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Housing Benefit: Reform
Mr. Ruffley:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what progress the Department is making in implementing the modernisation of housing benefit; and if he will make a statement. [124078]
Mr. Plaskitt:
The next major housing benefit modernisation measures are contained in the Welfare Reform Bill. Included in the Bill are powers to facilitate the national rollout of the local housing allowance, to direct whom housing benefit should be paid to in the social sector and to modernise extended payment provisions. The Bill is currently progressing through the House of Lords, where it entered Grand Committee on 20 February.
Mr. Drew:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the current status of plans to reform housing benefit is; and when evidence will be available from the pilot areas. [127158]
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Mr. Plaskitt:
The next major housing benefit modernisation measures are contained in the Welfare Reform Bill. The Bill has reached the final stages in the House of Lords.
Evaluation was carried out over the full Pathfinders’ period of October 2003 to February 2006 and 13 evaluation reports have been published so far. The final evaluation reports will be published in summer 2007.
Immigration Crime Partnerships
Danny Alexander:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what discussions he has had with the Home Office on the creation of immigration crime partnerships; and if he will make a statement. [127967]
Mr. Plaskitt:
Officials from DWP and the Home Office have regular discussions on a range of issues. Ongoing dialogue will include the development of immigration crime partnerships as announced in the Home Office paper “Enforcing the Rules” published on 7 March 2007.
National Insurance
Mr. Rogerson:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many national insurance numbers were noted as inaccurately matched to a given name in the last year for which figures are available. [129385]
Mr. Plaskitt:
The information is not available.
National Insurance: EC Nationals
Mr. Binley:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many national insurance numbers have been issued in Northamptonshire to non-UK nationals since EU enlargement. [127903]
Mr. Plaskitt:
The available information is that since 1 May 2004, 13,040 non-UK nationals have registered for a national insurance number in Northamptonshire.
New Deal Schemes
Mr. Frank Field:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people (a) participated in the New Deal for Lone Parents (NDLP), (b) were participating in the NDLP for the second or more time and (c) gained employment as a result of their participation in the NDLP in each month since 1997. [125811]
Mr. Jim Murphy:
New deal for lone parents is a voluntary programme. Since October 1998, it has helped more than 482,000 lone parents into work. If lone parents choose to participate for a second or subsequent time in the programme, it indicates that they have previously found it helpful and likely to increase their chances of finding work.
The information is in the following table
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| New deal for lone parents |
| Month | Participants | O f which : participating for second or more time | People gaining employment |
|
November 1998
|
10,820
|
0
|
1,220
|
|
December 1998
|
13,070
|
10
|
830
|
|
January 1999
|
19,390
|
80
|
1,480
|
|
February 1999
|
27,230
|
150
|
1,990
|
|
March 1999
|
35,560
|
260
|
2,460
|
|
April 1999
|
39,990
|
420
|
3,170
|
|
May 1999
|
42,490
|
570
|
2,760
|
|
June 1999
|
43,680
|
750
|
2,640
|
|
July 1999
|
45,350
|
1,080
|
2,910
|
|
August 1999
|
46,350
|
1,400
|
2,180
|
|
September 1999
|
50,220
|
1,950
|
3,270
|
|
October 1999
|
54,770
|
2,610
|
5,490
|
|
November 1999
|
56,190
|
2,930
|
4,810
