Table 4 : Destination of off-flows from jobseeker’s allowance for each London borough and the UK from January 2009 to December 200 9

Into paid employment (1) Other specified reasons Not known (2) Total

Barking and Dagenham

3,180

2,675

7,925

13,780

Barnet

4,930

3,385

10,355

18,670

Bexley

4,305

2,125

6,240

12,670

Brent

5,245

3,395

12,535

21,170

Bromley

4,935

2,555

7,415

14,905

Camden

3,235

2,765

7,270

13,270

City of London

60

45

115

220

Croydon

6,220

4,200

12,430

22,850

Ealing

4,955

4,605

10,190

19,750

Enfield

4,710

4,390

11,250

20,350

Greenwich

4,935

3,640

9,845

18,415

Hackney

4,950

5,560

11,395

21,900

Hammersmith and Fulham

3,155

2,730

6,275

12,155

Haringey

4,440

3,535

11,395

19,370

Harrow

3,240

2,240

6,700

12,180

Havering

4,425

2,240"

6,950

13,610

Hillingdon

3,735

2,440

8,640

14,810

Hounslow

3,725

3,375

8,720

15,825

Islington

3,970

3,330

7,535

14,835

Kensington and Chelsea

1,690

1,570

4,020

7,285

Kingston upon Thames

2,180

1,060

3,730

6,970

Lambeth

5,225

4,170

14,270

23,665

Lewisham

5,440

4,175

12,975

22,590

Merton

2,750

1,795

5,820

10,365

Newham

4,900

4,530

12,200

21,630

Redbridge

3,945

3,260

10,350

17,555

Richmond upon Thames

2,415

1,130

3,615

7,160

Southwark

4,905

2,725

11,940

19,570

Sutton

3,060

1,485

5,565

10,110

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Tower Hamlets

5,005

3,810

12,170

20,985

Waltham Forest

4,210

3,825

11,595

19,625

Wandsworth

4,035

2,495

9,340

15,870

Westminster

2,625

2,260

6,085

10,970

United Kingdom

1,367,815

662,400

1,737,235

3,767,450

Table 5 : Destination of off-flows from jobseeker’s allowance for each London borough and the UK from January 2010 to December 20 10

Into paid employment (1) Other specified reasons Not known (2) Total

Barking and Dagenham

4,260

2,780

7,645

14,685

Barnet

5,750

3,365

9,300

18,415

Bexley

4,960

2,085

5,550

12,595

Brent

6,305

3,580

13,290

23,175

Bromley

5,585

2,640

7,150

15,375

Camden

4,235

2,965

7,160

14,360

City of London

70

50

90

205

Croydon

7,965

4,450

12,935

25,350

Ealing

6,680

5,120

11,450

23,255

Enfield

6,210

4,385

11,430

22,025

Greenwich

5,855

3,675

9,460

18,990

Hackney

6,450

4,395

11,815

22,660

Hammersmith and Fulham

3,630

2,280

6,450

12,360

Haringey

6,155

3,625

11,550

21,335

Harrow

3,485

2,410

6,760

12,655

Havering

5,115

2,380

6,715

14,215

Hillingdon

5,060

3,015

9,040

17,115

Hounslow

4,345

3,480

9,880

17,700

Islington

5,595

3,615

7,665

16,875

Kensington and Chelsea

2,110

1,530

3,965

7,605

Kingston upon Thames

2,615

1,100

3,465

7,180

Lambeth

7,250

4,145

14,275

25,670

Lewisham

6,635

4,530

12,510

23,670

Merton

3,475

2,065

5,360

10,905

Newham

6,305

4,485

12,865

23,660

Redbridge

4,690

3,130

9,880

17,695

Richmond upon Thames

2,535

1,150

3,315

7,000

Southwark

5,820

3,490

12,150

21,460

Sutton

3,565.

1,530

4,925

10,020

Tower Hamlets

6,625

3,740

11,600

21,960

Waltham Forest

5,340

3,710

11,205

20,255

Wandsworth

5,065

2,450

8,720

16,240

Westminster

3,440

2,605

5,990

12,035

United Kingdom

1,538,330

686,925

1,715,415

3,940,670

(1) Either found work or increased work to 16+ hours/week. (2) Includes ceased claiming and failed to sign. Note: Data are rounded to the nearest five.

Poverty: Children

Annette Brooke: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will publish his Department's assessment of the effect on child poverty of his proposal to reduce the additional financial support within child

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tax credits and income support for families with disabled children in receipt of low and medium rate care component of Disability Living Allowance (DLA) and/or mobility component of DLA. [53300]

Maria Miller: Under universal credit the cash additions for families with disabled children and the cash additions for adults will be aligned, with the higher rate over £52 a year more than the current rate. The Government will also extend eligibility for the higher rate to children who are severely visually impaired (currently only entitled to the disabled child element). Eligibility for the disabled child additions will, as now, be linked to the rate of disability living allowance they receive. The impact on child poverty of this approach will be included in the next version of the Welfare Reform Bill's impact assessment which we expect to publish before the Lords Committee stage.

Social Security Benefits

David T. C. Davies: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much was paid in benefits to people domiciled outside the UK in each of the last three years. [53187]

Chris Grayling: The information is in the table. Data for 2010-11 are not yet available.

