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Departmental Leave (Stress)
David Simpson: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people have been on sick leave suffering from stress in his Department in each of the last three years; and what percentage of the total staff number this represents. [63524]
John Healey: The number of staff taking sickness absence relating to stress like symptoms as a percentage of staff in post were:
| Number of employees | % of total workforce | |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 33 | 2.5 |
| 2004 | 29 | 2.1 |
| 2005 | 27 | 2.0 |
Departmental Recruitment
Mrs. Villiers: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many job advertisements were placed by his Department (a) in total, (b) in print newspapers and magazines and (c) on a recruitment website in each year since 1997; and at what (i) total and (ii) average cost in each case. [50755]
John Healey: The information is given in the table:
| Advertising cost (£) | |
|---|---|
| 2002–03 | 126,000 |
| 2003–04 | 210,000 |
| 2004–05 | 151,000 |
Prior to 2005, recruitment advertising was predominantly in the print media. During the year 2005–06 we have begun to use web-based recruitment. Print media remains the dominant advertising route. No breakdown of costs between web-based and print media advertising is available.
Details for the period 1997 to 2002 are not available.
Departmental Staff
Mr. Philip Hammond: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many and what proportion of (a) staff and (b) new staff employed in (i) his Department and (ii) each of the agencies for which he has responsibility were registered as disabled in each of the last three years for which data is available. [61384]
John Healey:
The Cabinet Office collects and publishes annually statistical information on the Civil Service by Department. http://www.civilservice.gov.uk/management/statistics/publications/xls/disability_apr04_4nov04.xls. These include data on the
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number of staff in departments who have declared a disability. Declaration of a disability is voluntary, which has a significant impact on the data held, and means
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they cannot be taken as conclusive figures on staff with disabilities in the Departments. Details on new staff who are registered disabled is given in the following table:
Departmental Televisions
Jo Swinson: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many television sets are in operation in the Department (a) in total, (b) in Ministers' private offices and (c) in each building in the Department; and how many television licences are held by the Department. [62807]
John Healey: The Treasury has 45 television sets in operation across all sites, including 11 in use in Ministers' private offices.
At the main Treasury building (1 Horse Guards Road) the department has a single multi-access" system for distributing television programs around the building. The television programs can then be viewed using conventional television sets, plasma/led displays or personal computers.
The Treasury has one television licence that covers Treasury usage.
Economic Cycle
Mr. Gauke: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the merits of further altering his assessment of the economic cycle for the purposes of calculating compliance with the golden rule. [64138]
Mr. Des Browne: The latest assessment of the economic cycle is presented in Budget 2006 (HC 968).
Mr. Gauke: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what account he takes of productivity growth figures from the years 2002–03 onwards when comparing this economic cycle with productivity growth figures in previous economic cycles. [64139]
Mr. Des Browne: Table B2 of Budget 2006 (HC 968) presents the Government's latest estimates of trend productivity growth over the recent past together with projections for future productivity growth.
Economic Growth (Emissions)
Lynne Jones: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the percentage economic growth was in each year since 1990; what the associated change was in (a) total greenhouse gas emissions and (b) carbon dioxide emissions; what assessment he has made of the association between the three; and if he will make a statement. [63217]
John Healey: Data on economic growth are given in the financial statement and Budget report, published on 22 March 2006. Data on greenhouse gas emissions and carbon dioxide emissions were published in the Climate Change Programme, published on 28 March 2006. This document sets out the Government's policies and priorities for action in tackling climate change.
Employment (Full and Part-time)
David Simpson: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many (a) males over 65 and (b) females over 60 years of age were in (i) full-time employment and (ii) part-time employment in each region in each of the last five years. [63522]
John Healey: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the national statistician who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Colin Mowl, dated 18 April 2006:
The National Statistician has been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question about people over state pension age in employment. I am replying in her absence. (63522)
The attached table gives the number of men aged 65 and over and women aged 60 and over who were working in full-time or part-time employment, for the three months ending November each year from 2001 to 2005, for each country and region of the United Kingdom.
Estimates are taken from the Office for National Statistics's Labour Force Survey (LFS). As with any sample survey, estimates from the LFS are subject to a margin of uncertainty.
(241) 65 and over for men, and 60 and over for women.
(242) Includes those who did not state whether they worked full or part-time.
(243) Estimate not shown in order to protect respondents' confidentiality.
Source:
ONS labour Force Survey.
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