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Incentive Tools
Mr. Todd: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he has appraised the use of incentive tools applied to public service proposed in Incentives for Change, published by the Public Services Productivity Panel. [58948]
Mr. Des Browne: HM Treasury, HM Customs and Excise and the Department of Work and Pensions jointly sponsored research by the University of Bristol into the impact of the Incentives for Change report of the Public Services Productivity Panel, based on trials in C&E and DWP. This research was completed in 2005.
The appraisal demonstrated that the team based incentives approach had mixed results within different teams, outputs and organisations. While there was evidence of a positive effect in some teams or when measured against some outputs it was also evident that to be successful incentive schemes must be varied and matched to organisational needs and circumstances and targeted on specific delivery priorities. There is no one-size fits all solution. The use of team based incentives is now one of many tools available to public sector employers.
Inland Revenue Staff
Robert Key: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he will announce his decision on relocation of Inland Revenue staff from Alexandra House, Salisbury following the termination of the lease at the end of March. [59018]
Dawn Primarolo: HMRC occupy Alexandra House, Salisbury under a Memorandum of Terms of Occupation (MOTO) with HM Courts Service. They have not served notice on us.
HMRC are currently reviewing all its offices and only once they have carried out a detailed social, economic and service delivery impact assessment will they consider moving work away from some locations.
Insurance Premium Tax
Gregory Barker: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the amount of insurance premium tax due which has not been paid in the last 10 years. [58994]
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Mr. Ivan Lewis: No estimate has been made of the amount of insurance premium tax due which has not been paid in the last 10 years.
Planning Gain Supplement
Mr. Pickles: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to his answer of 6 March 2006, Official Report, column 1106W, on the planning gain supplement, how many responses were submitted to the Government's consultation by 27 February 2006. [59174]
John Healey: Approximately 800 responses to the consultation have been received. A summary of these responses will be published in due course.
Population Statistics
Rosie Cooper: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what his estimate is of the current population of each ward in the West Lancashire constituency based on (a) the 2001 Census, (b) electoral rolls and (c) health service users; and what projections he has made for the next five years; [58424]
(2) what assessment he has made of the accuracy of census figures for (a) West Lancashire constituency and (b) Lancashire in each of the last two censuses; and if he will make a statement. [58425]
John Healey: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Karen Dunnell, 16 March 2006:
1. Estimates of the current population of each ward in the West Lancashire constituency based on (a) the 2001 Census, (b) electoral rolls and (c) health service users; and projections for the next five years. (58424)
2. The assessment made of the accuracy of census figures for (a) West Lancashire constituency and (b) Lancashire in each of the last two censuses. (58425)
3. The population of (a) West Lancashire district and (b) each ward in the district according to (i) figures from the 2001 Census, (ii) most recent electoral rolls and (iii) most recent figures for health service users; and what projections have been made for the next five years. (58582)
The tables attached provide the information you have requested. Data for wards in West Lancashire constituency are shown in Table 1, data for West Lancashire district are shown in Tables 2 and 3, and data for wards in West Lancashire district are shown in Table 4.
Table 1 provides the most recent ward population estimates for West Lancashire constituency. The closest available geography to current electoral wards, for which population estimates are available, is Census Area Statistics (CAS) wards. This geography was created for outputs from the 2001 Census and is based mainly on 2003 electoral wards. The CAS ward level population estimates have been published with the status of experimental statistics". Therefore, the estimates, should be treated with some care.
The latest available ward electorate counts are for December 2004 and are shown in Table 1 for West Lancashire constituency and Table 4 for West Lancashire district. The ward electorate counts are for parliamentary electors, including attainers. Local government electorate counts are not available at ward level.
It should be noted that the number of people eligible to vote is not the same as the resident population aged 18 and over.
There are numerous reasons for this. For example not everyone who is usually resident is entitled to vote (foreign citizens from outside of the EU and Commonwealth, prisoners, etc. are not eligible), some people do not register to vote and people who have more than one address may register in more than one place. Further, there is inevitably some double counting of the registered electorate as electoral registration officers vary in how quickly they remove people from the registers after they have moved away from an area or after they have died. These factors have a differential impact from area to area.
