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Earnings
Mr. Kirkwood: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) if he will list the number of people under the age of 25 years who earn less than (a) £2.50, (b) £3.00, (c) £3.50, (d) £4.00 and (e) £4.50 per hour; and if he will make a statement; [3084]
- (2) if he will list the number of people, by gender, who earn less than (a) £2.50, (b) £3.00, (c) £3.50, (d) £4.00 and (e) £4.50 per hour; and if he will make a statement. [3085]
Mrs. Angela Knight [holding answer 13 November 1996]: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the chief executive of the Office for National Statistics. I have asked him to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from Tim Holt to Mr. Archy Kirkwood, dated 21 November 1996:
The Chancellor of the Exchequer has asked me to reply as the Director of the Office for National Statistics to your recent questions on earnings distributions by hour and gender in Great Britain.
Mr. Milburn:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what are the latest estimates of the expenditure on external consultants, including management consultants, for each year since 1992, in 1996 prices, for his Department and its agencies; and what are the quantified annual cost savings which such expenditure has resulted in. [4065]
Mrs. Angela Knight
[holding answer 14 November 1996]: I refer the hon. Member to the letter that I have today sent in reply to the identical question that he tabled at the end of the 1995-96 Session. I have placed a copy of my letter in the Members' Library.
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Ms Primarolo:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the (a) investment and (b) earned income in (i) 1979-80 and (ii) 1995-96 for each income decile group. [4471]
Mrs. Angela Knight
[holding answer 18 November 1996]: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the chief executive of the Office for National Statistics. I have asked him to arrange for a reply to be given.
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Letter from Tim Holt to Ms Dawn Primarolo, dated 21 November 1996:
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Average per household (£ per year, rounded to nearest £10).
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Mr. Flynn:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list the mortality rates for (a) multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis, (b) methycillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus and (c) vancomycin-resistant enterococci. [4664]
Mrs. Angela Knight
[holding answer 19 November 1996:]: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the chief executive of the Office for National Statistics. I have asked him to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from Tim Holt to Mr. Paul Flynn, dated 21 November 1996:
The latest information, from the Labour Force Survey, is shown in the table below.
Number of employees earning less than: All aged under 25 years All males All females £2.50 439,000 354,000 549,000
£3.00 847,000 663,000 1,074,000
£3.50 1,306,000 1,095,000 2,135,000
£4.00 1,739,000 1,688,000 3,275,000
£4.50 2,176,000 2,410,000 435,000
The Chancellor of the Exchequer has asked me to reply as the Director of the Office for National Statistics to your recent question on the investment income and the earned income in 1979-80 and 1995-96 for each income decile group.
The figures requested are shown in the attached table. The figures are derived from the analysis of the effects of taxes and benefits on household income which is based on the Family Expenditure Survey (FES). No figures are available for 1979-80 as the FES was on a calender year basis at that time. The latest information available is for the fiscal year 1994-95. The figures show the mean incomes at current prices for decile groups of households ranked by equivalised disposable income. The figures are not strictly comparable over time because of changes in classification of income and because of changes in the FES.
Bottom 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th Top 1979
Earned income 350 700 1,650 3,100 4,340 5,200 6,210 7,390 8,090 10,830
Investment income 70 50 80 110 110 130 150 190 260 590
1994-95
Earned income 1,060 1,840 3,070 5,640 9,160 13,620 17,810 21,540 26,480 44,250
Investment income 160 170 210 320 440 570 740 860 1,240 3,600
The Chancellor of the Exchequer has asked me to reply as the Director of the Office for National Statistics to your recent question on mortality rates for multi-drug resistant TB, MRSA, and vancomycin resistant enterococci.
Multi-drug resistant TB, and deaths due to MRSA or vancomycin resistant enterococci do not have distinct codes within the revision of the International Classification of Diseases used for encoding death registration data at the Office for National Statistics, and therefore there are no centrally held statistics on deaths from these causes.
Environmental Auditing
Mr. Martyn Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list the ways in which his Department has (a) demonstrated by example and (b) promoted externally, the ability to improve efficiency and competitiveness through environmental auditing; and if he will make a statement. [4535]
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Mr. Jonathan Evans: The Welsh Office aims to reduce the impact of its own activities on the environment and to improve the management of its own resources. Energy surveying and auditing is a well established feature of the Department's green housekeeping strategy. All Welsh Office properties have been surveyed and the resulting recommendations implemented. Improvements include draughtproofing and thermal insulation; modifications to air conditioning and heating controls; new energy efficient lighting and automatic lighting control systems.
The Welsh Office has also examined a wide range of its other domestic activity and resulting annual action plans have included measures to reduce environmental effects in the key areas of water conservation; waste management; greener vehicles; ozone-depleting substances; efficient paper use and through raising staff awareness.
As with other Departments, the Welsh Office ensures that its policies and programmes take proper account of environmental concerns in accordance with the 1990 Environment White Paper "This Common Inheritance" and "Sustainable Development: the UK Strategy" published in 1994. My right hon. Friend is the Department's green Minister and the Welsh Office is contributing to the booklet of case studies which green Ministers intend to publish in the new year showing good examples of environmental appraisal.
The Department published a booklet in September 1994 entitled "Selling to the Welsh Office - A Green Guide for suppliers of Goods and Services to the Welsh Office"
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which is sent with all invitations to tender. Potential suppliers are asked what action they are taking to obtain BS7750.
The Welsh Office actively encourages environmental management and auditing more widely. It promotes the EC eco-management and audit scheme--EMAS--and the availability of grant aid for small companies under the SCEEMAS scheme. In March, my right hon. Friend launched the business and the environment campaign. The campaign aims to raise awareness of environmental issues and of the commercial advantages of good environmental management including the opportunities for financial savings; promote the increased take-up of environmental services; and encourage firms to undertake best practice in environmental management. As part of the campaign, the Welsh Office is working closely with Arena Network, a non-profit making organisation set up to raise business awareness and to provide advice to companies on environmental issues.
Arena now has around 300 Welsh member companies and, with Welsh Office support, is developing a portfolio of training activities and project work with local business groups. The Welsh Office is also collaborating with Arena, the environmental technology support unit, the environmental technology best practice programme and other organisations on the provision of environmental best practice seminars and workshops for business.
The Welsh Office also promotes improved efficiency and competitiveness through environmental auditing by supporting the River Dee waste minimisation project which involves 14 companies auditing their use of energy, water and materials and identifying ways of minimising waste generation. The project was launched in May 1995 and has already identified areas for substantial savings.
Mr. Barry Jones:
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what estimate he has made of the current number of women who are head teachers in (a) the primary and (b) the secondary sectors; and if he will make a statement. [4936]
Mr. Jonathan Evans:
There were 769 female head teachers in primary schools and 26 in secondary schools at January 1996 according to the results of the schools census.
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