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Schools: Transport
Joan Walley: To ask the Secretary of State for Education if the Government will bring forward proposals for legislation for school transport for pupils with special educational needs to ensure greater account is taken of the views of parents on the school most appropriate for their child. [3103]
Mr Gibb: Local authorities (LAs) have to make suitable home to school transport arrangements for those children who are unable to walk to school because of their special educational needs (SEN), disability or mobility problems.
Under the Education Act 1996 parents have the right to express a preference for the maintained school (mainstream or special) they wish their child to attend. However, in all cases it is for a LA to decide what provision is required to meet a child's SEN, and where that provision should be made, taking into account the individual needs of the child.
If parents express a preference for a school further away than the nearest suitable school, the LA is not under a duty to provide transport to the school.
There are no proposals to alter current legislation regarding school transport for pupils with special educational needs.
Short-Stay Schools
Annette Brooke: To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many pupils of (a) primary and (b) secondary school age have been in short stay schools for more than six months in each local authority area. [7541]
Mr Gibb: The legislative provision which changed the name of pupil referral units to short-stay schools was to be commenced on 1 September 2010. We have decided to delay commencement and plan to introduce provisions in Parliament in due course to repeal the name change. In the meantime pupil referral units will continue to be called by that name.
Information on the length of time a pupil has been in a pupil referral unit (PRU) is not available.
Short-Stay Schools: Special Educational Needs
Annette Brooke: To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many pupils of (a) primary and (b) secondary school age with non-statemented special educational needs are placed in short-stay schools in each local authority area. [7542]
Mr Gibb: The legislative provision which changed the name of Pupil Referral Units to Short-Stay Schools was to be commenced on 1 September 2010. We have decided to delay commencement and plan to introduce provisions in parliament in due course to repeal the name change. In the meantime pupil referral units (PRUs) will continue to be called by that name.
The information requested relating to PRUs is shown in the following table.
Special Educational Needs: Teachers
Mrs Hodgson: To ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will make it his policy to improve the training of teachers in special educational needs. [6467]
Sarah Teather: The Government are committed to raising the status of the teaching profession and to moving to a high quality system of teacher recruitment and training.
I am reviewing existing policies and programmes to make sure that they support our commitment to high quality teacher training including in respect of pupils with special educational needs.
Teachers are able to increase their awareness of pupils with special educational needs (SEN) through information available to them about children with SEN as a result of the SEN Information Act 2008. The second report, following this Act, will be published in October 2010 and brings together information about children with SEN in one place.
Young People: Antisocial Behaviour
Lisa Nandy: To ask the Secretary of State for Education what spending changes he plans to make to the Youth Taskforce budget; what his policy is on future Youth Taskforce funding; and if he will make a statement. [4078]
Tim Loughton: The spending review, to be concluded in the autumn, will set out the forward framework for the Department's spending and priorities and any Youth Taskforce funding will be considered as part of that process.
International Development
Developing Countries: Food
Mike Crockart: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what representations his Department has received on the effects on poor people in developing countries of fluctuations in food prices arising from trading on the food derivatives market. [9873]
Mr O'Brien: The Department for International Development (DFID) has not received any specific representations.
International Assistance
Mr Douglas Alexander: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what the Government's objectives are for the UN Summit on the Millennium Development Goals in New York on water and sanitation. [9987]
Mr Andrew Mitchell: The UK's objective for the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) Summit is to secure international agreement on an action agenda for achieving the MDGs by 2015. "The coalition: our programme for government" clearly states that we will prioritise aid spending on programmes to ensure everyone has access to clean water and sanitation.
Overseas Aid
Mr Thomas: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development whether he plans to revise the partnership principles for the disbursement of UK aid. [9977]
Mr Andrew Mitchell: I have no current plans to revise the principles. I am considering this in the context of the Bilateral Aid Review.
Mr Thomas: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what recent discussions he has had with the Chief Secretary to the Treasury on (a) his Department's budget and (b) levels of official development assistance; and if he will make a statement. [9978]
Mr Andrew Mitchell: The Department for International Development (DFID) is working closely with HM Treasury on plans for DFID's budget, which will be announced in the spending review on 20 October. The Government are committed to spend 0.7% of gross national income as official development assistance from 2013 and to enshrine this in law.
