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Government Offices
There are no AAs of either gender employed in GO London or GOSE. The current (January 2008) average full-time annual salaries for the other grades in London, South East (Outer London) and elsewhere (National) are:
Grade | Female | Male |
AA National
|
14,271
|
14,574
|
AO London
|
22,554
|
21,983
|
AO Outer London
|
20,105
|
19,155
|
AO National
|
16,815
|
16,592
|
EO London
|
25,212
|
25,906
|
EO Outer London
|
22,807
|
22,638
|
EO National
|
20,518
|
20,589
|
The Planning Inspectorate
These are the current average salaries of male and female staff in PINS at AA, AO and EO. These are calculated as the total full-time equivalent salaries by grade and gender, divided by the number of staff.
Grade | Female | Male |
AA
|
15,349
|
15,452
|
AO
|
18,093
|
17,879
|
EO
|
22,972
|
22,830
|
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Fire Service College
The average basic pay for full-time equivalent male and females in the Fire Service College are as follows:
Grade | Female | Male |
AA
|
12,620
|
(1)
|
AO
|
16,007
|
17,555
|
EO
|
20,088
|
19,979
|
(1) No male AAs
|
The Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre
Grade | Female | Male |
AA
|
(1)
|
(1)
|
AO
|
(2)26,453
|
21,231
|
EO
|
25,677
|
24,482
|
(1 )Only one person (2) No AA employees
|
Departmental Pensions
David Simpson:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many and what percentage of staff in her Department were making additional voluntary contributions to their pensions in each of the last two years. [193550]
Mr. Dhanda:
66 members of staff in Communities and Local Government (3 per cent. of the total number of staff employed by the Department) were making additional voluntary pension contributions through deductions from their pay in February 2007. This has decreased to 53 members of staff (2 per cent. of the total number of staff employed by the Department) who were making additional voluntary pension contributions through deductions from their pay in February 2008.
Domestic Waste: Waste Disposal
Robert Neill:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar of 18 December 2007, Official Report, column 1324W, on domestic waste: waste disposal, what the notional monetary value was of the efficiency gain recorded by moving to a fortnightly collection of household rubbish for each of the local authorities listed in the forward and backward look statements. [191664]
Mr. Dhanda:
Local authorities report their efficiency gains to the Department for Communities and Local Government through annual efficiency statements, which are published on the Department's website at:
The statements are not submitted in a format that would allow information on fortnightly collection to be identified on a robust basis.
Robert Neill:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar of 18 December 2007, Official Report, column 1324W,
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on Domestic Waste: Waste Disposal, how moving to a fortnightly collection of household rubbish from weekly collection generates a (a) cashable and (b) non-cashable efficiency gains for the purposes of inclusion in her Department's annual efficiency statements. [191665]
Mr. Dhanda:
A legitimate efficiency gain is generated when a council restructures service provision to provide a more efficient service to the same client group in a way that maintains overall output and service quality.
Councils are required to note the definition of efficiency set out in Measuring and Reporting Efficiency Gains:
If the net costs of waste collection fall, while service quality is maintained, this leads to a cashable gain. When outputs or service quality associated with waste collection improves for the same net cost, this leads to a non-cashable gain.
Fire Services: Finance
Mr. Drew:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what allocation was made to each fire authority for (a) fire control, (b) fire link and (c) new dimensions programmes in each year since 2002, broken down by region. [195408]
Mr. Dhanda:
The information requested is listed in the following tables.
