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Staff Recruitment
Matthew Taylor: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what media outlets are used for the recruitment of each level of staff in his Department; and if he will make a statement. [187087]
Ruth Kelly: The Treasury uses a wide variety of different publications for recruitment advertising, tailored according to the nature of the vacancy to be filled. This includes the use of professional journals and magazines, national and local newspapers, and websites.
Matthew Taylor: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how vacancies are publicised within his Department; how non-fast streamers are recruited to work in his Department; and if he will make a statement. [187088]
Ruth Kelly: HM Treasury publicises its internal vacancies on the Treasury's intranet site, and the Civil Service Recruitment Gateway. For external recruitment of non-fast streamers, HM Treasury uses a wide variety of different publications for advertising, tailored according to the nature of the vacancy to be filled. This includes the use of professional journals and magazines, national and local newspapers, and other relevant websites, including HM Treasury's website (www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/careers). Recruitment in HM Treasury is based upon the Civil Service Commissioners Recruitment Code of fair and open competition, and selection on merit.
Matthew Taylor: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much the Treasury spent on recruitment in each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement. [187089]
Ruth Kelly:
I refer the hon. Gentleman to the answer I gave him on 5 March 2004, Official Report, column 1211W. The costs of recruiting staff fall largely to individual teams, and are charged to team budgets.
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Therefore, information on the total cost of recruiting staff is not available centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Matthew Taylor: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people the Treasury recruited in each of the last three years. [187090]
Ruth Kelly: The number of new recruits to HM Treasury, as recorded in the Treasury's Departmental Report, can be found in the following table:
| 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Permanent appointments | 135 | 80 | 103 |
| Fixed-term appointments | 20 | 9 | 13 |
| Permanent transfers/reinstatements | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Secondments in | 17 | 15 | 19 |
| Casual appointments | 42 | 32 | 45 |
| Total | 212 | 136 | 182 |
Unemployment Payments
Chris Ruane: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the cost of unemployment payments (a) in total and (b) as a percentage of national income in each of the last 25 years. [186102]
Mr. Pond: I have been asked to reply.
The information is in the table.
| Unemployment benefits (£ million) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominal terms1, 2 | 2004–05 prices1, 2 | Percentage of gross domestic product(95) | |
| 1979–80 | 1,176 | 3,752 | 0.6 |
| 1980–81 | 2,074 | 5,600 | 0.9 |
| 1981–82 | 3,214 | 7,923 | 1.2 |
| 1982–83 | 4,067 | 9,364 | 1.4 |
| 1983–84 | 4,753 | 10,464 | 1.5 |
| 1984–85 | 5,308 | 11,104 | 1.6 |
| 1985–86 | 5,803 | 11,519 | 1.6 |
| 1986–87 | 6,070 | 11,676 | 1.6 |
| 1987–88 | 5,453 | 9,934 | 1.3 |
| 1988–89 | 4,152 | 7,070 | 0.9 |
| 1989–90 | 3,364 | 5,352 | 0.6 |
| 1990–91 | 3,810 | 5,618 | 0.7 |
| 1991–92 | 5,804 | 8,071 | 1.0 |
| 1992–93 | 7,139 | 9,615 | 1.2 |
| 1993–94 | 7,389 | 9,693 | 1.1 |
| 1994–95 | 6,482 | 8,381 | 0.9 |
| 1995–96 | 5,925 | 7,445 | 0.8 |
| 1996–97 | 5,112 | 6,215 | 0.7 |
| 1997–98 | 3,893 | 4,615 | 0.5 |
| 1998–99 | 3,558 | 4,099 | 0.4 |
| 1999–2000 | 3,255 | 3,670 | 0.4 |
| 2000–01 | 2,882 | 3,213 | 0.3 |
| 2001–02 | 2,606 | 2,832 | 0.3 |
| 2002–03 | 2,624 | 2,760 | 0.2 |
| 2003–04 | 2,548 | 2,606 | 0.2 |
(95) Unemployment benefits totals are rounded to the nearest million; the percentage of gross domestic product has been rounded to nearest 0.1 per cent.
(96) Unemployment benefits include: unemployment benefit, which was replaced by jobseeker's allowance contribution-based in October 1996; supplementary benefit paid to unemployed people, which was replaced by income support for the unemployed in April 1988, and was further replaced by jobseeker's allowance (income-based) in October 1996.
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Women Workers
Mr. Woodward: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimates the Government have made of the percentage of women in (a) full-time and (b) part-time employment in (i) St Helens and (ii) the UK, broken down by region, in each year since 1997. [186926]
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. Sean Woodward dated 7 September 2004:
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As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question about females in full-time and part-time employment. (186926)
The attached table' shows the percentages of females in full-time, and part-time employment and the number of women in employment in St. Helens Local Authority and each region of the UK for the three month periods ending in May of each year from 1997 to 2004.'
Estimates are taken from the Labour Force Survey (LFS). As with any sample survey, estimates from the LFS are subject to sampling Variability. Estimates for St Helens Local Authority District are based on small sample sizes and are subject to a high level of sampling variability. In particular, year-to-year changes are likely to show considerable volatility.
n/a no available data
(97) Percentage of all women in employment. Percentages are based on total that includes people who did state whether they were full or part-time who did not answer the full or part time question
(98) Estimates for St. Helens Local Authority are based on smaller sample sizes and are therefore subject to a higher degree of sampling variability. They should therefore be treated with caution and, in particular, changes from year to year should not be used in isolation from the figures for a run of years.
Source:
ONS Labour Force Survey
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