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To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many (a) new jobs were created and (b) jobs were safeguarded following allocation of Regional Selective Assistance applications in each of the last five years, broken down by region. - Inc ref to Industrial Development Act Annual Report in...

Asked by

Patsy Calton (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

14 January 2004

Reference

416 c789W;416 c787W; 147163

House

House of Commons

Dept of Trade and Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many grants and of what value have been made by the Industrial Development Unit in her Department; and how many new jobs have been created as a result of these in the last five years broken down by region....

Asked by

Patsy Calton (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

18 December 2003

For answer on

5 January 2004

Answered on

5 January 2004

Mrs. Calton: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many grants and of what value have been made by the Industrial Development Unit in her Department; and how many new jobs have been created as a result of these in the last five years broken down by region. [145758] Jacqui Smith: The Industrial Development Unit lead on the appraisal of Regional Selective Assistance applications for assistance of £2 million or more. Decisions are made by Ministers. Details of cases over the five years ending 30 September 2003, are as follows: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Region Offers accepted (number) Value (£ million) Expected jobs (new and safeguarded) East Midlands 2 9.95 2,211 North East 9 102.84 7,215 North West 6 73.94 5,237 South East 2 7.50 631 South West 3 11.71 1,210 West Midlands 6 48.00 5,322 York/Humberside 4 13.01 1,068 Total 32 266.95 22,894 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Date

5 January 2004

Reference

145758; 416 c117W;416 c116W

House

House of Commons

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the real terms percentage change in (a) local government formula and (b) one-off grant funding was, broken down by (i) spending area and (ii) council, in each year since 1997-98. (Info in Figures for English local authorities available in Library (Dep 03/2177).

Asked by

Patsy Calton (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

28 October 2003

Reference

133608; 412 c199W;412 c207W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he makes of bids for (a) grants and (b) contracts awarded by his Department (i) of the environmental impact and (ii) against sustainable development criteria; who makes the assessment; and whether they are published.

Asked by

Patsy Calton (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

10 June 2003

Reference

114505; 406 c846W;406 c847W

House

House of Commons

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to his Answer of 4th December 2002, Official Report, column 887W, concerning neighbourhood renewal status, what guidelines are issued to or requirements made of local authorities in receipt of neighbourhood renewal status funds about expenditure of such money; and if he will make...

Asked by

Patsy Calton (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

27 January 2003

Reference

92670; 398 c627-8W;398 c625-6W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Work and Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) discretionary payments on account and (b) crisis loan alignment payments were made to applicants for benefit who faced hardship while their benefit application was being considered in the last four years for which figures are available; and...

Asked by

Patsy Calton (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department for Work and Pensions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

28 November 2002

For answer on

14 January 2003

Answered on

14 January 2003

Mrs. Calton: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many (a) discretionary payments on account and (b) Crisis Loan alignment payments were made to applicants for benefit who faced hardship while their benefit application was being considered in the last four years for which figures are available; and what the total expenditure was on these payments. [85152] Malcolm Wicks: We recognise that many people making a claim to benefit will be in need of immediate financial support. To avoid unnecessary hardship, discretionary payments on account of benefit (interim payments) can be made where a claim has not been determined but the Decision Maker is satisfied that the basic conditions of entitlement for the benefit are likely to be met. The amount of any interim payment is automatically recoverable from the main benefit when it is awarded. No record is kept of the number or value of interim payments made. Crisis Loan alignment payments can be made to people awaiting their first payment of benefit which is paid in arrears, or their first payment of wages. Crisis Loans made to people awaiting benefit payments will cover their needs until their first benefit pay-day, following which full or interim payments of benefit can be made. In the main, these payments are made to people of working age (as pensioners are generally paid in advance). Information is not collected separately on the number or value of alignment payments made to people awaiting a first payment of benefit. The available information is in the table. The figures show the total number and value of Crisis Loan alignment payments made, including those made to people awaiting payment of their first wage. Social Fund Crisis Loan alignment payments _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Year Number of payments Expenditure (£ million) 1998-99 433,851 20 1999-2000 474,076 23 2000-01 476,936 24 2001-02 486,031 27 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Notes: 1. Expenditure figures are rounded to the nearest £ million. 2. Awards including alignment payments may include other items. 3. Technical problems with the Social Fund Policy, Budget and Management Information System mean that figures for 1998-99 may be subject to a margin of error of 5 per cent. to 10 per cent. and should therefore be treated as a guide only. Sources: Annual Reports by the Secretary of State on the Social Fund 1998-99 to 2001-02; and the Social Fund Policy, Budget and Management Information System.

