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Community Care: Prisoners Release
John Battle: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people leaving Armley Prison received a community care grant in each year since 1997. [183140]
Mr. Plaskitt: The information requested is not available.
Jobcentre Plus employment and benefit surgeries in prisons, including Armley Prison, focus on offenders' needs both upon induction and pre-release from prison. Jobcentre Plus advisers run the surgeries, working alongside Prison Service and other agency staff. The advisers also provide prisoners with information about welfare benefits and social fund community care grants and loans in order to reduce the finance gap prisoners can face on release.
Incapacity Benefit
Jim Cousins:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people in each region claiming incapacity benefits experienced (a) alcoholism, (b) drug abuse, (c) depression and (d) other long-term
mental conditions and problems in each year since 2002; and what proportion of total incapacity benefits claimants each category represented in each region. [181058]
Mrs. McGuire [holding answer 22 January 2008]: The information has been placed in the Library.
New Deal For 25 Plus
Chris Grayling: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) how many New Deal for 25 plus (ND25+) participants who left the ND25+ at the intensive activity period stage (self employment option) went into (a) employment, (b) employment and benefits, (c) benefits—jobseeker's allowance, (d) benefits—income support, (e) benefits—incapacity benefit, (f) benefits—income support and incapacity benefit, (g) benefits—other/unknown benefits, (h) other known destination and (i) off benefits unknown destination within (1) two weeks, (2) three months, (3) six months and (4) one year of leaving the programme in each year since 1997 for which information is available; [173901]
(2) how many New Deal for 25 plus (ND25+) participants who left the ND25+ at the intensive activity period stage (basic skills and employability training option) went into (a) employment, (b) employment and benefits, (c) benefits—jobseeker's allowance, (d) benefits—income support, (e) benefits—incapacity benefit, (f) benefits—income support and incapacity benefit, (g) benefits—other/unknown benefits, (h) other known destination and (i) off benefits unknown destination within (1) two weeks, (2) three months, (3) six months and (4) one year of leaving the programme in each year since 1997 for which information is available; [173902]
(3) how many New Deal for 25 plus (ND25+) participants who left the ND25+ at the intensive activity period stage (education and training opportunities option) went into (a) employment, (b) employment and benefits, (c) benefits—jobseeker's allowance, (d) benefits—income support, ( e) benefits—incapacity benefit, (f) benefits—income support and incapacity benefit, (g) benefits—other/unknown benefits, (h) other known destination and (i) off benefits unknown destination within (1) two weeks, (2) three months, (3) six months and (4) one year of leaving the programme in each year since 1997 for which information is available; [173903]
(4) how many New Deal for 25 plus (ND25+) participants who left the ND25+ at the Intensive Activity Period stage (training option) went into (a) employment, (b) employment and benefits, (c) benefits—jobseeker's allowance, (d) benefits—income support, (e) benefits—incapacity benefit, (f) benefits—income support and incapacity benefit, (g) benefits—other/unknown benefits, (h) other known destination and (i) off benefits unknown destination within (1) two weeks, (2) three months, (3) six months and (4) one year of leaving the programme in each year since 1997 for which information is available; [173904]
(5) how many New Deal for 25 plus (ND25+) participants who left the ND25+ at the Intensive Activity Period stage (other option) went into (a) employment, (b) employment and benefits, (c) benefits—jobseeker's allowance, (d) benefits—income support, (e) benefits— incapacity benefit, (f) benefits—income support and incapacity benefit, (g) benefits—other/unknown benefits,
(h) other known destination and (i) off benefits unknown destination within (1) two weeks, (2) three months, (3) six months and (4) one year of leaving the programme in each year since 1997 for which information is available; [173905]
(6) how many New Deal for 25 plus (ND25+) participants who left the ND25+ at the pre-gateway stage went into (a) employment, (b) employment and benefits, (c) benefits—jobseeker's allowance, (d) benefits—income support, (e) benefits—incapacity benefit, (f) benefits—income support and incapacity benefit, (g) benefits—other/unknown benefits, (h) other known destination and (i) off benefits unknown destination within (i) two weeks, (ii) three months, (iii) six months and (iv) one year of leaving the programme for which information is available in each year since 1997; [173920]
