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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants had benefits sanctioned for failure to comply with a community service order in the last 12 months; what the sanction was; and over how long it operated, broken down by sex of claimant; what data he has...

Asked by

Lord Field of Birkenhead (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Work and Pensions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

22 July 2002

Reference

389 c815-8W; 66729;66721;66723;66722;66724

House

House of Commons

Dept for Work and Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many staff in (a) his Department and (b) each of its agencies with access to national insurance records were (i) disciplined, (ii) resigned and (iii) dismissed as a result of improprieties concerning their use of this access in 2000-01....

Asked by

Lord Field of Birkenhead (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Work and Pensions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

1 May 2002

For answer on

21 May 2002

Answered on

21 May 2002

Mr. Frank Field: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many staff in (a) his Department and (b) each of its agencies with access to national insurance records were (i) disciplined, (ii) resigned and (iii) dismissed as a result of improprieties concerning their use of this access in 2000-01. [54718] Malcolm Wicks: The Department treats very seriously any suspicions of unauthorised access by its officers and takes firm action in any cases that arise. Information on the number of cases in 2000-01 where misconduct was identified is in the table. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Number of cases Benefits Agency 50 Departmental directorates 1 War Pensions Agency 0 Child Support Agency 2 The Appeals Service 0 Employment Service 7 Total 60 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Note: DWP was only formed in 2001-02 and the Employment Service was formerly part of the Department for Education and Employment. Information on the outcomes of cases in 2000-01 is in the following table. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Disciplinary penalty Dismissed Resigned Other Benefits Agency 28 12 9 {1}1 Departmental directorates 1 0 0 0 War Pensions Agency 0 0 0 0 Child Support Agency 0 2 0 0 The Appeals Service 0 0 0 0 Employment Service 4 2 1 0 Total 33 16 10 1 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} No formal action was taken.

Date

21 May 2002

Reference

54718; 386 c296W;386 c295-6W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Work and Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many staff in (a) his Department and (b) each of its agencies (i) were disciplined, (ii) resigned and (iii) were dismissed after suspicions of fraud or corruption arose in 2000-01. - Inc table.

Asked by

Lord Field of Birkenhead (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Work and Pensions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

1 May 2002

For answer on

21 May 2002

Answered on

21 May 2002

Mr. Frank Field: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many staff in (a) his Department and (b) each of its agencies (i) were disciplined, (ii) resigned and (iii) were dismissed after suspicions of fraud or corruption arose in 2000-01. [54719] Malcolm Wicks: The Department treats very seriously any suspicions of fraud or corruption by its officers and takes firm action in any cases that arise. No instances of corruption were identified in 2000-01. Information on cases where misconduct as a consequence of fraud was identified in 2000-01 is in the table. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Number of cases Benefits Agency 65 Departmental directorates 10 War Pensions Agency 2 Child Support Agency 5 The Appeals Service 0 Employment Service 26 Total 108 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Note: DWP was only formed in 2001-02 and the Employment Service was formerly part of the Department for Education and Employment. Information on the outcomes of cases in 2000-01 is in the following table. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Disciplinary penalty Dismissed Resigned Other{ 1} Benefits Agency 31 14 9 11 Departmental directorates 9 0 0 1 War Pensions Agency 0 0 1 1 Child Support Agency 0 0 2 3 The Appeals Service 0 0 0 0 Employment Service 19 5 2 0 Total 59 19 14 16 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} Including cases not proven, not culpable, not yet decided, those where no further action has been taken and those where an appeal is ongoing.

Date

21 May 2002

Reference

54719; 386 c295-6W;386 c295W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Social Security;Social Security Benefits Agency

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many members of BASIS's Business Development Team are (a) under investigation for suspected fraud and (b) not discharging duties for some other reason. - Inc text of letter from Peter Mathison of Benefits Agency.

