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The 2009 estimates are due to be published in July this year.

Table 1: Highest qualification of population aged 16 to 59/64 (percentages)
Proportion with highest qualification level at: Area 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2008 95 per cent. Confidence Interval (percentage points)

Level 4 or above

North East

18.5

19.4

20.8

21.9

21.4

22.7

24.3

23.9

+/- 0.8

Newcastle Upon Tyne

25.0

26.0

28.0

26.9

24.6

27.9

30.4

27.3

+/- 27

Tyne and Wear

19.0

20.6

21.5

21.6

21.1

23.0

25.1

24.1

+/- 1.2

Level 3 or above

North East

37.8

38.7

39.7

41.0

41.2

43.6

45.0

44.8

+/- 0.9

Newcastle Upon Tyne

43.9

46.7

47.2

45.4

44.3

51.2

52.6

52.0

+/- 3.0

Tyne and Wear

38.3

40.4

40.4

40.7

40.6

42.7

45.4

45.3

+/- 1.4

Level 2 or above

North East

60.2

61.5

62.0

63.9

65.5

67.2

68.5

68.7

+/- 0.8

Newcastle Upon Tyne

63.6

67.3

65.1

64.6

66.2

70.8

70.1

71.1

+/- 2.7

Tyne and Wear

60.8

63.1

61.8

63.2

65.0

66.1

68.5

68.5

+/- 1.3

Below level 2

North East

20.1

20.1

20.2

19.1

19.1

18.7

17.7

17.9

+/- 0.7

Newcastle Upon Tyne

16.8

14.8

16.9

16.2

17.6

16.9

16.5

15.6

+/- 2.2

Tyne and Wear

19.8

19.6

20.7

19.6

20.2

19.4

17.8

18.1

+/- 1.1

No qualifications

North East

19.7

18.3

17.9

17.0

15.4

14.2

13.8

13.4

+/- 0.6

Newcastle Upon Tyne

19.6

17.8

18.0

19.2

16.2

12.3

13.3

13.3

+/- 2.0

Tyne and Wear

19.4

17.3

17.5

17.2

14.8

14.5

13.7

13.4

+/- 0.9

Base:
16 to 59/64-year-olds.
Source:
Annual Population Survey

Skilled Workers: Construction

Mr. Rooney: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what steps he is taking to promote the Construction Skills Certification Scheme. [319690]

Ian Lucas: The Construction Skills Certification Scheme (CSCS) is an industry initiative. The Government welcome the scheme's aims which are to improve competence and good health and safety practice in the construction industry, and to encourage the achievement of relevant formal qualifications by industry employees. The construction pages on the Department's website refer to the work of the CSCS and equivalent schemes and provides a link to the CSCS website. That said, the Government have no role in setting the scheme's rules, and do not undertake promotional activity for the scheme.

Snow and Ice

Bob Spink: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what estimate he has made of the costs to his Department arising from the severe weather conditions in the period 4 to 18 January 2010; and if he will make a statement. [313581]

Mr. McFadden: This Department considers that it had only notional costs arising from the severe weather conditions for the period from 2 January to 18 January 2010, and has not made any calculations.


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Cabinet Office

Census

Mr. Maude: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office pursuant to the answer of 2 February 2010, Official Report, column 310W, on Census: training, what the provisional number of specialist field staff is who will be trained to caution people under the Police and Criminal Evidence Code of Practice for Interview provisions. [318303]

Angela E. Smith: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.

Letter from Stephen Penneck:

Mr. Maude: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office pursuant to the answer of 27 January 2010, Official Report, column 796, on the 2011 census, if she will place in the Library the evidential basis for the statement that the value of the Census is £700 million; and by what methodology such evidence was gathered. [318329]

Angela E. Smith: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.

Letter from Stephen Penneck, dated February 2010:


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