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Mr. Scott : The average length of time taken by the independent tribunal service to clear an appeal on disability living allowance is 14 weeks. Work is in hand to reduce this time.
Retired People
Sir Ralph Howell : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security (1) how many men under 65 years of age are (a) retired, (b) unclassified because their wives work over 16 hours a week and (c) classified in some other way for the same reason ;
(2) how many men aged over 58 years are (a) retired, (b) unemployed and (c) unclassified because their wives are working more than 16 hours per week ;
(3) how many women under 60 years of age are (a) retired, (b) unclassified because their husbands work over 16 hours per week and (c) classified in some other way when they have taken early retirement.
Mr. Burt : The information is not available in the form requested. Such information as is available is in the tables.
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Table 1
Numbers registered as unemployed
|Number
-----------------------------------------
Men aged under 65 |2,135,000
Men aged 60 and over |48,000
Women aged under 60 |624,000
Table 2
Numbers registered unemployed
receiving neither unemployment
benefit
nor income support
|Number
-------------------------------------
Men aged under 65 |229,000
Men aged 60 and over |9,000
Women under 60 |106,000
Source: Figures are taken from the
half-yearly analysis of unemployed
claimants available in the Library.
Note: The latest available figures
are as at 13 May 1993 and are
rounded to the nearest thousand.
Sir Ralph Howell : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what was the average age of retirement for (a) men and (b) women for each year since 1979.
Mr. Hague : The information is not available.
Lone Parents
Mr. Tony Lloyd : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will publish figures similar to those in his Department's tax-benefit model table, including the various component figures, showing net weekly spending power of a lone parent with children aged one and three years where (a) the parent is on income support, (b) the parent takes employment for 15 hours a week at £4 per hour, with £7.50 per week travel costs and £30 per week child care costs, (c) the parent takes employment for 20 hours a week at £3 an hour, with £10 per week travel costs and £40 per week child care costs and (d) the parent takes employment for 30 hours a week at £3 an hour, with £10 per week travel costs and £40 per week child care costs, assuming that the new child care allowance for lone parents is in operation.
Mr. Hague : The information requested is in the table. The level of child care and travel costs specified in the question are significantly higher than those typically encountered for lone parents at the level of earnings specified. Recent research shows that the average weekly child care costs of working lone parents are £24.60 a week.
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"Families, Work, and Benefits" (Policy Studies Institute, June 1993).
Lone parent with two children aged 1 and 3
Earnings and benefit as at October 1994 (£)
|(a) |(b) |(c) |(d)
--------------------------------------------------------------------
Gross earnings |0.00 |60.00 |60.00 |90.00
Tax |0.00 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00
National Insurance contributions |0.00 |1.44 |1.44 |4.44
Take home pay |0.00 |58.56 |58.56 |85.56
Income support |67.55 |23.99 |0.00 |0.00
Free welfare foods |5.18 |5.18 |0.00 |0.00
Family credit |0.00 |0.00 |66.70 |66.70
Child benefit |24.60 |24.60 |24.60 |24.60
Rent |32.54 |32.54 |32.54 |32.54
Rent rebate |32.54 |32.54 |32.54 |23.73
Council tax |7.65 |7.65 |7.65 |7.65
Council tax benefit |7.65 |7.65 |7.65 |4.94
Total net income |137.52|152.52|190.05|208.24
Income net of rent
and council tax |97.33 |112.33|149.86|168.05
Childcare and travel costs |0.00 |37.50 |50.00 |50.00
Income net of
housing, childcare
and travel costs |97.33 |74.83 |99.86 |118.05
(a) Parent on income support.
(b) Parent takes employment for 15 hours a week at £4 per hour,
child care costs of £30 per week and travel to work costs of £7.50
per week.
(c) Parent takes employment for 20 hours a week at £3 per hour,
child care costs of £40 per week and travel to work costs of £10
per week.
(d) Parent takes employment for 30 hours a week at £3 per hour,
child care costs of £40 per week and travel to work costs of £10
per week.
Notes: The tables include the following information:
1. April 1994 benefit rates.
2. April 1993 rates for rent, council tax and welfare foods.
Benefits
Mr. Flynn : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what changes have taken place in the rate of unemployment benefit, plus other benefits payable to a married man with two children on average wages since 1979, using the rate for that year as 100.
Mr. Burt : Information is in the tables. The only benefit payable to a married man with two children on average earnings is child benefit.
