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Departmental Internet
Mr. Heald: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many designs for its website her Department has commissioned since 2005. [318658]
Tessa Jowell: The Cabinet Office has commissioned one design for its website since 2005.
Employment
Mr. Maude: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office whether a recent estimate has been made of the number of (a) public and (b) private sector employees in each constituency. [318122]
Angela E. Smith: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.
Letter from Dennis Roberts, dated February 2010:
The Director General for the Office for National Statistics has been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question asking whether a recent estimate has been made of the number of (a) public and (b) private sector employees in each constituency. I am replying in his absence. (318122)
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) compiles employment statistics for local areas from the Annual Population Survey (APS) following International Labour Organisation (ILO) definitions.
Individuals are classified to the public or private sector according to their responses to the APS. Consequently, the classification of an individual's sector may differ from how they would be classified in the National Accounts.
Table 1 shows the number of persons employed in the public and private sectors in each constituency in Great Britain from the APS for the period July 2008 to June 2009. Estimates for Northern Ireland are not available. As the information requested is quite extensive, a copy has been placed in the House of Commons Library.
As with any sample survey, estimates from the APS are subject to a margin of uncertainty. A guide to the quality of the estimates is given in table 1.
National and local area estimates for many labour market statistics, including employment, unemployment and claimant count are available on the NOMIS website at:
Employment Tribunals Service
Mr. Maude: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many employment disputes involving staff of her Department have been taken to an employment tribunal in the last four years; and what the (a) grounds of dispute and (b) outcome was of each. [318246]
Angela E. Smith: There was one employment dispute taken to an employment tribunal in November 2009. The basis of the dispute was unfair constructive dismissal. The claim was dismissed by the tribunal.
Government Departments: Advertising
Mr. Maude: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what recent estimate she has made of the proportion of Government advertising expenditure which is not administered by the Central Office of Information. [318119]
Tessa Jowell: This information is not collected centrally. Each Government Department, agency and NDPB is responsible for setting its own communications priorities and outputs, and each Secretary of State is responsible to Parliament.
Jobseeker's Allowance: Chesterfield
Paul Holmes: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many young people aged 16 and 17 years in (a) Chesterfield and (b) Derbyshire have claimed jobseeker's allowance in each year since 2005. [318765]
Angela E. Smith: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.
Letter from Dennis Roberts, dated February 2010:
The Director General for the Office for National Statistics has been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question asking how many young people aged 16 and 17 years in (a) Chesterfield and (b) Derbyshire have claimed jobseeker's allowance in each year since 2005.1 am replying in his absence. (318765)
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) compiles the number of claimants of Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA) from the Jobcentre Plus administrative system. Table 1 shows the number of people aged 16 and 17 resident in Chesterfield parliamentary constituency, Chesterfield local authority and Derbyshire claiming Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA) in January 2010 and January of each year since 2005.
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 persons( 1) aged 16 and 17 claiming jobseeker's allowance resident in Chesterfield parliamentary constituency, Chesterfield local authority and Derbyshire | |||
| Chesterfield (pc) | Chesterfield (la) | Derbyshire | |
| (1) Age data are only available for computerised claims, which account for 99.7 per cent. of all claims. Note: Data rounded to nearest five. Source: Job-centre Plus Administrative System | |||
New Businesses: Essex
Bob Spink: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many businesses have started up in (a) Essex and (b) Castle Point since 1997. [318102]
Angela E. Smith: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.
Letter from Dennis Roberts, dated February 2010:
The Director General for the Office for National Statistics has been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question concerning how many businesses have started up in (a) Essex and (b) Castle Point since 1997. I am replying in his absence. [318102]
Annual statistics on business births, deaths and survival are available for 2002 onwards from the ONS release on Business Demography at www.statistics.gov.uk
The following table contains the latest statistics available on business births for Essex and Castle Point.
| Enterprise births for Essex and Castle Point 2002-2008 | ||
| Essex county | Castle Point | |
Personal Income
Grant Shapps: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what the average income of a household in the (a) private rented sector and (b) social rented sector was in each of the last three years. [316740]
Helen Goodman: I have been asked to reply.
The information requested is given in the table for periods where data are available.
