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Citizens Advice Scotland: Finance
Cathy Jamieson: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how much central Government funding (a) was allocated to Citizens Advice Scotland in each of the last five years and (b) will be so allocated in each of the next three years. [41059]
Mr Davey: The following table shows funding from BIS to Citizens Advice Scotland over the past five years and the allocation for the forthcoming financial year 2011/12. In addition to the £2.9 million to be allocated next year, BIS has set aside an additional £1 million to help both Citizens Advice Scotland and Citizens Advice (the umbrella body for England and Wales) begin capacity building to take on those consumer functions currently carried out by Consumer Focus, OFT and Consumer Direct as proposed in the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills', the right hon. Member for Twickenham (Vince Cable), statement last October. Allocations for the remaining spending review period will be decided, once the detail of those functions and the necessary funds to go with them become clearer later in the year.
| £ | ||||
| Core grant in aid | CASTLE project | Additional hours/credit crunch project | Total | |
Consumer Direct
Chris Ruane: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills pursuant to the answer of 3 February 2011, Official Report, column 956W, on consumers: advisory services, what proportion of the approximately 1.7 million telephone calls and emails handled annually by Consumer Direct originated from residents of each (a) region, (b) local authority area and (c) constituency. [39915]
Mr Davey: In 2009-10, Consumer Direct handled approximately 1.7 million calls and e-mails. Of these, around 1.5 million related to general consumer issues. The remainder related to energy and post issues and were handled by the dedicated contact centre in Northampton. The breakdown of general consumer contacts by origin in the seven English regions, Wales and Scotland was:
| Region/nation | Percentage |
We are unable to provide a breakdown by region of origin for energy and post related contacts handled by the centre in Northampton.
The vast majority of the telephone contacts come in via a direct dial national number. The telephony system does not enable us to identify the origin of these contacts by local authority or constituency.
Chris Ruane: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how much funding his Department provided for the operation of Consumer Direct in each year since its establishment. [39916]
Mr Davey: The Office of Fair Trading took responsibility for funding and running Consumer Direct in April 2006. The cost of running the general advice service since 2006 has been:
| £ million | |
| (1) Forecast Note: These costs exclude those relating to the provision of advice on energy and post which are funded by industry. | |
Chris Ruane: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what steps (a) his Department and (b) the Office of Fair Trading take to increase awareness of the services of Consumer Direct in areas with high levels of functional illiteracy. [39917]
Mr Davey: Consumer Direct (CD) does not specifically target areas with high levels of functional illiteracy. However, vulnerable consumers have been targeted by regional marketing activity to drive awareness of CD. Channels used previously included local radio advertisements and local events, any of which could have reached consumers with functional illiteracy.
The Office of Fair Trading's consumer education campaign Skilled To Go (STG) directs its audience to Consumer Direct as a good source of consumer advice, raising awareness of the service.
The target audience for STG are people in adult and further education learning on literacy, language and numeracy courses throughout the UK. This audience includes:
Young people aged 16 to 25 on vocational learning courses IT, child care, catering etc.
Adults aged 16 to 80 on vocational courses, return-to-employment training or studying voluntarily to improve their literacy and numeracy skills
Adults for whom English is not their first language who are resident or working in the UK
Credit
Stella Creasy: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what (a) meetings and (b) discussions he has had with representatives of (i) payday loan companies, (ii) home credit companies, (iii) hire purchase companies and (iv) any other bodies representing these industries as part of his Department's review of consumer credit. [40354]
Mr Davey: Following the announcement of the review of consumer credit and personal insolvency, on 28 July I met with representatives of Provident Financial, Wonga.com and Automoney. I also met with representatives of consumer organisations and mainstream lenders around the same time.
Departmental Carbon Emissions
Philip Davies: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how much his Department spent on carbon offsetting in each of the last three years; and to which companies payments for carbon offsetting were made in each such year. [40291]
Mr Davey: In the last three financial years, the Department has made the following payments on carbon offsetting:
2007/08: £58,758
2008/09: £51,532
2009/10: £0(1)(.)
The payments in 2007/08 and 2008/09 were made to the Department of Energy and Climate Change who administered the Government Carbon Offsetting Fund (I).
(1) A payment of £90,063 covering the 2009/10 financial year emissions was made to EDF Trading Ltd under the Government Carbon Offsetting Fund (II) programme in the 2010/11 financial year.
Departmental Manpower
Chi Onwurah: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many staff in his Department worked wholly on digital economy policy and implementation (a) on the most recent date for which figures are available and (b) on 1 January 2010. [38730]
Mr Davey: On 1 January 2010, 57.5 staff worked for the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills wholly or mainly on digital economy policy.
On 21 December 2010, the Prime Minister decided that:
"...all responsibility for competition and policy issues relating to media, broadcasting, digital and telecoms sectors will be transferred immediately to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport."
As a result, and following the written ministerial statement issued on 18 January 2011, Official Report, columns 35-36WS, 49 staff working wholly or mainly
on digital economy policy transferred to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, along with their policy responsibilities.
In addition, 14 contractors and staff on loan from other organisations and who are not permanent employees of BIS, but are currently working for Broadband Delivery UK, also transferred.
Departmental Offices
Mr Nicholas Brown: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what the boundaries of the areas to be covered by each of his Department's proposed regional offices will be. [40718]
Mr Prisk: The regions covered by the Department's offices will be North West, West Midlands, East Midlands (including South East Midlands), North East, Yorkshire and Humber, London and the East (including Kent and East Sussex) and South Central and West (covering the South West and South East apart from Kent and East Sussex).
Mr Nicholas Brown: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many staff he plans to employ in each of his Department's proposed regional offices. [40719]
Mr Prisk: Each team will have approximately eight staff.
Mr Nicholas Brown: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (1) what discussions he has had with ministerial colleagues on sharing the costs of his Department's new regional offices; [40720]
(2) what scope he has identified for sharing his Department's proposed regional offices with the Department for Communities and Local Government in order to deal with policy areas that involve co-ordination between the two departments. [40725]
Mr Prisk: My officials are continuing discussions with all relevant Departments about continuing functions in the regions.
