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Data for permanent non-civil service personnel and temporary or agency workers employed over the period are not centrally held on the Department's human resources management system (HRMS) and could only be produced at disproportionate cost.

Iraq: Peacekeeping Operations

Harry Cohen: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what discussions (a) Ministers and (b) the UK’s special envoy to Iraq had with representatives of the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) in Iraq on policy on (a) de-Ba’athification of Iraq and (b) disbandment of the Iraqi army in 2003; what representations they made to the CPA on the subjects; and what the Government’s policy was on both subjects. [194407]

Des Browne: Government officials held regular discussions with coalition partners, including those in the Coalition Provisional Authority, on issues concerning the reconstruction of Iraq. As Foreign and Commonwealth Office Ministers and I have explained previously, events moved very quickly in the aftermath of the removal of Saddam Hussein and it should be remembered that by the end of initial hostilities, the Iraqi army had effectively dissolved itself. There was at the same time overwhelming popular pressure throughout Iraq for de-Ba’athification to begin, reflecting the suffering and resentment among ordinary Iraqis arising from three decades of repression by Saddam Hussein’s regime. Policy and plans therefore remained fluid in light of developments on the ground.

JP Morgan

David T.C. Davies: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much his Department paid to JP Morgan in each year since 1997; and what the purpose of each payment was. [199618]

Mr. Bob Ainsworth: The MOD made a payment of £41,000 to J P Morgan in 2003-04 for consultancy services associated with the implementation of an economic offset programme with a foreign government. No other payments were made centrally to the company in the years 1997-98 to 2007-08 inclusive.

We only hold centrally information on transactions made by our Financial Management Shared Service Centre, representing about 95 per cent. of all MOD payments. We have, therefore, not included payments which may have been made on behalf of other Government Departments, by the MOD’s trading funds (which lie outside our accounting boundary), locally in the Department, or in support of joint venture/alliance or international collaborative projects.

Zurich Financial Services

David T.C. Davies: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much his Department paid to Zurich Financial Services in each year since 1997; and what the purpose of the payment was in each case. [199604]

Mr. Bob Ainsworth: Payments made to Zurich Financial Services by the Ministry of Defence since 1997 are shown in the following table:

Financial year	Purpose	Payment (£)
2004-05	Purchase vehicle insurance	1,092
2005-06	Purchase vehicle insurance	562

Innovation, Universities and Skills

Departmental Legislation

Chris Huhne: To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills what criminal offences have been abolished by primary legislation sponsored by his Department and its predecessors since May 1997. [198296]

Mr. Lammy: Since May 1977 within the current Department of Innovation, Universities and Skills, and the relevant policy areas within its predecessors, the Department of Trade and Industry and the Department for Education and Skills, legislation was amended in 2005 relating to one are of criminal law.

The Patents Act 1977 was amended to narrow a pre-existing criminal offence. The relevant law changed on 1 January 2005.

While further analysis might reveal additional information pertinent to the DIUS predecessors, this could be achieved only at disproportionate cost.

Departmental Pay

Dan Rogerson: To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills what the cost of (a) salaries for permanent Civil Service posts, (b) salaries for permanent non-Civil Service posts and (c) payments to temporary or agency workers in his Department was in each month since May 2005. [199549]

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Mr. Lammy: The Department was set up on 28 June 2008. The information sought is not held centrally in the form requested and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost. However, the annual spend to 31 March 2008 for permanent civil service posts was £38.4 million, including overtime, and for temporary and agency workers it was £33,000 and £1.1 million respectively.

The Department has no permanent non-civil service posts.

Departmental Sick Leave

Mr. Hoban: To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills how many days sick leave were taken on average by staff in his Department since its establishment. [198963]

Mr. Lammy: The Department was established on 28 June 2008 as part of the Machinery of Government changes. In the period since its formation, employees of the Department have taken, on average, 9.9 days sickness absence.

