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Population: Leeds
John Battle: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what forecast she has made of the population of Leeds City Council area in (a) five, (b) 10 and (c) 15 years' time. [306985]
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 about the forecast of the population of Leeds City Council in (a) five (b) ten and (c) fifteen years time [306985].
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) does not produce population forecasts.
However, ONS does produce population projections for local authorities. The subnational population projections are demographic trend-based projections that indicate what the population levels of an area are likely to be if recently observed trends in fertility, mortality and migration were to continue. They take no account of future development policies which may affect trends.
These projections are provided in Table 1 below. They are 2006-based subnational population projections which were published by the Office for National Statistics on 12 June 2008.
| Table 1: Population Projections for Leeds | |||
| Thousand | |||
| Local Authority | Mid-2014 | Mid-2019 | Mid-2024 |
Private Life: Bexley
Mr. Evennett: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what estimate she has made of the number of (a) marriages, (b) civil partnerships and (c) divorces in the London Borough of Bexley in the most recent period for which figures are available. [306897]
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 question asking what estimate has been made of the number of (a) marriages, (b) civil partnerships and (c) divorces in the London Borough of Bexley in the most recent period for which figures are available. (306897)
Using the most recent period for which figures are available for the London Borough of Bexley, the number of marriages in 2006 was 964 and the number of civil partnerships in 2008 was 24.
Divorce statistics are based upon information supplied to ONS by the courts in England and Wales. The fact that a divorce has taken place in a court in a particular region does not mean that either one or both parties are resident there. Therefore, divorce statistics have been historically presented at a national level only.
UK Statistics Authority: Conferences
Mr. Graham Stuart: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many (a) away days and (b) conferences that took place outside the UK Statistics Authority's buildings attended by civil servants in the UK Statistics Authority there have been since 2005; and what the cost was of each. [307447]
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 question asking how many (a) away days and (b) conferences outside the UK Statistics Authority's buildings attended by civil servants in the UK. Statistics Authority there have been since 2005; and what the cost was of each. 307447
The requested information is not held centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
Unemployment
Mrs. May: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office (1) how many and what percentage of economically inactive working age people would like a job; and how many and what percentage of economically inactive working age people would have liked a job in each year that the relevant dataset has been produced; [307062]
(2) how many discouraged workers there are; and how many discouraged workers there were in each year that the relevant dataset has been produced. [307064]
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 Parliamentary Questions asking (i) how many and what percentage of economically inactive working age people would like a job; and how many and what percentage of economically inactive working age people would have liked a job in each year that this data set has been produced (307062); and (ii) how many discouraged workers there are; and how many discouraged workers there were in each year that this data set has been produced (307064).
Estimates of economic inactivity are available from the Labour Force Survey (LFS). In accordance with the International Labour Organization (ILO) definition, people are classed as economically inactive if they are neither in employment nor unemployed.
The table provided contains estimates of the number of economically inactive people who would like a job, that is, people who when asked, report that they would like to have a regular paid job but had neither been looking for work in the last four weeks nor waiting to take up a job already obtained. Estimates of the number of discouraged workers, those whose main reason for being economically inactive is because they believe there are no jobs available, are also included.
These estimates are published in Table 13 of the Labour Market Statistical Bulletin. The historical figures in Table 13 are published in the Labour Market Statistical Bulletin Historical Supplement which is available on the National Statistics website via the following link:
| Level and percentage of economically inactive working age people who would like a job and those who are discouraged workers; quarter 1 each year 1993 to 2009, United Kingdom, seasonally adjusted | ||||
| Would like a job | Discouraged workers | |||
| Level (thousand) | Percentage( 1) | Level (thousand) | Percentage( 2) | |
| (1) The number of people of working age who are inactive and would like a job divided by the number of people of working age who are economically inactive. (2) The number of people of working age who are inactive and are a discouraged worker divided by the number of people of working age who are economically inactive. 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 | ||||
Voluntary Organisations
Jenny Willott: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office which national infrastructure voluntary organisations operate in England; in what year each started operation; and if she will make a statement. [307186]
Angela E. Smith: The Cabinet Office does not hold information on which national infrastructure voluntary organisations are operating in England. National infrastructure organisations that have charitable status are registered with the Charity Commission, and the Register of Charities is available on their website. The Office of the Third Sector is committed to investing in national and local sector support organisations that assist front-line groups, through Capacitybuilders. The Office of the Third Sector also funds a variety of national strategic partners, listed on its website, many of whom provide capacity building support, advocacy and training to the wider third sector.
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