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House
Session
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1999-00 (35)
Year
Department
Member
More
Primary member
Answering member
Legislative stage
Legislation
Subject
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Publisher
Answered by
Tony Blair
(Labour)
Answering body
Prime Minister
Type
Oral answers to questions
Subjects
Productivity
Date
29 November 2000
Reference
357 c961
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
Supplementary on productivity rates. - Includes figures.
Supplementary on productivity rates. - Includes figures.
Asked by
Lord Spicer
(Conservative)
Answering body
Prime Minister
Prime Minister's questions - 1st Supplementary
Status
Answered
Answered on
29 November 2000
Subjects
Productivity
Date
29 November 2000
Reference
357 c961
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
Laid on
8 November 2000
Notes
Received 08.11.00
Subjects
Companies; Business; Competition; Employment; Families; Environment protection; Investment; Income tax; Excise duties; Fiscal policy; Economic situation; Economic policy; Forecasts; Public expenditure; Petrol; Monetary policy; Public finance; Small businesses; Taxation; Dividend tax credits; New deal schemes; Productivity
Date
8 November 2000
Reference
Cm 4917
House
House of Commons
Pre-Budget statement. (Including ref to a freeze in excise duties on fuels until April 2002).
Pre-Budget statement. (Including ref to a freeze in excise duties on fuels until April 2002).
Lead member
Gordon Brown
Department
Treasury
Type
Ministerial statements
Subjects
Capital gains tax; Costs; Business; Allowances; Investment; Income tax; Industry; Excise duties; Employee benefit trusts; Fuels; Economic situation; Economic policy; Economic growth; Inflation; Personal savings; Petrol; Taxation; VAT; Stamp duties; Working families tax credit; Productivity
Date
8 November 2000
Reference
356 c315-46
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what seminars have been organised for Government ministers and senior civil servants on public services productivity; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what seminars have been organised for Government ministers and senior civil servants on public services productivity; and if she will make a statement.
Asked by
Lord Taylor of Goss Moor
(Liberal Democrat)
Answered by
Marjorie Mowlam
(Labour)
Answering body
Cabinet Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
26 October 2000
For answer on
7 November 2000
Answered on
7 November 2000
Mr. Matthew Taylor: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what seminars have been organised for Government Ministers and senior
civil servants on public services productivity; and if she will make a statement. [135896]
Marjorie Mowlam: The Centre for Management and Policy Studies (CMPS) in the Cabinet Office has organised jointly with the Public
Services Productivity Panel a seminar for senior officials. More broadly, CMPS's programme of seminars for Ministers and senior
civil servants addresses a range of themes with the overarching aim of improving the quality and efficiency of public services.
Subjects
Public sector; Ministers; Training; Senior civil servants; Productivity
Date
7 November 2000
Reference
356 c155-6W; 135896
House
House of Commons
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what surveys have been undertaken by the Public Services Productivity Panel. - Inc ref to 13 reports published on Panel's website: http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/pspp/.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what surveys have been undertaken by the Public Services Productivity Panel. - Inc ref to 13 reports published on Panel's website: http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/pspp/.
Asked by
Lord Taylor of Goss Moor
(Liberal Democrat)
Answered by
Andrew Smith
(Labour)
Answering body
Treasury
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
25 October 2000
For answer on
31 October 2000
Answered on
31 October 2000
Mr. Matthew Taylor: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what surveys have been undertaken by the Public Services Productivity
Panel. [135461]
Mr. Andrew Smith: I have been asked to reply.
To date, 13 reports have been published by the Public Services Productivity Panel. They are available on the Panel's website:
http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/pspp/
A brief description of the published reports follows:
1. "Meeting the challenge: a joint report by the Public Services Productivity Panel"--brings together the main findings from the
Productivity Panel's first 12 studies. High quality performance management is identified as an essential feature of any
high-performing organisation. The report outlines a simple, integrated framework that managers can use to engineer a step-change in
their organisation's productivity.
2. "Variations in outpatient performance"--sets out a comprehensive strategy for improving waiting times for consultant appointments
through a combination of improved management, long-term planning and new booking systems.