The latest available ward patient register counts are for 2004 and are shown in Table 1 for West Lancashire constituency and Table 4 for West Lancashire district. It should be noted that patient register counts differ from estimates of the usually resident population for a number of reasons. Patient registers include people who are in the country for at least three months, whereas, population estimates are based on a usual residence definition requiring a stay of 12 months or more. The patient registers exclude individuals who are ineligible to be registered with a GP. People may be on a patient register after having left the country and not deregistered with their GP; similarly people may have moved to another area and not re-registered. Some patients may have more than one NHS number e.g. they may have been issued a temporary number for a short period. Again, these factors have a differential impact from place to place.
Official assessments of the quality of the 1991 Census were published in the 1991 Census General Report (ISBN 0–11–691616–8) and User Guide 58 (Under coverage in Great Britain). These were earned out at national level and no assessment of quality was made for individual Local Authorities. The General Report is held in the House of Commons Library and User Guide 58 may be obtained from Census Customer Services—email census.customerservices@ons.gov.uk
The 1991 Census Validation Survey assessed the coverage of the Census and the quality of the Census information recorded about those people who were successfully enumerated. The 1991 Census Validation Survey: Quality Report (ISBN 0–11–691688–5) and 1991 Census Validation Survey: Coverage Report (ISBN 0–11–691591–9) are held in the House of Commons Library.
Following the 2001 Census for England and Wales, ONS undertook an extensive programme of work to investigate the reasons for the difference between the 2001 Census and the mid-year population estimates (MYEs) at both national and local levels. This research included a series of Local Authority studies carried out in 2004 which were designed to improve the MYEs in the areas that proved hardest to count in the Census. An extensive review was carried out for 32 local authorities to assess whether there was evidence that the population might have been under- or over-estimated. Included in this review was the Unitary Authority of Blackburn with Darwen, which prior to administrative boundary changes on 1 April 1998 was within the administrative boundaries of Lancashire. Blackpool at this time also became a Unitary Authority.
The results of the 2004 Local Authority studies showed that better estimates of the population could be made in 15 local authority areas and an adjustment was made to the MYEs in these areas. For the great majority of areas, including Blackburn with Darwen, it was found that the 2001 Census-based population estimate remains the best estimate of the population.
A full report on these Local Authority Studies can be found at: www.statistics.gov.uk/downloads/theme_population/LAStudy_ FullReport.pdf
The detailed report for Blackburn with Darwen can be found at: www.statistics.gov.uk/downloads/theme_population/LAStudy_Blackburn_with_Darwen.pdf
The Census 2001 Quality report for England and Wales provides information about all aspects of quality relating to the 2001 Census. It provides an overview of the quality issues and the studies and analyses that have been carried out to improve the quality of census data. The Quality report is held in the House of Commons Library or can be downloaded from www.statistics.gov.uk/census2001/proj_qr.asp
Additional information pertaining to the quality of results from the 2001 Census for local areas can be found at: www.statistics.gov.uk/census2001/stat_methods_qual.asp
Table 2 provides population projections for mid-2005 to mid-2010 for West Lancashire district, for comparison the mid-2004 population estimate is also included. These projections are based on mid-2003 population estimates and are the latest projections available. They assume that local trends in fertility, mortality and migration over the reference period 1999 to 2003 will continue into the future. They, therefore, may not be directly comparable with the mid-2004 population estimate.
Table 3 provides the 2001 Census population count, electorate count for December 2005 and patient register count for July 2004 for West Lancashire district.
Table 4 provides the 2001 Census population count, electorate count for December 2004 and patient register count for July 2004 for wards in West Lancashire district.
Notes:
1. The mid-2002 ward population estimates are consistent with the published mid-2002 local authority estimates (September 2004 revisions) and have been rounded to the nearest hundred.
2. Parliamentary electors are those people who are entitled to vote in parliamentary elections at Westminster and who meet the residence qualification. Those include overseas voters but exclude Peers and European citizens.
Source:
Office for National Statistics
(24) The population projections shown in this table are taken from the 2003-based subnational population projections, the latest set of projections currently available. Therefore they are not consistent with the 2004 mid-year estimate presented in the first column.
Source:
Office for National Statistics
(25) Local government electors are those people who are entitled to vote in local elections and who meet the residence qualification. These include Peers and European citizens but exclude overseas voters.
(26) Parliamentary electors are those people who are entitled to vote in parliamentary elections at Westminster and who meet the residence qualification. Those include overseas voters but exclude Peers and European citizens.
Source:
Office for National Statistics
(27) Parliamentary electors are those people who are entitled to vote in parliamentary elections at Westminster and who meet the residence qualification. Those include overseas voters but exclude Peers and European citizens.
Source:
Office for National Statistics
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