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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) Scottish people aged 16 to 24, (b) Scottish people aged 25 or over and (c) Scottish people have entered a period of employment through the New Deal for longer than 13 weeks in each of the last...

Asked by

Peter Duncan (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Work and Pensions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

30 November 2004

For answer on

8 December 2004

Answered on

8 December 2004

Mr. Peter Duncan: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many (a) Scottish people aged 16 to 24, (b) Scottish people aged 25 or over and (c) Scottish people have entered a period of employment through the New Deal for longer than 13 weeks in each of the last four years; and what each figure is as a percentage of all individuals leaving the New Deal. [202059] Jane Kennedy :[holding answer 6 December 2004]: A measure of sustainability is not available for New Deal for Lone Parents and New Deal 50 plus. For these New Deals, information has been provided for numbers entering employment. The available information is in the tables. New Deal for Young People and New Deal 25 plus in Scotland up the June 2004 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. New Deal for Young People New Deal 25 plus Of which, to unsubsidised Of which, to unsubsidised sustained employment sustained employment Period (July to June) Total number of Number As percentage of Total number of Number As percentage of leavers all leavers leavers all leavers 2000-01 21,750 8,290 38.1 13,200 1,750 13.2 2001-02 19,840 7,530 38.0 13,190 3,000 22.7 2002-03 20,380 7,440 36.5 13,620 3,150 23.1 2003-04 21,390 8,360 39.1 12,790 3,340 26.1 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1. For the purposes of New Deal for Young People (18 to 24) and New Deal 25 plus, a job is regarded as sustained if no new claim is made for jobseeker's allowance within 13 weeks of leaving New Deal. 2. Information is for total leavers and total jobs and may include people who have left New Deal more than once and gained more than one job through New Deal. 3. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10. 4. Percentages are calculated on unrounded figures. Source: DWP Information and Analysis Directorate New Deal for Lone Parents in Scotland up to June 2004 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Of which, to employment Period (July to June) Total number of leavers Number As percentage of all leavers 2000-01 95,840 50,060 52.2 2001-02 101,200 55,830 55.2 2002-03 111,480 60,190 54.0 2003-04 139,450 70,120 50.3 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Notes: 1. Information is for total leavers and total jobs and may include people who have left the programme more than once and gained more than one job through the programme. 2. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10. 3. Percentages are calculated from unrounded figures. Source: DWP Information and Analysis Directorate New Deal 50 plus in Scotland to June 2004 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Period Jobs July 2000 to June 2001 4,280 July 2001 to June 2002 4,070 July 2002 to March 2003 2,850 April 2003 to June 2003 1,090 July 2003 to June 2004 3,290 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Notes: 1. Information to March 2003 refers to number of individuals who have started work through the New Deal 50 plus Employment Credit. 2. Information from April 2003 refers to total Jobcentre Plus recorded job entries through New Deal 50 plus and could include people who have left the programme more than once and started more than one job through the programme. Sources: DWP Information and Analysis Directorate Jobcentre Plus Management Information Portal New Deal for Disabled People in Scotland to March 2004 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Of which, sustained Period Jobs Number As percentage of all jobs July 2001 to June 2002 220 160 70.0 July 2002 to June 2003 1,430 840 58.8 July 2003 to March 2004 1,480 880 59.3 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Notes: 1. Data is from July 2001 when New Deal for Disabled People (NDDP) was launched nationally. 2. Data is to March 2004 as 13 weeks has to be allowed for jobs to become sustained. 3. For the purposes of New Deal for Disabled People, a job is regarded as sustained when a person, placed into work through a Job Broker, remains in work for 13 out of 39 weeks. Prior to October 2003, an NDDP job was regarded as sustained when a person, placed into work through a Job Broker, remained in work for 26 out of 39 weeks. 4. Information related to jobs gained through NDDP Job Brokers. 5. All figures are rounded to the nearest 10. 6. Percentages are calculated from unrounded figures. Source: DWP Information and Analysis Directorate

Date

8 December 2004

Reference

202059; 428 c570-2W

House

House of Commons

Scotland Office

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what the latest date would be by which the orders implementing the Boundary Commission for Scotland's report on Parliamentary Boundaries in Scotland would have to take effect in order for an election in May 2005 to be contested on the new parliamentary...

Asked by

Peter Duncan (Conservative)

Answering body

Scotland Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

18 November 2004

Reference

426 c1740W;426 c1744W; 198336;198381

House

House of Commons

Scotland Office

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many hours of scrutiny were given to each bill relating exclusively to Scotland between 1997 and 1999, broken down by (a) Scottish Grand Committee, (b) House and (c) House of Lords.

