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Details of the effect on the Leeds Central constituency and Leeds LEA of a range of Department for Education and Employment policies. DfEE. 2000.

Deposited by

Department for Education and Employment

Type

Deposited papers

Date

22 December 2000

Reference

Dep 00/1888

House

House of Commons

Bassam of Brighton, Lord

How many asylum applicants accommodated in the south-east of England have been required by the Immigration and Nationality Department to attend interviews in Liverpool; and in how many instances has: (a) the Nationality Asylum Support Service (NASS) had to provide a ticket, and at what cost; (b) the NASS had...

Asked by

Lord Harris of Haringey (Labour)

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

21 December 2000

Reference

HL 134; 620 c73WA

House

House of Lords

Westminster Hall adjournment debate on crime and prostitution in Leeds

Westminster Hall adjournment debate on crime and prostitution in Leeds.

Lead member

Fabian Hamilton

Answering member

Charles Clarke

Department

Home Office

Type

Adjournment debates

Date

19 December 2000

Reference

360 c89-96WH;360 c47-54WH

House

House of Commons

Dept of Social Security

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, when he will publish the inspection report of the Benefit Fraud Inspectorate in respect of Leeds City Council. (Report in Library Dep 00/1867).

Asked by

Bob Blizzard (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Social Security

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

18 December 2000

For answer on

19 December 2000

Answered on

19 December 2000

Mr. Blizzard: To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security when he will publish the inspection report of the Benefit Fraud Inspectorate in respect of Leeds City Council. [143659] Mr. Rooker: The Benefit Fraud Inspectorate (BFI) report was published today in respect of the Leeds City Council and copies of the report have been placed in the Library. The report provides recommendations aimed at helping the council address weaknesses and to improve the administration of Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit, as well as its counter fraud activities. Inspectors report that there is no doubting Leeds' desire to provide a good service to benefit claimants and at the time of the inspection the council was processing new claims quickly, an important component of the quality of service available to claimants. The council has, to its credit, implemented the Verification Framework; however, inspectors found that there were weaknesses in verification and consider that the council could strike a better balance between clearance rates and the need to verify claims. Although Leeds has implemented the Verification Framework (VF), Inspectors found there were weaknesses in verification. At the time of inspection, Leeds processed new claims quickly, which contributed significantly to the quality of service offered to claimants. Nonetheless, inspectors considered that the council could strike a better balance between clearance rates and the need to verify claims. Inspectors found that Leeds makes effective use of management information to manage the workload, resulting in no significant arrears of new claims. However, the report notes that the council did not renew any claims for most of 1999 as it was changing its IT system to support the implementation of VF. This created significant backlogs, contravened regulations and has potential subsidy implications for the authority. The BFI notes the council's commitment to tackling fraud but reports that the standard of fraud investigations is inadequate, with most investigations only scratching the surface. The report recommends that Leeds should improve the quality of its investigative work and develop a corporate counter fraud policy and strategy. My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State is now considering the report and will be asking the council for its proposals in response to the findings and recommendations of the BFI.

Date

19 December 2000

Reference

360 c99W; 143659

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will make a statement on the effect on the Leeds Central constituency of his Department's policies and actions since 2nd May 1997. - Details placed in Library. (Dep 00/1888).

Asked by

Hilary Benn (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Education and Employment

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

15 December 2000

Reference

359 c278-9W;359 c276-7W; 141310

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what the total spending was on schools in Leeds Local Education Authority in each of the last 10 years in (a) cash and (b) real terms; and what was the spending per pupil on the same basis in that period....

