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Jobseeker's Allowance: Wales
Jenny Willott: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many and what proportion of jobseeker's allowance claimants in each constituency in Wales had been claiming the allowance for (a) up to three, (b) between three and six, (c) between six and 12 and (d) between 12 and 24 months in each of the last 18 months; and if she will make a statement. [294067]
Angela E. Smith: I have been asked to reply.
The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.
Letter from Jil Matheson, dated October 2009:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question asking how many and what proportion of jobseeker's allowance claimants in each constituency in Wales had been claiming the allowance for (a) up to three, (b) between three and six, (c) between six and 12 and (d) between 12 and 24 months in each of the last 18 months. (294067).
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) compiles the number of claimants of Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA) from the Jobcentre Plus administrative system. Table 1 shows the number of computerised claims of Jobseeker's allowance (JSA) for people, aged 16 or over resident in each parliamentary constituency in Wales, by duration of the claim for each of the last 18 months. Table 2 shows the percentage of all claimants in each constituency by duration of the claim. As the information provided is extensive, a copy of the tables has been placed in the House of Commons Library.
National and local area estimates for many labour market statistics, including employment, unemployment and claimant count are available on the NOMIS website at:
Members: Correspondence
Mr. Wallace: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions when she expects to provide a full response to the letter of 25 June 2009 from Mrs. Kathleen Law. [292349]
Jim Knight: Mrs. Law wrote directly to the Minister for Pensions and the Ageing Society on 25 June 2009 concerning the scheme rules for the Local Government Pension Scheme. As this matter falls within the responsibility of the Department for Communities and Local Government, Mrs. Law's letter was forwarded to that Department on 6 October 2009 to address the issues raised. I apologise to the hon. Member and to Mrs. Law for the delay in doing so.
Sir Gerald Kaufman: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions when she plans to reply to the letter dated 1 September 2009 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton concerning Ms Louise Bolotin. [294728]
Jim Knight: A reply was sent to my right hon. Friend on 20 October 2009.
Mortgages: Income Support
Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people in each London borough have (a) applied for and (b) been granted assistance under the Support for Mortgage Interest Scheme in each quarter since the scheme's inception; and if she will make a statement. [293050]
Jim Knight: This information is not available at this level of detail.
National Strategy for Mental Health and Employment
Mr. Harper: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions when she expects to publish the National Strategy for Mental Health and Employment; and if she will make a statement. [294501]
Jonathan Shaw [holding answer 20 October 2009]: We recognise the particular employment challenges faced by people who have mental health conditions and the importance of promoting good mental health and well-being across the whole population from early years and throughout working lives. We have been working across Government to develop the national mental health and employment strategy to address both of these issues. It is now nearing readiness, and will be published later this year.
New Deal Schemes: Birmingham
Mr. Godsiff: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people aged between 18 and 24 years old resident in Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small Heath constituency have received assistance under the New Deal since 2003; and how many such people have moved into employment. [291701]
Jim Knight: 5,980 individuals had received assistance under the New Deal for Young People in the Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small Heath constituency up to May 2009, the latest date for which figures are available. There were 2,130 moves from the New Deal for Young People into work involving 1,880 individuals up to February 2009, which is the latest date for which figures are available. The figures are rounded to the nearest 10 and are available at:
Notes:
The Westminster Parliamentary Constituency (post May 2005) is allocated using the ONS Postcode Directory and customer's postcode.
Latest New Deal joiners data is to May 2009.
Latest New Deal leavers data is to February 2009.
An individual may have more than one spell on NDYP.
'Individuals' is the number of people to have begun one or more spells on New Deal for Young People.
Source:
The Department for Work and Pensions, Information Directorate.