3. "Customers in the driving seat?"--reviews the quality of customer services in three of the large transport agencies. It sets out
a number of practical recommendations that would be of interest to all public sector organisations that want to improve their
front-line services to customers.
4. "Incentives for change"--examines performance incentives for the 150,000 front-line staff who work in the Benefits Agency, HM
Customs and Excise, the Employment Service and the Inland Revenue. The report contains a wealth of comparative data on how
performance is rewarded and incentivised across both the public and private sectors.
5. "Targeting improved performance"--reviews the performance management systems of the Defence Logistics Organisation against a
model developed by the Productivity Panel. This model has since been adopted by the Civil Service Management Board for use
throughout the civil service.
6. "Improving police performance"--identifies a new way to measure the efficiency of the police using information that is already
collected by the police service. The report outlines a means by which police forces can better understand their relative strengths
and weaknesses and thus fits within the framework of the Best Value initiative.
7. "Refocusing performance management"--reports on work with staff in the Energy Group of the DTI to refresh its performance
management system by demonstrating how a model developed by the Productivity Panel can be applied in a complex public sector
organisation.
8. "Sold on health"--sets out a new national framework for the management of the NHS estate that is designed to root out surplus
estate, accelerate sales and cut red tape. The approach can generate additional finance and free up resources to increase the focus
on patient care.
9. "Working in partnership"--tackles the issue of achieving joined-up working at a local level, particularly through developing
joint IT systems, by highlighting the key issues that organisations need to address as they plan across organisational boundaries.
The report includes a simple self-assessment tool which other public services can apply.
10. "Out in the open"--proposes improvements to the commissioning of services for older people. It demonstrates how efficiency gains
can be achieved by developing care services that move away from reliance on expensive, and often inappropriate, residential and
nursing care.
11. "Putting your house in order"--looks at how to get best value for tenants from the £4 billion invested each year in improvements
to social housing stock. It recommends engaging tenants in setting priorities, ensuring structural improvements are linked to social
objectives and creating partnerships between tenants, landlords and contractors.
12. "Maximising value for money"--examines the role of the Strategic Outline Case as an important element of planning for
information systems and change management initiatives that involve a large number of stakeholders, are novel, risky and complex, or
where the objectives and scope may be ill-defined.
13. "Effective reporting in education"--looks at how performance reporting arrangements in schools and further education colleges
could be further developed to support the Government's radical agenda for raising standards in education and training. It recommends
focusing performance reporting on key targets, reporting on planned improvement in those key areas, and identifying patterns of good
practice.
Subjects
Government departments; Public sector; Standards; Surveys; Productivity; Public Services Productivity Panel
Date
31 October 2000
Reference
355 c338-9W; 135461
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what recent discussions he has had with the First Secretary on manufacturing industry in Wales.
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what recent discussions he has had with the First Secretary on manufacturing industry in Wales.
Asked by
Ben Chapman
(Labour)
Answered by
Lord Murphy of Torfaen
(Labour)
Answering body
Office of the Secretary of State for Wales
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
12 July 2000
For answer on
26 July 2000
Answered on
26 July 2000
Mr. Ben Chapman: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what recent discussions he has had with the First Secretary on
manufacturing industry in Wales. [130879]
Mr. Paul Murphy: The First Secretary and I meet on a regular basis and discuss a number of issues including manufacturing in Wales.
Overall, manufacturing output in Wales for the four quarters to the first quarter of 2000 was 2.9 per cent. higher than this
corresponding period a year earlier.
Subjects
Manufacturing industries; Wales; Productivity
Date
26 July 2000
Reference
354 c688W; 130879
House
House of Commons
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his statement of 18th July, Official Report, 354 c219-44, on the Spending Review, and the document entitled Prudent for a Purpose, Cm 4807, page 32, how he defines productivity for the purpose of his target of raising productivity; if his measure...
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his statement of 18th July, Official Report, 354 c219-44, on the Spending Review, and the document entitled Prudent for a Purpose, Cm 4807, page 32, how he defines productivity for the purpose of his target of raising productivity; if his measure...