Asked by

Hilary Benn (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Education and Employment

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

6 November 2000

For answer on

30 November 2000

Answered on

30 November 2000

Mr. Hilary Benn: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what the total spending was on schools in Leeds Local Education Authority in each of the last 10 years in (a) cash and (b) real terms; and what was the spending per pupil on the same basis in that period. [137367] Ms Estelle Morris: Spending on schools in Leeds, from 1990-91 to 1998-99, the latest year for which this information is available, is set out in the following table. The figures are based on Net Institutional Expenditure and expressed in cash terms and at 2000-01 prices. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Net Institutional Expenditure Per pupil (a) cash (b) real terms (a) cash (b) real terms £000 £000 £ £ 1990-91 172,020 230,710 1,670 2,240 1991-92 194,360 245,580 1,870 2,360 1992-93 203,800 257,510 1,920 2,350 1993-94 205,810 245,320 1,900 2,270 1994-95 213,080 250,470 1,940 2,280 1995-96 219,810 251,160 1,990 2,270 1996-97 228,860 253,340 2,060 2,280 1997-98 226,080 243,370 2,030 2,180 1998-99 248,240 259,640 2,220 2,320 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. The following table sets out the resources made available to Leeds local education authority since 1995-96. The special and specific grant totals include the money for schools announced in the Budget on 21 March 2000. These figures are not directly comparable with the net institutional expenditure figures set out: they show an increase in funding per pupil of £60 in real terms between 1995-96 and 1997-98; with a much larger real terms increase over the last three years of £430 per pupil. Funding per pupil at 2000-01 prices{ 1} £ per pupil _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Standard Spending Assessment Special and Specific Grants SSA and Special/ Specific Grants 1995-96 2,440 30 2,470 1996-97 2,470 30 2,490 1997-98 2,490 40 2,530 1998-99 2,550 40 2,590 1999-00 2,610 120 2,730 2000-01 2,680 280 2,960 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} Figures have been rounded to the nearest £10. It is not possible to provide comparable figures from before 1995-96, because of changes to the SSA methodology between 1994-95 and 1995-96.

Date

30 November 2000

Reference

357 c813W;357 c814W; 137367

House

House of Commons

Dept of Social Security;Social Security Benefits Agency

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many people in (a) the City of Leeds and (b) the Leeds Central constitutency have been in receipt of (i) income support, (ii) disability living allowance, (iii) incapacity benefit, (iv) unemployment benefit and (v) housing benefit in each of the...

Asked by

Hilary Benn (Labour)