Work and Pensions
Carer's Allowance
Anas Sarwar: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people in (a) Glasgow Central constituency, (b) Scotland and (c) the UK claim carer's allowance. [10024]
Maria Miller: The requested information is as follows:
| Total entitled in GB | Scotland | Glasgow Central | |
| Source: DWP Information Directorate: Work and Pensions Longitudinal Study 100% data. | |||
Anas Sarwar: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether he plans to undertake a review of the carer's allowance system. [10025]
Maria Miller: The Government recognise that the UK's 6 million carers play an indispensable role in looking after family members or friends who need support.
We have set out our commitment to simplify the benefit system in order to improve work incentives and encourage responsibility and fairness. We will consider carefully the needs of carers as we develop our thinking on welfare reform.
Anas Sarwar: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether he has made an assessment of the likely effects on those carers in receipt of carer's allowance of the (a) programme of expenditure reduction and (b) proposed increase in the rate of value added tax announced in the June 2010 Budget. [10125]
Maria Miller: The Government took a number of steps in the Budget which will have an impact on carers receiving carer's allowance, including announcing that we would not take back the 1.5% advance in benefit rates that the previous Administration had intended and would instead uprate benefits, including carer's allowance, by CPI in future years as a measure of inflation. As we take further steps to reduce the fiscal deficit, we will continue to consider the impact carefully, while protecting those who are most vulnerable.
Departmental Official Photographs
Pete Wishart: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much his Department has spent on official photographs of Ministers since the formation of the present Administration. [6443]
Chris Grayling: The Department's spend on official photographs of Ministers since the present Administration's formation is £1,090 (excluding VAT).
The average bi-monthly spend for the previous Administration (2009-10) was £2,022.19 (excluding VAT).
Official photography is defined as all photographs taken for official use, including head-shots of Ministers and photographs of events and visits at which Ministers appear.
Departmental Reorganisation
John Mann: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will take steps to relocate officials working in his Department from central London to Bassetlaw. [6553]
Chris Grayling: The location of public sector activity and plans for the Government's estate will be considered alongside other public spending issues over the course of the spending review.
Departmental Temporary Employment
Mr Redwood: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many employees on temporary contracts (a) his Department, (b) its agencies and (c) its non-departmental public bodies had on the latest date for which figures are available. [5931]
Chris Grayling: The number of employees on temporary contracts on 31 March 2010 in the Department, its agencies and non-departmental public bodies (NDPBs) is set out in the following table.
| Number of temporary employees | |
| Note: Employee numbers are expressed as full-time equivalent and rounded to the nearest whole number. Temporary employees are as defined by the Office for National Statistics ie employed on a casual basis or on a fixed term contract of 12 months or less. | |
Disability Living Allowance
Luciana Berger: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people receive (a) disability living allowance, (b) incapacity benefit and (c) employment and support allowance in Liverpool, Wavertree constituency. [9791]
Chris Grayling: The information requested is as follows:
| Employment and support allowance claimants, incapacity benefit/severe disablement allowance, and disability living allowance: November 2009 | |||
| Parliamentary constituency | ESA | IB/SDA | DLA |
| Notes: 1. Incapacity benefit was replaced by employment and support allowance (ESA) from October 2008. 2. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10, some additional disclosure has been applied. 3. Caseload for DLA shows the number of people in receipt of an allowance, and excludes people with entitlement where the payment has been suspended, for example if they are in hospital. 4. Constituencies used are for the Westminster Parliament of May 2010. 5.IB/SDA 'claimants' include people in receipt of benefit and also those who fail the contributions conditions but receive a national insurance credit, i.e. 'credits only cases'. Source: DWP Information Directorate Work and Pensions Longitudinal Study 100 per cent data. | |||
Employment and Support Allowance: Arthritis
Miss Begg: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) how many claimants of employment and support allowance who were receiving treatment for rheumatoid arthritis during the assessment phase of their claim were requested to attend (a) a work capability assessment and (b) a work-focused interview in the latest period for which figures are available; [7135]
(2) how many employment and support allowance claimants in receipt of treatment for rheumatoid arthritis during the assessment phase of their claim have been recorded as having attended (a) a work capability assessment and (b) a work-focused interview in the latest period for which figures are available. [7136]
Chris Grayling: The information requested is not available.