Mr Nicholas Brown: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what his estimate is of the cost to the public purse of establishing his Department's proposed regional offices. [40721]
Mr Prisk: A budget of £3.5 million per annum has been estimated. This includes salary and associated administrative costs.
Mr Nicholas Brown: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what the principal administrative functions will be of his Department's proposed regional offices. [40724]
Mr Prisk: The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) teams will:
Promote BIS policy objectives for local economic growth.
Support BIS Ministerial business including briefing and visits
Lead BIS' relationships with Local Enterprise Partnerships and local government to help them understand BIS national policy priorities, assist in coordination of economic development delivery, and help partnerships build their capacity and capability.
Provide hard and soft intelligence and ensure effective co-ordination of Government responses to economic shocks, including major company failures.
Maintain strong links with selected large businesses, key sectors and local business bodies, to build local understanding and buy-in to BIS policies, and provide BIS with the local intelligence needed to understand the impact of policies and contribute to the development of new policies.
Mr Nicholas Brown: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what the relationship will be between the regional offices proposed by his Department and local enterprise partnerships. [40726]
Mr Prisk: The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) teams will lead BIS' relationships with local enterprise partnerships, promoting BIS local economic growth priorities, assisting in coordination of economic development delivery, and helping to support partnerships' capacity and capability.
Mr Nicholas Brown: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills when he expects to confirm the geographical location of each of his Department's proposed regional offices. [40870]
Mr Prisk: The exact locations for the teams are still being determined and some will have dual locations to provider wider geographic coverage. It is not currently possible to confirm when decisions on locations will be made.
Departmental Procurement
Jon Trickett: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what single tender contracts his Department has awarded since his appointment; and what the monetary value is of each contract above the EU public procurement threshold. [36177]
Mr Davey: The information requested is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Higher Education: Finance
Mr Clappison: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what the average drop-out rate was from (a) Russell Group universities and (b) other universities in the latest period for which figures are available. [41124]
Mr Willetts: The non-completion rates for UK-domiciled full-time first degree starters at English higher education institutions are shown in the table by mission group, for the 2007/08 academic year. Non-completion is defined as the percentage of full-time first degree starters projected to neither obtain an award nor transfer to another higher education institution.
Figures for the 2008/09 academic year should become available from the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) from 31 March 2011. More information on non-completion in higher education is available from HESA at the following link:
| Non-completion rate( 1) by mission group for UK-domiciled full-time first degree students starting a first degree in 2007/08 English higher education institutions | |
| Mission group | Non-completion rate (percentage) |
| (1) Percentage of full-time first degree starters projected to neither obtain an award nor transfer to another higher education institution. (2) Excludes Teesside university: Teesside university's 2007/08 entry cohort included students in further education colleges who were studying programmes through the Regional Lifelong Learning Network. From 2008/9 these students were countable by their originating institution, and hence treated as 'no longer in higher education', so their inclusion in specific figures results in an inaccurate Performance Indicator for the University. Note : Percentages are given to one decimal place. Source: Higher Education Statistics Agency Performance Indicators in Higher Education | |
Loans
Chris Ruane: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills pursuant to the answer of 3 February 2011, Official Report, column 892W, on loans, if he will take steps to increase the size of sample surveyed for his Department's purposes in order to obtain further information on the incidence of use of payday loans below national level. [39914]
Mr Davey: The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) has recently re-commissioned the YouGov DebtTrack survey for another 12 months, with an agreed sample size. We will consider the potential for increasing the sample size for this particular survey when the contract comes up for renewal. In the meantime, this survey provides useful information about consumer indebtedness and borrowing behaviour among the general population, as it is based on a nationally representative sample.
More detailed survey data on household borrowing (including the use of payday lending) is also available from the Wealth and Assets Survey, an ONS survey that is partially funded by BIS, along with other Government Departments. This covers roughly 32,000 households (approximately 50,000 individuals). However, detailed analysis of the incidence of payday lending at a sub-national level has not been conducted on this dataset.
Office for Fair Access
Mr Clappison: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what the cost to the public purse was of the Office for Fair Access in the most recent year for which figures are available; and what estimate he has made of its budget in each of the next five years. [41149]
Mr Willetts: The budget allocated to the Office for Fair Access (OFFA) in 2010-11 is £464,000. Allocations for subsequent years have not yet been set. We are working with the Director of Fair Access to determine what level of resource will be required in the future given the additional responsibilities set out in my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State's letter of 10 February 2011.
Post Office: Bank Services
Kate Hoey: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what progress has been made on proposals for the development of (a) a Post Office current account and (b) a Post Office business account contained in the Government's response to the Post Office Banking consultation published on 29 March 2010. [41109]
Mr Davey: The Post Office Banking Consultation was conducted by the previous Government between 2 December 2009 and 24 February 2010. We set out our policy on the future of the Post Office network in our policy statement "Securing the Post Office Network in the Digital Age", published on 9 November 2010. In this statement we set out that we will support the Post Office as it expands further into financial services through the provision of new products and by increasing access to UK current accounts through the Post Office network.
Kate Hoey: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what progress has been made on proposals to make Community Development Finance Institution loans available through the Post Office contained in the Government response to the Post Office Banking consultation published on 29 March 2010. [41110]
Mr Davey: The Post Office Banking Consultation was conducted by the previous Government between 2 December 2009 and 24 February 2010. We set out our policy on the future of the Post Office network in the policy statement "Securing the Post Office Network in the Digital Age", published on 9 November 2010. In this statement we were clear that we will support the Post Office as it expands further into financial services through the provision of new products. Post Office Ltd. will make commercial judgments on which products and services to deliver through the Post Office network, including on proposals relating to Community Development Finance Institution loans.
Post Office: Finance
Kate Hoey: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what timetable he has set for the allocation of monies from the 2011-15 funding package for the Post Office. [41177]
Mr Davey: As stated in the policy statement "Securing the Post Office Network in the Digital Age", published on 9 November 2010, the Post Office will receive the following funding by year:
| Financial year | £ million |
By convention government funding is made at the start of the financial year. All payments are subject to state aid approval from the European Commission.
