Grant Shapps:
To ask the Minister for Women and Equality what the cost of her Department’s contracts with press monitoring services was in each year since its inception. [251215]
Maria Eagle:
The Government Equalities Office was established on 12 October 2007. The Department for Work and Pensions met the costs of press monitoring services for the GEO from then until 31 March 2008. Since 1 April 2008, GEO has spent £11,428.25 on press monitoring services.
Political Parties: Finance
Mrs. Spelman:
To ask the Minister for Women and Equality with reference to the answer to the hon. Member for Beckenham of 6 October 2008, Official Report, column 303W, on departmental procurement, what the purpose was of each of the three payments to political parties by the Equalities and Human Rights Commission. [252790]
Maria Eagle:
The Commission has informed me that the three payments made by them, as referred to in the answer to the hon. Member for Beckenham (Mrs. Lait) of 6 October 2008, Official Report, column 303W, are related to charges for attending the 2007 annual party conferences. The Commission attended the conferences to build its profile with parliamentarians and key stakeholders and promote factual information about its work, to co-inside with the launch of the new Commission in October 2007.
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Written Parliamentary Questions
Andrew Rosindell:
To ask the Minister for Women and Equality how many and what proportion of questions for written answer on a named day have been answered on the day named in the 2008-09 session of Parliament to date. [251929]
Maria Eagle:
My Department has received one named day question since the start of the current Session. The question could only be answered after collecting information from other Government Departments and the time taken to do this meant that GEO did not respond by the due date.
Work and Pensions
Bereavement Benefits
Harry Cohen:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions when the bereavement payment lump sum was last increased; and what estimate his Department has made of the change in funeral costs which has taken place since that date. [252123]
Kitty Ussher:
The bereavement payment was last increased in April 2001 with the introduction of the bereavement benefit scheme.
The Department does not hold information regarding the change in funeral costs since 2001.
Departmental Internet
Grant Shapps:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions which websites were operated by his Department in addition to its main website in the last five years. [251418]
Jonathan Shaw:
The following list details the websites operated by the Department for Work and Pensions in addition to its main website in the past five years. The list includes the Department's executive agencies, NDBPs and other public bodies.
Mr. Harper:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the official engagements of each Minister in his Department were between 1 December and 31 December 2008. [247733]
Jonathan Shaw [holding answer 15 January 2009]:The information that the hon. Member has requested is listed in the following table. This also includes regional engagements as my Regional Ministers do discuss departmental business at these events.
Minister
Date
Official engagement
James Purnell
1 December 2008
Child Poverty Action Group
James Purnell
9 December 2008
Tower Project, London
James Purnell
11 December 2008
Joseph Rowntree Housing Trust, York
James Purnell
17 December 2008
Inclusion ‘Workless in 2009’
Tony McNulty
1 December 2008
Hammersmith Jobcentre Plus
Tony McNulty
1 December 2008
London Prevent Network
Tony McNulty
1 December 2008
Mayor of London
Tony McNulty
1 December 2008
Ealing Council
Tony McNulty
1 December 2008
North West London
Tony McNulty
2 December 2008
Media Breakfast
Tony McNulty
2 December 2008
Ethnic Minority Advisory Group Reception
Tony McNulty
3 December 2008
London Council
Tony McNulty
3 December 2008
A4E
Tony McNulty
4 December 2008
Employers Round table
Tony McNulty
4 December 2008
Speech OSCT event
Tony McNulty
4 December 2008
Visit London meeting
Tony McNulty
8 December 2008
Harrow College
Tony McNulty
8 December 2008
Shepherds Bush Jobcentre Plus Office
Tony McNulty
8 December 2008
Met Police meeting
Tony McNulty
8 December 2008
London and European Resilience Event
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Tony McNulty
9 December 2008
London Child Poverty Delivery Group
Tony McNulty
10 December 2008
National Prevent Conference
Tony McNulty
11 December 2008
London community Safety Partnership
Tony McNulty
15 December 2008
London Colleges
Tony McNulty
15 December 2008
Tower Hamlets
Tony McNulty
15 December 2008
Ocean Job Shop
Tony McNulty
15 December 2008
Brick Lane Youth Development Association
Tony McNulty
16 December 2008
UK Commission for Employment and Skills
Tony McNulty
17 December 2008
Drug Strategy Commission reception
Tony McNulty
18 December 2008
Met Police
Tony McNulty
18 December 2008
Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre
Rosie Winterton
1 December 2008
Immingham Pensioners Wellbeing Group
Rosie Winterton
3 December 2008
Opportunity age Strategic Group
Rosie Winterton
4 December 2008
DWP Pensions Staff Conference
Rosie Winterton
4 December 2008
Help the aged
Age Concern
Rosie Winterton
5 December 2008
Local Government Yorkshire and Humber event
Rosie Winterton
8 December 2008
EEF
Rosie Winterton
9 December 2008
B and CE benefit Schemes
Rosie Winterton
10 December 2008
Business in Sport and Leisure (BISL)
Rosie Winterton
10 December 2008
Charity Champion Awards
Rosie Winterton
11 December 2008
Age Concern Newcastle
ASDA Northumbria
Employee event Newcastle
Rosie Winterton
12 December 2008
Association of Colleges Yorkshire and Humber
Rosie Winterton
15 December 2008
Pension Credit Centre Burnley
Rosie Winterton
16 December 2008
NAPF
Rosie Winterton
16 December 2008
Help the Aged
Age Concern
CPA
Anchor Trust
Rosie Winterton
17 December 2008
BGOP—Better Government for Older People
OPAG—Older People’s Action Group
Kitty Ussher
4 December 2008
Conference of the Association of British Credit Unions Ltd.