Employment Schemes
Mr Jim Cunningham: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to the answer of 8 July 2010, Official Report, columns 434-35W, on employment schemes: west midlands, what his definition of appropriate support is in relation to measures designed to support people to find employment. [9485]
Chris Grayling: We aim to have the work programme in place nationally by the summer of 2011. Until then, the Government will ensure back-to-work support is in place.
Currently, there is a wide range of programmes on offer to our customers with contracts ending at different times.
We are working with our delivery partners to agree how to move from the current support to an integrated programme of support available to all customers seeking work.
We have already written to relevant existing delivery partners and have started 'one to one' discussions with them to discuss what this means for them. We will be making further announcements in due course.
Employment Schemes: Young People
Chris Evans: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate his Department has made of the number of people who would have received the two-year jobseeker's guarantee this year had it not been cancelled. [5260]
Chris Grayling: The two year jobseeker's guarantee was due to start in April 2011 and therefore was not due to help anyone this year.
The Government aim to have the new work programme in place nationally by the summer of 2011. The work programme will be an integrated package of support providing flexible help for people who find themselves out of work based on individual need rather than benefit claimed.
In order to ensure that as many people benefit from the work programme as quickly as possible the Government will be phasing out many of the existing programmes and folding them into the work programme.
Flexible Working: Disability
Tony Baldry: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to give disabled people the right to request flexible working. [5596]
Mr Davey: I have been asked to reply.
Under the Disability Discrimination Act 1995, employers have a duty to make 'reasonable adjustments' to ensure that disabled people are not put at a substantial disadvantage compared to non-disabled people.
Reasonable adjustments can include adjustments to working patterns, number of hours worked, or any other of the employer's working arrangements to avoid the disabled person being put at a substantial disadvantage compared to non-disabled people.
Because of this, there are no plans to specifically extend the right to request flexible working to disabled people. However, the Government have committed to extend the right to request flexible working to all employees. I will consult on plans to achieve this later in the year.
Funeral Payments: West Midlands
Ian Austin: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much has been paid in funeral payments in (a) the west midlands and (b) Dudley borough in each year since 2000. [8217]
Steve Webb: The available information is in the following table. Information at borough level is unavailable.
Ian Austin: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the average size of funeral payments made to applicants in (a) the west midlands and (b) Dudley borough has been since 2005. [8218]
Steve Webb: The available information is in the following table. Information at borough level is unavailable.
| Funeral payment average award by financial year | |
| West midlands (£) | |
| Notes: 1. The west midlands has been interpreted as the Government Office Region of that name. 2. Figures include awards made after re-consideration or appeal. 3. The average award has been rounded to the nearest £1. Source: DWP Social Fund Policy, Budget and Management Information System | |
Future Jobs Fund
Nick Smith: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions when his evaluation of the future jobs fund will be completed; and if he will make a statement. [9563]
Chris Grayling: Results of the impacts for one year young person's guarantee outcomes will be available in early 2012. We are planning to repeat the impact assessments for two year young person's guarantee outcomes and the results will be available in early 2013.
Government Departments: Recruitment
Mr Slaughter: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people previously unemployed for one year or more found employment in each Government Department in each of the last five years. [5054]
Chris Grayling: The information is not available.
Housing Benefit
Rosie Cooper: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what his estimate is of the extent of over-occupation in social sector housing in West Lancashire constituency in households where the main tenant is in receipt of housing benefit. [5627]
Fiona Mactaggart:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what his estimate is of the extent of over-occupation in social sector housing in (a) Slough,
(b) Salisbury and (c) Scarborough and Whitby constituency in households where the main tenant is in receipt of housing benefit. [6189]
Jack Dromey: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what his estimate is of the extent of over-occupation in social sector housing in Birmingham, Erdington constituency in households where the main tenant is in receipt of housing benefit. [6942]
Heidi Alexander: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what his estimate is of the extent of over-occupation in social sector housing in Lewisham East constituency in households where the main tenant is in receipt of housing benefit. [6590]
Gloria De Piero: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what his estimate is of the extent of over-occupation in social sector housing in (a) Ashfield, (b) Argyll and Bute and (c) Na h-Eileanan an Iar constituency in households where the main tenant is in receipt of housing benefit. [6648]
Fiona O'Donnell: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what recent estimate he has made of the level of over-occupation in social sector housing where the main occupier is in receipt of housing benefit in East Lothian constituency. [7184]
Kerry McCarthy: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what recent estimate he has made of the level of over-occupation in social sector housing where the main tenant is in receipt of housing benefit in Bristol East constituency. [7238]
Steve Webb: The information is not available. The Department for Work and Pensions does not collect information on dwelling size for all housing benefit recipients.
