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Danny Alexander: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many households in receipt of income support receive disability living allowance for a child in each of the last five years, broken down by component. [129804]

Mr. Plaskitt: The available information is in the following table.

Income support claimants in Great Britain, who receive disability living allowance (DLA) for a child, by component: as at August each year
	Receiving care and mobility components of DLA	Receiving care component of DLA	Receiving mobility component of DLA
2002	49,900	30,600	1,600
2003	52,600	30,700	2,000
2004	47,400	27,100	1,500
2005	41,600	23,800	1,300
2006	38,000	20,100	900
Notes: 1. Figures have been uprated to 100 per cent. WPLS totals 2. Figures are rounded to the nearest hundred. Source: DWP Information Directorate 5 per cent. sample.

Danny Alexander: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the average length is of entitlement to disability living allowance awarded for a child. [129807]

Mrs. McGuire: As at August 2006, the most recent available figure, the average fixed award of disability living allowance to those claimants under 16 years of age was three and a half years.

Employment

Mr. Jenkins: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many of his Department’s jobs are located in Tamworth constituency. [129991]

Mrs. McGuire: The Department for Work and Pensions currently employs 52 staff (equating to 42.8 full-time equivalent posts) in the Tamworth constituency area.

Employment and Support Allowance

Mrs. Cryer: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) what steps his Department has taken to ensure that claimants of the employment support allowance will be (a) made aware of the benefits to which they may be entitled and (b) signposted to benefits advice when appropriate; [129051]

(2) if he will introduce performance measures against which changes in (a) awareness and (b) take-up of other benefits by employment support allowance claimants can be measured. [129052]

Mr. Jim Murphy: It is right that people should have full access to information on the financial and other help available to them. We are continually reviewing the training of our staff to ensure that they are equipped to provide a good service to our customers.

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We already provide extensive background information on the full range of benefits, statutory entitlements and how to go about claiming them. We have made much progress in rationalising our leaflets and the information on our websites, and increasing the accuracy and availability of it.

We have no current plans to introduce performance measures against which changes in (a) awareness and (b) take-up of other benefits by Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) claimants can be measured. However, as the implementation of the new ESA progresses we will continue working with all our stakeholders to ensure that relevant information gets to the right people, at the right time, and in the right way.

Employment Schemes

Mr. Frank Field: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many participants in Employment Zone programmes found work and maintained their job with help for over 13 weeks in each month since April 2000. [126309]

Mr. Jim Murphy: Since Employment Zones started in April 2000, 82,240 jobs have been gained. Of those moving into work through the programme, around 80 per cent. have moved into sustained employment lasting 13 weeks or more.

The information on the number of jobs gained in each month, and the number of those jobs lasting at least 13 weeks is in the following table.

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Employment Zones
	Number of jobs gained	O f which, lasted at least 13 weeks
2000
April	20	10
May	100	90
June	260	230
July	290	240
August	500	440
September	780	660
October	800	660
November	920	760
December	880	640
2001
January	920	750
February	1,090	890
March	1,710	1,370
April	1,470	1,150
May	1,340	1,060
June	1,700	1,260
July	1,260	1,000
August	1,470	1,150
September	1,350	1,000
October	1,310	950
November	1,430	1,050
December	710	490
2002
January	740	550
February	900	680
March	1,250	980
April	980	740
May	1,180	860
June	940	700
July	950	690
August	1,150	870
September	1,050	790
October	1,020	770
November	1,230	830
December	640	430
2003
January	800	580
February	870	660
March	1,030	780
April	880	680
May	1,080	820
June	1,110	810
July	990	750
August	1,240	900
September	1,160	830
October	1,340	920
November	950	700
December	600	400
2004
January	760	580
February	860	660
March	910	720
April	1,010	780
May	880	650
June	910	680
July	1,180	890
August	1,000	790
September	1,170	930
October	1,450	1,140
November	1,090	850
December	730	560
2005
January	750	640
February	970	800
March	970	780
April	1,220	1,040
May	1,030	860
June	940	790
July	1,430	1,240
August	1,020	870
September	1,610	1,360
October	1,290	1,110
November	1,240	1,070
December	940	800
2006
January	840	740
February	980	860
March	1,360	1,210
April	1,040	930
May	1,200	1060
June	1,540	1,390
July	1,240	1,160
August	1,210	1,150
September	1,840	1,760
October	1,280	1,250
Notes: 1. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10. 2. Data is for jobs not individuals. 3. Data is to October 2006. Source: Information Directorate, DWP.

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