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Charity Commission: Manpower
Danny Alexander: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (1) how many people were employed by the Charity Commission in each of the last 30 years; [198605]
(2) how many people (a) resigned and (b) retired from the Charity Commission in each of the last 30 years; [198606]
(3) how many people employed by the Charity Commission had salaries between (a) £20,000 and £30,000, (b) £30,000 and £40,000, (c) £40,000 and £50,000, (d) £50,000 and £60,000, (e) £60,000 and £70,000, (f) £70,000 and £80,000, (g) £80,000 and £90,000, (h) £90,000 and £100,000, (i) £100,000 and £110,000, (j) £110,000 and £120,000, (k) £120,000 and £130,000 (l) £130,000 and £140,000, (m) £140,000 and £150,000, (n) £150,000 and £160,000, (o) £160,000 and £170,000, (p) £170,000 and £180,000 (q) £180,00 and £190,000 (r) £190,000 and £200,000 and (s) over £200,000 in each of the last 30 years; and what the (i) mean and (ii) median salary of employees was in each of those years. [198607]
Phil Hope: These are matters for the Charity Commission as the independent regulator of charities in England and Wales. The Commission's Chief Executive will write to you and a copy of his response will be placed in the House Library.
Charity Commission: Pensions
Danny Alexander: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what the cash equivalent transfer value is of the public sector pension of the Chief Executive of the Charity Commission. [198608]
Phil Hope: It is not appropriate to disclose values for staff, other than those whose details are reported in Remuneration Reports in the Department's Resource Accounts. A copy of the Charity Commission's Resource Accounts for the year ending 31 March 2007 is available in the Library of the House.
Danny Alexander: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what pension scheme is offered to staff joining the Charity Commission; and if he will place in the Library details of the terms and benefits of the scheme. [198609]
Phil Hope: New entrants to the civil service are covered by the civil service pension arrangements. Staff can choose between ‘nuvos’, a defined benefit pension scheme and ‘partnership’, a stakeholder pension. If a person is being re-employed, and was previously a member of a civil service pension scheme, they may be able to rejoin their previous scheme, but this will depend on the length of time since they were last employed.
In respect of members of the defined benefit schemes, employer contribution rates are assessed for each of four ranges of pay levels. The rates for 2008-09 are:
| Band | Full-time annual salary | Rate from 1 April 2008 |
The scheme rules are laid before Parliament and copies are in the House Library.
For members of ‘partnership’, the employer pays a basic contribution of between 3 per cent. and 12.5 per cent. (depending on the age of the member) into a stakeholder pension product and will match the member’s contribution up to a limit of 3 per cent. Employers also contribute a further 0.8 per cent. of pensionable salary to cover the cost of risk benefit cover (death in service and ill health retirement).
Details of the civil service pension arrangements can be found on the Civil Service Pensions website:
Children
Mr. Laws: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what estimate he has made of the proportion of children brought up in (a) two parent families and (b) single parent families in each ethnic group in the latest period for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. [201194]
Edward Miliband: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.
Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 24 April 2008:
As National Statistician I have been asked to reply to your recent question asking what estimate has been made of the proportion of children brought up in (a) two parent families and (b) single parent families in each ethnic group in the latest period for which figures are available. (201194)
The proportion of dependent children in families in the UK can be estimated using the Labour Force Survey (LFS). Table 1 is based on the latest UK family estimates for 2007 and shows the percentage of dependent children in lone parent and couple families according to the ethnicity of the child.
| Table 1: Percentage of dependent children in UK families by ethnicity of child, 2007 | ||
| Couple | Lone parent | |
| Note: This table excludes children not in a family and children whose ethnicity was not available Source: LFS quarterly data, April to June, not seasonally adjusted | ||
Police
Mr. Pickles: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will ask the Cabinet Secretary to make a formal statement on the appropriateness of the Home Office announcement of 16 April on police during the local elections purdah period. [201160]
Edward Miliband: I refer the hon. Member to the Cabinet Secretary's letter to him of 18 April 2008, a copy of which has been placed in the Library of the House.
