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National Insurance: Rebates
Mr. Laws: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the cost to the Exchequer in each year from 2007-08 to 2011-12 of implementing in full the advice of the Government Actuary’s Department on the level of national insurance rebates for contracted out pensions from 1 April 2007; and if he will make a statement. [144116]
James Purnell: I have been asked to reply.
National insurance rebates are paid from the National Insurance Fund. The effect on national insurance revenues that would arise from implementing in full the Government Actuary’s advice for rebates from 6 April 2007 is broadly neutral over the longer term for schemes contracted out on a defined contribution basis. For schemes contracted out on a defined benefit basis, it would mean increasing estimated total expenditure on rebates between 2007-08 to 2011-12 by around 9.4 per cent.
Smith Institute: Publications
Mr. Hoban: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer of 5 June 2007, Official Report, column 476W, on the Smith Institute: publications, how many publications are held in the Chancellor's private office. [144499]
John Healey: I have nothing further to add to the answer I gave the hon. Member for Rayleigh (Mr. Francois) on 9 May 2007, Official Report, column 283W.
Unemployed
Mr. Frank Field: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many working age workless households with couples without dependent children there were in each year since 1992. [145881]
John Healey: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 26 June 2007:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question about workless couple households without dependent children. (145881)
The attached table gives the information requested. The figures in the table are estimates from the Labour Force Survey (LFS), for the three month period ending in May of each year from 1992 to 2006.
A household is defined as a single person, or a group of people living at the same address who have the address as their only main residence and either share one main meal a day or share the living accommodation (or both). A workless working-age couple household is one that is headed by a married/cohabiting couple and that includes at least one person of working age and in which no-one aged 16 or over is in employment. Couple households without dependent children may include non-dependent children, and/or members of other family units, whose economic status affects the combined economic status of the household (i.e. whether it is classified as workless or not).
As with any sample survey, estimates from the LFS are subject to a margin of uncertainty.
Valuation Office: Manpower
Mr. Pickles: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer of 27 April 2007, Official Report, column 1513W, on Valuation Office: manpower, what the reasons are for the change in staff numbers between 2000 and 2007. [145344]
Dawn Primarolo: Staff numbers have varied between 2000 and 2007 for operational and efficiency reasons. The VOA staffing policy is to predict, where possible, peaks and troughs of work and to plan for staff numbers accordingly.
Justice
Barristers: Legal Aid Scheme
Mr. Dismore: To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice which barristers received the highest sums from the Legal Services Commission in respect of legal aid cases for (a) civil and (b) criminal work in each of the last three years; and how much each was paid in each year. [145472]
Vera Baird: The information requested for 2004-05 has been published on the Department for Constitutional Affairs website, at the following location:
The figures relating to the highest paid criminal and civil barristers for 2005-06 has also been published on the Ministry’s website, at the following location:
Information regarding which barristers received the highest sums from the Legal Services Commission in respect of legal aid cases for civil and criminal work in 2006-07 will be published once the data have been collated and verified.
Departments: Pay
Dr. Cable: To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice how many staff in her Department and its predecessor received bonus payments in each of the last five years for which information is available; what proportion of the total workforce they represented; what the total amount of bonuses paid was; what the largest single payment was; and if she will make a statement. [143102]
Vera Baird: The Ministry of Justice employs staff previously employed on several sets of different terms and conditions, each with their own arrangements for bonus payments. The information provided in the following table relates to former DCA Senior Civil Service (SCS) and grades below SCS. It excludes magistrates courts staff who became civil servants within this Department in April 2005 and whose terms and conditions do not normally allow for payment of performance or special bonuses. It also excludes those staff in the Tribunals Service and who joined former DCA on 1 April 2006 for whom information is not currently available.
Information for Her Majesty’s Prison Service (below SCS) is provided.
| Senior civil service bonuses received during the past five years for staff on former DCA terms and conditions | ||||
| Paid in calendar year | Staff receiving bonuses | Proportion receiving bonuses (Percentage) | Total amount awarded (£) | Largest award (£) |
| (1) No bonuses have yet been paid to members of the SCS during 2007 | ||||
| Special bonuses received during the past five years for staff on former DCA terms and conditions (not SCS) | ||||
| Paid in financial year | Staff receiving bonuses | Proportion receiving bonuses (Percentage) | Total amount awarded (£) | Largest award (£) |
| Notes: 1. Data show payments for each financial year from 2002-03. Comprehensive information is not yet available for 2006-07. 2. Data covering largest award are not available prior to 2004 when the current recognition and reward scheme was launched. 3. Proportions refer to the number of staff eligible to be awarded special bonuses under their terms and conditions (i.e. these exclude former Magistrates Courts Service Staff). | ||||
| Performance bonuses awarded during the past five years to staff on former DCA terms and conditions (not SCS) | ||||
| Paid in calendar year | Staff receiving bonuses | Proportion receiving bonuses (Percentage) | Total amount awarded (£) | Largest award (£) |
| Notes: 1. Data referring to Proportion of staff receiving bonuses refer only to staff on relevant terms and conditions (i.e. only include former DCA and Court Service Staff but exclude staff on Magistrates Courts terms and conditions). 2. Prior to 2003 performance bonuses in former LCD were linked to grade—from 2004 a flat rate was applied. | ||||
HM Prison Service became an executive agency of the Ministry of Justice on 9 May 2007.
Information on the number and proportion of staff receiving special bonuses, the total amount of bonuses awarded and the largest payment in each year within the public sector Prison Service is contained in the following table:
| Public sector prison service special bonuses recorded 2003-04 to June 2007 | ||||
| Paid in financial year | Staff receiving bonuses | Proportion receiving bonuses (Percentage) | Total amount awarded (£) | Largest award (£) |
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