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TREASURY
China
Mr. Pike: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much investment there has been by British businesses in the economy of China in the last three years for which figures are available. [181524]
Ruth Kelly: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Colin Mowl to Mr. Peter Pike, dated 30 June 2004:
The National Statistician has been asked to reply to your recent question about UK investment in China for the latest available three years. I am replying in his absence. (181524)
The attached tables show the requested information for the years 2000–2002, the most recent three-year period for which estimates are available. Estimates are shown separately for China and Hong Kong.
The results for the annual surveys into Foreign Direct Investment are published in the Business Monitor MA4 "Foreign Direct Investment", which is available on the National Statistics website.
| Net FDI Flows | Net FDI International Investment Position(4) | |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 410 | 1,505 |
| 2001 | 662 | 2,106 |
| 2002 | 643 | 3,359 |
Source:
ONS Business Monitor MA4: Foreign Direct Investment 2002.
| Net FDI Flows | Net FDI International Investment Position(4) | |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | -3,309 | 4,745 |
| 2001 | 590 | 6,638 |
| 2002 | 933 | 5,735 |
(4) The net International Investment Position figures showing the net stock outstanding, are not simply the cumulative total of all the flows up to the end of the relevant period. They also take into account goodwill write-offs, the revaluation of assets and exchange rate fluctuations.
Source:
ONS Business Monitor MA4: Foreign Direct Investment 2002.
Unemployment
Mr. Pope: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people are registered as long-term unemployed in Hyndburn; and how many were registered in 1997. [181301]
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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. Greg Pope, dated 30 June 2004:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question about unemployment. (181301)
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 Hyndburn Constituency.
ONS also compiles statistics of those claiming Jobseeker's Allowance (ISA) for local areas including parliamentary constituencies.
In May 2004, the latest date for which information is available, 66 people resident in the Hyndburn Constituency had been claiming Jobseeker's Allowance for over 12 months. The corresponding figure for May 1997 was 283.
Chris Ruane: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people were unemployed in each constituency in the UK, grouped by region, in (a) January 1990 and (b) April 1992. [180024]
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. Chris Ruane, dated 30 June 2004:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question about unemployment in each constituency in the UK, grouped by region, in (a) January 1990 and (b) April 1992. (180024)
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.
ONS also compiles statistics of those claiming Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA) for local areas including Parliamentary Constituencies.
I am placing in the House of Commons Library, a table showing the number of JSA claimants in each Parliamentary Constituency in January 1990 and April 1992. The list of constituencies shown contains all those that existed during this period. Parliamentary boundary changes since April 1992 are not reflected in this list.
Administration Costs
Dr. Cable: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the administration costs per full-time equivalent employee of the core Treasury functions from 1998–99 to 2007–08. [178110]
Ruth Kelly: In common with other Departments, the Treasury reports time series for administration costs and staff numbers along with other financial information in the core tables of its departmental report which are available in the Library of the House.
Better Regulation
Mr. Stephen O'Brien:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to his answers of 17 June 2004, Official Report, column 1035W, on better regulation, what assessment he has made of the finding of the First Report on the Implementation of the Framework Action Plan: Updating and Simplifying the Community
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Acquis, COM (2003) 623, that the purpose of simplification is not to deregulate or cut back the acquis. [180922]
Ruth Kelly: The Commission state that the purpose of simplification is to reduce the costs of regulation while preserving overall policy objectives. This can include removal or revision of existing legislation.
Census Statistics
Mr. Andrew Turner: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to his answer of 21 April 2004, Official Report, columns 502–03W, on census statistics, what proportion of the population in the 1991 Census identified themselves as English in (a) England, (b) the UK and (c) each constituency. [179723]
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. Andrew Turner, dated 30 June 2004:
As National Statistician and Registrar General for England and Wales I have been asked to reply to your recent question asking pursuant to the Chancellor of the Exchequer's answer of 21st April, Official Report, columns 502–3 W, on Census Statistics, what proportion of the population in the 1991 Census identified themselves as English in (a) England, (b) the UK and (c) each constituency. (179723)
Whilst a question on ethnic group was included in a census for the first time in Great Britain in 1991, there was no separate code for those who wrote in "English" as was the case in 2001. Therefore, no figures are available for 1991 which are directly comparable to those contained in the answer cited above.
However, figures on the number of people living in England who identified themselves as having been born in England were collected in both the 1991 and 2001 Censuses. The "Country of Birth" variable is not an indication of the nationality or ethnic origin of the respondent, merely a record of their place of birth. However, the figures have been collected in both censuses and are directly comparable. The number of people living in England who identified themselves as having been born in England was 42,003,349 in 1991 and 42,968,596 in 2001.
Two tables have been compiled from published data to show the number of people living in each Parliamentary Constituency in England who identified themselves as having been born in England in the 1991 and 2001 Censuses. Both tables have been placed in the House of Commons Library. Table 04 PQ456—1991 Census : People Born in England has been extracted from the 1991 Census of Population—Small Area Statistics which can be accessed on the National Statistics website at www.nomisweb.co.uk. Table 04 PQ456—2001 Census : People Born in England has been extracted from Table KS05 on the CD supplement to the Census 2001 Report for Parliamentary Constituencies, which is available in the House of Commons Library.
Figures for the 1991 Census are presented using Parliamentary Constituency boundaries from 1995. Figures for the 2001 Census are presented using the Parliamentary Constituency boundaries from the 2001 General Election.
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