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2000-01
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many golden hellos and golden handcuffs are being offered to doctors (a) practising and (b) encouraged to practice in (i) Pendle and (ii) the East Lancashire Health Authority area; and if he will make a statement. - No figures given.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many golden hellos and golden handcuffs are being offered to doctors (a) practising and (b) encouraged to practice in (i) Pendle and (ii) the East Lancashire Health Authority area; and if he will make a statement. - No figures given.
Asked by
Gordon Prentice
(Labour)
Answered by
John Denham
(Labour)
Answering body
Department of Health
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
24 April 2001
For answer on
3 May 2001
Answered on
3 May 2001
Mr. Gordon Prentice: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many golden hellos and golden handcuffs are being offered to
doctors (a) practising and (b) encouraged to practice in (i) Pendle and (ii) the East Lancashire health authority area; and if he
will make a statement. [159380]
Mr. Denham: East Lancashire health authority has received a number of expressions of interest in "golden hellos" and is awaiting
further information about the scheme. The final details are subject to consultation with the British Medical Association and these
will be circulated when confirmed.
Subjects
Doctors; Recruitment; Lancashire; Pendle
Date
3 May 2001
Reference
159380; 367 c762W
House
House of Commons
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people in Pendle benefited from the introduction of the national minimum wage; and how many are estimated to benefit from its recent increase. - Text of letter from Karen Dunnell of the Office for National Statistics.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people in Pendle benefited from the introduction of the national minimum wage; and how many are estimated to benefit from its recent increase. - Text of letter from Karen Dunnell of the Office for National Statistics.
Asked by
Gordon Prentice
(Labour)
Answered by
Stephen Timms
(Labour)
Answering body
Treasury
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
5 April 2001
For answer on
10 April 2001
Answered on
10 April 2001
Mr. Gordon Prentice: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people in Pendle benefited from the introduction of the
national minimum wage; and how many are estimated to benefit from its recent increase. [157772]
Mr. Timms: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician. I have asked him to reply.
Letter from Karen Dunnell to Mr. Gordon Prentice, dated 10 April 2001:
The National Statistician has been asked to reply to your recent question about the number of people in Pendle who have benefited
from the introduction of the national minimum wage (NMW), and the number who will benefit from the increase to £4.10 (157772). I am
replying in his absence.
The Office for National Statistics has published estimates of the number of jobs paid at less than NMW rates for 1998, 1999 and
2000. These estimates are based on an improved methodology using data from the New Earnings Survey (NES) and Labour Force Survey
(LFS). This methodology provides the best estimates for the number of jobs in the UK paid below low hourly rate thresholds and was
developed to overcome the deficiencies inherent in using the NES and LFS separately for measuring low pay.
Estimates for the United Kingdom and Government Office Regions are posted on the National Statistics website at:
www.statistics.gov.uk/nsbase/themes/labour market/ nmw lowpay tables.asp
Estimates for Parliamentary Constituencies of numbers of jobs paid below NMW rates are not available on the basis of the methodology
applied for producing the national and regional level figures.
Subjects
Minimum wage; Uprating; Pendle
Date
10 April 2001
Reference
157772; 366 c528W
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what initiatives embarked upon since May 1997 have benefited Pendle; and if he will make a statement. - Inc figures.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what initiatives embarked upon since May 1997 have benefited Pendle; and if he will make a statement. - Inc figures.
Asked by
Gordon Prentice
(Labour)
Answered by
Lord Smith of Finsbury
(Labour)
Answering body
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
7 February 2001
For answer on
19 March 2001
Answered on
19 March 2001
Mr. Gordon Prentice: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what initiatives embarked upon since May 1997 have
benefited Pendle; and if he will make a statement. [149911]
Mr. Chris Smith: A number of initiatives embarked upon since May 1997 have benefited Pendle.
35 lottery awards have been made totalling £1,716,879 from the national lottery since 2 May 1997. This includes one award from the
millennium festival totalling £25,000.