Kate Hoey: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what estimate he has made of the proportion of Post Office funding that will be used for the Crown network between 2011 and 2015. [41178]
Mr Davey: A financially viable and sustainable Crown network will be a key component of the Post Office network in the future. The Post Office Ltd has committed to eradicate the losses currently made by the Crown network. 37% of the £1.34 billion of Government funding for the Post Office is allocated to be spent on modernisation of the network, a proportion of which will be spent on the Crown network. The Post Office Ltd is currently developing detailed implementation plans for modernisation of the network and the level of funding for the Crown network is unclear at this stage.
Kate Hoey: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what key performance indicators have been agreed with Post Office Ltd. in respect of the size of the Crown post office network under its funding package for 2011-15. [41183]
Mr Davey: A financially viable and sustainable Crown network will be a key part of the overall Post Office network in the future. Post Office Ltd. is committed to eradicating the losses made by the Crown network, and is currently developing plans to achieve this objective. No key performance indicators have been agreed.
Kate Hoey: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what estimate he has made of the network subsidy which will be required to support the Post Office from 2015. [41186]
Mr Davey: The Government believe that by 2014/15 the Post Office network will be on a much more sustainable financial footing. However, we anticipate that as a result of the measures to address the fundamental economics of the network that we are taking now, Government funding will reduce substantially over time. There will almost certainly remain a need for a residual level of subsidy in the future to maintain those branches which could never be profitable, such as those in remote rural areas which provide a valuable social purpose. We are not able to provide an exact estimate for the subsidy post 2014/15 but anticipate it being considerably lower than the current subsidy level.
Kate Hoey: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what estimate he has made of the level of profit Post Office Ltd would need to be making for mutualisation to be financially viable. [41187]
Mr Davey:
The Government were clear in the policy statement "Securing the Post Office network in the Digital Age", published in November 2010, that mutualisation of Post Office Ltd will only be work if the network is financially viable. We anticipate that the Government's funding of £1.34 billion for the post office network over the spending review period, the modernisation of the network and the policies set out in the policy statement will move the network on to a sustainable financial footing. However there will almost certainly remain a need for residual level of Government
subsidy in the future, to maintain those branches that could never be profitable, such as those in remote rural areas. We do not anticipate setting a specific level of profit that the Post Office Ltd would need to be making before moving to a mutual.
Co-operatives UK will be reporting back to Ministers in the spring with an outline of options for a mutual Post Office and before making any final decision on a move to a mutual structure the Government will conduct a full public consultation.
Post Office: Modernisation
Kate Hoey: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what plans he has for modernisation of the Post Office network between 2011 and 2015. [41179]
Mr Davey: The Government funding of £1.34 billion to the Post Office over the spending review period will support Post Office Ltd's modernisation of the network, the key features of which are:
To have about 4,000 main post offices in town and city centres across the country
Conversion of about 2,000 sub post offices to the new 'Post Office Local' model, ensuring the longer opening hours demanded by mail and bill payment customers
Expansion of online and introduced a range of IT improvements to make transactions quicker and simpler
Eradication of the losses made by its directly managed Crown post office network.
The Government will also be looking at options for mutualisation of Post Office Ltd to align the interests of stakeholders in the network better.
Kate Hoey: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what agreements his Department has reached with Post Office Ltd on the allocation of funding for modernisation of the Post Office network between 2011 and 2015. [41180]
Mr Davey: As stated in the policy statement Securing the Post Office Network in the Digital Age, the post office will receive the following funding by year:
£180 million in the financial year 2011-12
£410 million in the financial year 2012-13
£415 million in the financial year 2013-14
£330 million in the financial year 2014-15
48% of the funding will be network subsidy supporting uneconomic branches. Much of the rest of the funding will assist in enabling Post Office Ltd to modernise the network, and improving its infrastructure.
As we noted in our policy statement, all payments are subject to receiving state aid approval from the European Commission.
Kate Hoey: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what key performance indicators have been agreed with Post Office Ltd in respect of (a) the network subsidy, (b) network modernisation, (c) technology and (d) project costs for its funding package between 2011 and 2015. [41181]
Mr Davey: The Post Office Ltd is currently developing detailed implementation plans for the modernisation of the post office network. By the end of this Parliament, Post Office Ltd have committed to:
Have about 4,000 main post offices in town and city centres across the country
Converted about 2,000 sub post offices to the new 'Post Office Local' model, ensuring the longer opening hours demanded by mail and bill payment customers
Expanded online and introduced a range of IT improvements to make transactions quicker and simpler
Eradicated the losses made by its directly managed Crown post office network.
Kate Hoey: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what estimate he has made of the cost of proposals to convert around 2,000 sub-post offices to the Post Office local model by 2015; and what proportion of these costs would be spent on redundancy or compensation payments to sub-postmasters. [41182]
Mr Davey: Over the next four years, around 2,000 small sub post offices will transfer to the local model either onsite or at neighbouring premises, with the major roll out starting in 2014, following further piloting. We believe the local model will play a critical role in securing the long-term future of the network.
The set up costs of the local model will be relatively low in comparison to a traditional sub post office with its dedicated 'fortress' counter. The Post Office Ltd. is currently developing detailed implementation plans for the modernisation of the network. The total costs of the conversion programme, or the level of any compensation payments made to sub-postmasters, are not clear at this stage.
Kate Hoey: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills with reference to his Department's document, Securing the Post Office Network in the Digital Age, November 2010, what steps he has taken to implement proposals for the Post Office to provide services in relation to (a) identity verification, (b) processing applications and (c) processing payments. [41185]
Mr Davey: The Government's ambition is for post offices to become a 'front office' for the delivery of both local and national Government services. Since the publication of the policy statement "Securing the Post Office Network in the Digital Age", published on 9 November 2010, Post Office Ltd. has been developing its services and products for Government Departments and local authorities. Ministers have been strongly supportive of Post Office Ltd.'s efforts to build on its existing strengths in these areas.
Postal Services
Kate Hoey: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what recent discussions he has had with ministerial colleagues on increasing services provided through the Post Office. [41184]
Mr Davey:
The Government are committed to a sustainable future for the Post Office network. Expanding the range of services-including Government services-that the Post Office provides will be an important contribution towards the network's future and Ministers from the
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills have held regular meetings with ministerial colleagues to discuss this issue.
