Results 1-20 of 491 for in the 'Written Answers' speaker:Helen Goodman
- Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Council Tax Benefit (12 Nov 2009)
Helen Goodman: The available information is in the tables. Council Tax Benefit expenditure since 1997, in £ millions, cash terms Region 1997-98 1998-99 1999-00 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 North East 139 144 152 155 161 171 188 201 210 216 221 North West 367 374 381 383 394 401 436 469 491 507 517 Yorkshire...
- Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Employment: Lone Parents (12 Nov 2009)
Helen Goodman: In Work Advisory Support was introduced in April 2008. 14,720 eligible lone parents have received In Work Advisory Support from personal advisers once they moved into work between 26 August 2008 and the end of September 2009, the most recent period for which figures are available.
- Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Housing Benefit: Peterborough (12 Nov 2009)
Helen Goodman: The information is not available.
- Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Members: Correspondence (12 Nov 2009)
Helen Goodman: I have replied to the hon. Member's question today.
- Written Answers — Children, Schools and Families: Parents: Unemployment (12 Nov 2009)
Helen Goodman: I have been asked to reply. Due to a technical issue with the necessary dataset, it has not been possible to provide a response to my hon. Friend's question as speedily as I would have wished. I will write to my hon. Friend with the information requested as soon as possible.
- Written Answers — Children, Schools and Families: Children: Poverty (11 Nov 2009)
Helen Goodman: I have been asked to reply. Poverty statistics, published in the "Households Below Average Income" series, only allow a breakdown of the overall number of people in relative poverty at Government Office Region level or for Inner or Outer London. Therefore, information for the Jarrow constituency or South Tyneside is not available. The available information is in the following tables. ...
- Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission: Correspondence (11 Nov 2009)
Helen Goodman: The Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission is responsible for the child maintenance system. I have asked the child maintenance commissioner to write to the hon. Member with the information requested and I have seen the response. Letter from Stephen Geraghty: In reply to your recent Parliamentary Question about the Child Support Agency, the Secretary of State promised a substantive...
- Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Child Support Agency (11 Nov 2009)
Helen Goodman: holding answer 2 November 2009 The Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission is responsible for the child maintenance system. I have asked the Child Maintenance Commissioner to write to the hon. Member with the information requested and I have seen the response. Letter from Stephen Geraghty: In reply to your recent Parliamentary Question about the Child Support Agency, the Secretary of...
- Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Crisis Loans (11 Nov 2009)
Helen Goodman: The information requested cannot be provided other than at disproportionate cost.
- Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Housing Benefit: Selby (11 Nov 2009)
Helen Goodman: The information is not available.
- Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Local Housing Allowance (11 Nov 2009)
Helen Goodman: This information is not available.
- Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Members: Correspondence (11 Nov 2009)
Helen Goodman: A reply was sent to my right hon. Friend on 9 November 2009.
- Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Members: Correspondence (11 Nov 2009)
Helen Goodman: A reply was sent to my right hon. Friend on 9 November 2009.
- Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Social Security Benefits (11 Nov 2009)
Helen Goodman: holding answer 14 September 2009 The available information is in the following tables. Jobseeker's allowance claimants England North East Cambridgeshire parliamentary constituency July 1997 1,276,655 2,077 1998 1,089,472 1,726 1999 1,007,767 1,636 2000 866,005 1,173 2001 762,269 1,002 2002 764,590 1,079 2003 760,488 1,032 2004...
- Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Social Security Benefits: Greater London (11 Nov 2009)
Helen Goodman: To September 2009, 250 individuals in London have received a payment from the Upfront Childcare Fund. The Upfront Childcare Fund was trialled in the north and north-east London district (excluding Employment Zone locations) from 28 January 2008. Since April 2008, the Upfront Childcare Fund has been available to qualifying lone parents in the five remaining London districts.
- Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Crisis Loans (10 Nov 2009)
Helen Goodman: The administration of Jobcentre Plus is a matter for the acting chief executive of Jobcentre Plus, Mel Groves. I have asked the acting chief executive to provide the hon. Member with the information requested. Letter from Mel Groves: The Secretary of State has asked me to reply to your questions asking how many and what proportion of calls made to crisis loan application lines at each...
- Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Housing Benefit (10 Nov 2009)
Helen Goodman: Safeguards are in place that enable local authorities to make payments of the local housing allowance to landlords in circumstances where tenants are likely to have difficulty in managing their rent payments. In addition, payment is made direct to the landlord where the tenant is in arrears of eight weeks or more. We are satisfied that these safeguards will ensure that customers do not fall...
- Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Housing Benefit: Council Tax Benefit (10 Nov 2009)
Helen Goodman: The available information is shown in the following table. Number of single parent households receiving housing benefit/council tax benefit: Great Britain, May 1997 to May 2003 Number of single parent households receiving housing benefit Number of single parent households receiving council tax benefit May 1997 954,000 978,000 May 1998 933,000 944,000 May 1999 919,000...
- Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Local Housing Allowance (10 Nov 2009)
Helen Goodman: holding answer 9 November 2009 Information on the number of local housing allowance recipients in receipt of the local housing allowance for a five bedroom property is not available. Details of local housing allowance rates for broad rental market areas and local authorities, including the rate for a five bedroom property, is available publicly at https://lha-direct.voa.gov.uk This...
- Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Local Housing Allowance (10 Nov 2009)
Helen Goodman: The information is not available.