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Stewart Hosie: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the value was of annual private finance initiative payments made by his Department from (a) capital and (b) revenue budgets in each of the last five years. [137841]
Mrs. McGuire: The value of annual private finance initiative payments made by the Department is as follows:
£000 | ||
Financial year | (a) From capital budgets | (b) From revenue budgets |
Stewart Hosie: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what value of annual private finance initiative payments by his Department was classified as (a) identifiable and (b) non-identifiable in each of the last five years, broken down by project. [137842]
Mrs. McGuire: The value of annual private finance initiative payments made by the Department:
(a) Classified as identifiable by-project:
£000 | |||||
Financial year | 2005-06 | 2004-05 | 2003-04 | 2002-03 | 2001-02 |
(b) Classified as non-identifiableby project
The Department is unaware of any non-identifiable annual private finance initiative payments made.
Stewart Hosie: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what value of annual private finance initiative (PFI) payments by his Department was (a) to repay capital and (b) expenditure on other parts of each PFI contract in each of the last five years, broken down by project. [137843]
Mrs. McGuire: The value of annual private finance initiative payments made by the Department:
(a) To repay capitalby project:
£000 | |||||
Financial years | 2005-06 | 2004-05 | 2003-04 | 2002-03 | 2001-02 |
HSE Health and Safety Laboratories Serviced Accommodation at Harpur Hill, Buxton |
(b) Expenditure on other parts of each PFI contractby project:
£000 | |||||
Financial years | 2005-06 | 2004-05 | 2003-04 | 2002-03 | 2001-02 |
Margaret Moran: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what funding is available to organisations assisting (a) long-term unemployed and (b) disabled people into work in (i) Luton and (ii) Bedfordshire. [139985]
Mr. Jim Murphy: The information is not available in the form requested.
Chris Ruane: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to the answer of 6 December 2006, Official Report, column 524W, on city strategy partnerships, what the formula is for distributing the savings for his Department arising out of city strategy partnerships. [139488]
Mr. Jim Murphy: We are committed to paying reward funding to high-performing pathfinders to encourage them to innovate, and to ensure that they have a stake in, and are able to share in, the success they have in helping people into work.
We have announced that at least £5 million of reward money will be available, and we are continuing to work on a mechanism for allocating these funds.
Jenny Willott: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many former Allied Steel and Wire workers are forecast to receive (a) 80 per cent., (b) 65 per cent. and (c) 50 per cent. of their (i) expected occupational pension and (ii) core pension under the Financial Assistance Scheme; and if he will make a statement. [136633]
James Purnell: As FAS payments commence at age 65, (except in special circumstances where early access to payments can be applied for by scheme trustees for terminally ill qualifying members or the survivor of a qualifying member), under the current scheme no one would be expected to start receiving payments at the rate of 65 per cent. or 50 per cent. until at least 15 May 2011 or 15 May 2015 respectively. However, our announcement of increased funding for FAS means that by then all will receive 80 per cent.
At 65 all members will receive at least 80 per cent. of their expected core pension (subject to the cap).
There are two qualifying Allied Steel and Wire schemes for FAS purposes.
1. On the commencement of wind up the ASW Pension Plan (Cardiff) has advised the FAS operational unit that the scheme had 2,351 deferred members and 2,036 pensioner members. Under proposed changes to FAS and subject to the necessary legislation all eligible members of this scheme will receive 80 per cent. of their core expected pension at age 65.
2. On the commencement of wind up the ASW Sheerness Steel Group Pension has advised the FAS operational unit that the scheme had 750 deferred members and 359 pensioner members. Under proposed changes to FAS and subject to the necessary legislation all eligible members of this scheme will receive 80 per cent. of their core expected pension at age 65.
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