House of Commons Hansard Written Answers for 10 Jan 2007 (pt 0013)

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£ million
	Estimated outturn^{( 1)}	Plans^{( 2)}
	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08
Administration costs
Salaries	274	271	255
Other running costs⁽³⁾	1,714	1,469	1,316
Non-cash costs⁽⁴⁾	10	17	18
Unallocated⁽⁵⁾	19	211	425
Total administration	2,017	1,968	2,014

Other current costs
Exit funding⁽⁶⁾	155	148	173
Other programme costs	2	2	2
Unallocated⁽⁵⁾	(39)	0	0
Total other current	118	150	175

Receipts
Receipts from other Government Departments	(12)	(11)	(12)
National insurance fund⁽⁷⁾	0	0	0
Other receipts	(49)	(19)	(17)
Total receipts	(61)	(30)	(29)
Total corporate and shared services as shown in departmental report 2006	2,074	2,088	2,160
⁽¹⁾ Figures based on the estimated forecast outturn at time of compilation. ⁽²⁾ Plans relate to agreed departmental funding at time of compilation. ⁽³⁾ Variations year on year are mainly caused by expenditure on the Department’s modernisation programme which typically peaked in 2003-04 and 2004-05. ⁽⁴⁾ Includes depreciation, provisions, cost of capital charges. ⁽⁵⁾ Relates to budgets not allocated to specific business areas at time of compilation. ⁽⁶⁾ From 2004-05 exit funding is included within other current rather than administration costs, as agreed in the Department’s SR04 settlement. ⁽⁷⁾ Following change in accounting treatment national insurance fund (NIF) receipts apportioned to relevant business areas from 2005-06 rather than held centrally.

(b) Public Corporations

The Department only accounts for grants-in-aid paid to Remploy Ltd, these amounts are shown in the departmental report.

⁽¹⁾ Figures based on the estimated forecast outturn at time of compilation.

⁽²⁾ Plans relate to agreed departmental funding at time of compilation.

A further breakdown of Remploy Ltd spending is provided in their annual accounts which are published on the following website:

http://www.remploy.co.uk/about/accounts/

Figures for 2005-06 include £115 million of Remploy Ltd grant-in-aid within working age figures (as referenced in note 12 to Table 1).

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(c) Children’s Benefits

This solely relates to elements of child benefit which were transferred to the Inland Revenue (now HM Revenue and Customs) in April 2003. These amounts are shown in the departmental report.

⁽¹⁾ Figures based on the estimated forecast outturn at time of compilation.

⁽²⁾ Plans relate to agreed Departmental funding at time of compilation.

⁽³⁾ Amounts below £0.5 million are indicated by #.

(d) Grants to Independent Bodies

Grants to independent bodies included within disability benefits relate to the independent living fund and motability. The amounts included within the 2006 departmental report are detailed in the following table:

£ million
	Independent living fund	Motability
Outturn
2000-01	132	2
2001-02	149	9
2002-03	168	7
2003-04	189	6
2004-05	209	8

Estimated outturn^{( 1)}
2005-06	226	8

Plans^{( 2)}
2006-07	253	9
2007-08	268	8
⁽¹⁾ Figures based on the estimated forecast outturn at time of compilation. ⁽²⁾ Plans relate to agreed departmental funding at time of compilation.

Benefits

Tony Baldry: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate he has made of the amount of money that has been paid in error in benefits to illegal immigrants in each of the last five years. [100850]

Mr. Plaskitt: I refer the hon. Gentleman to the written answer I gave the hon. Member for Runnymede and Weybridge (Mr. Hammond) on 13 September 2006, Official Report, column 2367W.

Mr. Dai Davies: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many claimants are no longer eligible to claim incapacity benefit since the most recent changes to legislation covering disability benefits. [110116]

Mrs. McGuire: The Personal Capability Assessment (PCA) is the process used to assess individuals' eligibility for incapacity benefits. There have been no recent legislative changes involving the PCA that have had an impact on the number of people eligible for incapacity benefits.

John Battle: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many women in (a) Leeds, West
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constituency and (b) Leeds have received the Sure Start maternity grant since 2001. [110348]

Mrs. McGuire: The available information is in the following table.

Sure Start maternity grant awards in Leeds Social Fund District / Leeds Jobcentre Plus District
	Number of awards
2001-02	2,770
2002-03	3,300
2003-04	3,150
2004-05	3,190
2005-06	3,260
2006-07 to 30 November	2,250
Notes: 1. Data are not available by parliamentary constituency but only by Jobcentre Plus District. 2. Leeds Jobcentre Plus District was previously known as Leeds Social Fund District. 3. Figures are for all awards, irrespective of whether the award was made to the mother or her partner. 4. Some women will have received more than one Sure Start Maternity Grant since 2001-02. 5. Figures have been rounded to the nearest 10. Source: DWP Social Fund Policy, Budget and Management Information System.

Mr. Ruffley: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the cost was in 2005-06 prices of (a) income support, (b) incapacity benefit, (c) disability living allowance, (d) attendance allowance, (e) the social fund, (f) retirement pension, (g) the state second pension/state earnings-related pension scheme and (h) pension credit in each year since 1996-97; and what percentage of these costs was accounted for by administration in each year. [101749]

Mr. Plaskitt: The available information is in the following tables.

Table A
£ million, real terms 2005-06 prices (excluding administration costs)
	Income support (under 60)	Income support/minimum income guarantee (over 60)	Total incapacity benefit	Disability living allowance
1996-97	13,206	4,739	9,518	5,588
1997-98	9,890	4,554	8,948	5,980
1998-99	9,621	4,260	8,536	6,259
1999-2000	9,580	4,362	7,835	6,531
2000-01	10,271	4,660	7,699	6,877
2001-02	10,687	4,986	7,502	7,314
2002-03	10,516	4,835	7,286	7,603
2003-04	10,831	—	7,041	7,939
2004-05	10,219	—	6,788	8,232
2005-06	9,126	—	6,644	8,617
Notes: 1. Benefit expenditure figures are in real terms 2005-06 prices, rounded to the nearest £ million and are consistent with pre-Budget report 2006. 2. The 1996-97 income support figures include around six months of income support paid to the unemployed. 3. Figures from 1996-97 to 2005-06 are out-turn. 4. Incapacity benefit figures do not include severe disablement allowance.

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Table B
£ million, real terms 2005-06 prices (excluding administration costs)
	Attendance allowance	Social fund	Contributory retirement pension (basic state pension)	Contributory retirement pension earnings-related/S2P	Pension credit
1996-97	2,973	297	36,323	3,423	—
1997-98	3,044	224	36,688	3,822	—
1998-99	3,155	234	37,572	4,309	—
1999-2000	3,257	214	38,516	5,074	—
2000-01	3,363	267	38,674	5,384	—
2001-02	3,473	278	40,644	5,922	—
2002-03	3,505	324	41,477	6,328	—
2003-04	3,620	341	41,702	6,961	4,742
2004-05	3,743	336	42,194	7,502	5,111
2005-06	3,923	364	43,218	8,174	5,407
Notes: 1. Benefit expenditure figures are in real terms 2005-06 prices, rounded to the nearest £ million and are consistent with pre-Budget report 2006. 2. The 2003-04 pension credit figure includes around £2.5 billion of minimum income guarantee, as pension credit was introduced on 6 October 2003 (rounded to nearest half £ billion). 3. Figures from 1996-97 to 2005-06 are out-turn.

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