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An analysis of the impact of gender, ethnicity, age and disability on DFID's recruitment policies and practices is also published in section 3 of annex A to DFID's 2007-08 Annual report under the Disability Equality Duty introduced by the Disability Discrimination Act 2005, DFID is required to publish and implement a disability equality scheme. This is a plan setting out how we will carry out the disability equality duty,
monitor and report on progress. In particular, this includes our arrangements for gathering information on the effect of our policies and practices on recruitment, development and retention of our disabled employees, including those with mental health conditions, and making use of that information.
No routine information is gathered on the recruitment, development and retention of DFID staff with mental illnesses. However, DFID has been accredited with the Job Centre Plus’ Disability Two Ticks Award for the recruitment of disabled staff (which includes those with a declared mental illness). Our human resources case management team also liaises closely with our employee health and wellbeing team to support staff with mental illness and to help ensure their ability to attend, and be effective, at work—for example by agreeing to “reasonable adjustments”.
DFID's equality impact assessments and Annual Diversity reports are reviewed by the Human Resources Steering Committee, and the management board, to identify priorities for continued awareness raising and actions to fulfil our equalities duties.
DFID is responsible for 21 appointments to three non-departmental public bodies (NDPBs):
Commonwealth Scholarship Commission in the UK
Crown Agents’ Holding and Realisation Board
Overseas Service Pensions Scheme Advisory Board
Only the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission is currently active. DFID is committed to the Government's agenda for improving diversity on the boards of public bodies. To this end, and to encourage applications for all appointments from women, people from minority ethnic backgrounds and disabled people, we advertise in a range of publications and ensure that each advertisement makes it clear that applications are welcome from all parts of the community.
Sudan: Overseas Aid
Mr. Keith Simpson: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development which aid agencies have suspended their activities in northern Darfur since January 2008 owing to targeted violence. [232122]
Mr. Ivan Lewis: MSF-Spain suspended activities in North Darfur in August 2008, and began to resume them in September. German Agro Action suspended food distribution activities in North Darfur during September and October 2008. GOAL temporarily suspended its programmes on 29 October. All of these were due to the increased risk to staff security. Access to rural areas of North Darfur has been intermittent during 2008, and many agencies operate remote working arrangements with occasional supervisory visits by relocatable staff.
Mr. Keith Simpson: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what estimate he has made of the number of people in northern Darfur who do not have access to humanitarian aid following the withdrawal of aid groups from the region; and if he will make a statement. [232123]
Mr. Ivan Lewis: As a result of the insecurity, in particular the campaign by the Government of Sudan against rebel groups in September, the UN reports that 43 per cent. of the 1.5 million conflict-affected population of North Darfur currently do not have access to humanitarian aid.
John Barrett: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what steps his Department is taking to ensure that a higher percentage of aid pledged by donors is delivered in Sudan. [232162]
Mr. Ivan Lewis: In 2005 the international community pledged $4.5 billion for Sudan and over the period 2005 to 2007 actually delivered $5.3 billion. A further $4.8 billion has been pledged for the period 2008-12.
While the percentage of pledges delivered is excellent, the problem has been delivering on the commitment to shift funding from a humanitarian to a recovery and development focus. The Department has taken a leading role influencing existing funding mechanisms or supporting the establishment of new mechanisms which allow more donor money to be spent on recovery and development activities. These mechanisms include the Basic Services Fund and the Sudan Recovery Fund, which accept funds from multiple donors.
Duchy of Lancaster
Birth Rate
Mrs. Maria Miller: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will publish the most recent figures available for numbers of (a) births and (b) abortions among those aged (i) 11 years and under, (ii) 12 years, (iii) 13 years, (iv) 14 years, (v) 15 years and (vi) 16 years old. [233625]
Kevin Brennan: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.
Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated November 2008:
As National Statistician I have been asked to reply to your recent question asking what the most recent figures available are for (a) birth and (b) abortion among those aged (i) 11 years and under, (ii) 12 years, (iii) 13 years, (iv) 14 years, (v) 15 years and (vi) 16 years. (233625)
Numbers of conceptions leading to maternities and abortions are provided so that meaningful comparisons can be made between the number of maternities and abortions that occur by age of woman.
Available figures are estimates of the number of conceptions that resulted in a live birth, stillbirth or legal termination.
To preserve the confidentiality of individuals, figures for girls aged 11 years and under, 12 and 13 have not been provided separately. Numbers of conceptions leading to a maternity or an abortion for girls aged under 14, 14, 15 and 16 in England and Wales for 2006 (the most recent year for which figures are available), are shown in the table below.
| Number of conceptions to girls aged under 14. 14, 15 and 16 that lead to a maternity or an abortion, 2006, England and Wales | |||
| Age | Conceptions leading to a maternity | Conceptions leading to an abortion | Total conceptions |
Dorneywood
Robert Neill: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Rochford and Southend, East on 6 October 2008, Official Report, column 174W, on Dorneywood, on what dates the (a) Commons Chief Whip and (b) Leader of the House of Lords made use of Dorneywood for official engagements. [232940]
Kevin Brennan: The Leader of the House of Lords is chairman of the Trustees of the Dorneywood Trust and as such makes regular visits to oversee the running of the property as well as having official meetings. The Leader of the House of Lords and the House of Commons Chief Whip used Dorneywood for official engagements in September and October 2007, and in January, July and September 2008.