Asked by

Lord Field of Birkenhead (Labour)

Answering body

Social Security Benefits Agency

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

2 February 2000

For answer on

14 February 2000

Answered on

14 February 2000

Mr. Field: To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many members of BASIS's Business Development Team are (a) under investigation for suspected fraud and (b) not discharging duties for some other reason. [108960] Mr. Rooker: This is a matter for Peter Mathison, the Chief Executive of the Benefits Agency. He will write to my hon. Friend. Letter from Peter Mathison to Mr. Frank Field, dated 11 February 2000: The Secretary of State has asked me to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question about how many members of BASIS's Business Development Team are (a) under investigation for suspected fraud and (b) not discharging duties for some other reason. The Business Development Team provides a number of support services for the rest of BASIS and currently has 27 staff. All allegations and suspicions of fraud on the part of Benefits Agency (BA) staff are properly considered and fully investigated. Whilst some investigations do unearth irregularities on the part of the staff and result in various penalties for those involved, many establish that the individuals have acted with propriety and are not involved in inappropriate activities. It is important that investigations of this kind remain confidential, not only to protect innocent staff, but also to avoid alerting fraudulent staff to the fact that their activities are being examined. I hope you will accept therefore that it would be inappropriate to provide you with any details of investigations of suspected fraud by BA staff that may currently be underway. Information on fraud detected on the part of BA staff is available in Her Majesties Treasury Return published in January 2000. There are no members of the BASIS's Business Development Team that we would regard as not discharging their duties. I hope this is helpful.

Date

14 February 2000

Reference

344 c433-4W; 108960

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list for each health authority the expenditure on (a) damages for negligence and (b) out-of-court settlements for each of the last five years. - Inc table.

Asked by

Lord Field of Birkenhead (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

15 March 1999

For answer on

18 March 1999

Answered on

18 March 1999

Mr. Field: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list for each health authority the expenditure on (a) damages for negligence and (b) out-of-court settlements for each of the last five years. [77305] Mr. Hutton: Until recently, health authority accounts did not separate clinical negligence costs from others made under legal liability and personal injury. We cannot, therefore, give figures going back 5 years. In addition, the accounts do not distinguish between costs incurred through court awarded damages and those arising from out of court settlements. We are, however, able to give details of total clinical negligence costs by health authority (HA) for the last two years, and these are in the table. Health authority total expenses in respect to clinical negligence £000 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1996-97 1997-98 Health authority code Health authority Haa04c--mc9-340 Haa04c--sc340 QA2 Hillingdon HA (7) (423) QA3 Kensington, Chelsea & 2,016 511 Westminster HA QA4 Enfield & Haringey HA 6,834 362 QA5 Redbridge & Waltham Forest HA -- (111) QA6 Bedfordshire HA -- 500 QA7 Berkshire HA (733) 738 QA8 Buckinghamshire HA 1,108 2,923 QA9 Cambridge & Huntingdon HA -- 624 QAA Bexley & Greenwich HA (480) (1,301) QAC Bromley HA (442) 48 QAD Croydon HA 418 (787) QAE East Kent HA 2,377 1,150 QAF West Kent HA -- 2,199 QAG Kingston & Richmond HA -- 2,327 QAH Lambeth, Southwark & Lewisham 580 98 HA QAJ Merton, Sutton & Wandsworth HA 173 481 QAK East Surrey HA (126) 75 QAL West Surrey HA 1,787 (716) QAM East Sussex, Brighton & Hove HA 202 801 QAN West Sussex HA 965 208 QAP Barking & Havering HA -- 431 QAQ Barnet HA 389 572 QAR Brent & Harrow HA 1,608 508 QAT Camden & Islington HA 1,604 1,222 QAV Ealing, Hammersmith & Hounslow 10 210 HA QAW East London & The City HA 348 1,023 QAX North Essex HA 715 763 QAY South Essex HA 1,144 596 QC1 South Lancashire HA 57 (113) QC2 Liverpool HA 642 (228) QC3 Manchester HA -- 1,193 QC4 Morecambe Bay HA 117 295 QC5 St. Helens & Knowsley HA 1,033 (418) QC6 Salford & Trafford HA -- 979 QC7 Sefton HA 381 174 QC8 Stockport HA -- (1,051) QC9 West Pennine HA -- (124) QCA East Norfolk HA 1,189 1,400 QCC Northamptonshire HA 1,541 1,615 QCD North West Anglia HA 482 403 QCE Oxfordshire HA 1,480 54 QCF Suffolk HA 982 534 QCG Barnsley HA 926 18 QCH North Derbyshire HA 1,269 (343) QCJ South Derbyshire HA (38) 3 QCK Doncaster HA 939 (46) QCL Leicestershire HA -- 780 QCM Lincolnshire HA (360 843 QCN North Nottinghamshire HA 533 419 QCP Nottingham HA 611 347 QCQ Rotherham HA 3,814 1,117 QCR Sheffield HA -- 398 QCT Bury & Rochdale HA -- 491 QCV North Cheshire HA 307 1,179 QCW South Cheshire HA 976 515 QCX East Lancashire HA 682 (2,017) QCY North West Lancashire HA -- 557 QD1 North & Mid Hampshire HA 683 86 QD2 Portsmouth & South East 1,572 602 Hampshire HA QD3 Southampton & South West -- 456 Hampshire HA QD4 Isle of Wight HA 79 31 QD5 Somerset HA 367 201 QD6 South & West Devon HA 3,448 699 QD7 Wiltshire HA -- 41 QD8 Avon HA 371 684 QD9 Birmingham HA 3,577 2,526 QDA Wigan & Bolton HA -- 1,892 QDC Wirral HA 635 309 QDD Bradford HA 3,757 202 QDE County Durham HA 1,318 1,008 QDF East Riding HA 1,441 420 QDG Gateshead & South Tyneside HA 697 82 QDH Leeds HA 1,315 1,810 QDJ Newcastle & North Tyneside HA 5,957 -- QDK North Cumbria HA -- 539 QDL South Humber HA (586) 968 QDM Northumberland HA -- 122 QDN Sunderland HA 52 980 QDP Tees HA 2,272 1,293 QDQ Wakefield HA 1,374 (652) QDR North Yorkshire HA 526 264 QDT Calderdale & Kirklees HA -- 245 QDV Cornwall & Isles of Scilly HA -- 1,064 QDW Dorset HA 543 (578) QDX North & East Devon HA 183 294 QDY Gloucestershire HA 497 217 QEA Coventry HA QEC Dudley HA 688 2,196 QED Herefordshire HA (35) 149 QEE Sandwell HA 521 514 QEF Shropshire HA 698 562 QEG Solihull HA -- 919 QEH North Staffordshire HA 435 1,667 QEJ South Staffordshire HA -- 594 QEK Walsall HA 403 227 QEL Warwickshire HA -- (261) QEM Wolverhampton HA 800 85 QEN Worcestershire HA -- 236 QEP East & North Hertfordshire HA 342 216 QEQ West Hertfordshire HA 2,298 498 Total 74,281 47,688 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Notes: 1. Clinical Negligence was not separately identified in the accounts prior to 1997-98 2. Figures in brackets are where over provision has been made in previous years accounts Source: Health Authority Annual Accounts 1997-98