Fire controlGrants to fire and rescue authorities |
£ |
Fire and rescue authority | 2005-06 | 2006-07 | 2007-08 |
Bedfordshire and Luton Combined Fire Authority
|
11,616
|
76,984
|
111,904
|
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Fire Authority
|
11,170
|
80,366
|
118,157
|
Essex Fire Authority
|
15,411
|
92,742
|
132,170
|
Hertfordshire County Council
|
11,839
|
82,412
|
117,039
|
Norfolk County Council
|
193,796
|
216,233
|
331,130
|
Suffolk County Council
|
11,616
|
79,425
|
115,043
|
East of England Total
|
255,448
|
628,162
|
925,443
|
| | | |
Derbyshire Fire Authority
|
28,179
|
158,096
|
613,165
|
Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland Combined Fire Authority
|
222,125
|
335,943
|
2,157,403
|
Lincolnshire County Council
|
28,416
|
148,068
|
525,606
|
Northamptonshire County Council
|
26,589
|
144,838
|
269,849
|
Nottinghamshire and City of Nottingham Fire and Rescue Authority
|
29,006
|
159,421
|
525,225
|
East Midlands Total
|
334,315
|
946,366
|
4,091,248
|
| | | |
Greater London Authority
|
87,571
|
234,150
|
659,062
|
London Total
|
87,571
|
234,150
|
659,062
|
Cleveland Fire Authority
|
219,699
|
325,541
|
1,193,418
|
County Durham and Darlington Fire and Rescue Authority
|
31,227
|
142,711
|
293,546
|
Northumberland Fire Authority
|
28,814
|
131,633
|
248,152
|
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Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Authority
|
33,948
|
160,944
|
388,365
|
North East Total
|
313,688
|
760,829
|
2,123,481
|
| | | |
Cheshire Fire Authority
|
15,230
|
93,692
|
177,393
|
Cumbria County Council
|
12,998
|
85,963
|
128,299
|
Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Authority
|
243,923
|
118,093
|
283,347
|
Lancashire Combined Fire Authority
|
19,025
|
99,611
|
224,957
|
Merseyside Fire and Rescue Authority
|
21,257
|
239,612
|
465,158
|
North West Total
|
312,433
|
636,971
|
1,279,154
|
| | | |
Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes Fire Authority
|
11,231
|
95,538
|
135,765
|
East Sussex Fire Authority
|
11,555
|
99,159
|
143,632
|
Hampshire Fire and Rescue Authority
|
14,705
|
112,472
|
320,891
|
Isle of Wight Council
|
10,779
|
87,619
|
123,409
|
Kent and Medway Towns Fire Authority
|
15,573
|
115,410
|
296,981
|
Oxfordshire County Council
|
11,141
|
94,284
|
143,810
|
Royal Berkshire Fire Authority
|
13,671
|
97,139
|
157,406
|
Surrey County Council
|
11,555
|
104,084
|
143,551
|
West Sussex County Council
|
218,713
|
234,415
|
382,295
|
South East Total
|
318,923
|
1,040,120
|
1,847,740
|
| | | |
Avon Fire Authority
|
33,082
|
52,986
|
462,041
|
Cornwall Fire and Rescue Authority
|
28,588
|
52,986
|
56,041
|
Devon Fire and Rescue Authority
|
33,732
|
188,818
|
|
Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Authority
|
|
|
2,899,563
|
Dorset Fire Authority
|
46,559
|
52,986
|
56,041
|
Gloucestershire County Council
|
29,834
|
52,986
|
1,114,041
|
Somerset Fire Authority
|
29,794
|
724,619
|
|
Wiltshire and Swindon Fire Authority
|
195,455
|
52,986
|
56,041
|
South West Total
|
397,044
|
1,178,367
|
4,643,768
|
| | | |
Hereford and Worcester Fire Authority
|
71,277
|
148,228
|
319,276
|
Shropshire and Wrekin Fire and Rescue Authority
|
11,375
|
137,554
|
269,128
|
Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Authority
|
15,626
|
161,277
|
331,032
|
Warwickshire Fire and Rescue Authority
|
10,803
|
138,902
|
256,054
|
West Midlands Fire and Rescue Authority
|
166,056
|
357,304
|
785,796
|
West Midland Total
|
275,137
|
943,265
|
1,961,286
|
| | | |
Humberside Fire Authority
|
14,799
|
83,956
|
123,024
|
North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Authority
|
12,541
|
84,736
|
124,080
|
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South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Authority
|
16,828
|
88,617
|
170,161
|
West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Authority
|
201,302
|
239,954
|
531,957
|
Yorkshire and Humberside Total
|
245,470
|
497,263
|
949,222
|
| | | |
FireControl Total
|
2,540,029
|
6,865,493
|
18,480,404
|