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Labour Statistics
Mr. Hain: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list the number and percentage of households which have nobody in work for (a) the United Kingdom and (b) each region. [2817]
Mrs. Angela Knight: The information 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. Peter Hain, dated 25 November 1996:
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 number of households with nobody in employment.
(46) Excludes one-person pensioner households and households of two adults without children where at least one person was over pension age.
Source:
Labour Force Survey, Office for National Statistics.
Mrs. Knight
[holding answer 20 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. Robert N. Wareing, dated 25 November 1996:
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Note:
(47) Unadjusted.
Source:
Labour Force Survey.
Mr. Simpson:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list, on the same departmental basis as table 6.4 of the "Financial Statement and Budget Report 1996-97" the breakdown of the total private capital invested in the PFI scheme for the period before 1996-97. [4050]
Mr. Jack:
Table 6.4 of the "Financial Statement and Budget Report 1996-97" provided aggregated figures for capital expenditure under the private finance initiative. Table 6.5 of the report provided the information on a departmental basis for the years 1996-97 to 1998-99.
A breakdown of the capital investment in PFI prior to that is as follows.
Mr. Wareing:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many full-time jobs have been created in (a) the United Kingdom and (b) each other member state of the European Union in each of the last six years. [4771]
The available information for the United Kingdom is shown in the attached table.
Thousands Percentage of all such households United Kingdom 3,256 18.3
Great Britain 3,163 18.2
England 2,697 18.1
South East 958 17.0
Greater London 544 22.8
Rest of South East 414 12.7
East Anglia 95 14.9
South West 210 15.0
West Midlands 289 18.5
East Midlands 193 15.5
Yorkshire and Humberside 282 18.5
North West 409 21.2
North 209 22.5
Wales 184 21.5
Scotland 334 20.6
Northern Ireland 93 22.1
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 number of full-time jobs created in the United Kingdom and the European Union in the last six years.
Information is available only for the net change in employment, which can be calculated by comparing figures for different years.
Information showing the number of persons working full-time in European Union member states is published in Eurostat's Labour Force Survey Results for each year between 1989 and 1995 (Table 48 from 1992 to 1995 and Table 41 for earlier years). Copies of the publication are available in the House of Commons Library. The latest available for the United Kingdom is provided in the following table.
Number 1989 20,840
1990 21,030
1991 20,499
1992 19,749
1993 19,373
1994 19,404
1995 19,640
1996 19,661
| 1991-92 | 1992-93 | 1993-94 | 1994-95 | 1995-96 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DfEE/OFSted(48) | -- | -- | -- | -- | 3 |
| Health | -- | -- | 23 | 37 | 47 |
| Heritage | -- | -- | -- | -- | 0.3 |
| Social Security | -- | -- | -- | -- | 14 |
| Transport | -- | 47 | 75 | 119 | 259 |
| Scotland(49) (including Forestry Commission) | 10 | 18 | 16 | 17 | 21 |
| Home Office | -- | -- | 10 | -- | 25 |
| Ministry of Defence | -- | -- | -- | -- | 5 |
| National Insurance Office | -- | -- | -- | 1 | 1 |
| Wales | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 |
| Total | 10 | 65 | 124 | 174 | 376.3 |
(48) Refers to Department of Employment before merger with Department of Education.
(49) Includes Scottish Office and other public bodies within the responsibility of the Secretary of State for Scotland, but not local authorities.
Inheritance Tax
Mr. Malcolm Bruce: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is his estimate of the cost in 1997-98 of abolishing inheritance tax; if he will estimate the number
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of individuals who would be better off in 1997-98 as a consequence of such a policy; and if he will estimate the average annual monetary gain to each individual. [3246]
Mr. Jack [holding answer 11 November 1996]: It is provisionally estimated that, in 1997-98, about 19,000 transfers made on death and in lifetime will have an aggregate inheritance tax liability of £1.6 billion, and an average tax liability of around £85,000. Information on the likely number of beneficiaries is not available.
Industrial Action
Sir Irvine Patnick: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many days were lost due to industrial action in the first quarter of 1996; and what were the equivalent figures for each of the last 15 years. [4818]
Mrs. Angela Knight: 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 Sir Irvine Patnick, dated 25 November 1996:
(50) Data for 1996 are provisional.
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 number of days lost to labour disputes.
The data requested are in the attached table.
Labour disputes statistics cover all stoppages of work connected with terms and conditions of employment, except those involving fewer than ten workers or lasting less than one day. These are excluded unless the total number of working days lost in the dispute is greater than 100.
January to March (inclusive) Working days lost (thousands) 1981 1,368
1982 1,916
1983 1,600
1984 3,005
1985 4,577
1986 668
1987 2,067
1988 1,020
1989 186
1990 1,195
1991 135
1992 115
1993 194
1994 15
1995 71
1996(50) 102
Golden Shares
Mr. Tony Banks: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list all those privatised companies in which the Government hold golden shares; and what is the percentage of share capital in each case. [5703]
Mr. Jack: Her Majesty's Government hold a golden or special share in the following companies:
Cable and Wireless
Sealink Stena Line
BT
British Aerospace
VSEL Consortium
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British Gas
Rolls Royce
BAA
National Grid
National Power
PowerGen
Scottish Power
Scottish Hydro Electric
British Technology Group
British Technology Group International
Northern Ireland Electricity
Belfast International Airport
British Energy
AEAT.
Unemployment
Ms Church: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people (a) in total, and (b) in the age bands (i) 16 to 24, (ii) 25 to 34, (iii) 35 to 44, (iv) 45 to 54, (v) 55 to 64 and (vi) 65-plus years have experienced at least one spell of unemployment since 1992 in the United Kingdom (1) as an absolute figure and (2) as a percentage of the economically active work force in the relevant age band. [1894]
Mrs. Angela Knight [holding answer 7 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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