Work and Pensions

written question – answered on 27 February 2008.

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  • Departmental Consultants

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions which external consultancy received the highest payments from his Department in each of the last four years.

  • Departmental Data Protection

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what audits his Department and its agencies carried out in relation to personal data and IT equipment in each of the last 10 years.

  • Departmental Data Protection

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what investigation he undertook into the reasons that documents containing personal information relating to benefit claimants were left by the...

  • Departmental Information Officers

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many (a) press and (b) communications officers his Department employed in each of the last 10 years.

  • Departmental Information Officers

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much his Department paid in bonuses to press and communication officers in each of the last 10 years; and what the (a) highest and (b)...

  • Departmental Official Engagements

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many engagements he and his predecessor have undertaken since 28 July 2007.

  • Departmental Public Expenditure

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions for which regulators and inspectorates his Department has had responsibility in each year since 1997; what the budget was of each such body in...

  • Departmental Security

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will list the (a) special advisers and (b) ministerial appointees in possession of a security pass enabling access to his Department's...

  • Departmental Telephone Services

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many non-geographic telephone numbers are in use by his Department and its agencies; and what revenue was generated from them in each year...

  • Departmental Telephone Services

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many 0845 or similar cost telephone numbers are used by (a) his Department and (b) related departmental bodies for public access to services.

  • Dismissal

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many of his Department's staff in (a) total, (b) England, (c) Scotland, (d) Wales, (e) Northern Ireland and (f) each region of...

  • Eyesight: Testing

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many pensioners aged 60 and over have claimed a free eye test in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and...

  • Pensioners: Nottinghamshire

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) how many pensioners in Nottingham North constituency were aged over 75 years in the most recent period for which figures are available;...

  • Sexual Harassment

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many complaints of (a) sexual harassment and (b) sexual discrimination have been made by staff in (i) his Department and (ii) its...

  • Social Security Benefits

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what assumptions he has made of the level of take up of (a) jobseeker's allowance, (b) incapacity benefit, (c) income support for lone...

  • Social Security Benefits

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people below the age of (a) 35 years and (b) 24 years were claiming (i) incapacity benefit, (ii) jobseeker's allowance and (iii)...

  • Social Security Benefits: Personal Records

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to the answer of 8 January 2008, Official Report, column 438W, on social security benefits: personal records, what the method of the...

  • Winter Fuel Payments: Nottinghamshire

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many pensioners received the £200 winter fuel payment in Nottingham North constituency in the most recent period for which figures are...

  • Winter Fuel Payments: Overseas Residence (1 annotation)

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many pensioners living in each country overseas were entitled to receive the winter fuel payment in the most recent period for which...