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Trade Unions: Finance

Mr. Heald: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what the estimated expenditure is on the Trade Union Modernisation Fund over the lifetime of the fund. [117879]

Jim Fitzpatrick: Between £5 to £10 million has been set aside for the Union Modernisation Fund.

Mr. Heald: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to the answer of 15 January 2007, Official Report, column 816W, on trade union funding, what the (a) amount and (b) purpose was of each grant. [117881]

Jim Fitzpatrick: The information is as follows:

Purpose Amount given (£)

Partnership Fund(1)

26,559.50

Partnership Fund

24,102.38

Strategic Partnership Fund(2)

298,974.18

Partnership Fund

249,405.00

Partnership Fund

3,880.40

Partnership Fund

27,580.00

Strategic Partnership Fund

219,871.00

Strategic Partnership Fund

46,814.87

Partnership Fund

47,985.32

Strategic Partnership Fund

68,000.00

Partnership Fund

6,573.00

Strategic Partnership Fund

141,500.00

Union Modernisation Fund(3)

23,340.53

Union Modernisation Fund(3)

12,252.64

Union Modernisation Fund

7,377.84

Union Modernisation Fund

43,329.35

Union Modernisation Fund

7,083.30

Union Modernisation Fund

24,330.00

Union Modernisation Fund

8,125.65

Union Modernisation Fund

6,047.75

Union Modernisation Fund

28,647.63

Union Modernisation Fund

104,011.73

Union Modernisation Fund

32,489.00

Union Modernisation Fund

11,475.34

Union Modernisation Fund

13,232.25

Union Modernisation Fund

23,284.48

Union Modernisation Fund

6,070.70

(1 )The Partnership at Work Fund was a Government grant scheme established by the DTI created in 1999 to encourage the development of industrial relations by encouraging employers and employees to work together effectively. The Partnership at Work Fund supported partnership projects within individual organisations. The fund is now closed.
(2 )The Partnership at Work Fund supported partnership projects within individual organisations. Strategic Partnership projects reach out beyond single company projects to assess sectoral and regional issues.
(3 )The Union Modernisation Fund provides financial assistance to independent trade unions and their federations in support of innovative projects, which contribute to, or explore the potential for, transformational change in the organisational effectiveness of efficiency of a union or unions, in the light of the changing needs, aspirations and behaviour of workers and employers in the changing UK labour market.

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Mr. Heald: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to the answer of 15 January 2007, Official Report, column 816W, on trade union funding, how much is expected to be given to trade union led projects in (a) the remainder of the 2006-07 financial year and (b) 2007-08. [117882]

Jim Fitzpatrick: £745,673 is expected to become payable to trade unions in the remainder of the 2006-07 financial year and £1,696,642 for 2007-08.

Treasury

Departmental Expenditure

Mr. Francois: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much his Department spent on external media trainers in each of the last 12 months, broken down by supplier. [110778]

John Healey: Media training is not recorded as a separate category either of expenditure or supplier, so the information on such spending, if any, is not held.

Departmental Projects

Mr. Hoban: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 17 January 2007, Official Report, column 1134W, on Departmental Projects, which individuals have given (a) donations and (b) bequests to the Treasury that have exceeded £100,000 since 2001-02. [111959]

John Healey: In 2005-06 the Treasury received one bequest of £715,000 and one to date in 2006-07 of £105,000. I am not aware of any other bequests or any donations over £100,000 being received since 2001-02. The names of the individuals is personal information under the Data Protection Act. Bequests are passed on to the Consolidated Fund and are not used to finance the Treasury’s departmental spending.

Departmental Publications

Mr. Hoban: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much was spent on the production of the Treasury staff magazine in (a) 2004-05, (b) 2005-06 and (c) 2006-07. [111922]

John Healey: The production cost of the monthly Treasury staff magazine was £18,183 in 2004-05, £12,651 in 2005-06 and £7,531 to date in 2006-07.

Mr. Francois: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will place in the Library copies of the last 12 months’ editions of his Department’s staff magazine. [103561]

John Healey: The Treasury staff magazine is mainly written by Treasury staff for the benefit of other staff and it contains the personal data of Treasury staff and their families, and visitors to the Treasury. To obtain the consent of everyone who appears in these editions would incur disproportionate cost.


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Emigration

Mr. Meale: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people from the UK are estimated to have emigrated in each of the last five years. [119064]

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

Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 5 February 2007:

Number

2001

308,000

2002

359,000

2003

362,000

2004

359,000

2005

380,000


Engagements

Mr. Galloway: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer on what dates Ministers in his Department made official visits to the London borough of (a) Tower Hamlets, (b) Newham and (c) Waltham Forest in each year since 1997. [115745]

John Healey: Treasury Ministers’ official duties entail visits throughout the United Kingdom.

Excise Duties: Fuels

Mr. Mark Field: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much revenue would have been raised in the last year for which information is available if (a) rail services fuel, (b) bus services fuel and (c) airline fuel bore the rate of duty and other taxes levied on fuel for passenger cars. [118105]

John Healey: The Government do not accept such direct comparisons as valid as they assume no change in demand or the working practices of the aviation industry, nor does the Government have an objective of equalising the tax treatment across transport modes or other sectors, so does not regard such figures as relevant to judgments on the taxation of aviation.

HM Revenue and Customs

Mr. Francois: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what average time HM Revenue and Customs took to respond to a taxpayer’s letter in the latest period for which figures are available. [111599]

Dawn Primarolo: The information is not available in the format requested and could be collated and provided only at disproportionate cost.


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Jim Cousins: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer in how many (a) ports, (b) airports, (c) landing stages and (d) airfields HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) officers were (i) permanently and (ii) regularly located in (A) 2004, (B) 2005 and (C) 2006; and in how many such locations HMRC officers made at least one visit in each year. [118044]

Dawn Primarolo: HM Revenue and Customs had staff officially based within dock or airport areas in the following number of locations

As at April: Ports Airports

2004

41

16

2005

40

18

2006

39

18


We do not centrally record the number of ports, airports, landing stages and airfields visited by HMRC officers.

Households

Mr. Willetts: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what the (a) mean and (b) median household size was of households where the head of the household was aged (i) 18 to 25, (ii) 25 to 30 and (iii) 18 to 30 years old in (A) 1985, (B) 1990, (C) 1995, (D) 2000 and (E) 2005; [117851]

(2) where the head of the household was a citizen of a recently acceding EU country in the most recent period for which figures are available; [117853]

(3) where the head of the household was aged (i) 30 to 40, (ii) 40 to 50, (iii) 50 to 60, (iv) 60 to 70 and (v) 70 and over in (A) 1985, (B) 1990, (C) 1995, (D) 2000 and (E) 2005. [117854]

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

Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 5 February 2007:


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Mean and median household size by age group of household reference person (HRP), United Kingdom, 2000, 2005 and 2006
2000 2005 2006
Age group of HRP Mean Median Mean Median Mean Median

18 to 24

2.2

2

2.2

2

2.3

2

25 to 29

2.4

2

2.3

2

2.4

2

18 to 29

2.3

2

2.3

2

2.4

2

30 to 39

3.0

3

2.9

3

2.9

3

40 to 49

3.1

3

3.1

3

3.0

3

50 to 59

2.4

2

2.3

2

2.3

2

60 to 69

1.9

2

1.8

2

1.8

2

70 and over

1.5

1

1.5

1

1.5

1

All ages 18 and over

2.4

2

2.4

2

2.4

2

Source:
LFS 2000 and 2005 summer quarter, 2006 first quarter. All figures are population weighted.

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