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increase awareness among our target audience that too much salt in the diet is bad for your heart from 32 per cent. to 42 per cent. (result 46 per cent.); and
increase in claim to be trying to cut down their salt intake among our target audience from 40 per cent. to 50 per cent. (result 49 per cent.).
Work and Pensions
Blackpool
Mr. Jack: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what percentage of staff employed at the Mexford House, Blackpool site, and eligible for redeployment within his Department, utilised the exit scheme in each of the last three years. [205691]
Mrs. McGuire: In the last three years the percentage of staff employed at Mexford House eligible for redeployment who utilised the Department's exit scheme is shown in the following table.
| Percentage | |
Mr. Jack: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many overtime hours were worked at the disability and carers service based at Warbreck Hill in each of the last five years. [205695]
Mrs. McGuire: The information is not available in the format requested as records are not retained of the number of overtime hours worked. Such information as is available is in the following table.
Total expenditure on overtime at the disability and carers service’s operation at Warbreck Hill site over the last five years and as a percentage of the total paybill.
| 2003-04 | 2004-05 | 2005-06 | 2006-07 | 2007-08 | |
Child Support Agency: Compensation
Danny Alexander:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) how many compensation payments have been made by the Child Support Agency for
maladministration since 1 January 1998; and how many of those exceeded (a) £1,000, (b) £10,000, (c) £50,000 and (d) £90,000; [200813]
(2) how many clients of the Child Support Agency have received compensation payments totalling more than (a) £1,000, (b) £10,000, (c) £50,000 and (d) £90,000 for maladministration by the Agency since 1 January 1998. [200814]
Mr. Plaskitt: The administration of the Child Support Agency is the matter for the chief executive. He will write to the hon. Member with the information requested.
Letter from Stephen Geraghty, dated 11 June 2008:
In reply to your recent Parliamentary Question about the Child Support Agency, the Secretary of State promised a substantive reply from the Chief Executive.
You asked the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many compensation payments have been made by the Child Support Agency for maladministration since 1st January 1998; and how many of those exceeded (a) £1,000 (b) £10,000 (c) £50,000 and (d) £90,000 [200813]; and
How many clients of the Child Support Agency have received compensation payments totalling more than (a) £1,000 (b) £10,000 (c) £50,000 and (d) £90,000 for maladministration by the Agency since 1st January 1998. [200814]
The Child Support Agency operates a discretionary, non-statutory scheme providing financial redress for maladministration. Awards may be made to redress any financial losses incurred and can include consolatory payments made by way of an apology for delay, inconvenience, worry and distress caused. The majority of these consolatory payments are for less than £100.
Such information as is available is set out in the attached table. The Agency holds information on the number of consolatory payments made only, and not the number of clients who receive such payments. Information on the number of consolatory payments made is not available prior to December 2001.
I hope you find this answer helpful.
Child Support Agency: Payments
Chris Grayling: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to the Answer of 26 March 2008, Official Report, column 177W, on Child Support Agency: payments, if he will provide a breakdown of the figures for number and value of payments in respect of payments for (a) gross inconvenience, (b) embarrassment and (c) severe distress. [205480]
Mr. Plaskitt: The administration of the Child Support Agency is a matter for the chief executive. He will write to the hon. Member with the information requested.
Letter from Stephen Geraghty, dated 11 June 2008:
In reply to your recent Parliamentary Question about the Child Support Agency, the Secretary of State promised a substantive reply from the Chief Executive.
You asked the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 26th March 2008, Official Report, column 177W, on Child Support Agency: payments if he will provide a breakdown of the figures for number and value of payments in respect of payments for (a) gross inconvenience (b) embarrassment and (c) severe distress. [205480]
Information on the number and value of consolatory payments in respect of (a) gross inconvenience (b) embarrassment and (c) severe distress from 2002/03 to 2006/07 is set out in the attached tables. Information on the breakdown of consolatory payment categories prior to 2002/03 is not available.
The Child Support Agency operates a discretionary, non-statutory scheme providing financial redress for maladministration. Awards may be made to redress any financial losses incurred and can include consolatory payments made by way of an apology for delay, inconvenience, worry and distress caused.
I hope you find this answer helpful.
| Child Support Agency—consolatory payments | ||||||||
| Gross inconvenience | Gross embarrassment | Severe distress | Total | |||||
| Value (£) | Number | Value (£) | Number | Value (£) | Number | Value (£) | Number | |
| Notes: 1. The total number of payments made is rounded to nearest 100. The value of payment is rounded to nearest £1,000. 2. These figures relate to consolatory payments only, these payments include awards made following admission of maladministration and are in recognition of either severe distress, gross embarrassment or gross inconvenience, and are the closest category of payment relating to compensation. 3. The Child Support Agency operates a discretionary, non-statutory scheme providing financial redress for maladministration. Awards may be made to redress any financial losses incurred and can include consolatory payments made by way of an apology for delay, inconvenience, worry and distress caused. 4. Information on the total amount paid out under the non-statutory scheme is published annually in the Child Support Agency Annual report and Accounts and is therefore subject to external audit. The analysis carried out in the table is based on internal Agency records and due to recording and timing differences may differ from figures previously published in the Annual Accounts. 5. Information on the type of consolatory payment made is not available prior to December 2001. The first full year available is therefore 2002/03. | ||||||||
Departmental Domestic Visits
David Simpson: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on how many occasions he visited (a) Scotland, (b) Wales and (c) Northern Ireland in an official capacity in the last 12 months. [204385]
Mrs. McGuire: The number of visits that were made to Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland by the Secretary of State in his official capacity since taking up post on the 24 January 2008 is in the following table.
| James Purnell | |
| Visits to | Number |
Departmental Opinion Polls
Danny Alexander: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the cost has been of opinion polling conducted for his Department (a) in each year since 1997 and (b) in 2008; if he will place copies of all poll questions in the Library; and if he will make a statement. [200825]
Mrs. McGuire: My Department has not conducted any opinion polls.
My Department has, however, conducted an annual omnibus survey on public attitudes to the Government’s welfare reform programme. This research was limited between 2001 and 2004. In 2005 and 2008, to make the findings more robust, an increased number of new attitude statements were tested amongst the public prior to being included in omnibus research. In 2005 we also conducted a piece of research to monitor public awareness of the Department and its responsibilities.
To date in 2008, my Department has conducted two omnibus surveys designed to raise awareness of the change to state retirement age for women and to encourage planning and saving for retirement.
Details are provided in the following table.
| Cost (£) | |
Danny Alexander: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on what issues his Department has conducted opinion polling since 2005; and what the cost has been in each case. [200826]
Mrs. McGuire: My Department has not conducted any opinion polls since 2005.
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