Regional Development Agencies
Mrs. Curtis-Thomas:
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what funds have been allocated to regional development agencies; and how those funds will be used. [49857]
Alan Johnson:
The regional development agencies' budgets for 200203 are as follows:
Regional development agencies' budgets
£000
| Total(7)
|
One North East | 184,738
|
North-west DA | 273,927
|
Yorkshire Forward | 185,920
|
East Midlands DA | 100,947
|
Advantage West Midlands | 191,519
|
East of England DA | 76,057
|
South-east of England DA | 100,130
|
South-west of England DA | 93,540
|
London DA | 285,396
|
|
Total | 1,492,174
|
(7) Net of receipts
This funding will be used to support activities in relation to the implementation of the RDAs' regional economic strategies and their statutory purposes which are within their regions to: further economic development and the regeneration of the region; promote business efficiency, investment and competitiveness; promote employment; enhance the development and application of skills; and to contribute to the achievement of sustainable development in the United Kingdom. From 1 April 2002 the RDA's have a single budget giving them maximum flexibility to meet their regional priorities, within the fiscal framework for public money, removing unnecessary ring fences and unrealistic programme silos which inhibit true integration and innovative cross cutting approaches.
Beagle 2
Mr. Key:
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what funding the Government have provided for the Beagle 2 spacecraft; and if she will make a statement on the mission. [48931]
Ms Hewitt:
Beagle 2 is the British-led lander that it is planned to deploy from the European Space Agency's Mars Express orbiting spacecraft onto the surface of Mars at new year 2004.
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The overall cost of Beagle 2, not including the ground segment and instruments, is approximately £40 million, with non UK-Government contributions coming from ESA, private sponsorship and investment by a consortium of UK firms and universities. The contribution of the Government are as follows:
Mars Express: £18 million over the period 1998 to 2005 (Department of Trade and Industry and Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council, PPARC).
Beagle 2: The Department of Trade and Industry (including the Office of Science and Technology) has committed up to £18.3 million over the period 2000 to 2003 but this sum may be defrayed by contributions from other partners and investments from the private sector. PPARC has additionally contributed £2.7 million over the period 1998 to 2003 to British universities for the provision of instruments and is currently considering a further contribution of £2.6 million for the ground segment.
TREASURY
Office for National Statistics
Mr. Whittingdale:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) if he will list the questionnaire forms sent out to UK businesses by the Office for National Statistics in 2001; [48927]
(2) what estimate he has made of the amount of time taken by business to compile and return information requested by the Office for National Statistics in the last 12 months for which figures are available. [48925]
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. John Whittingdale, dated 16 April 2002:
As national Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent questions concerning statistical questionnaires sent to businesses by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). (48925, 48927)
The time taken by business in 2001 to compile and return the information requested by ONS is estimated to be around 617 thousand hours. There were 1.57 million business inquiry forms despatched during this period. I attach below a table showing the periodicity and annual number of forms for each business inquiry conducted by ONS.
Your third question (48926) asks for the split between (a) UK companies, (b) manufacturing companies and (c) distribution and services companies. To provide this will take a special analysis and a reply will follow.
UK statistical inquiries of businesses carried out by the ONS 2001
Statistical inquiry | Frequency(8) | Number of forms in 2001 compliance year
|
Earnings and employment | |
|
Wages and Salaries | M | 99,600
|
New Earnings | A | 234,700
|
Labour Disputes | C | 287
|
The Quarterly Inquiry into the number of employees in local government (local authority survey) | Q | 1,800
|
Vacancy Rate Inquiry | M | 62,952
|
| |
|
Overseas and financial | |
|
Unit Trusts Quarterly Return of Transactions | Q | 328
|
Unit Trusts Annual Return of Assets and Liabilities | A | 82
|
Property Unit Trusts Quarterly Return of Transactions | Q | 48
