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Census: Data Protection

Mr. Drew: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make it his policy to ensure that all census data collected by private contractors will remain confidential. [188175]

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

Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 26 February 2008:

Debts

Adam Price: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment has been made by (a) the Bank of England, (b) his Department and (c) the Financial Service Authority of the effects of the problems in the US monoline debt default insurance sector on UK financial and economic stability. [188176]

Angela Eagle: The Bank of England and the FSA monitor developments related to the monoline insurance industry and assess the impact for financial and economic stability, in line with their responsibilities. The Bank of England and the FSA share assessments of risks to financial and economic stability with the Treasury. Such assessments may also, where relevant, be published in the Bank of England’s Financial Stability Report and the FSA’s Financial Risk Outlook.


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Departmental Manpower

Mr. Hoban: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many (a) staff and (b) full-time equivalent staff under 18 years of age are employed by his Department. [189074]

Angela Eagle: Presently HM Treasury has no employees under the age of 18.

Departmental Translation Services

Mr. Paul Goodman: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what documents his Department, associated agencies and non-departmental public bodies translate for people in the UK who do not speak English. [187996]

Angela Eagle: The documents that the Chancellor of the Exchequer’s Department, associated agencies and non-department public bodies translate for people in the UK who do not speak English are provided in the following list.

Treasury

HMRC

NS & I

ONS

VOA


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DMO

GAD

OGC

OGC Buying Solutions

Royal Mint

Employment

Mr. Frank Field: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the employment rate was for (a) lone parents, (b) disabled people and (c) people aged over-50 in each year since 1997. [189320]

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

Letter from Colin Mowl, dated 26 February 2008:

Employment rate( 1) of lone parents, disabled workers and people aged 50 and over, three months ending June each year, 1997-2007—United Kingdom, not seasonally adjusted
Lone parents( 2,3) Disabled workers( 2,4) People aged 50 and over

1997

44.6

(5)

32.9

1999

47.9

46.2

34.3

2001

51.4

46.6

35.3

2002

53.2

47.9

35.8

2003

52.9

48.8

37.0

2004

54.2

49.7

37.2

2005

56.0

49.7

37.6

2006

56.3

50.0

38.2

2007

57.1

49.7

38.4

(1) Expressed as the total number of people in employment in each category as a percentage of the total number of people in each category. The base for the lone parent percentages excludes people with unknown employment status.
(2) Men aged 16 to 64 and women aged 16 to 59.
(3) Working age people with dependant children under 16 and those children aged 16 to 18 who are never-married and in full-time education.
(4) Includes those who have a long term disability which substantially limits their day-to-day activities and those who have a long term disability which affects the kind or amount of work they might do.
(5) Comparable estimates for 1997 are not available for disabled people.
Source:
ONS Labour Force Survey

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Excise Duties: Alcoholic Drinks

Sir Nicholas Winterton: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) if he will freeze duty on beer; and if he will make a statement; [188940]

(2) what assessment he has made of the effect of duty on beer on the viability of the brewing industry; [188941]

(3) what recent assessment he has made of the contribution made to the economy by the brewing and public house industry. [188943]

Angela Eagle: Decisions on the taxation of beer are made by the Chancellor at Budget taking all relevant factors into consideration, including the state of the industry and its contribution to the economy.

Foreign Workers

Mr. Hayes: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many foreign workers in the United Kingdom were aged (a) 16 to 21, (b) 22 to 30, (c) 31 to 40, (d) 41 to 50, (e) 51 to 60 and (f) over 61 years in the most recent period for which figures are available. [188462]

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

Letter from Karen Dunnell dated 26 February 2008:

Foreign born population in employment by age group, t hree months ending December 2007, United Kingdom, not seasonally adjusted
Thousand

Total

3,496

16-21

142

22-30

897

31-40

1,016

41-50

812

51-60

490

61 and over

139

Note:
It should be noted that the estimates:
exclude certain people who have been resident in the UK for less than six months.
exclude students in halls of residence who do not have a UK resident parent.
exclude people in most types of communal establishment (e.g. Hotels, boarding houses, hostels, mobile home sites etc).
are grossed to population estimates that only include migrants staying 12 months or more.
are grossed to population estimates consistent with those published in spring 2003
which are significantly lower than the latest population estimates as used in the Labour Market Statistics.
Source:
ONS Labour Force Survey

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Mr. Hayes: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what percentage of foreign workers worked in each English region in the latest period for which figures are available. [188463]

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

Letter from Colin Mowl, dated 26 February 2008:


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