Mr. Godsiff: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people resident in Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small Heath constituency have participated in a New Deal scheme in each year since 2004. [291752]
Jim Knight: The table shows the number of starters on New Deals in the Birmingham Sparkbrook and Small Heath constituency since 2004. The information recorded in the following table shows the number of spells started with the New Deal schemes, rather then the number of individuals involved:
| Year of starting | Total starters (spells)( 1) |
| (1) Starters (spells) data are not available for New Deal 50 Plus or New Deal for Partners so Starters (individuals) data have been used instead for these schemes. This means that for these schemes only the most recent spell on that New Deal is recorded. (2) Data for New Deal for Partners are available from April 2004 (programme started in May 1999). (3) Data are available to May 2009. Notes: Figures are rounded to the nearest 10. The Westminster Parliamentary Constituency (post May 2005) is allocated using the ONS Postcode Directory and customer's postcode. The year of starting is the calendar year of starting the New Deal. Source: Department for Work and Pensions Information Directorate, information available at: http://research.dwp.gov.uk/asd/asd1/tabtools/tabtool_nd.asp | |
New Deal Schemes: Enfield
Joan Ryan: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many disabled people resident in Enfield North constituency found work through the New Deal in each year since 2001. [294193]
Jim Knight: The table shows the number of job starts by disabled people in the Enfield North constituency who have found work through the New Deal for Disabled People since 1998. Some individuals may have had more than one job start.
| Job starts | |
| (1 )Nil or negligible. Notes: 1. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10. 2. Westminster Parliamentary Constituency (post May 2005) is allocated using the ONS Postcode Directory and customer's postcode. 3. Year of entering job is the calendar year that the job was gained. 4. Latest data are for February 2009. Source: The Department for Work and Pensions, Information Directorate. The figures are available at http://research.dwp.gov.uk/asd/tabtool.asp | |
Party Conferences
Mr. Don Foster: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether any of her Department's non-departmental public bodies sent representatives to attend one or more political party conferences in 2009. [293477]
Jim Knight: None of the Department for Work and Pensions' non-departmental public bodies has sent representatives to attend political party conferences in 2009.
Pension Credit: Bedfordshire
Nadine Dorries: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people in Mid Bedfordshire constituency receive pension credit. [295439]
Angela Eagle: The information requested is in the following table:
| Number | ||
| Households in receipt of pension credit | Individual beneficiaries of pension credit | |
| Notes: 1. The number of households in receipt 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. 3. Number of beneficiaries-pension credit is claimed on a household basis and therefore the number of people that pension credit helps is the number of claimants in addition to the number of partners for whom they are also claiming. Source: DWP Information Directorate Work and Pensions Longitudinal Study 100 per cent. data. | ||
Pension Credit: Derbyshire
Natascha Engel: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people in (a) Derbyshire and (b) North East Derbyshire are receiving pension credit. [294845]
Angela Eagle: The information requested is in the following table:
| Households in receipt of pension credit | Individual beneficiaries of pension credit | |
| Notes: 1. The number of households in receipt 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. 3. Number of beneficiaries-pension credit is claimed on a household basis and therefore the number of people that pension credit helps is the number of claimants in addition to the number of partners for whom they are also claiming. Source: DWP Information Directorate Work and Pensions Longitudinal Study | ||
Pensioners: Fuel Poverty
Miss McIntosh: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what her most recent estimate is of the number of people aged over (a) 65 and (b) 85 years in (i) Vale of York constituency, (ii) North Yorkshire and (iii) England who are living in fuel poverty. [294567]
Mr. Kidney: I have been asked to reply.
Fuel poverty is measured at household level rather than at individual level.
The most recently available sub-regional split of fuel poverty relates to 2006, and shows that there were around 4,800 fuel poor households in the Vale of York constituency and around 34,600 fuel poor households in North Yorkshire. Sub-regional fuel poverty figures are not available split by age.
More recent figures are available for England and the regions. These show that in 2007, there were around 333,000 fuel poor households in Yorkshire and the Humber and 2.8 million fuel poor households in England. The following table provides figures split by age.
| Fuel poor households with: | Yorkshire and the Humber | England |
Pensioners: Overseas Residence
Mr. Gray: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many UK pensioners are domiciled overseas. [295493]
Angela Eagle: As at February 2009, there were 1,126,000 individuals who were paid a UK state pension outside the UK.
Notes:
1. Figures do not include Northern Ireland cases.
2. Figures are rounded to the nearest 1,000.
Source:
Work and Pensions Longitudinal Study.
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