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Jobcentre Plus: Manpower
Paul Rowen: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) what plans he has to employ additional Jobcentre Plus staff in each region in each of the next five years to enable Jobcentre Plus to cope with the additional responsibilities accorded to it under the proposals in the Welfare Reform Bill; [257816]
(2) whether Jobcentre Plus staff will be given additional training in respect of their responsibilities under the proposals in Part 2 of the Welfare Reform Bill. [258261]
Mr. McNulty [holding answer 23 February 2009]: The administration of Jobcentre Plus is a matter for the acting chief executive of Jobcentre Plus, Mel Groves. I have asked him to provide the hon. Member with the information requested.
The Secretary of State has asked me to reply to your questions asking:
What plans he has to employ additional Jobcentre Plus staff in each region, in each of the next five years, to enable Jobcentre Plus to cope with the additional responsibilities accorded to it under the Welfare Reform Bill.
Whether Jobcentre Plus staff will be given additional training in respect of their responsibilities under Part 2 of the Welfare Reform Bill. This is something that falls within the responsibilities delegated to me as Acting Chief Executive of Jobcentre Plus.
Jobcentre Plus is currently undertaking detailed design and implementation planning for the range of initiatives contained within the Welfare Reform Bill. These initiatives are planned to be delivered progressively over the next three to five years. The implementation planning will include the location and timing of the specific pilots and trailblazers as outlined in the Bill, and any additional training requirements.
I am unable to provide the information you require in advance of the conclusion of this detailed planning work.
Paul Rowen: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many additional Jobcentre Plus staff he expects to be employed to take account of anticipated changes in the levels of employment in each region in each of the next five years. [258128]
Mr. McNulty [holding answer 23 February 2009]: The information requested is not available.
Paul Rowen: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many Jobcentre Plus staff were employed in each region in each of the last five years. [258130]
Mr. McNulty [holding answer 23 February 2009]: I refer the hon. Member to the written answer I gave on 26 November 2008, Official Report, column 1980W, to the hon. Member for Cardiff, Central (Jenny Willott).
New Deal for Young People
Steve Webb: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people were referred to the New Deal for Young People before they had been on jobseeker's allowance for six months in each quarter since the programme was introduced, broken down by reason for early referral. [257193]
Mr. McNulty: Information on the reason for early referral is not available. The available information is in the table.
| New Deal for Young People—Starters with the early entrant indicator | |
| Quarter ending | Number |
| (1) Figure is for January to February 1998. Notes: 1. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10. 2. The New Deal for Young People pilots began in January 1998 and full national roll-out occurred in April 1998. Latest data are to November 2008. 3. Early entrants are estimated to be those participants who join New Deal for Young People before reaching six months unemployed. 4. This information is available at our website link http://www.dwp.gov.uk/asd/asd1/tabtools/tabtool_nd.asp Source: Department for Work and Pensions, Information Directorate. | |
Steve Webb: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people aged under 24 years old have claimed the New Deal allowance in each month since the New Deal for Young People was introduced. [257194]
Mr. McNulty: The available information has been placed in the Library.
Pension Credit: Holocaust Victims
Chris Grayling: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions which payments made to holocaust victims are exempted from the calculations made to determine eligibility for the pension credit. [244734]
Ms Rosie Winterton: Lump sum payments made to compensate those who were slave labourers, forced labourers or suffered personal injuries or property loss during the second world war are fully disregarded when calculating entitlement to pension credit.
In addition payments made to parents whose child died during the second world war are fully disregarded when calculating entitlement to pension credit.
Pensions paid by the German or Austrian Government which are the equivalent of the British state pension are fully taken into account. However pensions paid under special provisions by the German or Austrian Government to victims of National Socialist persecution are taken into account subject to a £10 disregard when calculating entitlement to pension credit.
Payments made to holocaust victims are not related to the German pensions paid to certain individuals who fled here from Nazi Germany as children before the start of the second world war in an initiative known as the ‘Kindertransport’. Recent legislation in the Pensions Act 2008 has enabled these persons to opt to revoke their pre-1948 British national insurance contributions while retaining their British state pension with the effect of improving their German pension entitlement.
Personal Accounts
Chris Grayling: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the income distribution of those who will be automatically enrolled into a personal account under the Pensions Bill 2007 is. [249449]
Ms Rosie Winterton: The Pensions Act 2008 requires employers to automatically enrol eligible workers into a qualifying work-based pension arrangement. Employers will choose the qualifying scheme they use, which could be the new personal accounts scheme.
The information in the table summarises the income distribution for those aged 22 to state pension age, working in the private sector, not already saving into a work-based pension scheme and earning more than £5,035 using data from the 2007 annual survey of hours and earnings.
Chris Grayling: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will estimate to the nearest whole pound the weekly pension income from a personal accounts pension for a single person auto-enrolling into a personal account in 2012 at the age of (a) 22, (b) 32, (c) 42 and (d) 52, earning a salary of (i) £11,500, (ii) £12,500, (iii) £13,500, (iv) £14,500, (v) £15,500, (vi) £16,500, (vii) £17,500, (viii) £18,500, (ix) £19,500, (x) £20,500, (xi) £21,500 and (xii) £22,500 which rises annually during their career each year in line with earnings, where that person stopped working at 68, annuitised at 68, and had no savings other than a personal account pension pot. [249450]
Ms Rosie Winterton: The following table shows the expected gross weekly private pension and total net weekly income for a male in the age and earnings groups requested.
| Retirement income for an individual who starts saving in 2012 | ||||
| £ | ||||
| Age in 2012 | ||||
| 22 | 32 | |||
| Salary in 2012 | Gross private pension income | Net total income | Gross private pension income | Net total income |
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