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Staff Vetting
David Simpson: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many (a) EU foreign nationals and (b) non-EU foreign nationals have been employed in his Department in each of the last five years; what vetting procedures are in place for each category of staff; and whether these include liaison with foreign law enforcement agencies. [68024]
John Healey: The information requested in respect of the Treasury is set out in the following table.
| EU nationals | Non-EU nationals | |
All staff working in the Treasury are required to undergo national security vetting. The level of vetting that is appropriate will depend on the particular post that they are going to fill. Where necessary, the vetting process will include a check of time spent overseas.
Doncaster, North (Statistics)
Edward Miliband: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people resident in Doncaster, North were employed in transport services in (a) 1984, (b) 1994 and (c) 2004. [68407]
John Healey: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 11 May 2006:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question about employment in the transport service. (68407)
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) compiles statistics of employment for local areas from the annual local area Labour Force Survey (LFS) and the Annual Population Survey (APS) following International Labour Organisation definitions.
It is estimated that 1,000 people, resident in the Doncaster North Parliamentary Constituency, were employed in transport services (1992 Standard Industrial Classification classes 60 - land transport, 61 - water transport and 62 - air transport) for the 12 months ending December 2004 from the APS. LFS industry class data for parliamentary constituencies are only available from the 12 month period ending February 1999.
The estimate, as with any from sample surveys, is subject to a margin of uncertainty.
Economic Inactivity
Jim Cousins: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the rates of economic inactivity were for people of working age in each (a) region, (b) country in the UK and (c) parliamentary constituency in Tyne and Wear in each year from 1995 to 2005. [69578]
John Healey: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 11 May 2006:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your parliamentary question about economic inactivity. (69578)
The Office for National Statistics compiles statistics of economic inactivity for local areas from the annual population survey following international labour organisation definitions.
Table 1, attached shows the economic inactivity rates for persons of working age (males aged 16 to 64 and females aged 16 to 59) for each region and country of the UK for the 12 month period ending December 2004. Table 2, attached, shows the equivalent rates for each parliamentary constituency in Tyne and Wear
These estimates, as with any from sample surveys, are subject to a margin of uncertainty.
| Table 1: Working age economic inactivity rates for each region and country of the UK; January 2004 to December 2004. | |
| Percentage | |
| Region and country | Economic inactivity rates for persons of working age |
| Note: Estimates are subject to sampling variability. Source: Annual population survey. Working age is males aged 16 to 64 and females aged 16 to 59.. |
Energy Efficiency (Scotland)
Mr. Weir: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what proportion of the funding he announced in the Budget for local authorities and energy companies to work together for energy efficiency will be allocated to Scotland; [69905]
(2) whether the additional funds announced in his budget to help local authorities and others to work in partnership with energy companies to promote and incentivise energy efficiency measures for households apply to Scotland; [69906]
(3) what discussions he has had with the Scottish Executive on the allocation of funds from the additional £20 million announced in his Budget for energy efficiency measures. [69907]
Mr. Timms: The Scottish Executive received additional funding totalling £87 million as a consequence of additional funding for Government Departments in the March 2006 Budget. The allocation of these funds to specific services is a matter for the Scottish Executive.
Treasury Ministers and Scottish Ministers are in regular contact on matters of common interest.
Infant Mortality
Tim Loughton: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list the 10 areas with the (a) highest and (b) lowest rates of infant mortality; and if he will make a statement. [69334]
John Healey: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 11 May 2006:
As National Statistician I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question concerning the 10 areas with the (a) highest and (b) lowest rates of infant mortality. (69334)
The attached table gives infant mortality rates for the aggregate period 2002-2004, for the 10 primary care organisation (PCO) areas in England with the highest rates of infant mortality and the 10 PCO areas with the lowest rates of infant mortality.
| Infant mortality rates( 1) for the 10 primary care organisation (PCO) areas( 2) in England with the highest rates of infant mortality and the 10 PCO areas with the lowest rates of infant mortality, 2002-04 | ||
| 10 PCO areas with the highest infant mortality rates (IMR) | IMR | Number of infant deaths |
| (1) Deaths at ages under one year per 1000 live births. (2) For comparability, PCO boundaries at November 2005 are used for all years. (3) Where rates are calculated from fewer than 20 deaths, the reliability of the measure may be affected by the small number of events |
Parliamentary Questions
Mr. Andrew Turner: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he will provide a substantive response to question 63954, tabled by the hon. Member for the Isle of Wight on 30 March on tax credits. [70138]
Dawn Primarolo: I have already done so.
Pregnancy Rates
Mrs. Iris Robinson: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the pregnancies rates for (a) 15 to 16 and (b) 13 to 14 year olds were in the last period for which figures are available. [69661]
John Healey: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 11 May 2006:
As National Statistician I have been asked to reply to your recent question asking what the pregnancy rates for (a) 15 to 16 and (b) 13 to 14 year olds were in the last period for which figures are available. (69661)
The most recent year for which conception statistics are available is 2004 and figures for this year are provisional.
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