| Previous Section | Index | Home Page |
20 Apr 2009 : Column 38W—continued
Mr. Paul Goodman: To ask the Minister for Women and Equality pursuant to the answer of 10 March 2009, Official Report, columns 335-6W, on manpower: Equality and Human Rights Commission, what the staffing costs are for each department of the Equality and Human Rights Commission. [269478]
Maria Eagle: The staff costs for 2008-09 by Directorate within the Equality and Human Rights Commission is shown as follows. This information is the best estimate available.
| Total (£000) | |
Equality and Human Rights Commission: Pay
Mr. Paul Goodman: To ask the Minister for Women and Equality what the (a) pay band of and (b) cash equivalent pension transfer value accrued by each member of the senior management board of the Commission of Equality and Human Rights is; and if she will make a statement. [269317]
Maria Eagle: The information asked for under (a) will be part of the Equality and Human Rights Commission's Annual Report and Accounts for the transition period of October 2007 to March 2008. The Commission intend that the Annual Report is laid before Parliament before the summer recess.
The cash equivalent transfer value information (b) will also appear in the remuneration report section of the Annual Report and Accounts.
Mr. Paul Goodman: To ask the Minister for Women and Equality pursuant to the answer of 10 March 2009, Official Report, columns 335-6W, on manpower: Equality and Human Rights Commission, how many staff of the Equality and Human Rights Commission are paid (a) between £50,000 and £100,000 and (b) over £100,000 a year. [269479]
Maria Eagle: As of 31 March 2009, the number of staff employees of the Equality and Human Rights Commission paid:
(a) between £50,000 and £100,000 was 28; and
(b) over £100,000 was three.
Leader of the House
Departmental Computers
Mr. Hoban: To ask the Leader of the House how many laptop computers have been provided to (a) Ministers, (b) special advisers and (c) civil servants in her Office in each year since 2005; and at what cost. [268264]
Chris Bryant: The Office of the Leader of the House of Commons joined the Cabinet Office in 2007. I refer the hon. Gentleman to the answer given by the Cabinet Office.
It would not be possible to provide information prior to 2007 without incurring a disproportionate cost.
Departmental Mobile Phones
Mr. Hoban: To ask the Leader of the House (1) how much has been spent on (a) the purchase of and (b) bills for (i) Blackberrys and (ii) other mobile telephones for (A) Ministers, (B) special advisers and (C) civil servants in her Office in each year since 2005; [268244]
(2) how many (a) Blackberrys and (b) other mobile telephones have been provided to (i) Ministers, (ii) special advisers and (iii) civil servants in her Office in each year since 2005. [268280]
Chris Bryant: The Office of the Leader of the House of Commons joined the Cabinet Office in 2007. I refer the hon. Gentleman to the answer given by the Cabinet Office.
It would not be possible to provide information prior to 2007 without incurring a disproportionate cost.
Church Commissioners
Departmental Finance
Mr. Gibb: To ask the hon. Member for Middlesbrough, representing the Church Commissioners what the Church Commissioners’ own administration costs were in (a) 2006 and (b) 2007. [268811]
Sir Stuart Bell: Expenditure for the Commissioners’ administration of national Church functions, governance, restructuring and rent, refurbishment and repairs to Commissioners’ offices were £4.9 million in 2006 and £6.6 million in 2007.
Departmental Land
Mr. Gibb: To ask the hon. Member for Middlesbrough, representing the Church Commissioners how many acres of agricultural land were sold by the Church Commissioners in each year from 2000 to 2008. [268749]
Sir Stuart Bell: The Commissioners do not record this information and could not establish it retrospectively without incurring disproportionate cost.
Mr. Gibb: To ask the hon. Member for Middlesbrough, representing the Church Commissioners how much the Church Commissioners received on average per acre of agricultural land they sold in each year since 2000. [268809]
Sir Stuart Bell: The Commissioners do not record average proceeds per acre but I can tell the hon. Gentleman that total proceeds for agricultural land for each year between 2001 and 2007 were as follows:
| £ million | |
In 2000, agricultural sales were not recorded separately so the total proceeds for the year (£11.2 million) represents a mixture of agricultural and residential sales.
Figures for 2008 are not yet fully audited; they will be published in May.
Departmental Manpower
Mr. Gibb: To ask the hon. Member for Middlesbrough, representing the Church Commissioners how many people the Church Commissioners employ directly; and at what annual salary cost. [268804]
Sir Stuart Bell: The Church Commissioners are a joint employer of most staff of the National Church Institutions. They also employ staff engaged in local property management.
In 2007, the last year for which fully audited figures are available, the number of staff for which the Commissioners were the managing employer averaged 174, at a salary cost of £4 million (not including employer’s national insurance and pension contributions).
Property Development
Mr. Gibb: To ask the hon. Member for Middlesbrough, representing the Church Commissioners what proposed property development schemes the Church Commissioners are participating in. [268810]
Sir Stuart Bell:
The Commissioners’ strategic land portfolio comprises about 40 property development schemes located throughout England. Of the few that are being developed, the Commissioners have agreements in place with developers for them to take forward the schemes at their risk. Most are pre-development, comprising sites which have yet to be allocated for development in a development plan, those allocated without planning
permission, and those with planning permission but yet to be developed. In the hon. Gentleman’s constituency, the Commissioners are jointly promoting the Bognor Regis Eco Quarter proposal with other landowners. This is part of Option 1 in the Arun District Council’s current development options consultation exercise.
Defence
Afghanistan
Mr. Gerald Howarth: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many (a) troops in contact incidents and (b) indirect fire events were recorded in (i) Afghanistan and (ii) Iraq in each month of the last three years. [243255]
Mr. Hutton: The Ministry of Defence is currently collating and validating the data needed to answer this question. I will write to the hon. Member when this work is complete, and place a copy of my letter in the Library of the House.
Substantive answer from John Hutton to Gerald Howarth:
I am writing to provide you with the information promised in my holding reply to your Parliamentary Question regarding troops in contact incidents and indirect fire events in Iraq and Afghanistan (Official Record, 4 February 2009, column 1257W).
The Ministry of Defence has recently completed a review of the data required to answer this question, and has revised the manner in which we classify and present data to ensure consistency.
The numbers of troops in contact events, regardless of the instigator, involving the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) and insurgents in Helmand province as part of Task Force Helmand for each complete month from March 2006 to February 2009 for which verified data are available are shown below.
| 2006( 1) | 2007( 1) | 2008( 1) | 20091 | |
| (1 )Rounded to the nearest 10 | ||||
The numbers of indirect fire events, regardless of the instigator, involving the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) and insurgents in Helmand province as part of Task Force Helmand for each complete month from March 2006 to February 2009 for which verified data are available are shown below.
| 2006( 1) | 2007( 1) | 2008( 1) | 2009( 1) | |
| (1) Rounded to the nearest 10 | ||||
| Next Section | Index | Home Page |