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Redundancy: Females

Steve Webb: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what proportion of those made redundant in each of the last 12 months were women by (a) region and (b) age. [287328]

Angela E. Smith: I have been asked to reply.

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 Parliamentary Question asking what proportion of those made redundant in each of the last 12 months were women by (a) region and (b) age. (287328)

The attached tables provide estimates for the information requested for the latest four quarters from the Labour Force Survey (LFS). Monthly data are not available.

As with any sample survey, estimates from the LFS are subject to a margin of uncertainty.

The figures in the tables 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 which are weighted using more up-to-date population estimates.

Proportion of people aged 16 and over made redundant( 1) who were women by region, three-month periods ending June, September, December and March: 2008 to 2009, United Kingdom, not seasonally adjusted
Percentage
		Region
		North East	North West	Yorkshire and Humberside	East Midlands	West Midlands	Eastern	London
2008	Q2	40	37	42	46	50	39	33
	Q3	47	35	36	39	46	43	63
	Q4	25	35	28	32	27	26	55
2009	Q1	28	36	38	32	37	39	34

Percentage
		Region
		South East	South West	Wales	Scotland	Northern Ireland	Total
2008	Q2	39	30	38	60	53	42
	Q3	33	38	40	60	(2)-	42
	Q4	40	26	(2)-	24	(2)-	31
2009	Q1	41	36	22	26	27	34

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Proportion of people aged 16 and over made redundant( 1) who were women by age, three-month periods ending June, September, December and March: 2008 to 2009, United Kingdom, not seasonally adjusted
Percentage
		Age
		16-24	25-34	35-49	50-59	60 and over	Total
2008	Q2	50	37	43	41	30	42
	Q3	32	29	52	49	44	42
	Q4	23	26	39	32	34	31
2009	Q1	32	34	35	43	25	34
(1) Includes those who have been made redundant in the three months prior to their LFS interview. (2) Sample size too small for reliable estimates. Note: 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.

Regional Development Agencies: Expenditure

Mr. Ellwood: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what recent discussions the Secretary of State has had with the Department for Culture, Media and Sport on levels of funding allocated by regional development agencies for expenditure on support for the tourism industry. [287908]

Ms Rosie Winterton: The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) contributes towards the regional development agencies' (RDAs) single programme budget. The single programme budget, once allocated, is available to the RDAs to deliver regional priorities identified in their regional economic strategies and the challenging targets set by them in the corporate plans. RDAs are currently revising their corporate plans and DCMS are involved in this process.

Regional Development Agencies: Finance

Bill Wiggin: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what provisional budget his Department has set for regional development agencies in each of the next five years; and if he will make a statement. [285690]

Ms Rosie Winterton: The regional development agencies have an indicative budget of £1.8 billion for 2010-11, and no budgets have been indicated to them beyond that period.

Regional Development Agencies: Pensions

Mrs. Spelman: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how much was paid in employer pension contributions to (a) the Chief Executive and (b) each board member of each regional development agency in each of the last three years. [277993]

Ms Rosie Winterton [holding answer 4 June 2009]: The financial value of the employer pension contribution made to both RDA chief executives and RDA chairs are detailed in the tables. RDA board members do not receive a pension from the RDA. The data have been rounded up/down, as appropriate and exclude London, which is the responsibility of the Mayor.

AWM
	CEX	Chair
2005/06	29,773	18,911
2006/07	17,574	19,995
2007/08	36,676	20,127

EEDA
	CEX	Chair
2005/06	26,000	18,991
2006/07	28,000	19,881
2007/08	29,000	20,127

emda
	CEX	Chair
2005/06	27,084	18,991
2006/07	27,693	18,329
2007/08	28,764	17,258

NWDA
	CEX	Chair
2005/06	19,245	8,849
2006/07	27,693	16,615
2007/08	28,764	28,000

ONE
	CEX	Chair
2005/06	25,250	18,911
2006/07	32,729	19,881
2007/08	33,187	20,127

SEEDA
	CEX	Chair( 1)
2005/06	37,303	0
2006/07	39,535	0
2007/08	40,182	0
(1) The chair has been in post since December 2002 and is the only board member eligible to receive pension contributions. Employer contributions of £104,344, based on the civil service pension scheme rates, were paid to the chair's personal pension scheme in December 2008 to cover contributions from December 2002 to December 2008 when he was due to retire.

South West RDA
	CEX	Chair
2005/06	25,978	18,911
2006/07	29,666	19,881
2007/08	28,764	20,127

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Yorkshire Forward
	CEX	Chair
2005/06	32,000	20,739
2006/07	(1)28,000	19,881
2007/08	(1)29,000	20,127
(1) During this period there was a time of overlap where YF had two CEOs. In 2005/06 the outgoing CEX claimed £28,000 while the incoming CEX claimed £4,000 and in 2006/07 the incoming CEX claimed £27,000 while the outgoing claimed £1,000.

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