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March 2005
	PCs	Laptops	Servers	Printers	Scanners	Copiers	Fax
Appeals Agency (inc Tribunal non Departmental Public Bodies)	1,358	233	47	706	7	4	81
Jobcentre Plus	65,310	1,552	1,084	11,336	116	404	27
Child Support Agency	12,830	835	151	1,350	14	43	27
Corporate Centre	20,702	3,657	3,699	3,579	131	35	10
Disability and Carers	8,020	263	161	1,739	14	4	0
Pensions	18,915	2,874	148	2,802	61	13	1
Health and Safety Executive, Health and Safety Commission, Health and Safety Laboratory	981	270	56	131	22	132	27
Rent Service	908	235	161	333	25	39	90
Disability Rights Commission	314	82	43	51	14	7	9
Independent Living Funds	250	33	17	54	0	4	9
Pensions Protection Fund	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Health and Safety Commission(1)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Pensions Regulator	400	60	65	42	6	5	12
Remploy Limited	800	900	123	1,600	200	120	300
Disability Employment Advisory Committee(2)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Disability Living Allowance Advisory Board	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Industrial Injuries Advisory Council	5	0	0	0	0	0	0
National Employment Panel	39	10	0	13	1	0	1
Social Security Advisory Committee	6	2	0	2	0	0	1
Office Pensions Ombudsman	43	2	1	14	1	2	1
Motability	120	15	11	15	4	6	3
Independent Review Service and Social Fund Commissioner	211	5	6	51	3	5	12
Pensions Advisory Service	44	4	3	16	1	3	2
EDS owned equipment	44,975	4,553	1,900	12,757	121	0	0
Total	176,231	15,585	7,659	36,591	741	826	613
(1) Included in House (2) Included in Corporate Centre Note: Disability Living Allowance Advisory Board has no equipment.

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Official Visits

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:

	Number
East	1
East Midlands	5
London	3
North East	1
North West	2
Northern Ireland	1
Scotland	2
South West	1
West Midlands	1
Yorkshire and Humber	1

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.

Outsourcing

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.

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Pension Credit

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.

Public Appointments

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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