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Changes in the level of Unemployment Benefit since 1979
Personal BenefIncrease for
Dependent
|Standard Rate|Adult |Child
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
2 April 1979 |100 |100 |100
15 November 1979 |117 |117 |200
27 November 1980 |131 |131 |147
26 November 1981 |143 |143 |94
25 November 1982 |159 |158 |35
24 November 1983 |172 |171 |18
26 November 1984 |181 |180 |<1>-
28 November 1985 |193 |193 |<1>-
31 July 1986 |196 |195 |<1>-
9 April 1987 |200 |199 |<1>-
14 April 1988 |208 |207 |<1>-
10 April 1989 |220 |219 |<1>-
9 April 1990 |237 |236 |<1>-
11 April 1991 |263 |262 |<1>-
9 April 1992 |274 |273 |<1>-
15 April 1993 |283 |283 |<1>-
Note: 1979 rate = 100
<1>- Child dependency abolished 26 November 1984.
Source: Social Security Statistics 1993.
Unemployment Benefit-Earnings Related Supplement
|Maximum
|weekly
|rate
-------------------------------------------------
7 January 1979 to 5 January 1980 |100
6 January 1980 to 2 January 1981 |109
4 January 1981 to 2 January 1982 |86
Note:
1. 1979 rate=100
2. Abolished for new claimants from 3 January
1982 and for all claimants from 30 June 1982.
3. Source: Social Security Statistics 1983.
Changes in the level of Child Benefit since 1979
Child Benefit |First |Each
|Child |other
|child
-----------------------------------------------------------
2 April 1979 |100 |100
24 November 1980 |119 |119
23 November 1981 |131 |131
22 November 1982 |146 |146
21 November 1983 |163 |163
26 November 1984 |171 |171
25 November 1985 |175 |175
28 July 1986 |178 |178
6 April 1987 |181 |181
8 April 1991 |206 |181
7 October 1991 |231 |188
6 April 1992 |241 |195
12 April 1993 |250 |203
Note: 1 1979 rate=100
2. Source: Social Security Statistics 1983.
Social Security Statistics 1993.
National Insurance
Mr. Flynn : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will set out the total amount of the Treasury supplement to the national insurance scheme in each year since 1979 ; and what is the estimated amount in each of the next three years.
Mr. Hague : The information is in the table :
Year |Sum paid into
|NI fund
|(£ million)
------------------------------------------
1979-80 |<1>2,343
1980-81 |<1>2,848
1981-82 |<1>2,433
1982-83 |<1>2,591
1983-84 |<1>2,807
1984-85 |<1>2,597
1985-86 |<1>2,163
1986-87 |<1>2,412
1987-88 |<1>2,135
1988-89 |<1>1,653
1989-90 |<2>nil
1990-91 |<2>nil
1991-92 |<2>nil
1992-93 |<2>nil
1993-94 |<3>7,589
1994-95 |6,280
1995-96 |<4>5,000
1996-97 |<4>5,300
<1> Treasury supplement.
<2> The Treasury supplement was abolished
from 1989.
<3> Treasury grant from 1993 onwards.
<4> Estimated figures provided by the
Government Actuary's Department and
rounded to nearest £100 million.
app
Incapacity Benefit
Mr. Bradley : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, pursuant to hs answer of 17 January, Official Report , column 299, if he will provide the names and the organisations represented in the experts convened as a group to consider the details of the proposed objective medical test for incapacity benefit.
Mr. Scott : We have asked that panel members respect
confidentiality until the exercise is completed. Subsequently, we intend to publish a report containing the membership of the panel, a summary of its work and findings and the results of the evaluation exercise.
The report will be published before regulations are laid.
Mr. Bradley : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what are the estimated savings to his Department of abolishing age allowances for claimants of incapacity benefit who are over 45 years of age.
Mr. Scott [holding answer 17 January 1994] : It is estimated that abolishing the age allowances for people receiving the long-term rate of incapacity benefit who become incapacitated aged over 45 will provide net savings of less than £5 million in 1995-96 and around £15 million in 1996-97.
Note : Estimates, expressed in constant 1993-94 prices, are rounded to the nearest £5 million and are net of income-related benefit offsets. The estimates take account of the planned changes to additional pension and adult dependency increases.
Mr. Bradley : To ask the the Secretary of State for Social Security what are the estimated savings to his Department of abolishing the additional pension with the introduction of incapacity benefit.
