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Press Officers
Mr. Burstow: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many press officers the Department employed ineach year since 1997; and what the cost was in each year. [8135]
John Healey: I refer the hon. Member to the answers given on 1 April 2004, Official Report, column 1683W and 26 April 2004, Official Report, column 754W.
The number of press officers employed has remained broadly constant at nine, increasing to 11 in 2004–05.
The costs for 2004–05 are £317,559.
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Procurement Directive
Malcolm Bruce: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will place in the Library correspondence between (a) his Department and (b) the Office of Government Commerce and the European Commission in relation to implementing Article 45 of EU Public Procurement Directive 2004/18/EC. [10705]
John Healey:
The Treasury and the Office of Government Commerce have had no correspondence with the European Commission about the implementation of Article 45 of Directive 2004/18/EC.
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Public Bills
Mr. Amess: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) if he will list the public bills for which his Department is responsible which were reprinted during each of the last three sessions; what the reason was for reprinting each bill; and what the cost was; [10880]
(2) if he will list the public acts for which his Department is responsible which were reprinted during each of the last three years; what the reason was for reprinting each Act; and what the cost was. [10943]
John Healey: Bills can be reprinted several times during the course of their passage through both Houses of Parliament. The printing of Bills is, however, a matter for the respective Bill Offices in both Houses. Detailed information relating to the reprinting of Treasury Bills is not available.
The responsibility for the printing of Acts of Parliament rests with the Queen's Printer within Her Majesty's Stationery Office who has let a contract for their printing and publication under which the contractor is obliged to maintain availability while an Act remains in force. No information is available as to whether any Treasury sponsored Acts have been reprinted.
Self-invested Personal Pensions
Mr. Austin Mitchell:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what estimate he has made of the
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numbers of buy to let properties which will be eligible to put into self-invested personal pensions from April 2006; [11153]
(2) what estimate he has made of the tax foregone as a result of the ability to put buy and let properties into self-invested personal pensions from April 2006. [11164]
John Healey: I refer my hon. Friend to the reply my hon. Friend the Economic Secretary gave to the hon. Member for Carmarthen, East and Dinefwr (Adam Price) on 14 June 2005, Official Report, column 340W.
Single Mothers
Mr. Amess: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what percentage of 16 to 19-year-olds are single mothers in each county in England and Wales. [11047]
John Healey: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician. I have asked him to reply.
Letter from Colin Mowl to Mr. David Amess, dated 12 July 2005:
The National Statistician has been asked to reply to your recent question concerning the percentage of 16–19 year olds, who are single mothers in each county of England and Wales. I am replying in his absence. (11047)
The numbers of female lone parents aged 16–19 resident in private households by county and unitary authorities of England and Wales, produced from the 2001 Census, are shown in the attached table. The proportions they represent of all females aged 16–19 is also shown.
Note:
Cells in this table have been randomly adjusted to avoid release of confidential data.
Source:
2001 Census
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