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Climate Change Levy

Dr. Cable: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether the Government propose to exclude nuclear plants from paying the climate change levy. [36715]

Mr. Boateng: I have been asked to reply.

I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for Orkney and Shetland (Mr. Carmichael) on 15 January 2002, Official Report, column 225W.

Tourism Exports

Dr. Cable: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what estimate her Department has made of the level of tourism exports in the last five years from each region of the country. [35304]

Dr. Howells: I have been asked to reply.

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Tourism exports are largely comprised of expenditure by overseas residents during visits to the United Kingdom. Data on this are available from the International Passenger Survey.

Expenditure by overseas' residents during visits to the UK is shown in the table. These data cover the years of 1996 to 2000 for Regional Tourist Board areas in England and for the countries of the United Kingdom. Regional data for 2001 will be available in May 2002.

Spending by overseas' residents during visits to the UK£ million

Tourist board region/country	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000
London	6,007	5,993	6,298	6,760	6,901
Northumbria	158	190	129	167	169
Cumbria	58	59	45	67	52
North West	381	455	395	441	448
Yorkshire	280	304	286	264	259
Heart of England	646	640	624	704	771
East of England	510	531	585	575	683
West Country	518	477	494	485	553
Southern	739	702	773	797	775
South East England	699	662	827	755	705
All England(81)	9,998	10,026	10,468	11,030	11,359
Wales	198	210	164	269	267
Scotland	839	799	882	817	789
Northern Ireland(82)	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	107
UK(81)	11,244	11,275	11,723	12,370	12,672

⁽⁸¹⁾ Figures may not sum due to spending not attributable to regions/countries, e.g. in 2000 £110 million was spent on day trips to the UK but was not allocated to region/countries of the UK for reasons of questionnaire simplicity.

⁽⁸²⁾ Comparable data not available.

Source:

International Passenger Survey, Office for National Statistics

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DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER

Re-offenders

Simon Hughes: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what the planned timetable is for the completion and publishing of the Social Exclusion Unit's project on re-offending by ex-prisoners; which organisations and individuals have been consulted in relation to the project; and if he will make a statement. [37673]

The Deputy Prime Minister and First Secretary of State: The Social Exclusion Unit is finalising its recommendations, based on extensive research and analysis and expects to publish its report on reducing re-offending by ex-prisoners by spring 2002. The Unit is currently contributing to the Spending Review.

The Unit has consulted with an extremely wide range of organisations and individuals. There were 265 responses to the Unit's written consultation and the Unit has visited over 50 prisons and young offender institutions and had extensive discussions with staff and prisoners. There have been 11 regional seminars involving a very wide range of local practitioners, including health, housing, employment, education, voluntary sector, social services and police representatives. The Unit has also drawn on surveys of prisoners, both before leaving prison and after release.

HM Prison Service and the National Probation Service, as well as other government departments, are key partners. The Unit is working closely with the leading national organisations in the field and has drawn on their expertise throughout the project.

Accountancy Services

Mr. Bercow: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what the total cost to his Department was for accountancy services in each of the last four years. [34166]

Mr. Leslie: This information is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

Fair Trade Fortnight

Mr. Lazarowicz: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what steps he is taking to encourage participation by his Department in fair trade fortnight from 4 to 17 March. [33538]

Mr. Leslie: My Department will publicise the event to its staff.

The Department for International Development is providing £120,000 to the Fairtrade Foundation over three years (2001–2003) in support of its efforts to target new groups through its annual fair trade fortnight campaigns.

Departmental Events

Mr. Bercow: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister if he will list the (a) conferences, (b) seminars, (c) workshops, (d) exhibitions and (e) press conferences which have been sponsored by his Department and which took place on non-departmental premises in each of the last four years, giving the title, purpose, date and cost of each. [34187]

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Mr. Leslie: The information requested is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

'Creating Knowledge: Creating Wealth'

Conference

Matthew Taylor: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what advice the Cabinet Office gave to HM Treasury regarding the sponsorship of the 'Creating Knowledge: Creating Wealth' conference; and if he will make a statement. [32799]

Mr. Leslie: The Cabinet Office document Guidance to Departments on Sponsorship of Government Activities, sets out the principles that Departments should follow when seeking sponsorship for Government activities and events. I have placed copies of the guidance in the Libraries of the House.

