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Philip Davies: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many documents produced by his Department were submitted to the Plain English Campaign for approval for Crystal Mark status in each year since 2005; and how many documents achieved such status in each year. [231124]
Jonathan Shaw: The Department of Work and Pensions submitted and obtained the Crystal Mark for 47 products in 2005, 65 in 2006, 48 in 2007 and 19 in 2008.
The Department of Work and Pensions may also have asked the Plain English Campaign to edit products for which the Department did not want the Crystal Mark but details of these are not held.
From August 2008, plain English editing and accreditation have been procured from the Plain Language Commission and details of all the products sent for editing or editing and accreditation are recorded.
Philip Davies: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much his Department has spent on Plain English Campaign training courses in each year since 2005. [231232]
Jonathan Shaw: The Department of Work and Pensions do not hold information on the cost of training costs provided by Plain English Campaign in previous years centrally and this could be obtained only at a disproportionate cost.
From August 2008, plain English training has been procured from the Plain Language Commission and details of the cost will be available centrally.
Mr. Paice: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions in respect of which of his Department's public service agreements rural proofing of departmental policies is stipulated. [230743]
Mr. McNulty: Rural proofing of departmental policies is not stipulated in either of the Department's public service agreementsPSA 8: maximise employment opportunity for all, or PSA 17: tackle poverty and promote greater independence and well-being in later life.
The policies that support these Government outcomes are, however, rural proofed as part of the ongoing policy development and maintenance processes.
Chris Grayling: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much was overpaid in benefits through (a) fraud and (b) error in the category of (i) full-time earnings, (ii) part-time earnings, (iii) dependants, (iv) capital, (v) income, (vi) living together as husband and wife, (vii) identity errors, (viii) address errors, (ix) housing, (x) benefits, (xi) abroad, (xii) hospitalisation, (xiii) maintenance, (xiv) non-dependants, (xv) prison and (xvi) any other category in each year since 1997 for which information is available. [226224]
Mr. McNulty: The information requested is not available in the exact manner requested or at all for 1997-98 and 1999-2000. The available information responds to the Member's request as far as is possible and has been placed in the Library.
The available information can also be found in the National Statistics reports on Fraud and Error in the Benefit System available at:
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