§ Mr. Gordon PrenticeTo ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if he will make it his policy to(a) record each contact by a lobbying organisation with (i) Ministers and (ii) civil servants and (b) publish details of such contacts. [49533]
§ Mr. Chris SmithI refer my hon. Friend to the reply given today by my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister,Official Report, column 600.
Benefit review Period of fieldwork Results reported to Ministers Results published Income Support (First Review) October 1994–December 1994 March 1995 July 1995 Unemployment Benefit October 1994–December 1994 March 1995 July 1995 Housing Benefit1 (First Review) June 1995-September 1995 December 1995 January 1996 Retirement Pension October 1995–December 1995 February 1996 March 1996 Invalid Care Allowance January 1996–March 1996 July 1996 July 1996 Disability Living Allowance March 1996–April 1996 September 19962 and February 1997 November 19963 Income Support (Second Review) August 1996–October 1996 July 1997 July 1997 Child Benefit/Child Benefit (Lone Parent) August 1996–October 19964 and December 19976 and July 1998 January 1997–August 19975 June 1998 1Benefit Review of Housing Benefit carried out under the aegis of the Department's Headquarters, Housing Benefit Security Branch 2Headline results 3Detailed results 4First phase (involving customers receiving Child Benefit/Child Benefit with Lone Parent increase and Income Support concurrently) 5Second phase (involving customers receiving Child Benefit/Child Benefit with Lone Parent increase but not Income Support) 6Results of the Child Benefit/Child Benefit (With Lone Parent increase) reviews, were deferred while additional work was undertaken, including a further analysis of the findings from previously completed Benefit Reviews, to ensure that the results accurately differentiated between fraud and other error