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To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many people under 20 years old in further education in (a) England, (b) the North East and (c) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency received assistance in meeting childcare costs in each year since 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many people under 20 years old in further education in (a) England, (b) the North East and (c) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency received assistance in meeting childcare costs in each year since 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of EU regulations on the sulphur content of oil used in Aga ovens; and what assessment has been made of the costs of these regulations to owners of Agas.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of EU regulations on the sulphur content of oil used in Aga ovens; and what assessment has been made of the costs of these regulations to owners of Agas.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many students in (a) England, (b) the North East and (c) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency in further education have received education maintenance allowance in each year since the allowance was introduced.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many students in (a) England, (b) the North East and (c) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency in further education have received education maintenance allowance in each year since the allowance was introduced.
(2) what estimate she has made of the average length of time permanently excluded pupils who subsequently claimed jobseeker's allowance claimed before finding full-time employment in the latest period for which figures are available;
(2) what estimate she has made of the average length of time permanently excluded pupils who subsequently claimed jobseeker's allowance claimed before finding full-time employment in the latest period for which figures are available;
(3) what proportion of 16 year-olds in (a) England, (b) the North East and (c) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency who left school without five GCSEs at grade A* to C began to claim jobseeker's allowance within six months of leaving school in the latest period for which figures...
(3) what proportion of 16 year-olds in (a) England, (b) the North East and (c) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency who left school without five GCSEs at grade A* to C began to claim jobseeker's allowance within six months of leaving school in the latest period for which figures...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) what percentage of pupils permanently excluded from school in (a) England, (b) the North East and (c) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland claimed jobseeker's allowance within three months of leaving school in the latest period for which figures are...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) what percentage of pupils permanently excluded from school in (a) England, (b) the North East and (c) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland claimed jobseeker's allowance within three months of leaving school in the latest period for which figures are...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many people over 50 years old in (a) the UK, (b) England, (c) the North East and (d) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency are in receipt of jobseeker's allowance.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many people over 50 years old in (a) the UK, (b) England, (c) the North East and (d) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency are in receipt of jobseeker's allowance.
| Table 1. Number of people aged 50 years and over claiming jobseeker's allowance | |
|---|---|
| Number | |
| United Kingdom | 239,545 |
| England | 201,675 |
| North East | 12,785 |
| Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland | 425 |
| Note: | |
| Data rounded to nearest five. | |
| Source: | |
| Jobcentre Plus administrative system. |
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what her Department's expenditure as a proportion of the UK's gross domestic product was in each year since 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what her Department's expenditure as a proportion of the UK's gross domestic product was in each year since 1997.
| Gross domestic product¹ (£ billion) | DWP total expenditure² (£ billion) | Ratio total: GDP (percentage) | |
| 2001-02 | 1,031.5 | 107.6 | 10.4 |
| 2002-03 | 1,092.1 | 112.1 | 10.3 |
| 2003-04 | 1,157.4 | 108.7 | 9.4 |
| 2004-05 | 1,214.7 | 118.9 | 9.8 |
| 2005-06 | 1,270.8 | 123.6 | 9.7 |
| 2006-07 | 1,346.2 | 126.7 | 9.4 |
| 2007-08 | 1,418.2 | 133.3 | 9.4 |
| 2008-09 | 1,434.9 | 142.7 | 9.9 |
| Sources: | |||
| ¹ Gross Domestic Product (GDP): provided by Office for National Statistics (published via the HM Treasury website). | |||
| ² DWP: Departmental Report 2009 and 2007 and Departmental Benefit Expenditure Tables. |
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people charged with carrying an offensive weapon in (a) England, (b) the North East and (c) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency in 2008-09; and what sentences those convicted of such offences received.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people charged with carrying an offensive weapon in (a) England, (b) the North East and (c) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency in 2008-09; and what sentences those convicted of such offences received.