Prostate Cancer
Sandra Gidley: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many men were diagnosed with prostate cancer in each of the last five years. [199453]
Edward Miliband: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.
Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated April 2008.
As National Statistician I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question asking how many men were diagnosed with having prostate cancer in each of the last five years. [199453]
The latest available figures for newly diagnosed cases (incidence) of malignant neoplasm of prostate are for the year 2005. Figures for 2001 to 2005 for males in England are in the following table.
| Registrations of newly diagnosed cases of prostate cancer( 1) , males, England, 2001 to 2005 | |
| Number of cases | |
| (1 )Prostate cancer is coded to C61 in the International Classification of Diseases Tenth Revision (ICD-10) Source: Office for National Statistics | |
Unemployment
Chris Grayling: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (1) how many and what proportion of households included no one in full-time employment in the latest 12-month period for which figures are available; [198778]
(2) how many and what proportion of people lived in households where no one was in full-time employment in the latest 12-month period for which figures are available. [198779]
Edward Miliband: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.
Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated April 2008:
As National Statistician I have been asked to reply to your two Parliamentary Questions. The first asks how many and what proportion of households included no-one in full-time employment in the latest 12 month period for which figures are available (198778). The second asks how many and what proportion of people lived in households where no-one was in full time employment in the latest 12 month period for which figures are available (198779).
Estimates are provided from the Labour Force Survey (LFS). There is currently no annual household dataset, so the figures are given for the April-June quarter to be consistent with those published in the 'Work and worklessness among households' First Release (see web link)
For the three month period ending in June 2007, 10.7 million (43 per cent) households include no-one in full-time employment; these households consist of 19.4 million (34 per cent) people.
Published figures for workless households are based on working age households. A working-age household is a household that includes at least one person of working-age, that is a woman aged 16 to 59 or a man aged 16 to 64.
For the three month period ending in June 2007, 4.7 million (25 per cent) working age households include no-one in full-time employment; these households consist of 10.9 million (22 per cent) people.
In calculating the percentages, households with unknown economic status have been excluded.
The LFS is a sample survey covering over 52,000 households in the United Kingdom in each three month period. As with any sample survey, estimates from the Labour Force Survey are subject to a margin of uncertainty.
Unemployment: Young People
Mr. Clappison: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many (a) UK and (b) non-UK born 16 to 24 year olds were unemployed in each quarter since 1997; and what the employment rate in each category was in the same period. [201004]
Edward Miliband: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.
Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 24 April 2008:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question asking how many (a) UK and (b) UK born 16 to 24 year olds were unemployed in each quarter since 1997; and what was the employment rate in each category in the same period. [201004]
The attached table gives estimates of the number of unemployed people and the employment rate for the categories requested for the three month periods ending June and
December each year from 1997 to 2007, derived from the Labour Force Survey (LFS). Comparable estimates for 1998 and 2000 are not available.
It should be noted that the estimate provided is weighted to population estimates consistent with those published in 2003. Reweighted analyses using the latest population estimates, published in summer 2007, will available from 14 May 2008.
As with any sample survey, estimates from the LFS are subject to a margin of uncertainty.
| ILO unemployment( 1) level and employment rate( 2) of people aged 16 to 24. by country of birth, three months ending June and December, 1997 to 2007—United Kingdom, not seasonally adjusted | |||||
| Total UK | UK born | ||||
| Unemployment level (thousand) | Employment rate (percentage) | Unemployment level (thousand) l | Employment rate (percentage) | ||
| (1) Number of unemployed people measured using the internationally agreed definition recommended by the International Labour Organisation (ILO). (2) Number of people aged 16 to 24 in employment as a percentage of all 16 to 24-year-old people. (3) Data unavailable. Notes: 1. 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 First Release. 2. Comparable data not available for 1998 and 2000. Source: Labour Force Survey (LFS) | |||||
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