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Jobcentre Plus

Mr. Laws: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many Jobcentre Plus offices had their opening hours reduced in each of the last eight quarters for which figures are available; and which offices had such reductions in the last (a) six, (b) 12, (c) 24 and (d) 48 months, broken down by parliamentary constituency. [102107]

Mr. Jim Murphy: The administration of Jobcentre Plus is a matter for the chief executive of Jobcentre Plus, Lesley Strathie. I have asked her to provide the hon. Member with the information requested.

Letter from Lesley Strathie, dated 15 January 2007:


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Annex A: number of Jobcentre Pus sites where opening hours have been reduced during the last six, 12, 24 and 48 months to September 2006 broken down by district
Jobcentre Plus—offices operating reduced opening hours
Months
Region District 0 to six seven to 12 13 to 24 25 to 48

London

0

0

0

0

Scotland

0

0

0

0

North East

0

0

0

0

East of England

Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire

0

1

1

0

Cambridge and Suffolk

6

0

0

0

Essex

0

0

1

0

Norfolk

1

1

1

Yorkshire and the Humber

North East Yorkshire and the Humber

0

0

3

0

South Yorkshire

0

0

0

1

West Yorkshire

0

0

1

4

West Midlands

Staffordshire

0

0

0

1

Marches

0

0

2

0

North West

Greater Manchester East and West

0

0

1

0

Greater Mersey

0

0

0

1

Cheshire and Warrington

0

0

0

4

East Midlands

Derbyshire

1

0

0

2

Nottinghamshire

2

3

1

0

Leicestershire and Northampton

1

0

0

0

South East

Berks, Bucks and Oxfordshire

0

15

0

0

Hampshire and Isle of Wight

0

0

19

6

Kent

0

0

2

0

South West

Devon and Cornwall

0

2

9

3

Dorset and Somerset

0

2

6

0

Wales

South East Wales

1

0

1

1

South West Wales

0

3

0

0

South Wales Valleys

0

0

4

2

North and Mid Wales

0

0

6

1

Total

12

27

58

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Mr. Laws: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what checks are made by Jobcentre Plus on the immigration status of applicants and claimants. [102179]

Mr. Plaskitt: The administration of Jobcentre Plus is a matter for the Chief Executive of Jobcentre Plus, Lesley Strathie. I have asked her to provide the hon. Member with the information requested.

Letter from Lesley Strathie, dated 15 January 2007:

Mr. Graham Stuart: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what role was played by Mind in the development by his Department of the two-day learning event for advisers on working with customers with a mental illness referred to in the answer of 31 October 2006, Official Report, columns 263-64W, on Jobcentre Plus; and if he will make a statement. [109330]

Mr. Jim Murphy: The administration of Jobcentre Plus is a matter for the Chief Executive of Jobcentre Plus, Lesley Strathie. I have asked her to provide the hon. Member with the information requested.

Letter from Lesley Strathie:

Maternity Allowance

Mr. Paul Goodman: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) how many women in the UK were entitled to maternity allowance in each year since 2001-02; and what estimate he has made of the future take-up rates; [107559]

(2) how many women in the UK received maternity allowance in each year since 2001-02; and what estimate he has made of the likely number in each year from 2006-07 to 2009-10. [107560]

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

Awards of maternity allowance
Number

2001-02

51,000

2002-03

51,000

2003-04

57,000

2004-05

63,000

2005-06

66,000

2006-07

70,000

2007-08

74,000

Notes:
1. The figures for maternity allowance up to 2003-04 are based on a 5 per cent. sample of the maternity allowance computer system. The figures from 2004-05 onwards are forecasts.
2. The figures have been rounded to the nearest 1,000.
3. In line with HM Treasury expenditure planning cycles, forecasts of benefit case load and expenditure are not currently available beyond 2007-08.

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