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To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many (a) immediate and (b) suspended orders for possession have been made in mortgage possession proceedings in Wrexham County Court in the last five years for which records are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many (a) immediate and (b) suspended orders for possession have been made in mortgage possession proceedings in Wrexham County Court in the last five years for which records are available.
Asked by
Ian Lucas
(Labour)
Answered by
Bridget Prentice
(Labour)
Answering body
Ministry of Justice
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
3 October 2008
For answer on
7 October 2008
Answered on
13 October 2008
The following table shows the number of mortgage possession claims issued and the number of suspended and outright orders made in Wrexham county court since 2003. However, the statistics on orders made in 2007 are not available for this court. Estimates have been produced for 2007 for Wales as a whole and these are shown in the table.Court level statistics on mortgage and landlord repossession actions from 1987 to 2007 are available on the Ministry of Justice website at:"http://www.justice.gov.uk/publications/mortgagelandlord possession.htm"These figures do not indicate how many houses have been repossessed through the courts, since not all the orders will have resulted in the issue and execution of warrants of possession.The civil procedure rules state that all claims for the repossession of land must be commenced in the district in which the land is situated. As county courts' jurisdictions are not coterminous with the borough boundaries, any single court's repossession actions are likely to relate to homes in a number of different boroughs.
| Mortgage¹ possession claims issued and orders made in Wrexham county court and the county courts of Wales, 2003-07 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wrexham county court | Wales region | |||||
| Claims issued | Suspended orders² | Outright orders³ | Claims issued | Suspended orders² | Outright orders³ | |
| 2003 | 139 | 57 | 32 | 4,193 | 1,729 | 1,099 |
| 2004 | 186 | 54 | 60 | 4,314 | 1,527 | 1,120 |
| 2005 | 236 | 92 | 78 | 6,469 | 2,156 | 1,789 |
| 2006 | 301 | 118 | 106 | 8,207 | 2,700 | 2,736 |
| 20074 | 362 | — | — | 9,187 | 42,991 | 43,208 |
| ¹ Mortgage possession data include all types of lenders whether local authority or private. ² The court grants the claimant possession but suspends the operation of the order. Provided the defendant complies with the terms of suspension, which usually requires the defendant to pay the current mortgage instalments plus some of the accrued arrears, the possession order cannot be enforced. ³ The court, following a judicial hearing, may grant an order for possession immediately. This entitles the claimant to apply for a warrant to have the defendant evicted. However, even where a warrant for possession is issued, the parties can still negotiate a compromise to prevent eviction. 4 The rollout of the Possession Claim On-Line (PCOL) system in late 2006 has affected the availability of court-level data on mortgage possession orders. As a result it is possible only to provide court-level figures for those courts with direct on-site PCOL access for 2007. Wrexham does not have this access and therefore the required court level data are not available. Estimated figures for Wales as a whole are shown instead. Source: Ministry of Justice. |
Subjects
Repossession orders; Wrexham
Date
13 October 2008
Reference
224621; 480 c880W;480 c874W
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much and what proportion of each type of state benefit payable to residents in Wrexham constituency was paid into Post Office card accounts in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much and what proportion of each type of state benefit payable to residents in Wrexham constituency was paid into Post Office card accounts in each of the last five years.
Asked by
Ian Lucas
(Labour)
Answered by
James Plaskitt
(Labour)
Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
9 July 2008
For answer on
14 July 2008
Answered on
22 July 2008
The answer is not available in the precise format requested. The following table shows the number and percentage of state benefit payments paid into Post Office card accounts in Wrexham constituency in each of the last five years.