Asked by
Lord Taylor of Goss Moor
(Liberal Democrat)
Answered by
Stephen Timms
(Labour)
Answering body
Treasury
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
19 July 2000
For answer on
25 July 2000
Answered on
25 July 2000
Mr. Matthew Taylor: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his statement of 18 July 2000, Official Report, columns
219-44, on the Spending Review, and the document entitled "Prudent for a Purpose", Cm 4807, page 32, how he defines productivity for
the purpose of his target of raising productivity; if his measure of gross domestic product per capita will incorporate regional
price information; and if he will make a statement. [132248]
Mr. Timms: There are two measures of productivity for the purposes of the target concerned. One is output per worker, the other is
output per hours worked. The source for both of these is the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita for the UK expressed in real terms is estimated using price information which is collected
from a wide range of consumer outlets and businesses, chosen to ensure that prices from all parts of the UK are represented.
Subjects
Public expenditure; Productivity
Date
25 July 2000
Reference
354 c575W; 132248
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what help he is giving to the shipbuilding industry.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what help he is giving to the shipbuilding industry.
Asked by
Bob Blizzard
(Labour)
Answered by
Alan Johnson
(Labour)
Answering body
Department of Trade and Industry
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
11 July 2000
For answer on
17 July 2000
Answered on
17 July 2000
Mr. Blizzard: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what help he is giving to the shipbuilding industry. [130760]
Mr. Alan Johnson: My Department's strategy is to assist the industry to improve its competitiveness. In July 1998 my Department
established the Shipbuilding Forum whose membership comprises representatives of the shipbuilding and ship repair industry, trades
unions, equipment suppliers and customers, both private and public sector. Also involved are the National Training Organisation for
the marine sector and relevant Government Departments. The Forum's terms of reference are to consider the current situation of the
shipbuilding and ship repair industry and how to improve its competitiveness so as to increase its share of the European market,
leading to increased output, profitability and employment.
In addition, my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State chaired a meeting on 13 July where a number of Ministers, including my
right hon. Friend the Deputy Prime Minister and my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Defence, met leading members of the
shipbuilding industry and trades unions to discuss the further steps necessary to build a world class shipbuilding industry.
Following that meeting, the Government will take forward discussions on the issues raised on skills, training, productivity and
financial support and then present them to the Shipbuilding Forum meeting in the autumn.
Subjects
Finance; Training; Shipbuilding; Productivity; Trade competitiveness; Shipbuilding Forum
Date
17 July 2000
Reference
354 c27-8W; 130760
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the base level is against which his Department's public service target for 2002 of increasing the productivity and profitability of small and medium-sized enterprises assisted by the Small Business Service is to be measured. - INcludes figures. (Holding answer...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the base level is against which his Department's public service target for 2002 of increasing the productivity and profitability of small and medium-sized enterprises assisted by the Small Business Service is to be measured. - INcludes figures. (Holding answer...
Asked by
Christopher Chope
(Conservative)
Answered by
Stephen Byers
(Labour)
Answering body
Department of Trade and Industry
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
8 June 2000
For answer on
19 June 2000
Answered on
19 June 2000
Mr. Chope: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what the base level is against which his Department's public service
target for 2002 of increasing the productivity and profitability of small and medium sized enterprises assisted by the Small
Business Service is to be measured. [125921]
Mr. Byers: [holding answer 14 June 2000]: This Public Sector Target states that DTI will increase the productivity and profitability
of Small Business Service{1} assisted small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) relative to all SMEs by 1 per cent. per annum from a
base level of 12 per cent. for productivity and 14 per cent. for profitability.
{1} This target relates to businesses assisted by the Business Links and was established on the basis of the findings of the
Business Link Value for Money Evaluation (1998).
Subjects
Standards; Small businesses; Productivity; Trade competitiveness; Profitability
Date
19 June 2000
Reference
352 c69W; 125921
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the number of resource employment places in prisons in England and Wales in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available, broken down by type of activity. - Includes tables.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the number of resource employment places in prisons in England and Wales in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available, broken down by type of activity. - Includes tables.
Asked by
Ann Widdecombe
(Conservative)
Answered by
Lord Boateng
(Labour)
Answering body
Home Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
25 April 2000
For answer on
8 May 2000
Answered on
8 May 2000
Miss Widdecombe: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the number of resource employment places in
prisons in England and Wales in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available, broken down by type of activity.