The English Housing Survey in 2008-09 showed that 258,000 (6.7%) of all social rented households and 164,000 (5.4% ) of all private rented households in England were over-occupied as measured by the bedroom standard.
The bedroom standard is essentially the difference between the number of bedrooms needed to avoid undesirable sharing (given the number and ages of household members and their relationships to each other) and the number of bedrooms actually available to the household.
Source:
Figures on over-occupation are taken from 'Table 6: Overcrowding and under-occupation by tenure' from the English Housing Survey, 2008-09
Mark Lazarowicz: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to the answer of 5 July 2010, how many of his Department's customers received the maximum local housing allowance rate of £1,800 per week in March 2010. [7865]
Steve Webb: At March 2010 there were fewer than 100 customers who received the maximum local housing allowance rate. All these customers are located in the central London broad rental market area.
Steve Rotheram: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many households in Liverpool, Walton constituency receive housing benefit of more than (a) £200 per week for a one bedroom property, (b) £290 per week for a two bedroom property, £340 per week for a three bedroom property and (d) £400 per week for a four bedroom property. [9981]
Roberta Blackman-Woods: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many local housing allowance recipients in City of Durham constituency are receiving (a) over £400 per week for a four or five bedroom property, (b) over £340 per week for a three bedroom property, (c) over £290 per week for a two bedroom property and (d) over £200 per week for a one bedroom property. [8472]
Nick de Bois: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many households in Enfield North constituency receive housing benefit of more than (a) £200 a week for a one bedroom property, (b) £290 a week for a two bedroom property, (c) £340 a week for a three bedroom property and (d) £400 a week for a four bedroom or more property. [9956]
Luciana Berger: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) how many households in Liverpool, Wavertree constituency receive housing benefit of more than (a) £200 a week for a one bedroom property, (b) £290 a week for a two bedroom property, (c) £340 a week for a three bedroom property and (d) £400 a week for a four or five bedroom property; [9625]
(2) what his estimate is of the number of people in Hornchurch and Upminster constituency in receipt of weekly local housing allowance of over (a) £400 for a four or five bedroom property, (b) £340 for a three bedroom property, (c) £290 for a two bedroom property and (d) £200 for a one bedroom property in 2010-11. [10030]
Steve Webb: I refer the hon. Members to the written answer I gave the hon. Member for Bishop Auckland (Helen Goodman) on 15 July 2010, Official Report, columns 849-50W.
Ms Buck: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions for how many local housing allowance (LHA) claimants there was a shortfall between their amount of LHA and actual rent charged; and what the average shortfall was between actual rents and the rate of LHA paid (a) nationally and (b) in each English region for such people in the latest period for which figures are available. [10027]
Caroline Flint: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what proportion of claimants of local housing allowance in (a) England and (b) Doncaster make an additional payment to cover the difference between benefit received and rent paid; and what estimate he has made of the average weekly payment made by such claimants in the latest period for which figures are available. [8966]
Steve Webb: The information requested is not available at sub-national level.
In August 2009, in Great Britain, among customers receiving housing benefit under the local housing allowance arrangements, 48% had a shortfall of £23 per week on average. This relates to shortfalls caused by a customer's contractual rent being higher than the appropriate local housing allowance rate.
Ms Buck: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many pensioner households are in receipt of local housing allowance in each local authority area in England. [10130]
Steve Webb: The available information has been placed in the Library.
