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Mr. Hunt: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what recent assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of Central Office of Information public advertising campaigns; and if he will make a statement. [202365]

Mr. Watson [holding answer 29 April 2008]: There are strict rules to ensure value for money on Government advertising. The Central Office of Information is responsible for the cost-efficient procurement of advertising for the Departments that use its services. COI secured a 46 per cent. reduction in media costs measured against recognised industry benchmarks in 2006-07.

COI's own effectiveness is monitored by the National Audit Office, by independent private sector auditors, as well as by GSMAB,

Employment

Mr. Clappison: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many (a) UK born and (b) non-UK born people of working age there were in employment in each year from 1997 to 2007, reflecting before and after reweighting as set out in table one of the ONS document, Employment of Foreign Workers in the United Kingdom (1997-2008). [207631]

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 June 2008:

As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question asking how many a) UK born and b) non UK born people in employment of working age there were in each year from 1997 to 2007, reflecting before and after reweighting as set out in table one of the ONS document, Employment of Foreign Workers in the United Kingdom (1997 to 2008). [207631]

The Office for National Statistics provided the information in table one of the article using the Labour Force Survey (LFS). The National Statistics method for estimating the number of migrant workers employed in the UK is based on the number of people at a given time who were born outside the UK, age 16 or over, and in employment. However, because you have requested that the estimates are provided on the basis of working age, as in table one of the article, your question has been answered on this basis.

It should be noted that because country of birth is used to define foreign workers some people who are UK nationals will be included in the estimates. The employment levels are defined following International Labour Organisation definitions.

Table 1, attached, shows estimates of the total number of persons employed for UK and non UK born, using both 2003 and 2007 population estimates for those years that are available. Estimates using the 2003 weights are not available for the years 1998 and 2000.

As with any sample survey, estimates from the LFS are subject to a margin of uncertainty.

Table 1: People in employment of working age( 1) by country of birth( 2) in the United Kingdom for the three months ending June each year
Million and percentage
	UK born		Non-UK born		Total( 3)
	Before reweight	After reweight	Before reweight	After reweight	Before reweight	After reweight
1997	24	24	2	2	26	26
1998	(4)—	24	(4)—	2	(4)—	26
1999	24	24	2	2	26	26
2000	(4)—	24	(4)—	2	(4)—	27
2001	24	25	2	2	27	27
2002	24	25	2	2	27	27
2003	24	25	2	3	27	27
2004	24	25	3	3	27	27
2005	24	25	3	3	27	28
2006	24	25	3	3	27	28
2007	24	25	3	3	27	28
(1) Working age is 16-59 for females and 16-64 for males. (2) The country of birth question in the LFS may undercount the number of foreign born because: it excludes students in halls of residence who do not have a UK resident parent it excludes people in most types of communal establishments (e.g. hotels, boarding houses, hostels, mobile home sites) it is grossed to population estimates that only include long-term migrants (staying 12 months or more). (3) Totals include those employed but did not state country of birth. (4) Estimates are not available for this period. Source: Labour Force Survey.

Food

Mr. Peter Ainsworth: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how much food waste (a) the Cabinet Office and (b) the Prime Minister's Office generated in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. [208135]

Phil Hope: The Prime Minister's Office forms an integral part of the Cabinet Office estate. The Cabinet Office does not monitor how much food waste it generates.
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Where it has been practical to do so, food composting facilities have been installed.

Foreign Workers

Mr. Clappison: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what the top 20 nationalities in the category, Rest of the World in table three of the ONS document, Employment of Foreign Workers in the United Kingdom (1997 to 2008) were in each year since 1997. [207629]

Mr. Watson: The information requested falls with the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.

Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated June 2008:

As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question asking for the top 20 nationalities in the category, Rest of the World in table three of the ONS document, Employment of Foreign Workers in the United Kingdom (1997 to 2008) in each year since 1997. [207629]

The Office for National Statistics provided the information in table three of the article using the Labour Force Survey (LFS). The National Statistics method for estimating the number of migrant workers employed in the UK is based on the number of people at a given time who were born outside the UK, age 16 or over, and in employment. This question has been answered on this basis. It means, for example, that some people who are UK nationals will be included in the total. Those in employment are defined following International Labour Organisation definitions.

Table 1, attached, shows estimates of the total number of persons employed who were born outside the UK, for the top 20 countries that were part of the Rest of the World category in table 3, for the time period requested. It should be noted that the EU15 (the UK and 14 European Union member States) and the eight countries that joined the EU in 2004 are excluded from the top 20 ranking.

As with any sample survey, estimates from the LFS are subject to a margin of uncertainty. This should be taken into account when basing conclusions on the ranking of the countries provided.

