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To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the rate of compliance is with the Annual Business Inquiry Financial Questionnaire circulated by the Office for National Statistics; and what penalties exist for non-compliance. - Includes text of letter from Len Cook of National Statistics.

Asked by

Patrick Nicholls (Conservative)

Answering body

Treasury

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

2 April 2001

Reference

155749; 366 c52W

House

House of Commons

Treasury;Office for National Statistics

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the amount of time businesses are required to take providing data for the Office for National Statistics; and if he will examine ways of reducing it. - Includes text of letter from Len Cook of National Statistics...

Asked by

Patrick Nicholls (Conservative)

Answering body

Treasury

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

22 March 2001

For answer on

2 April 2001

Answered on

2 April 2001

Mr. Nicholls: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the amount of time businesses are required to take providing data for the Office for National Statistics; and if he will examine ways of reducing it. [155750] Miss Melanie Johnson: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician. I have asked him to reply. Letter from Len Cook to Mr. Patrick Nicholls, dated 2 April 2001: As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent question on the amount of time businesses are required to take providing data for the Office for National Statistics (ONS) and if this can be reduced (155750). The ONS is extremely conscious of its responsibility to reduce the costs to business of complying with its surveys. Minimising the burden on suppliers of data is one of the ONS's key aims. The ONS produces an Annual Compliance Plan which charts the compliance costs by inquiry. This contains details of compliance-reducing initiatives that are either being undertaken, or are in the pipeline, the compliance target for the current year and the profile of compliance costs over a four year timescale. A copy of the Compliance Plan for 1999-2000 is available in the House of Commons Library. Regular reviews of surveys are carried out to examine wither there is a continuing need for them. Long term plans for bringing down compliance costs include greater use of administrative data, collecting data over the internet, developing commercial accounting software to include a statistics module and sharing the burden more equally among medium size firms.

Date

2 April 2001

Reference

155750; 366 c51W

House

House of Commons

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make available the responses to the Your Britain, Your Europe questionnaire.

Asked by

John Bercow (Conservative)

Answering body

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

5 March 2001

Reference

151653; 364 c95W

House

House of Commons

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many responses were received to the questionnaire attached to the Your Britain, Your Europe leaflet; how many leaflets have been distributed; at what cost; and if he will make a statement. - Includes figures and ref to 348...

Asked by

John Bercow (Conservative)

Answering body

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

31 January 2001

Reference

362 c247-8W; 147466

House

House of Commons

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