Departmental Pay Jenny Willott To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many and what proportion of recipients of the Christmas bonus will get the additional £60 between (a) 1 and 15 January, (b) 16 and 31 January, (c) 1 and 15 February, (d) 16 and 28 February, (e) 1 and 15 March and (f) 16 and 31 March 2009; and if he will make a statement. Ms Rosie Winterton The answer is in the following table: --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2009 |Volume payments to be made|Percentage of forecasted total| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1 to 15 January |12,175,120 |81.94 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |16 to 31 January |41,630 |00.28 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1 to 15 February |49,390 |00.33 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |16 to 28 February |1,302,100 |08.76 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1 to 15 March |1,289,700 |08.69 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |16 to 31 March |10 |0 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1 Exceptionally some payments may be issued clerically after 15 March 2009. Notes: 1. All payment figures are rounded to the nearest 10. 2. As of 9 February 2009 DWP have issued 12,231,904 payments. 3. The total volume of payments forecast to be made is 14,857,929. Source:Special Payment Programme weekly review document 11 February 2009.| | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Steve Webb To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many and what proportion of recipients of the Christmas bonus received their additional £60 by the end of January; how many of the remaining payments he estimates will have been paid by (a) the end of February and (b) the end of March; and if he will make a statement. Ms Rosie Winterton [holding answer 26 February 2009]: The answer is in the following table. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |Volume payments to be made|Percentage of forecasted total| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1 January 2009 to 31 January 2009 |12,216,750 |79.63 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1 February 2009 to 28 February 2009 |1,433,420 |9.34 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1 March 2009 to 31 March 2009 |11,692,590 |11.03 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1 Some additional payments may be issued clerically during March 2009.Notes:1. All payment figures are rounded to the nearest 10.2. The total volume of payments to be made is 15,342,751.Source:Special Payment Programme Weekly Review document 4 March 2009.| | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------