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Central Office of Information: Advertising
Mr. Stewart Jackson: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what the estimated monetary value is of the contracts to be used under the Central Office of Information's framework for (a) recruitment advertising, (b) public notice advertising and (c) directories advertising over the lifetime of each framework agreement. [323447]
Tessa Jowell: I have asked the chief executive of the Central Office of Information to write to the hon. Member. The letter will be placed in the Libraries of the House.
Mr. Stewart Jackson: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office (1) whether any guidance has been given to the Central Office of Information on Government advertising in the period at the end of a Parliament and before the issue of writs for a general election; [323581]
(2) what guidance has been issued to the Central Office of Information on Government advertising and marketing in (a) the period immediately before a general election and (b) during a general election campaign. [324021]
Angela E. Smith: On the announcement of a general election, the Cabinet Office issues guidance on the handling of departmental business during the pre-election period, including on advertising and marketing. Until the announcement of the general election, advertising and marketing will be conducted in line with the "Propriety Guidance" for government communications, a copy of which is in the Library of both Houses. It can also be accessed via:
Central Office of Information: Video Recordings
Mr. Stewart Jackson: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what the (a) title, (b) description, (c) purpose and (d) cost was of each video produced by the Central Office of Information for her Department in the last 12 months. [323449]
Tessa Jowell: I have asked the chief executive of the Central Office of Information to write to the hon. Member. The letter will be placed in the Libraries of the House.
Departmental Advertising
Mr. Stewart Jackson: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what the cost to her Department was of advertising to promote Backing Young Britain in the Metro newspaper on 5 March 2010. [323570]
Helen Goodman: I have been asked to reply.
The cost of Backing Young Britain advertising in the Metro on 5 March was £212,000. The cover wrap ran in 19 cities with a circulation of 1,335,611 and readership of over 3.5 million.
Departmental Buildings
Mr. Philip Hammond: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many smoking shelters have been built for her Department's staff in the last five years; and at what cost. [324360]
Angela E. Smith: The Cabinet Office built one smoking shelter in the past five years. The cost of the shelter and its installation was £5,500.
Mr. Philip Hammond: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how much her Department and its agency have spent on rooms for staff leisure in each of the last five years. [324432]
Angela E. Smith: Other than planned work to Cabinet Office buildings as a whole, no specific expenditure has been incurred on rooms for staff leisure.
Mr. Philip Hammond: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office whether her Department provides subsidised gym facilities for its staff. [324568]
Angela E. Smith: The Cabinet Office does have gym facilities but it is not subsidised. The running costs and equipment are paid for by an external provider through membership subscriptions.
Departmental Computers
Mr. Stewart Jackson: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office pursuant to the answer of 3 March 2010, Official Report, column 1190W, on departmental computers, how many of the Cabinet Office computer keyboards replaced in the last 12 months were for computers located in Downing street. [323652]
Departmental Energy
Gregory Barker: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what (a) voltage optimisers and (b) equivalent technologies are used within buildings occupied by her Department. [324981]
Angela E. Smith: The Cabinet Office has installed voltage optimisation equipment into four buildings on the estate. No other voltage reduction equipment has been installed.
Departmental Freedom of Information
Mr. Hurd: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office pursuant to the answer to the right hon. Member for Horsham of 24 February 2010, Official Report, column 603W, on departmental freedom of information, what target her Department has set to respond to correspondence (a) which makes a request for assistance under section 16 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and (b) correspondence asking about the status of a freedom of information request which has already been submitted. [322920]
Tessa Jowell: The Cabinet Office responds to requests in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and the detailed guidance available on the Ministry of Justice's website:
Requests must be responded to promptly or in any event not later than 20 working days following receipt. In certain circumstances this 20 working day deadline can be extended.
Departmental Mobile Phones
Mr. Graham Stuart: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many (a) mobile telephones and (b) BlackBerrys were provided to (i) Ministers and (ii) special advisers in her Department in 2009; and at what cost to the public purse. [313176]
Tessa Jowell: In 2009, six BlackBerrys were provided to Ministers, and five BlackBerrys were provided to special advisers. One mobile telephone is in use by a Minister. This covers the current ministerial team and special advisers and the ministerial team and special advisers prior to the reshuffle in June 2009.
