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Mr. Fallon: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether citizens advice bureaux will be eligible for assistance from the new Financial Inclusion Fund towards their money advice services. [218988]
Mr. Timms: Yes. Further details on the breakdown of the fund, including eligibility criteria will be announced in due course.
Mr. Frank Field: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he expects to reply to the letter of the right hon. Member for Birkenhead of 4 February regarding the tax credits of his constituent Mr. Williams. [219385]
Dawn Primarolo: I understand that the Inland Revenue has replied to the right hon. Member.
They aim to reply to 80 per cent. of correspondence within 15 working days and 95 per cent. within 40 working days.
Mr. Frank Field: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he expects to reply to the letter of the right hon. Member for Birkenhead of 9 February regarding the tax credits of his constituent Mrs. Smith. [219386]
Dawn Primarolo: The Inland Revenue have told me that they will be replying to the right hon. Member very shortly.
They aim to reply to 80 per cent. of correspondence within 15 working days, and 95 per cent, within 40 working days.
Iain Wright:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what proportion of the workforce in Hartlepool was
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employed in (a) the public sector, (b) the manufacturing industry, (c) the service sector and (d) farming and agriculture in (i) 1997 and (ii) the last year for which figures are available; [218806]
(2) how many people were in employment in Hartlepool in each year since 1992. [218503]
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. Iain Wright, dated 2 March 2005:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Questions about the number of people employed in Hartlepool and the proportion of the workforce employed in selected industries in Hartlepool (218503, 218806).
Table 1 shows estimates of the number of employed people resident in Hartlepool and are taken from the Labour Force Survey. Estimates are for 12 month periods ending in February from 1995, the first year in which these statistics are available for Parliamentary Constituencies, to 2004.
Table 2 shows estimates of employees working in the public sector resident in Hartlepool as a proportion of all in employment, for 12 month periods ending February in 1999, 2002 and 2004. Equivalent figures for 1997 are not available for Parliamentary Constituencies.
Tables 3 shows estimates of the proportion of total employees jobs in Hartlepool which are in the manufacturing industry, the service sector and in agriculture and fishing industries. These figures are taken from the Annual Business Inquiry. Estimates are provided for 1997 and 2002, the latest available year for Parliamentary Constituencies.
12 month period ending February | Percentage |
---|---|
1999(4) | 24.5 |
2002 | 23.7 |
2004 | 25.5 |
Percentage | |||
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Manufacturing | Total services | Agriculture and fishing2, 3 | |
1997 | 23.3 | 63.3 | 0.1 |
2002 | 18.2 | 73.7 | * |
Mr. Simon Thomas: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will commission research on the earning levels of owners of private leisure craft who have benefited from rebated diesel under the Energy Products Directive. [218954]
John Healey: This information is not available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
Angus Robertson: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) how many times during the (a) Italian and (b) Irish presidency of the EU the Customs Co-operation Committee-EEC Cyprus met; when and where these meetings took place; what UK Government expert was present; and if he will make a statement; [218851]
(2) how many times during the (a) Italian and (b) Irish presidency of the EU the Customs Co-operation Committee-EEC Malta met; when and where these meetings took place; what UK Government expert was present; and if he will make a statement. [218852]
Dawn Primarolo: This committee is the responsibility of the European Commission. No UK Government expert was present.
Iain Wright: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the per capita spending on health in each year since 1997 was in (a) England, (b) the North East and (c) Hartlepool. [218801]
Mr. Boateng: Expenditure based on individual constituencies is not available. The closest match for Hartlepool is Tees health authority area, and its successor County Durham and Tees Valley strategic health authority. Public expenditure per capita on health in these areas, in the North East and in England is shown in the following table.
Harry Cohen: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will match the United States' commitment to top up the Paris Club deal in respect of Iraq's debt by a bilateral agreement taking the debt write-off to 100 per cent.; and if he will make a statement. [208732]
Mr. Timms: The UK has been at the forefront of efforts to help rehabilitate Iraq's economy. The UK fully supported a generous debt treatment for Iraq at the Paris club meeting of 21 November at which it was agreed to write off 80 per cent. of Iraq's debt in order to provide a robust exit from debt unsustainability. Under the Paris Club deal, no payments are due from Iraq to Paris Club creditors until 2008. In addition to supporting the IMF and World Bank in providing assistance, the UK has pledged £544 million in direct aid over three years to March 2006, of which over £331 million has been committed. These funds are bringing immediate benefits to the Iraqi people. We continue to keep options to support Iraq's economy under review.
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