Asked by

Peter Duncan (Conservative)

Answering body

Scotland Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

31 August 2004

For answer on

18 November 2004

Answered on

18 November 2004

Mr. Peter Duncan: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many hours of scrutiny were given to each Bill relating exclusively to Scotland between 1997 and 1999, broken down by (a) Scottish Grand Committee, (b) House and (c) House of Lords. [187379] Mrs. McGuire: The following Scottish Acts were passed between 1997 and 1999: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1997 Royal Assent Contract (Scotland) 21 March 1997 Crime and Punishment (Scotland) 21 March 1997 Flood Prevention and Land Drainage (Scotland) 21 March 1997 Local Government (Gaelic Names) (Scotland) 27 February 1997 Planning (Consequential Provisions) (Scotland) 27 February 1997 Planning (Hazardous Substances) (Scotland) 27 February 1997 Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas (Scotland) 27 February 1997 Scottish Legal Services Ombudsman and Commissioner For Local Administration in Scotland 21 March 1997 Town and Country Planning (Scotland) 27 February 1997 Transfer of Crofting Estates (Scotland) 19 March 1997 1998 Criminal Procedure (Intermediate Diets) (Scotland) 8 April 1998 Registered Establishments (Scotland) 9 July 1998 Scotland 19 November 1998 1999 Mental Health (Amendment) (Scotland) 11 November 1999 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. The hours of scrutiny given to each Act, broken down as requested, is available from the Public Bill Office.

Date

18 November 2004

Reference

426 c1739W;426 c1743W; 187379

House

House of Commons

Scotland Office

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what the percentage of (a) females and (b) males was amongst (i) initial applicants and (ii) successful candidates in each of the promotion and recruitment exercises for posts in the Senior Civil Service and in Band C (formerly Grade 7) in the...

Asked by

Peter Duncan (Conservative)

Answering body

Scotland Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

8 September 2004

For answer on

27 October 2004

Answered on

27 October 2004

Mr. Peter Duncan: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what the percentage of (a) females and (b) males was among (i) initial applicants and (ii) successful candidates in each of the promotion and recruitment exercises for posts in the senior civil service and in Band C (formerly Grade 7) in the Scotland Office and the Scottish Office since 1 January 1994. [188679] Mrs. McGuire: The Scotland Office was established on 1 July 1999. There has been no direct recruitment to the Scotland Office and most staff have been assigned on loan from the Scottish Executive. Since 1999, three promotion exercises have been commissioned, in conjunction with the Executive, to fill band C (formerly Grade 7) posts in the Scotland Office. Details of the gender split by initial and successful candidates is as follows: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Applications Successful candidates Male Female Male Female 1999 4 -- 3 -- 2000 2 1 1 -- 2002 -- 2 -- 1 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. There have been no recruitment or promotion exercises to fill senior civil service posts in the Office. All SCS posts have been filled by staff assigned on loan or secondment. Information on promotion and recruitment of staff in the former Scottish Office prior to 1999 is not held.

Date

27 October 2004

Reference

188679; 425 c1237W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Trade and Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment has been made of the number of independent newsagents that have closed during the last 12 months. - Not available.

Asked by

Peter Duncan (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

11 October 2004

Reference

425 c123W; 188453

House

House of Commons

Dept for Work and Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what percentage of successful applicants for the pension credit have elected to receive payments to Post Office Card Accounts to date. - Inc figures and fact that the information is not available in the precise form requested.

Asked by

Peter Duncan (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Work and Pensions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

11 October 2004

Reference

155597; 425 c49W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Trade and Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make a statement on Government policy on BT's proposed withdrawal of rural phone boxes.

Asked by

Peter Duncan (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

4 October 2004

Reference

424 c1857W;424 c1855W; 188454

House

House of Commons

Dept of Trade and Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what recent discussions she has had with the Scottish Executive on the future of nuclear energy generation in Scotland.

Asked by

Peter Duncan (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

4 October 2004

Reference

188680; 424 c1855W;424 c1853W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Work and Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he proposes to update assessed average rental values used in the calculation of entitlement to housing benefit.

Asked by

Peter Duncan (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Work and Pensions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

4 October 2004

Reference

188682; 424 c1798W;424 c1796W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Trade and Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make a statement on her policy towards locational pricing structures for electricity transmission. - Inc ref to www.dti.gov.uk/energy/consultations/transcharging_doc:pdf.

