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HM Forces
Housing Corporation
Institute of Financial Services
Institute of Fiscal Studies
IPPR
Irish Finance Ministry
Japanese Finance Ministry
Kent County Council
KPMG
Legal Services Commission
Local Government Management Board
London Borough of Lewisham
London Borough of Tower Hamlets
LSE
Manpower
Midland Bank
Morgan Stanley Asia
National Audit Office
NCVO
New Zealand Reserve Bank
New Zealand Treasury
NHS
NS and I
Pannell Kerr Foster
Partnerships UK
Patent Office
Price Waterhouse Coopers
Quality Business Management
Save the Children
Slaughter and May
Social Market Foundation
Strategic Rail Authority
Tarmac
Thurrock District Council
Tidy Britain Campaign
Tresor
UBS Warburg
Women's Budget Group
Woodrow Wyatt LLP.
The number and average length of each secondment is as follows:
| Number of secondments | Average length | |
(b) Secondments from the Department
The Department has seconded employees to the following organisations:
3i
ABI
Accenture
Astra Zeneca
Azerbaijan Ministry of Finance
Bank of England
Barclays Bank
Barnados
BBC
British Cement Association
British Embassy Washington
Bromley by Bow Centre
Capita RAS
Centrica
Charity Commission
Church House
Cisco Systems
Civil Aviation Authority
CML
Commission for Racial Equality
Commonwealth Secretariat
Croydon Council
Deloitte Touche
École Nationale d'Administration
Ernst and Young
European Bank of Reconstruction and Development
European Banking Federation
European Commission
French Finance Ministry
Gartmore Investment Management plc
German Chancellery
German Finance Ministry
Granada Media
Greater London Authority
Halifax Bank of Scotland
HSBC
IMF
Institute of Fiscal Studies
International Commission on Holocaust Era Insurance Claims
International Monetary Fund
Irish Finance Ministry
Japanese Ministry of Finance
Kent County Council
KPMG
Local Government Management Board
London Borough of Brent
London Borough of Camden
London Borough of Croydon
London Borough of Hackney
London Borough of Lewisham
London Development Agency
London School of Economics
Morgan Stanley
National Electricity Code Administrator
National Health Service
New Zealand Treasury
Ocean New Deal for Communities
Ockham Holdings
Oxfam
Pannell Kerr Foster
Personal Investment Authority
RNID
Royal Association of Disability and Rehabilitation
Royal Bank of Scotland
Sanetra
Securities and Investment Board
Social Enterprise Coalition
Social Market Foundation
South West of England Regional Development Agency
Statistics Commission
Strategic Planning Society
Suffolk County Council
Sweden Ministry of Finance
Tesco
The Giving Campaign
The World Bank
UK Business Incubation
UKREP
UN Economics Commission for Europe
Vegan Society
Whitehall and Industry Group
Youth Justice Board.
The number and average length of each secondment is as follows:
| Year | Number of secondments | Average length |
Direct Debits
Mr. Maude: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what guidance has been provided by (a) his Department and (b) the Financial Services Authority to banks and building societies taking part in the direct debit guarantee on whether (a) the explicit consent of customers is needed and (b) customers should be informed in writing when a supplier or company wishes to increase the amount that can be deducted from the customer's bank account by direct debit. [175169]
Angela Eagle: Neither the Government nor the Financial Services Authority provides guidance to banks and building societies on the direct debit guarantee. This guarantee is an industry-developed scheme, operated by all banks and building societies that take part in the direct debit scheme. The efficiency and security of the scheme is monitored and protected by banks and building societies.
Disposable Income
Jenny Willott: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the average UK household disposable income was in each of the last five years, broken down by region; what proportion of disposable income on average was spent on energy bills in each year; and if he will make a statement. [175533]
Angela Eagle: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 7 January 2008:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent question asking what the average UK household disposable income was in each of the last five years, broken down by region; and what proportion of disposable income on average was spent on energy bills in each year (175533).
Estimates of average weekly household disposable income as well as expenditure on electricity, gas and other fuels appear in the ONS report “Family Spending”. The latest report for 2005/06 was published on the National Statistics website on 18th January 2007 at http://www:statistics.gov.uk/StatBase/Product.asp?vlnk=361. Family Spending is the annual report on the Expenditure and Food Survey (EFS), an annual survey of approximately 7,000 households in the UK.
Table 1 shows average weekly household disposable income for each region of the United Kingdom, while table 2 shows expenditure on electricity, gas and other fuels as a percentage of household disposable income for each of these regions.
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