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Departmental Ministerial Policy Advisers
Grant Shapps: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how much has been claimed in reimbursable expenses by special advisers (1) in the Prime Minister's Office in 2008-09 at the latest date for which figures are available; [260319]
(2) in the Cabinet Office in 2008-09 to date. [260320]
Kevin Brennan: Costs incurred on reimbursable expenses in 2008-09, will be available only when the Department’s resource accounts are fully audited and laid before Parliament. This is expected to be before the 2009 summer recess.
Departmental Official Hospitality
Mr. Rob Wilson: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what his Department's entertainment budget was in each of the last five years. [261111]
Kevin Brennan: The Department’s budget for entertainment is included in the Department’s hospitality budget and is not separately identifiable. Therefore the information requested is not available.
Any expenditure on entertainment is made in accordance with published departmental guidance on financial procedures and propriety, based on principles set out in “Managing Public Money” and other Treasury guidance.
Mr. Rob Wilson: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what the Prime Minister’s Office entertainment budget was in each of the last five years. [261116]
Kevin Brennan: Details of the cost of entertainment and hospitality in Downing Street and Chequers are published annually. For information for 2007-08 I refer the hon. Member to the written statement given by my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister 22 July 2008 Official Report, columns 108-10WS. For information for 2006-07 I refer the hon. Member to the answer he gave my hon. Friend the Member for Cleethorpes (Shona Mclsaac) on 25 July 2007 Official Report, column 1108W. For information for 2005-06 I refer the hon. Member to the answers given by the then Prime Minister (right hon. Tony Blair) on 11 October 2006 Official Report, column 794W. For information for 2004-05 and 2003-04 I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by my noble Friend the Lord Bassam of Brighton on 21 July 2005 Official Report, column WA261.
Mr. Rob Wilson: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how much his Department spent on (a) alcohol and (b) food in each of the last five years. [261163]
Kevin Brennan: The information requested is not held centrally and therefore is available only at disproportionate cost.
All Cabinet Office expenditure on alcohol is made in accordance with published departmental guidance on financial procedures and propriety, based on principles set out in “Managing Public Money” and the Treasury handbook on “Regularity and Propriety”.
Departmental Press
Mike Penning: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how much his Department spent on newspapers, magazines and periodicals in each year since 1997. [261203]
Kevin Brennan: The information requested is not held centrally and therefore is available only at disproportionate cost.
Departmental Public Consultation
Mr. Stewart Jackson:
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what payments for (a) polling and
(b) other services the Cabinet Office made to (i) Deborah Mattinson and (ii) Opinion Leader Research Limited since 31 December 2007; and if he will make a statement. [261064]
Kevin Brennan: The Cabinet Office has not made any payments to Deborah Mattinson since 31 December 2007.
Since the same date, the Cabinet Office has made one payment of £22,869.03 to Opinion Leader Research Limited for undertaking qualitative research with young people and parents in deprived communities.
Departmental Rail Travel
Mike Penning: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (1) what the cost was of travel by train by staff in his Department in each year since 1997; [261202]
(2) what the cost was of travel by train by staff in the Prime Minister's Office in each year since 1997. [261271]
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 information requested is not held centrally and therefore is available only at disproportionate cost.
The Cabinet Office is committed to minimising travel costs and reducing our carbon footprint and has an official travel policy that supports this. As part of the Cabinet Office's drive towards improving efficiency and reducing costs, an online booking service for UK rail tickets has been introduced in the department.
Education: Hertfordshire
Mike Penning: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many people (a) were in full-time education and (b) retired from employment in (i) Hemel Hempstead and (ii) Hertfordshire in each year since 1997. [260775]
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 March 2009:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your parliamentary question asking how many people were in (a) full-time education and (b) retired from employment in (i) Hemel Hempstead and (ii) Hertfordshire, in each year since 1997.
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) compiles employment statistics for local areas from the Annual Population Survey (APS) and its predecessor the annual Labour Force Survey (LFS) following International Labour Organisation (ILO) definitions. Estimates are provided for the number of working age people (Female 16-59, Male 16-64) who stated they are full-time students. A full time student is defined as being at school, following a sandwich course or full time at university or college. Estimates are also provided for the number of people retired from employment, defined as those who are economically inactive and report their main reason for inactivity as being retired.
Table 1 shows the number of working age persons in full-time education resident in Hertfordshire in each year since 1997. The estimates from 1997 to 2004 are for the 12 month period ending February each year and taken from the annual LFS. Estimates for 2005 to 2008 are for the 12 month period ending March each year
and taken from the APS. Estimates for July 2007 to June 2008 have also been provided, the most recent period for which estimates are available. Estimates are not shown for the Hemel Hempstead parliamentary constituency as they are based on small samples and are considered too unreliable.
Table 2 shows the number of people who are retired from employment resident in Hertfordshire and the Hemel Hempstead parliamentary constituency in each year since 1998. Estimates are provided for the 12 months ending in February from 1998, the earliest period for which estimates are available, to 2004, from annual LFS, and for the 12 months ending in March from 2005 to 2008, from APS. Estimates for July 2007 to June 2008 have also been provided, the most recent for which figures are available.
As these estimates are for a subset of the population in small geographical areas, they are based on small sample sizes, and are therefore subject to large margins of uncertainty. A guide to the quality of the estimates is given in Table 1 and Table 2.
| Table 1: Number of persons working age( 1) in full-time education( 2) in (a) Hertfordshire and (b) Hemel Hempstead in each year since 1997. | ||
| Thousand | ||
| 12 months ending | Hertfordshire | Hemel Hempstead |
| ‘—’ = Figures are disclosive or statistically unreliable. (1) Working age (Females 16 to 59, Males 16 to 64) (2) Coverage applies to all respondents, of working age, who stated they are full-time students. A full time student is defined as being at school, following a sandwich course or full time at university or college. (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% we would expect the population total to be within the range 180-220 Key Coefficient of Variation (CV) (% Statistical Robustness * 0 [le] CV 5 Estimates are considered precise ** 5 [le] CV 10 Estimates are considered reasonably precise *** 10 [le] CV 20 Estimates are considered acceptable **** CV ≥ 20 Estimates are considered too unreliable for practical purposes Source: Annual Labour Force Survey and Annual Population Survey | ||
Electoral Register
Mr. Oaten: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what percentage of individuals on the electoral register are listed anonymously. [260601] [Official Report, 21 April 2009, Vol. 491, c. 3-4MC.]
Kevin Brennan [holding answer 4 March 2009]: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.
Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated March 2009:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your question asking what percentage of individuals on the electoral register are listed anonymously. (260601).
Just over one in one thousand individuals registered to vote in the local/European elections are listed anonymously in England and Wales, for 2008. Just under one in one thousand are listed in Scotland, for 2008. The legislation for anonymous registration is not yet enacted in Northern Ireland.
Employment
Mr. Frank Field: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many (a) non-UK born UK nationals and (b) non-UK born non-UK nationals his Department estimates there are in the working population of Britain; and what proportion of the total working population each category represents. [262051]
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 March 2009:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question asking how many (a) non-UK born UK nationals and (b) non-UK born non-UK nationals it is estimated there are in the working population of Britain; and what proportion of that working population each category represents. [262051]
The requested information is shown in the attached table.
The estimates are derived from the Labour Force Survey. As with any sample survey, estimates from the LFS are subject to a margin of uncertainty. This is assessed in a footnote to the table.
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