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Households and individuals in Great Britain who are in receipt of various combinations of income-related benefits and tax credits, 2005-06
Individuals Households

Both income-related benefits and tax credits

790,000

850,000

Income-related benefits or tax credits

8,420,000

8,030,000

Income-related benefits and/or tax credits

9,210,000

8,880,000

Tax credits

4,180,000

4,170,000

Income-related benefits

5,820,000

5,560,000

Notes:
1. The Family Resources Survey is a nationally representative sample of approximately 26,000 households in 2005-06 and 23,000 households in 1997-98.
2. Data are shown for Great Britain only for both 1997-98 and 2005-06. (Northern Ireland joined the survey in 2002-03, so UK data is not available for 1997-98.)
3. Data for 2005-06 were collected between April 2005 and March 2006; 1997-98 were collected between April 1997 and March 1998.
4. The estimates are based on sample counts that have been adjusted for non-response using multi-purpose grossing factors which align the FRS to Government office region populations by age and sex. Estimates are subject to sampling error and remaining non-response error.
5. Tax credit and income-related benefits receipt is under-reported on the FRS. This will mean that the FRS estimates are likely to be under-estimates. However, there is no other reliable source for this information at a household level.
6. Figures for the number of households and persons have been rounded to the nearest 10,000.
7. Individuals and households in receipt of either tax credit, working tax credit or child tax credit have been counted.
8. There are more households than persons because different individuals within the household might receive the benefits and tax credits.
9. ‘Income-related benefits’ includes income support, income-based jobseeker’s allowance, council tax benefit, housing benefit, and for 2005-06 only, pension credit.
Source:
Family Resources Surveys 1997-98 and 2005-06.

Information on the number of claimants of the various income-related benefits for each of the four years is available from DWP Information. However, similar figures are not available for households. Supplementary benefit was the only income-related benefit available in 1979. Income support replaced supplementary benefit in 1988. Income-based jobseeker’s allowance replaced income support for the unemployed in 1996. Pension credit replaced income support, and expanded the availability of income-related benefits, for pensioners in 2003. Housing benefit, in its current form, was introduced in 1988. Community charge benefit was introduced in 1990 and was replaced by council tax benefit in 1993.

The available information is in the following table

Claimants of income-related benefits in Great Britain
SB IS JSA (IB) HB/CCB HB/CTB PC

1979

2,855,000

(1)

(1)

(1)

(1)

(1)

1992

(1)

5,088,000

(1)

3,080,000

(1)

(1)

May 1997

(1)

3,977,100

1,219,000

(1)

2,330,000

(1)

February 2007

(1)

2,134,170

707,700

(1)

(1)

2,730,940

(1) Figures are not available.
Notes:
1. ‘SB’ is supplementary benefit; ‘IS’ is income support; ‘JSA (IB)’ is income-based jobseeker’s allowance; ‘HB’ is housing benefit; ‘CCB’ is community charge benefit; ‘CTB’ is council tax benefit; and ‘PC’ is pension credit.
2. Overlaps between benefits have been removed.
3. Due to the estimation procedure used to remove the overlaps between housing benefit and council tax benefit, HB/CTB figures have been rounded to the nearest 10,000.
4. JSA 5 per cent. figures have been uprated using 5 per cent. proportions against 100 per cent. totals of WPLS data.
5. HB data excludes any extended payment cases.
6. CTB data excludes second adult rebate cases.
7. Some income-based JSA claimants may also have entitlement to benefit via the contributory route.
Source:
Information Directorate, 5 per cent. and 1 per cent. samples; 100 per cent. Work and Pensions Longitudinal Study; Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit Management Information System, Annual 1 per cent. sample.

HMRC’s snapshot publication estimates the number of out of work claimants who receive either child tax credit or the equivalent through benefits. It shows that as at April 2007, there were 1,398,000 out of work families with children of which 927,000 received child tax credit and the remaining 471,000 received the equivalent in benefits. The full HMRC publication is available online at:

Welfare to Work

Mr. Clappison: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what Government welfare to work programmes have been instituted since 1997; what the (a) duration and (b) cost of each programme has been; how many people were placed in full-time permanent employment as a result of each programme; and what the average duration of such employment was. [152705]

Caroline Flint: Information is available on the number of people placed into work through welfare to work programmes, but not on the average duration of jobs gained, or whether employment gained was full-time and permanent.

The available information is in the following table.


