Norman Lamb:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many staff in his Department were on sick leave for (a) over 30 days, (b) over 50 days and (c) over 100 days in each of the last five years. [256338]
Jonathan Shaw:
The information is contained in the following table. The data reflect information currently held on the Department's personnel computer system.
Over 30 days
Over 50 days
Over 100 days
Staff
Percentage of staff
Staff
Percentage of staff
Staff
Percentage of staff
2008
3,300
2.55
3,762
2.91
3,732
2.89
2007
3,815
2.84
4,570
3.41
4,754
3.54
2006
3,966
2.75
4,812
3.34
4,993
3.46
2005
4,080
2.68
5,145
3.38
5,545
3.64
2004
5,390
3.32
6,216
3.83
6,445
3.97
Norman Lamb:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many staff in his Department were recorded as having been on sick leave for over 12 months on 31 December in each of the last five years. [256624]
Jonathan Shaw:
The information is contained in the following table. The data reflect information currently held on the Department's personnel computer system.
Number of employees absent for more than 12 months on 31 December
Staff
Percentage of all staff employed
2008
85
0.07
2007
209
0.16
2006
139
0.10
2005
142
0.09
2004
284
0.17
Disadvantaged: Finance
Justine Greening:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much funding was allocated by his Department under the deprived areas fund to each local authority in (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08. [254452]
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Mr. McNulty [holding answer 5 February 2009]: No funding was allocated by DWP to local authorities in 2006-07 or 2007-08 under the deprived areas fund.
In 2006-07 the deprived areas fund was allocated direct to district managers in Jobcentre Plus.
In 2007-08 the deprived areas fund was allocated directly to district managers in Jobcentre Plus and to 15 city strategy pathfinders. However, some pathfinders elected to receive their deprived areas fund via a nominated local authority acting as their lead accountable body. Allocations are shown in the tables.
Jobcentre Plus district
2006-07 Jobcentre Plus districts
2007-08, Jobcentre Plus districts (non-cities)
2007-08 City strategy areas by district
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire
98,877
313,000
0
Essex
71,305
226,000
0
Norfolk
69,404
222,000
0
Cambridgeshire and Suffolk
58,946
189,000
0
Derbyshire
173,034
537,000
0
Leicestershire and Northamptonshire
292,828
79,576
816,424
Lincolnshire and Rutland
91,271
287,000
0
Nottinghamshire
402,163
186,998
1,046,002
West London
373,640
0
1,143,000
Central London
438,291
1,349,000
0
City and East London
1,463,187
21,218
4,461,782
Lambeth, Southwark and Wandsworth
905,103
2,780,000
0
North and North East London
934,576
2,034,549
828,451
South London
598,965
1,405,983
428,017
Northumbria
533,365
0
1,633,000
South Tyne and Wear Valley
810,030
527,309
1,953,691
Tees Valley
518,153
1,596,000
0
Cheshire and Warrington
59,897
193,000
0
Cumbria
134,054
418,000
0
Greater Mersey
574,246
0
1,759,000
Liverpool and Wirral
791,966
0
2,427,000
Lancashire
509,596
1,167,223
392,777
Greater Manchester Central
803,374
0
2,459,000
Greater Manchester East and West
422,128
0
1,293,000
Ayrshire, Dumfries, Galloway and Inverclyde
436,389
1,344,000
0
Edinburgh, Lothian and Borders
160,675
97,897
394,103
Forth Valley, Fife and Tayside
405,966
793,303
448,697
Glasgow
946,936
0
2,898,000
Highlands, Islands and Clyde Coast and Grampian
365,084
1,125,000
0
Lanarkshire and East Dunbartonshire
442,094
1,361,000
0
Berks, Bucks and Oxfordshire
47,537
26,000
0
Hampshire
47,537
110,000
0
Kent
89,369
280,000
0
Surrey and Sussex
86,517
274,000
0
Devon and Cornwall
83,665
265,000
0
Dorset and Somerset
47,537
89,000
0
Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Swindon
47,537
128,000
0
West of England
96,025
301,000
0
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South Wales Valleys
922,217
1,233,587
1,588,413
North and Mid Wales
186,345
492,035
79,965
South East Wales
290,926
789,746
101,254
South West Wales
486,778
1,491,000
0
Birmingham and Solihull
821,438
0
2,515,00C
Coventry and Warwickshire
90,320
0
277,00C
Staffordshire
81,764
257,000
C
The Black Country
463,961
0
1,419.00C
The Marches
0
0
63,00C
North East Yorkshire and The Humber
301,384
932,000
0
South Yorkshire
538,118
0
1,647,000
West Yorkshire
685,483
2,105,000
0
Totals
19,300,000
27,027,424
32,072,576
Source:
DWP Areas Initiatives and Communities Division
