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Trade and Industry

Departments: Surveys

Mr. Stephen O'Brien: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will place in the Library copies of his Department’s employee surveys for (a) 2001, (b) 2002, (c) 2004 and (d) 2005. [142025]

Jim Fitzpatrick: Staff surveys are valuable tools used by Departments to help them improve performance. The results of the recent Department of Trade and Industry survey are available on the civil service website at:

http://www.civilservice.gov/uk/management/statistics/news/staff_survey/index.asp

Employment: North West Region

Mr. Wallace: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will break down by employer the number of jobs safeguarded or created as mentioned on page two of the Northwest Development Agency’s Improving the Economic Performance of England’s Northwest document, dated February 2007. [140087]

Margaret Hodge: The NWDA does not collect data in the form requested. The agency has safeguarded or created 161,208 jobs between 1999 and 2006 as reported in the Improving the Economic Performance of England’s Northwest report. The breakdown, by Regional Economic Strategy (RES) theme, is as follows:

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Employment 1999-2006
	Number
Business Growth
Exploiting the growth potential of business sectors, for example through cluster programmes and international trade	19,476
Improve the competitiveness and productivity of businesses
Providing high quality business support, supply chain development, management and work force development, and exploiting the region’s knowledge base	23,569
Urban, Rural and Economic Inclusion
Implementing the Urban Regeneration Companies, regenerating deprived areas, brownfield land, housing, implementing the Regional Rural Recovery Plan and market towns, encouraging social enterprise, start ups from ethnic minorities, community finance and addressing barriers to work	105,986
A Healthy Labour Market
Improving adult basic skills, the demand for and participation in learning, graduate retention, and the integration of business support and skills development activities	698
Strategic transport, communications and infrastructure
Identifying and championing the implementation of strategic transport initiatives, preparing a Regional Transport Strategy, supporting Regional Planning Guidance, broadband and regional cities	833
Employment sites
Securing the development of strategic regional sites and a portfolio of sub-regional and local employment sites	10,106
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Regional marketing programmes, culture, tourism and major events in the region	540
Total	161,208

Of the 161,208 jobs, 100,283 jobs were created or safeguarded between 1999 and 2002. Examples of some of the larger inward investments from this period include:

Company	Jobs created/safeguarded
MBNA	1,200
HJ Heinz	1,300
QVC	100
Vauxhall	850
Fujitsu	1,000
Ryder Group	470

The following table provides a breakdown, by year, of the 28,965.5 jobs created or safeguarded through inward investment projects 2002-06.

	New jobs	Jobs safeguarded
2002-03	8,143	1,558
2003-04	4,400	6,539.5
2004-05	3,214	2,389
2005-06	1,872	850
Total	17,629	11,336.5

Examples of some of the larger inward investments from this period include:

Company	Jobs created/safeguarded
MBNA	2,000
Caudwell Communications	1,000
INEOS Chlor	3,500
Bentley	886

It is not possible to provide a full breakdown by employer as this information is confidential and commercially sensitive.
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Industrial Diseases: Compensation

Paul Farrelly: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many claims by former miners or their families have yet to be settled in respect of compensation for (a) chronic bronchitis, emphysema or other respiratory diseases, (b) vibration white finger, (c) carpal tunnel syndrome and (d) pneumoconiosis in (i) Stoke-on-Trent Central, (ii)
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Stoke-on-Trent North, (iii) Stoke-on-Trent South, (iv) Stone and (v) Stafford constituencies; and how many claimants in each category have received interim payments. [141242]

Malcolm Wicks [holding answer 11 June 2007]: The following tables show the information requested. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) covers chronic bronchitis and emphysema.

		Stoke-on-Trent, Central constituency		Stoke-on-Trent, North constituency		Stoke-on-Trent, South constituency
		Miners	Families	Miners	Families	Miners	Families
COPD claims	Claims registered	762	1,123	928	1,710	1,578	1,752
	Claimants who have received an interim payment	112	161	135	274	165	240
	Total outstanding	124	427	141	653	237	691
	Total settlements	638	696	787	1,057	1,341	1,061
VWF claims	Claims registered	434	55	446	56	993	96
	Claimants who received an interim payment	152	11	187	11	408	29
	Total outstanding	32	5	47	5	110	6
	Total settlements	402	50	401	51	883	90
Carpal tunnel syndrome claims	Claims registered	43	6	34	3	108	3
	Claimants who received an interim payment	20	4	15	1	60	2
	Total outstanding	4	1	4	—	22	1
	Total settlements	39	5	28	3	86	2

		Stone constituency		Stafford constituency
		Miners	Families	Miners	Families
COPD claims	Claims registered	592	532	133	135
	Claimants who have received an interim payment	37	70	6	10
	Total outstanding	79	209	14	52
	Total settlements	513	323	119	83
VWF claims	Claims registered	340	22	74	7
	Claimants who received an interim payment	135	4	30	1
	Total outstanding	29	1	11	—
	Total settlements	311	21	63	7
Carpal tunnel syndrome claims	Claims registered	36	3	—	—
	Claimants who received an interim	21	3	—	—
	Total outstanding	9	1	—	—
	Total settlements	27	2	—	—
Note: The figures include almost 5,000 overseas claims.

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