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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.
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:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question asking 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)
The information requested 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.
The figures in the table are derived from the LFS microdata which are weighted using the official population estimates published in autumn 2007. They are not entirely consistent with the figures published in the monthly Labour Market Statistics Statistical Bulletin, or the migrant worker figures published every quarter, which are weighted using more up-to-date population estimates.
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:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Questions asking how many people resident in (a) Essex and (b) Castle Point were unemployed for a period in each of the last five years; how many people resident in (a) Essex and (b) Castle Point were in employment in each of the last five years; 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; and how many (a) males, (b) females and (c) single parents were in (i) in employment and (ii) unemployed for a period in (a) Essex and (b) Castle Point in each of the last five years. (281320, 281321, 281322 & 281323)
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) compiles labour market statistics for local areas from the Annual Population Survey (APS) and its predecessor the annual Labour Force Survey (LPS). Estimates of total unemployment for unitary and local authorities are produced from a statistical model, following International Labour Organisation (ILO) definitions.
Table 1 shows the number of people aged 16 and over, resident in Essex and Castle Point, who were unemployed for a period in each of the last five years. The estimates for Essex have been compiled from the APS, estimates for Castle Point are compiled from model based estimates.
Table 2 shows the number of people aged 16 and over, resident in the requested geographies who were employed in each of the last five years. The estimates have been compiled from the APS.
Unemployment rates are calculated as the number of unemployed people 16+ as a percentage of the economically active population rather than as a percentage of the working age population. Table 3 shows the unemployment rates of people resident in the requested geographies, in each of the last five years, consistent with these definitions. Unemployment rates for Essex have been compiled from the APS and are based on the percentage of the economically active population. Estimates for Castle Point are compiled from Model based estimates.
Table 4 shows the number of lone parents below state pension age with dependent children in employment and unemployed in the requested geographies for the calendar years 2004 to 2007.
Estimates are derived from the APS household datasets and are only available for January to December for the years 2004 to 2007.
Table 5 shows the number males and females aged 16 and over resident in the requested geographies who were employed in each of the last five years.
Table 6 shows the number of males and females aged 16 and over resident in the requested geographies unemployed in each of the last five years. The estimates in Tables 5&6 have been compiled from the APS.
National and local area estimates for many labour market statistics, including employment and unemployment are available from the NOMIS website at:
| 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) |
| ‘—’ = 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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