronage; what (a) salary and (b) other emoluments are attached to each; and what the comparable figures were in (i) 1976, (ii) 1986 and (iii) 1996. [83167]
Mrs. McGuire: Details of the public appointments to public bodies sponsored by The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) can be found in Public Bodies, copies of which are in the Library. Public Bodies has been published annually since 1980 and the most recent edition provides figures for 2005. Each edition of Public Bodies contains details on the number of public appointments and remuneration details for that particular year. DWP was established in June 2001 and stewardship of those of its public bodies in existence before this time sat within its predecessor Departments. Comparable information for 1976, 1986 and 1996 in respect of DWP public bodies could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Details of the latest remuneration for each of the 130 public appointments to the bodies sponsored by DWP are set out in the following table:
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