Mr. Scott [holding answer 17 January 1994] : It is estimated that abolishing additional pension for people who start receiving long-term incapacity benfit after April 1995 will produce net savings of around £20 million in 1995-96 and around £130 million in 1996-97. Note : Estimates, expressed in constant 1993-94 prices, are rounded to the nearest £10 million and are net of offsetting changes in expenditure on age allowances and income-related benefits.
Mr. Bradley : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what are the estimated savings to his Department of delaying payment of a higher rate of incapacity benefit after a year.
Mr. Scott [holding answer 17 January 1994] : It is estimated that extending the qualifying period for the long-term of incapacity benefit will produce net savings of around £110 million in 1995-96 and around £150 million in 1996-97.
Notes
1. Estimates expressed in constant 1993-94 prices, are rounded to the nearest £10 million and are net of offsetting changes in income- related benefit expenditure.
2. Estimates take account of the effect on incapacity benefit recipients of the planned changes in the qualifying conditions for the disability premium paid with the income-related benefits.
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Rugby Union (Benefits)
Mr. Hinchliffe : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what plans he has to examine the charging of national insurance contributions arising from financial and other rewards derived from playing Rugby Union football.
Mr. Hague : If it emerged that players, contrary to the rules of the Rugby Football Union, receive payments for playing, the Contributions Agency would consider whether liability to national insurance contributions arises and, if so, require payment in the normal way.
Invalidity Benefit
Mr. Bradley : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many invalidity benefit claimants are aged under 58 years and do not receive the higher rate of the care component of the disability living allowance.
Mr. Scott [holding answer 17 January 1994] On 4 April 1992, the latest date for which figures are available, there were 765,000 people under the age of 58 receiving invalidity benefit . Reliable estimates of the number of invalidity benefit claimants not receiving the higher rate care component of disability living allowance are not available.
Note :
Based on 1 per cent. sample of claimants in Great Britain, rounded to the nearest thousand. Mr. Bradley : To ask the Secretaryof State for Social Security how many and what percentage of invalidity benefit claimants have adult dependants, by age of dependant.
Mr. Scott [holding Answer 17 January 1994] : The Information is in the table.
Adult Dependency Increases Paid with Invalidity Benefit
Invalidity Benefit |Number |Number as a
recipients at
4 April 1992 |percentage of
|all Invalidity
|Benefit
|recipients
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total caseload |1,440,000 |100
Recipients receiving an adult dependency increase |445,000 |31
Increase payable for adult dependant aged under 30 |10,000 |1
Increase payable for dependant aged 30-39 |40,000 |3
Increase payable for dependant aged 40-49 |55,000 |4
Increase payable for dependant aged 50-59 |135,000 |9
Increase payable for dependant aged 60-69 |195,000 |14
Increase payable for dependant aged over 70 |5,000 |*
Notes:
(i) All figures are rounded to the nearest 5,000; totals may not sum due to rounding.
(ii) Percentages are rounded to the nearest 1 per cent. "*" denotes a figure of less than 0.5 per cent.
Sources:
(a) Estimates of the age of adult dependants using data drawn from the 1989, 1990 and 1991 family
expenditure surveys.
(b) Estimates of the total number of invalidity benefit recipients, and the total number receiving adult
dependency increases, are based on a 1 per cent. sample of claimants in Great Britain at 4 April 1992, the
latest date for which figures are available, rounded to the nearest thousand.
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Mr. Bradley : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many and what percentage of invalidity benefit claimants have adult dependants under the age of 60 years where no allowances for child dependants are in payment.
Mr. Scott [holding answer 17 January 1994] : The information is in the table.
Adult dependency increases paid with Invalidity Benefit
---------------------------------------------------------------
Total caseload |1,440,000|100
Recipients receiving an increase
for an adult dependent under
the age of 60, where no
increase for a child dependant
is payable |170,000 |12
Notes:
i. All figures are rounded to the nearest 5,000.
ii. Percentages are rounded to the nearest 1 per cent.
Sources:
a. Estimates of the age of adult dependants obtained using
data drawn from the 1989, 1990 and 1991 family expenditure
surveys.
b. Estimates of the total number of invalidity benefit
recipients, and the total number receiving adult dependency
increases, are based on a 1 per cent. sample of claimants in
Great Britain at 4 April 1992, the latest date for which
figures are available, rounded to the nearest thousand.