Date

14 January 2003

Reference

85152; 397 c604-5W;397 c602-3W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the rates of delayed discharge were for health authorities in each of the last four quarters in the areas of (a) 3* social services, (b) 2* social services, (c) 1* social services and (d) 0* social services; which 3* social services...

Asked by

Patsy Calton (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

9 January 2003

Reference

397 c325-6W; 87322;87323;87324

House

House of Commons

Dept for Work and Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what change in real terms spending power was provided by the cash rise in the community care grant budget from 1997-1998 to 2002-03; and if he will make a statement. - Inc figures.

Asked by

Patsy Calton (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department for Work and Pensions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

19 December 2002

Reference

85157; 396 c1004W;396 c1002W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Work and Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the standard of decision-making on community care grant applications.

Asked by

Patsy Calton (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department for Work and Pensions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

28 November 2002

For answer on

19 December 2002

Answered on

19 December 2002

Mrs. Calton: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what assessment he has made of the standard of decision-making on community care grant applications. [85164] Malcolm Wicks: We announced in the PBR that we will be working with the Treasury to improve Social Fund administration and delivery. We already have procedures in place which aim to drive though a continuous programme of improvement in all benefit decision making. As part of the Department's national Decision Making and Appeals quality checking programme, a specialist Social Fund team monitors the quality of decision making on all elements of the Social Fund. The programme is complemented by local quality checks. The primary function of these procedures is to identify trends in decision making which require remedial action and inform staff training and guidance needs. The Independent Review Service for the Social Fund (IRS) provides an impartial review for customers who are dissatisfied with the outcome of their application to the discretionary Social Fund, following an internal review by a DWP reviewing officer. Around 1 per cent. of decisions are referred to the IRS for review. In November 2001, the IRS published a report "Grants Budgets and Decision Making" which sought to explain the relatively high number of community care grant decisions which it was substituting. In response to the report, the Department has made further improvements to the Social Fund guidance for decision makers on prioritisation and budgetary control. The IRS also provides valuable feedback to local offices on the standard of decision making in every case it sees.

Date

19 December 2002

Reference

85164; 396 c1004-5W;396 c1002-3W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Work and Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will extend the eligibility for community care grants and budgeting loans from the Social Fund to people (a) whose sole income is (i) incapacity benefit and (ii) contribution based jobseekers allowance and (b) who are receiving the maximum...

Asked by

Patsy Calton (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department for Work and Pensions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

19 December 2002

Reference

85168; 396 c1005W;396 c1003W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Work and Pensions

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will increase the amount of money available to (a) the Community Care Grant and (b) the Budgeting Loan budget. - Inc figures.

Asked by

Patsy Calton (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department for Work and Pensions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

19 December 2002

Reference

396 c919-20W;396 c917-8W; 85289

House

House of Commons

Treasury

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will increase the Social Fund budget, with particular reference to (a) the Community Care Grant and (b) the Budgeting Loan budgets.

Asked by

Patsy Calton (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Treasury

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

7 November 2002

Reference

79214; 392 c751W;392 c781W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Skills

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what (a) the formula grant and (b) the spending per head in (i) primary and (ii) secondary schools in F40 authorities is in 2002-03. - Includes tables.

