Work and Pensions

written question – answered on 4 March 2003.

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    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will estimate the (a) number and (b) percentage of (i) single males, (ii) single females and (iii) couples (A) over 60 and (B) over 75...

  • File Stores

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the cost was of operating his Department's filestores in each year since 1997.

  • Housing Benefit (Rent Restrictions)

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate he has made of total housing benefit expenditure on private accommodation used for housing families in temporary accommodation in...

  • Local Housing Allowance

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the Government's plans are to introduce a standard local housing allowance to replace housing benefit; when the plan's changes will be...

  • Pensioners

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what plans he has to provide an alternative method to people to drawing their pension in person, when they suffer from sudden illness, from April.

  • Pensions (Casual Agents)

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people draw their pensions through post offices using casual agents.

  • Post Office Card Accounts

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what steps he will take to advertise the benefit of the post office card accounts to those recipients of (a) war pensions and (b) child benefit...

  • University Students (Work Placements)

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many university students his Department and associated agencies have supported or sponsored with a work placement in the last year; what...