HC Deb 19 October 1994 vol 248 cc280-1W
Mr. Peter Bottomley

To ask the Secretary of Stale for Employment if he will list the rates of pay and the numbers employed in his Department at each age up to 21 years.

Mr. Oppenheim

The following table shows the numbers of staff employed in the Employment Department at each age up to 21 years. The salaries have been grouped, for convenience and to preserve confidentiality, into bands.

In addition to the staff shown in the table, there are three people in this age range who are paid an hourly or daily fee.

Letter from Michael Bichard to Dr. Norman A. Godman, dated 18 October 1994: The Secretary of State for Social Security has asked me to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question about the number of employees in each Benefits Agency office in Scotland and the number of customers receiving benefit in those offices. Also, how much has been paid out by way of Crisis Loans (CL) and Community Care Grants (CCG) under the Social Fund in each Benefits Agency (BA) office in Scotland for the last five years. The latest available data for the number of employees in each BA office in Scotland is for May 1994 and for the purpose of consistency is provided at District level; this is given at Annex A. The latest data available for the number of customers receiving benefits in each office in Scotland is for May 1994 and is only available at District level. 1 have provided details of the benefits authorised and paid from these offices and this is given at Annex B. However, it should be noted that a person may be in receipt of more than one benefit at any one time and may therefore appear in these figures more than once. Information in respect of the Social Fund for the offices you require is not available prior to April 1990. However, I have provided expenditure data from April 1990 and this can be broken down to each Branch office in Scotland; this data is given at Annex C. In April 1991 the Benefits Agency was established and from that date the information is only available at District level; this data is given at Annex D. I have enclosed the information and a copy has been placed in the Library. I hope you find this reply helpful.