Asked by

Patsy Calton (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department for Education and Skills

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

31 October 2002

For answer on

6 November 2002

Answered on

6 November 2002

Patsy Calton: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what (a) the formula grant and (b) the spending per head in (i) primary and (ii) secondary schools in F40 authorities is in 2002-03. [79441] Mr. Miliband: The following tables show the Standard Spending Assessment and specific/special grants per head in f40 authorities in 2002-03. Information on actual spending will not be available until the autumn of 2003: 2002-03 Primary SSA & Grants per pupil _________________________________________________________________________________________________. SSA Grants Total £ £ £ Dudley £2,490 £410 £2,900 Solihull £2,460 £480 £2,940 Bury £2,520 £480 £3,010 Stockport £2,460 £460 £2,920 Tameside £2,600 £510 £3,100 Trafford £2,520 £460 £2,980 Wigan £2,500 £510 £3,010 Wakefield £2,530 £520 £3,050 North Tyneside £2,580 £570 £3,150 Bath and North East Somerset £2,440 £460 £2,900 North Somerset £2,460 £490 £2,950 South Gloucestershire £2,390 £420 £2,810 East Riding of Yorkshire £2,480 £490 £2,970 North Yorkshire £2,560 £500 £3,050 York £2,480 £460 £2,940 Derbyshire £2,490 £480 £2,980 Dorset £2,490 £460 £2,950 Poole £2,450 £410 £2,860 Hampshire £2,580 £400 £2,980 Leicestershire £2,410 £400 £2,820 Rutland £2,470 £610 £3,080 Staffordshire £2,450 £420 £2,870 Wiltshire £2,510 £440 £2,950 Swindon £2,500 £420 £2,910 West Berkshire £2,590 £490 £3,080 Wokingham £2,470 £410 £2,880 Cambridgeshire £2,530 £420 £2,950 Cheshire £2,470 £450 £2,920 Warrington £2,450 £440 £2,880 Devon £2,560 £460 £3,020 Worcestershire £2,470 £420 £2,890 Nottinghamshire £2,510 £460 £2,970 Shropshire £2,530 £470 £3,000 Cumbria £2,580 £520 £3,100 Gloucestershire £2,500 £470 £2,970 Northamptonshire £2,530 £420 £2,950 Northumberland £2,560 £490 £3,060 Somerset £2,530 £450 £2,980 Suffolk £2,530 £400 £2,930 Warwickshire £2,490 £460 £2,940 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Notes: 1. Figures reflect Education SSA primary sub-block plus all primary school related revenue grants in DfES's DEL relevant to pupils aged 5-10 (primary). 2. Grant figures include notional allocations for those grants in support of more than one sector. EMA and El 3. The SSA figures make no allowances for changes in the SSA methodology. 4. Pupil numbers underlying the £s per pupil are those underlying the SSA settlement calculations (primary sub-blocks). 5. Figures rounded to nearest £10. Difference figures may not sum due to rounding 2002-03 Secondary SSA & Grants per pupil _________________________________________________________________________________________________. SSA Grants Total £ £ £ Dudley £3,180 £310 £3,490 Solihull £3,120 £310 £3,420 Bury £3,220 £290 £3,510 Stockport £3,160 £300 £3,460 Tameside £3,310 £330 £3,640 Trafford £3,230 £310 £3,540 Wigan £3,190 £330 £3,510 Wakefield £3,250 £330 £3,580 North Tyneside £3,320 £480 £3,790 Bath and North East Somerset £3,060 £290 £3,360 North Somerset £3,170 £320 £3,490 South Gloucestershire £3,090 £290 £3,380 East Riding of Yorkshire £3,200 £300 £3,500 North Yorkshire £3,240 £320 £3,570 York £3,190 £340 £3,530 Derbyshire £3,200 £310 £3,510 Dorset £3,180 £330 £3,500 Poole £3,130 £300 £3,430 Hampshire £3,320 £290 £3,610 Leicestershire £3,090 £300 £3,400 Rutland £3,040 £350 £3,380 Staffordshire £3,140 £300 £3,450 Wiltshire £3,220 £310 £3,530 Swindon £3,200 £290 £3,490 West Berkshire £3,280 £310 £3,590 Wokingham £3,180 £290 £3,470 Cambridgeshire £3,230 £300 £3,520 Cheshire £3,150 £300 £3,450 Warrington £3,150 £290 £3,440 Devon £3,290 £300 £3,590 Worcestershire £3,160 £350 £3,510 Nottinghamshire £3,220 £290 £3,500 Shropshire £3,230 £320 £3,550 Cumbria £3,300 £370 £3,670 Gloucestershire £3,190 £320 £3,510 Northamptonshire £3,230 £330 £3,560 Northumberland £3,290 £460 £3,750 Somerset £3,240 £330 £3,570 Suffolk £3,220 £370 £3,590 Warwickshire £3,170 £300 £3,480 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Notes: 1. Figures reflect Education SSA (secondary sub-block) plus all school related revenue grants in DfES's DEL relevant to pupils 11-15 (secondary). 2. Grant figures include notional allocations for those grants in support of more than one sector. EMA and 3. The SSA figures make no allowances for changes in the SSA methodology. 4. Pupil numbers underlying the £s per pupil are those underlying the SSA settlement calculations (secondary sub-block). 5. Figures rounded to nearest £10. Difference figures may not sum due to rounding.

