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Written Answers to Questions

Thursday 8 March 2007

Work and Pensions

Departmental Websites

Mr. Philip Hammond: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many Jobcentre Plus staff were involved in administering the Jobcentre Plus website in each of the last 24 months. [118785]

Mr. Jim Murphy: The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) e-Communications team is responsible for the administration of the Jobcentre Plus website. No Jobcentre Plus staff are involved in the administration of the site.

The information on the number of DWP e-Communications staff administering the website since February 2005 is in the following table.

	Number of staff
2005
February	7
March	7
April	7
May	7
June	7
July	7
August	7
September	7
October	7
November	7
December	7
2006
January	7
February	7
March	7
April	8
May	8
June	8
July	8
August	8
September	8
October	8
November	8
December	8
2007
January	8

Mr. Philip Hammond: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what target he has set for Jobcentre Plus website user visits for 2006-07. [118787]

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:

The Secretary of State has asked me to reply to your question asking what targets are set for Jobcentre Plus website user visits for 2006-07. This is something which falls within the responsibilities delegated to me as Chief Executive of Jobcentre Plus.

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The Jobcentre Plus website does not have targets to increase visitors, nor to achieve a set target of user visits to the website. Jobcentre Plus does, however, encourage visitors by ensuring the website address is included in all of its marketing activity.

I hope this is helpful.

Deprived Areas Fund

Justine Greening: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) what Deprived Areas Fund allocation his Department has made to Wandsworth, Southwark and Lambeth district in 2007-08, broken down by ward; and if he will make a statement; [118421]

(2) what Deprived Areas Fund allocation his Department has made to Wandsworth, Southwark and Lambeth Jobcentre Plus district in 2006-07, split by ward; and if he will make a statement; [118422]

(3) how much Deprived Areas Fund spend allocated by his Department to Wandsworth, Southwark and Lambeth district in 2006-07 has been spent in the year to date, broken down by ward; and if he will make a statement. [118423]

Mr. Jim Murphy [holding answer 2 February 2007]: The information on Deprived Areas Fund allocation for 2006-07 and 2007-08 in Wandsworth, Southwark and Lambeth district is in the following table.

Deprived areas fund allocation in Wandsworth, Southwark and Lambeth district
£
Ward code	Ward	2006-07	2007-08
OOAYFZ	Bishop’s	23,089	70,918
OOAYGA	Brixton Hill	24,639	75,678
OOAYGC	Clapham Town	23,811	73,134
OOAYGD	Coldharbour	28,808	88,484
OOAYGE	Ferndale	25,581	78,572
OOAYGF	Gipsy Hill	26,062	80,050
OOAYGG	Herne Hill	23,417	71,923
OOAYGH	Knight's Hill	25,762	79,126
OOAYGJ	Larkhall	28,307	86,944
OOAYGK	Oval	23,797	73,093
OOAYGL	Prince’s	23,363	71,759
OOAYGM	St. Leonard’s	21,833	67,060
OOAYGN	Stockwell	27,198	83,538
OOAYGP	Streatham Hill	24,091	73,996
OOAYGR	Streatham Wells	23,550	72,334
OOAYGS	Thornton	23,002	70,651
OOAYGU	Tulse Hill	26,764	82,204
OOAYGW	Vassall	25,942	79,680
OOBEGC	Brunswick Park	24,793	76,151
OOBEGD	Camberwell Green	26,410	81,117
OOBEGE	Cathedrals	36,251	111,344
OOBEGF	Chaucer	34,688	106,542
OOBEGJ	East Walworth	28,280	86,862
OOBEGK	Faraday	31,113	95,563
OOBEGL	Grange	26,797	82,307
OOBEGM	Livesey	28,421	87,294
OOBEGN	Newington	28,340	87,047
OOBEGP	Nunhead	22,114	67,921
OOBEGQ	Peckham	24,459	75,124
OOBEGR	Peckham Rye	20,256	62,217
OOBEGU	South Bermondsey	24,312	74,673
OOBEGW	South Camberwell	25,207	77,423
OOBEGY	The Lane	25,848	79,393
OOBJGG	Latchmere	24,759	76,048
OOBJGK	Queenstown	24,038	73,832
	Total	905,103	2,780,000

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To date, no spend through the Deprived Areas Fund has been recorded for the Wandsworth, Southwark and Lambeth district in 2006-07.

Disabled People: Poverty

Mr. Philip Hammond: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what percentage of disabled people were living in (a) relative and (b) absolute poverty in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement. [112905]

Mr. Jim Murphy: I refer the hon. Member to the written answer I gave the hon. Member for Yeovil (Mr. Laws) on 19 January 2007, Official Report, column 1436W.

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