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Mr. Francois: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what recent estimate he has made of staff turnover in his Department; and what proportion of employees in his Department left in the last 12 months. [97971]
John Healey: The latest available data on leavers and joiners is for 2004-05 and is published at the Cabinet Office statistics website http://www.civilservice.gov.uk/management/statistics/reports/2005/tables_and_charts/index.asp
More up-to-date information on total headcount and joiners is available in the HM Treasury Departmental Report 2006 at http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/about/departmental_reports/dept_report2006.cfm
Departmental Websites
Mr. Francois: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much was spent by his Department on maintaining its websites in 2005-06; and how many visits each website received during this period. [97977]
John Healey: HM Treasury spent £135,592 maintaining its websites in the financial year 2005-06.
Visits for each website during this period were as follows:
| Site address | Visits |
| (1 )Statistics from the date site was launched—October 2005. (2) Statistics from the date site was launched—19 May 2005. (3 )Approximate figure. (4 )No statistics recorded. | |
Fraud
Anne Snelgrove: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the measures to protect savers with (a) building societies, (b) banks and (c) credit unions from fraud. [99039]
Ed Balls [holding answer 2 November 2006]: The Treasury is responsible for the overall institutional structure of financial regulation and the legislation which governs it.
The Financial Services Authority's powers and responsibilities are set out in the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000. These include the authorisation and prudential supervision of banks, building societies and credit unions.
The FSA's rules require firms to take reasonable care to establish and maintain effective systems and controls for compliance with applicable requirements and standards under the regulatory system and for
countering the risk that the firm might be used to further financial crime. The definition of financial crime includes fraud.
The Chief Secretary, along with the Attorney-General, commissioned a review of the UK response to fraud which reported in the summer and has just been subject to consultation. The Attorney-General's office is assessing the responses to this consultation and we will work closely with them to identify any appropriate action.
Fuel (Duty/Prices)
Mr. Spellar: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the level of fuel duty is on (a) petrol and (b) diesel in the UK; and what assessment he has made of such duties in the other EU member states. [99804]
John Healey: The duty rate for both ultra-low sulphur petrol and ultra-low sulphur diesel is 47.10 pence per litre.
When taking decisions on fuel duty rates, the Chancellor of the Exchequer takes account of all relevant social economic, environmental and social considerations, including the rates of duty in other member states.
Mr. Jim Cunningham: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what recent discussions he has had with oil producers on fuel prices. [98590]
John Healey [holding answer 2 November 2006]: Treasury Ministers and officials have regular meetings with oil producers and their representatives. Such meetings will cover a range of issues relating to the oil industry including fuel prices.
Pensions
Mr. Hepburn: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people have been affected by collapsed company pension schemes in (a) the UK, (b) North Tyneside, (c) South Tyneside and (d) Jarrow constituency in the last five years. [97735]
James Purnell: I have been asked to reply.
It is not possible to provide a breakdown of the information requested by region.
Mr. Laws: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) whether an increase in public sector employee pension contribution rates counts as a reduction in Government spending in the national accounts; and if he will make a statement; [93541]
(2) how his Department treats (a) increases and (b) decreases in employee contributions to public sector pension schemes for accounting purposes; and what effects would such changes have on Government (i) spending and (ii) receipts; and if he will make a statement. [96523]
Mr. Timms:
Total Managed Expenditure (TME), the Government’s preferred measure of expenditure drawn from the National Accounts, nets employee pension contributions off gross expenditure on pensions paid. This means that an increase in employee contribution
rates without any commensurate increase in salaries or pension benefits would reduce TME. Government receipts, which finance TME, are unaffected by pension contributions, as these net off within TME.
Contributions that employees make to funded public service pension schemes, such as the Local Government Pension Scheme and funded pension schemes in the wider public sector, are treated as income to the individual funds and are not netted off in TME as described above.
Population Statistics
Mr. Iain Wright:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many births were registered in each
local authority in the north east region in each of the last 10 years. [99857]
John Healey: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Colin Mowl, dated 6 November 2006:
The National Statistician has been asked to reply to your question about how many births were registered in each local authority in the North East Region in each of the last 10 years. I am replying in her absence. (99857).
The latest year for which figures are available is 2005. The numbers of births to women resident in each of the local authorities requested in the years 1996 to 2005 are shown in the attached table.
| Table 1: Live births by area of usual residence, local and unitary authorities( 1) in the north east government office region. 1996 to 2005 | ||||||||||
| 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | |
| (1) Figures relate to local and unitary authority area boundaries at 1 April in the year in which the birth was registered. Source: ONS Key Population and Vital Statistics, Local and Health Authority Areas, Series VS nos. 23-31 and Population Trends no. 124. | ||||||||||
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