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Women and Equality
Departmental Public Relations
Grant Shapps: To ask the Minister for Women and Equality what the cost of the Government Equalities Office’s contracts with public relations consultancies was since it was established. [251539]
Maria Eagle: Since the Government Equalities Office was established on 12 October 2007 some £214,000 has been spent on such contracts.
Departmental Special Advisers
Andrew Rosindell: To ask the Minister for Women and Equality how many full-time equivalent staff in the Government Equalities Office provide assistance to special advisers; and what the cost of employing such staff was in each year since the Office was established. [251676]
Maria Eagle: One officer has worked full-time alongside the Minister for Women’s special adviser. The Government Equalities Office was established on 12 October 2007 and in financial year 2007-08 the costs of this arrangement were some £12,000. Estimated costs for financial year 2008-09 are £30,000.
Departmental Temporary Employment
Andrew Rosindell: To ask the Minister for Women and Equality from which companies the Government Equalities Office has sourced temporary staff since it was established; and what the value of contracts with each such company has been. [251673]
Maria Eagle: Since its establishment on 12 October 2007, the Government Equalities Office has employed temporary staff from the following companies:
| Company | Total value of contract ( £ ) |
Equality: Regional Planning and Development
Mr. Pickles: To ask the Minister for Women and Equality what funding (a) the Government Equalities Office and (b) the Equality and Human Rights Commission has given to regional equality and diversity partnerships to date. [253779]
Maria Eagle: (a) The Government Equalities Office has made no such payments.
(b) The Equality and Human Rights Commission has to date funded the Greater Manchester centre for voluntary organisation (GMCVO) and the Regional Action Involvement South East (RAISE). Both organisations work to develop equality and diversity partnerships at regional level. The GMCVO collaborates
with and assists organisations that work across all the mandate areas (sometimes known as equality strands). The RAISE is actively consulting upon the viability of a south-east regional equalities network.
Duchy of Lancaster
Devolution
Mr. Maude: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will place in the Library a copy of the most recent guidance issued by the Cabinet Secretary on raising awareness of devolution among civil servants. [249956]
Mr. Watson: I have placed in the Library a copy of ‘Working with the devolved administrations: Guidance for UK Government Departments’, issued to Departments by the Cabinet Secretary last July. The guidance is publicly available on the Cabinet Office devolution website:
Unemployment
Mr. Clappison: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how the UK ranks against other EU member states in terms of (a) the change in the rate of unemployment and (b) the change in the rate of unemployment for 16 to 24 year olds in the last year for which figures are available. [254489]
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 February 2009:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question asking how the UK ranks against other EU member states in terms of (a) the change in the rate of unemployment and (b) the change in the rate of unemployment for 16 to 24 year olds in the last year for which figures are available. (254489)
Comparable unemployment rates for EU Member States are estimated and published by Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the European Communities, using data derived from the Labour Force Survey in each country. The latest quarterly estimates and annual changes are provided in the attached two tables. Countries are ranked in order of the size of the annual change in each case.
The Eurostat definition of unemployed persons includes those aged 15. Estimates excluding 15 year olds are not readily available for most countries. Therefore the figures provided include those aged 15 for all countries except the UK and Spain.
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