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Table 2: Employment rates and the percentages of people working full-time and part-time in the ten highest and ten lowest wards; Great Britain; 2001
Percentage
Proportion of all in employment aged 16 to 74 who are
Ward( 1) Local authority Working age( 2,3 ) Employment rate Full-time( 4) Part-time( 4)

Ten highest

Tresco

Isles of Scilly

98

85

15

St. Martin’s

Isles of Scilly

97

75

25

Walbrook

City of London

97

96

4

St. Agnes

Isles of Scilly

92

79

21

Donington and Albrighton North

Bridgnorth

91

89

11

Brize Norton and Shilton

West Oxfordshire

90

88

12

Didcot Ladygrove

South Oxfordshire

89

85

15

The Lower Tarrants

North Dorset

89

88

12

Bicester South

Cherwell

89

85

15

Garelochhead and Cove

Argyll and Bute

89

90

10

Ten lowest( 5)

Wollaton East and Lenton Abbey

Nottingham

33

61

39

St. Andrews Central

Fife

33

51

49

Market

Cambridge

31

76

24

Heslington

York

31

51

49

Newnham

Cambridge

30

71

29

St. Nicholas

Durham

29

59

41

Keele

Newcastle-under-Lyme

28

44

56

Carfax

Oxford

26

73

27

Elvet

Durham

22

54

46

Holywell

Oxford

12

60

40

(1) Census Area Statistics wards.
(2) Men aged 16-64 and women aged 16-59.
(3) Census outputs present full-time students as economically active. In this table they are included as employed.
(4) Full-time is defined as working over 30 hours per week.
(5) These wards have a high proportion of full-time university students.
Source:
2001 Census

Government Contracts: Equal Opportunities

Michael Gove: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what guidance the Office of Government Commerce has produced on making the award of public contracts conditional on the bidding private sector firms meeting equality or diversity criteria or targets. [128639]

John Healey: Social issues—such as equality and diversity considerations—can be taken into account in the procurement process where they are relevant to the subject of the particular contract. OGC published a guidance note, ‘Social Issues in Purchasing’, in January 2006 on the scope to include social considerations in the procurement process.

The ‘Social Issues in Purchasing’ note can be found at:

Institute of British Studies

Mr. Francois: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what progress his Department has made towards establishing an Institute of British Studies. [125775]

John Healey: A range of organisations is advancing proposals for such an institute.

Lakshmi Mittal

Mr. Newmark: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he has met Lakshmi Mittal since 1997. [111351]

John Healey: Treasury Ministers and officials have meetings with a wide variety of organisations in the public and private sectors as part of the process of policy development and delivery. As was the case with previous Administrations, it is not the Government’s practice to provide details of all such meetings.

Migrant Workers

Keith Vaz: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what discussions Ministers in his Department have had with counterparts in the Home Office regarding recent changes to the Highly Skilled Migrants Programme. [119134]

John Healey: Treasury Ministers and officials are in regular contact with colleagues in other Departments.

Ministerial Travel

Mr. Francois: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his answer of 29 November 2006, Official Report, column 727W, on ministerial travel, which publication lists the overseas visits of (a) the Paymaster General, (b) the Financial Secretary and (c) the Economic Secretary; and if he will make a statement. [109204]

John Healey: As with all inquiries relating to the cost of ministerial travel, I refer the hon. Gentleman to the information the Government have published on an annual basis since 1999, listing overseas travel by Cabinet Ministers costing in excess of £500 and the total cost of all ministerial travel. Information for 2006-07 will be published as soon as possible after the end of the financial year. All ministerial visits are conducted in accordance with the Ministerial Code and Travel by Ministers.

Office for National Statistics: Internet

Mr. Lansley: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what steps he is taking to improve the user-friendliness of the Office for National Statistics website. [127826]

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

Letter from Dennis Roberts, dated 21 March 2007:


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Official Visits

Mr. Hoban: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many visits to India (a) HM Treasury civil servants and (b) special advisers took in preparation for his recent visit to India; and what estimate he has made of the cost of each visit. [111924]

John Healey: While Treasury officials have visited India, there were no preparatory visits specific to the Chancellor’s visit.

Mr. Hoban: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer of 9 March 2007, Official Report, column 2269W, on Official Visits: USA, whether he stayed at the British embassy on the visit in April 2006. [128898]

John Healey: We do not provide details of Ministers’ accommodation arrangements.

Olympic Games: Greater London

Mr. Don Foster: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) if he will place in the Library a copy of Partnerships UK’s assessment of the potential for private investment in the construction of the infrastructure for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympics; and if he will make a statement; [128408]

(2) what assessment his Department has undertaken of the potential for private investment in the construction of (a) venues and (b) the Olympic Village for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympics; what the outcomes were of such assessments; and if he will make a statement. [128409]

John Healey: The potential level of private investment in the construction of different elements of the Olympic Park is subject to commercial negotiations with private developers.

Mr. Swire: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer on what date he had first sight of the original budget for the 2012 Olympics prior to its approval by Cabinet for submission to the International Olympic Committee. [128418]

John Healey: The original budget for the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games was developed from 2002 onwards.

Smith Institute

Mr. Francois: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) how many events his Department held in conjunction with the Smith Institute as part of the (a)
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Gowers, (b) Leitch, (c) Cox, (d) Cave and (e) Stern reviews; [123341]

(2) whether responses to consultations as part of the (a) Gowers Review, (b) Leitch Review, (c) Cox Review, (d) Cave Review and (e) Stern Review were received from the Smith Institute. [123342]

John Healey: The Department held no events and received no responses.

Mr. Francois: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer of 8 February 2007, Official Report, column 1134W, on the Smith Institute, which charities applied to hold events at No. 11 Downing street in each year since 1996 but had their request turned down. [123617]

John Healey: A list of all the organisations which have applied to use No. 11 Downing street is not available. However, the Treasury tries to accommodate all charities which have applied to do so.

Unemployment: Peterborough

Mr. Stewart Jackson: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many economically inactive people of working age there were in Peterborough constituency in age groups (a) 18 to 24 years, (b) 25 to 50 years and (c) 50 years or more in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement. [128200]

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

Letter from Colin Mowl, dated 21 March 2007:


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