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National Insurance
Mr. Cousins: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many employees in each region and nation of the UK, and what percentage of all employees, had earnings below the lower earnings limit for national insurance in each year since 1997; and what proportion of such workers were women. [37291]
Ruth Kelly: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician. I have asked him to reply.
Letter from Len Cook to Mr. Jim Cousins, dated 25 February 2002:
- As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent question about the number of employees earning below the lower earnings limit for National Insurance since 1997. (37291)
- The attached table gives the available information from the Labour Force Survey (LFS) for the autumn (September to November) quarters of each year from 1997 to 2001.
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(105) Sample size too small for reliable estimate.
Source:
ONS Labour Force Survey.
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Marriage Statistics
Mr. Gordon Prentice: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many marriages were contracted between UK nationals residing in the UK and spouses living abroad; and how many and what percentage were arranged marriages in each year since 1997. [36481]
Ruth Kelly: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician. I have asked him to reply.
Letter from Karen Dunnell to Mr. Gordon Prentice, dated 25 February 2002:
- The National Statistician and Registrar General for England and Wales has been asked to reply to your recent question on the number of marriages contracted between UK nationals residing in the UK and spouses living abroad, and the percentage of these marriages that were arranged marriages, in each year since 1997. I am replying in his absence. (36841)
- I regret that the information requested is not available. Only marriages which are solemnised within England and Wales are routinely registered in this country. The nationalities of the spouses are not recorded amongst the details in the Marriage Register; nor whether the marriage was arranged or not.
Health and Safety (Computers)
Dr. Cable: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many employees in his Department who regularly use computers have taken up the provision of a free eye test; and how this service is advertised to (a) current and (b) new staff. [36693]
Ruth Kelly: 134 staff took advantage of the free eyesight test during 2001. The eyesight test service is communicated to the Department by:
- The Health and Safety Policy;
Health and Safety Intranet Home Page;
Regular electronic messages of the day;
Articles in our house magazine;
Reception training;
Electronic training DSE package;
Issue to everyone of the HSE booklet "Working with VDUs";
Minutes of Health and Safety Hon. and S Committee which includes statistics on eyesight testing;
DSE risk assessments;
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Landfill Tax
Pete Wishart: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what landfill tax proceeds have passed to Entrust in (a) 1998–99, (b) 1999–2000 and (c) 2000–01 for (i) the UK and (ii) Scotland. [36449]
Mr. Boateng: Entrust, the regulator of the environmental bodies landfill tax credit scheme, receives none of the proceeds from landfill tax. Contributions made by landfill site operators under the scheme to environmental bodies are:
| £ | |
|---|---|
| (i) For the UK | |
| 1998–99 | 82,676,183 |
| 1999–2000 | 96,221,885 |
| 2000–01 | 115,774,454 |
| (ii) For Scotland | |
| 1998–99 | 7,488,354 |
| 1999–2000 | 7,992,538 |
| 2000–01 | 7,808,311 |
Pete Wishart: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much has been raised by the landfill tax in (a) 1998–99, (b) 1999–2000, and (c) 2000–01 in (i) the UK and (ii) Scotland. [36448]
Mr. Boateng: Figures relating to landfill tax are not available for separate countries or regions within the UK. This is due to the method of collection of the tax, where each landfill operator is registered according to the location of their head office.
Scottish Executive (Funding)
Pete Wishart: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for Banff and Buchan (Mr. Salmond) of 31 January 2002, Official Report, column 518W, if he will set out for each year since 1997 and for each Department, in total and by project, the changes in their planned expenditure which have produced a share of such changes for the Scottish Executive under the Barnett formula; what the total value of such changes was by Department; what the resulting change in funding for the Scottish Executive was in total and in each case; and what the (a) changes in spending for each Department were as a percentage of total identifiable spending in England and (b) resulting produced changes for the Scottish Executive were as a percentage of total identifiable expenditure in Scotland. [36751]
Mr. Andrew Smith: Details of the Barnett formula used in the 1998 Comprehensive Spending Review were published in the Statement of Funding Policy in March 1999. An updated version of the statement was published in July 2000 showing details of the Barnett formula used in the 2000 Spending Review. The spending settlements for Scotland and for Government Departments were published in the 1998 Comprehensive Spending Review (Cm 4011) and 2000 Spending Review (Cm 4807). Details of identifiable total managed spending by function and country were published in Public Expenditure Statistical Analyses (Cm 5101) in April 2001.
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