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Pension Credit: East of England
Mr. Vara: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people resident in (a) North West Cambridgeshire constituency, (b) Cambridgeshire, (c) Peterborough, (d) Huntingdonshire and (e) the East of England region received pension credit in each year since the inception of the scheme. [283417]
Angela Eagle: The information requested is in the following table:
Pension Credit: Essex
Bob Spink: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many pensioners in (a) Essex and (b) Castle Point have received pension credit in each year since its inception. [282061]
Angela Eagle: The information requested is in the following table.
| Households in receipt of pension credit in Essex and Castle Point | ||
| November each year | Essex | Castle Point |
| Notes: 1. Caseload figures are rounded to the nearest 10. 2. Household recipients are those people who claim pension credit either for themselves only or on behalf of a household. Source: DWP Information Directorate Work and Pensions Longitudinal Study 100 per cent. data. | ||
Pension Credit: Hertfordshire
Mike Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) how many pensioners in (a) Hemel Hempstead, (b) Dacorum, (c) Hertfordshire and (d) the South East received pension credit in each year since its introduction; [284426]
(2) how many pension credit recipients live in Hemel Hempstead. [283670]
Angela Eagle: The information requested is in the following table:
| Households in receipt of pension credit November 2003 to November 2008 | ||||
| November each year | Hemel Hempstead parliamentary constituency | Dacorum local authority | Hertfordshire county | South East |
| Notes: 1. Caseload figures are rounded to the nearest 10. 2. Household recipients are those people who claim pension credit either for themselves only or on behalf of a household. Source: DWP Information Directorate Work and Pensions Longitudinal Study 100 per cent. data. | ||||
Pensioners: Income
Ms Buck: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate she has made of the average (a) cash and (b) percentage change in household income for (i) a single pensioner and (ii) a pensioner couple in receipt of (A) basic state pension and (B) income support under the minimum income guarantee since 1997. [276267]
Angela Eagle: The information that is available is shown in the following table. Figures are presented in 2007-08 prices in order to allow real terms comparisons.
| Average weekly net income after housing costs of pensioner units by receipt of income support for pensioners/pension credit and state pension, 2007-08 prices | |||
| 1996-97 (£) | 2007-08 (£) | Percentage change in real terms | |
| Notes: 1. Figures are expressed in 2007-08 prices. 2. Net income after housing costs is income from all sources received by the pensioner unit including income from social security benefits, earnings from employment, any private pension, and tax credits, less direct taxes including council tax and housing costs which include rent, water rates and mortgage interest payments. 3. Based on the Family Resources Survey and as such subject to a degree of sampling and non sampling error. Source: Pensioners’ Incomes Series | |||
Remploy: Finance
Mr. Robathan: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what grant funding her Department provided for Remploy in 2008-09; and how much it has allocated to Remploy for 2009-10. [283348]
Jonathan Shaw: The Remploy modernisation plan agreed core grant funding for Remploy of £121.5 million in 2008-09 and £118.5 million in 2009-10.
The Minister for Disabled People will submit a statement to the House about Remploy's performance and expenditure in 2008-09 and targets for 2009-10 in the autumn.
Welfare Reform Bill
Paul Rowen: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what safeguards she plans to put in place to ensure that those who are paid benefits in error under the provisions of the Welfare Reform Bill will not be subject to the sanctions proposed by that Bill if enacted; and if she will make a statement. [274347]
Jim Knight: In cases where benefit has been paid in error then, under the provisions of the Welfare Reform Bill, sanctions would not apply.
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Agriculture: Climate Change
Lynne Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment he has made of the effects of intensive livestock farming on climate change; and if he will make a statement. [283741]
Jim Fitzpatrick: DEFRA has commissioned a number of studies, some of which are ongoing, to assess the environmental impacts of greenhouse gas emissions from several agricultural commodities throughout their lifecycle. This includes assessment of livestock production under intensive livestock systems. The most relevant studies are listed:
Project AC0204—A study of the scope for the application of research in animal genomics and breeding to reduce nitrogen and methane emissions from livestock based food chains - published in April 2008.
Project IS0222—Developing and delivering environmental Life-Cycle Assessment (LCA) of agricultural systems - due to be completed in September 2009.
Project AC0210—Economic and environmental impacts of livestock production in the UK- due to be completed in July 2010.
Animal Feed
Lynne Jones:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment he has made on the effect on the environment of the
livestock industry’s use of soy-based animal feed; and if he will make a statement. [283742]
Jim Fitzpatrick: While no formal assessment has been made, we are currently considering the impact of the use of soya-based animal feed on the environment. In view of soya-based meal being a by-product of oil production, and there currently being no other mainstream uses for this by-product, reduction in its use for animal feed may not therefore lead to a reduction in soya bean production itself. Whatever feed source was to replace soya based feed would also have its own environmental impact.
DEFRA is funding ongoing research in conjunction with industry to look at alternative home grown protein rich animal feed crops, such as lupin, and assess the impact of such alternatives for both the environment and the livestock industry.
Animal Health: Manpower
Bob Spink: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many (a) directors, (b) senior managers, (c) specialist and delivery managers and (d) executive support and administration staff there were in each office of Animal Health and its predecessors in each of the last five years. [282140]
Jim Fitzpatrick: I will place this information in the Library.
Animal Health: Pay
Bob Spink: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much was paid in bonuses to (a) directors, (b) senior managers, (c) specialist and delivery managers and (d) executive support and administration staff in the Animal Health Agency in each of the last five years. [280608]
Jim Fitzpatrick: The following table details how much was paid in bonuses to (a) directors, (b) senior managers, (c) specialist and delivery managers and (d) executive support and administration staff in the Animal Health Agency.
Data are for the last three years only, reflecting whole financial years that Animal Health has been a separate financial entity from DEFRA.
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