| December 2003 | December 2004 | December 2005 | December 2006 | December 2007 | ||||||
| Total | % | Total | % | Total | % | Total | % | Total | % | |
| Attendance Allowance | 10 | 2 | 120 | 17 | 140 | 21 | 140 | 23 | 130 | 23 |
| Bereavement Benefit | — | — | — | — | — | — | 10 | 9 | — | — |
| Disability Living Allowance | 20 | 1 | 680 | 18 | 810 | 22 | 820 | 22 | 810 | 21 |
| Incapacity Benefit | — | — | 360 | 16 | 510 | 22 | 470 | 21 | 420 | 20 |
| Carers Allowance | — | — | 130 | 18 | 160 | 21 | 180 | 24 | 160 | 21 |
| Industrial Death Benefit | — | — | 10 | 58 | 10 | 55 | 10 | 50 | — | — |
| Industrial Injuries | — | — | 130 | 27 | 130 | 27 | 110 | 24 | 110 | 24 |
| Income Support | 20 | 1 | 570 | 23 | 810 | 32 | 760 | 30 | 700 | 28 |
| Jobseeker's Allowance | — | — | 70 | 10 | 130 | 16 | 150 | 18 | 140 | 17 |
| Pension Credit | — | — | 950 | 27 | 1,500 | 42 | 1,500 | 42 | 1,460 | 41 |
| State Pension | 30 | — | 1,740 | 17 | 2,630 | 25 | 2,540 | 23 | 2,490 | 22 |
| Severe Disablement Allowance | — | — | 30 | 13 | 60 | 30 | 60 | 29 | 50 | 27 |
| Widows Benefit | — | — | 10 | 5 | 40 | 25 | 30 | 22 | 20 | 21 |
| Total | 80 | — | 4,790 | 19 | 6,910 | 27 | 6,760 | 26 | 6,490 | 25 |
| Notes: | ||||||||||
| 1. Numbers are rounded to the nearest 10, percentages to the nearest whole per cent. | ||||||||||
| 2. Totals may not sum due to rounding. | ||||||||||
| 3. Figures refer to payment accounts. Claimants with more than one account will be counted for each account. Figures only relate to accounts live and in payment on the specified date. | ||||||||||
| 4. Child benefit is administered by HM Revenue and Customs and war pensions are administered by MOD. These benefits have therefore been excluded. | ||||||||||
| Source: | ||||||||||
| DWP, Information Directorate |
Subjects
Social security benefits; Post office card account; Wrexham
Date
22 July 2008
Reference
218773; 479 c1197-200W
House
House of Commons
The centre for disability studies at Wrexham's new university has identified that the biggest challenge facing individuals who are not in work is the attitude of some employers towards people with disabilities. What more can the Government do to encourage employers in areas with powerful local economies, such as Wrexham, to do more to recognise the abilities of disabled people and to give them more opportunities to work?
The centre for disability studies at Wrexham's new university has identified that the biggest challenge facing individuals who are not in work is the attitude of some employers towards people with disabilities. What more can the Government do to encourage employers in areas with powerful local economies, such as Wrexham, to do more to recognise the abilities of disabled people and to give them more opportunities to work?
Asked by
Ian Lucas
(Labour)
Answering body
Wales Office
Oral questions - 1st Supplementary
Status
Answered
Answered on
21 May 2008
I accept my hon. Friend's point and we are committed to taking steps to help people with health problems and disabilities. I greatly welcome the work of the North East Wales Institute in that regard. Let me tell my hon. Friend and the House that in his constituency, in comparison with August 1999 and last year, there was a 9 per cent. reduction of claims for incapacity benefits. Many of those were disabled people who actually wanted to work and to get into the workplace; in an area like north-east Wales, which is thriving, they want to be able to add their contribution to society.
Subjects
Disability; Employment; Wales; Wrexham; Pathways to work programme
Date
21 May 2008
Reference
476 c306
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
asked Her Majesty's Government:Whether there would be any alterations to the subsidies to be paid to Virgin Trains in 2007–08 and 2008–09 for operating services under the West Coast Main Line franchise were they to extend services to and from Wrexham.
asked Her Majesty's Government:Whether there would be any alterations to the subsidies to be paid to Virgin Trains in 2007–08 and 2008–09 for operating services under the West Coast Main Line franchise were they to extend services to and from Wrexham.
