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Culture Online
Mr. Peter Ainsworth: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if she will make a statement about the future of Culture Online. [98]
Tessa Jowell [holding answer 25 June 2001]: Culture Online is a manifesto commitment and we remain committed to press ahead with the programme by the target date of 2002. We are in the final stages of the preparation of our business case for Culture Online and are currently considering the most appropriate way to establish the new organisation.
Regional Arts Boards
Mr. Peter Ainsworth: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what is her Department's policy towards the regional arts boards. [116]
Tessa Jowell [holding answer 25 June 2001]: The Arts Council is due to report to me very shortly on its plans for reorganising the arts funding system in England and I am looking forward to discussing the proposals with it and other interested parties in more detail once I have received them.
News Scheduling
Mr. Peter Ainsworth: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if she will make a statement on the Government's policy towards the scheduling of news bulletins on (a) independent television channels and (b) the BBC. [136]
Tessa Jowell [holding answer 25 June 2001]: Under the current arrangements, the scheduling of television news bulletins on independent television channels and the BBC is the responsibility of the Independent Television Commission and the BBC Governors, respectively. We set out in the Communications White Paper—A New Future for Communications (CM 5010)—our intention to include within the proposed new regulatory structure an obligation on public service broadcasters, including the BBC, to safeguard the provision of news and current affairs in peak time.
Underwater Archaeological Sites
Mr. Peter Ainsworth: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what plans she has to enhance the protection of underwater archaeological sites. [100]
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Tessa Jowell [holding answer 25 June 2001]: The Government are actively seeking a legislative mechanism to allow the transfer of responsibility for underwater archaeology to English Heritage at the earliest opportunity. In the meantime my Department will continue to support initiatives, such as the Nautical Archaeological Society's excellent training scheme, to raise awareness of the importance of our underwater cultural heritage and promote best practice in its protection, investigation and the public's enjoyment of it.
New Millennium Experience Company
Mr. Peter Ainsworth: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what legal discussions she has had regarding trade names and trade marks used by the New Millennium Experience Company. [77]
Tessa Jowell [holding answer 25 June 2001]: I have had no legal discussions regarding trade names or trade marks used by the New Millennium Experience Company (NMEC).
Wembley Stadium
Mr. Hoyle: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what discussions she has had with the Football Association regarding the future development of Wembley Stadium. [2153]
Mr. Caborn: Neither my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State nor I have had any discussions with the Football Association since coming to the Department.
Mr. Hoyle: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if she will make a statement on the future plans for Wembley Stadium. [2152]
Mr. Caborn: I refer my hon. Friend to the reply given by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State to my hon. Friend the Member for West Lancashire (Mr. Pickthall) on 25 June 2001, Official Report, column 37W.
Sponsorship (Tobacco Companies)
Mr. Peter Ainsworth: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (1) what discussions she has had with sponsors of Formula One regarding the proposed ban on tobacco advertising; and if she will make a statement; [141]
- (2) what discussions she has had with representatives of (a) Formula One and (b) other sports regarding the proposed ban on sponsorship by tobacco companies. [142]
Tessa Jowell [holding answer 2 July 2001]: I have not yet had discussions with either sponsors or representatives of Formula One or representatives of other sports regarding the proposed ban on tobacco advertising.
Commonwealth Games
Mr. Greenway: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (1) what advice she has received about the proposed funding of the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester. [1341]
- (2) what estimate she has made of the adequacy of funding arrangements for the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester; [1340]
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(3) what representations she has received from Manchester 2002 Ltd. and Manchester city council about the funding of the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester. [1342]
Mr. Lloyd: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if she will make a statement about the 2002 Commonwealth Games. [2198]
Tessa Jowell: Pursuant to the answers given to my hon. Friend the Member for Manchester, Central (Mr. Lloyd) and the hon. Member for Ryedale (Mr. Greenway) on 2 July 2001, Official Report, columns 78–79W, the figure for Manchester city council's contribution to the further funding for the 2002 Commonwealth Games is a further £45 million and not £35 million as given in the answer.
