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Written question asked by Tom Cox (Labour) on Wednesday, 7 February 2001, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 9 February 2001. It was answered by Melanie Johnson (Labour) on Friday, 9 February 2001 on behalf of the Treasury.

Treasury

Question
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will set out with statistical information relating as directly as possible to the Tooting, Wandsworth parliamentary constituency, the effect of his Department's policies and actions since 1st May 1997 on this constituency. - Includes figures.
Answer

Mr. Cox: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will set out with statistical information relating as directly as possible to the Tooting parliamentary constituency, the effect of his Department's policies and actions since 1 May 1997 on this constituency. [149868] Miss Melanie Johnson: Tooting, along with the rest of the United Kingdom, is benefiting form the long-term action we have taken to build economic stability and secure high and stable levels of growth and employment. Since the general election, claimant unemployment in the constituency has fallen by 2,298, or 55 per cent., youth unemployment is down by 85 per cent., and long-term unemployment has fallen by 77 per cent. Macro-economic stability is being complemented at the micro-economic level by the Government's policies to ease the transition from welfare into work and to make work pay. To the end of November 2000, the New Deal for 18 to 24-year-olds had helped 1,029 young people in the Tooting constituency gain valuable skills and experience--413 (40 per cent.) of whom had moved into employment. The Working Families Tax Credit (WFTC), introduced in October 1999, is helping to make work pay for low and middle-income families. In August 2000, 900 families in the constituency were benefiting from WFTC. The Government are also committed to developing policies which enable all pensioners to share in the country's rising prosperity. As a result of the recent pre-Budget report, all pensions, including 10,000 in Tooting, will receive an above-inflation increase in the basic state pension from April 2001. Single pensioners will receive an extra £5 a week and couples will receive an extra £8 a week. All pensioners aged 75 or over have also been entitled to a free TV licence since November 2000--including around 6,600 in Tooting.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
149868; 362 c779-80W
Session
2000-01
Subjects
Government departments Treasury Tooting
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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