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11 July 2006 : Column 1715W—continued
Civil Service
Ian Lucas: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many civil service posts have been reduced in each UK civil service Department in Wales under the terms of the efficiency programme announced in the July 2004 spending review. [83721]
Mr. Timms: HM Treasury does not centrally hold data showing which Departments have made work force reductions in Wales as part of the SR04 efficiency programme. Departments are responsible for managing their work force strategies and for implementing their SR04 work force reduction targets.
Ian Lucas: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many of the UK civil service post reductions announced in the July 2004 spending review will be made in Wales by 2008. [83732]
Mr. Timms: HM Treasury does not centrally hold data showing which Departments intend to make work force reductions in Wales as part of the SR04 efficiency programme. Departments are responsible for managing their work force strategies and for implementing their SR04 work force reduction targets.
Ian Lucas: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the net change will be in the number of civil service posts in Wales in each of the Departments within which posts are being transferred in accordance with the Lyons Review. [83733]
Mr. Timms: HM Treasury does not centrally hold information on the net number of civil servants employed in Wales broken down by Department.
However by April 2006 more than 1,600 posts had been relocated to Wales in accordance with the Lyons Review. This included more than 1,100 DWP posts, 200 Home Office posts, 150 ONS posts and more than 100 HMRC posts. Of the 1,600 relocated posts, 510 have moved to Wrexham.
Customs National Strike Force
Mr. Crabb: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many times members of the Customs National Strike Force have visited Wales in each year since 2003. [84594]
Dawn Primarolo: The number of times members of the Customs National Strike Force have visited Wales since 2003 are:
| Visits | |
Customs Officers (Wales)
Mr. Crabb: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many customs officers (a) are based in Wales and (b) have responsibility for Wales but are based outside Wales. [84595]
Dawn Primarolo: The information is as follows;
(a) At 1 April 2006 the full time equivalent number of staff based in Wales and on the former HM Customs and Excise payroll was 592.7
(b) This information is not available.
Death Certificates
Norman Baker: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer of 29 June 2006, Official Report, column 580W, on death certificates, under what circumstances a correction to the death register can legitimately be made (a) before a death register has been completed, (b) after a death register has been deposited with the Superintendent Registrar for a district and (c) at any other point; and who is entitled to authorise such a correction. [83675]
John Healey: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Dennis Roberts, dated 11 July 2006:
The Registrar General for England and Wales has been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question pursuant to the Answer of 29th June 2006, Official Report, column 580W, on death certificates, under what circumstances a correction to the death register can legitimately be made (a) before a death register has been completed, (b) after a death register has been deposited with the Superintendent Registrar for a district and (c) at any other point; and who is entitled to authorise such a correction. I am replying in her absence. (83675)
The only circumstances in which a correction to the death register can legitimately be made is if it can be shown that it contains incorrect information. This is applicable regardless of whether the registrar of births and deaths or the Superintendent Registrar has custody of the register.
Local registration officers have some powers of correction depending on the nature of the error, e.g. they can correct a simple copying mistake. More serious errors, e.g. a major change that might affect the identity or status of a person or event requires the authority of the Registrar General.
Where an error is found in a death entry compiled from information supplied by a Coroner following an inquest, the registrar or Superintendent Registrar may not correct anything, other than a copying error in the register, without receiving either an amended or fresh certificate from the Coroner. However, where the error relates to the cause of death this can only be corrected if the Coroner's inquest is quashed and a new inquest is held. Only if the death was originally registered on the basis of a coroner's certificate after inquest adjourned, and the Coroner then resumes the inquest, may he or she certify to the registrar or Superintendent Registrar an amendment to the cause of death.
Norman Baker: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer under what circumstances a registrar can register the death of an individual whose death is still subject to (a) an inquest by a coroner and (b) an inquiry that has led to the adjournment of a coroner’s inquest under section 17A of the Coroners Act 1988; what legislation determines these circumstances; and whether these circumstances are unchanged from July 2003. [83734]
John Healey: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Dennis Roberts, dated 11 July 2006:
The Registrar General for England and Wales has been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question concerning under what circumstances a registrar can register a death of an individual whose death is still subject to (a) an inquest by a coroner and (b) an inquiry that has led to the adjournment of a coroner’s inquest under section 17A of the Coroners Act 1988; what legislation determines these circumstances; and whether these circumstances are unchanged from July 2003. I am replying in her absence. (83734)
A death which is subject to an inquest by a coroner can only be registered once the inquest has concluded or been adjourned. In either circumstance the coroner is required to send a death certificate to the registrar. Sections 11, 16 and 17 of the Coroners Act 1988 contain the relevant provision. On receipt of the certificate the death can be registered under section 23 of the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953. There have been no changes to the relevant legislation since 2003.