Asked by
Lord Roberts of Llandudno
(Liberal Democrat)
Answered by
Lord Bassam of Brighton
(Labour)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Answered on
20 March 2008
If the Department for Transport (DfT) were to propose a change to extend West Coast Trains services to and from Wrexham then it is likely to generate an increase in subsidy to the train operator. There are currently no plans for DfT to initiate such a change. However, from December 2008, West Coast Trains is planning to operate an additional 0705 Wrexham General to Chester and 2020 Chester to Wrexham General service as a commercial proposition.
Subjects
Franchises; Railways; Subsidies; Wrexham; West Coast main line; Virgin Trains
Date
20 March 2008
Reference
2330; 700 c68WA
House
House of Lords
asked Her Majesty's Government:Whether they have records of levels of overcrowding on Virgin Trains services between Chester and Holyhead; and whether the levels of overcrowding would be affected by Virgin Trains sending half the train from Chester to Wrexham and the other half from Chester to Holyhead.
asked Her Majesty's Government:Whether they have records of levels of overcrowding on Virgin Trains services between Chester and Holyhead; and whether the levels of overcrowding would be affected by Virgin Trains sending half the train from Chester to Wrexham and the other half from Chester to Holyhead.
Asked by
Lord Roberts of Llandudno
(Liberal Democrat)
Answered by
Lord Bassam of Brighton
(Labour)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Answered on
13 March 2008
There is little evidence of crowding on West Coast Trains' services between Chester and Holyhead. Availability of train path and resource, as well as passenger loadings, are factors in determining whether additional services between Chester and Wrexham can be provided.
From December 2008, West Coast Trains is planning to operate an additional 0705 Wrexham General to Chester and 2020 Chester to Wrexham General service, subject to obtaining track access rights. These services are to form through trains to and from London Euston.
Subjects
Railways; Overcrowding; Wrexham; Chester; Holyhead
Date
13 March 2008
Reference
2331; 699 c258WA
House
House of Lords
Last October, the Under-Secretary of State said that he was keen to see the borderlands line between Wrexham and Bidston electrified, and that is crucial to the north Wales economy. He must be disappointed that the Plaid Assembly Minister totally omitted any mention of the scheme when laying out the Assembly’s transport funding priorities for the next four years. Is that not an instance of Labour having sold out to Plaid in return for propping them up in government, to the extent of sacrificing an important infrastructure project?
Last October, the Under-Secretary of State said that he was keen to see the borderlands line between Wrexham and Bidston electrified, and that is crucial to the north Wales economy. He must be disappointed that the Plaid Assembly Minister totally omitted any mention of the scheme when laying out the Assembly’s transport funding priorities for the next four years. Is that not an instance of Labour having sold out to Plaid in return for propping them up in government, to the extent of sacrificing an important infrastructure project?
Asked by
Cheryl Gillan
(Conservative)
Answering body
Wales Office
Oral questions - Supplementary
Status
Answered
Answered on
27 February 2008
Not at all, and I point out that the Welsh Assembly Government and Merseytravel have jointly commissioned Network Rail to undertake a study of the scope and cost of options for a full or partial electrification of the Wrexham to Bidston line. The results of the study will be available sometime in spring 2008, and we await them with interest.
Subjects
Finance; National Assembly for Wales; Railways; Standards; Wales; Wrexham; Electrification; Great Western Railway; Arriva
Date
27 February 2008
Reference
472 c1080
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
I too welcome the Secretary of State to his post. He has given distinguished service to Wales and to UK politics.
Many patients in north Wales are worried that they will not have access to neurological services in Walton. My constituent, Mr. Narborough, has to go to Wrexham for artificial limb services, rather than Hereford; young Ieuan Baynhan has to go all the way to Morriston for plastic surgery; and Owen Williams cannot get treatment for ankylosing spondylitis in Bath. Will the Secretary of State emphasise to his colleagues in the Assembly and in Westminster how important cross-border services are, and will he ensure that we bring common sense to bear on the situation?
I too welcome the Secretary of State to his post. He has given distinguished service to Wales and to UK politics.
