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State Retirement Pensions
Hugh Bayley: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the rate of basic state pension payable to (a) single pensioners and (b) couples (i) was in 1996-97 and (ii) will be in 2010-11; and what the 2010-11 rates would have been if they had been uprated since 1996-97 in line with prices. [321691]
Angela Eagle: The information requested is in the following table:
| Level of the basic state pension | ||
| £ per week | ||
| Financial year | Standard rate on own contributions | Standard rate for couple where one spouse or civil partner is reliant on the other' s contributions |
| Notes: 1. All figures in cash terms. 2. Uprating calculations employ historic annual increase in the RPI series for September of the previous year. 3. The standard rate of the Category A pension (payable on a person's own contributions) is commonly referred to as the 'singles rate'. 4. Category B pension is about 60 per cent. of the standard rate basic Category A pension. It is currently payable by virtue of a husband's qualifying years or earnings, and from May 2010 or later will also be payable by virtue of a wife's or civil partner's contributions where the wife or civil partner was born after 5 April 1950 and has reached state pension age. 5. The sum of the Category A and Category B pension is often referred to as the 'couples rate'. 6. From 2010-11, anyone reaching SPA will have their BSP entitlement under reformed contributory conditions; 75 per cent. of women will have full basic state pension in their own right in 2010-11. | ||
Winter Fuel Payments
Mr. Jenkins: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many pensioners received winter fuel allowance on the most recent date for which figures are available. [311776]
Angela Eagle: For winter 2008-09, the last year for which information is available, 12,421,130 people aged 60 or over received the winter fuel payment.
Notes:
1. Figures are 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.
Nadine Dorries: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many claims for winter fuel payments were made by households in (a) England, (b) the East of England, (c) Bedfordshire and (d) Mid Bedfordshire constituency in the latest period for which figures are available. [317538]
Angela Eagle: For winter 2008-09, the latest year for which information is available, the following numbers of winter fuel payments were made to households:
| Number | |
| Notes: 1. Figures are 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. | |
Winter Fuel Payments: Glasgow
John Mason: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many (a) households and (b) individuals in Glasgow East constituency have received winter fuel payments since 1 November 2009. [317053]
Angela Eagle: Information on winter fuel payments in Glasgow East since 1 November 2009 is not yet available. For winter 2008-09, the latest year for which information is available, 11,710 payments were made to households and 15,890 to individuals in that constituency.
Notes:
1. Figures are 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.
Winter Fuel Payments: Morecambe
Geraldine Smith: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many pensioners in Morecambe and Lunesdale constituency have received winter fuel payments during this winter. [311300]
Angela Eagle: Information on winter fuel payments in Morecambe and Lunesdale during this winter is not yet available. For winter 2008-09, the latest year for which information is available, 16,430 payments were made to households and 23,100 to individuals in that constituency.
Notes:
1. Figures are 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.
Winter Fuel Payments: Perth
Pete Wishart: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many (a) households and (b) individuals in Perth and North Perthshire constituency have received winter fuel payments since 1 November 2009. [317059]
Angela Eagle: Information on winter fuel payments in Perth and North Perthshire since 1 November 2009 is not yet available. For winter 2008-09, the latest year for which information is available, 16,270 payments were made to households and 23,500 to individuals in that constituency.
Notes:
1. Figures are 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.
Work Capability Assessment
Anne Main: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much her Department has paid to Atos Healthcare in each of the last six months. [319997]
Jonathan Shaw [holding answer 3 March 2010]: The latest figures available for payment to Atos Healthcare over the period September 2009 to February 2010 is detailed in the following table.
| £ | |
Invoices are raised in arrears for reports completed the previous month. The payment in December exceptionally includes (early) payment for some December outputs.
These figures cover the total number of examinations undertaken and costs relating to written and verbal medical advice, fixed overheads, administrative costs, salaries and fees paid directly to Healthcare Professionals by Atos Healthcare, investment in new technology and other service improvements.
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Restaurants: Closures
Bob Spink: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many restaurants in (a) England, (b) Essex and (c) Castle Point constituency were closed for failing to meet food safety and hygiene standards in each of the last five years; and for how long each was closed in each such case. [321441]
Gillian Merron: I have been asked to reply.
The figures in the following table show the number of restaurants and caterers subject to an emergency prohibition notice/order, or to a voluntary closure:
| England | Essex( 1) | Castle Point( 2) | |
| n/a = Not available. (1) Data for Essex includes the district councils for Basildon, Braintree, Brentwood, Castle Point, Chelmsford, Colchester, Epping Forest, Harlow, Maldon, Rochford, Tendring and Uttlesford, and the unitary councils for Southend-on-Sea and Thurrock. (2) Data for Castle Point is for Castle Point district council. (3) Full year data was not collected for 2007-08. | |||
These figures are based on the monitoring returns for food law enforcement provided by individual local authorities to the Food Standards Agency.
Data are not available for the length of time each restaurant or caterer was closed.
Treasury
Bank Services
John Mann: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what support his Department is providing to those who cannot open a bank current account because of their credit rating. [321466]
Sarah McCarthy-Fry: The Government have negotiated voluntary agreements with all the major UK banks to offer a basic bank account. Basic bank accounts do not offer overdrafts so new customers do not have to pass a credit check to qualify for an account.
Capital Gains Tax
Hywel Williams: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what estimate he has made of the effect on capital gains tax receipts of the introduction of the 50 per cent. income tax rate; [321956]
(2) if he will estimate the annual additional sum to accrue to the Exchequer from charging capital gains tax at the same rates as income tax. [321961]
Mr. Timms: The effect on capital gains tax receipts of the introduction of the 50 per cent. income tax rate was included in the modelling explained to the Treasury Select Committee but no separate estimate has been made.
The relevant transcript is available at pages 33 to 35 and 46 to 48 of:
The estimate requested could be provided only at disproportionate cost, due to the difficulties of assessing the large behavioural responses that would result from changes of this kind.
Civil Servants: Location
Mr. Maude: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer of 5 February 2010, Official Report, on Civil Service: location, from what baseline year the figures for the relocation of civil service posts were calculated; and which Government departments and agencies have not met their targets for relocation. [320900]
Mr. Byrne: The baseline for civil service staffing figures was 1 April 2003 and was used by Sir Michael Lyons in his 2004 report "Well Placed to Deliver?".
The Departments for: Business, Innovation and Skills; Children, Schools and Families; Communities and Local Government; Culture, Media and Sport; Environment, Food and Rural Affairs; Department for International Development; Department for Work and Pensions; Her Majesty's Treasury; the Home Office; Ministry of Defence; Ministry of Justice; and the Northern Ireland Office have either already exceeded or have met, or will meet their targets imminently.
The Cabinet Office, Department for Transport, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (previously two departments, Inland Revenue and Customs and Excise) and UK National Statistics (previously the Office for National Statistics) continue to work towards meeting their target.
Departmental Location
Bob Spink: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much his Department spent on the relocation of staff from posts in (a) Essex and (b) Castle Point constituency in each of the last five years. [321424]
Sarah McCarthy-Fry: There has been no spending on the relocation of staff from either Essex or the Castle Point constituency in any of the last five years.
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