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Employment levels( 1) of the top 20 foreign countries of birth( 2, 3 ) from excluding the EU15 and A8 1997 to 2008( 4)
Thousand
Rank	Country	Levels
1997
1	India	197
2	Pakistan	80
3	Kenya	76
4	Jamaica	63
5	USA	62
6	South Africa	54
7	Australia	49
8	Bangladesh	42
9	Hong Kong	39
10	Canada	35
11	Uganda	32
12	Nigeria	32
13	Singapore	29
14	New Zealand	29
15	Cyprus	28
16	Ghana	25
17	Tanzania	25
18	Malaysia	24
19	Sri Lanka	22
20	Philippines	22
1998
1	India	224
2	Kenya	89
3	Pakistan	75
4	USA	75
5	Jamaica	69
6	South Africa	55
7	Australia	45
8	Hong Kong	44
9	Bangladesh	44
10	Canada	42
11	Uganda	40
12	Cyprus	35
13	Nigeria	33
14	New Zealand	32
15	Sri Lanka	28
16	Malaysia	26
17	Tanzania	25
18	Singapore	25
19	Ghana	23
20	Zimbabwe	21
1999
1	India	210
2	Kenya	92
3	USA	82
4	Pakistan	80
5	South Africa	68
6	Jamaica	56
7	Bangladesh	55
8	Australia	52
9	Nigeria	44
10	Canada	42
11	Cyprus	38
12	Hong Kong	37
13	New Zealand	36
14	Singapore	32
15	Uganda	32
16	Ghana	27
17	Sri Lanka	26
18	Tanzania	19
19	Malaysia	19
20	Zimbabwe	19
2000
1	India	209
2	Pakistan	100
3	Kenya	81
4	Australia	77
5	United States	70
6	South Africa	69
7	Jamaica	54
8	Bangladesh	44
9	Nigeria	41
10	Sri Lanka	36
11	Cyprus	33
12	Canada	32
13	New Zealand	29
14	Hong Kong	28
15	Malaysia	27
16	Singapore	27
17	Uganda	26
18	Turkey	26
19	Zanzibar (Tanzania)	25
20	Malta	24
2001
1	India	202
2	Kenya	98
3	Pakistan	97
4	South Africa	89
5	United States	86
6	Australia	70
7	Bangladesh	59
8	Jamaica	58
9	Nigeria	45
10	Uganda	38
11	Hong Kong	37
12	Philippines	37
13	New Zealand	36
14	Canada	36
15	Sri Lanka	36
16	Cyprus	34
17	Zimbabwe	33
18	Singapore	29
19	Ghana	28
20	Malaysia	27
2002
1	India	203
2	Pakistan	110
3	South Africa	90
4	Kenya	83
5	United States	78
6	Jamaica	70
7	Australia	69
8	Bangladesh	59
9	Sri Lanka	51
10	Nigeria	45
11	New Zealand	44
12	Zimbabwe	43
13	Hong Kong	43
14	Canada	39
15	Malaysia	35
16	Uganda	34
17	Cyprus	34
18	Philippines	33
19	Singapore	31
20	Ghana	30
2003
1	India	230
2	South Africa	114
3	Pakistan	107
4	Kenya	85
5	United States	81
6	Australia	77
7	Bangladesh	57
8	Zimbabwe	54
9	Jamaica	53
10	Canada	52
11	Nigeria	50
12	Philippines	44
13	New Zealand	42
14	Ghana	42
15	Sri Lanka	40
16	Hong Kong	38
17	Uganda	38
18	Malaysia	38
19	Cyprus	31
20	Singapore	30
2004
1	India	233
2	South Africa	134
3	Pakistan	104
4	Kenya	85
5	Bangladesh	83
6	United States	78
7	Australia	73
8	Jamaica	60
9	Zimbabwe	57
10	Hong Kong	54
11	Nigeria	50
12	Philippines	47
13	New Zealand	42
14	Canada	41
15	Ghana	40
16	Sri Lanka	38
17	Uganda	35
18	Singapore	34
19	Turkey	30
20	Malaysia	29
2005
1	India	258
2	South Africa	134
3	Australia	100
4	Pakistan	92
5	Kenya	88
6	United States	86
7	Bangladesh	72
8	Zimbabwe	72
9	Jamaica	61
10	Sri Lanka	55
11	Canada	53
12	Philippines	52
13	Nigeria	52
14	New Zealand	51
15	Ghana	50
16	Hong Kong	49
17	Uganda	46
18	Cyprus	41
19	Malaysia	40
20	Singapore	30
2006
1	India	315
2	South Africa	135
3	Pakistan	106
4	United States	101
5	Kenya	91
6	Australia	90
7	Bangladesh	86
8	Zimbabwe	74
9	Nigeria	74
10	Philippines	64
11	Ghana	63
12	Sri Lanka	58
13	Jamaica	56
14	Hong Kong	43
15	Cyprus	41
16	Canada	41
17	Uganda	39
18	New Zealand	38
19	Malaysia	38
20	China	37
2007
1	India	324
2	Pakistan	149
3	South Africa	132
4	United States	110
5	Nigeria	98
6	Bangladesh	93
7	Kenya	85
8	Australia	83
9	Jamaica	73
10	Zimbabwe	70
11	Ghana	70
12	Philippines	66
13	Sri Lanka	61
14	New Zealand	44
15	Canada	39
16	Hong Kong	38
17	Malaysia	34
18	Uganda	34
19	China	32
20	Turkey	31
2008
1	India	326
2	Pakistan	168
3	South Africa	154
4	United States	104
5	Australia	95
6	Nigeria	95
7	Kenya	92
8	Jamaica	72
9	Philippines	69
10	Zimbabwe	68
11	Bangladesh	66
12	Sri Lanka	66
13	Ghana	59
14	Hong Kong	50
15	China	50
16	New Zealand	38
17	Brazil	38
18	Uganda	35
19	Romania	33
20	Malaysia	33
(1) Levels of employment are provided for the population aged 16 and over. (2) The country of birth question in the LFS may undercount foreign born because: it excludes students in halls of residence who do not have a UK resident parent it excludes people in most types of communal establishments (e.g. hotels, boarding houses, hostels, mobile home sites) it is grossed to population estimates that only include long-term migrants (staying 12 months or more). (3) Countries not included include the UK, EU14 and A8 countries. (4) The figures presented are weighted to population estimates published in 2007. Source: Labour Force Survey

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