Regional Growth Fund
Mr Nicholas Brown: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what role his Department's proposed regional offices will have in the approval of bids for the Regional Growth Fund. [40723]
Mr Prisk: As part of their remit, the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) teams will maintain strong links with selected large businesses, key sectors and local business bodies, providing this Department with local intelligence supporting the development and delivery of BIS policies.
Although these teams will have no formal role in the approval of bids for the Regional Growth Fund, the independent Advisory Panel making recommendations to Ministers may on occasion call on these teams for a regional or local economic perspective where this might help in their decision-making on particular bids.
Students: Fees and Charges
Mr Clappison: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (1) what research he has undertaken on the effects of increases in tuition fees on applications to university from potential students who would not be eligible for the National Scholarship Programme, university bursaries or other financial assistance related to family means; [41150]
(2) whether he has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated research on the effect of tuition fee increases on university applications from students from middle income families. [40968]
Mr Willetts: The Department has commissioned a number of projects which have examined the impact of tuition fees on different groups of students. Reports are available at:
University tuition fees are estimated to have had a negative impact on participation, and enrolment tends to be lower in the presence of tuition fees. An increase in tuition fees tends to cause a decline in participation, particularly among students from lower socioeconomic backgrounds, unless accompanied by an equivalent increase in student support.
Recent evidence relating to reforms of tuition fees and student support in the UK found that an increase in tuition fees by £1,000 per annum-holding all other factors constant-would be expected to lead to a 4.4 percentage point decline in participation. In addition, it was found that a £1,000 per annum increase in grants increases participation by 2.1 percentage points while a £1,000 per annum increase in loans is associated with a 3.2 percentage point increase in participation.
In relation to the 2006 reforms, some individuals appear to have started university a year earlier than they might otherwise have done so (i.e. in 2005-06 rather than 2006-07) to avoid having to pay the new fees. This pattern of shifting participation was most clearly evident for individuals from higher socio-economic backgrounds, and for those with the highest key stage 5
results. However, there was no evidence that the reforms lead to a sustained fall in HE participation, because tuition fees were accompanied by large increases in loans and grants.
The introduction of upfront tuition fees in 1998 had a small negative impact on participation of high income groups.
Tuition fees and other education related costs also influence the selection of higher education institutions, behaviour while at university and reduce the probability of completion, especially for students from Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) and lower socioeconomic backgrounds.
Studies around attitudes to debt have tended to find that people from lower income groups tend to be more debt averse than those from higher income groups and that debt aversion can influence decisions around HE for lower income groups, though this was mainly about where to study rather than whether to study. The same effect was not found for those from higher income groups.
Studies from the US tend to find that the impact of tuition fees is greatest on those from low income groups. Studies from Australia do not find any relationships between debt aversion, socio-economic group and HE participation.
Trade Promotion: Philippines
Stephen Phillips: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what steps his Department takes to promote the interests of UK businesses in the Philippines. [40685]
Mr Prisk: The Philippines is an emerging economy and one of the largest markets in South East Asia. There is a dedicated UK Trade and investment (UKTI) resource in-country to sell the UK's expertise, secure commercial opportunities and improve market access for British business. The Philippines is also a key component of the outreach programme delivered by UKTI, on behalf of the Asia Task Force, to alert UK business to the potential of Asian markets, Since May 2010, when the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, my right hon. Friend the Member for Twickenham (Vince Cable), took over co-chairmanship, seven ATF events have been held around the UK, attracting around 1,000 companies to participate. This outreach to business will continue throughout 2011.
The Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, my hon. Friend the Member for Taunton Deane (Mr Browne), visited Manila in July 2010 following the inauguration of the new Philippines President, and the permanent under-secretary of state at the FCO visited in January this year. Both visits were used to lobby on specific commercial interests, to promote the UK's expertise and to push for progress on market access issues, which will help open the doors for British business. UKTI will continue to work closely with the Government of the Philippines on public-private partnership initiatives to identify commercial opportunities, sell the UK's capabilities and ensure UK business maximise their interests in the Philippines.
Looking ahead, UKTI has identified a number of high value opportunities in the Philippines in the development of infrastructure projects including railways,
power, water and environmental technologies. UKTI is also working closely with stakeholders to develop strategies to help British business access these opportunities. UKTI will shortly publish a guide to doing business with the Philippines which will assist UK companies to understand and navigate the business environment better.
UK Research Councils: Finance
George Freeman: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how much the UK Research Councils spent in (a) Scotland, (b) Wales, (c) England and (d) Northern Ireland in each of the last five years for which figures are available. [39690]
Mr Willetts: Data from the Research Councils setting out their spend over the past five years in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales are set out in the following table:
| Summary | ||||||
| £ million | ||||||
| 2005-6 | 2006-7 | 2007-8 | 2008-9 | 2009-10 | Total | |
| Note: These figures do not include Research Council admin expenditure. | ||||||
George Freeman: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how much his Department spent on research institutes in (a) Scotland, (b) Wales, (c) England and (d) Northern Ireland in each of the last five years for which figures are available. [39691]
Mr Willetts: Research Council expenditure in their research institutes over the past five years in Scotland, Wales, England and Northern Ireland are set out in the following table. Also included is the support that the Department provides to research establishments in the public sector through the Public Sector Research Exploitation programme (PSRE).
| Summary (£ million) | ||||||
| 2005-6 | 2006-7 | 2007-8 | 2008-9 | 2009-10 | Total | |
Yorkshire Forward
Julian Smith: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (1) what assets of Yorkshire Forward are to remain in Yorkshire and the Humber; [40735]
(2) what timetable he has set for decisions on the future of Yorkshire Forward assets; [40736]
(3) whether he plans to ensure that all areas covered by Yorkshire Forward will benefit from the disposal of its assets. [40737]
Mr Prisk: Yorkshire Forward, along with all other RDAs, submitted a detailed assets and liabilities plan to BIS on 31 January 2011. Their plan is currently being scrutinised by Government before being given final sign off by the Yorkshire Forward Board. We anticipate that the systematic disposal of assets and liabilities will begin in April 2011.
As such, no final decisions have yet been made on the destination of particular assets.
Each disposal will be considered on a case by case basis. At present, any disposal of regional development agency assets and liabilities will take place within the existing legislative framework (the Regional Development Agencies Act 1998). Decisions will be made with a view to obtaining the best outcome for the local area consistent with achieving value for the public purse.