Date

6 November 2002

Reference

392 c391-2W;392 c411-3W; 79441

House

House of Commons

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many letters were received in support of Option 5 from (a) constituents and (b) schools in the F40 authorities. - Including figures.

Asked by

Patsy Calton (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

6 November 2002

Reference

392 c378W;392 c400W; 79440

House

House of Commons

Dept for Work and Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what measures are being taken to require Social Fund staff to ensure that applicants are properly advised on the type of payment most helpful to them; if he will implement the recommendation of the Social Fund Commissioner for his Department...

Asked by

Patsy Calton (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department for Work and Pensions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

5 November 2002

Reference

392 c189-90W;392 c201-2W; 79177;79209;79210;79212

House

House of Commons

Dept for Work and Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will (a) review the operation of community care grants; and (b) introduce a system of grants for particular life events and needs, available to anyone on a low income. - Includes figures.

Asked by

Patsy Calton (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department for Work and Pensions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

5 November 2002

Reference

79216; 392 c186W;392 c198W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on schemes submitted by local authorities for the personal social services performance grant for 2002-03.

Asked by

Patsy Calton (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

11 July 2002

Reference

388 c1208W;388 c1209W; 68395

House

House of Commons

Northern Ireland Office

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what progress has been made by the Northern Ireland Office with the Small Business Security Grant Scheme. - Inc figures.

Asked by

Patsy Calton (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Northern Ireland Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

11 July 2002

Reference

67333; 388 c1193-4W;388 c1194W

House

House of Commons

Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will provide a breakdown of one-off ring-fenced grants to Greater Manchester Police by constituency since 1997-99, and if he will make a statement. - Includes table.

Asked by

Patsy Calton (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

7 March 2002

For answer on

16 May 2002

Answered on

16 May 2002

Mrs. Calton: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will provide a breakdown of one-off ring-fenced grants to Greater Manchester police by constituency since 1997-99, and if he will make a statement. [42842] Mr. Denham: [holding answer 19 March 2002]: Details of one-off grant payments to Greater Manchester police since 1997-98 are set out in the table. These cannot be broken down by constituency. £ _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1997-98 1998-99 1999-2000 2000-01 2001-02 Special firearms grant{1} 78,144 7,692 -- -- -- Beacon scheme{2} -- -- 99,977 6,000 -- Arrest referral -- -- -- 523,000 613,000 Operation Hawk{3} -- -- -- 1,943,000 1,257,000 Robbery grant -- -- -- 3,200,000 -- Fuel distribution emergency -- -- -- 505,103 58,050 Targeted policing -- -- -- 62,898 44,597 initiative (North Trafford) Targeted policing -- -- -- -- 69,785 initiative (Trafford Park) Execution of warrants -- -- -- 233,000 -- Policing Oldham -- -- -- -- 1,440,000 disturbances Commonwealth games{4} -- -- -- -- 1,700,000 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} Firearms grant for policing costs associated with ban on handguns. {2} Beacon scheme funding for imaginative ideas linked to increasing police efficiency. {3} A Greater Manchester police street crime initiative. {4} Payment of the first instalment of a total grant of up to £5 million for policing the games.

Date

16 May 2002

Reference

42842; 385 c838W

House

House of Commons

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