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Ordnance Survey

Valuation Tribunal


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Departmental Computers

Mr. Peter Ainsworth: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what estimate she has made of (a) the number of computer devices left on overnight in her Department when not in use and (b) the cost per year of leaving computer devices on overnight when not in use in each of the last five years; and if she will make a statement. [217860]

Mr. Dhanda: The Department does not compile ongoing records for this information. A spot check conducted overnight in one departmental headquarter building (Eland House) during July 2008 established that computer devices left on overnight when not in use represented 2.3 per cent. of total computer devices within that building.

Departmental records for this information have not been compiled and do not exist for the last five years.

Departmental Early Retirement

Mr. Redwood: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many staff in her (a) Department and (b) Department's agencies have taken early retirement in the last two years. [217377]

Mr. Dhanda: 166 staff from Communities and Local Government and 26 staff in the Department's agencies have taken early retirement in the last two years.

Departmental Email

Mr. Pickles: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether (a) civil servants, (b) Ministers and (c) special advisers in her Department are permitted to access webmail accounts from departmental computers. [217836]

Mr. Dhanda: All staff (inclusive of those aforementioned) can access webmail for personal use and for emailing non-protectively marked information. However, this is currently under review.

Departmental Pay

Mr. Redwood: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what proportion of staff of her Department and its agencies did not receive the maximum bonus possible under a bonus scheme applying to them in the last two years. [217369]


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Mr. Dhanda: The following table shows the proportion of staff who did not receive the maximum bonus possible under a bonus scheme applying to them in the last two years.

Percentage

Staff below senior civil service Senior civil service

2006-07

73

100

2005-06

87

100


Pay settlements for 2008 have not yet been agreed. Staff below the SCS who received an overall ‘exceeded’ marking in their 2005-06 and 2005-06 performance report received a non-consolidated performance award, paid as a non-pensionable lump sum.

The maximum bonus for SCS staff in each of the last two years was 20 per cent. of existing salary. No members of the SCS received a bonus of 20 per cent. of existing salary in these periods.

In Communities and Local Government, bonus payments are made to those members of staff who are found to have made a significant contribution towards the achievement of the team’s, and/or Department’s, objectives. Individuals are expected to show that they have exceeded the requirements set for the achievement of the objective and have demonstrated exemplary behaviour in doing so.


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Our senior civil service staff members are also assessed against a range of factors, such as:

Details of bonuses paid in the Department's agencies are not held centrally.

Deprivation Indicators

Ms Buck: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if she will rank (a) the bottom 100 super output areas as measured by the index of multiple deprivation, showing the local authority in each case and (b) the bottom 100 local authority wards as measures by the index. [216924]

John Healey: The following table lists the lowest ranked 100 (i.e. most deprived) super output areas by local authority.

As the index is not produced at ward level I am unable to supply the list of the lowest ranked 100 local authority wards.


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Lower super output area code LA name GOR name Rank of IMD (where 1 is most deprived)

E01006755

Liverpool

North West

1

E01005204

Manchester

North West

2

E01021988

Tendring

East of England

3

E01012721

Blackpool

North West

4

E01006778

Liverpool

North West

5

E01006467

Knowsley

North West

6

E01006559

Liverpool

North West

7

E01006561

Liverpool

North West

8

E01006468

Knowsley

North West

9

E01012673

Blackpool

North West

10

E01005484

Rochdale

North West

11

E01006676

Liverpool

North West

12

E01024858

Burnley

North West

13

E01008836

Sunderland

North East

14

E01005482

Rochdale

North West

15

E01009585

Coventry

West Midlands

16

E01005466

Rochdale

North West

17

E01009365

Birmingham

West Midlands

18

E01006647

Liverpool

North West

19

E01006469

Knowsley

North West

20

E01013137

North East Lincolnshire

Yorkshire and The Humber

21

E01007532

Doncaster

Humber

22

E01012070

Middlesbrough

North East

23

E01006599

Liverpool

North West

24

E01006703

Liverpool

North West

25

E01007122

Wirral

North West

26

E01006740

Liverpool

North West

27

E01008380

Newcastle upon Tyne

North East

28

E01006646

Liverpool

North West

29

E01012720

Blackpool

North West

30

E01012041

Middlesbrough

North East

31

E01006699

Liverpool

North West

32

E01006563

Liverpool

North West

33

E01006560

Liverpool

North West

34

E01012655

Blackburn with Darwen

North West

35

E01013818

Nottingham

East Midlands

36

E01006756

Liverpool

North West

37

E01010606

Bradford

Yorkshire and The Humber

38

E01005067

Manchester

North West

39

E01005658

Salford

North West

40

E01012875

Kingston upon Hull, City of

Yorkshire and The Humber

41

E01006442

Knowsley

North West

42

E01007127

Wirral

North West

43

E01012678

Blackpool

North West

44

E01006674

Liverpool

North West

45

E01006630

Liverpool

North West

46

E01005568

Rochdale

North West

47

E01024908

Burnley

North West

48

E01006777

Liverpool

North West

49

E01005256

Manchester

North West

50

E01006732

Liverpool

North West

51

E01005655

Salford

North West

52

E01006679

Liverpool

North West

53

E01028276

Mansfield

East Midlands

54

E01006704

Liverpool

North West

55

E01005350

Oldham

North West

56

E01005196

Manchester

North West

57

E01006540

Liverpool

North West

58

E01013139

North East Lincolnshire

Yorkshire and The Humber

59

E01010485

Wolverhampton

West Midlands

60

E01013136

North East Lincolnshire

Yorkshire and The Humber

61

E01024877

Burnley

North West

62

E01005228

Manchester

North West

63

E01006515

Liverpool

North West and The

64

E01010617

Bradford

Yorkshire Humber

65

E01009488

Birmingham

West Midlands

66

E01025041

Hyndburn

North West

67

E01008291

Newcastle upon Tyne

North East

68

E01012266

Stockton-on-Tees

North East

69

E01020909

Wear Valley

North East

70

E01012069

Middlesbrough

North East

71

E01010823

Bradford

Yorkshire and The Humber

72

E01012114

Redcar and Cleveland

North East

73

E01005096

Manchester

North West

74

E01009358

Birmingham

West Midlands

75

E01006779

Liverpool

North West

76

E01006677

Liverpool

North West

77

E01009476

Birmingham

West Midlands

78

E01006558

Liverpool

North West

79

E01012897

Kingston upon Hull, City

Yorkshire and the Humber

80

E01008011

Sheffield

Yorkshire and the Humber

81

E01006598

Liverpool

North West

82

E01005099

Manchester

North West

83

E01005203

Manchester

North West

84

E01006760

Liverpool

North West

85

E01009379

Birmingham

West Midlands

86

E01025286

Preston

North West

87

E01006417

Knowsley

North West

88

E01005667

Salford

North West

89

E01005612

Salford

North West

90

E01007132

Wirral

North West

91

E01008214

Gateshead

North East

92

E01015842

Southend-on-Sea

East of England

93

E01005205

Manchester

North West

94

E01007133

Wirral

North West

95

E01006470

Knowsley

North West

96

E01007128

Wirral

North West

97

E01015155

Plymouth

South West

98

E01006746

Liverpool

North West

99

E01005613

Salford

North West

100


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