| Offences¹ involving possession of an offensive weapon resulting in a caution or a sentence | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of offences and percentage | |||||||
| Disposal category | Q1 2008 | Q2 2008 | Q3 2008 | Q4 2008 | Q1 2009 | Q2 2009 | Q3 2009 |
| Number of offences | |||||||
| Possession of an offensive weapon | 3,751 | 3,639 | 3,665 | 3,475 | 3,217 | 3,183 | 3,101 |
| Caution² | 1,586 | 1,602 | 1,393 | 1,218 | 1,138 | 1,105 | 1,092 |
| Absolute/Conditional discharge | 203 | 169 | 102 | 83 | 91 | 93 | 92 |
| Fine | 166 | 112 | 113 | 134 | 122 | 114 | 106 |
| Community sentence | 964 | 881 | 977 | 976 | 886 | 911 | 830 |
| Suspended sentence | 248 | 266 | 320 | 330 | 309 | 342 | 331 |
| Immediate custody | 497 | 518 | 681 | 623 | 606 | 551 | 498 |
| Other disposal | 87 | 91 | 79 | 111 | 65 | 67 | 152 |
| Percentage of total offences | |||||||
| Caution² | 42 | 44 | 38 | 35 | 35 | 35 | 35 |
| Community sentence | 26 | 24 | 27 | 28 | 28 | 29 | 27 |
| Suspended sentence | 7 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 11 |
| Immediate custody | 13 | 14 | 19 | 18 | 19 | 17 | 16 |
| ¹ As recorded by the police on the police national computer. | |||||||
| ² Cautions include juveniles receiving reprimands and final warnings. | |||||||
| Notes: | |||||||
| 1. These figures have been drawn from the police's administrative IT system, the police national computer (PNC), which, as with any large scale recording system, is subject to possible errors with data entry and processing. The figures are provisional and subject to change as more information is recorded by the police. | |||||||
| 2. PNC data has been used here rather than court data, which is the usual source of published sentencing statistics, as PNC data provides more up to date figures ahead of the finalised annual court data. |
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate she has made of the average net change in income of a pensioner receiving no more than the basic state pension in each year since 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate she has made of the average net change in income of a pensioner receiving no more than the basic state pension in each year since 1997.
| Average weekly income of individual pensioners with incomes below the basic state pension threshold in each given time period (in 2007-08 prices) (£) | Proportion where income from individual is the only household income (percentage) | Change in average individual income (£) | |
| 1995-98 | 50 | 2 | — |
| 1996-99 | 50 | 2 | 0 |
| 1997-2000 | 51 | 2 | 1 |
| 1998-01 | 51 | 2 | 0 |
| 1999-02 | 53 | 2 | 2 |
| 2000-03 | 54 | 2 | 1 |
| 2001-04 | 53 | 2 | -1 |
| 2002-05 | 54 | 3 | 1 |
| 2003-06 | 54 | 3 | 1 |
| 2004-07 | 58 | 4 | 3 |
| 2005-08 | 57 | 4 | -1 |
| Notes: | |||
| 1. Please note that figures on change may not match exactly due to rounding. | |||
| 2. Incomes and change in income are rounded to the nearest pound. |
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the policies of his Department and its predecessors in (a) providing support to business and (b) improving levels of skills in (i) England, (ii) the North East, (iii) Tees...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the policies of his Department and its predecessors in (a) providing support to business and (b) improving levels of skills in (i) England, (ii) the North East, (iii) Tees...