Many patients in north Wales are worried that they will not have access to neurological services in Walton. My constituent, Mr. Narborough, has to go to Wrexham for artificial limb services, rather than Hereford; young Ieuan Baynhan has to go all the way to Morriston for plastic surgery; and Owen Williams cannot get treatment for ankylosing spondylitis in Bath. Will the Secretary of State emphasise to his colleagues in the Assembly and in Westminster how important cross-border services are, and will he ensure that we bring common sense to bear on the situation?
Asked by
Roger Williams
(Liberal Democrat)
Answering body
Wales Office
Oral questions - Supplementary
Status
Answered
Answered on
27 February 2008
I thank the hon. Gentleman for his kind words. I agree with him that there is a difficulty. Many of his constituents, for example, go to Neville Hall hospital in Monmouthshire, and some cross the border into Shrewsbury and elsewhere. However, we have to put the distances into perspective: a seriously ill person with a rather specialist complaint will inevitably, I suspect, have to travel some distance for treatment. Obviously, the patient him or herself will want the best treatment, but the nearer it is to home, the better. I shall take his concerns up with the Welsh Health Minister.
Subjects
Cross border cooperation; Hospitals; Health services; Hereford; National Assembly for Wales; Plastic surgery; Waiting lists; Wales; Wrexham; Neurology; Walton Centre for Neurology and Neurosurgery NHS Trust; Bone diseases; Prosthetics; Out-patients; Nevill Hall Hospital
Date
27 February 2008
Reference
472 c1076-7
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
(2) what percentage of children lived in families in receipt of disability benefits in each ward in Wrexham in each year since 1997.
(2) what percentage of children lived in families in receipt of disability benefits in each ward in Wrexham in each year since 1997.
Asked by
Ian Lucas
(Labour)
Answered by
Caroline Flint
(Labour)
Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
21 November 2007
For answer on
26 November 2007
Answered on
4 December 2007
The available information is in the following table.
| Children living in families claiming workless benefits and disability benefits in each ward in Wrexham | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Percentage of children in families on workless benefits aged 0-15¹ | Percentage of children in families on disability benefits aged 0-15² | |||
| Ward name | April 2004 | April 2005 | April 2006 | April 2006 |
| Acton | 25.9 | 23.2 | 23.4 | 7.7 |
| Borras Park | 4.4 | 4.8 | 3.4 | 2.5 |
| Bronington | 5.0 | 4.1 | 3.3 | 2.6 |
| Brymbo | 23.6 | 26.5 | 25.1 | 6.5 |
| Brynyffynnon | 17.7 | 16.1 | 16.9 | 3.1 |
| Bryn Cefn | 22.1 | 22.9 | 20.7 | 4.1 |
| Cartrefle | 41.3 | 41.4 | 36.3 | 8.3 |
| Cefn | 21.5 | 20.8 | 21.4 | 5.6 |
| Dyffryn | 10.2 | 11.7 | 11.2 | 4.2 |
| Ceiriog/Ceiriog Valley | ||||
| Chirk North | 18.7 | 17.1 | 14.7 | 3.6 |
| Chirk South | 15.6 | 19.8 | 14.6 | 3.9 |
| Coedpoeth | 21.7 | 20.8 | 17.9 | 3.1 |
| Erddig | 11.2 | 9.1 | 9.4 | 5.6 |
| Esclusham | 15.5 | 14.9 | 14.0 | 3.7 |
| Garden Village | 6.7 | 3.0 | 2.5 | 1.3 |
| Gresford East and West | 7.6 | 7.6 | 5.5 | 3.1 |
| Grosvenor | 15.8 | 13.6 | 14.7 | 8.2 |
| Gwenfro | 34.6 | 30.0 | 29.7 | 6.9 |
| Gwersyllt East and South | 18.9 | 18.8 | 18.5 | 5.0 |
| Gwersyllt North | 31.1 | 29.1 | 30.0 | 7.2 |