Answering body

Social Security Benefits Agency

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

9 November 2000

For answer on

17 November 2000

Answered on

17 November 2000

Mr. Hilary Benn: To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many people in (a) the City of Leeds and (b) the Leeds, Central constituency have been in receipt of (i) Income Support, (ii) Disability Living Allowance, (iii) Incapacity Benefit, (iv) Unemployment Benefit and (v) Housing Benefit in each of the last 10 years. [138261] Mr. Bayley: The administration of benefits is a matter for Alexis Cleveland, the Chief Executive of the Benefits Agency. She will write to my hon. Friend. Letter from Alexis Cleveland to Mr. Hilary Benn, dated 16 November 2000: The Secretary of State for Social Security has asked me to respond to your recent Parliamentary Question asking how many people in (a) the City of Leeds and (b) the Leeds Central constituency have been in receipt of (i) income support, (ii) disability living allowance, (iii) incapacity benefit, (iv) unemployment benefit, and (v) housing benefit in each of the last 10 years. The data is not available in the requested format, however, the information that is available is supplied in the attached tables. I hope this is helpful. (i) Income Support claimants _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Year Leeds local authority Leeds, Central constituency May 1990 59,500 -- May 1991 61,100 -- May 1992 68,100 -- May 1993 74,600 -- May 1994 75,500 -- May 1995 71,000 -- May 1996 69,300 -- May 1997 48,500 -- May 1998 47,700 -- August 1998 -- 10,500 May 1999 46,900 10,300 May 2000 47,300 10,800 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Notes: 1. Constituency information represents constituency boundaries as at May 1997. 2. Parliamentary constituency data are only available from August 1998 onwards. These data were collated in the quarterly statistics as quoted in source, but data prior to August 1998 could not be collected as there was no methodology to collate the information at this time. 3. The numbers are based on either 1 per cent. or 5 per cent. sample data and are therefore subject to a degree of sampling error. 4. Numbers are rounded to the nearest hundred. 5. Income Support Figures prior to 1997 include unemployed cases. 6. Jobseeker's Allowance replaced Unemployment Benefit and Income Support for the unemployed from October 1996. Sources: Income Support Statistics Quarterly Enquiries, May 1990-May 1994 (1 per cent. samples) Income Support Statistics Quarterly Enquiries, May 1995-May 2000 (5 per cent. samples) (ii) Disability Living Allowance recipients _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Year Leeds local authority Leeds, Central constituency May 1993 15,800 -- May 1994 17,300 -- May 1995 19,900 -- May 1996 21,500 -- May 1997 23,300 -- May 1998 24,705 4,543 May 1999 24,997 4,567 May 2000 26,054 4,702 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Notes: 1. Constituency information represents constituency boundaries as at May 1997. 2. Parliamentary constituency data are only available from 1998 onwards. 3. Incomplete regional data also means that local authority or constituency estimates are not available for DLA prior to 1993. Reliable postcodes were held on the DLA computer system but the postcodes held on the Mobility Allowance and Attendance Allowance computer systems were unreliable and missing for many cases. The quarterly sample is drawn from all three computer systems and therefore the postcode data was incomplete. 4. Figures up to 1997 are rounded to the nearest hundred, based on either 1 per cent. or 5 per cent. sample data and are therefore subject to a degree of sampling error. 5. The years 1998 onwards which are based on 100 per cent. data and are not rounded. Source: Information Centre sample data (DLA) (iii) Incapacity Benefit recipients _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Year Leeds local authority Leeds, Central constituency May 1995 21,100 -- May 1996 20,900 -- May 1997 19,800 -- May 1998 18,700 3,300 May 1999 17,600 2,900 May 2000 16,600 2,800 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Notes: 1. Constituency information represents constituency boundaries as at May 1997. 2. Parliamentary constituency data are only available from 1998 onwards. 3. Incapacity Benefit replaced Sickness and Invalidity Benefits on 13 April 1995. Prior to this local authority information is not available, as postcodes were not present on the data sets. 4. The numbers are based on 5 per cent. sample data and are therefore subject to a degree of sampling error. 5. Numbers are rounded to the nearest hundred. 6. Incapacity Benefit figures exclude a small number of cases held clerically. 7. For Incapacity Benefit a rating factor has been used on figures for the Leeds Local Authority from May 1996 to May 1999, to account for missing postcodes. Source: Incapacity Benefit: Figures are taken from 5 per cent. samples of the benefit computer system (iv) Unemployment Benefit/Jobseeker's Allowance claimants by parliamentary constituency/local authority _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Year Leeds local authority Leeds, Central constituency November 1996 23,500 -- May 1997 20,500 -- May 1998 16,800 -- August 1998 -- 4,900 May 1999 16,300 4,400 May 2000 14,900 4,300 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Notes: 1. Constituency information represents constituency boundaries as at May 1997. 2. Parliamentary constituency data are only available from 1998 onwards. 3. Jobseeker's Allowance numbers include claimants receiving either Income-based and/or contribution-based JSA and claimants receiving no benefit, but sign for National Insurance credits only. 4. Jobseeker's Allowance replaced Unemployment Benefit and Income Support for the unemployed from October 1996. The Benefits Agency does not hold figures for Unemployment Benefit by either parliamentary constituency or local authority. 5. Estimates for local authority areas or parliamentary constituency are not available for Unemployment Benefit. 6. Numbers are rounded to the nearest hundred. 7. The numbers are based on 5 per cent. sample data and are therefore subject to a degree of sampling error. Source: Jobseeker's Allowance Statistics Quarterly Enquiries, November 1996 to May 2000 (5 per cent. samples) (v) Housing Benefit recipients _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Year Leeds local authority May 1992 71,970 May 1993 72,760 May 1994 72,910 May 1995 73,550 May 1996 72,500 May 1997 69,950 May 1998 67,590 May 1999 65,720 May 2000 62,840 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Notes: 1. Parliamentary constituency data are unavailable for Housing Benefit. 2. Housing Benefit figures are rounded to the nearest ten. 3. Housing Benefit figures are based on 100 per cent. data. 4. Housing Benefit data refer to benefit units, which may be a single person or a couple. 5. Housing Benefit figures exclude Extended Payment cases, which were only available from May 1997. Source: Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit quarterly 100 per cent. case load counts taken on the second Thursday in May of each year quoted.