War Pension Unit
Mr. Foulkes : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how claims being processed by the war pensions unit at Norcross, Blackpool have been affected by asbestos being found in a Ministry of Defence building where records are kept ; when he expects the claims will be processed ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Hague : This is a matter for Mr. Michael Bichard, the chief executive of the Benefits Agency. He will write to the hon. Member with such information as is available.
Letter from M. Bichard to Mr. George Foulkes, dated19 January 1994 :
The Secretary of State for Social Security has asked me to reply to your Parliamentary Question about the effect of asbestos in a Ministry of Defence (MOD) building on claims being processed by the War Pension Unit.
In June 1993, asbestos contaminated dust was discovered at the MOD Records, Hayes. Since that date, the MOD have been unable to provide full service documents for War Pension claims.
In September 1993, contingency plans were introduced which included the MOD going into the contaminated areas to retrieve the relevant documents for particularly urgent claims, such as those from the terminally ill.
The decontamination exercise started on 10 January 1994 and is due to be completed by April 1994. Those claims not covered by the contingency plans will be dealt with as a matter of urgency as the MOD records become available.
I hope my reply has been helpful.
EMPLOYMENT
Ministerial Cars
Mr. Alan Williams : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if she will quantify the cost of the factors which led to an increase in the cost of cars for Ministers in her Department since 1990-91.
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Mr. Michael Forsyth : The level of charges for ministerial cars is determined centrally by the Government car service. In the two financial years since 1990-91, there have been two major price rises which have increased our costs. An additional factor is that from April 1991, car charges were subject to the higher rate of VAT. In the same period, there has been no increase in the number of allocated vehicles.
Wages
Mr. Battle : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what percentage of (a) manual, (b) non manual, (c) all, (d) male, (e) female, (f) full and (g) part-time workers on adult rates earn less than £2.40, £2.60, £2.80, £3.00, £3.20, £3.40, £3.60, £3.80, £4.00, £4.40, £4.80, £5.20, £5.60 and £6 per hour, including and excluding overtime, in Yorkshire and Humberside, West Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, North Yorkshire, Humberside, the north and Great Britain.
Mr. Michael Forsyth : The information available from the new earnings survey is contained in tables. I have arranged for copies to be available in the Library.
Mr. Battle : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what percentage of full-time (a) male, (b) female, (c) manual, (d) non-manual and (e) all workers on adult rates earn less than £100, £120, £140, £150, £160, £170, £180, £190, £200, £210, £220, £250, £300 and £340 per week, including and excluding overtime, in Yorkshire and Humberside, West Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, North Yorkshire, Humberside, the North and Great Britain.
Mr. Michael Forsyth : Information from the new earnings survey can be found in tables. I have arranged for copies to be available in the Library.
Mr. Battle : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what was the average hourly and weekly pay, including and excluding overtime, for both full-time (a) manual, (b) non-manual and (c) all men and women on adult rates in Yorkshire and Humberside, the north and Great Britain in 1970, 1975, 1984 and the latest available year.
Mr. Michael Forsyth : The information requested for 1975, 1984 and 1993 can be found in part E of the new earnings survey for each of those years. Details of average weekly earnings and of the overtime component together with average hourly earnings excluding overtime are published in tables 108 to 113. Details of average hourly earnings including overtime are published in tables 122 and 123. Average earnings excluding overtime is not available for 1970. Average weekly and hourly earnings including overtime for 1970 is provided in the table :
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Full-time employees-pay unaffected by absence: April 1970
Average gross Average gross
weekly earnings hourly earnings
|including overtime|excluding overtime|including overtime|excluding overtime
|£ |£ |£ |£
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Manual men
Yorkshire and Humberside |25.8 |- |0.54 |-
North |26.3 |- |0.56 |-
Great Britain |26.9 |- |0.57 |-
Non-manual men
Yorkshire and Humberside |32.9 |- |0.83 |-
North |33.5 |- |0.85 |-
Great Britain |35.8 |- |0.90 |-
All men
Yorkshire and Humberside |27.9 |- |0.61 |-
North |28.5 |- |0.63 |-
Great Britain |30.0 |- |0.67 |-
Manual women
Yorkshire and Humberside |12.6 |- |0.32 |-
North |12.6 |- |0.31 |-
Great Britain |13.4 |- |0.33 |-
Non-manual women
Yorkshire and Humberside |16.3 |- |0.44 |-
North |16.4 |- |0.43 |-
Great Britain |17.8 |- |0.48 |-
All women
Yorkshire and Humberside |14.9 |- |0.39 |-
North |15.0 |- |0.39 |-
Great Britain |16.3 |- |0.43 |-
Mr. Tony Lloyd : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will provide the latest figures for numbers of full-time employees on adult rates in (a) Greater Manchester, (b) Merseyside, (c) Cheshire, (d) Lancashire and (e) the north-west region whose weekly earnings excluding overtime were less than £220 and less than £200 under the headings of manual males, non-manual males, all full-time males, manual females, non-manual females, and all full-time females, giving total numbers of employees in the sample in each case ; and what is the number of part-time employees on adult rates in (i) Greater Manchester, (ii) Merseyside, (iii) Cheshire, (iv) Lancashire and (v) the north-west region whose hourly earnings excluding overtime were less than £6 and less than £5.30 under the headings of manual females, non-manual females, all part-time females, manual males, non-manual males, and all part-time males, giving total number of employees in the sample in each case.
