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Figures refer to benefit and pension payment accounts live and in payment on the specified date. People in receipt of more than one benefit/pension have been counted for each separate benefit/pension in payment. People who have their benefit/pension combined and paid at the same time have only been counted through the paying benefit.
Mr. Philip Hammond: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what his latest estimate is of the number of Post Office card account holders who are undischarged bankrupts. [91061]
Mr. Plaskitt [holding answer 13 September 2006]: The Department for Work and Pensions has made no estimate of the number of Post Office card account holders who are undischarged bankrupts.
Poverty
Mr. Paice: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what proportion of (a) children, (b) people and (c) elderly people in (i) rural areas and (ii) England live in poverty. [88928]
Mr. Jim Murphy: The information for 1996-97 and for 2004-05 is in the following tables.
| Proportion of children, all individuals and pensioners falling below 60 per cent. of the contemporary median income, in rural areas: England, 1996-97 | ||
| Percentages | ||
| Before housing costs | After housing costs | |
| Proportion of children, all individuals and pensioners falling below 60 per cent. of the contemporary median income, in rural areas: England, 2004/05 | ||
| Percentages | ||
| Before housing costs | After housing costs | |
| Notes: 1. A pensioner is a person of state pension age or above (65 for men, 60 for women). 2. The urban/rural marker information is not available on a consistent basis on the data for Scotland and Wales. Source: Family Resource Survey | ||
| Proportion of children, all individuals and pensioners falling below 60 per cent. of the contemporary median income: England, 1996/97 | ||
| Percentages | ||
| Before housing costs | After housing costs | |
| Proportion of children, all individuals and pensioners falling below 60 per cent. of the contemporary median Income: England, 2004/05 | ||
| Percentages | ||
| Before housing costs | After housing costs | |
| Notes: 1. A pensioner is a person of state pension age or above (65 for men, 60 for women). 2. All results shown here are single-year values. Results for England may differ from the published results. Published results are presented as three-year averages to ensure comparability with the other Government office regions. Source: Family Resource Survey | ||
Questionnaires
Mr. Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many (a) questionnaires, (b) statistical inquiries and (c) investigations have been carried out wholly or partly at public expense on behalf of or by his Department or public bodies for which he is responsible in each year since 1997; and what the (i) nature, (ii) purpose and (iii) cost was of each. [83168]
Mrs. McGuire: This information is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Taxation (Disabled People)
Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether he plans to publish the Tax Benefit Model Tables showing marginal deduction rates for disabled people as part of his Disability Equality Scheme. [90972]
Mrs. McGuire [holding answer 13 September 2006]: The Department for Work and Pensions is due to publish its Disability Equality Scheme on 1 December 2006. We are currently considering the appropriate content of the scheme.
Workless Older People
Mr. Waterson: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate he has made of the number of people below the state pension age who are not in work who are willing and able to work. [83033]
Mr. Jim Murphy: The most commonly used definition of people who are not in work who are willing and able to work is the International Labour Office (ILO) definition of unemployment. The ILO unemployed are people who are without a job; want a job; have actively sought work in the last four weeks; and are available to start work in the next two weeks.
The latest figures for ILO unemployment (seasonally adjusted) are from the Labour Force Survey and cover the period March to May 2006. This shows that there were 1,623,000 people below state pension age who are not in work who are willing and able to work.
The Government’s ambition is to provide employment opportunities for all not only by helping the ILO unemployed get a job but also by helping the
economically inactive—generally those who are not looking for work—to consider work and help them into work.
The combination of macroeconomic stability and welfare to work policies has been successful in achieving high employment rates. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), in their re-assessment of their Jobs Strategy, identified the UK as a successful performer. Their latest (2006) Employment Outlook also shows that the UK has the best combination of low ILO unemployment and inactivity rates of all the major G8 countries.
Home Department
Antisocial Behaviour Orders
Kerry McCarthy: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many antisocial behaviour orders have been issued in Bristol since 1 June 2000; and how many are in force. [44136]
Ms Blears: A table giving a breakdown by the criminal justice system area and local government authority area in which prohibitions are imposed within antisocial behaviour orders (ASBOs) is available on the Crime Reduction website at www.crimereduction.gov.uk. This table gives data by year since ASBOs were introduced up to 30 June 2005 (latest available).
ASBO data are collected centrally on the number of orders issued. Information is not available on the number in force at any given time.
Association for Research (Voluntary & Community)
Mr. Hands: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what funding his Department has given to the Association for Research in the Voluntary and Community Sector in each year since 1997; and what plans it has for further such funding. [88410]
Mr. Coaker: The Association for Research in the Voluntary and Community Sector has been a recipient of Home Office core funding since 1997, when it received £44,414 until 2005-06 when it received £42,033. The Active Communities Directorate (ACD) of the Home Office announced a new strategic funding programme in October 2005, for organisations that could provide a representative and effective ‘voice’ for the VCS at national level. ARVAC were unsuccessful in their bid for new funding, but as they had received funding in 2005-06 they received a transitional package of funding of £27,000 for 2006-07 to support them in managing the transition. Following the Cabinet reshuffle on 5 May, the Active Communities Directorate (ACD) now forms part of the Office of the Third Sector in the Cabinet Office.
Asylum Seekers
Mr. Jim Cunningham: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many failed asylum seekers have been evicted from their homes in Coventry South before being deported from the UK in the last 12 months. [39741]
Mr. Byrne: Between 1 January and 31 December 2005, 186 people supported by the National Asylum Support Service (NASS) with addresses within the area of Coventry, South had their support stopped following a final negative decision on their claim for asylum.
The number of main applicants in receipt of section 4 support in Coventry who had their claims discontinued during this period was 142.
Responsibility for eviction rests with accommodation providers. NASS does not keep a central record showing the number of evictions which are confirmed. However, NASS pays providers for accommodation occupied by asylum seekers only. Consequently providers are not paid for accommodation occupied without authority.
Information of the number of unsuccessful asylum seekers who are removed is provided in the quarterly statistics which can be found at:
http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/immigration1/html
The statistics do not show where a person was living prior to removal and this information could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
John Battle: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many asylum seekers are detained in HM Prison Armley, Leeds. [49111]
Fiona Mactaggart: From the information available 11 prisoners in Leeds prison have either had an asylum application rejected, or have an asylum application outstanding.
Lynne Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many failed asylum seekers are in receipt of the National Asylum Support Service section 4 support, broken down by (a) nationality, (b) accommodation provider, (c) region and (d) length of time on section 4 support. [65981]
Mr. McNulty: As at the end of December 2005 there were 5,181 failed asylum seekers in receipt of section four support. This figure is based on management information.
The breakdowns are presented in the following tables.
Section 4 support statistics are published on a quarterly basis. Figures relating to the first quarter of 2006 will be published on 23 May 2006. These will be available from the Libraries of the House and on the Home Office Research, Development and Statistics website at http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/immigration1.html.
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