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 <strong>Parliament</strong>ary 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 <strong>United</strong> <strong>Kingdom</strong> and in Northern Ireland. <strong>United</strong> <strong>Kingdom</strong> 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 <strong>Parliament</strong>ary 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 <strong>Parliament</strong>ary 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.
73W Written Answers 20 JUNE 2011 Written Answers 74W A guide to measuring low pay and associated articles can be found on the National Statistics website at: http://www.statistics.gov.uk/StatBase/Product.asp?vlnk=5837 Estimates of jobs paid below the National Minimum Wage for the North East and the UK in April 2009 and April 2010 2009 2010 Thousand Percentage Thousand Percentage North **13 **1.2 **11 **1.2 East UK 237 0.9 271 1.1 Guide to quality: The Coefficient of Variation (CV) indicates the quality of a figure, the smaller the CV value the higher the quality. The true value is likely to lie within +/- twice the CV—for example, for an average of 200 with a CV of 5%, we would expect the population average to be within the range 180 to 220. Key: CV 5%and10% and
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