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Data Protection
Mr. Hoban: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the Answer of 27 February 2008, Official Report, column 1642W, on data protection, what plans HM Revenue and Customs has to appoint further data guardians. [196393]
Jane Kennedy: HMRC continues to keep the role and number of Data Guardians under review. There are currently 38 Data Guardians, reflecting current business demands.
Excise Duties: Beer
Tony Baldry: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much revenue was received from duty on beer in the last financial year; and how much is expected to be received in the 2008-09 financial year. [196536]
Angela Eagle: Information on the revenue raised from beer is available at the UK Trade Info website. Table 2 shows duty receipts from beer.
The revenue forecast from beer and cider in 2007-08 and 2008-09 is published in Table C6 of the 2008 Budget Report:
A detailed breakdown of beer and cider is not published.
Members: Correspondence
Mr. Harper: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he will reply to the letters of 10 December 2007 and 11 February 2008 from the hon. Member for the Forest of Dean on Northern Rock. [196984]
Angela Eagle: I have replied to the hon. Member.
Money Markets
Mr. Laws: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what steps he plans to take to restore stability and liquidity to the UK money market; and if he will make a statement. [196248]
Angela Eagle: The provision of liquidity to the money markets through open market operations is a matter for the Bank of England. The Bank of England has already taken steps to provide liquidity to the money market in increased amounts, at longer maturities and against an enlarged set of collateral The UK Authorities stand ready to take further steps if necessary.
Northern Rock: Guernsey
Mr. Hands: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the total deposits are of Northern Rock (Guernsey) Bank. [194577]
Angela Eagle
[holding answer 14 March 2008]: During this period of temporary public ownership, Northern Rock is managed by its Board at arm's length
from Government on commercial principles. It publishes its audited reports and group accounts on a regular basis in accordance with statutory reporting requirements. The group accounts will provide information about the Northern Rock group, which includes its subsidiary in Guernsey.
Overseas Aid
John Battle: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the effect of turbulence in international credit markets on the delivery of overseas development assistance pledges; and if he will make a statement. [196281]
Angela Eagle: The Government are committed to reducing international poverty. We announced in the 2007 comprehensive spending review that DFID’s budget would rise from £5.4 billion to £7.9 billion a year in 2010-11. This will enable total UK Overseas Development Assistance (ODA) to reach over £9.1 billion a year by 2010-11. We continue to urge all countries similarly to live up to their commitments, including the promises made at the 2005 Gleneagles summit, and to achieve the millennium development goals. The successful recent replenishments of the World Bank’s International Development Association and of the African Development Fund in 2007, to which the UK pledged £2.134 billion and £417 million respectively over the next three years, will ensure that low-income developing countries will continue to benefit from the concessional finance and expertise of these institutions.
Suicide: Stroud
Mr. Drew: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many (a) males and (b) females of each 10 year age cohort committed suicide in Stroud constituency over the last 10 years. [196421]
Angela Eagle: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 27 March 2008:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent question asking how many (a) males and (b) females of each 10 year age cohort committed suicide in Stroud constituency over the last 10 years. (196421)
The table attached provides the number of deaths where suicide was the underlying cause of death, by (a) sex and (b) 10-year age group, in Stroud parliamentary constituency, in the period from 1997 to 2006 (the latest year available).
Television
Mr. Maude: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many plasma television screens have been purchased by his Department and its agencies, and at what cost in the last 24 months. [191029]
Angela Eagle: The following plasma screen televisions were purchased in 2005-06 and 2006-07.
| 2005-06 | 2006-07 | |||
| Number | Cost (£) | Number | Cost (£) | |
Wales
Departmental Domestic Visits
Mr. Willis: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what visits he made to (a) Harrogate International Centre, (b) International Conference Centre, Birmingham, (c) Manchester Central, (d) Scottish Exhibitional and Conference Centre, Glasgow, (e) Edinburgh International Conference Centre, (f) Bournemouth International Conference Centre, (g) the Brighton Centre, Brighton, (h) the Riviera Centre, Torquay, (i) Queen Elizabeth Centre, London, (j) Excel Conference Centre, Docklands, London, and (k) Business Design Centre, Islington, London, in the period 1 January 2005 to 31 December 2007; and what events he attended at each. [197150]
Mr. Paul Murphy: Neither myself nor my predecessor have visited any of the listed venues in a Wales Office ministerial capacity between 1 January 2005 and 31 December 2007.
Departmental Training
Mr. Philip Hammond: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many staff in his Department attended the (a) Influencing with Integrity, (b) Emotional Intelligence, (c) Counselling Skills for the Workplace, (d) Managing your Confidence, (e) Balancing Work/Life Realities and (f) Working Assertively training course run by the National School of Government in the last 12 months for which information is available; and at what cost. [197071]
Legislative Competence
Mr. Dai Davies: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will consider conducting a review of the effectiveness of legislative competence orders. [196157]
Mr. Paul Murphy: The UK Government are working closely with the Welsh Assembly Government to deliver the new legislative arrangements for Wales set down in the Government of Wales Act 2006. I keep these arrangements under constant review and will continue to do so.
National Assembly for Wales
Mr. Dai Davies: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will make it his policy to announce planned forthcoming meetings between Ministers in his Department and Ministers in the Welsh Assembly Government. [196159]
Mr. Paul Murphy: I can confirm that I meet or speak with the First Minister on a weekly basis. The Parliamentary-under-Secretary of State and I also meet regularly with all Ministers in the Welsh Assembly Government.
Rackspace
Mr. Hands: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what the value was of each contract awarded to Rackspace by his Department in each of the last nine years. [197519]
Women and Equality
Government Equalities Office: Publicity
Mr. Hoban: To ask the Minister for Women and Equality what Government Equalities Office initiatives have been advertised to the public; and at what cost since the Office was established. [192467]
Barbara Follett: The Government Equalities Office is not a public service delivery department and so has not advertised initiatives to the public.
Work and Pensions
Children: Poverty
Mr. Meacher: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many children were living in households with income below 60 per cent. of the median after housing costs in each year since 1979; and how many are projected to be in this category in each of the next five years. [195723]
Mr. Timms [holding answer 20 March 2008]: The Government are fully committed to their targets to halve child poverty by 2010 and to eradicate it by 2020.
Information on the number of children living in households with less than 60 per cent. of contemporary median household income after housing costs in each year from 1979 to 2005-06 is given in the following table.
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