Date

18 March 1999

Reference

77305; 327 c742-3W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Trade and Industry

What assessment he has made of the efficiency and effectiveness of the Accountants Joint Disciplinary Scheme; and what plans he has to introduce a statutory scheme for investigating complaints concerning firms of accountants.

Asked by

Lord Field of Birkenhead (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

10 March 1997

Reference

18942; 292 c32W

House

House of Commons

Untitled Written question

To comment on implications for management of police operations relating to dangerous drugs in London of the conviction of Inspector Norman McGowan & Police Constable Michael Buchanan for theft of drugs.

Asked by

Lord Field of Birkenhead (Labour)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

17 June 1988

Reference

135 c327-8W;135 c323W

House

House of Commons

Untitled Written question

What is policy of Crown Prosecution Service re institution of prosecutions against police officers in cases where criminal charges against others are subsequently dropped & damages are awarded against the police & in cases where a defendant is acquitted & subsequently brings an action for wrongful arrest, false imprisonment or...

Asked by

Lord Field of Birkenhead (Labour)

Answering body

Attorney General

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

26 April 1988

Reference

132 c94W

House

House of Commons

Untitled Written question

To call for report from Commissioner of Police of Metropolis about no of cases involving charges of drugs possession made by his officers in which these charges have been dropped in wake of allegations of wrongful arrest, false imprisonment or malicious prosecution brought against police & on amount of damages...

Asked by

Lord Field of Birkenhead (Labour)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

25 April 1988

Reference

132 c1W

House

House of Commons

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