Date

17 November 2000

Reference

356 c801-4W; 138261

House

House of Commons

Dept of the Environment Transport and the Regions

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what his latest estimate is of the number of (a) hostel places for rough sleepers available and (b) rough sleepers in (i) London, (ii) Liverpool, (iii) Leeds, (iv) Birmingham and (v) Manchester. - Inc table.

Asked by

Nigel Waterson (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

7 November 2000

For answer on

15 November 2000

Answered on

15 November 2000

Mr. Waterson: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what his latest estimate is of the number of (a) hostel places for rough sleepers available and (b) rough sleepers in (i) London, (ii) Liverpool, (iii) Leeds, (iv) Birmingham and (v) Manchester. [138001] Ms Armstrong: Each of the cities mentioned has a large number of hostels providing a range of different types of accommodation. Information about the extent of emergency access provision that can be accessed by rough sleepers is collected locally and contained in the table. The table also contains the single night street count figures for each area as at June 2000. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Emergency access accommodation{ 1} Number of rough sleepers Greater London 2,574 546 Liverpool 42 19 Leeds 249 17 Birmingham 260 23 Manchester 66 23 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} Number of beds

Date

15 November 2000

Reference

356 c655W; 138001

House

House of Commons

Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what support the National Asylum Support Service is providing for the asylum seekers living in the Angel Heights hostel in Leeds; and if he will make a statement.

Asked by

Hilary Benn (Labour)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

14 November 2000

Reference

356 c632-3W;356 c633W; 135831

House

House of Commons

Dept of the Environment Transport and the Regions

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many properties in the Leeds Central parliamentary constituency have benefited from improvements funded through the Home Energy Efficiency Scheme in each of the last 10 years. - Including table and figures.

Asked by

Hilary Benn (Labour)

Answering body

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

8 November 2000

For answer on

14 November 2000

Answered on

14 November 2000

Mr. Hilary Benn: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions how many properties in the Leeds, Central parliamentary constituency have benefited from improvements funded through the Home Energy Efficiency Scheme in each of the last 10 years. [138073] Mr. Meacher: The table identifies the number of properties receiving insulation measures and value of grant for each of the last 10 financial years. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Financial year Number of grants Value of grants (£000) 1991-92 761 91.5 1992-93 629 87.8 1993-94 1,309 190.7 1994-95 1,298 206.4 1995-96 1,843 259.2 1996-97 1,457 203.4 1997-98 1,377 191.1 1998-99 952 137.2 1999-2000 1,163 153.3 2000-2001 {1}85 75.8 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} A further 503 households are awaiting permission from the social or private landlords for work to be carried out The new Home Energy Efficiency Scheme (HEES) for England was launched on 1 June 2000. It replaced the more basic scheme that operated since 1991. HEES provides packages of insulation and heating measures, linked to the condition of the property and the type of householder. The grant maximum increased from £315 up to £2,000. As a consequence, the average value of work per household has substantially increased.

Date

14 November 2000

Reference

356 c583-4W; 138073

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with the Children's Society about the Safe House in Leeds; and if he will make a statement.

