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The latest information for the East Midlands Government office region is based on three-year averages and changes are rounded to the nearest 100,000. It
shows that the number of pensioners in poverty in the East Midlands fell by 100,000 between 1997-98 to 1999-2000 and 2005-06 to 2007-08.
The public service agreement to halve child poverty by 2010-11 on the way to eradicating it by 2020 uses a headline indicator of the proportion of children in households with an income below 60 per cent. of contemporary household median income before housing costs.
The latest information for the East Midlands Government office region is based on three-year averages and changes are rounded to the nearest 100,000. It shows that the number of children in poverty remained at the same level between 1997-98 to 1999-2000 and 2005-06 to 2007-08.
A local child poverty indicator-including constituency level information-has been developed to try and replicate this national measure as closely as possible. It captures the number and proportion of children in families in receipt of out of work benefits, or in receipt of tax credits where their reported income is less than 60 per cent. of median income. Details can be found via the HMRC website at:
Notes:
1. These statistics are based on Households Below Average Income (HBAI) data, sourced from the Family Resources Survey (FRS). The reference period for FRS figures is single financial years. Three sample years have been combined for regional statistics as single year estimates are subject to volatility.
2. Small changes in estimates from year to year, particularly at the bottom of the income distribution, may not be significant in view of data uncertainties.
3. Changes between periods are calculated based on unrounded figures and then rounded to the nearest 100,000. Therefore they may differ from the difference between the rounded figures available in the Households Below Average Income publication.
Pensions: Expenditure
Mrs. May: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much expenditure from the public purse on pensions was as a percentage of gross domestic product in the latest period for which figures are available; and what estimate has been made of the equivalent figure in (a) 2030, (b) 2040 and (c) 2050. [304385]
Mr. Byrne: I have been asked to reply.
The 2009 Long-term public finance report sets out long-term projections for state pension and public sector pension expenditure as a proportion of GDP. This can be found on the HMT website:
Social Security Benefits: Lewes
Norman Baker: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many former claimants of jobseeker's allowance in Lewes constituency have moved on to receive (a) pension credit, (b) a training allowance, (c) the self-employment credit and (d) funding from the Future Jobs Fund in each month of the last two years. [308461]
Jim Knight: Data on people who flow off jobseeker's allowance onto pension credit are not collated centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Information on the number of people who have flowed off jobseeker's allowance onto the self-employment credit or into a Future Jobs Fund job in Lewes constituency is not available.
The available information is in the following table.
| Number of jobseeker's allowance claimants in Lewes constituency who have flowed off jobseeker's allowance onto Government supported training schemes in each month of the last two years | |
| Number of claimants | |
| (1 )Nil or negligible. Notes: 1. Data are rounded to the nearest five. 2. This information is published on the Nomis website at www.nomisweb.co.uk 3. The percentage of people leaving with an unknown destination recorded has increased over the last 10 years. This is because the completion levels of the JSA40 (forms filled in by people leaving jobseeker's allowance) have decreased over this period. This should be taken into account when interpreting these statistics, as many of these 'unknown' leavers will have moved into employment or other benefits. Source: Count of unemployment-related benefits, Jobcentre Plus computer systems (computer held cases only). | |
Social Security Benefits: Payments
Paul Holmes: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many and what percentage of benefit payments to people resident in Chesterfield constituency were paid into a Post Office card account in each of the last five years. [309015]
Helen Goodman: The figures are not available in the format requested.
The following table shows the number and percentage of benefit accounts paid into a Post Office card account (POca) in the Chesterfield constituency in each of the last five years. Benefit accounts will have multiple transactions and may include payment of more than one benefit.
| All POca | Percentage paid by POca | |
| Source: DWP, Information Directorate, 100 per cent. data | ||
Voluntary Work
Philip Davies: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people have been referred for volunteering under the Volunteering Plus Scheme; and how many people have started on a volunteering scheme. [308223]
Jim Knight: The number of referrals to the volunteering element of the six month offer is not available.
On 14 October 2009, we released official statistics on the number of jobseeker's allowance customers taking up the volunteering element of the six month offer. This shows that between April 2009 and July 2009, 1,180 people started on the volunteering scheme. Provisional data for August show that a further 930 people started on the scheme.
The next quarterly statistical release for the six month offer will be published in January 2010.
Cabinet Office
10 Downing Street: Shops
Mr. Hurd: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many (a) oven gloves, (b) aprons, (c) teddy bears and (d) wallets have been sold in the Downing Street gift shop in the last 12 months. [302287]
Angela E. Smith: A small selection of unsubsidised gifts are available for staff to purchase on a not-for-profit basis.
Death: Stroud
Mr. Drew: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what the (a) diagnosis and (b) mortality rate for (i) chronic lung disease, (ii) coronary heart disease and (iii) cancer was in Stroud constituency in each of the last 10 years. [309130]
Angela E. Smith: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.
Letter from Jil Matheson, dated December 2009:
As National Statistician, I have been asked for to reply to your recent question asking what the (a) diagnosis and (b) mortality rate for (i) chronic lung disease, (ii) coronary heart disease and (iii) cancer was in Stroud constituency in each of the last 10 years. (309130)
Figures on newly diagnosed cases (incidence) of chronic lung disease and coronary heart disease are not readily available. Mortality and incidence rates for parliamentary constituencies which do not share boundaries exactly with a local authority can be calculated only from 2001 onwards. The tables below provide
(a) the age standardised cancer incidence rate and (b) age standardised mortality rates for (i) chronic lung disease, (ii) coronary heart disease and (iii) cancer in Stroud parliamentary constituency for the years 2001 to 2007 (the latest available).
Parliamentary constituency population estimates on which these rates are based are experimental statistics, that is, statistics which are in a testing or consultation phase, and therefore should be treated with caution.
| Table 1: Age-standardised cancer incidence rates( 1,2) , Stroud parliamentary constituency( 3) , 2001 to 2007( 4,5) | |
| Cases per 100,000 | |
| (1) Age-standardised cancer registration rates per 100,000 population, standardised to the European Standard Population. Age-standardised rates are used to allow comparison between populations which may contain different proportions of people of different ages. (2) Cancer incidence defined using International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10) codes C00-C97 excluding code C44: non-melanoma skin cancer. (3) Based on boundaries and postcode allocation, as of 2009. (4) Newly diagnosed cases registered in each calendar year. (5) Parliamentary constituency population estimates used to calculate the incidence rates are experimental statistics. | |
| Table 2: Age standardised mortality rates for chronic lung disease, coronary heart disease and cancer( 1,2) , Stroud parliamentary constituency( 3) , 2001 to 2007( 4) | |||
| Deaths per 100,000 | |||
| Chronic lung disease | Chronic heart disease | Cancer | |
| (1) Age-standardised mortality rates per 100,000 population, standardised to the European Standard Population. Age-standardised rates are used to allow comparison between populations which may contain different proportions of people of different ages. (2) Cause of death was defined using International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10) codes J40-J47for chronic lung disease, 120-125 for coronary heart disease and C00-C97 for cancer. (3) Based on boundaries and postcode allocation, as of 2009. (4) Parliamentary constituency population estimates used to calculate the incidence rates are experimental statistics. | |||
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