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Mr. Maude: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster whether the proposed new duty for the public sector to address social inequality contained in the New Opportunities White Paper is to apply to (a) executive agencies and (b) non-departmental public bodies. [258612]
Kevin Brennan: The Government are talking with interested parties about the concept and design of a duty to address socio-economic inequality, ahead of deciding whether to legislate. No decisions have been taken as to which public bodies the proposed duty might apply to.
Employment Level: Private Sector
Mr. Maude: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many British citizens were employed by the private sector in (a) 1997 and (b) the most recent year for which figures are available. [258597]
Kevin Brennan: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.
Letter from Dennis Roberts, dated February 2009
The National Statistician has been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question asking how many British citizens were employed by the private sector in (a) 1997 and (b) the most recent year for which figures are available (258597). I am replying in her absence.
The available information for UK nationals aged 16 and over is provided in the attached table.
The estimates are derived from the Labour Force Survey (LFS). These estimates are based on the respondents’ views about the organisation for which they work. Citizenship is defined as the nationality reported by the respondents at the time of the survey.
As with any sample survey, estimates from the LFS are subject to a margin of uncertainty.
The figures have been derived from the LFS microdata which are weighted using the official population estimates published in autumn 2007. Consequently the 2008 estimate is 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.
| UK nationals aged 16 and over employed in the private sector( 1)( 2) , three month period ending December, 1997 and 2008, United Kingdom, not seasonally adjusted | |
| (1)It should be noted that private sector estimates are based on survey respondents’ views about the organisation for which they work (2)Includes self-employed and unpaid family workers (3)Coefficients of variation have been calculated for the latest period as an indication of the quality of the estimates, as described 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. It should be noted that the above estimates exclude people in most types of communal establishment (e.g. hotels, boarding houses, hostels mobile home sites etc) Source: Labour Force Survey | |
Government Communications Network
Mr. Maude: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many individuals are members of the Government Communications Network. [241771]
Mr. Watson: The Government Communications Network is not a membership organisation. It is primarily an online network of professional communicators.
Any civil servant who considers all or part of their job to be communication can register online to gain access to GCN and the resources it provides through its website.
Government Departments: Internet
Mr. Grieve: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how much was spent on transformational government projects in each year since 2005. [258333]
Mr. Watson: We do not hold this information centrally. However, in relation to the Cabinet Office’s ICT expenditure I refer the hon. and learned Member to the answer given to the hon. Member for Cardiff, Central (Jenny Willott) on 23 February 2009, Official Report, column 392W. More widely, the Cabinet Office publishes an annual report on Transformational Government which contains summary information about expenditure across Government Departments represented on the CIO Council. The reports for 2006 and 2007 can be found online on the CIO website:
and copies are available in the Libraries of the House.
Government Departments: Manpower
Mr. Maude: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many full-time equivalent staff were employed in each (a) Government department, (b) executive agency and (c) non-departmental public body in (i) 1996-97 and (ii) the most recent year for which figures are available. [258593]
Kevin Brennan: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.
Letter from Dennis Roberts, dated February 2009:
The National Statistician has been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question concerning how many full-time equivalent staff were employed in each (a) Government department, (b) executive agency and (c) non-departmental public body in (i) 1996-97 and (ii) the most recent year for which figures are available, according to records held by (A) the Cabinet Office and (B) the Office for National Statistics. I am replying in her absence. (258593).
Estimates of employment for the home civil service from Q3 2004 onwards are taken from the Civil Service element of the Quarterly Public Sector Employment Survey (QPSES). These are the official employment estimates used by both the Cabinet Office and the Office for National Statistics. Estimates prior to this date are based on results from the Civil Service Statistics publication (Mandate collection), undertaken by Cabinet Office.
The number of full-time equivalent staff employed by government departments and executive agencies in 1996-7 was published by Cabinet Office and is available on- line: http://www. civilservice.gov.uk/documents/pdf/stats/css97.pdf
The number of full-time equivalent staff employed by government departments and their executive agencies are published on a quarterly basis by the Office for National Statistics. The most recent data are for Quarter 3 2008 (Annex A).
Estimates of employment for individual non-departmental public bodies are not published by either Cabinet Office or the Office for National Statistics.
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