§ Mr. LawsTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions how many employees in(a) his Department and (b) his Department's agencies
Elderly residential SSA Elderly domiciliary SSA Elderly people on income support Pensioners in rented accommodation Elderly people on attendance allowance or disability living allowance Pensioners living alone Pensioners in rented accommodation Elderly people on income support Elderly people with a limiting long-term illness Elderly people with a limiting long-term illness Pensioners not in a couple and not a head of household Pensioners living alone The domiciliary formula also includes a measure of sparsity, and both formulae include an adjustment for ability to raise income from charges. Finally, an area cost adjustment is applied.Full details of the formulae are available in "The Local Government Finance Report (England) 2002/2003" which is available in the House of Commons Library. The social services formulae are
542Wand non-departmental public bodies have had private medical insurance provided for them in each year since 1997–98; what the total cost is; and if he will make a statement. [32328]
§ Dr. Whitehead[holding answer 6 February 2002]: Paragraph 7.1.7 of the Civil Service Management Code prohibits departments and agencies from providing staff with private medical insurance.
NDPBs are not bound by the conditions in the Management Code—remuneration for staff in NDPBs is a matter for the sponsoring department and the individual NDPB.