In addition, the new opportunities fund cancer care programme awarded £220,605 to the hospice care for Burnley and Pendle--this
project will build on current services for cancer patients by providing a 24-hour homecare service. It aims to give carers in
Burnley and Pendle support during the night. The fund's out of school hours child-care programme has awarded £27,000 to the Lakeview
children's nursery--this grant will create 30 before and 30 after-school places, creating a total of 60 places for children aged
5-14 in a rural area of Lancashire. Ten primary schools within a five-mile radius will benefit from the scheme.
Seventeen millennium award winners have been identified from Pendle and between them they have received grants totalling £25,218.
English Heritage grants offered since 1 May 1997 for the Pendle constituency are:
_________________________________________________________________________________________________.
£000
Heritage Economic Regeneration Schemes Round 1
Barrowford/Higherford 40
Primet Bridge 40
Round 2
St Mary's Nelson 68
_________________________________________________________________________________________________.
Lancashire Library Authority (which includes Pendle libraries) was part of a consortium which received an award of £215,992 from the
DCMS/Wolfson public libraries challenge fund's 2000-01 programme to support reader development work in libraries. There were 18
partners in the consortium--North West Libraries Book Promotion Partnership--and it is not possible to say precisely what proportion
of funding is being spent in the Pendle constituency.
Creative industries development is also featuring in the borough championed by North West Heritage Trust, based in Barrowford, who
have secured ERDF Objective 2 funds to investigate the feasibility of creating artists studios, an exhibition outlet and support
services within the Higherford Mill development. This is a partnership venture together with North West Arts Board and Lancashire
county council arts unit. With the SRB programme based in Brierfield there is a further example of cross agency work with a cultural
development worker facilitating a programme of arts work managed by the borough, the local community and the Mid Pennine Arts
development agency. This programme has recently been awarded national new audiences scheme money, one of only two to the north-west
to explore evaluation methods around the arts and social inclusion.
There are of course other initiatives in the wider context of Lancashire that may benefit Pendle. These are: Under the Space for
Sport and the Arts (SSA scheme), a £130 million capital programme made up of £75 million from the Capital Modernisation Fund and £55
million from Sport England, the Arts Council of England and the 3rd Round of the New Opportunities Fund, Lancashire LEA has been
allocated £1.75 million towards providing improved facilities for sport and arts in primary schools which can also be used by the
wider community. Liverpool, Manchester, Cumbria, Knowsley, Salford, Rochdale, Trafford, Wirral, St. Helens and Blackburn with Darwen
LEAs have also been allocated SSA funding which means a potential inward investment of up to £22 million in the North West region
for sports and arts facilities in primary schools under this programme. Pendle constituents will benefit from equipment to be
purchased by the new opportunities fund cancer programme. Across the whole of the north-west NHS Region over £10 million will fund
nine linear accelerators; four MRI scanners, five trailers for breast screening equipment; six ultrasound machines for breast
screening and 27 pieces of x-ray breast screening equipment. The North West Arts Board has received an additional £493,877 from the
Arts Council this year to support arts and cultural activity across the region.
Information on the national lottery is in accordance with the information supplied to the Department by the lottery distributors for
the national lottery awards database.
Subjects
Government departments; Department for Culture, Media and Sport; Pendle
Date
19 March 2001
Reference
149911; 365 c56-7W
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what initiatives embarked upon since May 1997 have benefited Pendle; and if he will make a statement. - Includes figures and ref to Cm 4865.
To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what initiatives embarked upon since May 1997 have benefited Pendle; and if he will make a statement. - Includes figures and ref to Cm 4865.
