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15 Dec 2008 : Column 410W—continued
| North East | |
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Cobalt House, Silver Fox Way, Cobalt Business Park, Newcastle upon Tyne NE27 0QJ | |
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3rd Floor, Daryl House, Bridge Road, Stockton on Tees, Cleveland TS18 3BW | |
| North West | |
| District | Address |
| Scotland | |
| District | Address |
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Flemington House, 600 Windmillhill Street, Motherwell ML1 0EH | |
| South West | |
| District | Address |
| West Midlands | |
| District | Address |
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3rd Floor, 37 Sutton New Road, Erdington, Birmingham B23 6TD | |
| Yorkshire and the Humber | |
| District | Address |
Jenny Willott: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will list the jobcentres located in each parliamentary constituency in each of the last three years. [242054]
Mr. McNulty [holding answer 10 December 2008]: I refer the hon. Member to the written answer given to the hon. Member for Epsom and Ewell on 26 November 2008, Official Report, columns 1991-93W.
Jobcentre Plus: Manpower
Jenny Willott: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many (a) Jobcentre Plus staff and (b) customer-facing Jobcentre Plus staff there were (i) in total, (ii) in each region and (iii) in each Jobcentre Plus district at the latest date for which information is available; and if he will make a statement. [240518]
Mr. McNulty: I refer the hon. Member to the written answer I gave on 26 November 2008, Official Report, columns 1982-86W.
Jenny Willott: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people (a) in each region and (b) of each pay grade were employed by Jobcentre Plus in each year since 1 April 2002. [240522]
Mr. McNulty: I refer the hon. Member to the written answer I gave on 26 November 2008, Official Report, column 1980W.
Jobcentre Plus: Pay
Jenny Willott: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the average salary was for (a) male and (b) female Jobcentre Plus employees in each region in each year since 1 April 2002. [240513]
Mr. McNulty: I refer the hon. Member to the written answer I gave on 26 November 2008, Official Report, columns 1988-89W.
Jenny Willott: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the average salary of (a) male and (b) female personal advisers in Jobcentre Plus in each region was in each year since the post was created. [240514]
Mr. McNulty: I refer the hon. Member to the written answer I gave on 26 November 2008, Official Report, column 1988W.
Jobseeker’s Allowance: North West
Mark Hunter: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many jobseeker's allowance claimants there are in (a) the North West, (b) Stockport metropolitan borough council area and (c) Cheadle constituency. [242534]
Mr. McNulty [holding answer 11 December 2008]: In October 2008 there were 129,600 jobseeker's allowance claimants in the North West Government office region, 3,690 in Stockport local authority area and 620 in Cheadle parliamentary constituency.
Notes:
1. Data are rounded to the nearest 10.
2. Figures for Stockport local authority area and Cheadle parliamentary constituency are seasonally unadjusted and exclude clerical cases.
3. Data are published at www.nomisweb.co.uk
Source: ONS.
Means Tested Benefits
Jenny Willott: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions which means-tested benefits have income disregard rules; what the level of income disregard is for each benefit; and whether he plans to increase these levels. [241043]
Mr. McNulty: All of the income-related benefits for which the Department for Work and Pensions is responsible—income support, income-based jobseeker’s allowance, pension credit, housing benefit, and council tax benefit—have income disregard rules.
Comprehensive and detailed information concerning entitlement to these benefits and the associated income disregard rules is set out in The Law Relating to Social Security. The most easily accessible version is that available online at:
The amount of the various income disregards is kept under review as part of the annual uprating process.
Mesothelioma: Compensation
Paul Rowen: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) if, following the recent consultation in relation to the industrial injuries disablement benefit scheme, he will hold a further consultation on the new scheme relating to lump sum payments for those suffering from mesothelioma resulting from exposure to asbestos at work; [242858]
(2) what conclusions he has drawn from the responses to the recent consultation on the industrial injuries disablement benefit scheme with regard to benefits being awarded to those individuals who have been retired from work or moved on to new employment and who later suffer disability as a result of injury at work. [242859]
Kitty Ussher [holding answer 11 December 2008]: The consultation period ended on 22 October 2008. The consultation asked specifically how we might reform industrial injuries disablement benefit to provide better support to help people adjust to their new circumstances while maintaining the work focus of the modern welfare state, whether lump sum payments are a good way of meeting people's needs, whether they give people more choice and control and whether we could make more use of them.
In the White Paper published on 10 December we have made it clear that while some respondents to the Green Paper consultation supported the principle of lump sum payments for industrial injuries disablement benefits customers, others commented that there was a need for on-going support for some people injured or made ill by work, particularly for those with serious progressive illnesses. We believe that there remains a strong case for continuing to provide particular support for people whose disability arises from work and we think the current industrial injuries disablement benefits scheme is the best way to do this.
We have no plans for further consultation on the new scheme relating to lump sum payments for those suffering from mesothelioma resulting from exposure to asbestos at work.
New Deal 50 Plus
Jenny Willott: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many and what proportion of claimants on the New Deal 50 Plus programme entered sustainable employment in each (a) region and (b) Jobcentre Plus district immediately on leaving the programme in each month since May 2007; and if he will make a statement. [240428]
Mr. McNulty: I refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave on 26 November 2008, Official Report, column 2000W.
New Deal 50 Plus: Finance
Jenny Willott: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate he has made of the cost of the New Deal 50 Plus programme in each (a) region and (b) Jobcentre Plus district in each year since its inception; and if he will make a statement. [241032]
Mr. McNulty: I refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave on 26 November 2008, Official Report, column 2000W.
New Deal for Disabled People
Jenny Willott: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) how many and what proportion of claimants on the New Deal for Disabled People programme in each (a) region and (b) Jobcentre Plus district entered sustainable employment immediately on leaving the programme in each month since March 2006; [240512]
(2) how many and what proportion of leavers from the New Deal for Disabled People programme in each (a) region and (b) Jobcentre Plus district entered immediately into sustainable employment on leaving the programme in each month since March 2006; and if he will make a statement. [240525]
Mr. McNulty: I refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave on 26 November 2008, Official Report, columns 2001-02W.
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