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Mr. Gerald Howarth: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to his statement on the Comprehensive Spending Review and aircraft carriers on 25 July 2007, Official Report, columns 865-7, what the near cash resource and capital departmental expenditure limits are for each year of the 2007 comprehensive spending review period. [155080]

Mr. Bob Ainsworth: The near-cash resource and capital departmental expenditure limits (DEL) figures over the comprehensive spending review (CSR) period are shown in the following table:

£ million
CSR period
2008-09 2009-10 2010-11

Near-cash Resource DEL

22,869

23,711

24,434

Capital DEL

7,871

8,187

8,871

Total Near Cash

30,740

31,898

33,305


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EU Defence Policy

Dr. Fox: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many British armed forces personnel have participated in EU military operations since 1997, broken down by cap badge. [153331]

Mr. Bob Ainsworth: British armed forces personnel have participated in five EU military operations or support missions since 2003; there was no participation by UK military personnel in EU military operations before 2003.

Detailed information on the cap badges of individual officers deployed on EU operations is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

Navy: Horses

Mr. Pope: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much was spent by the Royal Navy on purchasing, maintaining and transporting horses and ponies for polo in the last 12 months for which figures are available. [152626]

Derek Twigg: The Royal Navy does not own any horses or ponies. Expenses have therefore not been incurred on purchasing or maintaining such animals. Service personnel are, however, entitled to payment from public funds for towing a horse box containing their own horses and ponies for authorised official fixtures in accordance with tri-Service Regulations for Allowances. Information on these costs is not separately identifiable.

Navy: Reserve Forces

Mr. Brazier: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many Royal Navy reservists were deployed in each year since 2000-01, broken down by location. [140242]


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Mr. Bob Ainsworth [holding answer 6 July 2007, pursuant to the reply, 19 June 2007, Official Report, c. 1767W]: The correct table is published as follows:

Location 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 Total

Iraq

320

126

10

5

39

27

527

Afghanistan

3

26

12

41

Bosnia

1

1

2

North East Africa

2

1

3

Balkans

1

3

24

1

29

Other

4

6

5

3

18

Total

320

126

16

18

96

44

620


RAF Brize Norton: Charities

Nick Harvey: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence who made the decision to waive the liability charge for the Sgt Biddiss Charity event held at RAF Brize Norton. [152352]

Derek Twigg: The decision to waive the liability charge was made by the Director Secretariat and the Finance Director of Defence Estates.

Type 45 Destroyers

Dr. Julian Lewis: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what representations he has received on the advantages to be derived from equipping Type-45 Destroyers with Tactical Tomahawk cruise missiles. [151188]

Mr. Bob Ainsworth [holding answer 25 July 2007]: Since the Type 45 Destroyer project reached its main investment decision (Main Gate) in 2000, the Ministry of Defence has received various representations, including from industry and Members of this House, not least the hon. Gentleman himself, about equipping Type 45 Destroyers with Tactical Tomahawk cruise missiles (TLAM).

Dr. Julian Lewis: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what increase in capabilities there has been in respect of the design specification for Type-45 Destroyers since 1998. [151257]

Mr. Bob Ainsworth [holding answer 25 July 2007]: The capability for the Type 45 Destroyer is defined within the design specifications (the Key User Requirements) which were set at the main investment point (Main Gate) in 2000. The capability required has not increased since.

Solicitor-General

Crown Prosecution Service: Hertfordshire

Anne Main: To ask the Solicitor-General if she will conduct a review into the work of Crown Prosecution Service Hertfordshire. [154850]

The Solicitor-General: Her Majesty’s Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate (HMCPSI) recently conducted an inspection of the effectiveness of the
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Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) in Hertfordshire and published its report in August 2007. This was an independent review. I have considered the report and asked the CPS for an action plan on how the recommendations are to be addressed. The HMCPSI will look at CPS Hertfordshire again in its overall performance assessment of the CPS during the autumn.

Anne Main: To ask the Solicitor-General what assessment she has made of HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate's recent report on Crown Prosecution Service Hertfordshire. [154851]

The Solicitor-General: I have considered the HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate (HMXCPSI) report on the effectiveness of the Crown Prosecution Service in Hertfordshire which was published in August 2007. I note that HMCPSI were satisfied that substantial progress had been made in relation to a number of areas for improvement that they had previously identified. However, the report made a number of recommendations in order to secure further improvements. I have asked the CPS for an action plan on how they propose to address these.

Duchy of Lancaster

Civil Servants: Pensions

Danny Alexander: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many civil servants are (a) contributing to and (b) being paid a pension from each Civil Service pension scheme for which his Department has responsibility. [155003]

Edward Miliband: The information requested is available in the Resource Accounts 2006-07 of Cabinet Office: Civil Superannuation, a copy of which is available in the Library for the reference of Members.

Danny Alexander: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what the total value was of each individual Civil Service pension scheme for which his Department has responsibility in each year since 1997. [155039]

Edward Miliband: Since the 1999-2000 financial year, details of the estimates of the unfunded liabilities of the Principal Civil Service Pension Scheme are published annually in the Cabinet Office: Civil Superannuation Resource Accounts. Copies of these accounts for the years 1999-2000 to 2006-07 are available in the Library for the reference of Members.

Before the introduction of resource accounting in 1999-2000, the accounting arrangements in place did not include pension liabilities and so figures are not readily available. However, for the estimated liabilities at 31 March 1998, I refer the hon. Member to the answer given in the other place by the noble Lord McIntosh to the noble Lord Blackwell on 4 July 2000, House of Lords, Official Report, column WA129.


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Children, Schools and Families

Child Trust Fund: Yorkshire and Humberside

Hugh Bayley: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many Child Trust Fund payments have been made in (a) City of York constituency, (b) City of York Unitary Authority and (c) Yorkshire and the Humber. [154939]

Kitty Ussher: I have been asked to reply.

Constituency and regional data on Child Trust Fund accounts was published on 11 January 2007 and can be viewed on the HM Revenue and Customs' website at: www.hmrc.gov.uk/ctf/stats.htm. Updated data will be published later in the year.

Work and Pensions

Unemployment

Mr. Clappison: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many individuals of working age not in full-time education were economically inactive in each year since 1997; and what this figure was as a proportion of the working age population in each case. [152597]

Angela Eagle: I have been asked to reply.

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

Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 5 September 2007:


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Economically inactive people of working age( 1) who are not in full-time education, 1997 to 2006, United Kingdom, not seasonally adjusted
Three months ending December each year Number (Thousand ) Percentage( 2)

1997

6,257

17.8

1999

6,140

17.3

2001

6,256

17.4

2002

6,161

17.1

2003

6,226

17.2

2004

6,161

16.9

2005

6,132

16.8

2006

6,092

16.6

(1 )Men aged 16 to 64 and women age 16 to 59.
(2 )Economically inactive people who are not in full-time education as a percentage of all persons of working age.
Note:
Comparable data are not available for 1998 and 2000.
Source:
ONS Labour Force Survey (LFS)

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