|
Property Unit Trusts Annual Assets and Liabilities | A | 12
|
Investment Trusts Quarterly Return of Transactions | Q | 172
|
Investment Trusts Annual Return of Liabilities and Assets and Overseas Income and Interest Paid | A | 43
|
Monthly Inquiry to Credit Grantors | M | 290
|
Security Dealers Quarterly Return of Liabilities and Assets of Transactions in Securities | Q | 241
|
Security Dealers Quarterly Return of Income and Expenditure | Q | 241
|
Assets Financing Quarterly Return of Assets and Liabilities of Transactions | Q | 532
|
Asset Financing Annual Income and Expenditure | A | 137
|
Quarterly Inquiry into Insurance Companies: Long Term funds, Income and Expenditure | Q | 382
|
Annual Inquiry into Insurance Companies: Long Term Funds, Income and Expenditure | A | 140
|
Quarterly Inquiry into Insurance Companies: Long Term Transactions in Financial Assets | Q | 382
|
Annual Inquiry into Insurance Companies: Long Term Funds Balance Sheet | A | 140
|
Quarterly Inquiry into Pension Funds: Income and Expenditure | Q | 1,324
|
Quarterly Inquiry into Pension Funds: Transactions in Financial Assets | Q | 1,324
|
Annual Inquiry into Pension Funds: Balance Sheet | A | 331
|
Quarterly foreign direct investmentOutward: oil | Q | 1,497
|
Quarterly foreign direct investmentOutward: other | Q |
|
Quarterly foreign direct investmentInward: oil | Q | 2,922
|
Quarterly foreign direct investmentInward: other | Q |
|
Annual foreign direct investment: Outward | A | 786
|
Annual foreign direct investment: Inward | A | 1,797
|
Acquisitions and Mergers | C/Q |
|
Domestic acquisitions and mergers | C/Q | 2,570
|
Quarterly Inquiry into Companies GB Operating Profits | Q | 6,510
|
Quarterly Survey of Financial Assets and Liabilities | Q | 2,730
|
Quarterly Inquiry into International Trade and Services | Q | 2,800
|
Annual Inquiry into International Trade in Services | A | 6,180
|
Merchants Inquiry | A | 213
|
Annual Inquiry into International Transactions: Films and Television | A | 650
|
Survey of Business Enterprise Research and Development Carried out in the UK | A | 2,000
|
Dividends Inquiry including Pilot | Q | 4,824
|
ODI Proving | AH | 738
|
E-Commerce Transaction of UK Businesses | A | 9,000
|
Monthly Inquiry of Internet Service Providers | M | 1,200
|
Ship managers(9) | A | 0
|
| |
|
Distribution and service sector | |
|
GB cinema exhibitors | Q | 64
|
Distribution and service sectorMonthly | M | 957,337
|
Distribution and service sectorQuarterly (GAPS) | Q | 27,390
|
Monthly retail trades inc. monthly self financed credit and monthly retail commodity inquiries(10) | M | 58,089
|
Retail trades quarterly commodity | Q | 280
|
| |
|
Product prices and sales sector | |
|
Producer prices indices | M | 94,830
|
PPI Rotation | M | 3,110
|
Export price indices | M | 44,727
|
Import price indices (inc. import of capital goods) | M | 22,848
|
Corporate service sector price indices (inc. CSPI turnover inquiry) | Q | 18,375
|
PRODCOM Quarterly | Q | 13,786
|
PRODCOM Annual | A | 23,072
|
SERVCOM | Q | 2,017
|
| |
|
Production sector | |
|
Monthly production(10) | M | 107,968
|
Motor vehicles production | M | 381
|
Engines production | M | 96
|
Quarterlyproduction capital expenditure | M | 96
|
Quarterlynon-production capital expenditure | Q | 127,498
|
Monthly production stocks | Q | 828
|
Quarterly production stocks (17) | M | 29,416
|
Quarterly construction stocks (16) | Q | 13,178
|
Quarterly retailers' stocks | Q | 17,678
|
Quarterly wholesalers' and dealers' stocks | Q | 16,050
|
Quarterly motor traders' stocks | Q | 6,637
|
Business spending on Capital Goods Survey | Q | 2,499
|
Capital Stocks Survey | A | 935
|
| |
|
Register and proving | |
|
Register InquiryAnnual | A | 30,900
|
Register InquiryOther | A | 17,000
|
Retail prices | |
|
Retail Prices Index(11) | M | 3,478
|
| |
|
Annual business inquiry | |
|
Employment | A | 75,604
|
Financial (including purchases) | A |
|
Total | | 1,570,063
|
(8) AH = ad hoc; A = annual; Q = quarterly; M = monthly; C = continuous; W = weekly; O = other.
(9) The inquiry was not run in 2001. It will resume in 2002.
(10) Includes the collection of quarterly employment figures from existing inquiries.
(11) This covers only businesses that complete ONS forms and excludes forms filled in by local prices collectors employed by ONS.
Notes:
1. STSDShort Term and Structural Inquiries Division
EEDEarnings and Employment Division
SEDSocio Economic Division
NEINational Expenditure and Income Division
OFDOverseas and Financial Division
CPGIDConsumer Price General Inflators Division
BDDBusiness Data Division
STOIDShort Term Outputs and Indicators Division
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