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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.

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

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.

(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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