(7) how many New Deal for 25 plus (ND25+) participants who left the ND25+ at the gateway stage went into (a) employment, (b) employment and benefits, (c) benefits—jobseeker's allowance, (d) benefits—income support, (e) benefits—incapacity benefit, (f) benefits—income support and incapacity benefit, (g) benefits—other/unknown benefits, (h) other known destination and (i) off benefits unknown destination within (i) two weeks, (ii) three months, (iii) six months and (iv) one year of leaving the programme for which information is available in each year since 1997; [173921]
(8) how many New Deal for 25 plus (ND25+) participants who left the ND25+ at the intensive activity period stage went into (a) employment, (b) employment and benefits, (c) benefits—jobseeker's allowance, (d) benefits—income support, (e) benefits—incapacity benefit, (f) benefits—income support and incapacity benefit, (g) benefits—other/unknown benefits, (h) other known destination and (i) off benefits unknown destination within (i) two weeks, (ii) three months, (iii) six months and (iv) one year of leaving the programme for which information is available in each year since 1997; [173922]
(9) how many New Deal for 25 plus (ND25+) participants who left the ND25+ at the intensive activity period stage (work experience/placement option) went into (a) employment, (b) employment and benefits, (c) benefits—jobseeker’s allowance, (d) benefits—income support, (e) benefits—incapacity benefit, (f) benefits—income support and incapacity benefit, (g) benefits—other/unknown benefits, (h) other known destination and (i) off benefits unknown destination within (i) two weeks, (ii) three months, (iii) six months and (iv) one year of leaving the programme in each year since 1997 for which information is available; [173925]
(10) how many New Deal for 25 plus (ND25+) participants who left the ND25+ at the follow through stage whose last option was (a) employment, (b) basic skills and employability training, (c) self-employment, (d) education and training opportunities and (e) work experience/placements went into (i) employment, (ii) employment and benefits, (iii) benefits—jobseeker’s allowance, (iv) benefits—income support, (v) benefits—incapacity benefit, (vi) benefits—income support and incapacity benefit, (vii) benefits—other/unknown benefits, (viii) other known destination and (ix) off benefits unknown destination within (1) two weeks, (2) three months, (3) six months and (4) one year of leaving the programme in each year since 1997 for which information is available. [173926]
Mr. Timms: The available requested information has been placed in the Library.
Chris Grayling: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) how many people participated in the New Deal for 25 plus in the (a) pre-gateway, (b) gateway, (c) intensive activity period (i) employment, (ii) basic employability and skills training, (iii) self-employment, (iv) educational and training opportunities, (v) work experience/placements, (vi) training, (vii) other options and (d) follow through in each year since 1997; [173897]
(2) how many people participated in the New Deal for Young People in the (a) pre-gateway, (b) gateway, (c) voluntary sector option, (d) environmental taskforce option, (e) full-time education and training option, (f) employment option and (g) follow-through stage in each year since 1997. [173899]
Mr. Timms: The available information has been placed in the Library.
New Deal Schemes
Chris Grayling: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the (a) on-flow and origin, (b) off-flow and destination and (c) stock figures for people participating in (i) the New Deal for over-50s, (ii) the New Deal for Lone Parents, (iii) the New Deal for Young People, (iv) the New Deal for over-25s, (v) the New Deal for Disabled People, (vi) the New Deal for Partners, (vii) Pathways to Work Pilot schemes, (viii) employment zones and (ix) Local Employment Partnerships were in each of the last 36 months for which figures are available. [162393]
Mr. Timms [holding answer 12 November 2007]: Local employment partnerships (LEPs) are not a programme in which people participate; they are an agreement between employers and Jobcentre Plus to work together to enable employers to recruit in ways which give a fair chance to applicants from the most disadvantaged groups of jobless people. Information on the on-flow and origin, off-flow and destination, and stock figures for people participating in LEPs is thus not available.
