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Offshore Jobs
Mr. Prisk: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what discussions his Department had with the Department of Trade and Industry concerning off-shoring of UK jobs. [166856]
Ruth Kelly [holding answer 21 April 2004]: Discussions have been held at Cabinet level and between DTI and Treasury officials. DTI will publish a White Paper on Trade and Investment in summer 2004, which will cover the issue of offshoring. The Treasury, along with others, has provided input into the current consultation.
Press Officers
Mr. Laws: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many press officers were employed in his Department in each year from 1990–91 to 2003–04; what the total cost was in each year; and if he will make a statement. [162850]
Ruth Kelly: I refer the hon. Gentleman to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for Truro and St. Austell (Matthew Taylor) on 1 April 2004, Official Report, column 1682W.
It is not possible to provide a total cost for staff employed as press officers on a consistent basis since 1990–91.
The number of press officers has remained broadly constant since 1992 at eight posts increasing to nine posts from 1 April 2003.
Stamp Duty Land Tax
Mr. Drew: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what discussions he has had with the Law Society and other solicitors' representative organisations on the introduction of stamp duty land tax with specific reference to the time taken to fill in individual conveyancing forms needed to meet the duties of stamp duty land tax. [168003]
Ruth Kelly: The Inland Revenue have been in discussions with the law societies about all aspects of stamp duty land tax since 2002 and have held meetings to discuss the processes. The time taken to complete the forms has been discussed.
Tax Coding
Mr. Flook:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many (a) correct and (b) incorrect notices of
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coding for those on PAYE were issued for the 2004–05 tax year in (i) January, (ii) February and (iii) March. [167588]
Dawn Primarolo: The only known error relating to the 2004–05 notices of coding was in respect of car and fuel benefits. The total numbers of coding notices issued were in the region of: (i) 4.3 million (ii) 7.9 million (iii) 1.3 million; and incorrect: (i) 468 thousand (ii) none (iii) none.
Tourism-related Jobs (Manchester)
Mr. Kaufman: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people were employed in tourism-related jobs in Manchester, Gorton on the latest date for which figures are available. [167478]
Ruth Kelly: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Len Cook to Mr. Gerald Kaufman, dated 26 April 2004:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question about tourism-related jobs in Manchester, Gorton.
The latest available data, from the 2002 Annual Business Inquiry, shows that the average number of jobs in tourism-related industries in Manchester, Gorton was 2,200 during that year.
This total is obtained by combining figures for those working in the following industries, as identified by Standard Industrial Classification 2003:
hotels
restaurants
bars
activities of travel agencies
library, archives, museums etc
sporting activities
other recreational activities.
Unclaimed Assets (Charitable Use)
Mr. Webb: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the amount of unclaimed assets he will be able to apply to charitable purposes; and if he will make a statement. [167601]
Ruth Kelly [holding answer 23 April 2004]: There is currently no official estimate of the number of unclaimed assets or their total value.
Unemployment
Chris Ruane: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the (a) percentage and (b) actual change in unemployment was since 1997 in each constituency listed in descending order according to percentage drop and grouped by region. [166678]
Ruth Kelly:
The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.
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Letter from Len Cook to Mr. Chris Ruane, dated 26 April 2004:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question about unemployment. (166678)
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) compiles statistics of unemployment from the Labour Force Survey (LFS) following International Labour Organisation definitions. However, the LFS sample size is too small to give reliable estimates of unemployment by Parliamentary Constituency.
However, ONS also compiles statistics of those claiming Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA) for local areas including parliamentary constituencies.
A table showing the change in the number of JSA claimants in each Parliamentary Constituency from 1997 to 2003 has been placed in the House of Commons Library.
Mr. Pike: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what the level of unemployment was in Burnley in each year since 1997; [167908]
(2) what the level of long-term (a) adult and (b) youth employment in Burnley was in each of the last seven years. [168320]
Ruth Kelly: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Len Cook to Mr. Peter Pike, dated 26 April 2004:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Questions about unemployment. (168320,167908)
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) compiles statistics of unemployment from the Labour Force Survey (LFS) following International Labour Organisation definitions. However, the LFS sample size is too small to give reliable estimates of unemployment in the Burnley Parliamentary Constituency.
ONS also compiles statistics of those claiming Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA) for local areas including parliamentary constituencies.
The attached table gives the annual average number of people claiming JSA for over 12 months, and the annual average number of these claimants aged 18 to 24 years, in the Burnley constituency, for each year since 1997. The table also shows the annual average total number of JSA claimants in the constituency for these years.
| Claimants for at least 12 months(15) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| All claimants | All ages | Aged 18–24 | |
| 1997 | 1,531 | 220 | 23 |
| 1998 | 1,413 | 153 | 12 |
| 1999 | 1,538 | 163 | 6 |
| 2000 | 1,301 | 122 | (16)— |
| 2001 | 1,187 | 87 | (16)— |
| 2002 | 1,168 | 84 | (16)— |
| 2003 | 1,091 | 74 | (16)— |
(15) Computerised claims only.
(16) Value between 1 and 5, withheld to prevent disclosure.
Source:
Office for National Statistics.
Mr. Kaufman: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the level of unemployment was in each year since 1997 in Manchester Gorton. [167475]
Ruth Kelly:
The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.
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Letter from Len Cook to Mr. Gerald Kaufman, dated 26 April 2004:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question about unemployment in Manchester, Gorton.
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) compiles statistics of unemployment from the Labour Force Survey (LFS) following International Labour Organisation definitions. However, the LFS sample size is too small to give reliable estimates of unemployment in the Manchester, Gorton Parliamentary Constituency.
However, ONS also compiles statistics of those claiming Jobseeker's Allowance (ISA) for local areas including parliamentary constituencies. The table below gives the annual average number of JSA claimants for the Manchester, Gorton constituency for each year since 1997.
| Number | |
|---|---|
| 1997 | 4,688 |
| 1998 | 3,963 |
| 1999 | 3,602 |
| 2000 | 3,224 |
| 2001 | 3,017 |
| 2002 | 3,099 |
| 2003 | 3,137 |
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