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Under-age Drinking (Swindon)
Mr. Wills: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what percentage of outlets in Swindon were found to be selling alcohol to minors between 12 November and 24 December (a) 2004 and (b) 2005. [57183]
Paul Goggins: Information on test-purchase operations is not routinely collected by the Home Office. However, in the course of specific campaigns to tackle the misuse of alcohol, the Police Standards Unit collected data on test-purchase operations carried out between:
No records were found of any test-purchase operations in Swindon for the period 17 December 2004–3 January 2005.
Between 14 November 2005 and 31 December 2005, 10 test-purchase operations were carried out in Swindon, none of which resulted in a sale of alcohol to a minor.
Vandalism
Mr. Evans: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many instances of vandalism were reported in (a) Lancashire and (b) Ribble Valley in each year since 1997. [56665]
Hazel Blears: The requested information is given in the following tabled Offences of vandalism are recorded within the criminal damage group classification.
Crime statistics for Ribble Valley are recorded at Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnership (CDRP) level; and for the offence of criminal damage are available from 2000–01 to 2004–05.
Notes:
Criminal damage for Ribble Valley only available from 2000–01.
Numbers affected by changes in the counting rules and expanded coverage of recorded crime. Data not comparable with earlier years.
Numbers affected by the introduction of the National Crime Recording Standards which came into effect in 2002–03. Data not comparable with earlier years.
Visa Holders
Mr. Leigh: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the results were of the tracking exercises to monitor compliance by visa holders. [57930]
Mr. McNulty: The results and feedback from the notifications of non-enrolment and discontinuation of study project run by the Immigration Nationality Directorate (IND) with educational institutions (also known as the Joint Notifications Project) that ran from 1 September 2005 to 17 February 2006 are currently being analysed. IND will be discussing the results of the project later this month with the participants. Initial indications are that the project has been well received by the education sector.
Young Adult Offenders
Dr. Vis: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what progress has been made on developing a strategy for the management of young adult offenders in custody. [56696]
Fiona Mactaggart:
The National Offender Management Service has established a Young Adult Offender Project to develop a strategy and standards for
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the management of young adult offenders in custody and the community, to take into account their specific needs and offending behaviour. This project will be working with the voluntary and community sector, including stakeholders such as the Howard League, Barrow Cadbury and the Prison Reform Trust, who have a clear understanding of the problems involved with this age group.
The project team will examine the processes for dealing with young adult offenders across the Criminal Justice System. This will include consideration of the abolition of the sentence of Detention in a Young Offender Institution (DYOI) and the implications and impact of this on a young person's vulnerability and needs if they are to be integrated with the adult prisoner population.
This strategy will seek to ensure that appropriate training, resources and interventions for young adults are developed in conjunction with the National Reducing Re-offending Delivery Plan published in November 2005.
To support this initiative, a Project Board has been set up and a scoping study carried out.
TREASURY
Average Earnings (Ribble Valley)
Mr. Evans: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the average earnings of full-time employees in Ribble Valley constituency were in April in each year since 1997. [58596]
John Healey: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 14 March 2006:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question to ask what the average earnings of full-time employees in Ribble Valley constituency were in April in each year since 1997. (58596)
Average earnings are estimated from the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE), and are provided for full time employees on adult rates whose pay for the survey period was not affected by absence. This is the standard definition used for ASHE. The ASHE does not collect data on the self employed and people who do unpaid work.
I attach tables showing Average Gross Weekly Earnings by parliamentary constituency for the years 1997 to 2005 for Full Time Employees on Adult Rates. These statistics are also available on the National Statistics website at:
The ASHE, carried out in April of each year, is the most comprehensive source of earnings information in the United Kingdom. It is a one per cent sample of all employees who are members of pay-as-you-earn (PAYE) schemes.
(15) Employees on adult rates whose pay for the survey pay-period was not affected by absence.
(16) Includes Supplementary survey data.
Guide to quality:
The Coefficient of Variation (CV) indicates the quality of a figure, the smaller the CV value the higher the quality.
The true value is likely to lie within +/- twice the CV e.g. for an average of 200 with a CV of 5%, we would expect the population average to be within the range 180 to 220.
Key:
CV <= 5%
* CV>5% and <=10%
** CV>10% and <=20%
The median replaces the mean as the headline statistic. The weighted mean is the sum of the weighted values divided by the sum of the weights. The median is the value below which 50 per cent. of employees fall. It is preferred over the mean for earnings data as it is influenced less by extreme values and because of the skewed distribution of earnings data.
Source:
Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, Office for National Statistics.
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n/a = Denotes data not available.
(17) Employees on adult rates whose pay for the survey pay-period was not affected by absence.
(18) Includes Supplementary survey data.
Guide to quality:
The Coefficient of Variation (CV) indicates the quality of a figure, the smaller the CV value the higher the quality.
The true value is likely to lie within +1- twice the CV e.g. for an average of 200 with a CV of 5%, we would expect the population average to be within the range 180 to 220.
Key:
CV <= 5%
* CV>5%and<=.10%
** CV>10%and<=20%
The median replaces the mean as the headline statistic. The weighted mean is the sum of the weighted values divided by the sum of the weights. The median is the value below which 50 per cent. of employees fall. It is preferred over the mean for earnings data as it is influenced less by extreme values and because of the skewed distribution of earnings data.
Source:
Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, Office for National Statistics.
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