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These figures do not include capital spending by local authorities funded through prudential borrowing, nor revenue spending by local authorities funded through general grant (paid by CLG) and council tax.
Data providing a comprehensive statement of private capital investment in these areas are not available.
The following table sets out the DEL spending shown above, expressed in real terms with a 2007-08 price base.
| £ million (2007-08 prices) | ||||||
| 2002-03 | 2003-04 | 2004-05 | 2005-06 | 2006-07 | 2007-08 | |
Transport: Regulatory Impact Assessments
Mr. Stephen O'Brien: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will place in the Library copies of all regulatory impact assessments for (a) road projects and (b) other major transport infrastructure projects conducted since 1997. [232033]
Paul Clark: The Department for Transport does not undertake regulatory impact assessments for road or other transport infrastructure projects as they are not regulatory in nature. Infrastructure projects are assessed in line with the new approach to appraisal (NATA) guidance.
Transport: Tyne and Wear
Jim Cousins: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what payments his Department has made to local authorities in Tyne and Wear for a pilot study under the Transport Innovation Fund; and what plans he has for the future funding of People in Motion. [231944]
Paul Clark: Tyne and Wear authorities have received a total of £1.7 million pump priming funding from the Department for Transport's Transport Innovation Fund. This funding was provided to support the development of Transport Innovation Fund packages that address local congestion problems combining demand management, including road pricing, with better public transport. We are awaiting the outcome of the work that has been carried out by Tyne and Wear's People in Motion partnership.
Vehicle Number Plates
Bob Spink: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what plans he has to amend the Road Vehicles (Display of Registration Marks) Regulations 2001 to permit the voluntary display of the Union Flag or other national identifiers. [232311]
Jim Fitzpatrick [holding answer 3 November 2008]: We have announced our intention to allow the voluntary display of national flags on vehicle number plates in England, Scotland and Wales. We are looking at how this can be brought forward as soon as possible.
Mrs. Villiers: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will take steps to ensure that drivers may legally display the (a) Union Flag, (b) flag of Saint Andrew and (c) flag of Saint George on car registration plates. [232494]
Jim Fitzpatrick [holding answer 3 November 2008]: We have announced our intention to allow the voluntary display of national flags on vehicle number plates in England, Scotland and Wales. We are looking at how this can be brought forward as soon as possible.
Work and Pensions
Better Government for Older People
Mr. Andrew Smith: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the sources of funding are of the Better Government for Older People initiative. [232813]
Ms Rosie Winterton: The information is in the following list..
Better Government for Older People Antici pated Sources of Funding 2008- 09
Department for Work and Pensions grant in aid
Anchor Trust grant
Local Authorities subscriptions
Primary Care Trust subscriptions
Fire and Rescue organisation subscriptions
Police Associations subscriptions
Local Strategic Partnerships subscriptions
Recoverable VAT
Bank Interest
Community Allowance
Kerry McCarthy: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what recent discussions he has had with the Department for Communities and Local Government on the community allowance pilots. [231485]
Mr. McNulty: We jointly announced with the Department for Communities and Local Government in Communities in Control: real people, real power (CM7427) that the CREATE Consortium could pilot the community allowance within the existing benefits and permitted work structure. This was part of ongoing discussions with the Department for Communities and Local Government to explore how to promote paid community work for out of work benefit claimants to improve their chances of moving into work and benefit the community in which they live.
Kerry McCarthy: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will introduce a community allowance as part of the new employment and support allowance regime. [231487]
Mr. McNulty: We have always made clear that the CREATE consortium will be able to pilot the community allowance within the existing benefits and permitted work structure. We would want to see a full evaluation of the allowance and the impact on improving benefit claimants' chances of moving into work before we considered whether to introduce it more widely.
Compensation: Vaccination
Ian Stewart: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many claims under the Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme (VDPS) have been made by people claiming damage by hepatitis A or hepatitis B vaccines; for what reasons unsuccessful claimants for payment in respect of these vaccines have been informed that if they wish to appeal they must do so within six years; and for what reason hepatitis A and hepatitis B vaccines are not included in the VDPS. [228905]
Jonathan Shaw: The Vaccine Damage Payments scheme only covers vaccines that are recommended as part of the routine childhood immunisation programme. The scheme does not cover hepatitis A or hepatitis B vaccines because they are not currently included in the childhood immunisation programme.
The Department does not collect information about the number of claims made by people claiming damage from hepatitis A or hepatitis B vaccines as this information is not required for the administration of the scheme.
People who make a vaccine damage payment claim in relation to vaccines not covered by the scheme are still given the right to appeal decisions they may disagree with. This practice helps ensure that customers have another opportunity to provide further information in support of their claim.
Council Tax Benefit
Julia Goldsworthy: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many households were in receipt of council tax benefit in each year since 1985; and how much was spent on council tax benefit in each of those years. [229889]
Kitty Ussher: Information on council tax benefit is available only from 1993-94 when it was introduced. The available information is in the following tables:
Council Tax Benefits: Greater London
Mr. Randall: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people he estimates were (a) eligible for and (b) in receipt of council tax benefits in (i) London, (ii) the London Borough of Hillingdon and (iii) Uxbridge constituency in each year since 1997 for which figures are available. [231801]
Kitty Ussher: Estimates of the numbers eligible for council tax benefit are not available below the level of Great Britain. It is, therefore, not possible to provide estimates of the numbers entitled in London, the London borough of Hillingdon, and the constituency of Uxbridge.
The available information on recipients of council tax benefit for London and the London borough of Hillingdon is in the following table. Information is not available broken down by parliamentary constituency.
| Number of council tax benefit recipients in London and the London borough of Hillingdon: as at May each year | ||
| London | Hillingdon | |
| Notes: 1. Recipients refers to benefit units, which may be a single person or a couple. 2. The figures have been rounded to the nearest 10. 3. Figures for any non-responding authorities have been estimated. 4. Council tax benefit totals exclude any second adult rebate cases. Source: Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit Management Information System Quarterly 100 per cent. caseload stock-count taken in May 1997 to May 2007 | ||
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