TREASURY
Pensions
Mr. Frank Field: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many individuals contribute to (a) defined benefit occupational pension schemes, (b) defined contribution occupational pension schemes, (c) group personal pension schemes, (d) additional voluntary contributions and (e) free-standing additional voluntary contributions. [1141]
Mr. McCartney: I have been asked to reply.
The latest information available is in the table.
| Type of pension provision | Number of active members |
|---|---|
| Defined benefit schemes | 8.8 |
| Defined contribution schemes | 1.1 |
| 'Hybrid' schemes(16) | 0.3 |
| Group Personal Pensions | 1.4 |
| Additional Voluntary Contributions | 0.9 |
| Free Standing Additional Voluntary Contributions | 1.4 |
(16) Mixed defined benefit/defined contribution
Notes:
1. All figures are rounded to nearest 0.1 million
2. Active members are those currently accruing pension rights
3. The information on occupational pension schemes is drawn from the Government Actuary's Department (GAD) Survey of Occupational Pension Schemes (1995). The number of members will include those whose scheme does not currently require member contributions. It is estimated that the number of members contributing are 8.2 million for defined benefit and 0.8 million for defined contribution schemes.
4. The information on Group Personal Pensions is drawn from the New Earnings Survey (2000).
5. The information for Additional Voluntary Contributions covers private sector schemes only.
6. The information on Free Standing Additional Voluntary Contributions is drawn from Inland Revenue Statistics (2000). Individuals can have more than one Free Standing Additional Voluntary Contribution scheme.
Employment Rates
Mr. Laws: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what proportion of people of working age (a) with
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disabilities, (b) aged over 50 years, (c) of ethnic minority background and (d) who are single parents, have been in employment for each of the last 10 years in (i) the UK, (ii) England, (iii) Somerset and (iv) Yeovil constituency; and if he will make a statement. [1389]
Ruth Kelly: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician. I have asked him to reply.
Letter from John Pullinger to Mr. David Laws, dated 4 July 2001:
- The National Statistician has been asked to reply to your parliamentary question about various groups of people employed for last 10 years in UK, England, Somerset and Yeovil. I am replying in his absence. (1389)
- Estimates of the number of people in employment in the various groups that you requested are available from the Labour Force Survey (LFS). It has not been possible to supply estimates for the Yeovil constituency in any of the tables as the sample size for this area would be too small to provide a reliable estimate.
- Table 1 below shows the proportions of disabled people of working age in employment, from spring 1998 to spring 2000, estimates are not available prior to this. Table 2 shows the proportion of people between 51 and working age in employment from spring 1991 to spring 2000, however the regional breakdown is only available for the latest quarter. The proportion of the ethnic minority population of working age in employment is shown in Table 3 below. The sample size is too small to provide reliable estimates for the regional breakdown. Table 4 shows the proportion of lone parents of working age in employment. This table shows data for spring 1990 and then spring 1992 to spring 2000 as data for 1991 are not available on a consistent basis. Estimates for Somerset are not available from 1991 to 1999 and the sample size is too small to provide a reliable estimate for spring 2000.
| Percentage | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| UK | England | Somerset | |
| Spring 1998 | 43.1 | 45.2 | 60.3 |
| Spring 1999 | 45.8 | 47.8 | 60.2 |
| Spring 2000 | 46.4 | 48.6 | 53.2 |
(17) Men aged 16–64 and women aged 16–59
Source:
ONS Labour Force Survey
| Percentage | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| UK | England | Somerset | |
