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As National Statistician I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question, with reference to box 2.6 of the White Paper, Your region your choice, Cm 5511, how many civil servants were employed in each region in each year from 2003. (287729)
The requested statistics are attached at Annex A.
| Annex A: Regional distribution of Civil Service employment 2003-2008( 1) - Permanent employees | ||||||
| Full-time equivalents | ||||||
| 2003(2) | 2004(2) | 2005(2) | 2006(3,4) | 2007(3) | 2008(5) | |
| (1) Numbers are rounded to the nearest ten, and numbers less than five are represented by '*'. (2) Survey reference date 1 April. (3) Survey reference date 30 September. (4) Data available from Mandate collection only, providing around 85% coverage of Government departments. A comparable total for 2006, compiled by using a combination of the Mandate Collection and Departmental Returns is 508,570. Further details can be found at http://www.ons.gov.uk/about-statistics/methodology-and-quality/quality/qual-info-economic-social-and-bus-stats/quality-reports-for-business-statistics/annual-civil-service-employment-survey.pdf (5) Survey reference date 31 March. Source: Mandate Collection (Cabinet Office 2003-2005; ONS 2006) and Annual Civil Service Employment Survey (ONS 2007-2008) | ||||||
Civil Servants: Pay
Mr. Maude: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what information the Office for National Statistics holds on the (a) non-ministerial departments, (b) non-departmental public bodies and (c) public corporations which pay a salary of more than (i) £100,000, (ii) £150,000 and (iii) £200,000 to one or more individual civil servants. [287242]
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 July 2009:
As National Statistician I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question, concerning what information the Office for National Statistics holds on the (a) non-ministerial departments, (b) non-departmental public bodies and (c) public corporations which pay a salary of more than (i) £100,000, (ii) £150,000 and (iii) £200,000 to one or more individual civil servants. (287242)
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) collects a range of information, including the annual salaries of civil servants, as part of the Annual Civil Service Employment Survey (ACSES). The ACSES provides regional analyses, diversity and earnings statistics for the Civil Service population. The survey's content is outlined in the table at Annex A. The ACSES is a complete census of the Civil Service and includes all non-ministerial departments and a number of non-departmental public bodies and public corporations that are staffed by civil servants.
Further detail on the content of the ACSES is available from the ONS website at:
Annex A
Required Fields for the Annual Civil Service Employment Survey 2009
Variable Name
Date of birth
Gender
Part-time hours
Full-time equivalent (FTE)
Civil service-date of entry
Civil service-grade on entry
Department
Current grade
Current grade-date of entry
Location
National identity
Ethnic background
Date of leaving
Cause of leaving
Record key
Profession of post
Disability indicator
Appointment status
Gross salary
Department-date of entry
Post code
Mr. Maude: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many civil servants in (a) departments, (b) executive agencies and (c) non-departmental public bodies receive an annual salary of over £150,000. [287257]
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 July 2009:
As National Statistician I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question, concerning how many civil servants in (a) departments, (b) executive agencies and (c) non-departmental public bodies receive an annual salary of over £150,000. (287257)
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) collects the annual salaries of civil servants, as part of the Annual Civil Service Employment Survey (ACSES).
The requested data are attached at Annex A.
| Annex A: Number of individual civil servants paid more than £150,000 in departments, executive agencies and non-departmental public bodies (NDPB)( 1)( ) permanent employees | |
| Headcount | |
| 31 March 2008 | Greater than £150,000 |
| (1) Numbers are rounded to the nearest ten and numbers less than five are represented by "-". (2) Includes ministerial and non-ministerial Departments. Source: Annual Civil Service Employment Survey (ACSES). | |
Civil Service
Mr. Maude: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office whether employees in public corporations are reckoned to be Civil Service employees for headcount purposes. [287347]
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 July 2009:
As National Statistician I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question concerning whether the number of employees in public corporations are reckoned to be Civil Service employees for headcount purposes. (287347)
If the employees of public corporations have civil service status they will be included in the civil service headcount statistics. At Quarter 1 2009, there were 525,000 Civil Service employees and 568,000 employees of public corporations. Of those employed by public corporations, 31,493 were included in Civil Service headcount estimates (all not seasonally adjusted).
Civil Service: Languages
Mr. Boswell: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what information the Cabinet Office collates on the competences of domestic civil servants in modern foreign languages; and what steps she is taking to improve such competence levels. [278929]
Kevin Brennan: I have been asked to reply.
Information on the competencies of domestic civil servants in modern foreign languages is not held centrally. Departments may hold this information where it is relevant to the post.
The UK Inter-Departmental Standing Committee on Languages (UKIDSCOL), a cross-governmental languages group has identified a lack of higher education provision in certain languages operationally important (notably Pashtu, Farsi, Dari, Kurdish and Somali). In response, UKIDSCOL recently began working with
Government Skills (the skills council for central government) to encourage the higher education sector to provide teaching in these languages. Progress on this work is expected by the end of the year.
Civil Service: Pensions
Mr. Philip Hammond: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what the cost was of administering the Principal Civil Service Pension Scheme in each of the last five years. [289128]
Angela E. Smith: I refer the hon. Member to the reply given to the hon. Member for Northavon (Steve Webb) on 15 May 2009, Official Report, column 1048W.
Death: Cannabis
Bob Spink: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many cannabis-related deaths there were in (a) Essex and (b) Castle Point in each of the last five years. [288112]
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 July 2009:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent question asking how many cannabis-related deaths there were in (a) Essex and (b) Castle Point in each of the last five years. (288112)
There were no deaths where the underlying cause was drug poisoning(1) and cannabis was mentioned alone or with other substances on the death certificate, in (a) Essex county,(2) including Castle Point local authority,(3) from 2003 to 2007(4) (the latest year available).
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