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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.
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.
(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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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.
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.
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 (20012003) in support of its efforts to target new groups through its annual fair trade fortnight campaigns.
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.
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.
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.
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 200203. [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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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 199697 to 200001, 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.
199697 | 199798 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
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