Asked by
Gordon Prentice
(Labour)
Answered by
Lord Rooker
(Labour)
Answering body
Department of Social Security
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
7 February 2001
For answer on
26 February 2001
Answered on
26 February 2001
Mr. Gordon Prentice: To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what initiatives embarked upon since May 1997 have benefited
Pendle; and if he will make a statement. [149905]
Mr. Rooker: The Department's policies and initiatives have made a significant contribution to the Government's overall objectives
of: Eradicating child poverty in 20 years, and halving it within 10; Promoting work as the best form of welfare for people of
working age while protecting the position of those in greatest need; and Combating poverty and promoting security and independence
in retirement for today's and tomorrow's pensioners.
These goals are being pursued nationwide and our achievements are set out in our annual "Opportunity for all" reports. Our second
report, "Opportunity for all--One year on: making a difference" (CM4865, September 2000), sets out what progress has been made in
the past year, as well as highlighting what more needs to be done. Nationwide statistical information is necessarily more complete
than constituency level data, but the following provides a comparative guide to the effect of the Department's policies and actions
in Pendle since May 1997.
Measures in our first four Budgets will lift over one million children out of poverty. These include record increases to Child
Benefit, Working Families Tax Credit, increases in the income-related benefits, the minimum wage and tax changes.
Child Benefit will be worth £15.50 a week for the eldest child and £10.35 a week for other children from April 2001: nationally
about seven million families receive Child Benefit, and in Pendle 11,116 families benefit.
We now have the lowest unemployment rate in 25 years. The New Deals have helped lone parents, the young unemployed, the long-term
unemployed, the over-50s and partners of the unemployed to move from benefit into work. In the period since May 1997 the number of
people claiming Jobseeker's Allowance nationally has reduced from 1,562,400 to 1,044,900; in Pendle the number has reduced from
1,500 to 1,300. Since May 1997 the number of lone parents who claim Income Support has decreased from 1,013,500 to 894,100
nationally and in Pendle from 1,600 to 1,400.
Older people are disproportionately affected by fuel poverty, so we have introduced Winter Fuel Payments to help with their heaviest
fuel bill. This winter, the payment is £200 for households who qualify. Over 16,000 older people in Pendle have received a Winter
Fuel Payment for this winter.
To demonstrate our commitment to combating pensioner poverty, this year we will spend £4.5 billion extra in real terms on
pensioners. Some 14,200 pensioners in Pendle will benefit from the substantial increases in the basic State pension this April and
next; this year's increase is £5 a week for single pensioners and £8 for couples. In addition we have introduced free TV licences
for the over-75s, of whom we estimate there are about 6,300 in Pendle. 2,800 pensioner families in Pendle are receiving the Minimum
Income Guarantee, which we introduced in April 1999 to help our poorest pensioners. From April they will be at least £15 a week, or
£800 a year, better off in real terms as a result of Government measures since 1997.
Other reforms in the pipeline include: the new Pension Credit in 2003, designed to ensure that pensioners benefit from their
savings; the launch of Stakeholder Pensions in April this year; and the introduction of the State Second Pension in April 2002, both
of which will help provide greater security for tomorrow's pensioners.
Subjects
Department of Social Security; Government departments; Pendle
Date
26 February 2001
Reference
149905; 363 c547-8W
House
House of Commons
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, how many people in Pendle have benefited from the pet travel scheme since its inception; and if he will make a statement - Inc figures and fact that data are not collected on numbers of people using the scheme from specific...
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, how many people in Pendle have benefited from the pet travel scheme since its inception; and if he will make a statement - Inc figures and fact that data are not collected on numbers of people using the scheme from specific...
Asked by
Gordon Prentice
(Labour)
Answered by
Baroness Quin
(Labour)
Answering body
Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
7 February 2001
For answer on
26 February 2001
Answered on
26 February 2001
Mr. Gordon Prentice: To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many people in Pendle have benefited from the pet
travel scheme since its inception; and if he will make a statement. [149921]
Ms Quin: Up to end of December 2000, the owners of 14,500 cats and dogs had used the Pet Travel Scheme to bring their pets into
England. Unfortunately, data are not collected on numbers of people using the scheme from specific areas of the UK.
