§ Mr. SpellarTo ask the Chairman of the Accommodation and Works Committee what effect the current delays in the construction of the Jubilee line will have on the timetable for the new building for parliamentary offices.
§ 1. Mr. Ray PowellMy Committee fully recognises the critical effect of the rebuilding of Westminster station on the construction programme of the new parliamentary building. It therefore recommended in its second report of Session 1991–92 (HC 358) that a steering group of officials should be established to monitor progress, to give directions to the project teams of London Underground Ltd. and the new parliamentary building on matters affecting the interface between the two schemes and to report monthly to the Committee. That group includes in its membership the managing director of LUL and the director of the Jubilee line extension project. The Committee's recommendation was subsequently incorporated into the legal agreement between the House and London Underground which now governs the development of the site.
The Committee has now considered the second of these monthly reports and has been advised by the steering group
Income Support claimants by age, gender and region (thousands) North western region England Age Males Females All claimants Males Females All claimants 16–19 22 22 44 137 129 266 20–29 114 110 224 712 617 1,329 30–39 74 64 138 493 999 892 40–49 52 37 89 333 224 557 50–59 39 27 66 245 152 397 60–69 37 35 72 224 192 416 70–79 19 59 79 111 339 450 80+ 17 83 100 115 485 599 All ages 375 437 812 2,370 2,536 4,906 Notes:
Source: Income Support Quarterly Enquiry, August 1993.
2. All figures have been rounded to the nearest thousand.
3. The North Western Region is one of the Social Security administrative regions used by the Department prior to 1988.