Work and Pensions

written question – answered on 7 January 2003.

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  • Asbestos

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will estimate the cost to business of the Control of Asbestos at Work Regulations 2002; and if he will make a statement.

  • Adviser Discretion Fund

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to his answer of 27 November 2002, Official Report, column 316W, on the adviser discretion fund, how many persons have received...

  • Departmental PCs

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the cost was of the new PCs recently installed in his Department; how the PCs that these computers replaced were disposed of; and what the...

  • Employers' Liability Premiums

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions when the Government last reviewed employers' liability legislation.

  • Fairground Safety

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) what recent discussions he has had with the Showman's Guild regarding fairground safety; (2) what recent discussions he has had with the...

  • Gas Pipes

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what percentage of mains gas pipes Transco agreed to replace by 1 January 2003; and what percentage of this work had been achieved by 1 December.

  • Gas Pipes

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the terms were of the agreement between Transco and the Health and Safety Executive for the replacement of metal gas pipes; and if Transco...

  • Health and Safety Executive

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many of the Regional Directors and Operational Managers in the Health and Safety Executive possess a formal qualification in management.

  • Health and Safety Executive

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether above standard hours of working have been ended in HSE at each grade.

  • Housing Benefit

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what percentage of the population in (a) Birmingham, (b) the West Midlands region and (c) the London region claimed housing benefit in each of...

  • New Deal (Disabled People)

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many disabled people were found jobs through the New Deal for Disabled People in (a) 2001 and (b) 2002 in (i) the United Kingdom and (ii)...

  • ONE Programme

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what proportion of lone parents participating in the ONE programme have obtained employment; and if he will make a statement.

  • Pensions

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people were unemployed in Copeland in (a) May 1997 and (b) at the latest date for which figures are available; what proposals he has...

  • Pneumoconiosis

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) how many men have been awarded incapacity benefit and have successfully claimed payments due to pneumoconiosis since 1962; (2) how many...

  • Poverty (Definition)

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what definition of poverty will be used to measure success in the joint Public Service Agreement with the Treasury on reducing child poverty by...

  • Workplace Health and Safety

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what projections he has made of likely trends in the number of (a) work-related accidents and (b) work-related diseases in the next three years.