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| Number of households (million) in relative poverty paying full council tax, by region (three-year average) | ||
| Region | Before H ousing C osts | After H ousing C osts |
| Source: Family Resources Survey 2003-04, 2004-05 and 2005-06 | ||
Natural Gas: Safety
Tom Levitt: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many prosecutions there were of domestic landlords for breach of gas safety regulations in each of the last five years for which figures are available. [182670]
Mrs. McGuire: The information requested is in the following table:
| Proceedings instituted by HSE under the Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations 1994 and 1998 | ||
| Total offences prosecuted | Offences prosecuted against s36( 1) (landlords duties) | |
| (1) Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations 1998. Note: Offences prosecuted refer to an individual breach of health and safety legislation; a prosecution case may include more than one offence. | ||
New Deal for Young People
Mr. Brady: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people have completed a New Deal for young people programme (a) in total, (b) twice, (c) three times, (d) four times, (e) five times and (f) more than five times. [183737]
Mrs. McGuire: New deal for young people (NDYP) is a mandatory programme for people aged 18-24 who have been claiming jobseeker’s allowance (JSA) for six months. Although there are different stages to the programme, people are not necessarily expected to complete all elements as the aim is to get them into work as soon as possible. There is not, thus, a strict definition of ‘completing’ NDYP. Those who return to claim JSA again with 13 weeks of leaving NDYP return at the point at which they left the programme.
Information on the number of people who have started on the programme, and the number of times they have started is in the following table. Data for
those starting more than once will include those who have completed all the elements of NDYP, as well as those who have left NDYP at an earlier stage and returned to the programme.
| New deal for young people | ||
| Number of people who have started | Number | Proportion (percentage) |
| Notes: 1. Latest data are to August 2007. 2. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10. Source: Department for Work and Pensions Information Directorate | ||
New Deal Schemes
Mr. Brady: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people have completed a New Deal for the over 55s programme (a) in total, (b) twice, (c) three times, (d) four times, (e) five times and (f) more than five times. [183736]
Mrs. McGuire: New deal 50 plus is a voluntary programme for people who have been claiming an eligible benefit for six months. People can leave the programme at any point and there is thus no definition of ‘completing’ the programme.
The available information on the number of people who have started on the programme, and the number of times they have started is in the following table.
| New deal 50 plus | ||
| Number of people who have started | Number | Proportion (percentage) |
| Notes: 1. Data on starts to new deal 50 plus are only available from January 2004. 2. Latest data are to August 2007. 3. ‘—’ indicates a nil or negligible figure. 4. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10. Source: Department for Work and Pensions Information Directorate | ||
New Deal Schemes: Essex
Andrew Rosindell: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many of the people who participated in a new deal scheme in 2007 were unemployed in (a) Romford, (b) Essex and (c) Greater London at the most recent date for which figures are available. [181689]
Mr. Timms:
Of those who participated on a new deal programme between January and May 2007, the numbers classified as unemployed on the claimant
count on 31 May 2007 were: 160 in Romford; 3,090 in Essex, and 26,610 in Greater London, a considerable proportion of whom were still on the new deal.
1. Latest available data for new deal participants is to May 2007.
2. Data includes all those on any of the six new deal programmes who were classified on the claimant unemployment count as unemployed as a result of their claim for jobseeker’s allowance (JSA) and/or national insurance credits (NICs).
3. Data is for those who had participated on new deal during the period January to May 2007 who were recorded as unemployed on 31 May 2007.
4. The county of Essex comprises the local authorities of: Harlow; Epping Forest; Brentwood; Basildon; Castle Point; Rochford; Maldon; Chelmsford; Uttlesford; Braintree; Colchester; Tendring; Thurrock, and Southend-on-Sea.
5. Data for Greater London is for the London Jobcentre Plus district.
6. Data excludes those on a mandatory new deal for young people or new deal 25 plus option who were in receipt of a new deal allowance on the 31 May 2007
7. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10.
Pensioners
Danny Alexander: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what his estimate is of the number of people who will reach state pension age in each year until 2050. [185091]
Angela Eagle: I have been asked to reply.
The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 18 February 2008:
As National Statistician I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question regarding estimates of the number of people who will reach state pension age in each year until 2050. (185091)
The attached table gives the numbers projected to reach state pension age in the United Kingdom in each calendar year from 2008 to 2050. These estimates are derived from the 2006-based national population projections for the United Kingdom published in October 2007. They allow for the raising of state pension age for women from age 60 to age 65 over the period 2010 to 2020 and also the subsequent increases in state pension age for men and women during 2024-26, 2034-36 and 2044-46.
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