Kitty Ussher
8 December 2008
Valuation Office Agency
Kitty Ussher
9 December 2008
Balham Benefit Delivery Centre
Kitty Ussher
9 December 2008
National Housing Federation
Kitty Ussher
10 December 2008
White Paper launch
Kitty Ussher
11 December 2008
National Housing Federations Unlocking Potential conference
Kitty Ussher
11 December 2008
Chartered Institute of Housing
Kitty Ussher
15 December 2008
Stewart Maxwell MSP
Kitty Ussher
15 December 2008
Lyn Brown MP
Kitty Ussher
16 December 2008
Beverley Hughes MP
Kitty Ussher
16 December 2008
Jennifer Willott MP
Kitty Ussher
18 December 2008
Zimbabwe Inter-Ministerial Meeting
Kitty Ussher
18 December 2008
Life Chances Ministerial Meeting
Jonathan Shaw
1 December 2008
Office for Disability Issues Annual event
Jonathan Shaw
1 December 2008
Neuro-diversity Meeting
Jonathan Shaw
1 December 2008
Welfare Reform Meeting
Jonathan Shaw
1 December 2008
RADAR People of the Year Awards
Jonathan Shaw
2 December 2008
Shelter Housing Event
Jonathan Shaw
2 December 2008
Justice and Crime Sub-Committee
Jonathan Shaw
2 December 2008
Kimberly Clark/SEEDA meeting
Jonathan Shaw
2 December 2008
SEEDA Infrastructure Event
Jonathan Shaw
3 December 2008
City and East London JCP LOCOG Event
Jonathan Shaw
3 December 2008
Canterbury Innovation Centre
Jonathan Shaw
3 December 2008
MCCH
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Jonathan Shaw
4 December 2008
Include Me Too Conference
Jonathan Shaw
4 December 2008
Equality 2025
Jonathan Shaw
4 December 2008
National Autistic Society Meeting
Jonathan Shaw
8 December 2008
Placeshaper Housing Association Reception
Jonathan Shaw
9 December 2008
RNIB Meeting
Jonathan Shaw
9 December 2008
Remploy Meeting with Shop Stewards
Jonathan Shaw
9 December 2008
Parkinson’s Disease Society Meeting
Jonathan Shaw
9 December 2008
Tell Us Once Event
Jonathan Shaw
9 December 2008
Employers’ Forum on Disability Meeting
Jonathan Shaw
9 December 2008
IDEAS Meeting
Jonathan Shaw
9 December 2008
Remploy and other Supported Businesses Procurement Meeting
Jonathan Shaw
10 December 2008
Independent Living Funds Meeting
Jonathan Shaw
10 December 2008
Welfare Reform Stakeholder Event
Jonathan Shaw
10 December 2008
Care and Support Ministerial Meeting
Jonathan Shaw
11 December 2008
Equality Bill Consultation Event
Jonathan Shaw
12 December 2008
British Olympians and Paralympians Medallists Event
Jonathan Shaw
15 December 2008
Meeting with Devolved Administration Ministers
Jonathan Shaw
16 December 2008
SEEDC
Jonathan Shaw
16 December 2008
Remploy Meeting
Jonathan Shaw
16 December 2008
IDEAS Workshop
Jonathan Shaw
16 December 2008
Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs (EPSCO)
Jonathan Shaw
17 December 2008
Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs (EPSCO)
