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Norman Lamb: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions when he expects to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for North Norfolk of 23 June 2006 on behalf of his constituent Barbara Randle, passed from the Department for Education and Skills to his Department for response. [124657]
Beverley Hughes: I have been asked to reply.
I responded to the hon. Member on 16 March.
Mr. Frank Field: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people have graduated from the New Deal for Young People to the New Deal 25 plus without having left the New Deal for Young People or jobseekers' allowance between their 18th and 25th birthdays. [126207]
Mr. Jim Murphy [holding answer 8 March 2007]: The number of people who are recorded as moving directly from New Deal for Young People (NDYP) to New Deal 25 plus without having left NDYP or jobseeker's allowance between their 18 and 25 birthdays is nil.
Mr. Jenkins: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many residents in each electoral ward in Tamworth constituency receive pension credit. [128338]
James Purnell: The information is in the following table.
Mr. Waterson: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the total cost has been of the human resources consultancy work being performed for his Department in the search for the (a) chairman and (b) chief executive of the Personal Accounts Delivery Authority. [125457]
Mrs. McGuire: The contract for the recruitment of the chairman and chief executive for the proposed Personal Accounts Delivery Authority was procured through the Cabinet Office framework for services of this type: this framework was let upon the principles of fair and open competition.
The Department considers the exact cost of the recruitment agency to be commercial in confidence on the basis that this would harm the competitive position of the successful bidder in future public sector bids were their market competitors to understand their costs for this contract.
The information is therefore withheld under Part II of the Code of Practice on Access to Government Information exemption category 13Third party's commercial confidences.
Mr. Hunt: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people received income support on grounds of incapacity in each of the last three years for which figures are available. [127243]
Mrs. McGuire: The available information is in the following table.
The number of people receiving income support on the grounds of incapacity in Great Britain; each August 2004 to 2006. | |
Note: Figures are rounded to the nearest 10. Source: DWP Information Directorate, Work and Pensions Longitudinal Study 100 per cent data. |
Mr. Hunt: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people who receive incapacity benefit are also in receipt of (a) income support, (b) housing benefit and (c) council tax benefit. [127244]
Mrs. McGuire:
The most recent available information for each benefit is in the following tables.
The number of incapacity benefit claimants in Great Britain who are in receipt of income support: August 2006. | |
Notes: 1. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10. 2. Incapacity benefit figures include credits only cases. Source: DWP Information Directorate, Work and Pensions Longitudinal Study 100 per cent data. |
Housing benefit and council tax benefit recipients also t also in receipt of incapacity benefit: Great Britain May 2003 | |
Notes: 1. Caseloads are rounded to the nearest thousand. 2. The data refers to benefit units, which may be a single person or a couple. 3. Housing Benefit figures exclude any extended payment cases. 4. Council Tax Benefit figures exclude any second adult rebate cases. Source: Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit Management Information System, Annual 1 per cent sample, taken in May 2003. |
Mr. Hunt: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people were in receipt of severe disablement allowance in each of the last three years for which figures are available. [127245]
Mrs. McGuire: The available information is in the following table.
Mr. Hunt: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people who receive severe disablement allowance also receive (a) income support, (b) housing benefit and (c) council tax benefit. [127246]
Mrs. McGuire: The most recent available information for each benefit is in the following tables:
The number of severe disablement allowance claimants in Great Britain who are in receipt of income support: August 2006. | |
Notes: 1.Figures are rounded to the nearest 10. Source: DWP Information Directorate, Work and Pensions Longitudinal Study 100 per cent data. |
Housing benefit and council tax benefit recipients also in receipt of severe disablement allowance: Great Britain, May 2003 | |
Notes: 1. Caseloads are rounded to the nearest thousand. 2. The data refers to benefit units, which may be a single person or a couple. 3. Housing benefit figures exclude any extended payment cases. 4. Council tax benefit figures exclude any second adult rebate cases. Source: Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit Management Information System, Annual 1 per cent. sample, taken in May 2003. |
Mr. Frank Field: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many and what proportion of lone parents were (a) in employment and (b) on out of work benefits in each quarter since 1992. [128547]
Mr. Jim Murphy [holding answer 19 March 2007]: The available information is in the tables.
Lone parents in employment in Great Britain; spring quarters 1992 to 2006 | ||
Quarter | Lone parent employment rate (percentage) | Number in employment |
Source: Labour Force Survey Spring Quarters 1992-2006 |
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