For more details on this process I refer my hon. Friend to the statement on RDA Assets and Liabilities that I issued on 10 February 2011:
Copies of this statement have also been placed in the Libraries of the House.
Energy and Climate Change
BP: Health and Safety
Lisa Nandy: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change (1) if he will place in the Library a copy of each item of recent correspondence between his Department and BP on health and safety; [39587]
(2) what recent representations he has received on BP and health and safety; [39588]
(3) what recent discussions he has had with representatives of BP on health and safety policy. [39589]
Charles Hendry: I have had no discussions with representatives of BP on health and safety policy. There is no recent correspondence between the Department and BP on health and safety, and I have received no recent representations on BP and health and safety.
BP: South Kara Sea
Caroline Lucas: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what information he has received from BP on the environmental protection measures proposed in respect of BP's prospective joint exploration with Rosneft for oil reserves in the South Kara Sea. [40669]
Charles Hendry: We have not received specific information on the environmental protection measures proposed, but BP has made clear that the safety, environmental and operational risk management aspects of its activities will remain paramount.
Carbon Storage
Mr Binley: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what consideration he has given to the merits of funding three further commercial-scale carbon capture and storage demonstration projects. [39309]
Charles Hendry: The Government are committed to continuing public sector investment in carbon capture and storage technology for four power stations.
DECC is already in the process of selecting the first of these demonstration projects which is for post combustion capture technology on a coal fired power plant with offshore storage in a disused gas field.
Environment Protection
Karen Lumley: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what steps his Department is taking to increase the (a) production and (b) distribution of environmental products. [39091]
Mr Paice: I have been asked to reply.
The Government have taken a number of different steps to increase the production and distribution of more sustainable products, from voluntary agreements with manufacturers and retailers, to promoting innovation and enforcing regulation, and by promoting an increased market for sustainable products through Government buying standards.
Fuel Oil: Unfair Practices
Sarah Newton: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change if he will assess the merits of using HM Revenue and Customs' Registered Dealers in Controlled Oils database to assist the Office of Fair Trade in investigating allegations of anti-competitive practices in the domestic heating oil market. [41138]
Charles Hendry: The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) is an independent competition authority with powers to investigate allegations of anti-competitive practices.
My officials have confirmed that the OFT is aware of the Registered Dealers in Controlled Oils database and will consider whether it could be helpful in its work.
Members: Correspondence
Stephen Phillips: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change when he plans to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Sleaford and North Hykeham of 8 December 2010 on heating oil prices. [40690]
Charles Hendry: The response to this letter (the hon. and learned Member's ref: 2930) was sent on 14 February 2011. I apologise for the delay in responding.
Natural Gas: Storage
Mike Weatherley:
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change whether his Department has made an assessment of the optimum level of gas
storage capacity required to ensure security of supply. [39775]
Charles Hendry: DECC does not make assessments of the optimum level of gas storage capacity. However, Government have outlined the need for additional gas infrastructure, including gas storage facilities, in the revised National Policy Statements. These will be further revised to take account of responses received during the 12-week consultation which closed on 24 January 2011.
Government have also proposed measures in the current Energy Bill to give Ofgem powers to sharpen commercial incentives on gas market participants to avoid a gas supply emergency. This should help underpin commercial demand for additional supply infrastructure, including gas storage facilities.
Nuclear Decommissioning Authority: Expenditure
Tony Cunningham: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how much and what proportion of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority's budget has been spent on socio-economic projects in each of the last three years. [40679]
Charles Hendry: The NDA has spent the following:
| £ million | Percentage | ||||
| Socio-economic spend | Skills spend | Socio-economic spend plus skills spend | Socio-economic spend plus skills spend as proportion of NDA's budget | Percentage of overall expenditure when the £4 million annual SLC is included | |
Much of the NDA's investment in skills has a strong socio-economic focus.
The NDA's site licence companies spend approximately £4 million a year through the annual site funding allowance.
Sellafield
Chris Ruane: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what quantity of (a) tritium, (b) carbon 14, (c) zinc-65, (d) strontium 89, (e) strontium 90, (f) technetium 99, (g) iodine 129, (h) europium 152, (i) europium 154, (j) totl Beta and (k) uranium was discharged in liquid emissions from Sellafield in each of the last 20 years. [41044]
Charles Hendry: The data requested for the period between 1990 and 2009 are provided in the following annex. Data for 2010 are yet to be verified and therefore have not been included in this response.
Justice
Legal Aid
18. Tom Brake: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what recent representations he has received on his proposals for the legal aid budget; and if he will make a statement. [40470]
Mr Djanogly: The consultation for the reform of legal aid closed yesterday and we have received over 1,200 responses from members of the public, lawyers, advice providers, and many others.
I have also received many representations over recent weeks from Members of this House and others who are interested in the future of legal aid.
We are now considering all representations received, and hope to publish our finalised proposals in the spring.
Appeals: Social Security Benefits
Simon Hart: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice pursuant to the answer of 19 January 2011, Official Report, column 804W, on appeals: social security benefits, (1) what measures have been put in place at (a) the Cardiff Tribunals Service Centre and (b) the Haverfordwest Hearing Venue to increase capacity in order to deal with the increased numbers of social security appeals; [39901]
(2) whether further staff have been taken on at (a) the Cardiff Tribunals Service Centre and (b) the Haverfordwest Hearing Venue in order to manage the increased number of social security appeals. [39902]
Mr Djanogly: The Tribunals Service does not have an administrative office in Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire. Appeals submitted within the hon. Member's constituency are heard at the Haverfordwest hearing venue, and processed at the Cardiff Tribunals Service Centre.
Cardiff Tribunals Service have been dealing with an unprecedented and unforecast increase in the levels of appeals, receiving 73.2% more appeals from 1 April 2010 to 30 September 2010 than during the same period two years ago.
In response, there has been a significant increase in staffing levels at our Cardiff processing centre, together with a number of initiatives to improve capacity and throughput. The result has been that, between 1 April 2010 and 30 September 2010, the Cardiff Tribunals Service Centre ran over 75% more hearing sessions in the hearing venues it supports than during the same period two years ago.
