Hansard - United Kingdom Parliament

71W
Written Answers
20 JUNE 2011
Written Answers
72W
Government Departments: Billing
Mr Denham: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet
Office if he will bring forward proposals to ensure that
Government contractors pay invoices to any
subsequent subcontractors on time. [60461]
Mr Maude: The Government are determined to do
everything they can to help business manage cash flow
and to transform the culture of late payment. We have a
target for central Government Departments to pay 80%
of valid invoices within five working days of receipt.
Since 25 March 2010, it has been mandatory for all
Government Departments, agencies, non-departmental
public bodies (NDPBs) (and the bodies over which they
have direct control) to include a contract condition
requiring their prime contractors to pay their tier two
suppliers within 30 days.
Furthermore, the Government’s “Guide to best ‘Fair
Payment’ practices”, which applies to construction
procurement, recommends best ‘Fair Payment’ principles
and practices for adoption in the public sector:
www.ogc.gov.uk/documents/Guide_to_Fair_
Payment_Practices.pdf.
Life Expectancy
Chris Ruane: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet
Office what the average life expectancy was of (a)
people of Irish ethnicity and (b) the UK population
calculated in (i) 1985, (ii) 1990, (iii) 1995, (iv) 2000, (v)
2005 and (vi) 2010. [60347]
Mr Hurd: The information requested falls within the
responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have
asked the authority to reply.
Letter from Stephen Penneck, dated June 2011:
As Director General for the Office for National Statistics
(ONS), I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary
Question, what the average life expectancy was of (a) people of
Irish ethnicity and (b) the UK population calculated in (i) 1985,
(ii) 1990, (iii) 1995, (iv) 2000, (v) 2005 and (vi) 2010. (60347)
The table below gives the average period life expectancy at
birth for males and females in the United Kingdom and in
Northern Ireland.
United Kingdom life
expectancy at birth
Northern Ireland life
expectancy at birth
Male Female Male Female
1985 71.7 77.6 70.6 76.9
1990 72.9 78.4 72.1 78.0
1995 74.1 79.3 73.5 78.9
2000 75.3 80.1 74.8 79.8
2005 76.9 81.3 76.1 81.0
2010 78.5 82.4 77.6 82.2
The ONS does not produce life expectancy figures by ethnic
group and so it is not possible to provide the average life expectancy
of people of Irish ethnicity.
Life Expectancy: Older People
Alok Sharma: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet
Office what the average life expectancy is for people
aged 65 living in (a) Reading, (b) Berkshire and (c)
England. [60984]
Mr Hurd: The information requested falls within the
responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have
asked the authority to reply.
Letter from Stephen Penneck, dated June 2011:
As Director General for the Office for National Statistics, I
have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question asking
what the average life expectancy is for people aged 65 living in (a)
Reading, (b) Berkshire and (c) England. (60984)
Life expectancy figures are calculated as three-year rolling
averages and are available for all current administrative areas.
Figures for the historic county of Berkshire are not available.
Table 1, attached, therefore provides figures for all unitary authorities
within Berkshire. Figures are for 2007-09, the latest period available.
Period life expectancies at birth and at age 65 for males and
females in the UK, constituent countries, regions, counties, and
local areas, from 1991-93 to 2007-09, are published on the National
Statistics website at:
http://www.statistics.gov.uk/statbase/Product.asp?vlnk=8841
Table 1: Period life expectancy at age 65 1 , unitary authorities within
Berkshire, and England 2 , 2007-09 3
Years of life
Area Men Women
England 18 21
Berkshire
Reading UA 18 21
Bracknell Forest UA 19 22
Slough UA 19 21
West Berkshire UA 19 22
Windsor and
18 21
Maidenhead UA
Wokingham UA 20 22
1
Period life expectancy at age 65 is an estimate of the average
number of years a 65 year old would survive if he or she experienced
the area’s age-specific mortality rates for that time period
throughout the rest of his or her life. The figure reflects mortality
among those living in the area in each time period, rather than
mortality among those born in each area. It is not therefore the
number of years a 65 year old living in the area in each time period
could actually expect to live, both because the death rates of the area
are likely to change in the future and because many of those
currently living in the area will live elsewhere for at least some part
of their lives.
2
Based on boundaries as of 2010.
3
Three year rolling average, based on deaths registered in each year
and mid-year population estimates.
Minimum Wage
Mr Hepburn: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet
Office how many people were paid at the rate of the
national minimum wage in (a) Jarrow constituency,
(b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) the
UK in each year since 2009. [60973]
Mr Hurd: The information requested falls within the
responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have
asked the authority to reply.
Letter from Stephen Penneck, dated June 2011:
As Director General for the Office for National Statistics, I
have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question
asking how many people were paid at the rate of the national
minimum wage in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c)
the North East and (d) the UK in each year since 2009. (60973)
Estimates for the number of employee jobs paid below the
national minimum wage are not available below the regional level
of disaggregation. The table below gives the information requested
for the North East and the UK in April 2009 and 2010. April 2010
is the latest period for which figures are available.