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Child Benefit (Administration)

Mr. Laws: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what his latest estimate is of the annual administration costs of child benefit. [63563]

Mr. Ivan Lewis: I refer the hon. Gentleman to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for Birmingham, Selly Oak (Lynne Jones) on 30 March 2006, Official Report, column 111W.

Child Trust Funds

Mr. Laws: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what his latest estimate is of the annual administration costs of the Child Trust Fund since it was introduced. [63312]

Mr. Ivan Lewis: I refer the hon. Gentleman to the answer given to the hon. Member for Leeds, North-West (Greg Mulholland) on 25 January 2006, Official Report, column 2214W.

Clinical Outcomes (Cancer)

James Duddridge: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what the clinical outcomes were for (a) upper gastro-intestinal, (b) urological, (c) head and neck, (d) breast, (e) lung, (f) prostate, (g) stomach, (h) colon and (i) bowel cancer in each cancer network in each year since 2001; [63668]

(2) what the clinical outcomes were for (a) female cancers and (b) male cancers in each cancer network in each year since 2001. [63670]

John Healey: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.

Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 19 April 2006:

Contracts (Voluntary Sector)

Mr. Andrew Turner: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many contracts are let by his Department to voluntary sector organisations; how many of those are let on an annual basis; and how many of those had received finalised contracts for 2006–07 by 31 March. [63212]


 
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John Healey: The Treasury has one contract with voluntary organisations. Campbell Robb, Director of Public Policy at the National Council for Voluntary Organisations, has been seconded to the Treasury by the NCVO to play a leading advisory role in the review, announced in the Budget, into the future role of the third sector in social and economic regeneration. Agreement in principle on the secondment for an initial six months was reached before 31 March.

Earnings (Southend, West)

Mr. Amess: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the average earnings of (a) full-time and (b) part-time employees in Southend, West constituency were in April in each year since 1997. [64196]

John Healey: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician who has been asked to reply.

Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 19 April 2006:


Gross weekly pay for all employee jobs(12) by place of work
£

Full-time
Part-time
Southend West
Median
MeanMedianMean
1997**281*342**105**132
1998**285*352**107**143
1999*317*372**126**154
2000*306*342**110**142
2001**321*384**136*159
2002**356*426**128**148
2003**318*382x**169
2004**327*384x**206
2004(13)**326*386x**199
2005**341*417128**169


(12) Employees on adult rates whose pay for the survey pay-period was not affected by absence.
(13) 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 per cent. we would expect the population average to be within the range 180 to 220.
Key:
CV }5 per cent.
*CV >5 per cent. and }10 per cent.
**CV >10 per cent. and }20 per cent.
x Unreliable
Note:
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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Gross weekly pay for all employee jobs(14) by place of residence
£

Full-time
Part-time
Southend West
Median
MeanMedianMean
1997(15)(15)(15)(15)
1998(15)(15)(15)(15)
1999(15)(15)(15)(15)
2000(15)(15)(15)(15)
2001(15)(15)(15)(15)
2002**395*484**129*149
2003**413*519**102**151
2004*459*563x**144
2004(15)*455*549x**143
2005*490*577**143**198


(14) Employees on adult rates whose pay for the survey pay-period was not affected by absence.
(15) Denotes data not collected before 2002.
(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 per cent. we would expect the population average to be within the range 180 to 220.
Key:
CV }5 per cent.
*CV >5 per cent. and }10 per cent.
**CV >10 per cent. and }20 per cent.
x Unreliable
Note:
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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