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Departmental Staff

Mr. Hoban: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many of his Department's civil servants work full-time to support the two special advisers assigned to the Chief Secretary to the Treasury; and what the pay bands are of each such civil servant. [116053]

John Healey: As part of their responsibilities, four full-time staff provide support to both the special advisers to the Chef Secretary and to the Chancellor of the Exchequer: one at range E, one at range D, one at range C and one at range B.


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Employee Share Ownership

Mr. Jim Cunningham: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what his Department’s policy is on employee share ownership schemes; and what estimate he has made of how many companies operate such schemes. [114890]

Ed Balls: The Government are committed to supporting employee share ownership, which benefits companies, employees and the economy.

The Government encourage employee share ownership through three tax-advantaged share schemes: Save-As-You-Earn (SAYE), the Share Incentive Plan (SIP), and the Company Share Option Plan (CSOP).

The Government also introduced the Enterprise Management Incentives (EMI), designed to help small higher-risk companies recruit and retain employees who have the skills that will help the company to grow and succeed. EMI as a share option incentive also facilitates employee share ownership.

Details on all the tax-advantaged share schemes, including the National Statistics on their usage, can be found at:

The Government have not made any estimate regarding how many companies operate non-tax-advantaged employee share schemes.

Employment

Mr. O'Hara: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many (a) men and (b) women were (i) International Labour Organisation (ILO) unemployed, (ii) economically inactive and wanting work and (iii) economically inactive and not wanting work in each year since 1997; and how many were (A) aged 50 to 54, (B) aged 55 to 59, (C) aged 60 to 64 and (D) aged over 65 years. [114626]

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

Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 16 January 2007:


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Table 1: Unemployed and inactive people by gender and age, United Kingdom, not seasonally adjusted—Three months ending June 1997
Thousand
Unemployed Inactive
Total Total Wants job Does not want job

All persons

Total 16+

2,013

17,009

2,560

14,449

50-54

147

781

206

574

55-59

121

1,080

227

853

60-64

62

1,688

208

1,481

65+

12

8,344

80

8,264

Men

Total 16+

1,248

6,199

1,017

5,181

50-54

93

264

95

168

55-59

84

373

110

263

60-64

55

650

135

515

65+

9

3,397

80

3,317

Women

Total 16+

765

10,811

1,543

9,268

50-54

54

517

111

406

55-59

37

707

117

590

60-64

7

1,038

73

965

65+

3

4,947

(1)

4,947

(1) Estimates are taken from the LFS. Samples sizes are too small to provide reliable estimates. Source: ONS Labour Force Survey (LFS)

Table 2: Unemployed and inactive people by gender and age, United Kingdom, not seasonally adjusted—Three months ending June 1999
Thousand
Unemployed Inactive
Total Total Wants job Does not want job

All persons

Total 16+

1,695

17,108

2,458

14,650

50-54

124

822

229

592

55-59

98

1,075

225

850

60-64

53

1,779

204

1,574

65+

10

8,364

64

8,300

Men

Total 16+

1,034

6,315

1,006

5,309

50-54

79

275

102

173

55-59

66

386

119

267

60-64

44

687

140

547

65+

9

3,434

64

3,370

Women

Total 16+

661

10,793

1,453

9,340

50-54

45

546

127

419

55-59

32

689

105

583

60-64

9

1,092

64

1,028

65+

1

4,930

(1)

4,929

(1) Estimates are taken from the LFS. Samples sizes are too small to provide reliable estimates. Source: ONS Labour Force Survey (LFS)

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Table 3: Unemployed and inactive people by gender and age, United Kingdom, not seasonally adjusted—Three months ending June 2001
Thousand
Unemployed Inactive
Total Total Wants job Does not want job

All persons

Total 16+

1,408

17,337

2,341

14,996

50-54

93

808

218

590

55-59

73

1,115

215

901

60-64

40

1,749

180

1,569

65+

9

8,482

58

8,423

Men

Total 16+

849

6,548

982

5,566

50-54

61

268

101

167

55-59

52

410

114

296

60-64

35

686

118

568

65+

7

3,528

58

3,470

Women

Total 16+

559

10,789

1,359

9,430

50-54

32

540

116

423

55-59

21

705

101

604

60-64

5

1,063

62

1,002

65+

2

4,954

(1)

4,954

(1) Estimates are taken from the LFS. Samples sizes are too small to provide reliable estimates. Source: ONS Labour Force Survey (LFS)

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