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Mr. Waterson: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list primary care trusts in order of (a) average age of population, (b) the proportion of over-65s, (c) the proportion of over 25s and (d) the proportion of over 85s in their areas. [68393]
John Healey: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 10 May 2006:
As National Statistician I have been asked to reply to your parliamentary Question requesting lists of primary care trusts in order of (a) average age of population, (b) the proportion of over 65s (c) the proportion of over 25s and (d) the proportion of over 85s in their areas. (68393)
The attached Tables A-D, which I am placing in the House of Commons Library, provide the requested information. The tables are based on mid-2004 population estimates; these are the latest
available. The tables provide information on all Primary Care Organisation areas in England: 300 Primary Care Trusts and the 3 Care Trusts (Bexley, Northumberland, and Witham, Braintree & Halstead). The ‘median age' measure of average age is used.
Compensation Payments
Sir Michael Spicer: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to his letter of 21 March Ref: 4/25060/06, when the constituents of the hon. Member for West Worcestershire can expect to receive the compensation payment of £100 from HM Revenue and Customs. [66359]
Dawn Primarolo [holding answer 27 April 2006]: HMRC sent the payment in question on 27 April 2006.
Consultancy Firms
Mike Penning: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what records are held centrally by the Government on consultancy firms hired by Government Departments. [68502]
John Healey: Information about specific consultancy engagements, or those consultants hired by Government are not held centrally.
Corporate Hospitality
David Simpson: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer on how many occasions he has accepted corporate hospitality in the last 12 months. [67534]
Ed Balls: Paragraph 5.28 of the Ministerial Code sets out the rules on the registration of hospitality.
Correspondence
John Barrett: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when the Paymaster General will reply to the hon. Member for Edinburgh West's letter of 24 February 2006 regarding his constituent Ms P Duff. [64410]
Dawn Primarolo: I have done so.
Doncaster, North (Statistics)
Edward Miliband: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many Doncaster, North residents were employed in mining in (a) 1981, (b) 1991, (c) 2001 and (d) the most recent year for which figures are available. [68294]
John Healey: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 10 May 2006:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question about employment in the mining industry in (a) 1981, (b) 1991, (c) 2001 and (d) the most recent year for which figures are available. (68294)
The information requested is available from 1991 and 2001 Censuses of Population. Equivalent information from the 1981 Census is not available.
The 1991 Census shows 132 people resident in the Doncaster North constituency employed in mining. The 2001 Census shows 351 persons aged 16 to 74, resident in the Doncaster North constituency employed in mining and quarrying.
The 1991 data have been taken from table S73 in the 1991 Census Small Area Statistics which is available on request from Census Customer Services (census.customerservices@ons. gsi.gov.uk). The 2001 data have been taken from table KS11a in the “Census 2001 Report for Parliamentary Constituencies” which is available in the House of Commons Library.
Edward Miliband: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many tax credit recipients there were in each ward in Doncaster, North in (a) 1997 and (b) the most recent year for which figures are available; and what the average award was in each year in each case. [68299]
Dawn Primarolo: Information on the number of families who were receiving family credit in 1997 is not available at ward level.
Reliable estimates of the number of families receiving child and working tax credits are also not available at ward level. However, estimates of the number of recipient families in each constituency and local authority at various dates are published on the HMRC website at: http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/stats/personal-tax-credits/cwtc-qeog-stats.htm.
Edward Miliband: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many ethnic minority residents there were in Doncaster, North (a) in (i) 1981, (ii) 1991 and (iii) 2001 and (b) according to the most recent figures available. [68305]
John Healey: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 10 May 2006:
As National Statistician I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question asking how many ethnic minority residents there were in Doncaster, North (a) in (i) 1981, (ii) 1991 and (iii) 2001 and (b) according to the most recent figures available. (68305)
A question on ethnicity was not asked in the 1981 Census and consequently no data are available. Data from the 2001 census are the most recent figures available.
| Doncaster, North parliamentary constituency | ||
| 1991 | 2001 | |
| (1) In the 1991 Census there was no sub-division of the “White” ethnic category. Sources: Table G in the “Census 1991 New Parliamentary Constituency Monitor for Yorkshire and the Humber” and Table KS06 in the “Census 2001 Report for Parliamentary Constituencies” |
The 1991 data have been taken from the counts supporting table G in the “Census 1991 New Parliamentary Constituency Monitor for Yorkshire and the Humber” which is available on
request from 2001 Census Customer Services (census.customerservices@ons. gsi.gov.uk). The 2001 data have been taken from KS06 in the “Census 2001 Report for Parliamentary Constituencies” which is available in the House of Commons Library.
Differences in the ethnic group questions, coding and in the methods for treatment of under-enumeration complicate the making of direct comparisons between 1991 and 2001. More information is provided in the ‘Guide to comparing 1991 and 2001 Census ethnic group data’ and can be found on the ONS website at: http://www.statistics.gov.uk/CCI/article.asp?ID=1471 &Pos=1&ColRank=1&Rank=64.