In each of the three years those households living in private rented sector accommodation have had higher median incomes than those living in the social rented sector on both a before and after housing basis. This pattern is to be expected as poverty rates tend to be higher for the social rented sector.
Before housing costs, the median household income of private rented sector tenants was between about £360 and £370 per week (between about £250 and £260 per week after housing costs). In the same period the median household income of social rented sector tenants remained fairly constant at around £280 per week (around £210 per week after housing costs).
| Median household income by rented sector, 2005-06 to 2007-08, £ per week, before housing costs (BHC) and after housing costs (AHC), in 2007-08 prices, United Kingdom | ||||||
| £ | ||||||
| 2005-06 | 2006-07 | 2007-08 | ||||
| BHC | AHC | BHC | AHC | BHC | AHC | |
| Notes: 1. These statistics are based on Households Below Average Income, sourced from the Family Resources Survey. Both of these documents are available in the Library. 2. Small changes should be treated with caution as these will be affected by sampling error and variability in non-response. 3. The reference period for Households Below Average Income figures are single financial years. 4. The income measures used to derive the estimates shown employ the same methodology as the Department for Work and Pensions publication 'Households Below Average Income' series, which uses disposable household income, adjusted (or 'equivalised') for household size and composition, as an income measure as a proxy for standard of living. 5. For the Households Below Average Income series, incomes have been equivalised using Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development equivalisation factors. 6. Median incomes have been provided rather than mean incomes because the income distribution is skewed with some outliers with high incomes. 7. Incomes are presented in 2007-08 prices and have been rounded to the nearest pound sterling. Source: Households Below Average Income, DWP | ||||||
Political Parties: Copyright
Mr. Maude: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what Crown copyright permission has been granted to political parties for the reproduction of artwork or content from the (a) Building Britain's Future and (b) Real Help Now campaigns. [318245]
Building Britain's Future is a Government initiative and we will ensure that it is not misrepresented by political parties or other organisations.
It is acceptable for other organisations to highlight Government initiatives as long as they are clear that they are Government initiatives. Building Britain's Future and Real Help Now have been referred to by a number of third party organisations in this way.
Public Bodies: Pay
Mr. Maude: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many officials in each public sector body earn more than £150,000. [312260]
Mr. Byrne: I have been asked to reply.
Individual pay decisions are made by individual public sector bodies and Departments so this information is not held centrally. The Office for National Statistics collects the annual salaries of civil servants, as part of the Annual Civil Service Employment Survey (ACSES) and I refer the right hon. Member to the answer given to him on 20 July 2009, Official Report, columns 1035-1036W.
Following the 2009 pre-Budget report, all public sector bodies subject to direct ministerial control will be required to publish the salary, including benefits in kind and the level of any bonus, of named individuals paid more than £150,000 to the nearest £5,000 and the number of staff paid more than £50,000 in £5,000 increments. The Government will expect other public bodies to comply with this level of disclosure.
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Antarctic
Mr. Watson: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how long on average his Department's Polar Regions Unit took to process an application for a British expedition to Antarctica in the last 12 months. [318674]
Chris Bryant: Our website states that permit applications should be submitted to us as far in advance as possible, and not less than six months before the applicant intends to travel to Antarctica so there is adequate time to work with applicants to resolve any queries and ensure a smooth permitting process. Experience has shown that the time it takes to process an application can vary depending on the type of activities the applicant wishes to complete and the type of permit they are applying for.
In all cases we aim to process applications as quickly as possible following receipt.
Bletchley Park
Mr. Swire: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps his Department has taken to recognise those who worked at Bletchley Park during the Second World War in the last 10 years. [318072]
Chris Bryant: On 9 July 2009 I announced the launch of the Bletchley Park Commemorative Badge, to honour those who worked at Bletchley Park and its outstations during the Second World War. The launch was marked by a special ceremony at Bletchley Park on 9 October 2009, which my right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary attended. Since its launch, over 2500 badges and accompanying certificates have been awarded to surviving veterans. In addition to the Commemorative Badge a bound Roll of Honour will be created containing the names of all those that worked at Bletchley Park and its outstations during the Second World War, which will be located at Bletchley Park and on their website.
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