This is also reflected at the Haverfordwest hearing venue where, between 1 April 2010 and 30 September 2010, the number of appeals submitted to the Tribunals Service from that area increased by almost 130% compared with the same period two years ago. In response the number of hearing sessions have been increased by over 162%. Haverfordwest is a hearing venue and no processing staff are permanently based there. There has, however, been a suitable increase in the numbers of staff who are available to clerk hearings at Haverfordwest in order to support this increase in hearing sessions.
In order to continue to increase hearing capacity in Cardiff, and Haverfordwest in particular, new medically qualified panel members have been recruited in that area and new legal members are currently being recruited. Combined with the additional processing capacity at Cardiff Tribunals Service, these measures are designed to ensure that the waiting times in Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire will begin to reduce in the coming year.
Bribery
Joseph Johnson: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what recent progress he has made on the provision of guidance on implementation of the Bribery Act 2010. [40924]
Mr Kenneth Clarke:
I am working on the guidance to commercial organisations to make it practical and useful for legitimate business and trade. It will be published once I am confident that it addresses the legitimate
concerns of all those who took part in the consultation process. The publication will be followed by a three-month notice period before full implementation of the Act.
Compensation: Discrimination
Nia Griffith: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the mean compensation award was for (a) unfair dismissal, (b) race discrimination, (c) sex discrimination, (d) disability discrimination, (e) religious discrimination, (f) sexual orientation discrimination and (g) age discrimination at employment tribunals in the latest 12 months for which figures are available. [40417]
Mr Djanogly: The Tribunals Service publishes statistics annually and quarterly. The following table, which is drawn from published material, shows the average (mean) compensation awards in 2009-10 for each jurisdiction cited.
| Average (mean) compensation awards in 2009-10 for (a) unfair dismissal; (b) race discrimination; (c) sex discrimination; (d) disability discrimination; (e) religious discrimination; (f) sexual orientation discrimination and (g) age discrimination | |
| Jurisdiction | Mean compensation awarded (£) |
Departmental Energy
Roger Williams: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what steps his Department plans to take to reduce its energy costs. [39652]
Mr Djanogly: The Ministry of Justice is reducing its energy cost (defined as pence per kWh) by migrating those energy contracts onto the Buying Solutions Frameworks in the instances where they are not already on the Buying Solutions Frameworks for the provision of mains electricity, gas, liquid fuels and coal.
We are looking at a range of initiatives for alternative forms of energy supply at potentially lower cost solutions, both on a pence per kWh basis and for its impact on the carbon footprint. Examples of alternate fuel types are bio diesel and bio mass. Examples of alternative sources of power, which we are investigating the cost and carbon advantages of, are solar and wind.
Employment Tribunals
Nia Griffith: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what proportion of employment tribunal (a) applicants and (b) respondents had been involved in employment tribunal proceedings within the previous 24 months of their appearance in the last 12 months for which figures are available. [40409]
Mr Djanogly: The Tribunals Service does not hold this information, as it is not required to be given on the tribunal forms.
Nia Griffith: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many ET1 employment tribunal applications were struck out or dismissed due to having been inadequately completed by applicants in the last 12 months for which figures are available. [40411]
Mr Djanogly: The Tribunals Service publishes statistics annually and quarterly. Table 2 of the publication, "Employment Tribunal and EAT Statistics 2009-10", provides details of the employment tribunal cases struck out and dismissed in 2009-10 and is available at:
In the financial year 2009-10, a total of 20,100 cases were struck out not at a hearing; and another 4,600 were dismissed at a preliminary hearing.
Some ET1 claim forms are also 'rejected' during the pre-acceptance procedure. Here, a decision is made not to accept the claim under certain specific provisions in the tribunal's rules, for example, where it is clear that the claim form does not include all the relevant required information.
In the financial year 2009-10, a total of 4,100 claims were initially rejected, of which a total of 2,800 were either never resubmitted or resubmitted but then not accepted.
Information on the reasons for any strike out or dismissal (or for any decision to reject a claim) are not collated centrally. This information could only be provided at a disproportionate cost by manually checking individual case files and records.
Nia Griffith: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what proportion of employment tribunal claims were (a) struck out and (b) dismissed at a preliminary hearing in the latest 12 months for which figures are available. [40413]
Mr Djanogly: The Tribunals Service publishes statistics annually and quarterly. Table 2 of the publication, "Employment Tribunal and EAT Statistics 2009-10", details the information on the employment tribunal cases disposed and outcomes of jurisdictions in 2009-10 and is available at:
In 2009-10, (a) 9% of jurisdictional claims that were disposed of were struck out and (b) 2% of jurisdictional claims that were disposed of were dismissed at preliminary hearing.
Nia Griffith: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) what proportion of employment tribunal applicants whose cases were struck out, dismissed or unsuccessful were (a) represented and (b) unrepresented in the latest 12 months for which figures are available; [40414]
(2) what proportion of employment tribunal applicants whose cases were struck out, dismissed or unsuccessful were (a) represented and (b) unrepresented in the latest 12 months for which figures are available. [40418]
Mr Djanogly: The following table lists the numbers of cases, by outcome, where claimants were represented and unrepresented. The data cover the 12-month period of the 2009-10 financial year.
| Financial year 2009-10 | Struck out, not at hearing | Dismissed at a preliminary hearing | Unsuccessful at hearing | Unsuccessful default judgment | Total unsuccessful |
| (1) Represented: trade union, trade association, solicitor, citizens advice bureau, free representation unit, private individual, law centre and other '-' denotes small value less than 5 Note: Rounding: Figures in tables are rounded independently and thus may not add to totals. The following conventions have been used Values of 0 represented as 0: Values less than 100 rounded to nearest five; Values from 100 to 999 are rounded to nearest 10; and Values of 1,000 and over are rounded to nearest 100. | |||||
Nia Griffith: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many ET3 responses were struck out or dismissed by employment tribunals due to having been inadequately completed by respondents in the latest 12 months for which figures are available. [40415]
Mr Djanogly: The Tribunals Service does not hold this information centrally. The information can be provided only at a disproportionate cost by manually checking individual case files.
Employment Tribunals: Wales
Nia Griffith: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many employment tribunal venues there are in Wales. [40412]
Mr Djanogly: There is one permanent hearing centre in Wales, which is in Cardiff. In the last 12 months, and according to need, there have also been 14 other venues used on a casual basis to hear employment tribunal cases across Wales.