Regional Bodies

Andrew George: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister if he will list the (a) quasi-autonomous boards, (b) commissions, (c) agencies and (d) committees and arms of national bodies which are accountable to Government and Parliament and operate on a geographical basis smaller than nation, but larger than district/unitary authorities for each of the Government's defined nations and regions and grouped by (i) economic development, (ii) arts, (iii) sports, (iv) health, (v) training and education, (vi) agriculture, (vii) environment and rural/urban affairs, (viii) transport, (ix) planning, (x) co-ordination of local government, (xi) European Structural funds and (xii) other sectors. [36631]

Mrs. Roche: This information is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

Andrew George: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what (a) total budget and (b) per capita funding has been provided for each of the last three years for which records are available to each (i) quasi-autonomous board, (ii) commission, (iii) agency and (iv) committee and arms of national bodies which are accountable to Government and which operate on a geographical basis smaller than nations, but larger than district/unitary authorities for each of the Government's defined nations and regions, grouped by sector. [36632]

Mrs. Roche: This information is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

Civil Defence Grant

Mr. Pound: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what consultations he has had with local authority representatives on the formula to allocate civil defence grant in 2002–03. [38044]

Mr. Leslie: I have today written to the Local Government Association seeking their views on the formula that the Government are minded to use to allocate civil defence grant between eligible authorities in the next financial year. I am placing a copy of my letter (which makes clear that the use of such a formula is dependent upon the Civil Defence (Grant) Bill securing Royal Assent) in the Library of the House.

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Civil Servants

Mr. Burstow: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many new entrants to the civil service were employed in his Department in each of the last five years; and how many in each year were aged 50 years and over. [36494]

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Mr. Leslie: The figures are shown in the table and represent the data reported to mandate during the years from 1996–97 to 2000–01, based on headcount, for the number of permanent staff in each Department. The figures shown are the overall figures for Departments including any departmental agencies, and are based on the Departments as they were prior to the structural changes made as a result of the 2001 election.

Entrants 2 April 1996 to 1 April 2001 by Department and agePermanent staff

	1996–97			1997–98
	50+	Others	Total	50+	Others	Total
MAFF	51	639	690	76	747	823
Cabinet Office (including the Office of Public Services)	14	102	116	13	153	166
Inland Revenue	219	2,173	2,392	241	2,650	2,891
DCMS	2	56	58	10	93	103
MOD	1,683	9,472	11,155	1,458	7,435	8,893
DfEE	252	3,532	3,784	89	953	1,042
DETR	66	643	709	72	794	866
Home Office	46	512	558	46	496	542
LCD	85	399	484	149	567	716
Scotland	36	247	283	37	310	347
DSS	683	9,299	9,982	483	5,225	5,708
DTI	38	285	323	49	389	438
National Assembly for Wales	5	141	146	6	59	65
Treasury Solicitors	0	18	18	1	24	25
DfID	0	2	2	2	41	43
Charity Commission	1	37	38	5	29	34
GAD	0	10	10	0	11	11
Privy Council Office	0	1	1	0	0	0
Public Record Office	6	36	42	0	0	0
National Investment and Loans Office	0	0	0	0	1	1
HM Treasury	0	29	29	2	51	53
Office of Fair Trading	2	18	20	2	23	25
Northern Ireland Office	2	10	12	1	11	12
Scottish Courts Administration	1	4	5	1	8	9
Legal Secretariat	0	1	1	1	1	2
Crown Office and PFS	1	66	67	3	45	48
Health and Safety Executive	11	117	128	8	134	142
Registry of Friendly Societies	1	16	17	0	5	5
ACAS	2	37	39	0	23	23
General Register Office (Scotland)	0	0	0	0	5	5
ECGD	0	16	16	3	21	24
Customs and Excise	65	1,145	1,210	74	1,153	1,227
Parliamentary Counsel Office	0	0	0	0	0	0
DNS	1	21	22	2	12	14
Crown Prosecution Service	12	133	145	15	312	327
OFGAS	0	6	6	0	12	12
OFWAT	1	16	17	0	0	0
OFER	2	10	12	2	17	19
OFSTED	4	55	59	3	28	31
OHMCI	0	0	0	1	5	6
Central Drugs Coordination Unit	0	0	0	0	0	0
Office SOS for Scotland	0	0	0	0	0	0
Office SOS for Wales	0	0	0	0	0	0
Scottish Executive	0	0	0	0	0	0
OFGEM	0	0	0	0	0	0
HMSO	13	156	169	0	0	0
COI	4	22	26	8	65	73
Department for Registers of Scotland (SO)	7	34	41	2	21	23
Royal Mint	1	50	51	0	53	53
OS	1	18	19	7	110	117
Land Registry	0	47	47	14	344	358
Public Record Office	0	20	20	12	31	43
Scottish Prison Service (SO)	23	460	483	29	396	425
HM Prison Service	333	2,133	2,466	352	3,400	3,752
National Archives of Scotland (SO)	0	0	0	0	0	0
PGO (HMT)	2	11	13	0	0	0
Intelligence Services (GCHQ)	1	69	70	8	68	76
ONS	6	141	147	24	122	146
Def Geog Img Intel Agency (MOD)	0	0	0	0	0	0

