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The measures are piloted to validate the business case for their implementation before being introduced more widely. Their effectiveness is then further assessed on a financial basis, a year in arrears. DWP is involved in, and agrees, both of these processes.
Future plans involve the continued roll-out of automated meter reading (AMR) and the piloting of voltage optimisation equipment.
Gregory Barker: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions which official is responsible for the energy efficiency of her Department's estate. [280556]
Jonathan Shaw: The DWP finance director general acts as senior responsible office for sustainable development within DWP. Improving energy efficiency features within the targets for sustainable operations on the Government estate, and as such responsibility for day-to-day delivery rests with the commercial director.
Mr. Paice: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate she has made of the energy consumed per full-time equivalent member of staff in her Department in (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08. [280968]
Jim Knight: The following table gives details of energy consumption in offices in total, and per member of staff.
| Energy consumption (kWh) | Staffing | Energy consumption/head (kWh) | |
As there is no requirement within the targets for Sustainable Operations on the Government Estate to report energy consumption per full-time equivalent member of staff, we have used for consistency the same staffing figures as used to calculate the water reduction targets. These include an agreed allowance for on-site contractors/visitors.
Departmental Manpower
Mr. Jack: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people were employed in each section of her Department in (a) the Borough of Wyre, (b) the Borough of Blackpool and (c) the City of Preston in each of the last five years. [279558]
Jim Knight: The number of people employed in each of the Department’s business areas in the boroughs of Wyre, Blackpool and the City of Preston at 31 March of each year from 2005 to 2009 is shown in the following table:
| 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | |
| (1) The Pensions Disability and Carers Service was formed in 2008 by the merger of The Pension Service and the Disability and Carers Service. For consistency the figures have been combined for earlier years also. (2) The Child Support Agency transferred to the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission on 1 November 2008. Note: Figures shown are on the basis of headcount i.e. the number of individual staff employed. | |||||
Departmental Waste
Mr. Paice: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate she has made of the amount of waste arising from her Department in (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08 (i) in total and (ii) per full-time equivalent member of staff. [281037]
Jim Knight: The following table gives details of waste arisings from offices in total, and per member of staff.
| Waste arisings (metric tonnes) | Staffing | Waste per head (metric tonnes) | |
As there is no requirement within the targets for Sustainable Operations on the Government Estate to report waste arisings per full-time equivalent member of staff, we have used for consistency the same staffing figures as used to calculate the water reduction targets. These include an agreed allowance for on-site contractors/visitors.
Departmental Water
Mr. Paice: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate she has made of the water consumption on her Department's estate in (a) 2005-06 and (b) 2006-07, (i) in total and (ii) per full-time equivalent member of staff. [280966]
Jim Knight: The following table gives details of water consumption within DWP:
| Total consumption (m( 3) ) | Staff figures | Consumption per head (m( 3) ) | |
Please note that the staffing figure, in line with the reporting requirements of the Sustainable Development in Government Report, is based on the number of full-time equivalents including an agreed allowance for on site contractors/visitors.
Consumption further reduced in 2007-08 to 8.3m(3).
Digitial Technology: Disadvantaged
Alun Michael: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what steps her Department is taking to ensure that the Benefits Agency applies principles of digital inclusion. [268987]
Jonathan Shaw [holding answer 21 April 2009]: I refer my right hon. Friend to the reply I gave on 11 June 2009, Official Report, column 974W.
Disability Living Allowance: Overseas Residence
Mr. Gale: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) how many claims for disability living allowance, carers allowance and associated benefits submitted by expatriate UK citizens are under consideration by her Department's exportability team; [280997]
(2) what estimate her Department has made of the cost of meeting in full all outstanding expatriate claims for disability living allowance, carers allowance and associated benefits; [280998]
(3) what steps her Department plans to take to comply with the ruling of the European Court of Justice on the payment of exportable benefits. [280999]
Jonathan Shaw: The Department is already complying with the European Court of Justice ruling on the payment of exportable disability benefits.
Approximately 2,100 people who are living in the European Economic Area or Switzerland have contacted the Department in relation to making a new claim or to request reinstatement of an award of disability living allowance, attendance allowance or carer's allowance that had been previously disallowed because they had moved abroad. The Exportability Teams have made decisions on around 1,100 of these cases and are continuing to process the remaining requests, of which there are around 1,000.
We estimate the cost of paying all people who are likely to satisfy the eligibility criteria for payment of the UK disability benefits within the European Economic Area and Switzerland to be in the region of £50 million per year by 2010-11.
Employment Services: Disabled
Mr. Blunt: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) what recent estimate her Department has made of the number of deaf and hard of hearing people who require effective text or other telephone relay services in order to obtain or retain employment; and if she will make a statement; [277975]
(2) what recent estimate her Department has made of the number of people with impaired speech who require effective text or other telephone relay services in order to obtain or retain employment; and if she will make a statement. [277976]
Jonathan Shaw: No such estimate has been made by this Department of the number of deaf and hard of hearing people or those with impaired speech who require text or other telephone relay services in order to obtain or retain employment.
However, through Access to Work, the Department supports employers to ensure that effective text and other telephone relay services are provided where this is the most suitable means of support.
Mr. Blunt: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many deaf and hard of hearing people had access to captioned telephone relay services through the Access to Work scheme in (a) 2007 and (b) 2008. [277977]
Jonathan Shaw: No breakdown of the number of deaf and hard of hearing people having access to captioned telephony relay services through the Access to Work scheme is collected by this Department.
However, through Access to Work, the Department supports employers to ensure that captioned telephone relay services are provided where this is the most suitable means of support.
Mr. Blunt: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many sign language users had access to video relay services through the Access to Work scheme in (a) 2007 and (b) 2008. [277978]
Jonathan Shaw: No breakdown of the number of sign language users having access to video relay services through the Access to Work scheme is collected by this Department.
However, through Access to Work, the Department supports employers to ensure that access to video relay services are provided where this is the most suitable means of support.
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