[120693]
Mr. Boateng: Prior to 1994 accounts were submitted centrally covering industries' and farms' output but following devolution of
funding to establishment level this has not been a requirement. Therefore, from 1995-96 the figures have been extracted from data
supplied as part of the Prison Service accounts. The available information is given in the table. CAPTION=Resource employment places
in prisons in England and Wales 1990
Resource employment places in prisons in England and Wales 1990-91 to 1999-2000
_________________________________________________________________________________________________.
Year Industries
1999-2000{1} {2}10,989
1998-99{1} {2}11,966
1997-98{1} {2}9,173
1996-97{1} {2}9,173
1995-96
Tailoring/Shirts 2,184
Textiles 2,429
Others 210
Footwear/Leather 221
Printing 243
Weaving 352
Engineering 810
Woodwork 795
Laundry 1,060
Contract Services 1,732
Total 10,036
1994-95
Tailoring/Shirts 2,176
Textiles 2,381
Others 210
Footwear/Leather 221
Printing 243
Weaving 352
Engineering 810
Woodwork 795
Laundry 1,203
Contract Services 1,732
Total 10,123
1993-94
Tailoring/Shirts 2,330
Textiles 2,256
Others 190
Footwear/Leather 261
Printing 286
Weaving 313
Engineering 780
Woodwork 763
Laundry 1,053
Contract Services 1,792
Total 10,024
1992-93
Tailoring/Shirts 2,257
Textiles 2,426
Others 210
Footwear/Leather 266
Printing 286
Weaving 334
Engineering 780
Woodwork 758
Laundry 1,082
Contract Services 1,779
Total 10,178
1991-92
Tailoring/Shirts 2,296
Textiles 2,798
Others 196
Footwear/Leather 261
Printing 320
Weaving 352
Engineering 740
Woodwork 764
Laundry 1,104
Contract Services 2,132
Total 10,963
1990-91
Tailoring/Shirts 2,401
Textiles 2,708
Others 226
Footwear/Leather 261
Printing 320
Weaving 439
Engineering 740
Woodwork 879
Laundry 1,017
Contract Services 2,107
Total 11,098
_________________________________________________________________________________________________.
{1} Breakdown by activity not available {2} Centrally available figures may not be wholly accurate CAPTION=Resource employment
places in prisons in England and Wales
Resource employment places in prisons in England and Wales 1990-91 to 1999-2000 Hansard Comment:TR="1"CP="Resource
employment places in prisons in England and
Wales"HR="1"BR="10"FN="1"CN="2"WC="1068"CW1="2004"CW2="1764&qu
ot;HC="1"
_________________________________________________________________________________________________.
Totals{1} Farms and gardens
1999-2000 {2}2,784
1998-99 {2}2,949
1997-98 {2}3,508
1996-97 {2}3,508
1995-96 3,474
1994-95 3,474
1993-94 3,474
1992-93 3,474
1991-92 3,657
1990-91 3,551
_________________________________________________________________________________________________.
{1} Breakdown by activity not available {2} Centrally available figures may not be wholly accurate
Subjects
Employment; Manufacturing industries; Prisons; Productivity
Date
8 May 2000
Reference
349 c307-9W; 120693
House
House of Commons
Answered by
Gordon Brown
(Labour)
Answering body
Treasury
Type
Oral answers to questions
Subjects
Manufacturing industries; Tax allowances; Taxation; Productivity
Date
6 April 2000
Reference
347 c1147
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
Answered by
Gordon Brown
(Labour)
Asked by
Barry Sheerman
(Labour)
Answering body
Treasury
Type
Oral answers to questions
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, When he will next meet the CBI to discuss their reactions to his recent budget and the assistance which it gives to the manufacturing sector.
Subjects
Manufacturing industries; Tax allowances; Taxation; Productivity
Date
6 April 2000
Reference
347 c1147
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, If he will make a statement on the timetable for the publication of the Office for National Statistics 1999 figures for manufacturers' sales of hosiery and other knitted goods to the public. (Failed OPQ). - Includes text of letter from Tim Holt of...
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, If he will make a statement on the timetable for the publication of the Office for National Statistics 1999 figures for manufacturers' sales of hosiery and other knitted goods to the public. (Failed OPQ). - Includes text of letter from Tim Holt of...