| Gwersyllt West | 20.4 | 21.0 | 17.4 | 4.9 |
| Hermitage | 30.9 | 30.2 | 30.6 | 3.8 |
| Holt | 10.0 | 7.9 | 9.0 | 3.0 |
| Johnstown | 18.6 | 17.4 | 16.8 | 2.9 |
| Little Acton | 6.7 | 7.0 | 7.3 | 5.4 |
| Llangollen Rural | 16.1 | 16.7 | 11.3 | 3.9 |
| Llay | 19.2 | 20.3 | 20.8 | 3.9 |
| Maesydre | 20.4 | 13.4 | 12.5 | 6.4 |
| Marchwiel | 12.0 | 11.3 | 9.5 | 1.9 |
| Marford and Hoseley | 1.4 | 1.6 | 3.2 | 1.4 |
| Minera | 11.3 | 11.7 | 7.1 | 2.6 |
| New Broughton | 20.1 | 19.8 | 16.7 | 3.5 |
| Offa | 18.9 | 17.0 | 10.7 | 2.5 |
| Overton | 8.4 | 9.5 | 11.0 | 1.7 |
| Pant | 32.1 | 35.0 | 32.3 | 3.4 |
| Penycae | 37.2 | 37.7 | 32.2 | 4.9 |
| Penycae and Ruabon South | 15.8 | 15.5 | 15.2 | 3.7 |
| Plas Madoc | 54.8 | 51.6 | 49.4 | 7.9 |
| Ponciau | 17.8 | 16.6 | 15.0 | 4.3 |
| Queensway | 54.4 | 53.1 | 50.6 | 3.8 |
| Rhosnesni | 6.7 | 9.2 | 8.5 | 4.8 |
| Rossett | 6.4 | 6.0 | 4.2 | 1.5 |
| Ruabon | 21.5 | 22.5 | 21.4 | 6.2 |
| Smithfield | 22.8 | 22.3 | 22.6 | 2.8 |
| Stansty | 16.7 | 16.4 | 13.1 | 5.0 |
| Whitegate | 30.4 | 25.7 | 21.8 | 4.3 |
| Wynnstay | 54.9 | 53.4 | 52.9 | 7.2 |
| ¹ | ||||
| ¹ Workless benefits' data represent children dependent on a parent/guardian who is claiming one or more of incapacity benefit (IB), severe disablement allowance (SDA), jobseeker's allowance (JSA), income support (IS) or pension credit (PC). | ||||
| ² 'Disability benefits' data represent children dependent on a parent/guardian who is claiming disability living allowance or attendance allowance. Information on these benefits is not available from this source prior to April 2006 as they were not required in the original specifications. | ||||
| Notes: | ||||
| 1. All data represents a single snapshot in time of claimants on the computer system, and will therefore exclude a very small number of cases that are held clerically. The data are produced once a year. | ||||
| 2. Geo-referencing tools, obtained from the Office of National Statistics, have been used to assign claimants to geographies. | ||||
| 3. Due to the introduction of child tax credits in April 2003, information on child dependents are not reliably completed on the benefit computer system, therefore data from child benefit records has been merged onto IS/JSA/IB/SDA/PC claims with the permission of HMRC. The total numbers of children on child benefit has been used as the denominator for the percentages given. | ||||
| 4. The data on workless benefits are only available from April 2004, and from April 2006 for disability benefits. | ||||
| 5. It is possible that there will be some overlap of the figures as children could be in families that are in receipt of both workless and disability benefits. | ||||
| Source: | ||||
| Information Directorate |
Subjects
Social security benefits; Wrexham
Date
4 December 2007
Reference
468 c1176-8W; 168138
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) what percentage of children lived in families claiming benefits in each ward in Wrexham in each year since 1997;
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) what percentage of children lived in families claiming benefits in each ward in Wrexham in each year since 1997;
Asked by
Ian Lucas
(Labour)
Answered by
Caroline Flint
(Labour)
Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
21 November 2007
For answer on
26 November 2007
Answered on
4 December 2007
The available information is in the following table.
| Children living in families claiming workless benefits and disability benefits in each ward in Wrexham | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Percentage of children in families on workless benefits aged 0-15¹ | Percentage of children in families on disability benefits aged 0-15² | |||
| Ward name | April 2004 | April 2005 | April 2006 | April 2006 |
| Acton | 25.9 | 23.2 | 23.4 | 7.7 |
| Borras Park | 4.4 | 4.8 | 3.4 | 2.5 |
| Bronington | 5.0 | 4.1 | 3.3 | 2.6 |
| Brymbo | 23.6 | 26.5 | 25.1 | 6.5 |
| Brynyffynnon | 17.7 | 16.1 | 16.9 | 3.1 |
| Bryn Cefn | 22.1 | 22.9 | 20.7 | 4.1 |
| Cartrefle | 41.3 | 41.4 | 36.3 | 8.3 |
| Cefn | 21.5 | 20.8 | 21.4 | 5.6 |
| Dyffryn | 10.2 | 11.7 | 11.2 | 4.2 |
| Ceiriog/Ceiriog Valley | ||||
| Chirk North | 18.7 | 17.1 | 14.7 | 3.6 |
| Chirk South | 15.6 | 19.8 | 14.6 | 3.9 |
| Coedpoeth | 21.7 | 20.8 | 17.9 | 3.1 |
| Erddig | 11.2 | 9.1 | 9.4 | 5.6 |
| Esclusham | 15.5 | 14.9 | 14.0 | 3.7 |
| Garden Village | 6.7 | 3.0 | 2.5 | 1.3 |
| Gresford East and West | 7.6 | 7.6 | 5.5 | 3.1 |
| Grosvenor | 15.8 | 13.6 | 14.7 | 8.2 |
| Gwenfro | 34.6 | 30.0 | 29.7 | 6.9 |
| Gwersyllt East and South | 18.9 | 18.8 | 18.5 | 5.0 |
| Gwersyllt North | 31.1 | 29.1 | 30.0 | 7.2 |
| Gwersyllt West | 20.4 | 21.0 | 17.4 | 4.9 |
| Hermitage | 30.9 | 30.2 | 30.6 | 3.8 |
| Holt | 10.0 | 7.9 | 9.0 | 3.0 |
| Johnstown | 18.6 | 17.4 | 16.8 | 2.9 |
| Little Acton | 6.7 | 7.0 | 7.3 | 5.4 |
| Llangollen Rural | 16.1 | 16.7 | 11.3 | 3.9 |
| Llay | 19.2 | 20.3 | 20.8 | 3.9 |
| Maesydre | 20.4 | 13.4 | 12.5 | 6.4 |
| Marchwiel | 12.0 | 11.3 | 9.5 | 1.9 |
| Marford and Hoseley | 1.4 | 1.6 | 3.2 | 1.4 |
| Minera | 11.3 | 11.7 | 7.1 | 2.6 |
| New Broughton | 20.1 | 19.8 | 16.7 | 3.5 |
| Offa | 18.9 | 17.0 | 10.7 | 2.5 |
| Overton | 8.4 | 9.5 | 11.0 | 1.7 |
| Pant | 32.1 | 35.0 | 32.3 | 3.4 |
| Penycae | 37.2 | 37.7 | 32.2 | 4.9 |
| Penycae and Ruabon South | 15.8 | 15.5 | 15.2 | 3.7 |
| Plas Madoc | 54.8 | 51.6 | 49.4 | 7.9 |
| Ponciau | 17.8 | 16.6 | 15.0 | 4.3 |
| Queensway | 54.4 | 53.1 | 50.6 | 3.8 |
| Rhosnesni | 6.7 | 9.2 | 8.5 | 4.8 |
| Rossett | 6.4 | 6.0 | 4.2 | 1.5 |
| Ruabon | 21.5 | 22.5 | 21.4 | 6.2 |
| Smithfield | 22.8 | 22.3 | 22.6 | 2.8 |
| Stansty | 16.7 | 16.4 | 13.1 | 5.0 |
| Whitegate | 30.4 | 25.7 | 21.8 | 4.3 |
| Wynnstay | 54.9 | 53.4 | 52.9 | 7.2 |
| ¹ | ||||
| ¹ Workless benefits' data represent children dependent on a parent/guardian who is claiming one or more of incapacity benefit (IB), severe disablement allowance (SDA), jobseeker's allowance (JSA), income support (IS) or pension credit (PC). | ||||
| ² 'Disability benefits' data represent children dependent on a parent/guardian who is claiming disability living allowance or attendance allowance. Information on these benefits is not available from this source prior to April 2006 as they were not required in the original specifications. | ||||
| Notes: | ||||
| 1. All data represents a single snapshot in time of claimants on the computer system, and will therefore exclude a very small number of cases that are held clerically. The data are produced once a year. | ||||
| 2. Geo-referencing tools, obtained from the Office of National Statistics, have been used to assign claimants to geographies. | ||||
| 3. Due to the introduction of child tax credits in April 2003, information on child dependents are not reliably completed on the benefit computer system, therefore data from child benefit records has been merged onto IS/JSA/IB/SDA/PC claims with the permission of HMRC. The total numbers of children on child benefit has been used as the denominator for the percentages given. | ||||
| 4. The data on workless benefits are only available from April 2004, and from April 2006 for disability benefits. | ||||
| 5. It is possible that there will be some overlap of the figures as children could be in families that are in receipt of both workless and disability benefits. | ||||
| Source: | ||||
| Information Directorate |
Subjects
Social security benefits; Wrexham
Date
4 December 2007
Reference
168137; 468 c1176-8W
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many students entered (a) further education and (b) higher education in each ward in Wrexham in the last 10 years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many students entered (a) further education and (b) higher education in each ward in Wrexham in the last 10 years.
Asked by
Ian Lucas
(Labour)
Answered by
Lord Hain
(Labour)
Answering body
Office of the Secretary of State for Wales
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
22 November 2007
For answer on
26 November 2007
Answered on
3 December 2007
The following table shows data available from the Health Education Statistics Agency illustrating Wrexham domiciled first year undergraduate and further education enrolments at UK higher education institutions by level of study and electoral ward. These are derived from unitary local authority returns. These do not provide comparisons over the period requested, but only since 2003, and currently until 2005-06.
| Wrexham domiciled first year undergraduate and further education enrolments at UK higher education institutions, by level of study and electoral ward | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003-04 | 2004-05 | 2005-06 | |
| Higher Education | |||
| Acton | 20 | 20 | 20 |
| Borras Park | 30 | 20 | 25 |
| Bronington | 35 | 30 | 30 |
| Brymbo | 15 | 25 | 20 |
| Bryn Cefn | 15 | 20 | 20 |
| Brynyffynnon | 25 | 35 | 35 |
| Cartrefle | 15 | 10 | 15 |
| Cefn | 35 | 35 | 40 |
| Chirk North | 20 | 10 | 25 |
| Chirk South | 15 | 15 | 15 |
| Coedpoeth | 45 | 50 | 45 |
| Dyffryn Ceiriog/Ceiriog Valley | 30 | 25 | 25 |
| Erddig | 30 | 35 | 35 |
| Esclusham | 25 | 20 | 20 |
| Garden Village | 20 | 25 | 35 |
| Gresford East and West | 25 | 30 | 30 |
| Grosvenor | 30 | 30 | 35 |
| Gwenfro | 5 | 5 | 15 |
| Gwersyllt East and South | 30 | 30 | 25 |
| Gwersyllt North | 25 | 20 | 15 |
| Gwersyllt West | 30 | 30 | 25 |
| Hermitage | 30 | 25 | 5 |
| Holt | 35 | 40 | 40 |
| Johnstown | 35 | 20 | 30 |
| Little Acton | 20 | 35 | 25 |
| Llanfynydd | * | * | 5 |
| Llangollen | * | * | * |
| Llangollen Rural | 20 | 15 | 20 |
| Llay | 40 | 40 | 30 |
| Maesydre | 20 | 15 | 30 |
| Marchwiel | 35 | 20 | 40 |
| Marford and Hoseley | 35 | 40 | 40 |
| Minera | 20 | 25 | 30 |
| New Broughton | 20 | 35 | 30 |
| Offa | 30 | 30 | 40 |
| Overton | 25 | 25 | 25 |
| Pant | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Penycae | 15 | 20 | 10 |
| Penycae and Ruabon South | 25 | 25 | 20 |
| Plas Madoc | 10 | 15 | 15 |
| Ponciau | 50 | 35 | 50 |
| Queensway | 10 | 15 | 15 |
| Rhosnesni | 40 | 45 | 35 |
| Rossett | 40 | 40 | 35 |
| Ruabon | 25 | 30 | 15 |
| Smithfield | 25 | 20 | 25 |
| Stansty | 25 | 15 | 25 |
| Whitegate | 30 | 30 | 25 |
| Wynnstay | 5 | 10 | 10 |
| Wrexham UA¹ | 1,190 | 1,200 | 1,260 |
| Further Education² | — | — | — |
| Wrexham UA¹ | 105 | 70 | 70 |
| ¹ Includes electoral ward unknown. | |||
| ² Ward level data not given for further education due to small numbers. | |||
| Notes: | |||
| 1. As at 1 December. Figures rounded to the nearest 5, figures less than 3 represented by””*””. | |||
| 2. Data item unavailable is represented by"—". | |||
| 3. Comparisons with years prior to 1998-99 should be treated with care due to changes in FE students covered by Student Record. | |||
| 4. The table presents counts of first year enrolments and will include some students who have studied at this level previously. | |||
| Source: | |||
| HESA Student Record. |
Subjects
Further education; Higher education; Wrexham
Date
3 December 2007
Reference
168898; 468 c798-9W
House
House of Commons
Unemployment in Wrexham has fallen by more than 36 per cent. in the past 10 years, and by 3.5 per cent. in the past year. How much money has the Exchequer saved by not pursuing the Tory policy of paying the cost of wasted lives?
Unemployment in Wrexham has fallen by more than 36 per cent. in the past 10 years, and by 3.5 per cent. in the past year. How much money has the Exchequer saved by not pursuing the Tory policy of paying the cost of wasted lives?
Asked by
Ian Lucas
(Labour)
Answering body
Treasury
Topical questions - 1st Supplementary
Status
Answered
Answered on
29 November 2007
My hon. Friend is quite right. We are spending about £5 billion less on unemployment benefits than we were 10 years ago. One of the advantages of having a strong economy with more people in work is that money is not wasted on unemployment benefits, as it was as a result of the high levels of unemployment that we saw 10 or 15 years ago. Also, we are paying less in debt interest because the level of borrowing and debt that the Conservatives ran up meant that that was the first call on a lot of the extra money that was spent.
Subjects
Debts; Costs; Finance; Social security benefits; Unemployment benefits; Unemployment; Wrexham
Date
29 November 2007
Reference
468 c428
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
Does my right hon. Friend agree that supporting youth projects is a key way of getting more people into work? Will he join me in condemning the Liberal-Tory alliance on Wrexham council, which is systematically targeting the poorest wards in Wrexham by closing down facilities that help young people into work?
Does my right hon. Friend agree that supporting youth projects is a key way of getting more people into work? Will he join me in condemning the Liberal-Tory alliance on Wrexham council, which is systematically targeting the poorest wards in Wrexham by closing down facilities that help young people into work?
Asked by
Ian Lucas
(Labour)
Answering body
Wales Office
Oral questions - Supplementary
Status
Answered
Answered on
21 November 2007
Indeed. I am horrified by the Liberal Democrat council's performance in Wrexham, and I hope that it will be swept out of power next May. I am delighted at Labour's recent stunning by-election victory in Wrexham, overturning a Liberal Democrat majority of 231 in the Stansty council ward.
Subjects
Social security benefits; Wales; Wrexham
Date
21 November 2007
Reference
467 c1176
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons