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To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the rate of productivity growth in the public sector was on the last year for which figures are available. - Inc figures and text of letter from Len Cook of the Office for National Statistics.

Asked by

Lord Redwood (Conservative)

Answering body

Treasury

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

18 November 2003

Reference

133660; 413 c727W;413 c727-8W

House

House of Commons

Sainsbury of Turville, Lord

What steps they will take to address the current fall in output in the manufacturing industry. [HL 5466]. - Including figure.

Asked by

Lord Taylor of Warwick (Conservative)

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

18 November 2003

Reference

654 c285WA; HL 5466

House

House of Lords

Dept for Education and Skills

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will make a statement on the findings of research conducted for his Department by Machin, Vignoles and Galindo-Rueda on the relationship between institutional productivity and skills attainments at various levels.

Asked by

Lord Boswell of Aynho (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Education and Skills

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

6 November 2003

Reference

136457; 412 c757W

House

House of Commons

Treasury

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the productivity performance figures were for each year since 1997 expressed as (a) output per worker and (b) output per hour; and if he will make a statement. - Inc table.

Asked by

Vincent Cable (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Treasury

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

14 October 2003

For answer on

23 October 2003

Answered on

23 October 2003

Dr. Cable: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the productivity performance figures were for each year since 1997 expressed as (a) output per worker and (b) output per hour; and if he will make a statement. [132879] John Healey: In the UK output per worker is measured as output per filled job. Productivity performance figures are published regularly by the Office for National Statistics. Figures for 1997 to 2002 (the last complete year for which figures are available) are given in the table. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Year Output per filled job (index 2000 = 100) Output per hour worked (Index 2000 = 100) 1997 94.6 92.2 1998 96.5 94.8 1999 97.6 96.4 2000 100 100 2001 101.1 100.9 2002 102.5 102.6 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Date

23 October 2003

Reference

132879; 411 c652W;411 c656W

House

House of Commons

Treasury

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make a statement on average projected productivity growth for 2003-04. - Inc ref to Financial Statement and Budget Report (HC500).

Asked by

Mark Simmonds (Conservative)

Answering body

Treasury

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

21 October 2003

Reference

132987; 411 c483W;411 c487W

House

House of Commons

McIntosh of Haringey, Lord

Whether in relation to their increases in public expenditure on public services over recent years, they accept the conclusions of the Office for National Statistics that "using government's contribution to GDP, output growth lagged behind the increase in inputs ... This suggests that, over time, resources were being used less...

Asked by

Lord Patten (Conservative)

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

16 October 2003

Reference

HL 4636; 653 c138WA

House

House of Lords

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will estimate the cost to public funds of (a) treatment, (b) sickness absence and (c) lost production relating to chronic pain in England. - No figures.

Asked by

Paul Burstow (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

6 October 2003

Reference

131200; 410 c1272W

House

House of Commons

McIntosh of Haringey, Lord

What were the average percentage increases between 1997 and 2001 in gross value added per head for: (a) the combined East of England, London and south east England regions; and (b) the rest of the United Kingdom; and what were the ratios in (a) 1997 and (b) 2001 of the...

Asked by

Lord Oakeshott of Seagrove Bay (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Office for National Statistics

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

6 October 2003

Reference

653 c37-8WA; HL 4527

House

House of Lords

Dept of Trade and Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what analysis has been conducted of the effect of the Manufacturing Advisory Service on small and medium sized companies. (Failed OPQ)

Asked by

Claire Curtis-Thomas (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

18 September 2003

Reference

130832; 410 c873-4W;410 c871-2W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Trade and Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what recent reports she has received on the impact of trends in manufacturing output in the UK upon the economy in the South East. (Failed OPQ)

Asked by

Laura Moffatt (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

18 September 2003

Reference

410 c873W;410 c871W; 130828

House

House of Commons

Dept of Trade and Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what action she is taking to close the productivity gap with other European Union countries. - Inc fact that copy of strategy in Library along with a companion paper setting out the analysis on which the strategy has been built.

Asked by

Parmjit Dhanda (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

17 September 2003

Reference

128204; 410 c769W;410 c766-7W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the effect of EU enlargement on the competitiveness of British agriculture. (Printed on 08.09.2003 in Bound Volume 410 c299-300W).

Asked by

John Hayes (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

15 September 2003

Reference

410 c471-2W;410 (Not in Bound Volume); 128174

House

House of Commons

Whitty, Lord

Whether it was appropriate for the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs stand at the Royal Show to display a placard stating "But in the 21st century self-sufficiency is no longer necessary or even desirable. What's more, the old system is not working properly. Our farmers' incomes are at...

Asked by

Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer (Liberal Democrat)

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

9 September 2003

Reference

HL 4099; 652 c118WA

House

House of Lords

Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

Asked by

John Hayes (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

8 September 2003

Reference

128174; 410 (Not in Daily Part);410 c299-300W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Trade and Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps her Department is taking to improve productivity growth rates. - Includes figures.

Asked by

John Bercow (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

30 June 2003

For answer on

1 September 2003

Answered on

1 September 2003

Mr. Bercow: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what steps her Department is taking to improve productivity growth rates. [123329] Ms Hewitt: The Government's approach to raising productivity centres on maintaining macroeconomic stability to allow firms and individuals to invest for the future, as well as implementing microeconomic reforms to remove the barriers which prevent markets from functioning efficiently. The Government are addressing historic microeconomic weaknesses in five areas that drive productivity growth--investment, innovation, skills, enterprise and competitive markets. Following the recent review of DTI structure and priorities, the Department has been reorganised in order to put productivity and competitiveness at the heart of our activities. The Department's mission, reflecting the Government's five drivers, is centred on the three objectives of world-class science and innovation, successful business and fair markets. In order to enhance the DTI's capacity to achieve these goals, we are currently working to develop a new strategy. This strategy will set out our longer-term direction; allow us to meet the expectations of our key stakeholders and guide the annual business planning process. The strategy will make the maximum use of the evidence base to inform both policy and delivery. The DTI has already initiated a number of measures which are intended to help drive up productivity. These include: publishing the first Manufacturing Strategy for thirty years and launching the Manufacturing Advisory Service; working in conjunction with the Department For Education and Skills, the Department for Work and Pensions and the Treasury to produce the recent Skills Strategy White Paper, which contains measures to improve the skills of Britain's work force; introducing the Enterprise Act 2002, which will make UK competition and insolvency regimes amongst the best in the world according to independent observers; increasing funding for science, engineering and technology from £8.46 billion in 2002-03 to £8.61 billion in 2004-05 in real terms. This includes £1 billion investment in the research infrastructure; levering in £330 million extra capital to small firms through the Regional Venture Capital Funds; announcing a review of innovation policy that will set out a strategy for improving innovation performance in the UK. The findings of the review will be published later this year.

Date

1 September 2003

Reference

123329; 409 c705W

House

House of Commons

Treasury

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent steps have been taken by the Government to remove obstacles to, and raise the levels of, enterprise and investment in the UK's most disadvantaged areas.

Asked by

Claire Curtis-Thomas (Labour)

Answering body

Treasury

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

9 July 2003

Reference

124218; 408 c870-1W;408 c868-9W

House

House of Commons

Treasury;Office for National Statistics

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the output per hour worked was in (a) the UK, (b) Germany, (c) France, (d) United States and (e) Japan in each of the past 10 years. - Inc text of letter from Len Cook of the Office for...

Asked by

Claire Curtis-Thomas (Labour)

Answering body

Treasury

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

2 July 2003

For answer on

9 July 2003

Answered on

9 July 2003

Mrs. Curtis-Thomas: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the output per hour worked was in (a) the UK, (b) Germany, (c) France, (d) United States and (e) Japan in each of the past 10 years. [124106] John Healey: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician. I have asked him to reply. Letter from Len Cook to Mrs. Curtis-Thomas dated 9 July 2003: As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent question concerning what the output per hour worked was in (a) the UK, (b) Germany, (c) France, (d) United States and (e) Japan in each of the past 10 years. (124106) The Office for National Statistics (ONS) publishes international comparisons of productivity (1CP) on output per hour worked on an experimental basis, with UK=100. The data runs from 1990. Levels of output per hour worked in Germany, France, the US and Japan are expressed as relative to the UK level. The reason why hourly 1CP is experimental is provided in the document available at http://www.statistics.gov.uk/ downloads/theme economy/review of hourly ICP.pdf 1CP is a web-only publication and published twice a year, usually in September and February. February 2003 was the latest release http://www.statistics.gov.uk/cci/nugget.asp?id=l60), with the data requested available at: http://www.statistics.gov.uk/ downloads/experimental/icp.xls. It should be noted that these numbers have not incorporated the results of the UK Census 2001. We will update the numbers with revisions reflecting the Census in the next release coming out in September 2003. ONS estimates suggest that this improves UK relative hourly productivity performance by 3 to 5 index points for the most recent year

Date

9 July 2003

Reference

124106; 408 c850-1W;408 c848-9W

House

House of Commons

Treasury

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the Government has done (a) to improve competition, (b) to promote enterprise, (c) to support science and innovation, (d) to raise UK skills and (e) to encourage investment in the last five years.

Asked by

Claire Curtis-Thomas (Labour)

Answering body

Treasury

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

2 July 2003

For answer on

9 July 2003

Answered on

9 July 2003

Mrs. Curtis-Thomas: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the Government have done (a) to improve competition, (b) to promote enterprise, (c) to support science and innovation, (d) to raise UK skills and (e) to encourage investment in the last five years. [124208] John Healey: The Government's approach to raising productivity centres on tackling historic microeconomic weaknesses in five areas that can drive productivity growth: competition, enterprise, science and innovation, skills, and investment. It is precisely to address these areas that the Government have: Introduced the Enterprise Act 2002 to strengthen competition in the economy, creating a new proactive role for the Office of Fair Trading; Reduced corporation tax rates and made major reforms to capital gains tax to enhance the UK as an internationally competitive location for business; Introduced the R&D tax credit for small and large firms, as well as provide the largest sustained increase in the Science Budget for more than a decade; Launched six new Employer Training Pilots and made improvements to the UK Migration system to make it better address the needs of the economy; Made new proposals to promote greater flexibility in the housing market, and to streamline and simplify the planning regime. This Government's strategy for raising UK productivity growth was set out in "Productivity in the UK: the evidence and the Government's approach" (November 2000). A progress report was given in "Productivity in the UK: progress towards a productive economy" (March 2001), and "Enterprise and the productivity challenge" (June 2001) set out further steps Government are taking to improve the UK's productivity performance. Further steps were announced in subsequent Budgets.

Date

9 July 2003

Reference

124208; 408 c870W;408 c868W

House

House of Commons

Treasury

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps the Government has taken to encourage investment in the stock of physical capital in industry.

Asked by

Claire Curtis-Thomas (Labour)

Answering body

Treasury

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

9 July 2003

Reference

124216; 408 c878W;408 c876W

House

House of Commons

Finance Bill 2002/03;European Communities (Amendment) Act 1993

Finance Bill. Lords second reading debate. Agreed to on question. Committee negatived. Standing Order 47 having been dispensed with (pursuant to resolution of 2 July), Lords third reading (formal). Passed. (Debated with motion to approve the government's assessment as set out in the Budget 2003 for the purposes of section...

Lead member

Lord McIntosh of Haringey

Answering member

Lord Saatchi

Department

Treasury; Economic Affairs Committee

Type

Debates on bills; Debates on select committee reports

Date

3 July 2003

Reference

650 c1096-1143

House

House of Lords

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