Asked by
David Tredinnick
(Conservative)
Answered by
Melanie Johnson
(Labour)
Answering body
Treasury
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
23 March 2000
For answer on
6 April 2000
Answered on
6 April 2000
Mr. Tredinnick: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on the timetable for the publication of the
Office for National Statistics 1999 figures for manufacturers' sales of hosiery and other knitted goods to the public. [116633]
Miss Melanie Johnson: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the Director of the Office for National
Statistics. I have asked him to reply.
Letter from Tim Holt to Mr. David Tredinnick, dated 6 April 2000:
As Director of the Office for National Statistics (ONS), I have been asked to reply to your recent question on the publication of
1999 manufacturers' sales figures of Hosiery and other knitted goods.
Detailed product data from the 1999 quarterly PRODucts of the European COMmunity (PRODCOM) survey of manufacturers' sales of knitted
and crocheted articles will be published in a Business Monitor at the end of May 2000.
Provisional results of the 1999 Annual Business Inquiry (ABI) are expected to be published in December 2000. This News Release will
contain values for turnover, purchases and gross value added for the textile and textile products industry. More detailed industry
results, including those for the manufacture of knitted and crocheted articles, will be published in the summer of 2001.
Subjects
Manufacturing industries; Statistics; Textiles; Productivity
Date
6 April 2000
Reference
347 c586W; 116633
House
House of Commons
1st supplementary on growing levels of productivity.
1st supplementary on growing levels of productivity.
Asked by
Barry Sheerman
(Labour; Co-operative Party)
Answering body
Treasury
Oral questions - 1st Supplementary
Status
Answered
Answered on
6 April 2000
Subjects
Manufacturing industries; Tax allowances; Taxation; Productivity
Date
6 April 2000
Reference
347 c1147
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, When he will next meet the CBI to discuss their reactions to his recent budget and the assistance which it gives to the manufacturing sector.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, When he will next meet the CBI to discuss their reactions to his recent budget and the assistance which it gives to the manufacturing sector.
Asked by
Barry Sheerman
(Labour; Co-operative Party)
Answered by
Gordon Brown
(Labour)
Answering body
Treasury
Oral questions - Lead
Status
Answered
Tabled on
23 March 2000
For answer on
6 April 2000
Answered on
6 April 2000
Subjects
Manufacturing industries; Tax allowances; Taxation; Productivity
Date
6 April 2000
Reference
347 c1147; 116612
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
Answered by
Patricia Hewitt
(Labour)
Answering body
Department of Trade and Industry
Type
Oral answers to questions
Subjects
Internet; Electronic commerce; Manufacturing industries; Productivity
Date
30 March 2000
Reference
347 c482-3
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
Answered by
Patricia Hewitt
(Labour)
Asked by
Geraint Davies
(Labour)
Answering body
Department of Trade and Industry
Type
Oral answers to questions
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, What assessment he has made of the impact the Internet will have on overall levels of productivity in the next two years.
Subjects
Internet; Electronic commerce; Manufacturing industries; Productivity
Date
30 March 2000
Reference
347 c482-3
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
1st supplementary on effect on British manufacturing industry.
1st supplementary on effect on British manufacturing industry.
Asked by
Geraint Davies
(Labour; Co-operative Party)
Answering body
Department of Trade and Industry
Oral questions - 1st Supplementary
Status
Answered
Answered on
30 March 2000
Subjects
Internet; Electronic commerce; Manufacturing industries; Productivity
Date
30 March 2000
Reference
347 c482-3
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, What assessment he has made of the impact the Internet will have on overall levels of productivity in the next two years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, What assessment he has made of the impact the Internet will have on overall levels of productivity in the next two years.
Asked by
Geraint Davies
(Labour; Co-operative Party)
Answered by
Patricia Hewitt
(Labour)
Answering body
Department of Trade and Industry
Oral questions - Lead
Status
Answered
Tabled on
16 March 2000
For answer on
30 March 2000
Answered on
30 March 2000
Subjects
Internet; Electronic commerce; Manufacturing industries; Productivity
Date
30 March 2000
Reference
347 c482-3; 115663
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons