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Departmental Carbon Emissions
Philip Davies: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how much the Cabinet Office spent on carbon offsetting in each of the last three years; and to which companies payments for carbon offsetting were made in each such year. [204114]
Phil Hope: The Cabinet Office is a member of the Government carbon offsetting fund (GCOF). The GCOF aims to fulfil the Prime Minister's commitment to offset emissions attributable to all official and ministerial air travel in central Government. It is available to all central Government Departments and provides a simple and cost-effective way to offset, as well as ensuring high environmental integrity. The GCOF runs for an initial period of three years (2006-07, 2007-08 and 2008-09). The Cabinet Office and DEFRA have offset an extra year (2005-06).
The Cabinet Office has paid £32,326.88 into the GCOF from April 2005 to April 2007. Data are currently being collected for the 2007-08 reporting year, and will be available later in the year.
The GCOF is being managed by EEA Fund Management Ltd, which won the contract to source and deliver 255,000 certified emission reduction credits, with a provision for a further 50,000 credits, over three years from a range of clean development mechanism (CDM) projects. Credits will be supplied from the project portfolio of Trading Emissions plc, to whom EEA is the investment adviser.
Departmental Ministerial Policy Advisors
Mr. Hoban: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what severance payment the Director of Political Strategy in the Prime Minister’s Office, Mr Spencer Livermore, will receive upon leaving his post. [196642]
Mr. Watson: Paragraph 14b of the Model Contract for Special Advisers sets out the circumstances in which severance is paid. Copies of the model contract are available in the Library of the House. Mr. Livermore did not receive a severance payment.
Departmental Official Hospitality
Mr. Philip Hammond: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how much was spent by his Department and its agencies on (a) alcohol and (b) entertaining in the last 12-month period for which information is available. [187786]
Mr. Watson: The Cabinet Office does not keep separate records of expenditure on alcohol or entertaining. Such expenditure is included in the Department's hospitality budget and is made in accordance with published departmental guidance on financial procedures and propriety, based on principles set out in “Managing Public Money” and other Treasury guidance.
Departmental Sick Leave
Mr. Hoban: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 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 in each of the last five years, broken down by pay grade. [198965]
Mr. Watson: The most recent published absence data for the Cabinet Office are available for the 12 months ending 31 March 2007, in the Analysis of Cabinet Office Statistics. This is available on the civil service statistics website at
Copies have been placed in the Library of the House.
In order to protect the confidentiality of individuals, it is standard Government practice not to publish records relating to five or less individuals. A breakdown of figures on absence owing to stress by grade and period of absence cannot be provided, since this may compromise the privacy of the individuals because of the small numbers involved.
Departmental Standards
Joan Walley: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how his Department plans to work on social clauses to promote adherence to the Best Value Code of Practice on Workforce Matters and the Cabinet Office Code of Practice on Workforce Matters. [203324]
Phil Hope: The Department has no plans to work on social clauses to promote adherence to the Best Value Code of Practice on Workforce Matters and the Cabinet Office Code of Practice on Workforce Matters. Under the code, public-sector organisations have a responsibility to ensure that service providers implement the code, whereas social clauses cover additional clauses in public service contracts which are used at the discretion of the public sector commissioner.
Departmental Temporary Employment
Mr. Todd: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many full-time posts in the Cabinet Office were filled on a temporary basis for a period in excess of six months in each of the last three years. [200656]
Mr. Watson: For the number of temporary staff working in the Department, I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to the hon. Member for North Cornwall (Dan Rogerson) on 22 April 2008, Official Report, columns 1957-8W, by the Parliamentary Secretary, Cabinet Office, my hon. Friend the Member for Corby (Phil Hope).
The Department does not centrally hold information on length of tenure for temporary staff, and the information could be collected only at disproportionate cost.
Employment
Mr. Spring: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what proportion of those in employment in (a) Suffolk and (b) the east of England were British-born UK nationals in each of the last five years. [201493]
Mr. Watson: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.
Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 9 May 2008:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question asking what proportion of those in employment in (a) Suffolk and (b) the East of England were British-born UK nationals in each of the last five years. (201493)
The Office for National Statistics compiles employment statistics for local areas from the Annual Population Survey (APS) and its predecessor the annual Labour Force Survey (LFS) following International Labour Organisation definitions.
The attached table shows the percentage of persons of working age (16-64 for men, 16-59 for women) in employment who were British-born UK nationals. Estimates are obtained from the annual LFS for each 12 month period from 2003 to 2004 ending in February. For time series comparisons, the APS estimates from 2005 to 2007 are provided covering the 12 month periods ending in March, but the most recently released estimate is also included, which covers the 12 month period ending in September 2007.
As these estimates are for a subset of the population in a small geographical area, they are based on small sample sizes, and are therefore subject to large margins of uncertainty.
In order to produce estimates for small geographical areas, APS and annual LFS estimates are provided based on survey microdata. 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.
Mr. Drew: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will make an estimate of the number of people who are (a) in full-time work, (b) in part-time work for 20 to 30 hours per week, (c) in part-time work for 10 to 20 hours per week, (d) in part-time work for less than 10 hours per week and (e) out of work, broken down by age decile. [202553]
Mr. Watson: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.
Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 9 May 2008:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question about the number of people (a) in full-time work, (b) in part-time work for 20 to 30 hours per week, (c) in part-time work for 10 to 20 hours per week, (d) in part-time work for less than 10 hours per week and (e) out of work, broken down by age decile. (202553)
The attached table gives estimates of the number of people in full-time and part-time employment and the number of unemployed people for the categories requested for the three month period ending December 2007.
It should be noted that the estimates provided are 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.
| People aged 16 and over by labour market status, three months ending December 2007—United Kingdom, not seasonally adjusted | |||||||
| Thousand | |||||||
| In employment | |||||||
| Part-time( 1) | |||||||
| Age group | Full-time( 1) | Total part-time | Less than 10 hours per week( 2) | 10 to 19 hours per week( 2) | 20 to 30 hours per week( 2) | More than 30 hours per week( 2) | Unemployed( 3) |
| (1) Based on respondents’ self-classification of their main job as either full-time or part-time. (2) The weekly hour figures shown relate to the total hours usually worked in an individuals main job. rounded to the nearest hour. (3) Number of unemployed people measured using the internationally agreed definition recommended by the International Labour Organisation (ILO). Note: The estimates are grossed using population estimates consistent with those published in spring 2003. Source: ONS Labour Force Survey | |||||||
Employment: Disabled
John Barrett: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what his most recent estimate is of the number of people with a registered disability in employment. [200600]
Mr. Watson [holding answer 23 April 2008]: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.
Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 9 May 2008:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question about the most recent estimate of the number of people with a registered disability in employment. [200600]
The Disabled Persons Register used to be maintained by the government under the now defunct Disabled Persons (Employment) Act 1944. The Disability Discrimination Act 1995 came into force in 1996 and ended the facility for disabled people to be registered as such.
Statistics on workers with health problems or disabilities are available from the Labour Force Survey (LFS). For the reason mentioned above, people who are “registered disabled” cannot be identified but a similar measure is available, as follows. For the three months ending December 2007 there were an estimated 3.5 million people of working age in employment in the UK with a long-term health problem or disability which either substantially limited their day-to-day activities or affected the kind or amount of work they could do, or both.
Working age refers to men aged 16 to 64 and women aged 16 to 59.
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.
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