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Women in the Work Force
Mr. Jim Cunningham: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what discussions her Department has had with stakeholders to advance the role of women in the workforce. [182755]
Ms Hewitt: My Department is in continual discussion with a wide range of stakeholders to advance the role of women in the workforce. We recognise the importance of meeting a wide variety of stakeholders to inform policy making. For example, the Women and Equality Unit regularly meets with representatives from the Trades Union Congress, the Equal Opportunities Commission, employers and women's organisations, both national and regional, as well as individual women such as leading academics and women from minority ethnic and faith communities.
Working Time Directive
Mr. Moore: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many individuals have benefited from the working time directive in (a) Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale, (b) the Scottish Borders region and (c) Scotland; and if she will make a statement. [180960]
Mr. Sutcliffe: The Working Time Regulations provide workers with the right to refuse to work more than 48 hours on average, if they do not want to. Numbers are only available for Scotland at a national level. It has been estimated that around 230,000 workers resident in Scotland stood to benefit from the introduction of the weekly working time limits in 1998.
TREASURY
Betting Exchanges
Mr. Byers: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he intends to publish a consultation paper on the tax treatment of betting exchanges and their clients. [183117]
John Healey:
As set out in the 2004 Budget report [HC 301], we are continuing to work with the industry to settle a fair and equitable tax treatment for betting exchanges and their clients. Officials are therefore currently in dialogue with the industry, recognising that the industry is keen to have a settled arrangement for the taxation of betting exchanges and their clients that is fair and equitable.
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Childcare Tax Credit (Northampton, North)
Ms Keeble: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) how many families in Northampton, North are in receipt of the childcare tax credit; [182842]
(2) how many people in Northampton, North get the childcare tax credit. [183751]
Dawn Primarolo: I refer my hon. Friend to my answer to my hon. Friend the Member for Burton (Mrs. Dean) on 15 March 2004, Official Report, column 98W.
Correspondence
Mr. Don Foster: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he will answer the letter of 28 May from the hon. Member for Bath regarding the Civil Registration Order: Civil Marriages and Religious Content. [182524]
Ruth Kelly: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the General Registrar for England and Wales, who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Dennis Roberts to Mr. Don Foster, dated 12 July 2004:
The National Statistician and Registrar General for England and Wales has been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question asking when your letter of 28 May to the Rt. Hon. Gordon Brown MP regarding Civil Registration, will be answered. I am replying in his absence. (182524)
A reply to your letter was sent by Ruth Kelly MP, the Minister responsible for Civil Registration, on 5 July 2004. I apologise for the delay in the reply, which was to allow General Register Office officials sufficient time to put the necessary arrangements in place to address the issues you raised.
As Ruth Kelly states in her letter to you, we will shortly be announcing a review of the interpretation of the regulations governing the choice of readings and music that can be used in civil marriage ceremonies.
Cot Deaths
Mr. Jim Cunningham: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the latest estimates are of the number of cot deaths. [182753]
Ruth Kelly: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.
Letter from John Pullinger to Mr. Jim Cunningham, dated 12 July 2004:
The National Statistician has been asked to reply to your recent question on what the latest estimates are on the number of cot deaths. I am replying in his absence. (182753)
Figures on cot deaths are compiled using information recorded on death certificates. Each year a figure is produced of all infant deaths where the certifier mentioned "sudden infant death" or related terms such as "cot death" or "sudden infant death syndrome". This figure is referred to as "sudden infant deaths" in routine publications.
In 2002 (latest year for which figures are available) there were 187 sudden infant deaths in England and Wales. This figure is provisional. Final figures will be published in Health Statistics Quarterly 23, which is scheduled for publication on 19 August 2004.
Sustainable Development
Norman Lamb: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what steps have been taken by his Department to review arrangements for public reporting of sustainable development impacts; [181852]
(2) what arrangements his Department has in place to report publicly on its key sustainable development impacts. [181853]
John Healey: Impacts will be reported as appropriate in departmental annual and spring reports and in annual sustainability reports.
Norman Lamb: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what changes there have been in (a) road transport vehicle carbon dioxide emissions and (b) single occupancy car commuting from his Department against the baseline year in the Framework for Sustainable Development on the Government Estate. [181854]
John Healey: Road transport vehicle emissions have reduced by some 5 per cent. in Inland Revenue and some 8 per cent. in Customs. HM Treasury does not operate its own vehicle fleet. Figures are not available for single occupancy car commuting.
Departmental Water Use
Norman Lamb: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what changes there have been in water consumption by his Department for each year from 1997 to date. [181856]
Ruth Kelly: The information requested is not available. The Chancellor's Departments are fully committed to meeting the Government's water targets.
Efficiency Review
Mr. Simmonds: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what plans he has to publish Sir Peter Gershon's Report upon the conclusion of his Efficiency Review; [183279]
(2) what the scheduled date is for the conclusion of Sir Peter Gershon's Efficiency Review. [183280]
Mr. Boateng: The Efficiency Review led by Sir Peter Gershon will conclude on 12 July 2004 and further announcements on the outcome of the Review will be made when the 2004 Spending Review is presented.
Employment (Wansdyke)
Dan Norris: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many and what proportion of people aged 50 years and over were in employment in Wansdyke in (a) 1997 and (b) 2004. [182493]
Ruth Kelly: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician. I have asked him to reply.
Letter from Colin Mowl to Mr. Dan Norris, dated 16 July 2004:
The National Statistician has been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question about employment. I am replying in his absence. (182493)
The attached table gives the number of people aged 50 and over, resident in the Wansdyke Parliamentary Constituency, who were in employment. The table also gives the employment rates for men aged 50 to 64 and women aged 50 to 59. The. data are for the twelve month periods ending February 1997 and February 2003. This is the latest period for which data are available.
Estimates are taken from the Office for National Statistics' Labour Force Survey (LFS). As with any sample survey, estimates from the LFS are subject to sampling variability.
| People aged 50 and over in employment (Thousand) | Employment rate(7) (percentage) | |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 12 | 83 |
| 2003 | 13 | 78 |
(7) People aged 50 to 64 (men) and 50 to 59 (women) in employment as a percentage of all persons in the relevant age group.
Source:
ONS—Labour Force Survey.
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