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Percentage
50-59 / 64( 2) Total

Employment rate Unemployment rate Employment rate Unemployment rate

Lone Parents

2004

45

6

41

13

2005

43

8

41

12

2006

48

6

40

15

2007(3)

**46

****7

*40

**15

Lone Mothers

2004

41

8

40

13

2005

42

7

41

11

2006

46

7

39

15

2007(3)

**43

****8

*39

**15

(1) Employment rate is calculated as number of people in employment with 5 GCSEs or fewer as a percentage of the population in the individual age group with 5 GCSEs or fewer. The unemployment rate is calculated as the number of people unemployed with 5 GCSEs or fewer as a percentage of the economically active population in the individual age group with 5 GCSEs or fewer.
(2) Men aged 50-64 and women aged 50-59.
(3) Coefficients of Variation have been calculated for the latest period as an indication of the quality of the estimates. See Guide to Quality below.
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.
Note:
Sample size too small to provide estimates for lone fathers.

Duchy of Lancaster

Charities: Bank Services

Mr. Maude: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster with reference to the answer of 5 November 2008, Official Report, columns 492-3W, on charities: bank services, if he will place in the Library the background information on the charities. [241673]

Kevin Brennan: I am unable to place this information in the Library as the details of the charities affected were given to us in confidence on the basis that they would not be made public. Some organisations have expressed concern about the reputational risk of disclosing information about their investments and I am obliged to respect their confidence. The right hon. Member will be aware that a new charity action group, called Save Our Savings (SOS), has been formed to represent charities that have deposits at risk with Kauthpthing, Singer and Friedlander Limited. The Save Our Savings campaign is led by Cats Protection and Naomi House Children’s Hospice.

Mr. Maude: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster with reference to the answer of 5 November 2008, Official Report, columns 492-3W, on charities: bank services, what the names of the 46 charities are. [241674]

Kevin Brennan: I am unable to provide the names of the charities affected as they were given to us in confidence on the basis that they would not be made public. Some organisations have expressed concern about the reputational risk of disclosing information about their investments and I am obliged to respect their confidence. The right hon. Member will be aware that a new charity action group, called Save Our Savings (SOS), has been formed to represent charities that have deposits at risk with Kauthpthing, Singer and Friedlander Limited. The Save Our Savings campaign is led by Cats Protection and Naomi House Children's Hospice.

Charities: Terrorism

Mr. Leech: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many registered UK charities have been investigated by the Charity Commission in consequence of allegations of links with terrorist organisations in each year since 2001. [241809]

Kevin Brennan: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the Charity Commission. I have asked the Commission to reply.

Letter from Andrew Hind, dated 12 December 2008:

Departmental Procurement

Alan Duncan: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what proportion of invoices for goods and services procured from small and medium-sized
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businesses were paid within 10 days of receipt by No. 10 Downing Street in (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08; and if he will make a statement. [243357]

Kevin Brennan: The Prime Minister's Office is an integral part of the Cabinet Office and therefore the answer provided is for the whole of the Cabinet Office including the Prime Minister and his office.

The Cabinet Office system is not set up to identify the size of a business.

Departmental Written Questions

Mr. Maude: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster with reference to the answer of 11 November 2008, Official Report, column 1131W, on written questions, if he will place in the Library a copy of the standard Cabinet Office intranet (Cabweb) guidance on answering round robin Parliamentary Questions. [241904]

Kevin Brennan: A copy has been placed in the Library.

Futurebuilders: Catz Club

Mr. Maude: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how much funding Futurebuilders has written off in total in relation to the charity Catz Club. [241591]

Kevin Brennan: The Futurebuilders Fund is managed by Futurebuilders England Ltd. (FBE) under contract to the Cabinet Office and all Futurebuilders investment decisions are made by FBE.

FBE invested a total of £1,536,000 in Catz Club, which consisted of a capital grant of £170,000 and a loan of £1,366,000. The total funding written off by FBE in relation to the charity Catz Club is £841,979.

Mr. Maude: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what consideration the Futurebuilders Advisory Panel has made of the funding given by Futurebuilders to the charity Catz Club. [241593]

Mr. Byrne: The Futurebuilders Advisory Panel was an advisory non-departmental public body established in March 2005 to provide independent advice to Ministers on the Futurebuilders programme. As part of the rationalisation of advisory bodies in the Office of the Third Sector, the Futurebuilders Advisory Panel held its last meeting on 1 April 2008.

The terms of reference of the panel were to:

The Advisory Panel did not consider individual investment decisions made by Futurebuilders England Ltd.

Mr. Maude: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster with reference to the answer to my hon. Friend the Member for Ruislip-Northwood, (Mr. Hurd) of 28 October 2008, Official Report, column 16W, on Catz Club, for what reasons Futurebuilders decided to terminate its relationship with Catz Club. [241888]

Kevin Brennan: I refer the right hon. Member to the answer given to him on 24 November, Official Report, column 1124W.


