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Warships: Procurement
Mrs. Curtis-Thomas: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many jobs his Department estimates will be created in the UK through the construction of (a) Type 45 destroyers, (b) Astute class submarines and (c) future aircraft carriers; and what assessment he has made of the likely effect of these projects on the level of skills in the work force. [128585]
Mr. Ingram: Around 8,000 personnel are currently employed by BAES and VT on surface ship and submarine business for the UK MOD in Glasgow, Barrow-in-Furness and Portsmouth. We expect current and planned programmes to ensure the retention of shipbuilding skills and expertise in the short to medium term. The Defence Industrial Strategy defined the key maritime industrial skills and capabilities we need to retain on shore to support the needs of the Royal Navy in the longer term and we are working with the shipbuilding industry to agree the core workload required to sustain these high-end design, systems engineering and combat systems integration skills across the maritime sector.
Communities and Local Government
Council Tax: Valuation
Michael Gove:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government for how many residential properties in England the Valuation Office
Agency has (a) dwelling house codes and (b) value significant codes data. [143494]
Mr. Woolas: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given on 28 March 2007, Official Report, columns 1596-97W to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar (Mr. Pickles).
Michael Gove: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Meriden of 6 December 2006, Official Report, column 475W, on the Valuation Office Agency, how many domestic dwellings in England are recorded by the Valuation Office as having the property attribute of having four or more bedrooms. [143501]
Mr. Woolas: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar (Mr. Pickles) on 28 March 2007, Official Report, columns 1596-97W.
Michael Gove: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many dwellings in England are classified by the Valuation Office Agency with a Dwellinghouse code of CD (Caravan). [143503]
Mr. Woolas: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar (Mr. Pickles) on 28 March 2007, Official Report, columns 1596-97W.
Michael Gove: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what definition the Valuation Office Agency uses to classify a bedroom in a domestic dwelling for council tax valuation purposes. [143650]
Mr. Woolas: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar (Mr. Pickles) on 28 March 2007, Official Report, columns 1596-97W.
Michael Gove: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer of 6 December 2006, Official Report, column 475W, on the Valuation Office Agency, whether a room with a lavatory and without a bath is classified as a bathroom. [143673]
Mr. Woolas: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar (Mr. Pickles) on 28 March 2007, Official Report, columns 1596-97W.
Departments: Marketing
Mrs. May: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government which advertising and marketing campaigns were run by (a) her Department and (b) its agencies in each of the last five years; which external agencies were involved; and what the cost was of each campaign. [144624]
Angela E. Smith: In 2002-03 the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister ran the following advertising and marketing campaign:
The external agencies were EURO RSCG for advertising; Carat for media planning and media buying; and COI for public relations and partnership marketing. Total spend was £4.8 million.
In 2003-04 the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister ran the following advertising and marketing campaign:
The external agencies were EURO RSCG for advertising; Carat for media planning and media buying; and COI for PR and partnership marketing. Total spend was £6.3 million.
In 2004-05 the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister ran the following advertising and marketing campaigns:
The external agencies were EURO RSCG for advertising; Carat for media planning and media buying; and COI for public relations and partnership marketing. Total spend was £5.7million.
The external agencies were Robson Brown for design events and advertising, and Carat for media planning and buying. Total spend was £3.24 million.
In 2005-06, our predecessor department the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister ran the following advertising and marketing campaigns
The external agencies were EURO RSCG for advertising and COI for public relations, partnership marketing and media buying. Total spend was £4.3 million.
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The external agencies were COI for media buying and Tempo for design and graphic production. Total spend was £120,000.
The external agencies were Leo Burnett for advertising; Bandon Brown for public relations and publicity; Carat for media planning; COI for media buying; and Redhouse Lane for graphic design. Total spend was £706,000.
The external agencies were EURO RSCG for advertising; Amazon for public relations and publicity; Carat for media planning; and COI for media buying. Total spend was £1.4 million.
Figures for advertising and marketing campaigns in the financial year 2006-07 were published in the Department’s Annual Report on 17 May 2007, which is available in the Libraries of the House.
Figures for external agencies could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Government policies and programmes affect the lives of millions of people and may save lives, as with Fire Safety. They must be communicated effectively to meet our duty to inform and in order for policies to be successful. There are strict rules to ensure value for money on Government advertising.
Departments: Sick Leave
David Simpson: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what percentage of sick leave taken by staff in her Department was stress-related in each of the last three years. [145969]
Angela E. Smith: In each of the last three years the percentage of sick leave which is recorded as stress related is; 2006-07: 8.7 per cent., 2005-06: 8.6 per cent., 2004-05: 8.2 per cent.
Our staff handbook provides information for staff and managers on stress in the workplace. The Department offers counselling and support services to staff and guidance to managers on minimising stress.
Departments: Surveys
Mr. Stephen O'Brien: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if she will place in the Library copies of her Department’s employee surveys for (a) 2005 and (b) 2006. [142028]
Angela E. Smith: Staff surveys are valuable tools used by Departments to help them improve performance. The results of the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister 2005 and 2006 surveys are available on the Civil Service website at:
Fire Services
Mr. Dismore: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government on how many occasions (a) retained appliances have been off the run due to lack of staffing and (b) other appliances have then been mobilised as a result for each fire authority in each of the last five years. [146155]
Angela E. Smith: The information requested is not held centrally.
Mr. Dismore: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if she will place in the Library copies of all valid operational guidance issued to fire and rescue authorities. [146156]
Angela E. Smith: The Department is currently in the process of reviewing all operational guidance issued to the fire and rescue service. As it is likely that this project will result in the review, re-issue or withdrawal of some of the considerable body of existing guidance, it is my view that placing all operational guidance in the Library now would not be a good use of resources. Recently issued Operational Guidance for the Fire and Rescue Service is available on the Communities and Local Government website, and a substantial proportion of older guidance such as Fire and Rescue Service Manuals is available from the Stationery Office. In the medium term, I would see guidance being made available electronically and, as this is of an operational nature, I have no plans to place this in the Library.
Mr. Dismore: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government when the Centre of Excellence for the Fire Service will be created; and what consultation her Department has held with the Fire Brigades Union on the matter. [146157]
Angela E. Smith:
Proposals for a Centre of Excellence for the Fire and Rescue Service are being developed with a view to consultation in the autumn. A decision on whether to create a new body will be taken
following consultation. All the Fire and Rescue Service trade unions, including the Fire Brigades Union are represented on the Sounding Board established by the Fire and Rescue Service Practitioners Forum to consider Centre of Excellence proposals.
Fire Services: Standards
Mr. Dismore: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government from what point response times are measured for the fire service in each regional control centre area. [146154]
Angela E. Smith: The Regional Control Centre network will record response times from the point at which the public telecommunications operator routes a call to the regional control centres.
Housing: Greater London
Jeremy Corbyn: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many dwellings were (a) constructed for private sale, (b) built by housing associations and (c) built by local authorities in each London borough in each of the last three years. [145491]
Yvette Cooper: Information on new house building activity by tenure, in London, between 2004-05 and 2006-07 is set out in the following tables. The figures on total and local authority dwellings are as reported from building control inspections by local authorities and the National Housebuilding Council. The figures on registered social landlords (RSLs) are based on information from the Housing Corporation and refer to new social rent only and exclude acquisitions and intermediate (e.g. low cost home ownership) housing.
The two sources are not directly comparable which means that timing differences may result in the RSL dwellings exceeding the total dwellings for some years in particular authorities.
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