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Pensioners (Telephones)
Chris Ruane: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many pensioners do not have a telephone, broken down by region expressed as (a) a percentage and (b) the total number, ranked in descending order according to percentage figures for the latest year in which figures are available. [30587]
Ruth Kelly: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician. I have asked him to reply.
Letter from Len Cook to Chris Ruane dated 30 January 2002:
- As National Statistician I have been asked to reply to your recent question on numbers of pensioners that do not have a phone by region. (30587)
- Estimates of pensioner households without a telephone by region are shown in the attached table. They are from the three most recent years of the Family Expenditure Survey, 1998–99 to 2000–01, combined to improve the reliability of the regional breakdowns of this group. Pensioner households have been defined as those with a retired head.
- Like all estimates from sample surveys these figures are subject to sampling variability. This is greater for estimates of a sub-group such as pensioner households than for all households.
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| Households without telephone | ||
|---|---|---|
| Percentage | Number (Thousand) | |
| North East | 7 | 18 |
| Northern Ireland | 6 | 8 |
| East Midlands | 5 | 17 |
| North West | 4 | 28 |
| Scotland | 4 | 21 |
| West Midlands | 4 | 19 |
| Yorkshire and the Humber | 4 | 16 |
| South West | 3 | 16 |
| East | 3 | 17 |
| Wales | 3 | 8 |
| London | 2 | 14 |
| South East | 2 | 17 |
Source:
Office for National Statistics, Family Expenditure Surveys 1999–2000 and 2000–01.
Young Adults
Chris Ruane: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many young adults there are aged 16 to 18 years who are not in education, training or work by region, expressed as (a) a percentage of the population and (b) the total number, ranked in descending order according to percentage figures for the latest date available. [30598]
Ruth Kelly: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician. I have asked him to reply.
Letter for Len Cook to Chris Ruane, dated 30 January 2002:
- As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question about young adults who are not in education, training or employment. (30598)
- The Labour Force Survey (LFS) provides estimates of the number and percentage of people aged 16–18 years who are not in education, training or employment. The latest available estimates are for autumn (September to November) 2001. These are given in the table below.
| Percentage(49) | Thousand | |
|---|---|---|
| UK | 12.0 | 264 |
| Yorkshire and Humberside | 16.3 | 32 |
| Scotland | 15.2 | 30 |
| North West | 14.0 | 39 |
| Wales | 13.8 | 15 |
| North East | 13.3 | 13 |
| London | 12.5 | 29 |
| West Midlands | 12.3 | 26 |
| South East | 11.0 | 31 |
| Eastern | 9.3 | 18 |
| East Midlands | 9.3 | 14 |
| South West | 7.0 | 12 |
| Northern Ireland | (50)— | (50)— |
(49) Sample size too small for reliable estimate.
(50) People aged 16–18 who are not in education, training or work as a percentage of all persons aged 16–18.
Source:
ONS—Labour Force Survey.
Babies
Chris Ruane: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many low birthweight babies there were by region
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by (a) percentage of population and (b) total number, in descending order in the year when figures were last available. [30604]
Ruth Kelly: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician. I have asked him to reply.
Letter from Len Cook to Chris Ruane, dated 30 January 2002:
- As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent question asking how many low birthweight babies there were by region by (a) percentage of population and (b) total number, in descending order, in the most recent year for which figures are available. (30604)
- The figures requested are given in the table below.
| Government Office Region | Number of low birthweight babies | Percentage of all live births |
|---|---|---|
| West Midlands | 5,156 | 8.4 |
| London | 8,506 | 8.2 |
| Yorkshire and The Humber | 4,505 | 8.1 |
| North West | 6,020 | 7.9 |
| East Midlands | 3,568 | 7.8 |
| North East | 2,053 | 7.8 |
| East | 4,153 | 6.8 |
| South East | 6,090 | 6.7 |
| South West | 3,301 | 6.6 |
(51) Population at risk is taken to be the total number of live births with a stated birthweight, and is used to calculate the percentage of low birthweight babies (ie under 2,500 grams).
(52) Residents only.
(53) Data are for occurrences of births per calendar year.
Source:
Office for National Statistics.
Inland Revenue
Chris Grayling: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the average turnover of companies with limited status in the UK, as reported to the Inland Revenue, in the last year for which figures are available. [31551]
Dawn Primarolo: It is not possible to provide an accurate estimate of the average turnover of companies from information held centrally by the Inland Revenue. However, relevant information on the numbers and turnover of companies and public corporations can be found in Table 6 of the Department of Trade and Industry Small Business Service publication "Small and Medium- Sized Enterprise Statistics for the UK 2000" which is located at: www.sbs.gov.uk/content/statistics/stats2000.pdf.
London Weighting
Chris Grayling: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much has been spent on London weighting in the public sector in the 2001–02 financial year. [31390]
Mr. Andrew Smith: We do not keep this information centrally. The payment of London weighting is a matter for individual public sector employers.
Public Sector Pay
Chris Grayling: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much has been spent on regional
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allowances to supplement public sector pay in the south-east, excluding London, in the 2001–02 financial year. [31391]
Mr. Andrew Smith: We do not keep this information centrally. The payment of regional allowances is a matter for individual public sector employers.
Regional Allowances
Chris Grayling: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what proportion of total expenditure on public sector pay is taken up by regional allowances. [31389]
Mr. Andrew Smith: We do not keep this information centrally. The payment of regional allowances is a matter for individual public sector employers.
Limited Companies
Chris Grayling: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the average profitability of companies with limited status in the UK, as reported to the Inland Revenue, in the last year for which figures are available. [31552]
Dawn Primarolo: It is not possible to measure average company profitability from the tax assessment information which the Inland Revenue holds centrally. But figures on the profitability of UK companies for the third quarter of 2001 from the latest National Statistics press release can be found at www.statistics.gov.uk/ pdfdir/puc0102.pdf
Euro
Mr. Laws: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his answer of 17 January 2002, Official Report, column 438W, on the euro, for what reason he was not able to indicate the number of officials involved in the preliminary technical work for euro preparations; and if he will make a statement. [30881]
Ruth Kelly: I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave him yesterday.
Building Programme
Chris Ruane: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer which Government Departments operate a system of retention in their building programme. [30572]
Mr. Andrew Smith: Treasury does not collect data on which Departments do or do not operate a system of retention in their building programmes. This is a matter for individual Government Departments.
The Achieving Excellence in Construction initiative, led by the Office of Government Commerce, is placing greater emphasis on team working and value for money procurement strategies and is encouraging central Government construction clients to use partnering and long-term commercial agreements with suppliers to reduce the need for retentions in the future.
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