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Statistics: Unemployed

Mr. Ellwood: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what definition of long-term unemployed is used to produce statistics on long-term unemployed people; and how those statistics are calculated. [244068]

Kevin Brennan [holding answer 16 December 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 16 December 2008:

Unemployment

Jenny Willott: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what the (a) employment and (b) unemployment rate for (i) women, (ii) men and (iii) men and women aged (A) 16 to 24, (B) 25 to 34, (C) 34 to 49 and (D) 50 to 60 years was in each month of the last 10 years. [241444]

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 December 2008:


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Employment and unemployment rates( 1) , by age and sex, three months ending March, June, September and December, 1998 to 2008, United Kingdom, not seasonally adjusted
Percentage
16 to 24 25 to 34

Employment rate Unemployment rate Employment rate Unemployment rate

People

1998

Q1

61

13

78

7

Q2

61

13

78

6

Q3

65

15

78

6

Q4

63

13

79

6

1999

Q1

61

13

79

6

Q2

61

13

79

6

Q3

65

14

80

6

Q4

63

12

80

6

2000

Q1

61

13

80

6

Q2

61

12

80

5

Q3

65

13

80

5

Q4

62

12

80

5

2001

Q1

61

12

80

5

Q2

62

11

80

5

Q3

64

13

80

5

Q4

63

12

80

5

2002

Q1

61

12

79

5

Q2

61

11

80

5

Q3

64

14

79

5

Q4

63

12

80

5

2003

Q1

60

13

79

5

Q2

60

12

79

5

Q3

63

14

80

5

Q4

62

11

80

5

2004

Q1

60

12

80

5

Q2

60

11

80

4

Q3

63

14

80

4

Q4

61

12

80

5

2005

Q1

59

12

80

4

Q2

59

12

80

4

Q3

61

14

80

4

Q4

59

14

80

4

2006

Q1

58

13

80

5

Q2

58

14

80

5

Q3

61

16

80

5

Q4

59

14

80

5

2007

Q1

57

14

80

5

Q2

56

14

80

5

Q3

59

16

80

4

Q4

59

13

81

4

2008

Q1

57

13

81

5

Q2

56

14

81

5

Q3

59

17

80

5

Men

1998

Q1

63

15

87

7

Q2

63

15

87

7

Q3

68

16

88

7

Q4

64

15

88

6

1999

Q1

63

15

88

6

Q2

63

15

88

6

Q3

68

15

89

6

Q4

66

13

89

6

2000

Q1

64

14

88

6

Q2

64

13

88

5

Q3

68

14

89

5

Q4

65

13

89

5

2001

Q1

63

14

88

5

Q2

64

12

88

5

Q3

67

15

88

5

Q4

65

13

88

6

2002

Q1

63

14

88

6

Q2

63

13

88

5

Q3

65

15

88

5

Q4

65

13

89

5

2003

Q1

61

15

87

6

Q2

62

13

88

5

Q3

65

15

88

5

Q4

63

13

87

5

2004

Q1

62

13

87

5

Q2

62

12

87

5

Q3

65

15

87

4

Q4

63

13

88

5

2005

Q1

61

14

88

5

Q2

61

14

88

4

Q3

63

16

88

4

Q4

61

15

89

4

2006

Q1

59

15

88

5

Q2

59

16

88

5

Q3

63

17

88

5

Q4

61

15

88

5

2007

Q1

59

16

88

6

Q2

58

16

89

4

Q3

61

17

89

4

Q4

60

15

89

4

2008

Q1

58

16

89

5

Q2

58

16

88

5

Q3

60

19

87

5

Women

1998

Q1

59

11

69

6

Q2

59

12

69

6

Q3

63

13

69

6

Q4

61

11

70

5

1999

Q1

59

11

71

6

Q2

58

11

71

5

Q3

63

12

72

5

Q4

61

11

72

5

2000

Q1

59

12

71

5

Q2

59

10

72

5

Q3

62

13

72

4

Q4

60

11

72

4

2001

Q1

59

10

71

4

Q2

59

9

72

4

Q3

61

12

71

5

Q4

61

10

71

4

2002

Q1

59

10

71

5

Q2

59

9

71

5

Q3

62

12

71

5

Q4

60

10

71

4

2003

Q1

58

10

72

4

Q2

58

10

71

4

Q3

60

12

72

4

Q4

60

10

72

4

2004

Q1

59

10

72

4

Q2

58

10

72

4

Q3

60

13

72

4

Q4

60

11

72

4

2005

Q1

58

10

73

4

Q2

57

11

72

4

Q3

59

12

72

4

Q4

57

12

72

5

2006

Q1

57

11

72

5

Q2

57

12

73

5

Q3

58

14

72

5

Q4

58

12

72

5

2007

Q1

56

12

72

5

Q2

55

13

72

5

Q3

58

14

72

5

Q4

57

12

72

4

2008

Q1

56

11

73

5

Q2

55

12

73

5

Q3

57

15

72

6


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