Subjects
Pet travel scheme; Pendle
Date
26 February 2001
Reference
149921; 363 c506W
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what initiatives embarked upon since May 1997 have benefited Pendle; and if he will make a statement. - Inc tables.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what initiatives embarked upon since May 1997 have benefited Pendle; and if he will make a statement. - Inc tables.
Asked by
Gordon Prentice
(Labour)
Answered by
Baroness Hughes of Stretford
(Labour)
Answering body
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
7 February 2001
For answer on
15 February 2001
Answered on
15 February 2001
Mr. Gordon Prentice: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what initiatives embarked upon
since May 1997 have benefited Pendle; and if he will make a statement. [149909]
Ms Beverley Hughes: The constituency of Pendle has benefited from a range of Government Initiatives since May 1997, including:
Capital allocations for housing
_________________________________________________________________________________________________.
Year £ million
1997-98 2.0
1998-99 2.3
1999-2000 2.4
2000-01 3.0
2001-02 3.6
_________________________________________________________________________________________________.
Under the Government's first comprehensive spending review, Pendle received significantly more resource for housing. For the years
1998-99 and 1999-2000 the authority received more than £1.5 million over and above its normal HIP allocation through the capital
receipts initiative (when resources distributed under the CRI were identified separately) and in the current year the authority's
total allocation rose again by a further 27 per cent. Following the spending review 2000, the amount allocated to the authority for
housing next year totals over £3.7 million. This compares to a figure of £2.015 million which had been allocated in 1997-98.
Also in 2000, measures were announced enabling authorities to support the renovation and improvement of private sector housing in a
more targeted way. We also announced our intention to proceed with more fundamental reforms to the legislation to give authorities
more effective powers to turn around areas of low demand and unpopular housing.
Single Regeneration Budget:
SRB Round 2--The Way Ahead--Pendle
A six-year strategy to arrest decline caused by contraction of the manufacturing industry. The two main themes are for developing
business opportunities and developing people. With diversification the aim is to create a stronger, less vulnerable economy. A
private sector-led partnership with involvement of the community.
SRB total--£9.3 million (scheme period 1996-97 to 2001-02)
SRB Round 4--Pendle Youth Focus--Kick Start for jobs
A seven-year scheme to tackle low educational attainment and high unemployment among 16-24-year- olds in Pendle by working with
local employers to identify skill needs. It will provide dedicated training and assistance in accessing jobs.
SRB total £2.6 million (scheme period 1998-99 to 2004-05)
SRB Round 5--Pendle--Opening Doors, Unlocking Opportunities
This seven-year scheme targets the five most deprived wards in Pendle. It aims to support community capacity building and
enterprise, improve skill levels, health and access to jobs.
SRB total--£16 million (scheme period 1999-2000 to 2005-06)
SRB Round 6--The Time is Now for Nelson, Pendle
A seven-year scheme targeting Central Nelson and Brierfield. It aims to support planning housing improvements in Nelson with a
package of measures to improve health, reduce crime, improve the local environment and encourage new small business.
SRB total--£12 million (scheme period 2000-01 to 2006-07)
Local Transport Plans
_________________________________________________________________________________________________.
Year £ million
1997-98 {1}11
1998-99 {1}8
1999-2000 {1}10
2000-01 {2}11
2001-02 28
_________________________________________________________________________________________________.
{1} These figures are for Lancashire County Council's Transport Policies and Programmes allocation. {2} This figure is from
Lancashire County Council's Provision Local Transport Plan settlement.
It is not possible to determine exactly how much of these amounts has been spent on the Pendle constituency. The constituency has
benefited from Lancashire County Council's integrated transport policies.
European Funding
The East Lancashire Partnership (ELP) comprises representatives interest from the six local authority districts of East Lancashire,
including Pendle.
Under the GMLC programme, ELP was allocated some £10.65 million grant (European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and European Social
Fund (ESF)) for a range of business support and vocational training activities. Pendle was a significant beneficiary of this overall
resource.