Mr. Hoban: To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills how many of his Department's staff took more than (a) five, (b) 10, (c) 15, (d) 20, (e) 25, (f) 30, (g) 35 and (h) 40 days leave due to stress since establishment, broken down by pay grade. [198972]

Mr. Lammy: The Department was set up as part of the machinery of Government changes on 28 June 2008. Electronic records for the Department are presently maintained on two data bases in the legacy Departments from which staff were transferred when DIUS was formed. It would involve disproportionate cost to obtain the level of detail required to answer this question. However, the percentage of working days lost by the Department’s staff attributed to mental health related conditions during the nine months from July 2007 to March 2009 amounted to 12 per cent. of all sickness absence.

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The Department is committed to providing a safe working environment and has put in place a range of measures to support all employees on health and wellbeing issues, including the provision of professional counselling and occupational health services.

Departmental Temporary Employment

Mr. Todd: To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills how many full-time posts in his Department were filled on a temporary basis for a period in excess of six months in each year since establishment. [200665]

Mr. Lammy: The Department was set up on 28 June 2008 as part of the machinery of government changes. The information sought is not held centrally in the form requested and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.

Higher Education

Mr. Hoban: To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills (1) how many and what proportion of people from each UCAS tariff band from each socio-economic group (a) were applicants for and (b) were accepted for full-time undergraduate degree courses in the last year for which information is available; [196657]

(2) how many and what proportion of applicants from each socio-economic group for full-time undergraduate courses were in each UCAS tariff band in the last year for which figures are available. [196658]

Bill Rammell: The latest available information for the 2007 year of entry from the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) is shown in the table. This table covers applicants and accepted applicants to all full-time undergraduate courses that are covered by UCAS broken down by tariff band and socio-economic background.

The number and proportion of applicants from each socio-economic group to full-time undergraduate courses from each UCAS tariff band can also be found in the table.