|
|
December 1999
|
51,650
|
2,830
|
2,890
|
|
January 2000
|
53,230
|
3,350
|
3,290
|
|
February 2000
|
56,700
|
3,900
|
3,670
|
|
March 2000
|
60,410
|
4,480
|
5,060
|
|
April 2000
|
61,740
|
4,740
|
3,680
|
|
May 2000
|
62,800
|
5,140
|
3,900
|
|
June 2000
|
63,450
|
5,590
|
4,920
|
|
July 2000
|
63,430
|
5,850
|
3,760
|
|
August 2000
|
62,810
|
6,040
|
3,470
|
|
September 2000
|
65,580
|
6,770
|
6,030
|
|
October 2000
|
65,930
|
7,170
|
5,000
|
|
November 2000
|
64,520
|
7,330
|
5,150
|
|
December 2000
|
60,670
|
7,000
|
3,940
|
|
January 2001
|
61,580
|
7,560
|
3,620
|
|
February 2001
|
62,560
|
7,970
|
3,810
|
|
March 2001
|
63,380
|
8,330
|
5,140
|
|
April 2001
|
61,760
|
8,360
|
4,170
|
|
May 2001
|
60,890
|
8,510
|
4,160
|
|
June 2001
|
60,670
|
9,020
|
4,990
|
|
July 2001
|
60,460
|
9,310
|
3,880
|
|
August 2001
|
60,530
|
9,720
|
4,400
|
|
September 2001
|
62,130
|
10,440
|
5,880
|
|
October 2001
|
60,480
|
10,430
|
5,840
|
|
November 2001
|
61,220
|
10,900
|
7,190
|
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|
December 2001
|
59,240
|
10,680
|
3,360
|
|
January 2002
|
61,790
|
11,600
|
4,060
|
|
February 2002
|
65,100
|
12,680
|
4,780
|
|
March 2002
|
68,930
|
13,760
|
6,380
|
|
April 2002
|
69,760
|
14,380
|
5,290
|
|
May 2002
|
72,920
|
15,670
|
7,030
|
|
June 2002
|
74,660
|
16,440
|
5,250
|
|
July 2002
|
76,100
|
17,070
|
5,200
|
|
August 2002
|
76,340
|
17,580
|
6,600
|
|
September 2002
|
81,440
|
19,510
|
8,200
|
|
October 2002
|
82,430
|
20,060
|
7,210
|
|
November 2002
|
81,460
|
20,300
|
8,000
|
|
December 2002
|
77,450
|
19,500
|
3,360
|
|
January 2003
|
79,070
|
20,440
|
5,210
|
|
February 2003
|
80,720
|
21,330
|
4,590
|
|
March 2003
|
81,830
|
22,050
|
4,860
|
|
April 2003
|
82,170
|
22,650
|
4,540
|
|
May 2003
|
82,600
|
23,310
|
6,320
|
|
June 2003
|
84,270
|
24,250
|
5,550
|
|
July 2003
|
84,560
|
24,720
|
5,190
|
|
August 2003
|
84,710
|
25,070
|
5,840
|
|
September 2003
|
88,190
|
26,400
|
8,400
|
|
October 2003
|
90,320
|
27,220
|
9,750
|
|
November 2003
|
89,930
|
27,420
|
7,460
|
|
December 2003
|
85,830
|
26,310
|
4,620
|
|
January 2004
|
86,990
|
27,340
|
6,580
|
|
February 2004
|
89,070
|
28,560
|
5,930
|
|
March 2004
|
89,940
|
29,390
|
6,610
|
|
April 2004
|
88,780
|
29,320
|
7,470
|
|
May 2004
|
87,670
|
29,470
|
6,650
|
|
June 2004
|
85,680
|
29,050
|
6,000
|
|
July 2004
|
82,610
|
28,460
|
6,990
|
|
August 2004
|
80,380
|
27,980
|
5,300
|
|
September 2004
|
80,360
|
28,370
|
8,290
|
|
October 2004
|
81,040
|
28,930
|
10,630
|
|
November 2004
|
79,260
|
28,720
|
8,310
|
|
December 2004
|
72,660
|
26,610
|
5,250
|
|
January 2005
|
73,980
|
27,620
|
5,560
|
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|
February 2005
|
74,600
|
28,470
|
6,220
|
|
March 2005
|
74,000
|
28,790
|
5,330
|
|
April 2005
|
72,970
|
28,960
|
7,260
|
|
May 2005
|
70,680
|
28,360
|
6,150
|
|
June 2005
|
68,670
|
27,650
|
5,340
|
|
July 2005
|
66,980
|
27,430
|
5,810
|
|
August 2005
|
65,680
|
27,230
|
4,390
|
|
September2005
|
68,180
|
28,530
|
8,660
|
|
October 2005
|
68,180
|
28,470
|
6,880
|
|
November 2005
|
67,120
|
28,130
|
6,580
|
|
December 2005
|
62,410
|
26,260
|
4,360
|
|
January 2006
|
63,100
|
26,680
|
4,230
|
|
February 2006
|
64,140
|
27,160
|
4,800
|
|
March 2006
|
63,450
|
27,020
|
6,220
|
|
April 2006
|
60,700
|
25,890
|
4,350
|
|
May 2006
|
58,300
|
24,910
|
4,290
|
|
June 2006
|
56,870
|
24,350
|
4,810
|
|
July 2006
|
54,910
|
23,590
|
3,510
|
|
August 2006
|
53,040
|
22,910
|
3,270
|
Notes: 1. Data is available from Nov 1998. 2. Latest data is to August 2006. 3. People can be, and will be, included as participating in more than one month if the time spent on New Deal for Lone Parents exceeded one month. 4. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10. Source: Information Directorate, Department for Work and Pensions.
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