The available remaining requested information has been placed in the Library.
Occupational Pensions
Mr. Waterson: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate he has made of the number of employers who do not offer occupational pension schemes. [175054]
Mr. Mike O'Brien: The information is not available in the format requested. Such information as is available is presented as follows:
Pension Credit
Mr. Frank Field: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the level of savings disregard was when pension credit was first introduced; what its level was at the most recent date for which figures are available; and what its level would be if the disregard had been revised in line with (a) prices and (b) earnings. [174169]
Mr. Mike O'Brien [holding answer 17 December 2007]: Pension credit was introduced in October 2003.
The capital disregard at that time was £6,000 for a single pensioner or a pensioner couple and £10,000 for a pensioner living in a care home.
Had the disregard been up-rated by prices, the £6,000 capital disregard would now be set at £6,766 and the £10,000 disregard would be set at £11,277.
Had the disregard been up-rated by earnings, the £6,000 capital disregard would be set at £7,012 and the £10,000 disregard would be set at £11,687.
There is no requirement in social security legislation to review the value of the capital disregards in income-related benefits in the same way that there is for weekly benefit amounts. The capital disregards are not, therefore, routinely up-rated.
At least 80 per cent. of pension credit recipients have less than £6,000 capital. So any changes would not benefit the majority of existing recipients or those currently eligible (around 80 per cent. of those eligible for pension credit also have capital below the current capital disregard.)
Notes:
1. All figures are given in nominal terms.
2. Figures are rounded to the nearest pound.
3. The Earnings Index used is a three month (May to July) seasonally adjusted average of earnings for the whole economy including bonuses. The index is provided by the Office for National Statistics.
4. The prices index used is the RPI September value, as it is the most up to date. The index is provided by the Office for National Statistics.
Pensions Forecasts
Danny Alexander: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate he has made of the number of people who have received pension forecasts in each of the last 10 years. [174806]
Mr. Mike O'Brien: The information is in the following table.
| Pensions f orecasts 1996 to 2008 | |
| Total | |
| Note s : 1. The 2007-08 figure is up to the end of October 2007. 2. The figures include all types of forecasts issued by The Pension Service within a particular year, i.e. Individual Pension forecasts, Real-Time Pension Forecasts, Combined Pension Forecasts and Automatic Pension Forecasts where applicable. 3. The increase in figures from 2003-04 to 2006-07 is as a result of 16,981,007 automatic pension forecasts being issued. The Pension Service suspended issuing these types of forecasts in November 2006, when all the customers for whom valid contact details were available, had received a forecast. Source: Pension Centre Forecasting Systems. | |
Social Security Benefits
Chris Grayling: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) how many and what percentage of people terminating their jobseeker's allowance claim after (a) three months, (b) six months, (c) 12 months and (d) two years of claiming the benefit were in receipt of (i) jobseeker's allowance, (ii) income support and (iii) incapacity benefit/severe disablement allowance (A) up to six months, (B) between six and 12 months and (C) more than 12 months after leaving the benefit in each year since 1997; [173912]
(2) how many and what percentage of people terminating their incapacity benefit/severe disablement allowance claim after (a) three months, (b) six months, (c) 12 months and (d) two years of claiming the benefit were in receipt of (i) jobseeker's allowance, (ii) income support and (iii) incapacity benefit/severe disablement allowance (A) up to six months, (B) between six and 12 months and (c) more than 12 months after leaving benefit in each year since 1997; [173914]
(3) how many and what percentage of people terminating their income support claim after (a) three months, (b) six months, (c) 12 months and (d) two years of claiming the benefit were in receipt of (i) jobseeker's allowance, (ii) income support and (iii) incapacity benefit/severe disablement allowance (A) up
to six months, (B) between six and 12 months and (c) more than 12 months after leaving benefit in each year since 1997. [173915]
Mr. Timms: The available information has been placed in the Library.
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