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Christmas
Mr. Hunt: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how much her Department has budgeted for Christmas trees in 2009. [306693]
Angela E. Smith: The Cabinet Office has budgeted £3,027 for Christmas trees in 2009.
Departmental Electronic Equipment
Mr. Hands: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many plasma screen televisions her Department has purchased since 2001; and what the cost has been of purchasing and installing such screens in each such year. [306078]
Angela E. Smith: This information can be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Departmental Freedom of Information
Mr. Gordon Prentice: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office on how many occasions since 1 April 2008 her Department has not provided the Information Commissioner with all the relevant information he requested (a) within 20 working days in respect of a first request and (b) within 10 working days of a request for additional relevant information; and if she will make a statement. [307124]
Angela E. Smith: In those cases where the Commissioner has issued a Decision Notice, the information the hon. Member has requested is detailed in the Decision Notice. These notices are available on the Commissioner's website at:
It is not Cabinet Office practice to comment on those cases that have not yet been resolved.
Electoral Register
Chris Ruane: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many people were registered to vote in each Parliamentary constituency in (a) 1997 and (b) the latest year for which figures are available, listed in descending order according to the difference between the two figures. [306765]
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 December 2009:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your question asking how many people were registered to vote in each Parliamentary constituency in (a) 1997 and (b) the latest year for which figures are available, listed in descending order according to the greater difference between the two figures. (306765)
Table 1 shows the number of people registered to vote in Parliamentary constituencies in the UK and the differences between (a) 1997 and (b) 2008, which is the latest year for which figures are available.
Boundary changes affecting some Parliamentary constituencies in Scotland came into effect in 2004. For these constituencies some of the difference in the number of people who were registered to vote between 1997 and 2008 may be a result of the boundary changes. Table 2 shows the number of people registered to vote in Parliamentary constituencies in Scotland, where comparisons between the two years are not possible due to this reason.
A copy of the tables has been placed in the Library of the House.
Future Jobs Fund
Mrs. May: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how Future Jobs Fund placements will be categorised in the labour market statistics. [306368]
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 December 2009:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question asking how Future Job Fund placements will be categorised within labour market statistics. (306368)
Labour market statistics are compiled according to internationally agreed guidelines specified by the International Labour Organisation-an agency of the United Nations. In accordance with these guidelines, people on all government supported training and employment programmes are categorised as being in employment.
Hotels
Anne Main: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how much her Department spent on hotel accommodation for (a) Ministers, (b) special advisers and (c) civil servants in each of the last five years. [305667]
Angela E. Smith: The information requested for the Cabinet Office is not readily available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
Iraq Committee of Inquiry
Jenny Willott: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office (1) how many (a) documents and (b) other items of information held in electronic format at each security classification her Department has submitted to the Iraq Inquiry; [307183]
(2) how many and what proportion of the (a) documents and (b) other items of information held in
electronic format at each security classification requested by the Iraq Inquiry have been provided by her Department; and if she will make a statement; [307184]
(3) how many (a) documents and (b) other types of information held in electronic format at each level of security classification the Iraq Inquiry has requested from each Department; and if she will make a statement; [307187]
(4) how many (a) documents and (b) other items of information in electronic format provided to the Iraq Inquiry cannot be disclosed owing to the Government's obligations to foreign journalists or international bodies; and if she will make a statement. [307188]
Angela E. Smith: The Prime Minister has said that the Iraq Inquiry will have access to all Government papers it wants to see. The Cabinet Office has provided, or is in the process of providing, copies of all documents and electronic information it holds which the Inquiry has so far requested. Through close liaison with other Government Departments the Cabinet Office is clear that they too have all provided, or will soon provide, all such information as well. The information provided spans every level of Government security classification from the lowest to the highest. Should the Inquiry wish to disclose any Government information, the process for doing so is set out in the information Protocol agreed with the Inquiry and published on the Cabinet Office's website on 29 October.
Population
Mr. Moss: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what the population was of each (a) local authority district and (b) unitary authority in the East of England on the latest date for which figures are available. [305099]
Angela E. Smith: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply to the hon. Member.
Letter from Jil Matheson, dated December 2009:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your question asking what the population was of each district and unitary authority in the East of England on the latest date for which figures are available. (305099)
The attached table shows the number of people resident in each local authority district and unitary authority area within the East of England region in mid-2008. These are the latest data available.
| Mid-year population estimates for local authority areas in the East of England, 2008 | |
| Area | Persons all ages (thousand) |
| Source: Office for National Statistics. | |
Public Sector: Pay
Mr. Gordon Prentice: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many public sector employees in (a) Pendle and (b) Lancashire earn more than £18,000 per annum. [304663]
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 December 2009:
As National Statistician has been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question asking how many public sector employees in (a) Pendle and (b) Lancashire earn more than £18,000 per annum. (304663)
The Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE), carried out in April each year, is the most comprehensive source of earnings information in the United Kingdom. Annual levels of earnings are estimated from the ASHE, and are provided for employees on adult rates of pay, who have been in the same job for more than a year. ASHE is not used to provide estimates of the numbers of employees whose earnings is more than a specific amount, but can be used to provide estimates of percentage of employees in that category.
I attach a table showing the percentage of full-time public sector employees in (a) Pendle and (b) Lancashire earning more than £18,000 per annum in 2009.
| Percentage of full-time public sector employee jobs( 1) earning above £18,000 per annum: United Kingdom 2009 | ||
| Percentage | % Coefficient of Variation | |
| (1) Full-time employees on adult rates who have been in the same job for more than one year. As at April 2009. Guide to Quality: The Coefficient of Variation (CV) indicates the quality of a figure, the smaller the CV value the higher the quality. The true value is likely to lie within +/- twice the CV-for example, for an average of 200 with a CV of 5% we would expect the population average to be within the range 180 to 220. A CV of 50% indicates a low quality estimate. Source: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, Office for National Statistics. | ||
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