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Government Departments: Correspondence
Mr. Maude: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what targets (a) her Department and (b) the Government Communication Group have for the time to (i) acknowledge and (ii) provide a substantive reply to external correspondence. [299446]
Angela E. Smith: It has not proved possible to respond to the right hon. Gentleman in the time available before Prorogation.
Government Departments: Managers
Mr. Maude: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many layers of line management there are (a) in her Department and (b) on average in all Government departments. [299468]
Tessa Jowell: It has not proved possible to respond to the right hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Government Departments: Recruitment
Mr. Maude: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what guidance her Department has produced on re-employing former civil servants as (a) fee paid staff, (b) contractors, (c) agency staff and (d) consultants. [299411]
Angela E. Smith: It has not proved possible to respond to the right hon. Gentleman in the time available before Prorogation.
Mr. Maude: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what guidance the Cabinet Secretary has given to Departments on making public appointments in the period before the general election. [299412]
Tessa Jowell: General guidance on public appointments is set out in the Cabinet Office guidance Making and Managing Public Appointments. This is available in the Libraries of the House and on-line at:
On the announcement of a General Election, guidance will be issued on questions of procedure and conduct for civil servants, including on the making of public appointments.
Government Departments: Telephone Services
Mr. Maude: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Reading West of 21 April 2009, Official Report, column 550W, on Government departments: telephone services, if she will place in the Library a copy of the Cabinet Office survey of different telephone number types used by Government departments and agencies. [299248]
Angela E. Smith: It has not proved possible to respond to the right hon. Gentleman in the time available before Prorogation.
Lobbying
Mr. Grogan: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what her policy is on the regulation of political lobbyists and the declaration of their client lists; and if she will make a statement. [299785]
Tessa Jowell: The Government's position is as set out in its Response to the Report of the Public Administration Select Committee on Lobbying: Access and influence in Whitehall published on 23 October 2009 (HC 1058).
Lord-Lieutenants
Keith Vaz: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many Lords Lieutenant in each region there are of each (a) sex, (b) age group and (c) ethnicity; what the average salary is of Lords Lieutenant; and if she will make a statement. [299340]
Tessa Jowell: It has not proved possible to respond to my right hon. Friend in the time available before Prorogation.
Marketing: Cabinet Office
Jenny Willott: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how much the Prime Minister's Office has spent on advertising in each of the last three years; and if she will make a statement. [299848]
Angela E. Smith: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Members: Correspondence
Mr. Philip Hammond: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office when she expects to answer Question 289081, on special advisers, tabled by the hon. Member for Runnymede and Weybridge on 20 July 2009. [299309]
Tessa Jowell: This question has been answered today.
Andrew Selous: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office (1) when she plans to respond to question 255507, on public sector jobs, tabled to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster on 5 February 2009; [299613]
(2) what estimate she has made of the proportion of new jobs created since 1997 which attract salaries paid for out of public funds. [255507]
Angela E. Smith: I apologise for the late response.
The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked for a further copy of the response to be sent.
Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated February 2009:
As National Statistician I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question concerning what estimate has been made of the proportion of new jobs created since 1997 which attract salaries paid for out of public funds. (255507)
The table appended provides the net change in employment in the public and private sectors between 1997 and 2008. It shows that the increase in public sector employment accounted for 19 per cent of the increase in the total of public and private sector employment over this period.
The Office for National Statistics publishes employment statistics for the public sector from the Quarterly Public Sector Employment Survey and for the private sector from the Labour Force Survey.
Employment levels vary over time for a number of reasons, including because new jobs are created. Statistics of new jobs created are not available. However, as here, comparisons can be made of overall net changes in employment, within the public and private sectors. These sectors are as defined in the National Accounts and do not exactly match with the number of jobs which attract salaries paid for out of public funds. For example, GPs are not counted in the public sector.
| Public and private sector employment | ||
| Not seasonally adjusted; headcount( 1) | ||
| Public sector( 2) | Private sector( 3) | |
| (1) Headcount figures are in thousands. (2) Source: Quarterly Public Sector Employment Survey. (3) Source: Labour Force Survey. | ||
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