Mr. Michael Forsyth : Information available from the new earnings survey is provided in the following tables :
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Full-time employees on adult rates of pay whose pay was not affected
by absence for the survey pay period
Number in sample and percentage with gross weekly earnings (exluding
overtime) below the following amounts: April 1993
£200 £220
|Number in|Per cent.|Number in|Per cent.
|sample |sample
---------------------------------------------------------------------
Manual men
Greater Manchester |592 |38.2 |799 |51.5
Merseyside |231 |32.4 |311 |43.6
Cheshire |217 |34.1 |269 |42.3
Lancashire |340 |40.9 |450 |54.2
North West region |1,380 |37.0 |1,829 |49.0
Non-manual men
Greater Manchester |285 |16.0 |352 |19.9
Merseyside |162 |19.1 |205 |24.2
Cheshire |66 |8.9 |93 |12.6
Lancashire |147 |18.6 |177 |22.3
North West region |660 |15.9 |828 |19.9
All men
Greater Manchester |877 |26.4 |1,152 |34.6
Merseyside |393 |25.2 |516 |33.1
Cheshire |283 |20.6 |362 |26.3
Lancashire |487 |30.0 |627 |38.6
North West region |2,040 |25.9 |2,657 |33.7
Manual women
Greater Manchester |298 |81.9 |390 |87.9
Merseyside |108 |76.6 |123 |87.2
Cheshire |97 |77.0 |109 |86.5
Lancashire |154 |80.6 |171 |89.5
North West region |657 |79.9 |723 |88.0
Non-manual women
Greater Manchester |661 |41.3 |830 |51.9
Merseyside |329 |39.0 |417 |49.4
Cheshire |250 |42.2 |303 |51.2
Lancashire |335 |47.1 |404 |56.7
North West region |1,575 |42.0 |1,954 |52.1
All women
Greater Manchester |959 |48.8 |1,150 |58.6
Merseyside |437 |44.4 |540 |54.8
Cheshire |347 |48.3 |412 |57.4
Lancashire |489 |54.2 |575 |63.7
North West region |2,232 |48.8 |2,677 |58.6
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Part-time employees on adult rates of pay whose pay was not affected
by absence for the survey pay period
Number in sample and percentage with gross hourly earnings (
excluding overtime) below the following amounts: April 1993
£5.30 £6.00
|Number in|Per cent.|Number in|Per cent.