Asked by

Peter Duncan (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

4 October 2004

Reference

188681; 424 c1850W;424 c1848W

House

House of Commons

Scotland Office;Dept for Constitutional Affairs

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, pursuant to his evidence to the Scottish Affairs Select Committee on 29th June, what steps he has taken to improve the performance of his Department in responding to correspondence.

Asked by

Peter Duncan (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Constitutional Affairs

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

16 September 2004

Reference

424 c1689W;424 c1687W; 186380

House

House of Commons

Dept for Work and Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many enquiries have been received by the pension credit application line in each calendar month since creation. - Inc table.

Asked by

Peter Duncan (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Work and Pensions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

8 September 2004

For answer on

16 September 2004

Answered on

16 September 2004

Mr. Peter Duncan: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many inquiries have been received by the pension credit application line in each calendar month since creation. [188683] Malcolm Wicks: The number of calls to the application line in each month between April 2003 and July 2004 is shown in the table. Calls to pension credit application line, April 2003 to August 2004 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Calls received by Calls in which an Calls in which the Other calls application line (total) application was taken customer asked for a over the line paper application form 2003 April 20,810 6,110 170 14,530 May 32,750 11,630 460 20,660 June 60,240 29,790 850 29,600 July 118,220 60,180 2,050 55,990 August 181,860 87,460 4,730 89,670 September 427,900 140,430 17,570 269,900 October 482,780 146,680 31,240 304,860 November 318,280 94,630 21,060 202,860 December 193,560 57,600 14,130 121,830 2004 January 495,560 138,870 26,140 330,550 February 433,790 136,980 11,420 285,390 March 430,070 136,310 13,400 280,360 April 346,890 105,380 12,630 229,150 May 234,580 37,780 9,640 187,160 June 315,200 60,220 9,960 245,020 July 239,990 28,880 8,910 202,200 August 151,540 53,210 6,420 91,910 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Notes: 1. Numbers of calls are rounded to the nearest 10. 2. `Other calls' include a small number which received the engaged tone or a recorded message.

Date

16 September 2004

Reference

188683; 424 c1744-6W;424 c1742-4W

House

House of Commons

Scotland Office

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, when he last met the First Minister to discuss business competitiveness in Scotland. - I regularly meet the First Minister and discuss a wide range of issues.

Asked by

Peter Duncan (Conservative)

Answering body

Scotland Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

16 September 2004

Reference

424 c1689W;424 c1687W; 187934

House

House of Commons

Dept for Work and Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of residents of Dumfries and Galloway are in receipt of pension credit.

Asked by

Peter Duncan (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Work and Pensions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

16 September 2004

Reference

424 c1745W;424 c1743W; 188684

House

House of Commons

Scotland Office

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what plans he has to visit the Black Watch Museum in Perth. - I have no current plans to do so.

Asked by

Peter Duncan (Conservative)

Answering body

Scotland Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

16 September 2004

Reference

424 c1688-9W;424 c1686-7W; 187935

House

House of Commons

Dept of Trade and Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what revised guidance has been issued to post offices on the marketing of Post Office Card Accounts during the last three months.

Asked by

Peter Duncan (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

16 September 2004

Reference

424 c1727W;424 c1725W; 188452

House

House of Commons

Scotland Office

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what effect he expects the Gershon Review of Civil Service manpower to have on payments to the Scottish Consolidated Fund.

Asked by

Peter Duncan (Conservative)

Answering body

Scotland Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

16 September 2004

Reference

424 c1690W;424 c1688W; 186384

House

House of Commons

Scotland Office

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, whether he has received the final report of the Boundary Commission for Scotland. - Inc fact that have not yet received the Fifth Periodical Report of the Boundary Commission for Scotland and ref to 7 September 2004, 424 c940W.

Asked by

Peter Duncan (Conservative)

Answering body

Scotland Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

16 September 2004

Reference

424 c1689W;424 c1687W; 187937

House

House of Commons

Scotland Office;Dept for Constitutional Affairs

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many staff in his Department are on secondment from the Scottish Executive.

Asked by

Peter Duncan (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Constitutional Affairs

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

16 September 2004

Reference

424 c1691W;424 c1689W; 187936

House

House of Commons

Scotland Office

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will list the policy decisions he has made as Secretary of State for Scotland and Transport; if he will list the policy issues on which he has responsibility both as Secretary of State for Scotland and Secretary of State for...

Asked by

Peter Duncan (Conservative)

Answering body

Scotland Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

16 September 2004

Reference

424 c1691W;424 c1689W; 186381;186382

House

House of Commons

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