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Terrorism
Mrs. Villiers: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what steps his Department has taken to prevent the financing of terrorism since February 2006; and if he will make a statement. [88095]
Ed Balls: HM Treasury has continued to work closely with other policy departments, law enforcement agencies and international partners in order to better deter, detect and disrupt terrorism and the financing of terrorism.
The Treasury published a progress report on counter-terrorist financing at the pre-Budget report 2005 and a further progress report on activity in this area will be published in the autumn.
Unemployment (Brent, East)
Sarah Teather: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people were (a) unemployed and (b) long-term unemployed in (i) Brent, East and (ii) Brent in each year since 1997. [87422]
John Healey: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 24 July 2006:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question about unemployment.
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) compiles statistics of unemployment for local areas from the annual local area Labour Force Survey and the Annual Population Survey (APS) following International Labour Organisation definitions. The number of unemployed, resident in the Brent East Parliamentary Constituency was provided in Table 1 of an Answer on 11th July 2006 (Hansard column 1726W, reference 79828) up to the 12 months ending December 2004. The number of long-term unemployed was given in Table 3 of the same Answer. Table 1 attached shows more recent information from the APS. Table 2, attached, shows corresponding data for people resident in the London borough of Brent.
These estimates, as with any from sample surveys, are subject to a margin of uncertainty.
ONS also compiles statistics for local areas of people claiming Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA). Data for all claimants resident in the Brent East constituency was provided in Table 6 of the above Answer and the number of long-term claimants (over 12 months) was given in Table 8 of the previous Answer. Table 3, attached, shows corresponding data for the London borough of Brent.
| Table 1: Number of unemployed persons, aged 16 and over, resident in Brent East Parliamentary constituency | ||
| Thousand | ||
| 12 months ending | Number of unemployed | Long-term unemployed( 1) |
| (1)
Over 12 months. (2) Sample size too small to provide
estimate. Notes: 1. Estimates are subject to
sampling variability. 2. Changes in the estimates from year to
year should be treated with particular
caution. Source: Annual Population
Survey | ||
| Table 2: Number of unemployed persons, aged 16 and over, resident in the London borough of Brent | ||
| Thousand | ||
| 12 months ending | Number of unemployed | Long-term unemployed( 1) |
| (1)
Over 12 months. Notes: 1. Estimates are
subject to sampling variability. 2. Changes in the estimates
from year to year should be treated with particular
caution. Source: Annual local area Labour
Force Survey; Annual Population
Survey | ||
Volunteering
John Hemming: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the contribution to the UK economy of those on benefits who volunteer. [86735]
Dawn Primarolo: No such research has been undertaken. However, the Government recognises the potential impact of volunteering on helping benefit claimants return to work, and has taken a numberof steps to facilitate volunteering. The Russell Commission looked at the experiences of young volunteers in receipt of benefits, and put forward a number of recommendations, as well as publishing the Guide to Volunteering on Benefits.
Whole of Government Accounts Process
Mrs. Villiers: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will place in the Library a copy of the report on the dry run of the Whole of Government Accounts process for 2005-06. [88090]
Mr. Timms: In December 2005, HM Treasury published a report entitled ‘Delivering the benefits of accruals accounting for the whole public sector’. Within this document a full account was given of the Whole of Government process to date and the intended 2005-06 dry run. There is no current intention to publish any further account of the 2005-06 Whole of Government dry run process.
Health
Abortion
Mr. Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what percentage of abortions were performed on pregnancies of (a) under nine weeks, (b) nine to 12 weeks, (c) 13 to 16 weeks, (d) 17 to 19 weeks, (e) 20 to 23 weeks and (f) 24 weeks and over duration in 2005. [85147]
Caroline Flint: The information requested is shown in the following table:
| Abortions, residents: percentages by gestation, England and Wales, 2005 | |
| Gestation | Percentage |
Mr. Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many abortions have been performed under the terms of the Abortion Act 1967 as amended by section 34 of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990; and how many and what proportion were performed (a) in an emergency to save the life of the mother and (b) in cases of rape. [85170]
Caroline Flint: There were 5.3 million (5,289,701) abortions performed in England and Wales on residents between 1968 and 2005. In the period between 1968 and 2002, 410 were performed under Section 1(4), in an emergency to save the life of the mother. The proportion performed in cases of rape is not collected.
Notes:
We are unable to provide these data for confidentiality reasons as the totals for the three years 2003-05 are less than 10 and have not previously been published. It is intended that the Department will publish this information in a 10-year table (2003 to 2012) if numbers reach a total of 10 or more.
Mr. Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the total number of abortions was in 2005 at (a) 26 weeks and (b) each week after the 26th, broken down by grounds for termination. [85171]
Caroline Flint: We are unable to provide these data for confidentiality reasons as set out in Statistical Bulletin 2006-01, “Abortion Statistics, England and Wales: 2005”; copies of which are available from the Library and also on the Department's website at:
www.dh.gov.uk/assetRoot/04/13/68/59/04136859.pdf.
Agenda for Change
Mr. Hurd: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many clerical and administrative staff have been allocated lower pay bands as a result of Agenda for Change. [84877]
Ms Rosie Winterton: From the available information on the computer aided job evaluation system it would suggest that the majority administrative and clerical posts are matching national profiles across bands one to five. This cannot readily be compared to the previous Whitley system.
Alcohol-related Conditions
Mr.
Ruffley: To ask the Secretary of State for
Health how many people (a) under and (b) over the age of
18 years were admitted to hospital for
alcohol-related
problem in each year since 1997 for which figures are available, broken
down by (i) region, (ii) health authority and (iii) primary care trust.
[84911]
Caroline
Flint: The information requested is not held centrally in
the format requested. However, data is
provided in the following table for patients admitted to hospital for
alcohol-related problems broken down by strategic health authority
(SHA) for 2003-04 and
2004-05.
| Count of patients admitted to hospital for alcohol-related conditions by region, SHA and age (ICD10 codes F10,K70,T51) Data for all NHS hospitals in England, data years 2003-04, 2004-05 | |||||
| 2004-05 | 2003-04 | ||||
| Government office region | SHA | under 18 | 18 and over | under 18 | 18 and over |
| Notes: Ungrossed Data Figures have not been adjusted for shortfalls in data that is the data is ungrossed. Patient counts Patient counts are based on the unique patient identifier HES1D. This identifier is derived based on patient's date of birth, postcode, sex, local patient identifier and NHS number, using an agreed algorithm. Where data are incomplete, HESID must erroneously link episodes or fail to recognise episodes for the same patient. Care is therefore needed, especially where duplicate records persist in the data. The patient count cannot be summed across a table where patients may have episodes in more than one cell. ICD10 codes used: F10, T51, K70 - Alcohol related admissions. Data has been provided for 2004-05 and 2003-04 only as data from earlier years is not comparable as a time series in the requested format due to boundary changes of SHA's. Source: Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), The Information Centre for health and social care. | |||||
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