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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.
Mr. Jim Cunningham: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what his Departments 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:
www.hmrc.gov.uk/shareschemes/
The Government have not made any estimate regarding how many companies operate non-tax-advantaged employee share schemes.
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:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question about the numbers of men and women who are unemployed and economically inactive (i) wanting a job and (ii) not wanting a job by age in each year since 1997. (114626)
The eight tables attached give estimates of the numbers of men and women resident in the United Kingdom who are unemployed and economically inactive by gender and age. This includes inactive people who (i) want a job and (ii) do not want a job for the three months ending June each year since 1997. Comparable estimates are not available for 1998 and 2000.
Estimates are taken from the Labour Force Survey (LFS). As with any sample survey, estimates from the LFS are subject to a margin of uncertainty.
Table 1: Unemployed and inactive people by gender and age, United Kingdom, not seasonally adjustedThree months ending June 1997 | ||||
Thousand | ||||
Unemployed | Inactive | |||
Total | Total | Wants job | Does not want job | |
(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 adjustedThree months ending June 1999 | ||||
Thousand | ||||
Unemployed | Inactive | |||
Total | Total | Wants job | Does not want job | |
(1) Estimates are taken from the LFS. Samples sizes are too small to provide reliable estimates. Source: ONS Labour Force Survey (LFS) |
Table 3: Unemployed and inactive people by gender and age, United Kingdom, not seasonally adjustedThree months ending June 2001 | ||||
Thousand | ||||
Unemployed | Inactive | |||
Total | Total | Wants job | Does not want job | |
(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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