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National Citizenship Service
Stella Creasy: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office if he will publish his estimate of the cost of the National Citizenship Service pilots; and what timescale his Department has set for their delivery. [15830]
Mr Hurd: On 22 July, the Prime Minister announced that the National Citizen Service pilots will take place from June to September 2011, following the end of the exam period, and will last for seven to eight weeks. This is subject to the outcome of the spending review.
The competitive commissioning process is underway and the Cabinet Office will have information on the cost of the pilots once this process is complete.
Older People
Mr Amess: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many (a) males and (b) females there were aged (i) 99, (ii) 100, (iii) 101, (iv) 102, (v) 103, (vi) 104, (vii) 105 and (viii) 106 years of age in England and Wales in each of the last three years. [15638]
Mr Hurd: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.
Letter from Stephen Penneck, dated September 2010:
As Director General for the Office for National Statistics, I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question asking: how many (a) males and (b) females there were aged (i) 99, (ii) 100, (iii) 101, (iv) 102, (v) 102, (vi) 103, (vi) 104, (vii) 105 and (viii) 106 years of age in England and Wales in each of the last three years (15638).
The most recent year available is 2008. Age information is available up to age 104 and grouped for 105 and over. The table below contains the estimated number of centenarians for the latest three years, 2006 to 2008.
| Mid-year estimates for the very elderly population by age and sex, 2006 - 08, England and Wales | ||||||
| Males | Females | |||||
| Age | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 |
| Note: Figures rounded to nearest hundred, may not add exactly due to this rounding. Source: Office for National Statistics. | ||||||
Population
Mr Clappison: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what the most recent estimate of the Office for National Statistics is of the population of (a) the UK, (b) England, (c) Scotland, (d) Wales and (e) Northern Ireland in (i) 2020, (ii) 2030, (iii) 2050 and (iv) the most distant date for which an estimate has been made. [15719]
Mr Hurd: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.
Letter from Stephen Penneck, dated September 2010:
As Director General for the Office for National Statistics, I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question asking what the most recent estimate is of the population of (a) the UK, (b) England, (c) Scotland, (d) Wales and (e) Northern Ireland in (i) 2020, (ii) 2030, (iii) 2050 and (iv) the most distant date for which an estimate has been made. (15719)
The most recent population projections of the UK and its constituent countries are based on the mid-year population estimates; for 2008. Population projections for the years 2020, 2030, 2050 and 2108 are given in the table below.
| Projected population of UK and constituent countries for selected years, 2020 to 2108 | ||||
| Million | ||||
| 2020 | 2030 | 2050 | 2108 | |
| Source: Office for National Statistics. | ||||
National population projections are available from the Office for National Statistics website at:
Population projections become increasingly uncertain the further they are carried forward, particularly for smaller geographic areas, and therefore long-term projections should be treated with great caution.
Public Sector: Procurement
Mr Lilley: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what estimate he has made of the cost to businesses of complying with pre-qualification requirements for tendering for public sector procurement projects. [14839]
Mr Maude: No such estimate has been made. However, the Government are taking steps to streamline and simplify procurement procedures, including pre-qualification, in order to reduce the cost to businesses in bidding for public sector contracts.
Service Industries: Standards
Jon Trickett: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office for what reasons his Department no longer sends letters of congratulations to organisations that have achieved Customer Service Excellence. [13908]
Mr Maude: Customer Service Excellence (CSE) encourages public services to drive customer-focused change within their organisation.
Congratulatory letters to new holders were stopped due to normal embargo procedures when the 2010 general election was called. Certification bodies were informed of this in advance.
As with all public services, the Government are continuing to review its priorities on how we deliver more with less. CSE is part of this Comprehensive Spending Review process and decisions on congratulatory letters will be considered alongside other matters relating to the way in which the scheme is run and managed.
We will announce our conclusions on this in due course.
Sir Philip Green
Mrs Hodgson: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office on what terms and conditions Sir Philip Green was appointed to lead the Government's efficiency review; and whether Sir Philip has authority to instruct civil servants assigned to the review team. [14613]
Mr Maude: Sir Philip Green has been appointed by the Prime Minister to lead an external efficiency review into Government spending. The role is unpaid. Sir Philip is supported in this work by officials from the Cabinet Office and HM Treasury. The nature of Sir Philip's role is not one in which he would be required to instruct officials.
Statistics
Mr Jenkin:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what recent representations he has received on the effect on public confidence in official statistics of ceasing the practice of providing access to official
statistical releases to Ministers and their advisers prior to publication. [12844]
Mr Maude: I have received no such representations.
Mr Jenkin: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office if he will (a) accept and (b) implement the recommendations of the UK Statistics Authority on pre-release access to official statistics. [12848]
Mr Maude: The Government have recently reviewed the policy on pre-release access to official statistics and after careful consideration it has decided to continue the current arrangements. I wrote to Sir Michael Scholar, chair of the UK Statistics Authority, on 27 July to inform him of Government's decision. I have placed a copy of my letter in the Library of the House.
Unemployment: Brentford
Mary Macleod: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many children were living in workless households in Brentford and Isleworth constituency in (a) 2005, (b) 2007 and (c) 2010. [16196]
Mr Hurd: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.
Letter from Stephen Penneck, dated 21 September 2010:
As Director General for the Office for National Statistics, I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question concerning how many children were living in workless households in Brentford and Isleworth constituency in (a) 2005, (b) 2007 and (c) 2010. 16196
It is not possible to provide reliable information on the Brentford and Isleworth constituency because of small sample sizes for the specific level of geographic detail required.
Unemployment: Young People
Mark Lancaster: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what percentage of unemployed people were aged between 18 and 24 years on the most recent date for which figures are available. [15448]
Mr Hurd: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.
Letter from Stephen Penneck, dated September 2010:
As Director General for the Office for National Statistics, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question asking what percentage of unemployed persons were between 18 and 24 years on the most recent date for which figures are available. (15448)
For the period May-July 2010 it was estimated from the Labour Force Survey that 728,000 people aged between 18 and 24 years were unemployed in the UK. This is 29.5 per cent of all unemployed persons aged 16 and over.
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