Edward Miliband: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many residents of Doncaster, North worked outside the constituency in (a) 1981, (b) 1991, (c) 2001 and (d) the most recent year for which figures are available. [68320]
John Healey: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 10 May 2006:
As National Statistician I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question asking how many residents of Doncaster, North worked outside of the constituency in (a) 1981, (b) 1991 and (c) 2001 and (d) the most recent year for which figures are available. (68320)
As Doncaster North Parliamentary Constituency did not exist in 1981 no data is available for this year. Data from the 2001 census are the most recent figures available.
| Doncaster, North parliamentary constituency | ||
| Works in Doncaster North | Works Outside Doncaster North | |
| (1 )In 1991 responses to workplace questions were only processed for approximately 10 per cent. of the population. The figures in this table have been grossed up by a factor of 10.16 to account for this. Source: 1991 and 2001 Census Data |
Edward Miliband: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people with disabilities were resident in Doncaster, North constituency in (a) 1981, (b) 1991, (c) 2001 and (d) the most recent period for which figures are available, broken down by disability. [68328]
John Healey: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 10 May 2006:
As National Statistician I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question concerning how many people with disabilities were resident in Doncaster, North constituency in (a) 1981, (b) 1991 and (c) 2001 and (d) the most recent year for which figures are available, broken down by disability. (68328)
The Census is the only data source suitable for local area statistics of this nature. The Census question asked whether the respondent perceived themselves to have a long-term limiting illness, health problem or disability which limits their daily activities or the work they can do, including problems that are due to old age. This is a "yes" or "no" question and no breakdown of illness of disability is available. The figures in the table below therefore cover not only disability but also health problems and old age. This question was first asked in the 1991 Census and therefore data for 1981 is unavailable. Data from the 2001 census are the most recent figures available.
The 1991 data have been amalgamated from tables 12 and 13 in the 1991 Census Small Area Statistics which is available on request from Census Customer Services [census.customerservices @ons.gsi.gov.uk]. The 2001 data has been taken from table UV22 on the CD supplement to the Census 2001 Census Area Statistics for Parliamentary Constituencies which is available in the Statistical Research Unit in the
Euro Preparations Unit
Michael Gove: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the total costs of the Treasury's Euro Preparations Unit were in (a) 2002-03, (b) 2003-04, (c) 2004-05 and (d) 2005-06; how many (i) full and (ii) part-time staff there were in each year; what the programme budget was for each year; what projects were undertaken in each year; and if he will make a statement. [64061]
Ed Balls: The costs of the Euro Preparations Unit (EPU) in each of these years were met from within the Treasury's departmental expenditure limit. The number of staff in EPU varied within each year, reflecting normal staff turnover. The mid-year figures were:
| As at September | EPU staffing( 1) |
The projects and activities of the Euro Preparation Unit are set out in the reports on euro preparations available on the Treasury's public website (www.euro.gov.uk). Central planning documents including the managed transition plan and the consumer protection framework are well developed and the focus of EPU is now on maintaining these and the network of expert stakeholders.
General Practitioners
Steve Webb: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what criteria HM Revenue and Customs uses in determining that GPs are regarded as self-employed for tax purposes; and if he will make a statement. [69617]
Dawn Primarolo: There is no statutory definition of employment and self-employment for tax and national insurance contributions (NICs). HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) use ‘case law’ defined by the courts, as an outline principle when they give an opinion on employment status for tax and NICs.
General practitioners can be engaged on employed or self-employed terms, there is no one answer to cover all situations. In practice, however, common features, such as the autonomy that general practitioners have over the way their practices are administered and arranged usually mean that it is HMRC's view that they are likely to be self-employed.
Informal Economy
Mr. Jenkins: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what steps his Department is taking to reduce the size of the informal economy in the West Midlands. [68363]
Dawn Primarolo: HMRC is currently restructuring its approach to tackling the informal economy. This builds on and brings together the work previously undertaken by the Inland Revenue and Customs and Excise in this area.
Nationally new teams are being set up dedicated to identifying individuals and businesses who should be registered for income tax and VAT. At the same time HMRC has been running extensive media campaigns promoting awareness of the need to register as well as a Hotline focussing on increasing intelligence relating to the informal economy.
HMRC is also participating in the Joint Workplace Enforcement Pilot, led by Home Office and based in the West Midlands. This is a three-year pilot to explore the scope for closer co-ordinated working between Government workplace enforcement and compliance departments for the purpose of tackling both the use and exploitation of illegal migrant workers.
Mr. Jenkins: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the size of the informal economy in (a) the UK, (b) the West Midlands and (c) Tamworth constituency. [68364]
Dawn Primarolo: There is no reliable estimate of the size of the informal economy in (a) the UK, (b) the West Midlands or (c) Tamworth constituency.
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