Departmental Artwork
Mr. Hoban: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the 10 most expensive pieces of artwork are which are owned or held by his Department; what the value is of each; and who the owner is of each. [83571]
John Healey: The 10 most valuable pieces of artwork are three antique silver ink stands valued at £200,000 each, and seven antique silver candle holders valued at £60,000 each, all of which are owned by the Treasury.
These pieces of artwork are reported as part of the net book values disclosed in the Departmental Resource accounts for 2005-06.
Departmental Expenditure
Mr. Francois: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the total amount spent by his Department on (a) mobile phones and (b) secure mobile phones was in each year since 1997. [83491]
John Healey: I refer to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for Chipping Barnet (Mrs. Villiers) on 16 January 2006, Official Report, column 1157W.
Mr. Francois: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much was spent on overseas travel by employees of his Department in the last year for which figures are available. [83503]
John Healey: For the cost of overseas travel for the Treasury in 2005-06, including Ministers' travel, I refer to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for Shipley (Philip Davies) on 12 June 2006, Official Report, column 926W.
Mr. Francois: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much was spent on refurbishments and building work in his private office in each year since 1997. [83506]
John Healey: All of the space occupied by the Treasury in 1 Horse Guards Road was refurbished in a project that was completed in 2002. The cost of this work is not available by individual offices.
Mr. Francois: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much was spent on departmental refurbishments in his Department in each year since 1997. [83513]
John Healey: The costs of the refurbishment of the Treasury building at 1 Horse Guards Road were given in answer to the hon. Member for South Norfolk (Mr. Bacon) on 5 February 2002, Official Report, column 841W.
Mr. Hoban: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much was spent on cavity wall insulation in his Department in each financial year since 1997-98. [83575]
John Healey: Nothing. The Treasury building at 1 Horse Guards Road has solid walls.
Departmental Wine Cellar
Mr. Hoban: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether his Department has its own wine cellar. [83783]
John Healey: The Treasury does not have a wine cellar.
Energy Audit
Mr. Francois:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when the last time was that an energy audit
was conducted in his Department; and if he will place a copy of the results of that audit in the Library. [83508]
John Healey: Energy usage in the Treasury building at 1 Horse Guards Road is monitored on a regular basis as part of an environmental management system that is certified to ISO 14001 standards.
Energy Efficiency
Mr. Francois: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the total amount spent on energy efficiency measures in his Department's buildings in London was in each year since 1997. [83502]
John Healey: This information is not readily available and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Export Control
Dr. Cable: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what budget HM Customs has allocated to policing the Export Control Act 2002 in 2006-07; how many personnel are engaged in policing the Act; and of what type. [84367]
Dawn Primarolo: HM Revenue and Customs does not allocate a separate budget to policing the Export Control Act 2002. HMRC personnel are multifunctional and deal with a wide range of different controls under UK and EC Regulations. On 25 May 2006, HMRC advised the Quadripartite Select Committee that in any one year between 60 and 100 staff years were expended on enforcing strategic export controls. This includes personnel involved in criminal investigation, intelligence, detection, policy advice, entry-processing, and local and national compliance.
Financial Literacy
Mr. Drew: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what recent discussions he has had with representatives of Citizens Advice on financial exclusion; and what partnerships he is aiming to put in place to improve financial literacy in (a) schools and (b) wider society. [84498]
Ed Balls: My department has regular contact with Citizens Advice on financial inclusion issues.
Improving financial literacy is being taken forward through the FSA led National Strategy for Financial Capability. The FSA is working in partnership not only with Government, but also with the financial services industry and the voluntary sector, including Citizens Advice, to create a step change in financial capability in schools and wider society.
Gross National Product
Mr. Amess: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the gross national product was at (a) (i) current and (ii) constant prices, (b) factor cost and (c) market price in each year since 1976. [83454]
John Healey: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Colin Mowl, dated 11 July 2006:
The National Statistician has been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question requesting gross national product (GNP) annual data going back to 1976. I am replying in her absence. (83454)
Under the current system of national accounts introduced in the UK in September 1998 (based on the European System of Accounts 1995), the concept of gross national product was replaced by that of gross national income (GNI). Additionally the concept of “factor cost” is no longer used and GNI figures are only available at market prices.
Table A shows the most recent estimates for GNI in both current prices and volume terms.
| Table A | ||
| £ million | ||
| GNI at current market prices | GNI at market price in chained volume terms | |
| Note: These figures are based on data published on 30 June 2006 | ||
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