In addition, Pendle was allocated a £5 million ERDF grant for Nelson town centre initiatives.
Community economic development support totalling £1.2 million grant has been allocated for Nelson and the Waterside and Brierfields
Wards.
The resources detailed must be drawn down by end of December 2001.
Neighbourhood Renewal Fund
Pendle will receive the following indicative funding over the next three years:
_________________________________________________________________________________________________.
Year £ million
2001-02 0.98
2002-03 1.47
2003-04 1.96
_________________________________________________________________________________________________.
New Commitment to Regeneration
There is one pathfinder in East Lancashire, which includes Pendle.
Subjects
Government departments; Public expenditure; Department for Culture, Media and Sport; Pendle
Date
15 February 2001
Reference
363 c223-5W; 149909
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what initiatives embarked upon since May 1997 have benefited Pendle; and if he will make a statement. - Including figures.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what initiatives embarked upon since May 1997 have benefited Pendle; and if he will make a statement. - Including figures.
Asked by
Gordon Prentice
(Labour)
Answered by
Charles Clarke
(Labour)
Answering body
Home Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
7 February 2001
For answer on
15 February 2001
Answered on
15 February 2001
Mr. Gordon Prentice: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what initiatives embarked upon since May 1997 have
benefited Pendle; and if he will make a statement. [149910]
Mr. Charles Clarke: Under round one of the Crime Reduction Programme Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) Initiative, £201,000 was
awarded to the Pendle Community Safety partnership in January 2000, for a CCTV scheme in Nelson town centre. The scheme proposes to
reduce violent crime, vehicle crime, burglary and fear of crime.
The Youth Justice Board has also invested £228,018 on two development projects in Lancashire, including Pendle. The projects cover a
victim/offender mediation service and a community bail support scheme.
£14,000 has also been invested in Pendle under the Youth Inclusion "Summer Splash" Scheme, aimed at 13 to 17-year-olds at risk of
offending during the Easter and Summer school holidays.
Subjects
Government departments; Home Office; Pendle
Date
15 February 2001
Reference
149910; 363 c257W
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what initiatives embarked upon since May 1997 have benefited Pendle; and if he will make a statement. - Including figures.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what initiatives embarked upon since May 1997 have benefited Pendle; and if he will make a statement. - Including figures.
Asked by
Gordon Prentice
(Labour)
Answered by
Richard Caborn
(Labour)
Answering body
Department of Trade and Industry
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
7 February 2001
For answer on
14 February 2001
Answered on
14 February 2001
Mr. Gordon Prentice: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what initiatives embarked upon since May 1997 have
benefited Pendle; and if he will make a statement. [149913]
Mr. Caborn: Pendle has benefited from the Department's employment rights policies which include national minimum wage, working time
directive, part time working regulations and improved maternity leave.
In the North West region, the Department's policies have also contributed to growth in employment by 107,000 and a fall in
unemployment by 63,000; reductions in youth employment by 75 per cent. and long-term unemployment by 54 per cent.
Subjects
Department of Trade and Industry; Government departments; Pendle
Date
14 February 2001
Reference
149913; 363 c138W;363 c138-9W
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what initiatives embarked upon since May 1997 have benefited Pendle; and if he will make a statement. - The information has been placed in the Library.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what initiatives embarked upon since May 1997 have benefited Pendle; and if he will make a statement. - The information has been placed in the Library.
Asked by
Gordon Prentice
(Labour)
Answered by
Lord Wills
(Labour)
Answering body
Department for Education and Employment
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
7 February 2001
For answer on
13 February 2001
Answered on
13 February 2001
Mr. Gordon Prentice: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what initiatives embarked upon since May 1997 have
benefited Pendle; and if he will make a statement. [149912]
Mr. Wills: The information has been placed in the Libraries.
Subjects
Government departments; Department for Education and Employment; Pendle
Date
13 February 2001
Reference
149912; 363 c95W
House
House of Commons