|sample |sample
---------------------------------------------------------------------
Manual women
Greater Manchester |327 |91.1 |342 |95.3
Merseyside |222 |93.3 |229 |96.2
Cheshire |133 |85.3 |143 |91.7
Lancashire |195 |92.9 |201 |95.7
North West region |877 |91.1 |915 |95.0
Non-manual women
Greater Manchester |420 |69.7 |459 |76.1
Merseyside |211 |60.8 |243 |70.0
Cheshire |174 |65.4 |191 |71.8
Lancashire |192 |61.7 |225 |72.3
North West region |997 |65.3 |1,118 |73.2
All women
Greater Manchester |747 |77.7 |801 |83.3
Merseyside |433 |74.0 |472 |80.7
Cheshire |307 |72.7 |334 |79.1
Lancashire |387 |74.3 |426 |81.8
North West Region |1,874 |75.3 |2,033 |81.6
Manual men
Greater Manchester |n/a |n/a |n/a |n/a
Merseyside |n/a |n/a |n/a |n/a
Cheshire |n/a |n/a |n/a |n/a
Lancashire |n/a |n/a |n/a |n/a
North West region |116 |82.9 |126 |90.0
Non-manual men
Greater Manchester |n/a |n/a |n/a |n/a
Merseyside |n/a |n/a |n/a |n/a
Cheshire |n/a |n/a |n/a |n/a
Lancashire |n/a |n/a |n/a |n/a
North West region |n/a |n/a |n/a |n/a
All men
Greater Manchester |n/a |n/a |n/a |n/a
Merseyside |n/a |n/a |n/a |n/a
Cheshire |n/a |n/a |n/a |n/a
Lancashire |n/a |n/a |n/a |n/a
North West region |n/a |n/a |n/a |n/a
Consultancies
Ms Abbott : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list the (a) accountancy firms and (b) merchant banks to which his Department awarded private consultancy work in 1992 and 1993, together with a list of the consultancies concerned and the amount paid.
Mr. Michael Forsyth : Information in the form requested could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Labour Statistics
Mrs. Bridget Prentice : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what percentage of Lewisham's work force were employed in jobs in central London for each year from 1975.
Miss Widdecombe : This information is only available from the special workplace statistics from the census of population. The 1981 census of population shows that 73 per cent. of the economically active residents in the London borough of Lewisham had their workplace within the Inner London boroughs, including Lewisham. Data from the 1991 census of population are not yet available.
Mr. Tony Lloyd : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list for six-monthly periods from January 1979 to date how many of the vacancies notified to jobcentres in the United Kingdom were (a) full time and part time and (b) permanent and temporary.
Mr. Michael Forsyth : Responsibility for the subject of the question has been delegated to the Employment Service Agency under its chief executive. I have asked him to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from M. E. G. Fogden to Mr. Tony Lloyd, dated 20 January 1994 :
The Secretary of State has asked me to reply to your Question about the number of vacancies notified to Jobcentres since 1979. The Employment Servcie (ES) collects information for Great Britain rather than the United Kingdom. I enclose tables showing
(a) part time and full time vacancies, and
(b) temporary and permanent vacancies
notified to Jobcentres in Great Britain from April 1986. There are differences in the six monthly periods used to compile the two tables. This is because until March 1992 the data was compiled at the end of alternative quarters.
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Prior to 1986 the figures for vacancies notified to Jobcentres were collected manually. To obtain this information would require direct approaches to my local offices. Given the size of the ES network this would incur disproportionate costs.I hope this is helpful.
Details of part-time and full-time vacancies
Date |Part-time|Full time
|vacancies|vacancies
------------------------------------------------------
April-June 1986 |187,058 |423,706
July-December 1986 |403,005 |947,479
January-June 1987 |349,218 |832,774
July-December 1987 |401,764 |1,005,099
January-June 1988 |348,598 |883,485
July-December 1988 |392,548 |1,024,335
January-June 1989 |336,320 |864,697
July-December 1989 |401,504 |1,027,841
January-June 1990 |328,216 |809,571
July-December 1990 |351,608 |807,837
January-June 1991 |325,348 |593,159
July 1991-March 1992<1> |456,191 |924,557
April-September 1992 |323,651 |695,470
October 1992-March 1993 |305,278 |592,673
April-September 1993 |371,027 |794,856
<1> In March 1992 the system of collection of
information was changed bringing the accounting
periods into line.
Details of permanent and temporary vacancies
Date |Permanent |Temporary
|vacancies |vacancies
---------------------------------------------------------------
April-September 1986 |836,250 |471,085
October 1986-March 1987 |790,519 |388,473
April-September 1987 |970,193 |437,786
October 1987-March 1988 |852,430 |357,497
April-September 1988 |1,088,605 |372,541
October 1988-March 1989 |950,838 |289,433
April-September 1989 |<1>1,028,703|<1>409,877
October 1989-March 1990 |<1>878,333 |<1>331,594
April-September 1990 |989,679 |258,667
October 1990-March 1991 |713,730 |237,365
April-September 1991 |828,290 |263,010
October 1991-March 1992 |694,625 |218,167
April-September 1992 |821,263 |197,858
October 1992-March 1993 |712,847 |185,104
April-September 1993 |913,127 |252,756
<1> Estimated.
