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Road Fuel Duty
Mrs. Ewing: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the estimated extra revenue, including the added effects of VAT, from the road fuel duty escalator in the Budget statements for (a) 1993-94, (b) 1994-95, (c) 1996-97, (d) 1997-98 and (e) 1998-99; and what was the actual revenue accrued, including the added effects of VAT, in those years. [79322]
Ms Hewitt [holding answer 30 March 1999]: Estimates of the extra revenue, including VAT, from the road fuel duty escalator are shown in the Financial Statement and Budget Reports for the relevant years in the following tables:
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- 1993-94: Table 4.1
- 1994-95: Table 4.1 and paragraph 5 of Annex B to Chapter 4
- 1995-96: Table 5.1 and Table 5B.2
- 1996-97: Table 5.1 and Table 5B.2
- 1997-98: Table 6.1 and Table 6B.2
- 1998-99: Table 2.2 and Table 2B.2.
It is not possible to isolate the extra revenue actually accrued from the escalator in isolation from the other factors influencing receipts.
Birth Statistics
Mrs. Brinton: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list for each of the last 10 years the percentage of births among (i) 13 to 15 and (ii) 16 to 19-year-olds per 1,000 females for (a) Scotland, (b) England and Wales, (c) Northern Ireland and (d) each other European Union country. [79591]
Ms Hewitt: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the Director of the Office for National Statistics. I have asked him to reply.
Letter from Tim Holt to Mrs. Helen Brinton, dated 14 April 1999:
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As Director of the Office for National Statistics (ONS), I have been asked to reply to your recent parliamentary question on teenage births.
The attached Table 1 shows livebirth rates for girls aged under 16 and 16-19 per 1000 female population aged 13-15 and 16-19 respectively.
Figures for other European Union countries are not readily available for the age-groups requested, but their teenage fertility rates are shown in the attached Table 2. The rates are for women aged under 20 at the end of the year, per 1000 female population aged 15-19, and are therefore not directly comparable to those shown above which are for women aged under 20 at maternity.
| Scotland | England and Wales | N. Ireland | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 16(2) | 16-19 | Under 16(2) | 16-19 | Under(2) | 16-19 | |
| 1988 | 1.5 | 38.0 | 1.4 | 38.9 | 1.1 | 37.5 |
| 1989 | 1.3 | 37.0 | 1.5 | 38.0 | 0.9 | 35.5 |
| 1990 | 1.4 | 38.1 | 1.5 | 39.7 | 1.0 | 35.4 |
| 1991 | 1.3 | 40.1 | 1.7 | 39.2 | 1.0 | 35.2 |
| 1992 | 1.5 | 39.4 | 1.5 | 37.7 | 0.9 | 37.3 |
| 1993 | 1.4 | 37.5 | 1.6 | 37.2 | 0.9 | 34.0 |
| 1994 | 1.4 | 34.5 | 1.4 | 35.5 | 1.3 | 32.4 |
| 1995 | 1.7 | 34.3 | 1.6 | 35.1 | 1.2 | 29.3 |
| 1996 | 1.7 | 36.3 | 1.7 | 36.4 | 1.4 | 31.7 |
| 1997 | 1.9 | 37.3 | 1.7 | 36.5 | 1.1 | 36.1 |
(2) Rates for under 16s include a very small number of births to mothers aged under 13
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Source:
Eurostat
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Mr. Bercow:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the non-IT costs of the National Changeover Plan, with particular reference to informing business and the public. [80397]
Ms Hewitt:
The cost of informing business and the public about the changeover would depend on the final approach taken to the changeover. By planning ahead, we will be able to ensure that a UK changeover would be cost effective for the economy as a whole.
Mr. Bercow:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his answer to the right hon. Member for Penrith and The Border (Mr. Maclean) of 22 March 1999, Official Report, column 100, on euro coins, what sanctions are to be applied in the case of the United Kingdom against those who damage or destroy the image of the euro; and what representations he has received on this subject. [80178]
Ms Hewitt:
In the case of non-participating Member States, enforcement of the copyright in the common face design of euro coins will be ensured by the Commission, according to the national legislation of the Member State concerned. In the UK, enforcement would take the form of civil proceedings.
Mr. Field:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many workless households with dependent children there were in (a) 1979, (b) 1984, (c) 1989, (d) 1994 and (e) at the latest date for which statistics are available. [79661]
Ms Hewitt
[holding answer 13 April 1999]: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the Director of the Office for National Statistics. I have asked him to reply.
Letter from Tim Holt to Mr. Frank Field, dated 14 April 1999:
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As Director of the Office for National Statistics (ONS), I have been asked to reply to your recent parliamentary question on workless households with dependent children.
The ONS introduced Labour Force Survey (LFS) databases especially designed for analyses of household data in August 1998. The earliest data available is for spring 1990. Hence, figures can only be given for 1990, 1994 and the latest date available, 1998. These figures are shown in the table.
| Year | |
|---|---|
| 1990 | 800,000 |
| 1994 | 1,238,000 |
| 1998 | 1,164,000 |
These figures were published in an article in the January 1999 edition of Labour Market Trends (pp 31--40), a copy of which is in the House of Commons Library.
Cancer (Survival and Mortality Rates)
Mr. Paul Marsden: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list national survival rates for all cancers for each year from 1992 to date. [80271]
Ms Hewitt: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the Director of the Office for National Statistics. I have asked him to reply.
| One-year survival | Five-year survival | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 1989 | 1981 | 1989 | |
| Males aged 0-84 | 37.0 | 44.3 | 19.5 | 24.7 |
| Females aged 0-84 | 50.3 | 56.3 | 31.7 | 37.5 |
Mr. Paul Marsden: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) if he will list mortality rates for all types of cancers for each health authority; [80272]
- (2) if he will list mortality rates of cancers for all types of cancer, in descending order, for each EU country. [80273]
Ms Hewitt: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the Director of the Office for National Statistics. I have asked him to reply.
Letter from Tim Holt to Mr. Paul Marsden, dated 14 April 1999:
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As Director of the Office for National Statistics (ONS), I have been asked to reply to your recent parliamentary questions on mortality rates of cancers.
The information requested is given in the attached tables.
| Male rate | Female rate | |
|---|---|---|
| Austria | 250 | 153 |
| Belgium (1993) | 305 | 153 |
| Denmark | 294 | 220 |
| Finland | 220 | 130 |
| France | 292 | 129 |
| Germany | 263 | 157 |
| Greece | 221 | 115 |
| Ireland | 264 | 177 |
| Italy (1994) | 276 | 143 |
| Luxembourg | 300 | 147 |
| Netherlands | 282 | 159 |
| Portugal | 235 | 126 |
| Spain | 262 | 118 |
| Sweden | 191 | 142 |
| United Kingdom | 257 | 172 |
(3) Malignant neoplasms, International Classification of Diseases (Ninth Revision) codes 140-208
(4) Age-standardised rates are directly age-standardised to the European Standard Population
(5) Malignant neoplasms, International Classification of Diseases (Ninth Revision) codes 140-208
(6) Age-standardised rates are directly age-standardised to the European Standard Population
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