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Charities: Government Assistance

Mr. Maude: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what payments her Department has made to charities to tackle socio-economic disadvantage and promote social inclusion in the last 12 months. [299451]

Angela E. Smith: It has not proved possible to respond to the right hon. Gentleman in the time available before Prorogation.

Charities: Schools

Mr. Maude: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what the policy of the Charity Commission is on undertaking investigations of whether schools with charitable status are promoting the public benefit; and what statutory provisions govern such Charity Commission investigations. [299475]

Angela E. Smith: It has not proved possible to respond to the right hon. Gentleman in the time available before Prorogation.

Charity Commission: Manpower

Mr. Maude: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many full-time equivalent staff were recruited by the Charity Commission in each year since 1996-97. [299476]

Angela E. Smith: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the Charity Commission. I have asked the Commission to reply.

Letter from Nick Allaway, dated 11 November, 2009:


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Recruitment year Total recruited Of which on a permanent basis Average FTE staffing

1998-99

74.5

34

495

1999-2000

118.8

57.4

533

2000-01

106.4

58.8

551

2001-02

91.6

50.8

562

2002-03

89

67.8

631

2003-04

61.6

39

600

2004-05

83.5

44.3

545

2005-06

28.6

15.9

517

2006-07

64.4

50.7

490

2007-08

37

27

471

2008-09

82.9

63.8

443


Charity Commission: Surveillance

Mr. Maude: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office pursuant to the answer of 27 April 2009, Official Report, column 1081W, on the Charity Commission: surveillance, (1) what the nature of the surveillance undertaken in each of the eight cases since 2004 was; and whether any prosecutions were brought; [299245]

(2) if she will place in the Library a copy of each of the Office of the Surveillance Commissioner's inspection reports of the Charity Commission that are held by the Commission; [299246]

(3) whether the Charity Commission has (a) made and (b) rejected any requests for authorisations under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 for surveillance of schools with charitable status. [299247]

Angela E. Smith: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the Charity Commission. I have asked the Commission to reply.

Letter from Nick Allaway, dated 11 November 2009:

Christmas

Mr. Philip Hammond: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how much her Department spent on Christmas (a) cards, (b) parties and (c) decorations in the last 12 months. [299275]

Angela E. Smith: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Gentleman in the time available before Prorogation.

Civil Servants

Mr. Maude: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office pursuant to the written ministerial statement of 24 June 2009, Official Report, column 57WS, on Report to Parliament on Civil Service Delegations/Authorisations, what the details of each delegation or authorisation were; and what the purpose was of each. [299321]

Angela E. Smith: It has not proved possible to respond to the right hon. Gentleman in the time available before Prorogation.

Civil Servants: Foreign Workers

Mr. Maude: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office with reference to the decision of the British Council to outsource staff to India, whether her Department has issued recent guidance to non-departmental bodies and executive agencies on the outsourcing of Civil Service jobs to areas outside the UK. [299453]

Angela E. Smith: It has not proved possible to respond to the right hon. Gentleman in the time available before Prorogation.

Civil Servants: Pay

Mr. Maude: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office pursuant to the answers of 20 July 2009, Official Report, column 1035W, and of 27 April 2009, Official Report, columns 1082-4W, on civil servants: pay, how many employees of the public bodies listed are in receipt of a salary of over (a) £100,000, (b) £150,000 and (c) £200,000. [299330]

Tessa Jowell: It has not proved possible to respond to the right hon. Gentleman in the time available before Prorogation.

Civil Servants: Pensions

Mr. Maude: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office whether the proposed changes to the Civil Service Compensation Scheme will require changes in (a) primary and (b) secondary legislation. [299481]


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Tessa Jowell: The Minister for the Civil Service amends the Civil Service Compensation Scheme using powers conferred by the Superannuation Act 1972.

Civil Servants: Recruitment

Mr. Maude: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what requirements there are on the use of open competition to recruit people to Civil Service posts. [299405]

Angela E. Smith: Appointment into the civil service is made on merit on the basis of fair and open competition as laid out in the Civil Service Order in Council 1995 (as amended) and the Diplomatic Service Order in Council 1991 (as amended).

The Civil Service Commissioners' Recruitment Principles give guidance on how this may be achieved in practice. A copy of the "Order in Council and The Recruitment Principles" is available on the Civil Service Commissioners website

and copies have been placed in the Libraries of the House.

Civil Servants: Training

Mr. Maude: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office pursuant to the answer of 2 June 2009, Official Report, column 422W, on civil servants, if she will place in the Library a copy of the guidance on taking minutes. [299319]

Tessa Jowell: It has not proved possible to respond to the right hon. Gentleman in the time available before Prorogation.

Civil Servants: Vacancies

Mr. Maude: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office pursuant to the answer of 2 June 2009, Official Report, columns 422-3W, on civil servants: vacancies, what the (a) job title, (b) salary range and (c) sponsoring public body was of each job vacancy posted on the Civil Service Recruitment Gateway that was only advertised on the private part of the website in the last three months. [299322]

Angela E. Smith: It has not proved possible to respond to the right hon. Gentleman in the time available before Prorogation.

Committee on Standards in Public Life

Sir John Stanley: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office which 12 constituencies are referred to in paragraph 5.74 of the Twelfth Report of the Committee on Standards in Public Life, Cm 7724. [299618]

Tessa Jowell: Information contained in its report is a matter for the Committee.


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Death: Cancer

Chloe Smith: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many (a) diagnosed cases of and (b) deaths from oesophageal cancer there have been in (i) each region and (ii) Norwich North constituency since 1997. [298256]

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 Matheston, dated November 2009:

Table 1: Registrations of newly diagnosed cases of oesophageal cancer( 1) , by Government Office region and Norwich North parliamentary constituency( 2) ,1997-2007( 3)
Government Office Region 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

North East

309

286

298

316

290

325

346

302

309

341

308

North West

881

914

897

891

1,034

910

988

1,014

1,044

1,023

1,064

Yorkshire and The Humber

547

584

559

582

594

625

638

651

693

660

652

East Midlands

524

538

580

542

597

606

532

561

620

580

657

West Midlands

638

637

608

661

683

703

700

702

705

675

747

East of England

618

608

609

590

566

599

580

609

634

622

691

London

624

634

642

697

631

668

681

584

605

626

623

South East

910

890

1,041

1,031

1,027

1,007

1,066

1,072

1,055

1,007

1,013

South West

689

621

725

735

747

719

747

735

790

819

732

Parliamentary Constituency

Norwich North

12

6

12

8

11

10

9

10

15

14

15

(1) Oesophageal cancer is coded to C15 in the International Classification of Diseases 10th Revision (ICD-10)
(2) Based on boundaries as of 2009
(3) Newly diagnosed registrations in each calendar year

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