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Winter Fuel Payments: Castle Point
Bob Spink:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people in Castle Point constituency received winter fuel payments in each of the last three years. [191230]
Mr. Mike O'Brien:
The following table shows the number of people who received a winter fuel payment in the Castle Point constituency in each of the last three years. Figures for winter 2007-08 are not yet available but we expect the number to be similar to that for winter 2006-07.
| Castle Point constituency |
| | Payments made |
|
2004-05
|
20,020
|
|
2005-06
|
20,500
|
|
2006-07
|
21,140
|
Notes:
1. Figures rounded to the nearest 10.
2. Parliamentary constituencies are assigned by matching postcodes against the relevant ONS postcode directory.
Source:
Information directorate 100 per cent. data.
|
Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform
Apprentices
Gordon Banks:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (1) what estimate he has made of the number of (a) women, (b) black and minority ethnic people and (c) people with disabilities in apprenticeships, broken down by business sector; [191366]
(2) which sectors of UK business provide the largest number of apprenticeships. [191402]
Mr. Lammy
[holding answer 3 March 2008]: I have been asked to reply.
Overall there were 184,300 apprenticeships and advanced apprenticeships starts in 2006-07 in England. Table 1 shows how this splits by sector subject area. Further breakdowns of the sector numbers by gender, ethnicity and disability are not readily available, but table 2 splits the overall number of starts by these three dimensions.
| Table 1: Starts by programme type and sector subject area: 2006-07 |
| Sector subject area | Apprenticeship | Advanced apprenticeship | Total |
|
Retail and Commercial Enterprise
|
34,900
|
8,100
|
43,000
|
|
Business, Administration and Law
|
26,200
|
10,200
|
36,400
|
|
Engineering and Manufacturing Technologies
|
17,600
|
17,100
|
34,600
|
|
Construction, Planning and the Built Environment
|
20,600
|
6,900
|
27,500
|
|
Health, Public Services and Care
|
15,200
|
8,400
|
23,600
|
|
Information and Communication Technology
|
4,300
|
2,100
|
6,400
|
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|
Leisure, Travel and Tourism
|
3,700
|
1,900
|
5,600
|
|
Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Care
|
3,000
|
900
|
3,900
|
|
NVQ not started
|
1,700
|
1,100
|
2,800
|
|
Arts, Media and Publishing
|
100
|
200
|
200
|
|
Education and Training
|
100
|
0
|
100
|
|
Unknown
|
100
|
0
|
100
|
|
Total
|
127,400
|
56,900
|
184,300
|
Note:
Numbers rounded to the nearest 100
Source:
Learning and Skills Council.
|
| Table 2: Starts by programme type and gender, ethnicity and disability: 2006-07 |
| | Apprenticeship | Advanced apprenticeship | Total |
|
Total
|
127,400
|
56,900
|
184,300
|
| | | | |
|
Gender
| | | |
|
Female
|
60,700
|
23,700
|
84,400
|
|
Male
|
66,700
|
33,200
|
99,900
|
| | | | |
|
Ethnicity
| | | |
|
Any other
|
600
|
200
|
800
|
|
Asian or Asian British—any other Asian background
|
300
|
100
|
400
|
|
Asian or Asian British—Bangladeshi
|
1,200
|
100
|
1,300
|
|
Asian or Asian British—Indian
|
900
|
400
|
1,200
|
|
Asian or Asian British—Pakistani
|
1,200
|
400
|
1,600
|
|
Black or black British—African
|
500
|
200
|
600
|
|
Black or black British—any other black background
|
400
|
100
|
500
|
|
Black or black British—Caribbean
|
1,000
|
400
|
1,300
|
|
Chinese
|
100
|
0
|
100
|
|
Mixed—any other mixed background
|
500
|
200
|
700
|
|
Mixed—white and Asian
|
300
|
100
|
400
|
|
Mixed—white and black African
|
200
|
100
|
300
|
|
Mixed—white and black Caribbean
|
1,000
|
300
|
1,300
|
|
Not known/not provided
|
1,000
|
400
|
1,400
|
|
White—any other white background
|
1,900
|
600
|
2,400
|
|
White—British
|
116,300
|
53,200
|
169,500
|
|
White—Irish
|
300
|
200
|
500
|
| | | | |
|
Learning difficulties/ disabilities
| | | |
|
Learning difficulty
|
16,200
|
4,200
|
20,400
|
|
No learning difficulty
|
110,100
|
52,200
|
162,300
|
|
No info
|
1,200
|
500
|
1,700
|
Note:
Numbers rounded to the nearest 100.
Source:
Learning and Skills Council.
|
Departmental Pay
Mr. Hoban:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what the salary range is for each pay band of civil servants in his Department. [188809]
Mr. Thomas:
The details of salary ranges for each pay band of civil service in the Department for Business, Enterprise, and Regulatory Reform are as follows:
| SCS pay ranges from 1 April 2007 |
| £ |
| | Minimum | Ceiling |
|
SCS Pay Band 1
|
56,100
|
116,000
|
|
SCS Pay Band 2
|
81,600
|
160,000
|
|
SCS Pay Band 3
|
99,960
|
205,000
|
| Pay ranges of staff below SCS—from 1 August 2007 |
| £ |
| Pay range | Minimum | Target rate | Maximum |
|
London 2
|
16,517
|
18,023
|
18,525
|
|
London 3
|
18,227
|
19,853
|
20,395
|
|
London 4
|
19,433
|
21,179
|
21,761
|
|
London 5
|
20,364
|
24,168
|
25,119
|
|
London 6
|
21,760
|
25,804
|
26,815
|
|
London 7
|
24,730
|
29,278
|
30,415
|
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|
London 8
|
26,313
|
31,221
|
32,448
|
|
London 9
|
30,903
|
38,327
|
40,183
|
|
London 10
|
42,375
|
52,359
|
54,855
|
|
London 11
|
51,355
|
63,435
|
66,455
|
|
FastStream
|
25,800
|
30,800
|
31,800
|
| | | | |
|
National 2
|
13,017
|
14,523
|
15,025
|
|
National 3
|
14,727
|
16,353
|
16,895
|
|
National 4
|
15,933
|
17,679
|
18,261
|
|
National 5
|
16,864
|
20,668
|
21,619
|
|
National 6
|
18,260
|
22,304
|
23,315
|
|
National 7
|
21,230
|
25,778
|
26,915
|
|
National 8
|
22,813
|
27,721
|
28,948
|
|
National 9
|
27,403
|
34,827
|
36,683
|
|
National 10
|
38,875
|
48,859
|
51,355
|
|
National 11
|
47,855
|
59,935
|
62,955
|
|
FastStream
|
22,300
|
27,300
|
28,300
|
