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Morning Star
Mr. Maude: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many copies of the Morning Star publication his Department and each of its agencies subscribes to each week; and at what cost. [215657]
Mrs. McGuire: The Department and its agencies do not subscribe to any copies of the Morning Star and there is therefore no cost incurred.
Pension Credit
Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much has been paid in pension credit to pensioners in each year since October 2003. [214001]
Mr. Mike O'Brien: The answer is shown in real terms and nominal terms in the following tables.
| Table 1: Pension credit expenditure | |||||
| Nominal terms (£ million) | |||||
| Outturn | Provisional outturn | ||||
| 2003-04 | 2004-05 | 2005-06 | 2006-07 | 2007-08 | |
Vertex Data Science
Anne Main: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the value of contracts held by his Department with Vertex Data Science Ltd. was in each of the last five years. [212021]
Mrs. McGuire: Expenditure by the Department with Vertex Data Science Ltd. in each of the last five years is:
| Financial year | Annual expenditure (£) |
Women and Equality
Departmental Pay
Bob Spink: To ask the Minister for Women and Equality what estimate she has made of the average pay per hour worked by (a) permanent and (b) temporary staff in the Government Equalities Office in the last period for which figures are available, broken down by pay band. [212510]
Barbara Follett: The Government Equalities Office estimates the following rates of pay for permanent and temporary civil servants by pay band as shown in the following table.
| Grade | Hourly rate( 1) |
| (1) Includes contribution for national insurance, superannuation and pensions. | |
Employment: Discrimination
Mr. Hoyle: To ask the Minister for Women and Equality what recent discussions she has had with businesses on the elimination of gender discrimination in the workplace. [214119]
Barbara Follett: I have had a number of discussions with business organisations on gender and other equality issues over the last few months. In May I hosted a reception for over 100 businesswomen and female entrepreneurs. In June I met with John Cridland, Deputy Director-General of the CBI, and I was also pleased to attend and address a recent event organised by the CBI and TUC to launch their recent publication “Talent Not Tokenism”.
Social Problems: Research
Mr. Hollobone: To ask the Minister for Women and Equality what research she has evaluated on the relationship between motherhood, family stability and social breakdown. [196430]
Barbara Follett: The Government Equalities Office has not commissioned or evaluated research on the relationship between motherhood, family stability and social breakdown.
Tax Office: Manpower
Mr. Hollobone: To ask the Minister for Women and Equality what recent discussions she has had with HM Treasury about the proportion of women among staff losing their jobs as a result of tax office reorganisation in (a) Northamptonshire and (b) England. [212377]
Barbara Follett [holding answer 19 June 2008]: I have had no recent discussions with HM Treasury about this issue.
Wood
Mr. Peter Ainsworth: To ask the Minister for Women and Equality how much timber and how many timber products were procured by the Government Equalities Office since its establishment; and at what cost. [213761]
Defence
Air Force: Reserve Forces
Mr. Brazier: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many part-time reserve air crew there are in (a) the Royal Auxiliary Air Force, (b) Air Experience Flights, (c) University Air Squadron Institutions and (d) the Royal Naval Reserve Air Branch. [214783]
Mr. Bob Ainsworth: The following table shows the breakdown by category and the total number of part-time reserve air crew.
Armed Forces: Manpower
Mr. Hoyle: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) what estimate he has made of the number of serving members of the armed forces who are unable to participate in frontline duties and who wish remain in active service; [215745]
(2) how many troops have been removed from frontline duties as a result of injury in each of the last five years. [215746]
Mr. Bob Ainsworth [holding answer 2 July 2008]: This information is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Armed Forces: Pensions
Colin Challen: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many people are in receipt of a military pension; and what the cost of military pension provision was on the last date for which figures are available. [214816]
Derek Twigg: The number of people in receipt of an armed forces pension as at 31 March 2007 and the cost for financial year 2006-07 is shown in the following table.
| People in receipt of a pension | Cost (£ billion) | |
The cost of pension provision has been interpreted as including the future financial liability. Within the MOD accounting records a liability is recognised to cover future pension payments to all members of the Armed Forces Pension Scheme. As at 31 March 2007, the liability was approximately £100 billion. There is no liability for the War Disablement Pension Scheme.
Armed Forces: Personnel Management
Mr. Bellingham: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many (a) individual service personnel accessing self-service terminals and (b) human resources staff in the services have received training on the use of the Joint Personnel Administration system. [215421]
Derek Twigg: I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 7 May 2008, Official Report, column 917W, to the hon. Member for Woodspring (Dr. Fox).
Armoured Fighting Vehicles
Dr. Fox: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for North Durham of 13 June 2008, Official Report, column 556W, on armoured fighting vehicles, if he will break the £130 million expenditure down by year. [214457]
Mr. Bob Ainsworth: Expenditure on the Future Rapid Effects System since the launch of the assessment phase in 2004 is £127.993 million. This answer corrects the previous answer I gave on 13 June 2008, Official Report, column 556W, to my hon. Friend the Member for North Durham (Mr. Jones). The breakdown of this figure by year is as follows:
| Expenditure (£ million) | |
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