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(b) the child has his home with a person who is, in relation to him, a person with care.
We estimate that non-resident parents account for around one-tenth of the adult male population. This figure includes all non-resident parents, not only those who have a case at the Child Support Agency. This figure was reached by dividing the number of non-resident parents (assumed to be roughly equal to the number of parents with care) by the total number of adult males in the UK.
Unfortunately, the number of non-resident parents broken down by age group is not available.
A breakdown of non-resident parents who have a case with the Child Support Agency by age and gender is available in the Agency's Quarterly Summary Statistics, tables 23 and 24 respectively. The Quarterly Summary Statistics are available from the House of Commons Library, or online at the following address:
Mr. Hood: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much the Child Support Agency has received from amounts paid to them for child maintenance collected through deductions from earnings orders imposed after liability had ceased; and how much interest was accrued by the Agency from these amounts in (a) 2005-06 and (b) 2006-07. [138697]
Mr. Plaskitt: The information requested is not available.
John Mann: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions which electoral wards in Nottinghamshire have the highest numbers of child support agency claimants. [138826]
Mr. Plaskitt: The administration of the Child Support Agency is a matter for the chief executive. He will write to the hon. Member with the information requested.
Letter from Stephen Geraghty, dated 5 June 2007:
In reply to your Parliamentary Question about the Child Support Agency, the Secretary of State promised a substantive reply from the Chief Executive.
You asked the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which electoral wards in Nottinghamshire have the highest numbers of Child Support Agency claimants. [138826]
The information requested is not available at ward level. However, the Child Support Agency Quarterly Summary Statistics Table S1a and Table S1b provides data to Local Authority and Parliamentary Constituency level within Nottinghamshire, that is relevant to your question.
This is available in the House of Commons Library or on the internet via the following link:
I hope you find this answer helpful.
Mr. Hepburn: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many and what percentage of children have been defined as living in (a) absolute and (b) relative poverty in (i) the Jarrow constituency, (ii) south Tyneside, (iii) the north-east and (iv) the UK in each year since 1997. [131279]
Mr. Jim Murphy: The Government's long-term measure for child poverty uses three indicators: absolute low income, relative low income and material deprivation combined with relative low income. This measure was the result of a year long consultation initiated by the DWP.
The available information is in the following tables. Informationusing our official measure of income or material deprivationis not available below Government Office Region.
Children below thresholds of contemporary and 1998-99 real terms median income before housing costs, United Kingdom( 1) | ||
Below 60% of contemporary median income (relative poverty) | Below 60% of 1998-99 median income (absolute poverty) | |
(1) Figures are for United Kingdom from 1998-99 onwards. Earlier years are for Great Britain only. Notes: 1. Due to rounding, the estimates of change in numbers of children below low-income thresholds may not equal the difference between the total number of children below thresholds between 1998-99 and 200405. 2. These data use OECD equivalisation factors. |
Grant Shapps: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many times his Department was found to have been in breach of the Data Protection Act 1998 in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. [139206]
Mrs. McGuire: The definition of "found to have been in breach" can be very broad. Depending on their nature, breaches by Government Departments of the Data Protection Act 1998 can be dealt with by the Information Commissioner, by the courts or by Departments at an informal local level. The information is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Mr. Hurd: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people with epilepsy are employed by his Department; and if he will make a statement. [139110]
Mrs. McGuire: The Department does not collect data on the number of people with epilepsy it employs. Staff are encouraged to declare whether they consider themselves disabled, but, if they do make such a declaration, they are not asked to state the nature of the disability.
Where necessary, we will make reasonable adjustments to enable disabled members of staff to carry out their full duties.
Jenny Willott: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many and what proportion of the Departments leaflets have been checked for accuracy in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement. [137195]
Mrs. McGuire: The Department for Work and Pensions was formed on 8 June 2001 from parts of the former Department of Social Security, the former Department for Education and Employment, and the Employment Service. Information prior to 2001 is not held centrally and can be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
Leaflets produced after 2001 were the subject of a National Audit Office study that was published in January 2006. As a result of this study the Department has commissioned a review of all 176 of its leaflets and introduced systems, supported by an electronic content management system, to ensure that its new leaflets are checked for accuracy at regular intervals.
Grant Shapps: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much was spent by his Department and its agencies on legal fees in each of the last five years. [139386]
Mrs. McGuire: Although the Department records expenditure incurred on professional services it does not specifically identify the total amount spent on external legal advice. However, external legal advice purchased by the Departments own lawyers can be identified and the cost of this is as follows:
Cost (£ million) | |
Mr. Philip Hammond: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many whole-time equivalent staff are employed in his Departments branding team; and what the cost was of those staff in the last 12 months. [137979]
Mrs. McGuire: The central branding team comprises two full-time posts. The salary ranges of these are
Information Officer: £31,340-£36,280
Senior Information Officer: £38,130-£47,550
The team remit is to advise on the development, promotion, and use of departmental customer facing and corporate brands, to develop and promote guidelines and best practice, and to ensure consistency and clarity in the use of branding across the range of Departmental communications.
Stewart Hosie: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the total value of private finance initiative projects included in his Department's balance sheet (a) is in 2007 and (b) was in each of the last five years, broken down by project. [137840]
Mrs. McGuire: The information is as follows:
(a) In 2007 the total value of private finance initiative projects included in the Department's balance sheet was £63,534 million.
(b) The following table details the total value of private finance initiative projects included in the Department's balance sheet in each of the last five years.
Total value of private finance initiative projects included in the Department's balance sheet | |
Amount (£000) | |
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