	1998–99			1999–2000			2000–01
	50+	Others	Total	50+	Others	Total	50+	Others	Total
MAFF	86	916	1,002	80	721	801	132	1,110	1,242
Cabinet Office (including the Office of Public Services)	22	260	282	25	274	299	22	278	300
Inland Revenue	341	3,663	4,004	597	6,253	6,850	418	4,222	4,640
DCMS	6	42	48	3	41	44	6	46	52
MOD	1,330	6,065	7,395	1,276	6,991	8,267	1,296	6,124	7,420
DfEE	226	2,653	2,879	262	3,626	3,888	314	3,070	3,384
DETR	70	890	960	90	1,313	1,403	116	845	961
Home Office	62	770	832	146	1,559	1,705	252	3,431	3,683
LCD	174	973	1,147	206	1,289	1,495	207	1,111	1,318
Scotland	51	530	581	16	137	153	4	130	134
DSS	840	9,629	10,469	1,063	10,918	11,981	700	6,117	6,817
DTI	56	502	558	47	585	632	110	665	775
National Assembly for Wales	21	110	131	30	267	297	43	353	396
Treasury Solicitors	4	31	35	3	55	58	2	48	50
DfID	5	78	83	7	72	79	7	94	101
Charity Commission	1	30	31	3	56	59	5	67	72
GAD	2	15	17	0	1	1	2	13	15
Privy Council Office	0	1	1	0	2	2	1	1	2
Public Record Office	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
National Investment and Loans Office	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
HM Treasury	1	48	49	0	37	37	0	0	0
Office of Fair Trading	3	22	25	0	1	1	0	0	0
Northern Ireland Office	0	19	19	2	19	21	4	55	59
Scottish Courts Administration	0	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0
Legal Secretariat	0	5	5	1	1	2	0	0	0
Crown Office and PFS	3	51	54	12	117	129	7	108	115
Health and Safety Executive	11	189	200	17	253	270	16	279	295
Registry of Friendly Societies	0	5	5	0	8	8	0	0	0
ACAS	0	0	0	5	43	48	11	34	45
General Register Office (Scotland)	0	13	13	1	10	11	5	14	19
ECGD	0	7	7	1	30	31	1	45	46
Customs and Excise	38	586	624	31	573	604	49	1,067	1,116
Parliamentary Counsel Office	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	2	2
DNS	0	10	10	1	21	22	1	34	35
Crown Prosecution Service	16	355	371	16	345	361	18	259	277
OFGAS	2	32	34	3	102	105	0	0	0
OFWAT	0	0	0	2	26	28	6	45	51
OFER	0	21	21	0	16	16	0	0	0
OFSTED	6	32	38	6	67	73	15	80	95
OHMCI	2	7	9	3	15	18	1	1	2
Central Drugs Coordination Unit	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Office SOS for Scotland	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	13	14
Office SOS for Wales	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Scottish Executive	0	0	0	31	413	444	32	448	480
OFGEM	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	49	53
HMSO	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
COI	4	44	48	1	54	55	12	87	99
Department. for Registers of Scotland (SO)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Royal Mint	3	61	64	1	101	102	2	74	76
OS	1	107	108	3	87	90	13	125	138
Land Registry	16	330	346	21	342	363	23	360	383
Public Record Office	7	31	38	6	53	59	11	83	94
Scottish Prison Service (SO)	28	458	486	14	224	238	15	107	122
HM Prison Service	301	2,838	3,139	294	2,845	3,139	296	2,178	2,474
National Archives of Scotland (SO)	4	8	12	3	14	17	5	15	20
PGO (HMT)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Intelligence Services (GCHQ)	15	239	254	15	272	287	18	262	280
ONS	20	165	185	21	169	190	40	410	450
Def Geog Img Intel Agency (MOD)	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	22	25

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