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Cost and duration of welfare to work programmers instituted since 1997
Cost (£ million) Duration

New Deal for Young people

(1)1.895

1998-present

New Deal 25 Plus

(2)939

1998-present

New Deal for Young People and New Deal 25 Plus

(3)322

New Deal for Lone Parents

166

1998-present

New Deal for Partners

6

1999-present

New Deal 50 Plus

255

2000-present

New Deal for Disabled People

276

2001 -present

Pathways (IB Reforms)

81

2003-present

Work Based Learning for Adults

811

2001-06

Short Intensive Basic Skills

16

2001-06

Action Teams

162

2000-06

Employment Zones

623

2000-present

Progress2work

89

2002-present

Link-Up

2002-present

Ethnic Minority Outreach

23

2002-06

(1) Represents costs for New Deal for Young People (NDYP) up to March 2006.
(2) Represents costs for New Deal 25 (ND25+) plus up to March 2006.
(3) Represents combined costs for NDYP and ND25 plus for 2006-07. There is no split currently available between NDYP and ND25+ for 2006-07. The expenditure has been presented as a combined figure until an apportionment is made
Notes:
1. All others costs are to March 2007 and include start-up costs.
2. New Deal costs exclude admin expenditure as this is only available by individual programme up to 2002-03.
3. Cost figures are from published accounts and working papers and are rounded to the nearest £ million.
4. Progress2work and Link-Up costs cannot be separated. The total of £89 million is for both programmes.
5. Table excludes pilot programmes.
Source:
DWP Departmental Report 2005-06; Jobcentre Plus Accounts 2006-07

Culture, Media and Sport

Departments: Legislation

Mr. Clegg: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what legislative provisions introduced by his Department since 1997 have not yet been brought into force. [149566]

Margaret Hodge: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to the hon. Member for Bath (Mr. Foster) on 3 September 2007, Official Report, column 1596W.

Flags

Mr. Hoban: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if he will place in the Library a copy of the direction issued on behalf of the Prime Minister on the flying of the Union Flag from Government buildings. [153345]

Margaret Hodge: Organisations and individuals may fly the Union Flag when they wish. However, guidance on the protocol of flying the flag from UK Government buildings is published on the Department's website at http://www.culture.gov.uk/flagflying, and restricted to various appointed days. The Green Paper “The Governance of Britain”, which was announced by the Prime Minister
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in his Constitutional Reform statement to the House on 3 July 2007, Official Report, column 816, proposed consultation on whether the guidance should be altered to give Departments more flexibility over when they fly the Union Flag. The Department's consultation document, “Altering the current guidance on flying the Union Flag from UK Government buildings”, was published on 25 July and is on the Department's website at http://www.culture.gov.uk/Reference_library/Consultations. In the meantime on 5 July the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport relaxed the restrictions while the Department carries out the consultation so that all UK Government Departments have the option to fly the Union Flag when they wish. Copies of the consultation document have been placed in the Libraries of both Houses.

Football

Bob Russell: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what discussions he has had with football authorities on the number of overseas players registered to play with English clubs; and if he will make a statement. [155479]

Mr. Sutcliffe [holding answer 17 September 2007]: My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State met recently with representatives of The Football Association to discuss, among other issues, the development of national talent and the recently published Review of Young Player Development in Professional Football. We look forward to seeing The FA’s response in the near future.

While overseas players continue to make a valuable contribution to the English game and have helped the Premier League to become one of the best domestic leagues in the world, we recognise concerns that an over reliance on overseas players may impact upon the quality of players available for the national team. It is right that The FA should be considering this issue.

Gaming: Internet

Mr. Ellwood: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many prosecutions have been brought against online gaming companies for breaking existing legislation on advertising internet gambling. [155441]

Mr. Sutcliffe [holding answer 17 September 2007]: There have been no prosecutions brought against online gaming companies for breaching existing legislation on advertising internet gambling. The new gambling legislation came into effect on 1 September 2007.

Public Libraries: Closures

Dan Rogerson: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many libraries were closed in the last 12 months in (a) each Government region and (b) each parliamentary constituency; and whether he (i) has used or (ii) plans to use the provisions of section 10 of the Public Libraries and Museums Act 1964. [155085]


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Margaret Hodge [holding answer 10 September 2007]: DCMS officials wrote to library authorities in April 2007 requesting information about public library closures, openings and refurbishments. The returns established the following figures for the Government regions in 2006-07:

Government region Closures Openings Net position

London

5

5

0

South East

9

3

-6

South West

7

0

-7

East Midlands

7

3

-4

West Midlands(1)

7

5

-2

East of England

1

0

-1

Yorkshire

8

5

-3

North East

10

3

-7

North West

17

7

-10

Total

71

31

-40

(1) Please note that a return was not received from Herefordshire county council.

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