The cost of these handsets cannot be provided as figures for the 2009-10 financial year will be available only when the Department's resource accounts have been fully audited and laid before Parliament.
Departmental Telephone Services
Mr. Oaten: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office with reference to the answer of 10 November 2009, Official Report, column 311W, on departmental telephone services, whether contracts were awarded for the provision of services relating to the inquiry line run by the Office of the Third Sector. [324111]
Angela E. Smith: The inquiry line is staffed by Office of the Third Sector staff and no contracts were awarded for the provision of services relating to it.
Departmental Temporary Employment
Grant Shapps: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many agency and temporary staff were employed in each of the last three years. [324367]
Angela E. Smith: The information requested for the Cabinet Office is not held centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
Grant Shapps: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office pursuant to the answer of 5 March 2010, Official Report, column 1492W, on departmental temporary staff, how much her Department spent in total on temporary and agency staff in each of the last three years. [324368]
Angela E. Smith: Expenditure on temporary and agency staff in each of the last three years was as follows:
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Manufacturing Industries
Grant Shapps: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many people were employed in manufacturing in each constituency in each year since 1997. [324781]
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 Parliamentary Question asking how many people were employed in manufacturing in each constituency in each year since 1997. (324781)
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) compiles employment statistics for local areas from the Annual Population Survey (APS) and its predecessor the Annual Labour Force Survey (LFS) following International Labour Organisation (ILO) definitions.
Due to small sample sizes, accurate estimates of the number of people employed in the manufacturing sector in each parliamentary constituency are not available.
National and local area estimates for many labour market statistics, including employment, unemployment and claimant count are available on the NOMIS website at:
Grant Shapps: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many manufacturing enterprises there were in each constituency in each year since 1997. [324783]
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 how many manufacturing enterprises there were in each constituency in each year since 1997. [324783]
Annual statistics on business counts are available for 2000 onwards from the ONS release UK Business: Activity, Size and Location at:
The table provides parliamentary constituency estimates from 2003 onwards. Prior to this year it would only be possible to collate estimates for all constituencies at disproportionate cost.
A copy of the table has been placed in the House of Commons Library.
Ministerial Policy Advisers
Mr. Hurd: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office with reference to the written ministerial statement of 16 July 2009, Official Report, column 73W, on special advisers, what the cost was to the public purse of (a) National Insurance contributions and (b) other expenditure in respect of special advisers in 2008-09. [322881]
Tessa Jowell: The cost of national insurance contributions and other expenditure in respect of special advisers is not held centrally.
Office for National Statistics
Grant Shapps: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Ruislip-Northwood of 18 March 2010, Official Report, column 1032W, on the Office for National Statistics, with what frequency each of the desks at each location are staffed; and how many full-time equivalent staff are allocated to staff the desks at each location. [324692]
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 pursuant to the Answer to the right hon. Member for Ruislip-Northwood of 18 March 2010, Official Report, column 1032W, on the Office for National Statistics, with what frequency each of the desks at each location are staffed; and how many full-time equivalent staff are allocated to staff the desks at each location. (324692)
The size of the International Passenger Survey (IPS) operation at each air, sea and international rail site is determined by the volume of traffic. Therefore, the heavier the volume of traffic, the greater the number of IPS shifts operated. Also the higher the density of passengers passing through a particular site, the larger the team of interviewers required to undertake the work.
The IPS operates at all significant ports of entry/departure in the United Kingdom. At smaller sites, where the operating procedures do not require it, or where conditions do not allow it, desks are not provided.
The attached table shows a list of the number of shifts and typical staffing levels planned for 2010 at sites with desks. A shift is typically either AM or PM although this does vary across sites as does the mode of operation. An AM shift is normally 0600-1400 and a PM shift 1400-2230.
| IPS locations with desks-shifts per annum, number of desks and number of staff required | |||
| Site | Shifts per annum | Number of desks | Total number of staff required per shift |
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