Employment
Mr. Clappison: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many (a) UK nationals, (b) UK- born people, (c) foreign nationals, (d) non-UK EU nationals, (e) EU A8 nationals and (f) non-EU nationals of working age were in employment in the UK in each of the last four quarters for which figures are available; and what the employment rate was in each group. [233095]
Kevin Brennan: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.
Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated November 2008:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question on how many (a) UK nationals, (b) UK born people, (c) foreign nationals, (d) non-UK EU nationals, (e) EU A8 nationals and (f) non-EU nationals of working age were in employment in the UK in each of the last four quarters for which figures are available; and what the employment rate was in each group. (233095)
The estimates are shown in Table 1 and come from the Labour Force Survey. Employment estimates for the most recent four calendar quarters are provided for (a) UK nationals, (b) UK born people, (c) non-UK nationals, (d) EU 24 nationals, (e) EU A8 nationals and (f) non-EU nationals of working age. As with any sample survey, estimates from the LFS are subject to a margin of uncertainty.
For the purposes of this answer, nationality is defined as that reported by respondents at the time of the survey.
The estimates provided are derived from the LFS microdata which are weighted using the official population estimates published in 2007. They are not entirely consistent with the figures published in the monthly Labour Market Statistics First Release which are weighted using more up-to-date population estimates.
| Table 1: Working age( 1) employment levels and rates( 2) | ||||||||||||
| Thousands and percentages, not seasonally adjusted | ||||||||||||
| Nationality | Country of Birth | |||||||||||
| UK | Non-UK( 3) | EU24+4 | EUAB( 5) | Non-EU( 3) | UK Born( 6) | |||||||
| Level | Rate | Level | Rate | Level | Rate | Level | Rate | Level | Rate | Level | Rate | |
| (1 )Defined as females aged 16 to 59 and males aged 16 to 64. (2 )The figures presented are weighted to the population estimates published in 2007. (3 )The groups non-UK and non-EU do not include those who did not state their country of birth. (4 )The EU24 group includes: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Holland, Italy, Luxembourg, Portugal. Republic of Ireland, Spain (including the Canary Islands), Sweden, Romania, Bulgaria and the EUA8 countries. (5 )The EUA8 countries are: Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovak Republic, Slovenia. (6 )The estimates for UK born levels and rates are provided on the basis of a respondents country of birth. (7 )Coefficients of variation have been calculated for the latest period as an indication of the quality of the estimates, as described as follows: Guide to Quality: The Coefficient of Variation (CV) indicates the quality of an estimate, the smaller the CV value the higher the quality. The true value is likely to lie within +/- twice the CV—for example, for an estimate of 200 with a CV of 5 per cent. we would expect the population total to be within the range 180-220. Key Coefficient of Variation (CV) (%) Statistical Robustness * 0 < = CV< 5 Estimates are considered precise ** 5 < = CV < 10 Estimates are considered reasonably precise *** 10 < = CV < 20 Estimates are considered acceptable **** CV ≥ 20 Estimates are considered too unreliable for practical purposes Source: Labour Force Survey | ||||||||||||
Mr. Clappison: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many (a) people and (b) people of working age in employment in the UK were (i) UK citizens, (ii) citizens of other EU member states and (iii) citizens of non-EU member states in each quarter since 1st January 1995; and what the (A) percentage change in each category was for each such quarter compared with the previous quarter and (B) employment rate for UK citizens was in each such quarter. [233570]
Kevin Brennan: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.
Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated November 2008:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question on how many (a) people and (b) people of working age in employment in the UK were (a) UK citizens, (ii) citizens of other KU member states and (iii) citizens of non-EU member states in each quarter since 1st January 1995; and what the (A) percentage change in each category was for each quarter compared with the previous quarter and (B) employment rate for UK citizens was in each such quarter (233570).
Information in the form requested is not readily available and could only be compiled at disproportionate cost.
Mr. Clappison: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many people in employment in (a) each region and (b) each local authority area were (i) UK citizens, (ii) citizens of other EU member states and (iii) citizens of non-EU member states in (A) each year since 1997 and (B) each of the first four quarters for which figures are available. [233571]
Kevin Brennan: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.
Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated November 2008:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question how many people in employment in (a) each region and (b) each local authority were (i) UK citizens, (ii) citizens of other EU member states and (iii) citizens of non-EU member states in (A) each year since 1997 and (B) each of the last four quarters for which figures are available. (233571)
Information in the form requested is not readily available and could only be compiled at disproportionate cost.
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