Harassment
Gavin Shuker: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many people in England and Wales breached an injunction made under section 3 of the Protection from Harassment Act 1997 in each year from 1998 to 2010; and how many such people who were convicted on indictment were given a (a) term of imprisonment, (b) fine and (c) term of imprisonment and a fine. [41072]
Mr Blunt: The number of persons found guilty at all courts and at the Crown court for breach of an injunction under section 3 of the Protection from Harassment Act 1997 and sentenced at the Crown court to a fine, immediate custody, or immediate custody and issued with a fine, in England and Wales, 1998 to 2009 (latest available) are presented in the following table.
Data for 2010 are planned for publication in the spring of 2011.
Gavin Shuker: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many persons have made a claim in civil proceedings in England and Wales under section 3 of the Protection from Harassment Act 1997 following an alleged breach of section 1 of the Act. [41073]
Mr Djanogly: The Ministry of Justice does not hold figures centrally on the number of persons that have made a claim in civil proceedings in England and Wales under section 3 of the Protection from Harassment Act 1997 following an alleged breach of section 1 of the Act.
While the main administrative computer system used in the county courts contains the incidence of claims issued, those specifically relating to section 3 of the Protection from Harassment Act 1997 cannot be distinguished from other types of claims issued. This information could be obtained only through the examination of individual case files at disproportionate cost.
Homicide
Katy Clark: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many convictions for offences of corporate manslaughter there have been since the entry into force of the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007. [40222]
Mr Blunt: The Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007 came into force on 6 April 2008 and applies to offences committed after that date. From commencement to 31 December 2009 (latest available) the Ministry of Justice have received no notifications of a conviction made under this Act.
Court proceedings data for 2010 are planned for publication in spring 2011.
Human Trafficking: Prosecutions
Justin Tomlinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice pursuant to the answer of 1 July 2010, Official Report, column 350W, on human trafficking: prosecutions, how many people have (a) been charged with human trafficking offences and (b) subsequently been prosecuted in the last 12 months for which figures are available. [40402]
Mr Blunt: A total of 47 persons were proceeded against at all courts in 2009 (latest 12 months available) for human trafficking offences under the Sexual Offences Act 2003 and the Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants) Act 2004.
Charging data are not collected.
Data for 2010 are planned for publication in the spring of 2011.
Judicial Pension Scheme
Ms Angela Eagle: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what assumptions he has made in respect of the dropout rate from the Judicial Pension Scheme attributable to (a) potential increases in contributions and (b) its indexation against the consumer prices index; what assessment he has made of the effects of the dropout rate on the future viability of this fund; and if he will make a statement. [40361]
Mr Kenneth Clarke: At the spending review the Office for Budget Responsibility estimated that some additional members, amounting to 1% of the value of the paybill, would opt-out of all the public service schemes as a result of the proposed increase in pension contributions.
Further consideration of the effects of this policy on the opt-out rate will be made as part of the process of determining the increase in contributions across members of the Judicial Pension Scheme.
No assessment has been made of the number of additional members that might opt-out as a result of the change in indexation.
Ms Angela Eagle: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the pension entitlement will be of a member of the Judicial Pension Scheme who retires after 30 years' full-time service on a salary of (a) £10,000, (b) £15,000, (c) £20,000, (d) £25,000, (e) £30,000, (f) £40,000 and (g) £50,000 if the pension is uprated in line with (i) the retail prices index and (ii) the consumer prices index. [40373]
Mr Kenneth Clarke: I am unable to provide the figures requested as there are no members of the Judicial Pension Scheme who receive a full-time annual salary of £50,000 or less.
Ms Angela Eagle: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what proportion of active members of the Judicial Pension Scheme earn (a) between £10,000 and £15,000, (b) between £15,000 and £20,000, (c) between £20,000 and £25,000, (d) between £25,000 and £30,000 and (e) £30,000 and more. [40377]
Mr Kenneth Clarke: All the active members of the Judicial Pension Scheme earn £30,000 or more.
Ms Angela Eagle: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what estimate he has made of the likely savings to the Judicial Pension Scheme of the proposed indexation according to the consumer prices index (a) in 2010-11 and (b) in the next (i) 10, (ii) 20, (iii) 25 and (iv) 30 years. [40384]
Mr Kenneth Clarke: The Government have not made any separate estimate of the change in central Government expenditure for the Judicial Pension Scheme as a result of the change to indexation of public service pensions and benefits in line with the consumer prices index.
However, the overall estimated savings in annually managed expenditure over the forecast period for public service pension expenditure were made available in answers to the right hon. Member for Stirling (Mrs McGuire), on 27 July 2010, Official Report, columns 1193-94W.
Ms Angela Eagle: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the administration costs of the Judicial Pension Scheme are for 2010-11; and what such costs were in each of the last 12 years. [40391]
Mr Kenneth Clarke: The administration costs for the Judicial Pension Scheme for 2010-11 are £400,000.
The Ministry of Justice took on the role of the lead Department for judicial pensions within the United Kingdom from 1 April 2003. The administration costs in each year since then have been £400,000.
Judicial Pension Scheme: Personnel
Ms Angela Eagle: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) what proportion of members of the Judicial Pension Scheme are (a) (i) part-time and (ii) full-time, (b) (A) male and (B) female and (c) (1) active members, (2) deferred members and (3) pensioners; [40113]
(2) what proportion of (a) active and (b) deferred members of the Judicial Pension Scheme are aged between (i) 20 and 30, (ii) 31 and 40, (iii) 41 and 50, (iv) 51 and 55 and (v) 56 and 65 years. [40118]
Mr Kenneth Clarke: The information requested is drawn from several data sources. This is being manually collated by my officials and I will write to the hon. Member with the information as soon as it has been compiled.
