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Carers (Leicester, South)

Mr. Gill: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the number of carers in Leicester, South. [217985]

Mr. Timms: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician. I have asked him to reply.

Letter from Len Cook to Mr. Gill, dated 25 February 2005:


Number of people providing unpaid care in Leicestershire, South: 2001

Provides careAll People
1 to 19 hours5,798
20 to 49 hours1,286
50 or more hours2,015
Total9,099




Source:
Table KS08 Census 2001 Report for Parliamentary Constituencies




 
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Civil Servants

Mr. Laws: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what his estimate is of the cost of the enhanced early retirement scheme for civil servants in his Department
 
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and its agencies, to each year from 1997–98 to 2007–08; and if he will make a statement. [211597]

Mr. Timms: Early retirement costs for past years, and estimates of the costs for 2004–05 and future years, where available, are set out in the following table.
£000

1997–981998–991999–20002000–012001–022002–032003–042004–052005–062006–072007–08
HM Treasury(1)1,6011,4571,2992,8661,2761,2213,4442,296(2)
Office of Government Commerce(3)n/an/an/a1,2341,5263,1341,402547
OGCbuying solutionsn/an/an/an/a7055621,000500100100
Royal Mint55636308964076,2751011935000
Inland Revenue(4)8,0726,0062,2298,2409,3263,8467,4333,429
HM Customs and Excise(5)4,5275,1198,00810,9734,8991,4334,6571,900
Government Actuary's Department182624221988996
Office for National Statistics2,6935591707275,208(92)340
National Savings and Investments2,0702,7459701,3329888397470


(1) Including the Debt Management Office
(2) A dash denotes that an estimate for a future year is not available
(3) n/a denotes that the body was not formed in the year in question
(4) Including the Valuation Office Agency
(5) HM Customs and Excise figures reflect an accounting change in 2001–02


Earnings Distribution (London)

Sarah Teather: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the average weekly earnings for full-time employees were in (a) London, (b) the borough of Brent and (c) the constituency of Brent East in each year since 1990. [217586]

Mr. Timms: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician. I have asked him to reply.

Letter from Len Cook to Sarah Teather, dated 25 February 2005:


Gross weekly pay (£) including overtime, for full-time employee jobs(6)

Description/yearLondonBrentBrent East
New Earnings Survey(7)
1990336.5296.5(8)
1991361.0316.4(8)
1992385.4336.5(8)
1993408.8362.6(8)
1994420.6356.1(8)
1995441.5376.1(8)
1996455.0394.5369.3
1997480.1381.8(9)374.5
1998504.5395.3(9)397.3
Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings(10)
1998515.7406.3(9)406.1
1999536.5418.3(9)413.7
2000571.5451.0(9)461.09
2001606.6451.9(9)441.89
2002641.3468.5(9)459.09
2003659.0459.7(9)549.49
2004(11)682.9481.1(9)508.09
2004(12)680.1475.1(9)503.09


(6) Full-time employees on adult rates of pay whose pay for the pay period was unaffected by absence.
(7) Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings data for 1998 to 2003 applies ASHE methodology including imputation and weighting, to existing NES data.
(8) Data for Parliamentary Constituencies not available until 1996.
(9) Coefficient of variation is >5 per cent.
(10) Data for 1998 to 2003 are taken from the NES but has ASHE methodology applied, weighting and imputation.
(11) 2004 excluding supplementary surveys for comparison with 2003.
(12) 2004 including supplementary surveys to improve coverage. Further information is available on National Statistics website at: www.statistics.gov.uk
Source:
ONS



EU Committees

Angus Robertson: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many times during the (a) Italian, (b) Irish and (c) Dutch presidency of the EU the Banking Advisory Committee met; when and where these meetings took place; what UK Government expert was present; and if he will make a statement. [217906]

Mr. Timms: The Banking Advisory Committee met in Brussels on 9 December 2003, 27 April 2004, 28 June 2004 and 24 November 2004. Officials from HM Treasury and the Financial Services Authority attended the meetings.

Angus Robertson: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many times during the (a) Italian, (b) Irish and (c) Dutch presidency of the EU the Contact Committee on Combating Money Laundering
 
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met; when and where these meetings took place; what UK Government expert was present; and if he will make a statement. [217907]

Mr. Timms: The Money Laundering Contact Committee met once during the Italian Presidency on 22 September 2003 in the European Commission's Charlemagne Building, 170 Rue de la Loi, Brussels. UK Government officials from the Treasury and the Home Office attended this meeting.

The Money Laundering Contact Committee met twice under the Irish Presidency. The first meeting took place on 14 January 2004 in the European Commission's Charlemagne Building, 170 Rue de la Loi, Brussels. UK Government officials from the Treasury and the Home Office attended this meeting. The Second Meeting took place on 31 March 2004 in the European Commission's Borschette Building, 36 Rue Froissart, Brussels. UK Government officials from the Treasury and the Home Office attended this meeting.

The Money Laundering Contact Committee met once under the Dutch Presidency on 14 October 2004 in the European Commission's Borschette Building, 36 Rue Froissart, Brussels. UK Government officials from the Treasury, Customs and the Home Office attended this meeting.

The Money Laundering Contact Committee is a Committee established under the aegis of the European Commission to facilitate consultation between member state government experts and European Commission representatives on EU and international policies and standards on combating money laundering.


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