Overseas benefit expenditure, 2007-08 to 2009-10

2007-08 2008-09 2009-10

Overseas expenditure (£ million)

2,451.4

2,634.9

2,849.4

Total DWP benefit expenditure (£ million)

125,457.8

134,906.6

147,069.4

Overseas proportion (percentage)

2.0

2.0

1.9

Notes: 1. Benefits included: Attendance Allowance Bereavement benefits Carers Allowance Disability Living Allowance Employment and Support Allowance Incapacity Benefit Income Support Jobseeker's Allowance Pension Credit Severe Disablement Allowance State Pension Winter Fuel Payments 2. Around 97% of overseas expenditure is on state pension. 3. Benefit expenditure data, including overseas figures, may be found here: http://research.dwp.gov.uk/asd/asd4/index.php?page=expenditure Source: DWP statistical and accounting data.

Social Security Benefits: Autism

Mr Brine: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will consider the merits of allowing people with an autism spectrum disorder to appoint an independent advocate to help them during the benefits assessment process. [53320]

Chris Grayling: We recognise that attending any medical assessment can be a stressful experience, and these will not be carried out if there is enough existing evidence on the customer’s current condition to decide entitlement to the particular benefit in question. The healthcare professionals who carry out the examinations are trained

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in assessing vulnerable customers, and when people are asked to come for an assessment they are positively encouraged to bring someone with them, this may be an advocate.

Additionally, there are already provisions in place for individuals who have more severe conditions and are unable to act on their own behalf. In these circumstances an advocate may be appointed to act on the individual's behalf and take responsibility for all matters relating to their welfare benefits.

Social Security Benefits: Scotland

Pamela Nash: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much benefit was paid to claimants in Airdrie and Shotts constituency in 2010-11; and what estimate has been made of the level of payments in 2011-12. [53032]

Chris Grayling: Benefit expenditure by parliamentary constituency is not available for all benefits, and outturn benefit expenditure for 2010-11 is not yet available. Expenditure in Airdrie and Shotts constituency in 2009-10 on the benefits listed was £196.3 million.

Benefits included:

Attendance Allowance

Bereavement benefits

Carers Allowance

Disability Living Allowance

Employment and Support Allowance

Incapacity Benefit

Income Support

Jobseeker’s Allowance

Pension Credit

Severe Disablement Allowance

State Pension

Winter Fuel Payments

These benefits accounted for 80.1 % of DWP benefit expenditure in 2009-10.

Note:

Benefit expenditure tables, including constituency-level tables, are published at:

http://research.dwp.gov.uk/asd/asd4/index.php?page=expenditure

Source:

DWP statistical and accounting data, and DWP benefit expenditure forecasts, Budget 2011.

State Retirement Pensions

Rachel Reeves: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) how many of those estimated to face a delay in reaching state pension age of exactly two years as a result of the proposed new timetable for accelerating state pension age live in (a) Yorkshire and the Humber, (b) the North East, (c) the North West, (d) the East Midlands, (e) the West Midlands, (f) London, (g) the South East, (h) the South West and (i) the East of England; [53644]

(2) how many of those estimated to face a delay in reaching state pension age of exactly two years as a result of the proposed new timetable for accelerating state pension age live in (a) Scotland, (b) Wales and (c) Northern Ireland. [53645]

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Steve Webb: I refer the hon. Member to the written answer I gave on 31 January 2011, Official Report, column 591W.

Mr Betts: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions with reference to his Department's consultation document, A state pension for the 21st century, what steps he is taking to ensure compliance with age discrimination legislation of the proposals contained in that consultation to increase the basic state pension from a certain date for new pensioners. [53646]

Steve Webb: The Government are currently consulting on two high level options for state pension reform and are mindful of the need to take account of wider legal obligations, including on age discrimination, as part of ongoing policy development.

It should be noted that both options for reform set out in the Government's consultation paper are designed to be cost neutral, and would therefore not involve additional expenditure on state pensions for new pensioners compared with if the current system were continued.

If, following consultation, the proposals are taken further, the Government will produce a White Paper and impact assessment which will consider issues such as age discrimination as a matter of course.

Rachel Reeves: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people who will experience a delay in their state pension age of more than a year as a result of the proposed timetable for accelerating the state pension age live in (a) each region, (b) Scotland, (c) Wales and (d) Northern Ireland. [53647]

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Steve Webb: The Department's estimates, made on the basis of the mid-2009 office for National Statistics population estimates, of the approximate number of women whose state pension age will increase by more than a year are set out in the following table:


Thousands

East Midlands

38

East of England

49

London

52

North East

23

North West

58

South East

71

South West

47

West Midlands

45

Yorkshire and Humber

43

Scotland

46

Wales

27

Northern Ireland

14

Work Capability Assessment

Ian Lavery: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether the budget allocated for the implementation of the revised work capability assessment (WCA) includes the cost of implementing any recommendations arising from Professor Harrington’s independent review of WCA. [53159]

Chris Grayling: No, the implementation of the recommendations contained within Professor Harrington’s independent review will be funded from alternative departmental sources.