Ms Angela Eagle: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many members of the Judicial Pension Scheme there are. [40114]
Mr Kenneth Clarke: The membership figures for the Judicial Pension Scheme are published each year in the Judicial Resource Accounts. The latest figures are set out in the Resource Accounts for 2009-10. They are:
| Number | |
Prisoners
Paul Goggins: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many convicted prisoners had (a) a home address and (b) no fixed abode on the most recent date for which figures are available. [41077]
Mr Blunt: Of 76,100 convicted prisoners, as at 30 November 2010, NOMS central records held a recorded address for 59,800 prisoners. A further 5,700 were recorded as of no fixed abode. Information on a prisoner's residence is provided by prisoners on reception into prison. Recorded addresses can include a prisoner's home address, an address to which they intend to return on discharge or a next of kin address. Some prisoners may declare at reception into prison they are of no fixed abode.
Prisoners: Jamaica
Mr Hollobone: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice if he will work with ministerial colleagues to encourage the construction of additional prison capacity in Jamaica to house Jamaican nationals sentenced to terms of imprisonment by UK courts. [40516]
Mr Blunt: Yes. Also, officials from the Ministry of Justice are working with the Jamaican authorities to investigate ways of increasing and improving their prison estate, while recognising it is for the Jamaican authorities to decide how best to manage demand on their prisons.
Tribunals: Social Security Benefits
Tom Greatrex: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the cost to his Department has been of appeals made to the Tribunals Service against medical assessment decisions since May 2010. [41083]
Mr Djanogly: The cost of employment and support allowance and incapacity benefit appeals involving medical assessment decisions disposed of from 1 May to 30 September 2010 is estimated at £22.15 million. This is calculated by multiplying the most recently available average cost of an individual First-tier Tribunal-Social Security and Child Support case by the number of completed appeals in this period.
This covers the most recent period for which figures have been published. Figures for quarter 3 of 2010-11 will be published at the end of March.
Youth Offending Teams: Redundancy
Mr Slaughter: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) how many youth offending team employees or contractors (a) in all roles and (b) in frontline roles (i) have been made redundant since October 2010, (ii) are on notice of redundancy and (iii) will not have their contracts renewed once they expire; [39883]
(2) how many youth offending team employees or contractors in Hounslow (a) have been made redundant since October 2010, (b) are on notice of redundancy and (c) will not have their contracts renewed once they expire; [39956]
(3) how many youth offending team employees or contractors in Islington (a) have been made redundant since October 2010, (b) are on notice of redundancy and (c) will not have their contracts renewed once they expire; [39957]
(4) how many youth offending team employees or contractors in Kensington and Chelsea (a) have been made redundant since October 2010, (b) are on notice of redundancy and (c) will not have their contracts renewed once they expire; [39958]
(5) how many youth offending team employees or contractors in Kingston upon Thames (a) have been made redundant since October 2010, (b) are on notice of redundancy and (c) will not have their contracts renewed once they expire; [39959]
(6) how many youth offending team employees or contractors in Lambeth (a) have been made redundant since October 2010, (b) are on notice of redundancy and (c) will not have their contracts renewed once they expire; [39960]
(7) how many youth offending team employees or contractors in Lewisham (a) have been made redundant since October 2010, (b) are on notice of redundancy and (c) will not have their contracts renewed once they expire; [39961]
(8) how many youth offending team employees or contractors in Merton (a) have been made redundant since October 2010, (b) are on notice of redundancy and (c) will not have their contracts renewed once they expire; [39962]
(9) how many youth offending team employees or contractors in Newham (a) have been made redundant since October 2010, (b) are on notice of redundancy and (c) will not have their contracts renewed once they expire; [39963]
(10) how many youth offending team employees or contractors in Redbridge (a) have been made redundant since October 2010, (b) are on notice of redundancy and (c) will not have their contracts renewed once they expire; [39964]
(11) how many youth offending team employees or contractors in Richmond-upon-Thames (a) have been made redundant since October 2010, (b) are on notice of redundancy and (c) will not have their contracts renewed once they expire; [39965]
(12) how many youth offending team employees or contractors in Southwark (a) have been made redundant since October 2010, (b) are on notice of redundancy and (c) will not have their contracts renewed once they expire; [39966]
(13) how many youth offending team employees or contractors in Sutton (a) have been made redundant since October 2010, (b) are on notice of redundancy and (c) will not have their contracts renewed once they expire; [39967]
(14) how many youth offending team employees or contractors in Tower Hamlets and the City of London (a) have been made redundant since October 2010, (b) are on notice of redundancy and (c) will not have their contracts renewed once they expire; [39968]
(15) how many youth offending team employees or contractors in Waltham Forest (a) have been made redundant since October 2010, (b) are on notice of redundancy and (c) will not have their contracts renewed once they expire; [39969]
(16) how many youth offending team employees or contractors in Wandsworth (a) have been made redundant since October 2010, (b) are on notice of redundancy and (c) will not have their contracts renewed once they expire; [39970]
(17) how many youth offending team employees or contractors in Westminster (a) have been made redundant since October 2010, (b) are on notice of redundancy and (c) will not have their contracts renewed once they expire; [39971]
(18) how many youth offending team employees or contractors in Darlington (a) have been made redundant since October 2010, (b) are on notice of redundancy and (c) will not have their contracts renewed once they expire; [39972]
(19) how many youth offending team employees or contractors in Durham (a) have been made redundant since October 2010, (b) are on notice of redundancy and (c) will not have their contracts renewed once they expire; [39973]
(20) how many youth offending team employees or contractors in Gateshead (a) have been made redundant since October 2010, (b) are on notice of redundancy and (c) will not have their contracts renewed once they expire; [39974]
(21) how many youth offending team employees or contractors in Hartlepool (a) have been made redundant since October 2010, (b) are on notice of redundancy and (c) will not have their contracts renewed once they expire; [39975]
(22) how many youth offending team employees or contractors in Newcastle upon Tyne (a) have been made redundant since October 2010, (b) are on notice of redundancy and (c) will not have their contracts renewed once they expire; [39976]
(23) how many youth offending team employees or contractors in North Tyneside (a) have been made redundant since October 2010, (b) are on notice of redundancy and (c) will not have their contracts renewed once they expire; [39977]
(24) how many youth offending team employees or contractors in Northumberland (a) have been made redundant since October 2010, (b) are on notice of redundancy and (c) will not have their contracts renewed once they expire; [39978]
(25) how many youth offending team employees or contractors in South Tees (a) have been made redundant since October 2010, (b) are on notice of redundancy and (c) will not have their contracts renewed once they expire; [39979]
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