| Percentage of England qualified to each level in Q4 of each year | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | |
| No qualifications | 17.1 | 16.5 | 15.6 | 15.0 | 15.1 | 14.1 | 13.7 | 13.4 | 12.6 | 12.2 | 11.4 | 10.9 |
| Proportion at level 2+ | 61.0 | 62.5 | 64.0 | 65.0 | 65.0 | 66.4 | 67.2 | 67.6 | 68.9 | 69.9 | 70.7 | 71.2 |
| Proportion at level 3+ | 40.5 | 42.2 | 43.5 | 44.6 | 44.7 | 46.0 | 47.0 | 47.5 | 48.4 | 49.4 | 50.6 | 50.8 |
| Proportion at level 4+ | 22.3 | 23.7 | 24.5 | 25.2 | 25.2 | 26.2 | 27.2 | 27.9 | 28.5 | 30.0 | 30.9 | 31.2 |
| Percentage of north-east qualified to each level in Q4 of each year | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | |
| No qualifications | 17.0 | 16.3 | 15.3 | 14.9 | 14.8 | 14.1 | 13.6 | 12.9 | 12.3 | 12.2 | 11.5 | 10.8 |
| Proportion at level 2+ | 61.5 | 63.0 | 64.3 | 65.1 | 65.5 | 66.5 | 67.6 | 68.1 | 69.4 | 69.7 | 70.6 | 71.4 |
| Proportion at level 3+ | 41.0 | 42.5 | 43.9 | 44.8 | 45.1 | 46.1 | 47.4 | 47.8 | 48.7 | 49.5 | 50.4 | 51.0 |
| Proportion at level 4+ | 22.6 | 23.9 | 24.6 | 25.2 | 25.5 | 26.3 | 27.5 | 27.9 | 28.7 | 30.0 | 30.4 | 31.1 |
| Apprenticeship completions and Train to Gain achievements | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apprenticeships completions | 2003/04 | 2004/05 | 2005/06 | 2006/07 | 2007/08 | 2008/09 |
| England | 49,300 | 67,200 | 98,700 | 111,800 | 112,600 | 126,900 |
| North East | 3,700 | 5,200 | 7,200 | 8,000 | 7,600 | 9,000 |
| Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland | 190 | 250 | 310 | 340 | 280 | 350 |
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if his Department will bring forward proposals to extend the provisions of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 to include company registrars as bodies which may be investigated and regulated by the Financial Services Authority and the Financial Services Ombudsman.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if his Department will bring forward proposals to extend the provisions of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 to include company registrars as bodies which may be investigated and regulated by the Financial Services Authority and the Financial Services Ombudsman.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many childcare places have been created in (a) England, (b) the North East and (c) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency in each year since 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many childcare places have been created in (a) England, (b) the North East and (c) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency in each year since 1997.
| Table 1: Number¹ of childcare places² for children under eight years of age, position at 31 March each year, 1997 to 2009 | ||
|---|---|---|
| England | North East region | |
| 1997 | 1,230,400 | ³— |
| 1998 | 1,326,100 | ³— |
| 1999 | 1,480,400 | 68,300 |
| 2000 | 1,569,200 | 68,800 |
| 2001 | 1,670,600 | 67,700 |
| 2002 | 4— | 4— |
| 2003 | 1,281,300 | 51,600 |
| 2004 | 1,415,700 | 60,500 |
| 2005 | 1,468,300 | 62,400 |
| 2006 | 1,537,800 | 66,600 |
| 2007 | 1,551,100 | 69,800 |
| 2008 | 1.549,100 | 68,19.0 |
| 2009 | 1,346,100 | 54,100 |
| ¹ Figures have been rounded to the nearest 100. | ||
| ² 1997-2001—Data Source: Children's Daycare Facilities Survey—total includes day nurseries, playgroups and pre-schools, childminders, out of school clubs, and holiday schemes. | ||
| 2003-08—Data Source: Ofsted—total includes full day care, sessional day care, childminders, out of school clubs, and crèche day care. | ||
| 2009—Data Source: Ofsted—total includes childminders, childcare on non-domestic premises, childcare on domestic premises and home child carer. | ||
| ³ Data not collected due to transfer of responsibility from LAs to Ofsted. | ||
| 4 Accurate local authority level information is not available. |
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people in (a) England, (b) Wales, (c) the North East and (d) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency were (i) fatally and (ii) non-fatally wounded by a firearm in each year since 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people in (a) England, (b) Wales, (c) the North East and (d) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency were (i) fatally and (ii) non-fatally wounded by a firearm in each year since 1997.