| Spring 1991 | 63.4 | 64.7 | (18)— |
| Spring 1992 | 61.9 | 62.8 | (18)— |
| Spring 1993 | 60.4 | 61.6 | (18)— |
| Spring 1994 | 61.2 | 62.2 | (18)— |
| Spring 1995 | 61.6 | 62.8 | (18)— |
| Spring 1996 | 62.2 | 63.4 | (18)— |
| Spring 1997 | 62.7 | 64.0 | (18)— |
| Spring 1998 | 63.8 | 65.3 | (18)— |
| Spring 1999 | 64.8 | 66.1 | (18)— |
| Spring 2000 | 65.6 | 67.0 | 68.8 |
(18) Data not available
Source:
ONS Labour Force Survey
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| Percentage | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| UK | England | Somerset | |
| Spring 1991 | (20)— | 57.3 | (20)— |
| Spring 1992 | 54.8 | 54.8 | (21)— |
| Spring 1993 | 52.7 | 52.6 | (21)— |
| Spring 1994 | 51.4 | 51.6 | (21)— |
| Spring 1995 | 52.5 | 52.6 | (21)— |
| Spring 1996 | 53.5 | 53.5 | (21)— |
| Spring 1997 | 56.5 | 56.6 | (21)— |
| Spring 1998 | 56.4 | 56.4 | (21)— |
| Spring 1999 | 56.2 | 56.4 | (21)— |
| Spring 2000 | 57.5 | 57.5 | (21)— |
(19) Men aged 16–64 and women aged 16–59
(20) Data not available
(21) Sample size too small for reliable estimate
Source:
ONS Labour Force Survey
| Percentage | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| UK | England | Somerset | |
| Spring 1990 | 44.6 | 45.1 | (23)— |
| Spring 1992 | 43.0 | 43.5 | (23)— |
| Spring 1993 | 42.8 | 43.4 | (23)— |
| Spring 1994 | 44.0 | 44.3 | (23)— |
| Spring 1995 | 44.0 | 44.4 | (23)— |
| Spring 1996 | 43.7 | 43.8 | (23)— |
| Spring 1997 | 44.7 | 45.4 | (23)— |
| Spring 1998 | 46.1 | 46.6 | (23)— |
| Spring 1999 | 46.9 | 47.1 | (23)— |
| Spring 2000 | 49.7 | 50.5 | (24)— |
(22) Men aged 16–64 and women aged 16–59
(23) Data not available
(24) Sample size too small for reliable estimate
Mr. Laws: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what proportion of the (a) male and (b) male and female working age population have been in (i) full-time employment and (ii) part-time or full-time employment in each year since 1975; and if he will make a statement. [1388]
Ruth Kelly: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician. I have asked him to reply.
Letter from John Pullinger to Mr. David Laws, dated 4 July 2001:
- The National Statistician has been asked to reply to your recent question about the proportion of males and males and females in full and part-time employment since 1975 (1388). I am replying in his absence.
- Estimates of the proportion of the working age population in employment are available from the Labour Force Survey (LFS). The table below shows non-seasonally adjusted LFS estimates of the proportion of the working age population in employment and full-time employment from spring 1984 to spring 2000. Estimates for 1979 to 1983 are not available on a consistent basis and prior to this there is no LFS data available.
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| Percentage(26) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All persons (male and female) | Males | |||
| Spring | In full or part-time employment(27) | In full-time(28) employment | In full or part-time employment(27) | In full-time(28) employment |
| 1984 | 68.3 | 55.0 | 77.4 | 74.7 |
| 1985 | 69.2 | 55.5 | 77.9 | 75.0 |
| 1986 | 69.4 | 55.5 | 77.4 | 74.2 |
| 1987 | 70.1 | 55.6 | 77.7 | 74.1 |
| 1988 | 72.4 | 57.6 | 80.1 | 76.3 |
| 1989 | 74.2 | 59.1 | 81.8 | 78.1 |
| 1990 | 74.7 | 59.4 | 82.1 | 78.1 |
| 1991 | 73.0 | 57.8 | 79.6 | 75.5 |
| 1992 | 71.1 | 55.4 | 76.3 | 71.8 |
| 1993 | 70.2 | 54.4 | 74.8 | 70.1 |
| 1994 | 70.6 | 54.3 | 75.3 | 70.2 |
| 1995 | 71.1 | 54.9 | 76.4 | 70.8 |
| 1996 | 71.6 | 54.7 | 76.4 | 70.6 |
| 1997 | 72.6 | 55.4 | 77.5 | 71.3 |
| 1998 | 73.1 | 55.9 | 78.1 | 71.9 |
| 1999 | 73.6 | 56.2 | 78.4 | 72.1 |
| 2000 | 74.3 | 56.7 | 79.1 | 72.7 |
(25) Men aged 16–64 and women aged 16–59
(26) Percentages include those who did not state whether working full/part-time
(27) Includes unpaid family workers from spring 1992
(28) The classification as full-time is based on respondents' self- assessment
Source:
ONS Labour Force Survey
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