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Youth Training
Mr. Tony Lloyd : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment (1) if he will list the numbers and percentages of youth training trainees in each training and enterprise council area in the north-west who have employed or trainee status, shown by sex, ethnic origin and disability ;
(2) what is the latest information on the destinations of youth training trainees in each training and enterprise council area in the north-west, showing the destinations of trainees by ethnic origin, sex and disability.
Miss Widdecombe : As the information is contained in a number of tables, I will write to the hon. Member and place a copy in the Library.
Access to Work Scheme
Mr. Alex Carlile : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will outline the results of research carried out by his Department on the attitude of disabled employees and prospective employees on the introduction of employer's contributions under his Department's access to work proposals ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Michael Forsyth : I refer the hon. Member to the reply given to the hon. Member for Caernarfon (Mr. Wigley) on 16 December 1993, Official Report, column 858.
Careers Services
Mr. Milburn : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list the organisations (a) which tendered and (b) which were chosen to provide careers services in each of the pathfinder areas.
Miss Widdecombe : Information on organisations tendering to provide careers services is commercial-in-confidence. My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State will announce those organisations with whom he will contract when negotiations are finalised.
Pit Closures
Mr. Steinberg : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many job losses have occurred in each of the Durham coal mines as a result of (a) closure and (b) proposed closure.
Mr. Eggar : I have been asked to reply. British Coal has supplied me with the following information concerning its deep-mines in the Durham area :
Colliery |Men on colliery|Men on colliery
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Easington |1,331 |0
Vane Tempest |873 |0
Wearmouth |929 |27
Westoe |1,170 |0
PRIME MINISTER
Councils of Ministers
Q5. Mr. Barnes : To ask the Prime Minister what proposals he has made, in the light of the decisions of the European Councils in Edinburgh 1992 and Brussels 1993,
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to increase the transparency and accountability of decision making, including the recording of votes of each member state, at meetings of European Community Councils of Ministers ; and if he will make a statement.The Prime Minister : We supported the Council decision of 6 December on the publication of Council votes ; and we shall routinely provide to Parliament all consequent published information, which will be made available in the Library of the House. We have also encouraged the Danish and Belgian presidencies in holding a number of open Council sessions.
Honours List
Mr. Redmond : To ask the Prime Minister what is (a) the number of each honour granted in the new year's honours list and (b) the number of each such honour was awarded to (i) public servants, (ii) civil servants, (iii) officers of the armed forces, (iv) other members of the armed forces and (v) for political services.
The Prime Minister : My honours recommendations for the new year list contained 970 names. The breakdown of awards is as follows :
|Number
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Life Peer |2
Privy Counsellor |2
CH |3
Knight |30
GCB |1
KCB |2
CB |14
GCMG |1
CMG |2
DBE |3
CBE |98
OBE |241
MBE |571
Around 180 awards were granted to public servants--people working, for example, in health, education, the police, the fire service, public transport and local government--and 170 awards to state servants, including civil servants. These awards were given for their work as public and civil servants. Some of the awards given for voluntary work may also have gone to public or state servants, but it is not possible to identify these. Forty- nine awards went to individuals either for their political or for their political and public service. Awards to members of the armed forces are the responsibility of my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Defence.
Value Added Tax (Domestic Fuel)
Ms Jowell : To ask the Prime Minister how many representations he has received (a) in favour of and (b) against the imposition of value added tax on domestic fuel.
The Prime Minister : I have received a substantial number of representations on this subject.
Arms Sales Register
Mr. Frank Field : To ask the Prime Minister if he will report what progress he has made in establishing the register of arms sales announced after the European Council meeting on 8 May 1991.
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The Prime Minister : I called for a United Nations register of conventional arms transfers at the Luxembourg European Council on 8 April 1991.
The United Nations General Assembly voted on 9 December 1991 to establish such a register, covering seven major weapons systems, with first returns due on 30 April 1993. The United Kingdom submitted its return to the United Nations Secretary-General on 29 April 1993. The return covered arms imports and exports for the calendar year 1992, including background information ; a copy was placed in the Library of the House.
The report of the United Nations Secretary-General, published last October, included returns from some 80 countries.
The United Kingdom will seek to build on this successful start to the initiative to improve its effectiveness ; we will be represented on a United Nations panel of experts shortly to discuss the operation and expansion of the register.
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