| Crimes recorded by the police in which firearms (excluding air weapons) were reported to have been used¹, resulting in fatal and non-fatal² injury, England and Wales, England, North East Region³ and Cleveland; 1997-98 to2007-08 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Injury type | ||
| 1997-98 | Fatal injury | Non-fatal injury |
| England and Wales | 54 | 750 |
| England | 52 | 745 |
| North East Region | 1 | 13 |
| Cleveland | — | 7 |
| 1998-994 | ||
| England and Wales | 50 | 815 |
| England | 50 | 807 |
| North East Region | 5 | 12 |
| Cleveland | 1 | 2 |
| 1999-2000 | ||
| England and Wales | 62 | 1,133 |
| England | 62 | 1,124 |
| North east region | 6 | 11 |
| Cleveland | 2 | 3 |
| 2000-01 | ||
| England and Wales | 72 | 1,310 |
| England | 71 | 1,275 |
| North East Region | 2 | 12 |
| Cleveland | — | 3 |
| 2001-025 | ||
| England and Wales | 96 | 1,783 |
| England | 94 | 1,761 |
| North East Region | — | 7 |
| Cleveland | — | 2 |
| 2002-036 | ||
| England and Wales | 80 | 2,099 |
| England | 78 | 2,041 |
| North East Region | — | 17 |
| Cleveland | — | 3 |
| 2003-04 | ||
| England and Wales | 68 | 2,299 |
| England | 68 | 2,245 |
| North East Region | — | 77 |
| Cleveland | — | 17 |
| 2004-057 | ||
| England and Wales | 76 | 3,828 |
| England | 76 | 3,704 |
| North East Region | 1 | 101 |
| Cleveland | — | 14 |
| 2005-06 | ||
| England and Wales | 49 | 3,773 |
| England | 48 | 3,679 |
| North East Region | — | 75 |
| Cleveland | — | 28 |
| 2006-07 | ||
| England and Wales | 56 | 2,955 |
| England | 56 | 2,855 |
| North East Region | 5 | 48 |
| Cleveland | 1 | 1 |
| 2007-08 | ||
| England and Wales | 53 | 3,188 |
| England | 53 | 3,101 |
| North East Region | 1 | 54 |
| Cleveland | — | 6 |
| ¹ Firearms are taken to be involved in a crime if they are fired, used as a blunt instrument or used as a threat. | ||
| ² Non-fatal injuries include serious and slight injuries. | ||
| ³ The Northeast Region includes: Cleveland, Durham and Northumbria police forces. | ||
| 4 There was a change in the counting rules for recorded crime on 1 April 1998. | ||
| 5 Figures may have been inflated by some police forces implementing the principles of the National Crime Recording Standard before 1 April 2002. | ||
| 6 The National Crime Recording Standard was introduced on 1 April 2002. Figures for some crime categories may have been inflated by this. | ||
| 7 More explicit guidelines for the classification of weapons introduced on 1 April 2004 may have increased the recording of firearm offences, particularly those committed by imitation weapons. |
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what timetable he has set for bringing forward proposals to enable the Post Office to provide more banking services.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what timetable he has set for bringing forward proposals to enable the Post Office to provide more banking services.
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what estimate he has made of the number of people in (a) the UK, (b) England, (c) the North East and (d) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency who would have earned a wage lower than the level...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what estimate he has made of the number of people in (a) the UK, (b) England, (c) the North East and (d) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency who would have earned a wage lower than the level...
| Table 1: Job holders benefiting from the annual October increases in the national minimum wage | |
|---|---|
| Number (million) | |
| 1999¹ | 1 |
| 2001² | 1.3 |
| 2003 | 0.9 |
| 2004 | 1.1 |
| 2005 | 0.9 |
| 2006 | 1.2 |
| 2007 | 0.9 |
| 2008 | 1.0 |
| 2009³ | 1.0 |
| ¹ Figures for 1999, take earnings inflation into account, those earning between £3.50 and £2.90 in spring 1998 would benefit from the NMW introduction in April 1999. ² Figures for 2001, take earnings inflation into account, those earning beneath £3.40/£4.00 and £3.50/£4.10 in spring 2001 would benefit from the October 2001 increase. ³ Figures between 2003 and 2009 take into account earnings inflation. Source: BIS estimates using Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE) and Annual Earnings Index (AEI); Office for National Statistics |
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what proportion of 16-year-olds did not achieve five GCSEs at grades A* to C in (a) England, (b) the North East and (c) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency in the latest period for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what proportion of 16-year-olds did not achieve five GCSEs at grades A* to C in (a) England, (b) the North East and (c) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency in the latest period for which figures are available.
