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Fair trade
Mr. Burstow:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether it is his policy to ensure that hospitality within
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his Department is sourced from fair trade producers wherever possible within the boundaries set by the public procurement rules. [197057]
Mr. Timms: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to the hon. Member for Buckingham (Mr. Bercow) on 8 December 2003, Official Report, column 335W.
GDP (Manufacturing)
Mr. Illsley: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what percentage of gross domestic product was comprised of the manufacturing sector in (a) 1997 and (b) the last year for which figures are available. [197006]
Mr. Timms: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Colin Mowl to Mr. Eric Illsley, dated 8 November 2004:
The National Statistician has been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question concerning what percentage of gross domestic product was comprised of the manufacturing sector in (a) 1997 and (b) the last year for which figures are available. I am replying in his absence. (197006)
The manufacturing sector comprised 21.2 per cent. of gross value added (GVA) in 1997. The latest year for which fully reconciled figures are available is 2002, when manufacturing comprised 15.9 per cent. of GVA.
The contribution of industries to the economy is normally shown by their contribution to GVA. The difference between GVA and gross domestic product is taxes less subsidies on products (e.g. VAT, excise duties) which cannot be allocated across industries.
Gershon Review
Kate Hoey: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much his Department spent on management consultants employed in connection with the Gershon Review. [195835]
Mr. Boateng: The Efficiency Review Team, led by Sir Peter Gershon, drew on a wide range of experience and expertise from both the public and private sectors and identified efficiency savings of over £20 billion. A number of management consultants provided advice during the Review, many of whom were made available to Sir Peter's team at no charge. A number of consultants' services were paid for at a cost of approximately £595,000 for the 11-month period of the Review.
Gun Deaths
Keith Vaz: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people in the UK have died from gunshot wounds in each of the last 10 years. [196007]
Mr. Timms: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Len Cook to Mr. Keith Vaz, dated 8 November 2004:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question asking how many people in the UK have died from gunshot wounds in each of the last 10 years. (196007)
The most recently available information is for deaths in 2003. Figures for deaths from firearms are shown in the table below for the calendar years 1994 to 2003.
| Number | |
|---|---|
| 1994 | 341 |
| 1995 | 358 |
| 1996 | 254 |
| 1997 | 201 |
| 1998 | 203 |
| 1999 | 210 |
| 2000 | 204 |
| 2001 | 167 |
| 2002 | 169 |
| 2003 | 163 |
(13) Cause of death was defined using the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision (ICD-9) codes E922, E955.0-E955.4, E965.0-E965.4, E985.0-E985.4 and E970 from 1994 to 2000 and the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10) codes W32-W34, X72-X74, X93-X95, Y22-Y24 and Y35.0 from 2001 onwards.
(14) Data for England and Wales are for deaths occurring in the calendar year (which were registered before the release of the routine annual publication). Data for Scotland and Northern Ireland are for deaths registered in the calendar year.
Household Incomes
Mr. Wills: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when data will be available for the number of Households Below Average Income in each ward in each constituency. [196372]
Mr. Timms: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Colin Mowl to Mr. Michael Wills, dated 8 November 2004:
The National Statistician has been asked to reply to your recent question asking when data will be available for the number of Households Below Average Income in each ward in each constituency. I am replying in his absence. (196372).
Estimates for income by constituency are not available but ONS have recently published experimental ward-based average household income estimates (although these do not provide an income distribution within the ward). They cover England and Wales for 1998/99. These estimates have been developed
- specifically for small areas where traditional survey methods do not capture sufficient data. They have been produced using a modelling approach that enables survey data to be combined with Census and administrative data to estimate at the small area level. We advise against combining the ward level estimates to constituencies or other higher levels. The best estimates for these higher levels may require different methods or statistical models.
These model-based estimates are of a different nature from standard survey estimates because they are dependent upon correctly specifying the relationship between weekly household income and the census/administrative information. The main limitation of estimates for small areas, either those estimated directly from responses to surveys or model-based, is that they are subject to variability. We have also produced the confidence intervals associated with the model-based estimates in order to make the accuracy of the estimates clear.
These estimates are described in more detail on the National Statistics website at: http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/ShowMetaData.asp?tn=Product&id=5060 and are available at http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/NoHSubject.asp?SID= 3BAB80A42E8941369E910AE3325975A9&B=True&E=4,0#4,0
DWP's annual publication Households Below Average Income (HBAI) is sourced from the Family Resources Survey (FRS), and gives information on the location of individuals on the income distribution.
The publication presents results covering Great Britain for children, working-age adults pensioners, and all individuals in separate chapters but due to small sample sizes only shows results by geographic area disaggregated by Government Office Region. One set of tables presented in the publication show the proportion of individuals that fall below various low income thresholds. The current FRS series spans the years 1994/5—2002/03. The next publication showing results for 2003/04 is scheduled for March 2005.
Imported Primates
Mr. Banks: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many illegally imported primates were seized by HM Customs and Excise in the last five years, broken down by species. [197044]
John Healey: Customs has made the following seizures of imported primates in each of the past five years:
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This information is included in the seizures report that Customs provide to the CITES Secretariat for publication.
Customs has also made a number of seizures under its enforcement responsibilities regarding products of animal origin, and some of these may have included meat from primates.
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