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Number and proportion of English domiciled applicants and accepted applicants to all full—time undergraduate courses( 1) from each UCAS tariff band and national statistics socio—economic classification (NS—SEC): Year of entry 2007
		Applicants		Accepted a pplicants
Tariff Band	NS—SEC Group	Number	Percentage of known	Number	Percentage of known
0(2)	1. Higher managerial and professional occupations	11,124	13.6	8,233	14.1
	2. Lower managerial and professional occupations	23,376	28.7	16,764	28.8
	3. Intermediate occupations	13,322	16.3	9,345	16.0
	4. Small employers and own account workers	5.743	7.0	4,247	7.3
	5. Lower supervisory and technical occupations	3,130	3.8	2,337	4.0
	6, Semi—routine occupations	18,120	22.2	12,462	21.4
	7, Routine occupations	6,683	8.2	4,861	8.3
	Total Known	81,498	100.0	58,249	100.0
	Unknown	61,134	—	45,837	—
	Total	142,632	—	104,086	—
	Number of known in groups 1—3	47,822	58.7	34,342	59.0
	Number of known in groups 4—7	33,676	41.3	23,907	41.0
1 - 119	1. Higher managerial and professional occupants	2,499	13.2	1,878	13.6
	2. Lower managerial and professional occupations	5,258	27.8	3,833	27.9
	3. Intermediate occupations	2,599	13.8	1,919	13.9
	4. Small employers and own account workers	1,878	9.9	1,337	9.7
	5. Lower supervisory and technical occupations	1,168	6.2	832	6.0
	6. Semi—routine occupations	3,658	19.4	2,653	19.3
	7. Routine occupations	1,833	9.7	1,309	9.5
	Total Known	18,893	100.0	13,761	100,0
	Unknown	6,828	—	4,849	—
	Total	25,721	—	18,610	—
	Number of known in groups 1—3	10,356	54.8	7,630	55
	Number of known in groups 4—7	8,537	452	6,131	44.6
120-239	1. Higher managerial and professional occupations	6,633	17.6	5,404	17.9
	2. Lower managerial and professional occupations	11,432	30.3	9.204	30.5
	3. Intermediate occupations	5,067	13.4	4,037	13.4
	4. Small employers and own account workers	3,526	9.3	2,756	9.1
	5. Lower supervisory and technical occupations	2,275	6.0	1,795	5.9
	6. Semi—routine occupations	5,934	15.7	4,714	15.6
	7. Routine occupations	2,893	7.7	2,262	7.5
	Total Known	37,760	100.0	30,172	100.0
	Unknown	10,019	—	7,886	—
	Total	47,779	—	38,058	—
	Number of known in groups 1—3	23,132	61.3	18,645	61.8
	Number of known in groups 4—7	14,628	38.7	11,527	38.2
240-159	1 . Higher managerial and professional occupations	15,026	23.l	13,290	23.2
	2. Lower managerial and professional occupations	21,011	32.2	18,510	32.3
	3. Intermediate occupations	9,024	13.8	7,993	13.9
	4. Small employers and own account workers	5,347	8.2	4,657	8.1
	5 Lower supervisory and technical occupations	3,384	5.2	2,955	5.2
	6. Semi—routine occupations	7,926	12.2	6,931	12.1
	7. Routine occupations	3,456	5.3	3.008	5.2
	Total Known	65,174	100.0	57,344	100.0
	Unknown	12,831	—	11,101	—
	Total	78,005		68,445	—
	Number of known in groups 1—3	45,061	69.1	39,793	69.4
	Number of known in groups 4—7	20,113	30.9	17.551	30.6
360-479	1 . Higher managerial and professional occupations	16,072	31.1	14,571	31.3
	2. Lower managerial and professional occupations	17,122	33.1	15,453	33.1
	3. Intermediate occupations	6,808	11.2	6,169	13.2
	4. Small employers and own account workers	3,438	6.6	3,084	6.6
	5. Lower supervisory and technical Occupations	2,079	4.0	1,874	4.0
	6. Semi—routine occupations	4,451	8.6	3,928	8.4
	7. Routine occupations	1J37	3.4	1,532	3.3
	Total Known	51,707	100.0	46,619	100.0
	Unknown	7,759	—	6,885	—
	Total	59,466	—	53,504	—
	Number of known in groups 1—3	40,002	77.4	36,201	77.7
	Number of known in groups 4—7	11,705	22.6	10,418	22.3
480 and over	1 . Higher managerial and professional occupations	9,084	38.6	8,408	38.8
	2. Lower managerial and professional occupations	7,509	31.9	6,962	32.2
	3. Intermediate occupations	2,950	12.5	2,721	12.6
	4. Small employers and own account Workers	1,092	4.6	984	4.5
	5. Lower supervisory and technical occupations	699	3.0	651	3.0
	6. Semi—routine occupations	1,674	7.1	1,466	6.8
	7. Routine occupations	531	2.3	459	2.1
	Total Known	23,539	100.0	21,651	100.0
	Unknown	2,935	—	2,605	—
	Total	26,474	—	24,256	—
	Number of known in groups 1—3	19,543	83.0	18,091	83.6
	Number of known in groups 4—7	3,996	17.0	3,560	16.4
Total	1. Higher managerial and professional occupations	60,438	21.7	51,792	22.7
	2. Lower managerial and professional occupations	85,708	30.8	70,726	31.0
	3. Intermediate occupations	39,770	14.3	32,184	14.1
	4 . Small employers and own account workers	21,024	7.5	17,065	7.5
	5. Lower supervisory and technical occupations	12,735	4.6	10,444	4.6
	6. Semi—routine occupations	41,763	15.0	32,154	14.1
	7. Routine occupations	17,133	6.2	13,431	5.9
	Total Known	278,571	100.0	227,796	100.0
	Unknown	101,506	—	79,163	—
	Total	380,077	—	306,959	—
	Number of known in groups 1—3	185,916	66.7	154,702	67.9
	Number of known in groups 4—7	92,655	33.3	73,094	32.1
(1) Includes applicants and accepted applicants to all full-time undergraduate courses that are covered by UCAS. (2) Applicants and accepted applicants in the tariff band of zero either had qualifications that were not covered buy the UCAS tariff or their tariff score was unknown. Source: Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS).

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