| Percentage of pupils¹ not gaining five or more A*-C at GCSE and equivalent, 2007/08 | |
|---|---|
| Area | Percentage |
| England and Wales² | 35.1 |
| England² | 34.7 |
| North East³ | 33.6 |
| Middlesbrough and South East Cleveland³ | 40.8 |
| ¹ In England pupils at the end of key stage 4, in Wales pupils aged 15 at the start of the academic year. | |
| ² All schools. | |
| ³ Maintained schools only. |
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people were admitted to hospital with knife wounds in (a) the North East and (b) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency in each year since 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people were admitted to hospital with knife wounds in (a) the North East and (b) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency in each year since 1997.
| Count of admissions to hospital with knife wounds in the North East SHA, and Middlesbrough PCT and Redcar and Cleveland PCT, 1996-97 to 2008-09 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North East SHA | Middlesbrough PCT | Redcar and Cleveland PCT | ||||
| W26-Contact with knife, sword or dagger | X99-Assault by sharp object | W26-Contact with knife, sword or dagger | X99-Assault by sharp object | W26-Contact with knife, sword or dagger | X99-Assault by sharp object | |
| 2008-09 | 348 | 393 | 30 | 25 | 26 | 20 |
| 2007-08 | 363 | 361 | 14 | 27 | 16 | 20 |
| 2006-07 | 362 | 359 | 26 | 42 | 11 | 18 |
| 2005-06 | 392 | 370 | 46 | 44 | 16 | 11 |
| 2004-05 | 429 | 384 | 39 | 53 | 24 | 15 |
| 2003-04 | 434 | 334 | 50 | 50 | 21 | 12 |
| 2002-03 | 370 | 332 | 46 | 60 | 13 | 10 |
| 2001-02 | 397 | 350 | 49 | 52 | 19 | 15 |
| 2000-01 | 336 | 287 | 51 | 49 | 15 | 8 |
| 1999-2000 | 339 | 293 | 47 | 41 | 9 | 10 |
| 1998-99 | 292 | 266 | 40 | 31 | 18 | * |
| 1997-98 | 258 | 247 | 29 | 36 | 12 | * |
| 1996-97 | 222 | 293 | 24 | 26 | 12 | 19 |
| Notes: | ||||||
| 1. A finished admission episode is the first period of in-patient care under one consultant within one healthcare provider. Finished admission episodes are counted against the year in which the admission episode finishes. It should be noted that admissions do not represent the number of in-patients, as a person may have more than one admission within the year. | ||||||
| 2. The SHA/PCT of residence contains episodes grouped according to the SHA or PCT containing the patient's normal home address. This reflects where the patients lived but does not necessarily reflect where they were treated, as they may have travelled to another SHA/PCT for treatment. As such, patients treated in the NHS in England but resident outside of England will be included. | ||||||
| 3. To protect patient confidentiality, figures between 1 and 5 have been suppressed and replaced with "*" (an asterisk). Where it was possible to identify numbers from the total due to a single suppressed number in a row or column, an additional number (the next smallest) has been suppressed. | ||||||
| 4. HES are compiled from data sent by more than 300 NHS trusts and PCTs in England. Data are also received from a number of independent sector organisations for activity commissioned by the English NHS. The NHS Information Centre for health and social care liaises closely with these organisations to encourage submission of complete and valid data and seeks to minimise inaccuracies and the effect of missing and invalid data via HES processes. While this brings about improvement over time, some shortcomings remain. | ||||||
| 5. HES figures are available from 1989-90 onwards. The quality and coverage of the data have improved over time. These improvements in information submitted by the NHS have been particularly marked in the earlier years and need to be borne in mind when analysing time series. Some of the increase in figures for later years (particularly 2006-07 onwards) may be due to the improvement in the coverage of independent sector activity. Changes in NHS practice also need to be borne in mind when analysing time series. For example, a number of procedures may now be undertaken in out-patient settings and may no longer be accounted for in the HES data. This may account for any reductions in activity over time. | ||||||
| Source: | ||||||
| Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), the Information Centre for health and social care. |
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how long on average it took an 18 to 24 year-old on jobseeker's allowance to get a full-time paid job in (a) the UK, (b) England, (c) the North East and (d) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how long on average it took an 18 to 24 year-old on jobseeker's allowance to get a full-time paid job in (a) the UK, (b) England, (c) the North East and (d) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what steps the Government are taking to ensure that the green belt is not adversely affected by housing development.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what steps the Government are taking to ensure that the green belt is not adversely affected by housing development.