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| 2008 | ||||
| Number of convictions by Agency | ||||
| Nature of offence | Jobcentre Plus | Corporate Centre | Child Support Agency | Pension, Disability and Carers Service |
| 2009 | |||
| Number of convictions by Agency | |||
| Nature of offence | Jobcentre Plus | Corporate Centre | Pension, Disability and Carers Service |
The Child Support Agency ceased to be an Agency of the Department from 1 November 2008.
Olympic Games: Canada
Mr. Don Foster: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many (a) Ministers and (b) officials from her Department are planning to attend the winter Olympics in Vancouver in February 2010; and what estimate she has made of the cost of such attendance. [310848]
Jonathan Shaw: Since 1999 the Government have published on an annual basis a list of all overseas visits by Cabinet Ministers costing in excess of £500, as well as the total cost of all ministerial travel overseas. From 2007-08 the list was extended to include all Ministers. The list also provides information on the number of officials who accompany Ministers. Copies are available in the Libraries of the House. Information for 2009-10 will be published as soon as the information is available.
All travel by Ministers and civil servants is undertaken in accordance with the "Ministerial Code and Civil Service Management Code" respectively.
Pathways to Work: Autism
Miss Begg: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what mechanisms are in place to ensure Pathways to Work providers support people with autism. [310625]
Jonathan Shaw: Pathways is a flexible menu of different support options tailored to the needs of each customer. This can include work-focused interviews, help finding and applying for jobs, Condition Management Programmes, training and extra money to boost in-work income. Customers with autism receive a service which is tailored to them as Pathways is available to customers across the full range of health conditions and disabilities.
Pensioners: Social Security Benefits
Damian Green: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many pensioners were in a household in receipt of (a) pension credit and (b) winter fuel allowance in Ashford constituency in 2008-09. [313507]
Angela Eagle: The information requested is detailed in the following tables:
| Recipients of pension credit in Ashford constituency | ||
| May each year | Household recipients | Individual beneficiaries |
| Notes: 1. Numbers rounded to the nearest 10. 2. Pension credit is claimed on a household basis-household recipients are those people who claim pension credit either for themselves only or on behalf of a partner and beneficiaries are the number of claimants in addition to the number of partners for whom they are also claiming. 3. Parliamentary constituencies and local authorities are assigned by matching postcodes against the relevant ONS postcode directory. Source: DWP Information Directorate Work and Pensions Longitudinal Study | ||
| Recipients of winter fuel payments in Ashford constituency | ||
| Household recipients | Individual beneficiaries | |
| (1) The last year for which information is available. Notes: 1. Figures rounded to the nearest 10. 2. Parliamentary constituencies are assigned by matching postcodes against the relevant ONS postcode directory. Source: DWP Information Directorate 100 per cent. data. | ||
Social Security Benefits
Mr. Newmark: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people in (a) England, (b) Essex and (c) Braintree constituency are in receipt of incapacity benefit; and how many of these have been in receipt of incapacity benefit for more than 12 months. [312076]
Jonathan Shaw [holding answer 20 January 2010]: The available information is in the following table.
| T otal number in receipt of incapacity benefit/severe disablement allowance and the number in receipt for more than one year, as at May 2009 | ||
| Total | Duration over one year | |
| Notes: 1. Data rounded to the nearest ten; totals may not sum due to rounding. 2. Data does not include claimants of employment and support allowance or income support on the grounds of incapacity. Source: Information Directorate 100 per cent. Work and Pensions Longitudinal Study | ||
Social Security Benefits: Eligibility
Mr. Oaten: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if she will make it her policy to remove the benefits eligibility criterion that requires terminal illness to only be taken into account if it is terminal within a six month period. [312483]
Jonathan Shaw [holding answer 21 January 2010]: The benefits eligibility criterion acknowledge that it is unreasonable to expect individuals who are in the last stages of a progressive disease and who are reasonably expected to die within six months to serve the normal qualifying periods before receiving benefit assistance. There are no plans to change the eligibility criterion.
Social Security Benefits: Medical Examinations
Mr. Hancock: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate has been made of the net effect on expenditure from the public purse of the reclassification of benefits claimants as a result of ATOS Medical assessments (a) since the start of the ATOS Medical contract and (b) in the last 12 months. [311193]
Jonathan Shaw: The information requested is not available.
Children, Schools and Families
Children: Day Care
Mr. Kemp: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many childcare places have been created in Houghton and Washington East constituency since 2000. [313068]
Dawn Primarolo: Information on the number of child care places is not available for parliamentary constituencies.
Extracurricular Activities: Birmingham
Mr. Godsiff: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many (a) out-of-school and (b) holiday play schemes were created in Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small Heath constituency in the last three years. [312191]
Dawn Primarolo: Ofsted have collected data on the number of registered child care providers on a quarterly basis from March 2003. Information on the number of out-of-school schemes is unavailable as this data is not collected for parliamentary constituencies. Ofsted do not collect data on the number of holiday play schemes and so this information is also unavailable.
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