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Table 2: The proportion of all people aged 16-24 who are not in education, employment or training by region
Quarter		North East	North West	York and Humber	East Midlands	West Midlands	East of England	London	South East	South West
Q1	2005	18	14	14	12	13	10	16	11	12
Q2	2005	20	15	16	12	14	11	15	10	11
Q3	2005	23	15	17	13	16	12	18	13	14
Q4	2005	19	14	17	14	15	13	17	13	12
Q1	2006	17	15	14	15	15	12	15	12	11
Q2	2006	17	16	16	15	16	14	16	13	11
Q3	2006	17	17	18	16	18	16	21	13	14
Q4	2006	14	14	14	12	15	13	17	10	12
Q1	2007	15	15	14	14	18	13	14	12	13
Q2	2007	15	16	14	13	17	14	15	12	11
Q3	2007	16	17	16	15	18	15	16	14	11
Q4	2007	15	14	12	13	15	12	14	13	10
Q1	2008	16	16	11	13	15	14	15	11	11
Q2	2008	17	16	15	13	16	13	14	12	10
Q3	2008	20	18	18	16	19	13	16	14	13
Q4	2008	17	17	14	13	16	13	15	13	11
Q1	2009	18	19	16	13	20	14	14	14	14
Q2	2009	21	18	18	14	20	13	13	15	12
Q3	2009	22	21	19	17	19	15	17	16	16
Q4	2009	21	16	17	13	16	14	14	13	13
Q4 2009 95% CIs (PP)		+/-3.7	+/- 2.0	+/- 2.2	+/- 2.3	+/- 2.3	+/- 2.2	+/- 2.0	+/- 1.7	+/- 2.2

Cabinet Office

Census: Ethnic Groups

Stephen Williams: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office to what extent the equality impact assessment conducted by the Office for National Statistics in respect of the 2011 census question development considered the effect on equality of how public bodies use the ethnic group data in meeting the Race Relations Act public sector duties. [320531]

Angela E. Smith: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply. Copies of the letters will be placed in the Libraries of the House.

Stephen Williams: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office whether the Office for National Statistics sets a minimum threshold for the number of respondents to a specified ethnic group category in deciding on its inclusion or continued inclusion in the Census. [320532]

Angela E. Smith: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply. Copies of the letters will be placed in the Libraries of the House.

Stephen Williams: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office whether the equality impact assessment conducted by the Office for National Statistics in respect of the 2011 Census question considered the effect on equality of not including legally defined races within the mandatory ethnic group question; and if she will make a statement. [320533]

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Angela E. Smith: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply. Copies of the letters will be placed in the Libraries of the House.

Central Office of Information: Advertising

Mr. Maude: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what the estimated monetary value is of the Central Office of Information framework agreement on classified and recruitment advertising. [320728]

Tessa Jowell: I have asked the chief executive of the Central Office of Information to write to the hon. Member.

Letter from Mark Lund, dated 3 March 2010:

As Chief Executive of the Central Office of Information (COI), I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question [320728] asking for the estimated monetary value of the classified and recruitment advertising framework.

The estimated value of the framework for a four year period, when operational, will be up to a maximum value of £16 million.

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