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Written Question
Employment: Cannock Chase
Monday 16th June 2014

Asked by: Aidan Burley (Conservative - Cannock Chase)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of women in Cannock Chase constituency were in work in each of the last five years.

Answered by Nick Hurd

The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.

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Monday 10th March 2014

Asked by: Aidan Burley (Conservative - Cannock Chase)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many firms in (a) Cannock Chase constituency and (b) Staffordshire have been awarded Government procurement contracts in the last four years.

Answered by Nick Hurd

I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to the Hon. Member for Livingston on 16 December 2013 (Official Report) Column Ref: 453W.

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Thursday 6th March 2014

Asked by: Aidan Burley (Conservative - Cannock Chase)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what progress his Department has made in enabling small and medium-sized enterprises to tender for Government procurement contracts.

Answered by Nick Hurd

Central government’s direct SME spend increased from £3 billion in 2009-10 (6.5%) to £4.5 billion (10.5%) in 2012-13. In addition, figures provided by major government suppliers indicate that SMEs have benefited from a further £4 billion (9.4%) in indirect spend through the supply chain for 2012 to 2013.

Building on central government reforms to make its business more accessible to small and medium sized businesses, the Government published in Small Business Great Ambition, the next steps in taking forward Lord Young’s recommendations to create an SME-friendly ‘single market’ for public procurement.

Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 05 Mar 2013
IT Recycling

"Thank you, Mr Weir, for calling me to speak. It is an absolute pleasure to serve under your chairmanship this afternoon. I also thank the Minister for turning up. Our last encounter in an Adjournment debate was on the rather more controversial issue of trade union reform. I can assure …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 05 Mar 2013
IT Recycling

"Well, perhaps not.

What I learned from my recent visit to PRM Green Technologies was very interesting. Here was a local firm exhibiting strong and sustained growth, and providing much-needed jobs for local people; in fact, it recruited especially from the disadvantaged and long-term unemployed. Yet it appears to be …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 05 Mar 2013
IT Recycling

"I am grateful to the Minister for his bedtime reading recommendation.

IT recycling is an opportunity that will only get bigger as more IT equipment is bought and new ways of working progress into all parts of the public sector. He may be aware that some councils now have a …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 06 Feb 2013
Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust (Inquiry)

"Many of my constituents died unnecessarily at Stafford hospital between 2005 and 2009. Given Monitor’s continuing review of the future of Mid Staffordshire’s foundation trust, I remain astonished that it was given foundation trust status in 2009, when all these problems were going on.

Does the Prime Minister agree that …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 20 Jun 2012
Regional Pay

"I am glad that the hon. Lady read my quotation in The Daily Telegraph this morning. As she has read out a couple of quotations, perhaps I may read one back to her:

“location-based pay systems offer increased flexibility and a systematic approach to addressing recruitment and retention issues at …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 20 Jun 2012
Regional Pay

"First, I want to say how grateful I am to Her Majesty’s Opposition for choosing this topic for debate. Regional pay is an issue that has been swept under the carpet for far too long, and it is about time it was debated in this House. It is an issue …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 20 Jun 2012
Regional Pay

"I want the private sector in the west midlands to flourish. One of the most astonishing facts I have learned since becoming an MP is that between 1997 and 2007 the number of jobs in the private sector in the entire west midlands region fell. During the boom years of …..."
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