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Labour Party: Elections
Adam Price: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether he (a) informed the Permanent Secretary in the relevant Department of the donations he received as part of his campaign for the Deputy Leadership of the Labour Party and (b) registered them with the Cabinet Office in accordance with the Ministerial Code. [179966]
Mr. Hain [holding answer 17 January 2008]: In accordance with the requirements of the Ministerial Code, a list of Ministers’ relevant interests declared to their Permanent Secretary will be published in due course.
Low Incomes: Scotland
Mr. Moore: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate he has made of the number of households in Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk whose income is below 60 per cent. of median UK household income; and if he will make a statement. [178084]
Caroline Flint: The information requested is not available below the level of Government Office Region.
Our child poverty statistics, published in the Households Below Average Income series, allow a breakdown of child poverty by Government Office Region.
Members: Correspondence
Sir Gerald Kaufman: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions when he will reply to the letter of 26 November 2007 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton, with regard to Mr. R.R. Hart. [179262]
Mr. Plaskitt: I can confirm that a response to this letter was issued to the right hon. Friend on 14 January 2008.
Sir Gerald Kaufman: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions when he will reply to the letter of 3 December 2007 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton, with regard to Mr. A. Khashan. [179331]
Mr. Plaskitt: I can confirm that a response to this letter was issued to my right hon. Friend on 16 January 2008.
National Insurance: Foreigners
Mr. Betts: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many new national insurance registrations (a) of non-UK citizens and (b) of people from each of the 10 countries from which the greatest number of registrations were received there were in the city of Sheffield in (i) 2004-05, (ii) 2005-06 and (iii) 2006-07. [168761]
Caroline Flint: The information is not available prior to 2005-06. The available information is in the following tables.
| National insurance number registrations in respect of non-UK nationals in Sheffield local authority | |
| Year of registration | Number of registrations |
New Deal for Young People: Cleethorpes
Shona McIsaac: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the destination was upon leaving of individuals who participated in the new deal for young people in Cleethorpes constituency. [179717]
Caroline Flint: The information requested is in the following tables.
| Immediate destination of individuals on leaving the NDYP in Cleethorpes parliamentary constituency( 1) | ||
| Number | Percentage | |
| (1) Cumulative data to May 2007 Notes: 1. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10. 2. Percentages are of total leavers (2,140) 3. Immediate destination is measured within two weeks of leaving new deal, using information from the Work and Pensions Longitudinal Study (WPLS). 4. People recorded as leaving to employment and benefits have evidence of both employment and have an active benefit. 5. ‘Benefits—Other’ includes all benefits which have not been included individually in the table, eg pension credit. 6. ‘Other known’ includes people going back into education and people moving abroad. Source: Department for Work and Pensions, Information Directorate | ||
New Deal for Young People: Peterborough
Mr. Stewart Jackson: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many and what proportion of individuals participating in the new deal for young people in Peterborough constituency were referred to the employment option after the conclusion of the gateway period. [178428]
Caroline Flint [holding answer 15 January 2008]: All participants in the employment option of new deal for young people have to go through the Gateway.
The information requested is in the following table.
| Number of individuals currently participating in new deal for young people in Peterborough parliamentary constituency (May 2007) | ||
| Stage of participation at the end of the month | Number participating | Percentage of all participants |
| Notes: 1. ‘—’ = nil or negligible; 2. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10. 3. Stage of participation at the end of the month: People participating in Gateway includes those awaiting their first Gateway interview. The Employment option can be accessed at any stage of the new deal programme. Source: Department for Work and Pensions, Information Directorate | ||
Occupational Pensions
Mr. Philip Hammond: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate he has made of the proportion of the working age population that belonged to an employer-sponsored defined benefit pension scheme in (a) the public sector and (b) the private sector in each year since 1997. [167759]
Mr. Mike O'Brien: The information is not available in the format requested. Such information as is available is presented in the following table:
| Estimates of the percentage of the working-age population who belong to an employer-sponsored defined benefit pension scheme in the public sector and private sector by year | |||
| Defined benefit scheme | |||
| Public | Private | Total | |
| Notes: 1. Pension scheme membership figures were taken from the Occupational Pension Scheme Survey. Data for years 1991, 1995, 2000 and 2004 were produced by the Government Actuary’s Department (GAD). Data for 2006 were produced by the Office for National Statistics. 2006 is the latest year published. The coverage of the survey is the UK. 2. Population figures were taken from Table 1 of the mid-year Population Estimates produced by the Office for National Statistics. 2006 is the latest year published. 3. The working age population is defined as males aged 16 to 64 and females aged 16 to 59. 4. To be eligible for membership of an occupational pension scheme, including defined benefit schemes, a person must be an employee working for an employer offering such a scheme. 5. Results may not sum to totals shown due to rounding. | |||
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