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Jobs (Plymouth and Torbay)

Mr. Steen: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the total number of jobs created in (a) the Plymouth and (b) the Torbay travel-to-work areas in each of the past five years. [21344]

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 Mr. Anthony Steen, dated 20 March 1997:

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 jobs created in the Plymouth and Torbay travel-to-work areas over the last five years.

The available information is for the levels of employees at 1991, 1993 and 1995. This is provided in the table below.

Employees: at September (thousands)

Travel-to-work area	1991	1993	1995
Plymouth	117.5	113.4	116.0
Torbay	39.6	39.5	43.7

Illegitimate Births

Mrs. Ann Winterton: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the rate of illegitimate births in

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the latest year for which figures are available in (a) England and Wales, (b) Scotland and (c) Northern Ireland. [21281]

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 Mrs. Ann Winterton, dated 20 March 1997:

The Chancellor of the Exchequer has asked me to reply as Director of the Office for National Statistics to your recent question asking for the percentage of live births outside marriage in England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland during the latest year for which data are available.

The figures requested are shown in the table below.

Percentage of live births outside marriage 1995

Area	Percentage
England and Wales	33.9
Scotland	33.7
Northern Ireland	23.1

These figures are published in the annual reference volume "Birth Statistics" Series FM1, copies of which are available in the House of Commons Library.

Correspondence

Mr. David Marshall: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he will reply to the letters of 17 November, 22 December and 26 January from the hon. Member regarding Vanlee Transport, Glasgow. [17403]

Mr. Oppenheim [holding answer 24 February 1997]: I did so on 19 February.

Private Finance Initiative

Mr. Timms: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will provide figures for his Departments' PFI projects in the same form as used by the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, in his answer to the hon. Member for Darlingon (Mr. Milburn) of 6 March, Official Report, columns 692-93; and if he will list his latest estimates of annual totals for PFI projects, on the same basis as those given in table 5.5 on the Red Book. [20396]

Mr. Jack [holding answer 17 March 1997]: The following tables show the information requested:

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Table 1: Red book figures

Estimated capital investment	1997-98 £ million	1998-99 £ million	1999-2000 £ million	Total £ million
HM Treasury
Project:
Refurbishment of headquarters building	50	60	60	170
Inland Revenue (including the VOA)
Project:
Manchester/Stockport NOS(50)	17	0	0	17
St. John's House, Bootle	9	3	0	12
Edinburgh NOS(50)	7	0	0	7
Glasgow NOS(50)	8	0	0	8
Other NOS	5	6	6	17
Unidentified major works	17	10	6	33
Telephones exchanges and equipment	1	1	1	3
Total	64	20	13	97
HM Customs and Excise
Project:
Southampton accommodation(51)	2	0	0	2
Cutters	0	3	3	6
Number plate readers(52)	*	*	*	1
Radios	5	4	4	13
IT infrastructure(53)	0	15	15	30
Total	8	23	23	54
National Savings
Project:
Business Process re-engineering	6	9	0	15

Notes:

(50) PFI deals which were due to be signed in 1996-97 with capital profile split between 1996-97 (not shown) and 1997-98.

(51) The projected private sector capital investment is now expected to be incurred in 1997-98.

(52) Figures below £0.5 million indicated by *.

(53) The business case for this project is currently being reviewed and has not been included in the table showing the current revised figures.

Totals may not add up to sum of parts due to roundings.

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Current revised figures

Estimated capital investment	1997-98	1998-99	1999-2000	Total
	£ million	£ million	£ million	£ million
HM Treasury
Project:
Refurbishment of headquarters buildings(54)	5	15	80	100
Inland Revenue (including the VOA)
Project:
Manchester/Stockport NOS(55)	35	0	0	35
St. John's House, Bootle	12	0	0	12
Edinburgh NOS(55)	9	0	0	9
Glasgow NOS(55)	9	0	0	9
Other NOS	0	8	9	17
Unidentified major works	17	10	6	33
Telephone exchanges and equipment	1	1	1	3
Total	83	19	16	118
HM Customs and Excise
Project:
Southampton accommodation(56)	14	0	0	14
Cutters	5	5	0	11
Number plate readers(57)	*	2	0	2
Radios	0	20	0	20
IT infrastructure(58)	--	--	--	--
Total	20	27	0	47
National Savings
Project:
Business Process(59) Re-engineering	6	9	0	15

Notes:

(54) Difference from estimate in Red Book figures, is due to re-profiling of expenditure.

(55) PFI deals which were originally due to be signed in 1996-97 but will now be signed in 1997-98 with all capital spending taking place in that year.

(56) The projected private sector capital investment is now expected to be incurred in 1997-98.

(57) Figures below £0.5 million indicated by *.

(58) The business case for this project is currently being reviewed and has not been included in the table showing the current revised figures.

(59) These figures are currently under review.

Totals may not add up to sum of parts due to roundings.

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Defence Personnel (Taxation)

Mr. Wigley: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the annual revenue obtained by the Treasury through taxation paid by military and civilian personnel employed by the Ministry of Defence,

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broken down into (a) taxation on income associated with their employment and (b) tax revenue arising from VAT and other sales taxes. [20742]

Mr. Soames: I have been asked to reply.

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The amount of income tax paid by military and civilian employees, or by my Department on their behalf within the terms of PAYE settlement agreements, was some £1.3 billion in the financial year 1995-96, the latest year for which complete information is available. The amount of VAT and other sales taxes paid by MOD employees is dependent on individual domestic transactions and is thus not available.

HEALTH

NHS Trusts (Chief Executives)

Mr. Simon Hughes: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many chief executives of hospital trusts were women in each year since 1991. [18708]

Mr. Malone: The information requested is not available centrally.

Networks

Mr. Simon Hughes: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many separate local area networks and wide area networks are currently in operation within the NHS.[19420]

Mr. Horam: The information requested is not held centrally.

Medicines Control Agency

Ms Corston: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what was the total income of the Medicines Control Agency in each of the last three years broken down by each major source indicating separately (a) the direct and (b) the indirect contributions from pharmaceutical companies. [19688]

Mr. Malone: The total income of the Medicines Control Agency in the last three years was as follows:

			£ million
	Total	Fee income	Miscellaneous income
1995-96	22.4	22.0	0.4
1994-95	25.6	25.4	0.2
1993-94	24.2	23.8	0.4

The fee income was all from pharmaceutical companies and was received directly. Miscellaneous income includes some payments from pharmaceutical companies for the purchase of publications, provision of information, or attendance at seminars; it is not practicable to isolate the precise amounts.

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