Housing Benefit: Ashton-in-Makerfield
Yvonne Fovargue: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate he has made of the number of (a) pensioners, (b) people of working age in work, (c) people of working age who are unemployed, (d) social sector tenants and (e) private sector tenants receiving housing benefit in (i) Makerfield constituency and (ii) the Wigan metropolitan borough council area. [6048]
Steve Webb: The information is not available at constituency level.
The available information is in the table. Information on whether a claimant of HB is in work or unemployed is not available.
| Housing benefit (HB) claimants in Wigan metropolitan borough council area by age group and private/social rented sector split, March 2010 | |
| Number | |
| Notes: 1. Recipients are as at second Thursday of the month. 2. Data are rounded to the nearest 10. Totals may not sum due to rounding. 3. March 2010 represents the latest data held. 4. Social tenants include RSL (registered social landlord) tenants. 5. Working age is defined as claimants in receipt of the following passported benefits, as recorded on the local authority computer system: income support, jobseeker's allowance (income-based) or employment and support allowance (income-based). If the claim is not passported then a claimant is counted as working age if they are aged under 60. 6. Elderly is defined as claimants in receipt of the following passported benefit, as recorded on the LA computer system: pension credit (guarantee credit). If the claim is not passported then a claimant is counted as elderly if they are aged 60 or over. Source: Single Housing Benefit Extract 100% individual level data (SHBE). | |
The available information on housing benefit recipients is published at:
An exercise is being undertaken to add other geographical areas to the housing benefit data: this will include parliamentary constituencies. It is hoped this exercise will be completed by early 2011.
Housing Benefit: Bexley
Mr Evennett: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much was paid in housing benefit to residents in (a) Bexleyheath and Crayford constituency and (b) the London borough of Bexley in each of the last five years. [7854]
Steve Webb: Information on housing benefit expenditure at parliamentary constituency level is not available.
The available information for the London borough of Bexley is in the following tables:
| Bexley housing benefit expenditure since 2005-06 in £ millions, cash terms | |
| £ million | |
| Bexley housing benefit expenditure since 2005-06 in £ millions, 2010-11 prices | |
| £ million | |
| Notes: 1. Figures are presented to the nearest £0.1 million/£100,000. 2. Figures include all housing benefit, whether funded by central Government or by local authorities. 3. Figures for 2009-10 are provisional outturn. 4. Figures have been converted to 2010-11 prices using GDP deflators from HM Treasury which are consistent with the June 2010 Budget Report. 5. Figures are available on the DWP website at: http://research.dwp.gov.uk/asd/asd4/hbctb_exp.xls Source: Local authority subsidy returns. | |
Housing Benefit: Jobseeker's Allowance
Ms Buck: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many (a) people and (b) people with children currently in receipt of housing benefit have been on jobseeker's allowance for a year or more in each UK constituency. [7740]
Steve Webb: The information requested is not available.
Jobcentre Plus: Telephone Services
Harriett Baldwin: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many jobcentres and Jobcentre Plus offices have telephone lines with the prefix (a) 0845 and (b) 0870. [5908]
Chris Grayling: The administration of Jobcentre Plus is a matter for the chief executive of Jobcentre Plus, Darra Singh. I have asked him to provide the hon. Member with the information requested.
The Secretary of State has asked me to reply to your question asking how many jobcentres and Jobcentre Plus offices have telephone lines with the prefix (a) 0845 and (b) 0870. This is something that falls within the responsibilities delegated to Darra Singh as Chief Executive of Jobcentre Plus. As Darra Singh is currently on annual leave, I am replying in his absence.
The information requested is in the table below:
| The number of customer facing sites and offices which have numbers prefixed with (a) 0845 and (b) 0870 | |
| Total | |
| Source: Jobcentre Plus | |
The table identifies the number of sites using numbers prefixed by 0845/0870. This does not directly correlate to the number of actual 0845/0870 numbers in use.
Where 0845 numbers are used to deliver customer services, where possible alternative methods of contacting us are also provided. For example, online services for vacancy searching and submission, Job Points in Jobcentres for vacancy searching and "warm" phones are provided in Jobcentres which can be used to contact benefit enquiry lines.
The Department does not receive any income through its use of 0800 or 0845 telephone numbers. This use of 0800 and 0845 numbers is a balance between fairness and accessibility for our customers and value for money for the tax payer.
