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Lord Ashcroft
Mr. Gordon Prentice: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office on which dates her Department passed material to the Information Commissioner in connection with the Freedom of Information request lodged by the hon. Member for Pendle pertaining to Lord Ashcroft. [293198]
Tessa Jowell: I refer the hon. Member to the replies I gave him on 14 July 2009, Official Report, columns 340-41W and 15 July 2009, Official Report, column 462W.
Performing Arts
Mr. Hurd: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what guidance her Department has issued to (a) executive agencies and (b) non-departmental public bodies on the hiring from public funds of celebrities for (i) endorsement and (ii) other marketing purposes. [292096]
Tessa Jowell [holding answer 12 October 2009]: The Cabinet Office has not issued guidance to (a) executive agencies and (b) non-departmental public bodies on the hiring of celebrities using public funds for (i) endorsement and (ii) other marketing purposes.
Government Departments, their agencies and NDPBs decide their own communication priorities and will seek to make use of the most effective and cost efficient techniques to achieve their communications objectives. The use of personalities is one such approach which can help engage people extremely effectively.
All Government communications activities are subject to strict propriety guidance, which, along with relevant codes of conduct and guidance, define how public servants can properly, efficiently and effectively present government policies and programmes.
Teenage Pregnancy
Tim Loughton: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many maternities of mothers aged under 20 years there were in each constituency in England in each year since 1997. [294606]
Angela E. Smith: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.
Letter from Jil Matheson, dated October 2009:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question asking how many maternities of mothers aged under 20 years there were in each constituency in England in each year since 1997. (294606)
The table provides the number of maternities among women under the age of 20 years for each parliamentary constituency in England, for 1997 to 2007 (the most recent year for which figures are available). A copy of the table has been placed in the House of Commons Library.
Telephone Services
Mark Williams: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what the Government's policy is on call charges by Government Departments for hon. Members for use of a telephone hotline on behalf of their constituents; and if she will make a statement. [292831]
Angela E. Smith: There are currently no plans to consider special charging arrangements for Members of Parliament calling government service providers on behalf of constituents.
Unemployment: Chelmsford
Mr. Burns: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office (1) how many people aged between 16 and 24 years in (a) Chelmsford local authority area and (b) West Chelmsford constituency had been unemployed for over (i) six and (ii) 12 months in each of the last six months; [294057]
(2) how many people aged between 16 and 24 years in (a) Chelmsford local authority area and (b) West Chelmsford constituency were unemployed in (i) May 1997 and (ii) each of the last six months for which figures are available. [294058]
Angela E. Smith: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.
Letter from Jil Matheson, dated October 2009:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Questions asking how many people aged between 16 and 24 years in (a) Chelmsford local authority area and (b) West Chelmsford Parliamentary constituency have been unemployed for over (i) six and (ii) 12 months in each of the last six months; and how many people aged between 16 and 24 years in (a) Chelmsford local authority area and (b) West Chelmsford Parliamentary constituency were unemployed in (i) May 1997 and (ii) each of the last six months for which figures are available. (294057 & 294058)
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) compiles unemployment statistics for local areas from the Annual Population Survey and its predecessor the annual Labour Force Survey (LFS) following International Labour Organisation (ILO) definitions.
However, estimates of unemployment for the requested age bands and geographies are not available. As an alternative, in Table I we have provided the number of persons, aged 16 to 24,
claiming Jobseeker*s Allowance, in the requested geographies, for (a) over 6 months and (b) over 12 months in September 2009 and the previous 5 months. Table 2 contains the number of persons aged 16 to 24 claiming Jobseeker's Allowance in the requested geographies for (a) May 1997 and (b) September 2009 and the previous 5 months.
National and local area estimates for many labour market statistics, including employment, unemployment and claimant count are available on the NOMIS website at:
| Table 1: Number of people aged 16 to 24 claiming Jobseeker's Allowance in Chelmsford Local Authority and West Chelmsford Parliamentary constituency for over 6 months and 12 months. | ||||
| Chelmsford | West Chelmsford | |||
| Date | over six months | over12 months | over six months | over12 months |
| (1). Data have been rounded to nearest five. (2). People claiming for over 12 months are included in the counts of people claiming for over six months. Source: Jobcentreplus administrative system | ||||
| Table 2: Number of people aged 16 to 24 claiming Jobseeker's Allowance in Chelmsford Local Authority and West Chelmsford Parliamentary constituency. | ||
| Date | Chelmsford | West Chelmsford |
| Note: Data have been rounded to nearest five. Source: Jobcentreplus administrative system | ||
Business, Innovation and Skills
Gangmasters: Telephone Services
Mr. Jim Cunningham: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what mechanism exists for his Department's Pay and Work Rights telephone helpline service to work in conjunction with the Gangmasters Licensing Authority. [293761]
Mr. McFadden: The Gangmasters Licensing Authority (GLA) was closely involved in the design and set-up of the Pay and Work Rights helpline, and relevant cases are automatically referred through to them. The GLA is a member of the Fair Employment Enforcement Board and involved in several other joint-working bodies supporting the helpline and related campaign.
Mr. Jim Cunningham: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what steps he has taken to publicise his Department's Pay and Work Rights telephone helpline service to vulnerable workers, including those employed by gangmasters. [293762]
Mr. McFadden: On 22 September 2009 BIS launched a £2.5 million awareness raising campaign aimed at promoting the Pay and Work Rights Helpline to vulnerable workers and employers. This includes communications in national press, radio, leaflets, online, and face-to-face activity. Areas covered by the GLA have been included in this messaging and a specific element aimed at gangmasters and their workers is planned.
Higher Education: Admissions
John Battle: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how many school students from Leeds West constituency entered higher education in the academic year 2008-09. [294020]
Mr. Lammy: It is not possible to identify whether entrants to higher education from Leeds West constituency attended schools or further education colleges. The number of 18 and 19-year-old undergraduate entrants from Leeds West constituency is given as an alternative.
The latest information from the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) shows that in the 2007-08 academic year there were 180 undergraduate entrants to higher education, aged 18 or 19, from Leeds West constituency.
Undergraduate entrants from Leeds West constituency are defined by full and valid home post codes recorded for the student in the HESA student record. Some of these students, although resident in Leeds West, may not have attended schools in Leeds West constituency.
Figures for the 2008-09 academic year will be available from HESA in January 2010.
Higher Education: Greater London
Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what percentage of school leavers from each London borough went on to begin a university course in each of the last five academic years; and if he will make a statement. [293047]
Mr. Lammy: The Department does not collect data on the number of school leavers, who are resident in a particular area, who do not go on to higher education. Therefore, it is not possible to calculate the percentage of school leavers from London boroughs who do go on to higher education.
It is not possible to identify whether entrants to higher education from London boroughs attended schools or further education colleges.
The numbers of 18-year-old undergraduate entrants to higher education from London local authorities, in each of the last five academic years, are shown as an alternative in the table.
Figures for the 2008/09 academic year will be available in January 2010.
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