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Civil Servants: Redundancy Pay
Mr. Dai Davies: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what consideration she gave to the introduction of changes to the Civil Service Compensation scheme to apply to new entrants to the civil service. [322437]
Tessa Jowell:
My statement of 3 February 2010, Official Report, columns 11-13WS announced changes to the Civil Service Compensation scheme and the
process which led up to those changes. Some respondents to the consultation exercise suggested that the changes should only apply to new entrants. However, the package agreed with five of the six main civil service unions applies to all staff, with existing staff covered by transitional provisions.
Civil Servants: Yorkshire and the Humber
Hugh Bayley: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many full-time equivalent civil servants have been employed in (a) City of York and (b) Yorkshire and the Humber in each year since 1997. [321692]
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 16 March 2010:
As Director General for the Office for National Statistics, I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question concerning how many full-time equivalent civil servants have been employed in (a) City of York and (b) Yorkshire and the Humber in each year since 1997. (321692).
In order to provide the information requested for York, ad hoc analysis has been required. This analysis is based on the Mandate collection (1997-2006) which provides approximately 90 per cent coverage of Civil Service departments and agencies and the Annual Civil Service Employment Survey (2007-2009) which provides 100 per cent coverage. For years prior to 2003 coverage is lower.
The data provided for Yorkshire and the Humber is based on the Mandate collection alongside departmental returns (1997-2005) and the Annual Civil Service Employment Survey (2007-2009) both of which provide 100 per cent coverage of Civil Service departments and agencies. Data for 2006 is based on the Mandate collection only and provides approximately 90 per cent coverage.
The requested data for York and Yorkshire and the Humber are attached at Annex A.
| Annex A: Civil service employment in York and Yorkshire and the Humber( 1) permanent employees | |||||||||||||
| Full-time equivalent | |||||||||||||
| 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | |
| (1) Numbers are rounded to the nearest 10, and numbers less than five are represented by" -". (2) 1997-2006 Mandate only-incomplete coverage of civil service departments. 2007-09 Annual Civil Service Employment survey. (3 )1997-2005 Mandate and departmental returns. 2006 Mandate only-incomplete coverage of civil service departments. 2007-09 Annual Civil Service Employment Survey. Source: Mandate collection (1997-2006) Annual Civil Service Employment Survey (2007-09) | |||||||||||||
Deaths: Cancer
Christopher Fraser: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office pursuant to the answer of 22 February 2010, Official Report, column 159W, on death: cancer, for what reasons age-standardised mortality rates for 2008 are (a) unavailable by parliamentary constituency and (b) available for primary care trusts; when she expects the 2008 data for each parliamentary constituency to be made available; and if she will make a statement. [322228]
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 16 March 2010:
As Director General for the Office for National Statistics, I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question asking pursuant to the Answer of 22 February 2010, Official Report, column 159W, on death: cancer, for what reasons age-standardised mortality rates for 2008 are (a) unavailable by parliamentary constituency and (b) available for primary care trusts; when she expects the 2008 data broken down by parliamentary constituency to be made available. (322228)
Calculation of mortality rates requires both the number of deaths and an estimate of the population for the same area and time period. Mortality rates for (a) parliamentary constituencies could not be calculated for 2008 as mid-year population estimates for parliamentary constituencies in 2008 were not yet available. The equivalent rates for (b) primary care organisations could be calculated as ONS published mid-year population estimates for primary care organisations in October 2009. The 2008 mid-year population estimates for parliamentary constituencies are due to be published in July/August 2010.
Deaths: Ovarian Cancer
Mr. Gordon Prentice: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many women died of ovarian cancer in East Lancashire in each year since 2005. [322222]
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 March 2010:
As Director General for the Office for National Statistics, I have been asked to reply to your recent question asking how many women died of ovarian cancer in East Lancashire in each year since 2005. (322222)
The table attached provides the number of deaths where ovarian cancer was the underlying cause of death, for women in East Lancashire Teaching primary care trust from 2005 to 2008 (latest year available).