I hope that this is helpful.
Jobseeker's Allowance: Greater London
Luciana Berger: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what his estimate is of the number of (a) individuals and (b) lone parents who will have been on jobseeker's allowance for over 12 months by 2013 in Hornchurch and Upminster constituency. [9990]
Chris Grayling: The information is not available.
Jobseeker's Allowance: Liverpool
Luciana Berger: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what his estimate is of the number of people who will have been on jobseeker's allowance for more than 12 months in Liverpool, Wavertree constituency by 2013; and how many of those are lone parents. [9792]
Chris Grayling: The information is not available.
Jobseeker's Allowance: Lone Parents
Luciana Berger: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what his estimate is of the number of lone parents in receipt of jobseeker's allowance in Hornchurch and Upminster constituency. [9989]
Chris Grayling: In May 2010 there were 140 lone parents claiming jobseeker's allowance in Hornchurch and Upminster.
The figure has been rounded to the nearest five.
Mr Stewart Jackson: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many lone parents resident in Peterborough constituency were in receipt of jobseeker's allowance on 1 April in each year since 2008; and if he will make a statement. [10098]
Chris Grayling: Figures are provided in the following table:
| Lone parents claiming jobseeker's allowance in Peterborough | |
| 1 April each year | Number |
| Note: All figures have been rounded to the nearest 5. | |
The increase in the number of lone parents claiming jobseeker's allowance in Peterborough reflects a national trend that is a consequence of the change in the eligibility rules for income support. In October 2008 a lone parent could claim income support on grounds of being a lone parent until his or her youngest child reached 16. From November 2008 this has been reduced in steps to 10, and, under current legislation, will be further reduced to seven in October 2010. Budget 2010 announced that this age limit will be further lowered to the point when the youngest child turns school age.
The policy is an important part of the strategy to combat child poverty. The need to increase the rate of parental employment needs to be balanced against their caring responsibilities, and accordingly the jobseeker's allowance regime has been adapted for lone parents to ensure that those with children under the age of 13 can restrict their availability to school hours, and that non-availability of child care can constitute good cause for turning down an offer of employment.
Maternity Benefits
Heidi Alexander: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many Sure Start maternity grants were made to mothers for their second or subsequent child in Lewisham East constituency in 2009-10. [6584]
Gloria De Piero: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many Sure Start maternity grants were made to mothers in (a) Ashfield, (b) Argyll and Bute and (c) Na h-Eileanan an Iar constituency in respect of a second or subsequent child in 2009-10. [6644]
Steve Webb: A total of 274,000 Sure Start maternity grants were awarded in Great Britain in 2009-10. The exact number of awards for a second or subsequent maternity is not available, but is estimated to be 52% of all awards, around 143,000.
The number of awards made in 2009-10 is available by Government Office region or Jobcentre Plus Social Fund budget area only, not by constituency.
Note:
Both numbers have been rounded to the nearest 1,000.
Source:
For total number of awards: Department for Work and Pensions Social Fund Policy, Budget and Management Information System
Mortgages: Government Assistance
Steve Rotheram: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate he has made of the number of residents of Liverpool, Walton constituency in receipt of (a) income support, (b) jobseeker's allowance and (c) pension credits who will no longer have their full mortgage interest payment covered by support for mortgage interest payments under the proposals in the June 2010 Budget. [9979]
Steve Webb: This information is not available because the Department does not collect management information on the actual interest rates that apply to support for mortgage interest customers' loans.
Pension Credit: West Midlands
Ian Austin: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people in (a) the West midlands, (b) Dudley borough and (c) Dudley North constituency claim pension credit. [8202]
Steve Webb: The information is in the following table.
| Area | Pension credit individual beneficiaries | Pension credit household recipients |
| Notes: 1. Caseload figures are rounded to the nearest 10. 2. Pension credit household recipients are those people who claim pension credit either for themselves or on behalf of themselves and a partner. Individual beneficiaries are the number of claimants in addition to the number of partners for whom they are claiming. 3. Parliamentary constituencies are for the Westminster Parliament of May 2010. Source: DWP Information Directorate Work and Pensions Longitudinal Study 100% data as at November 2009 | ||
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