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Charities: Bexley

Mr Evennett: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many organisations based in the London Borough of Bexley have been granted charitable status. [459]

Mr Hurd: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the Charity Commission. I have asked the Commission to reply.

Letter from Andrew Hind dated 27 May 2010:

Departmental Billing

Stewart Hosie: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what percentage of invoices from suppliers to the Prime Minister's Office were paid within 10 days of receipt in (a) March and (b) April 2010. [1248]

Mr Maude: The Prime Minister's Office is an integral part of the Cabinet Office, and the answer provided is therefore for the whole of the Cabinet Office.

In March and April 2010 respectively, 97.9% and 91.6% of compliant invoices were paid by the Cabinet Office within 10 days of receipt.

Departmental Mobile Phones

Mr Watson: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office (1) whether mobile telephones issued to staff in (a) 10 Downing Street and (b) the Cabinet Office are issued with factory setting security codes; [545]


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(2) what measures are in place to ensure that voicemail accounts associated with mobile telephones issued to (a) Ministers and (b) officials in (i) 10 Downing Street and (ii) the Cabinet Office cannot be accessed without appropriate authorisation. [546]

Mr Maude: Cabinet Office does not currently issue mobile telephones with the factory loaded security setting to staff in (a) 10 Downing street and (b) the Cabinet Office. When issuing mobile devices they are reset manually by our telecoms specialists before they are given to staff.

Cabinet Office currently provides default security for voicemail retrieval on mobile telephones for (a) Ministers and (b) officials in (i) 10 Downing street and (ii) the Cabinet Office. Only the registered handset can retrieve access to the associated voice mailbox and in the event of a lost/stolen handset the mobile telephone is cancelled. The registered user has the option to upgrade the security settings for voicemail retrieval by adding a personal PIN number to enhance the security. This is encouraged.

EcovertFM

Mr Watson: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office which Minister in his Department has lead responsibility for monitoring his Department's contract with EcovertFM. [21]

Mr Maude: As Minister for the Cabinet Office I am responsible for monitoring the EcovertFM contract.

Electoral Register

Chris Ruane: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what estimated percentage of electors are registered in each parliamentary constituency in the UK. [165]

Mr Maude: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.

Letter from Stephen Penneck, dated May 2010:


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Chris Ruane: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what the electorate was in each year since 1997 in the 100 parliamentary seats which have had the largest decrease in the number of electors on the register since that date. [179]

Mr Maude: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.

Letter from Stephen Penneck, dated June 2010:

Chris Ruane: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what the electoral registration rate is for each region of the UK. [245]

Mr Maude: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.

Letter from Stephen Penneck, dated May 2010:


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Electoral registration percentage rates for each region in England and UK constituent country in 2008( 1)
Area Percentage rate

England

94

North East

96

North West

97

Yorkshire and the Humber

92

East Midlands

95

West Midlands

96

East

94

London

85

South East

95

South West

96

Wales

96

Scotland

94

Northern Ireland

85

(1) The rates have been calculated using the mid-2008 population estimates of those aged 18 and above, and the number of people registered to vote in parliamentary elections on 1 December 2008.
Source:
Office for National Statistics, General Register Office for Scotland and Electoral Office for Northern Ireland

Lobbying

Mr Watson: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office if he will review the Government's response to the First Report of the Public Administration Select Committee, Session 2008-09, on lobbying: Access and Influence in Whitehall, HC 36, for the purposes of implementing in full the Committee's recommendations. [647]

Mr Harper: Many of the proposals in the Committee's report have been implemented. This Government will introduce a statutory register of lobbyists. We see no compelling reason to review the Government's response to the report.

Manufacturing Industries

Andrew Stephenson: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many people were employed in the manufacturing sector in (a) Lancashire, (b) the North West and (c) England (i) in 1997 and (ii) at the latest date for which figures are available. [1032]

Mr Maude: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.

Letter from Stephen Penneck, dated June 2010:


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Table 1: Number of people employed in the manufacturing sector resident in Lancashire, north west and England.
Thousands
For the 12 month period ending

February 2008 September 2009( 1)

England

4,173

*2,682

Northwest

616

*396

Lancashire

118

** 79

(1) Coefficients of Variation have been calculated as an indication of the quality of the estimates. See Guide to Quality below.
Guide to Quality:
The Coefficient of Variation (CV) indicates the quality of an estimate, the smaller the CV value the higher the quality. The true value is likely to lie within +/- twice the CV-for example, for an estimate of 200 with a CV of 5 per cent. we would expect the population total to be within the range 180-220
Key Coefficient of Variation (CV) (%) Statistical Robustness
* 0 ≤ CV<5 Estimates are considered precise
** 5 ≤ CV <10 Estimates are considered reasonably precise
*** 10 ≤ CV <20 Estimates are considered acceptable
**** CV ≥ 20 Estimates are considered too unreliable for practical purposes
Source:
Annual Population Survey and Annual Labour Force Survey

Ministerial Policy Advisers

Mr Watson: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office (1) how many (a) political appointments and (b) other personal appointments he has made since his appointment; and at what estimated annual cost to the public purse; [379]

(2) how many special advisers are based in (a) 10 Downing Street, (b) the Cabinet Office and (c) the Deputy Prime Minister's office. [25]

Mr Anderson: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what the name is of each special adviser assigned to work with each Minister. [420]

Mr Maude: I refer the hon. Members to the answer given by my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister on 3 June 2010, Official Report, column 99W.

Nuclear Power Stations: Decommissioning

Mr Cash: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office on what occasions the Office for National Statistics received representations on the cost to the public purse of nuclear decommissioning as a proportion of net public sector (a) borrowing and (b) debt in each of the last two years; from whom each such representation was received; and if he will place in the Library a copy of that Office's response in each case. [1195]

Mr Maude: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.

Letter from Stephen Penneck:


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