| Table 1: Number of deaths where ovarian cancer( 1) was the underlying cause of death in females, East Lancashire Teaching primary care trust( 2) , 2005-08( 3) | |
| Deaths | |
| (1) Cause of death for ovarian cancer was defined using International Statistical Classification of Diseases Tenth Revision (ICD 10) code C56. (2) Based on boundaries as of February 2010. Renamed East Lancashire Teaching PCT on 1 May 2007 (formerly known as East Lancashire PCT). (3) Figures are for deaths registered in each calendar year. | |
Employment
Mrs. May: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what estimate she made of the number of people in employment who were (a) UK born, (b) non-UK born, (c) a UK national and (d) a non-UK national in (i) 1997 and (ii) the latest year for which figures are available; what the change in the level of employment was between those years; and for what proportion of the net change in employment each of those groups accounted between those years. [322169]
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 March 2010:
As Director General for the Office for National Statistics, I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question concerning the number of people in employment who were (a) UK born, (b) non-UK born, (c) a UK national and (d) a non-UK national in (i) 1997 and (ii) the latest year for which figures are available; what the change in the level of employment was between those years; and for what proportion of the net change in employment each of those groups accounted between those years. (322169)
The requested information can be found in the following tables. The UK and non-UK estimates do not sum exactly to the totals, as the totals include some people who did not state their country of birth and nationality.
| Number of people in employment by country of birth (thousand, not seasonally adjusted) | ||||
| 1997 | 2009 | Difference between 1997 and 2009 | Proportion of net change in total employment (percentage) | |
| Number of people in employment by nationality (thousand, not seasonally adjusted) | ||||
| 1997 | 2009 | Difference between 1997 and 2009 | Proportion of net change in total employment (percentage) | |
As with any sample survey, estimates from the Labour Force Survey (LFS) are subject to a margin of uncertainty. Indications of the sampling variability of LFS aggregate estimates are provided in the Labour Market Statistical Bulletin.
Government Departments: Electronic Warfare
Mr. Jenkin: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what assessment she has made of the threat to the Government's critical infrastructure of an electromagnetic pulse strike caused (a) deliberately and (b) through solar activity. [321761]
Angela E. Smith:
The Government's Cyber Security Strategy of the United Kingdom, published alongside and reflected in the National Security Strategy update of June 2009, considers a number of methods of cyber attack, including those that generate high levels of radio frequency power that can damage or disrupt unprotected electronics. It also outlines the new governance structures and workstreams which are now building on
existing work to take forward the Government's plan for reducing the impact on and vulnerability of the UK's interests from cyber attacks.
The Centre for the Protection of National Infrastructure (CPNI) provides advice on electronic or cyber protective security measures to the businesses and organisations that comprise the UK's critical national infrastructure, including public utilities, companies and banks. CPNI also runs a CERT (Computer Emergency Response Team) service which responds to reported attacks on private sector networks. In addition, the Communications Electronic Security Group (CESG) provides Government Departments with advice and guidance on how to protect against, detect and mitigate various types of cyber attack.
It would not be in the interests of national security to publish information about specific vulnerabilities, assessments or protective measures relating to electromagnetic pulse attack.
Mr. Jenkin: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office for what reasons the threat of an electromagnetic pulse strike caused (a) deliberately and (b) through solar activity was not included in the Government's Cyber Security Strategy. [321764]
Mr. Hanson: I have been asked to reply.
The threat to the UK's cyber security from the effects of an electromagnetic pulse (EMP) is specifically highlighted in the fourth bullet of paragraph 2.8 on page 14 of the Cyber Security Strategy of the United Kingdom published in June 2009, referred to by its alternative (non-nuclear) title of High Power Radio Frequency (HPRF) transmission. The Cyber Security Strategy did not sub-classify the origin of HPRF threats into solar or deliberate.
Lord Ashcroft
Mr. Drew: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office (1) if she will make available to the Public Administration Select Committee all papers and other documents relating to the undertaking given by Lord Ashcroft prior to his inclusion in the list of recommendations for a peerage; [322318]
(2) what investigations her Department is conducting into the undertakings given by Lord Ashcroft prior to his inclusion in the list of recommendations for a peerage. [322319]
Angela E. Smith: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to the right hon. Member for Cardiff, South and Penarth (Alun Michael), the hon. Member for High Peak (Tom Levitt) and the right hon. Member for Oldham, West and Royton (Mr. Meacher) on 12 March 2010, Official Report, column 483W.
Personal Income: York
Hugh Bayley: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what the average household disposable income was in York in (a) cash and (b) real terms in (i) 1996-97 and (ii) the latest 12 months for which figures are available. [322110]
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 March 2010:
As Director General for the Office for National Statistics, I have been asked to reply to your recent question asking what the average household disposable income was in York in (a) cash and (b) real terms in (i) 1996-97 and (ii) the latest 12 months for which figures are available. (322110).
Table 1 shows the average net weekly equivalised household income for the City of York Parliamentary constituency area, both before and after housing costs, for the years 2007-08, the latest available, and 2001-02, the earliest period for which data are available, in current and 2007-08 prices. These figures are based on experimental small area statistics published by the ONS.
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