receiving outstanding feedback from colleagues or external customers.<\/li><\/ul> <\/p>
From the scheme\u2019s launch in June 2013 to December 2013, 360 staff received a reward with an average payment of £34. From January 2014 to September 2014, 285 staff received a reward with an average payment of £30.<\/p>
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I am unsure of whether the hon. Member wishes to disparage such small-scale bonuses because they may involve giving out shopping vouchers, yet we believe that they are a cost-effective way of improving staff performance within Whitehall and delivering a better service to the public.<\/p>
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Indeed, the vouchers given for saving taxpayers\u2019 money have delivered at least £40,000 of quantifiable savings and further efficiency improvements on top. Under the Labour Government, the state congratulated those that regulated more, spent more and taxed more. We want to reward those who regulate less, spend less and tax less.<\/p>
<\/p>
I would hope the hon. Member, as a Co-operative Party MP, supports the underlying principles of staff involvement, economic participation and self-improvement which we are embracing.<\/p>
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Data on the net mass of imports of wood pellets are published by HMRC in Overseas Trade Statistics. Data for the years 2011 to 2013 are shown in the following tables. Due to routine updating of the commodity codes by Eurostat, wood pellets were coded as \u201844013020 - Sawdust and wood waste and scrap, agglomerated in pellets\u2019 in 2011 but then classified to the new code \u201844013100 \u2013 wood pellets\u2019 in 2012 and 2013. For this analysis we have combined these two headings to provide a consistent series. The values below are provided in metric tonnes, each equivalent to 1,000 kg.<\/p>
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Net mass of wood pellet imports to the UK (metric tonnes)<\/p><\/td> | <\/td><\/tr> |
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<\/p><\/td> | 1,015,102<\/p><\/td> | 1,486,899<\/p><\/td> | 3,432,187<\/p><\/td> | <\/td><\/tr> |
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