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Mr. Allen: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what funding will be allocated to local strategic partnerships for the financial year 2008-09. [157613]
John Healey: I have been asked to reply.
No funding is specifically allocated for use by local strategic partnerships (LSPs). Local partners are individually responsible for any funding allocated to them, and for resourcing their LSP.
Chris Grayling: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much was in the national insurance fund in each month in each of the last 10 years. [157170]
Jane Kennedy: End year balance figures are published in the national insurance fund annual accounts.
The monthly balance on the GB National Insurance Fund from September 1996 to March 2006 is shown in the following table. 2005-06 is the last year for which audited accounts of the NI Fund are available.
£ billion | ||||||||||
Month | 1996-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-99 | 1999-2000 | 2000-01 | 2001-02 | 2002-3 | 2003-04 | 2004-5 | 2005-06 |
The balances for 2006-07 are not provided as the accounts for that year have not been finalised and are subject to audit by the NAO at this time.
The NI fund operates within the Government's fiscal rules and any surplus is invested to help fund public services.
Mr. Hunt: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate his Department has made of the average percentage change in the productivity of (a) the financial services sector and (b) the economy as a whole in each year since 1998. [160159]
Kitty Ussher: There is no official estimate for the average productivity change in the financial services sector. A more detailed explanation can be found in the Productivity Handbook published by the Office for National Statistics
The Treasurys latest assessment of trend productivity growth over recent years is set out in Table A2 of the 2007 pre-Budget report. Data on whole economy output per worker and output per hour worked for each year since 1998 are available from the Office for National Statistics.
Mr. Hoban: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) how many laptops have been stolen from HM Revenue and Customs in the last 12 months; [159919]
(2) what disciplinary action has been taken further to the theft of a laptop computer from HM Revenue and Customs in September; and if he will make a statement on the rules concerning keeping laptop computers in cars by HM Revenue and Customs; [160237]
(3) what type of data was held on the laptop stolen from HM Revenue and Customs in September 2007; how many records were stored on the laptop; to which financial institutions the records applied; and to how many individuals the records applied. [160248]
Jane Kennedy: 41 laptops were stolen between October 2006 and September 2007, 16 of them during a break-in at one of HMRCs offices.
Some 9,500 laptops are issued to HMRC staff who work away from their offices. The Department takes all thefts very seriously and acts appropriately in accordance with its security procedures.
I cannot comment on staff disciplinary matters or disclose information relating to the data held on stolen laptops.
Mr. Marshall: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) how many unemployed (a) male and (b) female young people live in Glasgow, East constituency; and what percentage each figure represents; [160055]
(2) how many unemployed adult (a) males and (b) females live in Glasgow, East constituency; and what percentage each figure represents. [160056]
Angela Eagle: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Colin Mowl, dated 25 October 2007:
The National Statistician has been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Questions about unemployment. I am replying in her absence. (160055, 160056)
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) compiles statistics of unemployment from the Annual Population Survey (APS) following International Labour Organisation definitions.
Table 1, attached, shows the numbers unemployed and the unemployment rates for youth and adult males and females in the Glasgow East constituency for the 12 months ending March 2007 (the latest period for which data are available). The unemployment rate is defined as the number unemployed as the percentage of the number of economically active persons in the age and sex group of interest. Table 1 also shows the number unemployed as the percentage of all persons in the age and sex group. In this table youth is defined as those aged 16 to 24 and adult refers to those aged 25 or more.
As these estimates are for a subset of the population in a small geographical area, they are based on small sample sizes, and are therefore subject to large margins of uncertainty.
ONS also compiles statistics for local areas on numbers of claimants of Jobseeker's Allowance (ISA). Table 2, attached, shows the average numbers of young and adult males and females resident in the Glasgow East constituency, claiming JSA between April 2006 and March 2007.
Table 2 also shows the numbers of young and adult males and females claiming JSA in September 2007 (the latest period for which data are available). For JSA claimants, youth is defined as those aged 18 to 24, and adult refers to those aged 25 or more.
Table 1: Unemployed persons, by age and sex, resident in the Glasgow East parliamentary constituency, April 2006 to March 2007 | |||
Level (1000s) | Rate( 1) | Percentage( 2) | |
(1) Unemployed as a percentage of the number of economically active persons in relevant age and sex group. (2) Unemployed as percentage of the total number in relevant age and sex group (3) Sample too small to provide estimate Note: Estimates are subject to sampling variability. Source: Annual population survey |
Table 2: Number of claimants of Jobseeker's Allowance by age and sex, resident in the Glasgow East parliamentary constituency | ||
Average count April 2006 to March 2007 | Count in September 2007 | |
Notes: 1. Claimant count data by age includes computerised claims only. 2. Dataset rounded to the nearest five. Source: Jobcentre Plus administrative data |
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