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Mr. Francois: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many staff in his Department earn (a) £25,000-£49,999, (b) £50,000-£100,000 and (c) over £100,000 per year. [103555]

John Healey: HM Treasury's departmental report (Cm 6830, May 2006) sets out staff numbers by pay range. Report no. 62 of the Review Body on Senior Salaries (Cm 6727, March 2006) sets out salary bands for the senior civil service. Pay ranges for Treasury staff in ranges below these grades are:

£
Range	Minimum	Normal maximum	High performance maximum
A	14,549	16,690	18,278
B	16,340	20,225	22,978
C	19,502	25,934	27,156
D	24,264	37,130	41,856
E	40,439	56,101	62,601

Chris Ruane: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people are employed on each pay grade in his Department; and what changes he expects to the number and percentage at each grade over the next three years. [109156]

John Healey [holding answer 14 December 2006]: Chart 6.2 of HM Treasury's departmental report (6830) sets out staff in each pay range. Table 6 sets out staff numbers across the Treasury Group, including plans for the years to 2007-08. Plans for the years beyond 2007-08 will be set as part of the Comprehensive Spending Review.

Mr. Hayes: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the total cost was of salaries for new staff in his Department in the last 12 months. [109501]

John Healey: The information requested can be obtained only at disproportionate cost.

Departmental Travel

Mr. Hoban: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the procedures are within his Department for authorising (a) foreign visits by departmental staff on official business when not accompanying a Minister and (b) away day meetings by departmental staff outside Government offices. [106533]

John Healey: Foreign travel and away days that arein furtherance of the Treasury’s objectives may be authorised by budget holders subject to the normal rules in the Civil Service Code and the availability of
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funds within the relevant budget. All staff travel is undertaken in accordance with the rules set out in the “Civil Service Management Code”.

Economic Activity: Milton Keynes

Mr. Lancaster: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the rates of (a) male and (b) female economic activity were in each local government ward in Milton Keynes in each year since 1979. [109058]

John Healey: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.

Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 18 December 2006:

As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question about economic activity. (109058)

The Office for National Statistics compiles statistics, of economic activity from the Labour Force Survey following International Labour Organisation definitions. However, estimates of economic activity are not available for wards as the survey sample size for such areas is too small.

Tables 1 to 3, attached, show economic activity rates for all persons of working age, males aged 16 to 64 and females aged 16 to 59, resident in wards within Milton Keynes from the 1981, 1991 and 2001 Censuses of Population respectively.

Table 1: Economic activity rates for persons of working age resident in wards within Milton Keynes; 1981
Percentage
	Economic activity rate
Ward( 1)	All	Male	Female
Bradwell	80	95	62
Church Green	78	92	62
Danesborough	79	93	64
Denbigh	81	94	68
Eaton	71	93	49
Fenny Stratford	77	92	59
Lavendon	75	93	55
Linford	78	95	60
Loughton	82	97	65
Manor Farm	80	95	4
Newport Pagnell	78	95	61
Newton	80	94	5
Olney	76	93	59
Pineham	76	93	58
Sherington	74	94	54
Stantonbury	77	95	57
Stony Stratford	77	93	59
Whaddon	79	94	63
Woburn Sands	79	92	64
Wolverton	78	94	60
Wolverton Stacey Bushes	73	94	52
Woughton	75	94	56
Milton Keynes	77	94	60
(1) 1981 frozen wards. Note: Working age is defined as males aged 16 to 64 and females aged 16 to 59. Source: 1981 Census.

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Table 2: Economic activity rates for persons of working age resident in wards within Milton Keynes; 1991
Percentage
	Economic activity rate
Ward( 1)	All	Male	Female
Bradwell	80	92	67
Church Green	77	93	60
Danesborough	81	92	69
Denbigh	79	92	65
Eaton	70	89	52
Fenny Stratford	74	38	59
Lavendon	76	90	59
Linford	79	92	67
Loughton	84	95	73
Manor Farm	79	91	66
Newport Pagnell	82	93	69
Newton	81	93	68
Olney	80	93	66
Pineham	81	93	69
Sherington	77	90	63
Stantonbury	81	92	66
Stony Stratford	78	90	66
Whaddon	79	91	66
Woburn Sands	79	89	68
Wolverton	78	91	64
Wolverton Stacey Bushes	82	93	71
Woughton	78	90	67
Milton Keynes	79	92	67
(1) 1991 frozen wards. Note: Working age is defined as males aged 16 to 64 and females aged 16 to 59. Source: 1991 Census.

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