HC Deb 16 September 2004 vol 424 cc1741-2WS
Mr. Goodman

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether organisations who have contracts to help deliver the New Deal for Disabled People will be paid for getting unemployed disabled people into work above the targets which those of organisations have been set for so doing. [188597]

Calls to pension credit application line, April 2003 to August 2004
Calls received by application

line(total)

Calls in which an application

was taken over the line

Calls in which the customer asked for a

paper application form

Other calls
2003
April 20,810 6,110 170 14,530
May 32,750 11,630 460 20,660
June 60,240 29,790 850 29,600
July 118,220 60,180 2,050 55,990
August 181,860 87,460 4,730 89,670
September 427,900 140,430 17,570 269,900
October 482,780 146,680 31,240 304,860
November 318,280 94,630 21,060 202,860
December 193,560 57,600 14,130 121,830

Jane Kennedy

Target levels for organisations supporting the delivery of the New Deal for Disabled People are agreed and specified within the Department's contracts with them. Any variation of those contracts is at the discretion of the Department and subject to our agreement through contract re-negotiation.