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Departmental Public Appointments

Harry Cohen: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office (1) what information her Department holds on the number of persons appointed to executive positions in bodies for which her Department has responsibility in the last five years who previously had careers in the banking industry; [261229]

(2) what information the Cabinet Office holds on the number of persons appointed to executive positions in the Prime Minister’s Office in the last five years who previously had careers in the banking industry. [261239]

Angela E. Smith: The information requested is not held centrally and therefore can be provided only at disproportionate cost.

Departmental Television

Mr. Hoban: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many plasma screen televisions there are in the Prime Minister’s office in No. 12 Downing Street; and how much each of these cost to purchase. [252362]

Angela E. Smith: There are two plasma screen televisions in No. 12 Downing street; both were already in situ in the Prime Minister’s Office, therefore no addition costs were incurred.


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Departmental Training

Mr. Philip Hammond: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what training courses have been attended by special advisers in her Department in the last 12 months; and at what cost. [279406]

Angela E. Smith: Special advisers receive training as appropriate to enable them to fulfil their duties and responsibilities as set out in the “Model Contract for Special Advisers”.

Employment

Mr. Clappison: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many and what proportion of (a) UK nationals, (b) UK-born people, (c) foreign nationals, (d) non-UK EU nationals, (e) EU A8 nationals and (f) non-EU nationals of working age in the UK were in employment in each of the last eight quarters for which figures are available. [280798]

Angela E. Smith: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.

Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated June 2009:


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Employment levels and rates for working age( 1) people, by nationality and country of birth—three months ending March, June, September and December, 2007 to 2008 United Kingdom, not seasonally adjusted
Thousand and percentage
UK nationals UK born Non-UK nationals( 2) Non-UK EU nationals EU A8 nationals( 3) Non-E U nationals

Number Rate (%) Number Rate (%) Number Rate (%) Number Rate (%) Number Rate (%) Number Rate (%)

2007 Q2

25,784

75

24,508

75

2,103

68

969

77

431

82

1,134

62

2007 Q3

26,023

75

24,694

76

2,113

69

969

78

430

84

1,144

62

2007 Q4

26,050

76

24,718

78

2,173

68

1,010

79

469

84

1,163

61

2008 Q1

25,870

75

24,547

75

2,254

69

1,068

79

500

83

1,186

62

2008 Q2

25,882

75

24,532

75

2,266

69

1,065

79

498

84

1,201

62

2008 Q3

25,928

75

24,580

76

2,279

69

1,045

79

504

84

1,234

63

2008 Q4

25,749

75

24,372

75

2,342

69

1,052

77

470

81

1,290

63

2009 Q1(4)

*25,454

74

*24,067

74

*2,313

69

*1,097

78

**500

83

*1,215

62

(1) Men aged 16-64 and women aged 16-59.
(2) Excludes those whose nationality was not known.
(3) EU A8 comprises Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia.
(4) Coefficients of Variation have been calculated 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

Employment Tribunals Service

Grant Shapps: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many actions under employment law have been brought against her Department in respect of (a) the Prime Minister’s Office, (b) the Office of the Leader of the House and (c) her Department in each of the last three years; how many such actions were brought under each category of action; and how many such actions were contested by her Department at an employment tribunal. [277426]

Angela E. Smith: The Prime Minister’s Office and the Leader’s Office are part of the Cabinet Office.

During the last three financial years fewer than five employment law actions have been brought against the Department. It is Cabinet Office policy not to report information which may identify individuals. Detailed information on the categories of action and contested cases is therefore withheld.

Employment: Essex

Bob Spink: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office (1) how many people resident in (a) Essex and (b) Castle Point were unemployed for a period in each of the last five years; [281320]

(2) how many people resident in (a) Essex and (b) Castle Point were in employment for a period in each of the last five years; [281321]

(3) what the average unemployment rate among the working age population in (a) Essex and (b) Castle Point was in each of the last five years; [281322]

(4) how many (a) males, (b) females and (c) single parents were (i) in employment and (ii) unemployed for a period in (A) Essex and (B) Castle Point in each of the last five years. [281323]

Angela E. Smith: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.

Letter from Karen Dunnell, June 2009:


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Table 1: Number of persons unemployed( 1) resident in Essex and Castle Point in each of the last five years
Thousand
12 month period Essex Castle Point( 2)

January to December 2004

26

1

January to December 2005

28

2

January to December 2006

25

2

January to December 2007

32

2

October 2007 to September 2008

***31

***2

‘—’ = Data is unreliable for practical purposes.
(1) Levels of unemployment are provided for persons aged 16 and over. The figures presented are weighted to population estimates published in 2007.
(2) Model Based Estimates.
(3) Coefficients of Variation have been calculated for the latest period as an indication of the quality of the estimates. See Guide to Quality following.
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.
K ey Coefficient of Variation (CV) (percentage)
* 0 = CV <5
** 5 = CV <10
*** 10 = CV <20
**** CV = 20
Source:
Annual Population Surveys Model Based Estimates

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