Asked by

Hilary Benn (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

2 November 2000

Reference

355 c601-2W; 136096

House

House of Commons

Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what funding has been made available by his Department to projects in England to combat incompetent and dishonest builders as part of crime initiatives; what funding has been made available by his Department to projects in Leeds to combat incompetent...

Asked by

Tim Loughton (Conservative)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

26 October 2000

Reference

355 c216-7W; 134853;134852

House

House of Commons

Lords statement on derailment of a GNER train from Kings Cross to Leeds at Hatfield

Lords statement on derailment of a GNER train from Kings Cross to Leeds at Hatfield.

Lead member

Lord Macdonald of Tradeston

Department

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Type

Ministerial statements

Date

19 October 2000

Reference

617 c1196-208

House

House of Lords

Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of whether the Angel Heights hostel in Leeds meets the standards set down by the National Asylum Support Service.

Asked by

Hilary Benn (Labour)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

28 July 2000

Reference

133452; 354 c1166-7W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Social Security

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, when Fresco Interiors will receive payment of their invoice of 14th May for flooring work undertaken at his Department's offices at Quarry Hill in Leeds; if the contract for the maintenance of his Department's premises at Quarry House in Leeds contains...

Asked by

Hilary Benn (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Social Security

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

13 July 2000

Reference

353 c638W;353 c636-7W; 130461;130462;130463

House

House of Commons

Dept for Culture Media and Sport

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what representations he has received concerning Hawksworth Hall, near Leeds; and if he will make a statement. - (Holding answer 19 June 2000).

Asked by

Peter Ainsworth (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

21 June 2000

Reference

352 c234W; 126871

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will list the standard spending assessment for education in Leeds in (a) 1998-99, (b) 1999-2000 and (c) 2000-01 and the actual spending and planned spending by the local authority on education in those years. - Includes table.

Asked by

George Mudie (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Education and Employment

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

7 June 2000

For answer on

14 June 2000

Answered on

14 June 2000

Mr. Mudie: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will list the standard spending assessment for education in Leeds in (a) 1998-99, (b) 1999-2000 and (c) 2000-01 and the actual spending and planned spending by the local authority on education in those years. [125425] Ms Estelle Morris: The following table sets out, for Leeds Local Education Authority, the Education Standard Spending Assessment for (a) 1998-99 (b) 1999-2000 and (c) 2000-01; the planned spending by the local authority on education for each of these years; the actual spending on education for 1998-99, the latest year for which such information is available; and the total resources available per pupil (5-15) through SSA and special and specific grant for all three years. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1998-99 1999-2000 2000-01 Education SSA (£ million) 278.7 292.4 306.6 Budget (£ million) 297 306.6 315.2 Net revenue expenditure (£ 292.6 -- -- million) SSA + Special and Specific Grant 2,505 2,683 2,937 per pupil (5-15) (£) _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Note: Budget figures are based on education budgeted net revenue expenditure taken from information reported by the authority on the RA and RA(SG) forms. The comparable outturn figure is based on information on the RO1, RS and RG Outturn forms. Net revenue expenditure figures include an estimate of education CERA made centrally, based on information in the forms.

Date

14 June 2000

Reference

125425; 351 c630W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Culture Media and Sport

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will make a statement on the financial position of the Royal Armouries Museum in Leeds. - Includes figure.

Asked by

Peter Ainsworth (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

13 June 2000

Reference

125904; 351 c571W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Culture Media and Sport

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, How many families in the Elmet constituency will benefit from the introduction of free television licences for households with a member aged 75 years or over. (Failed OPQ). - Ref to 345 c350W.

Asked by

Colin Burgon (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

12 June 2000

Reference

351 c497W; 123690

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what is his Department's estimate of the annual savings resulting from the location of NHS Executive staff in Quarry House, Leeds rather than in London. - Includes figure.

Asked by

Frank Dobson (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

7 June 2000

Reference

124399; 351 c251W

House

House of Commons

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