Written Answers to Questions
Thursday 22 May 2008
Northern Ireland
Departmental Official Hospitality
Mrs. May: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many receptions he has hosted and funded in his capacity as Secretary of State in the last 12 months; which individuals and organisations (a) were invited to and (b) attended each reception; and what the cost was of each reception. [203851]
Mr. Woodward: I will publish in due course a list providing information relating to official receptions hosted by Ministers in this Department in the 2007-08 financial year.
Departmental Pensions
Danny Alexander: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the cash equivalent transfer value is of the public sector pensions of the 10 highest paid members of staff in his Department and its Executive agencies; and if he will make a statement. [200760]
Mr. Woodward: For the most recent information available, I refer the hon. Member to the NIO Resource Accounts, a copy of which can be found at:
Departmental Public Participation
Mrs. May: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland pursuant to the answer of 7 May 2008, Official Report, column 930W, on departmental public participation, how much each (a) survey, (b) questionnaire and (c) other service cost; and how many participants there were in each. [205449]
Mr. Woodward: The information requested is shown in the following table.
Departmental Translation Services
Sandra Gidley: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much was spent by his Department on translation and interpretation services in 2007-08, broken down by language. [205178]
Mr. Woodward: During 2007-08, the following amounts were spent by the Northern Ireland Office, its Executive agencies and non-departmental public bodies on translation and interpretation services, broken down by language.
Women and Equality
Departmental Public Participation
Mrs. May: To ask the Minister for Women and Equality what (a) surveys, (b) questionnaires and (c) other services were provided by polling companies for the Government Equalities Office in financial year 2007-08, broken down by company. [200007]
Barbara Follett: The Government Equalities Office has not directly commissioned any polling companies to provide surveys, questionnaires and other services during the financial year 2007-08 but has worked with the Department for Communities and Local Government on the Citizenship Survey; worked with the Office for Disability Issues on the ONS Omnibus Survey and part-funded research into the public sector duties carried out by Schneider Ross.
Innovation, Universities and Skills
Apprentices
Mr. Hayes: To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills if he will break down the most recent number of apprenticeships by (a) region, (b) industrial sector, (c) sex and (d) whether or not the apprenticeships were at advanced level in each case. [203927]
Mr. Lammy: The information requested is contained in tables, copies of which have been placed in the Libraries.
Mr. Willetts: To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills how many (a) apprenticeships and (b) advanced apprenticeships there were in (i) his Department and (ii) the agencies for which he is responsible in the most recent year for which figures are available. [206797]
Mr. Lammy: The Department of Innovation, Universities and Skills was created as a result of Machinery of Government Changes in June 2007.
The Government skills strategy “Building Professional Skills for Government” was launched in April this year. This includes a commitment to establish 500 additional Pathfinder apprenticeships from September 2008. Neither the Department nor its agencies have such apprenticeship arrangements in place yet. Government Skills are leading on implementation and plan to launch the Pathfinder apprenticeships over the summer.
Apprentices: North Yorkshire
Miss McIntosh: To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills how many apprenticeships were (a) started and (b) completed in Vale of York constituency in each of the last three years. [206677]
Mr. Lammy: Information is not available at parliamentary constituency level. Information for North Yorkshire and York is provided in the following table.
| Local authority( 1) | 2004-05 | 2005-06 | 2006-07 |
| (1) Indicates a local authority that has more than 10 per cent. of apprentices funded by the MOD. (2) Data given allocate apprentices by their home postcode, where a learner is engaged in residential learning for the MOD they are allocated the LA of where they are based. | |||
Departmental Domestic Visits
David Simpson: To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills on how many occasions he visited (a) Scotland, (b) Wales and (c) Northern Ireland in an official capacity in the last 12 months. [204393]
Mr. Denham: Since the creation of the Department in June 2007, I have not visited Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland in an official capacity.
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