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Tax Revenue
Mr. Cousins: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate the tax revenue derived from non-domiciles who have (a) UK income or gains and (b) overseas income remitted to the UK in the last year for which figures are available. [46618]
Dawn Primarolo: The information on which such an estimate would be based is not available.
Taxation (Retirement)
Mr. Cousins: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the (a) Treasury and (b) Inland Revenue are reviewing the tax rules about (i) partial and (ii) flexible retirement; and if he will make a statement. [46617]
Dawn Primarolo: This issue is kept under regular review and an announcement will be made if it is decided to change the current rules.
Contingency Planning
Mr. Cousins: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what additional expenditure has been incurred on counter-terrorism (a) planning, (b) provisions and (c) defences, including civil defence, since 11 September 2001. [46614]
Mr. Andrew Smith: Funds have been approved by Parliament in the normal way in Supplementary Estimates. The Chancellor of the Exchequer gave details of additional public spending arising from attacks on the USA on 11 September 2001 in his Pre-Budget Report Statement to Parliament on 27 November 2001. Departments are taking account of the importance of counter-terrorism issues in their departmental priorities and future spending is being considered in the normal way as part of the Spending Review 2002.
GDP
Mr. Don Foster: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the GDP per capita growth of (a) the English regions and (b) Wales was in each year since 1997. [46605]
Ruth Kelly: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician. I have asked him to reply.
Letter from Len Cook to Mr. Don Foster, dated 10 April 2002:
- As National Statistician I have been asked to reply to your recent question on estimating the GDP per capita growth of the English Regions and Wales in each year since 1997.
- The latest GDP per capita estimates for the countries and regions of the United Kingdom are available up to 1999, and were published as an ONS News Release on 27 February 2001. These data form the basis for the growth rates shown in table 1.
- Regional GDP data are only available on a current price basis. The growth rates shown in the table will therefore include the effects of inflation.
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- The publication referred to in this answer is available in the House of Commons Library and on the web at http://www.statistics.gov.uk/ regionalaccounts.
| 1997(55) | 1998(55) | 1999(55) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom(56) | 6.1 | 5.7 | 3.4 |
| North East | 2.1 | 4.7 | 2.9 |
| North West | 5.2 | 4.0 | 3.3 |
| Yorkshire and the Humber | 6.2 | 4.2 | 3.8 |
| East Midlands | 6.5 | 4.2 | 2.5 |
| West Midlands | 5.2 | 5.6 | 3.9 |
| East | 7.4 | 6.3 | 3.6 |
| London | 8.0 | 8.2 | 2.2 |
| South East | 7.8 | 6.3 | 4.1 |
| South West | 6.3 | 4.0 | 2.9 |
| England | 6.6 | 5.8 | 3.4 |
| Wales | 3.5 | 5.2 | 3.8 |
| Scotland | 2.4 | 6.0 | 3.3 |
| Northern Ireland | 6.1 | 2.6 | 3.0 |
(55) Provisional
(56) Excluding Extra-Regio and the Statistical Discrepancy
Regional Statistics
Mr. Andrew Turner: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the Government's policy is toward the draft European regulation to recognise and adopt the current NUTS structure. [48266]
Ruth Kelly: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician. I have asked him to reply.
Letter from Len Cook to Mr. Andrew Turner, dated 10 April 2002:
- As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent question on Government policy towards the draft European regulation to recognise and adopt the current NUTS structure. (48266)
- During the discussion of the regulation in the Council Working Group, the UK has supported the principle of the regulation, that common definitions must apply if statistics are to be comparable across the Community. However, the UK view has been that the initial draft would benefit from changes. The three principal concerns raised by the UK have been: (i) either that NUTS should provide a breakdown of the whole of the European Union rather than just the economic territory of the Member States, or that it should be clear to users that it does not (ii) that no changes should be imposed by the Commission, and (iii) that the regulation should cover all existing five NUTS levels, not just levels 1, 2 and 3. Council discussions are still underway to resolve the concerns of the UK and other member states. A revised version of the regulation, which seeks to address member states' concerns, will be discussed at a Council Working Group meeting on 16 April 2002 in Brussels.
- UK support for the regulation will be considered on the basis of changes emerging from consideration by the European Parliament and the Council.
Mr. Andrew Turner: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what representations were received from organisations in the Isle of Wight and Hampshire concerning the consultation on proposals by the Government Statistical Service Committee for Regional Statistics on NUTS area definitions. [48265]
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Ruth Kelly: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician. I have asked him to reply.
Letter from Len Cook to Mr. Andrew Turner, dated 10 April 2002.
- As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent question on representations from organisations in the Isle of Wight and Hampshire concerning the Government Statistical Service Regional Statistics Committee consultation on NUTS area definitions. (48265)
- The consultation document was issued in July 1996, and about 120 responses were received by the deadline of September 1996. The organisations based in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight that made representations were the Isle of Wight Council, Wight Training and Enterprise, Hampshire County Council and Southampton City Council. Comments relating to the Isle of Wight and Hampshire were also made by Government Office for the South East and the Association of District Councils.
- There was general support for the proposal to make Hampshire and the Isle of Wight separate NUTS2 areas, as opposed to the existing situation of the two areas being a single NUTS2 area. However, one organisation commented that there was no logical reason for such a split. The other main points made by these organisations related to (a) changing the NUTS1 structure for England from Standard Statistical Regions to Government Office Regions—some supporting and some opposing the proposal; and (b) a general welcome for the greater availability of data at the new smaller NUTS3 and NUTS4 levels that the new classification should enable.
Drugs Deaths
Brian Cotter: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people died as a result of illegal drugs related deaths in Weston-Super-Mare in 2001. [47762]
Ruth Kelly: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician. I have asked him to reply.
Letter from Len Cook to Mr. Brian Cotter, dated 10 April 2002:
- As National Statistician I have been asked to reply to your question concerning the number of people who died of illegal-drug-related deaths in Weston-Super-Mare in 2001. (47762)
- Figure are not yet available for 2001. In 2001, the latest year for which figures are available, there were 9 deaths to residents of Weston-Super-Mare parliamentary constituency which mentioned drugs controlled under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971.
Cancer Statistics
Mr. Burns: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many men in England have been diagnosed with testicular cancer since 1 January 2000 aged (a) under 25, (b) 25 to 35, (c) 36 to 45, (d) 46 to 55 and (e) over 55 years. [46760]
Ruth Kelly: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician. I have asked him to reply.
Letter from Len Cook to Mr. Simon Burns, dated 10 April 2002:
- As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent question on the number of men in England who have been diagnosed with testicular cancer since 1st January 2000 aged (a) under 25, (b) 25 to 35, (c) 36 to 45, (d) 46 to 55 and (e) over 55 years. (46760)
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- Figures on the number of newly registered cases of testicular cancer since 1 January 2000 are not yet available. The latest available statistics for England cover registrations of cancer diagnosed in 1998. The table below shows the latest published available information.
| Cases of malignant neoplasm of testis | |
|---|---|
| Under 25 | 182 |
| 25–34 | 571 |
| 35–44 | 497 |
| 45–54 | 191 |
| 55 and over | 100 |
Source:
Table 1 from 'Office for National Statistics. "Cancer statistics: registrations 1998, England", series MB1 no. 29' at http://www. statistics.gov.uk/downloads/theme—health/MB1—No29.pdf.
Mr. Burns: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on the survival rates for patients in England suffering from thyroid cancer over the last three years. [46742]
Ruth Kelly: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician. I have asked him to reply.
Letter from Len Cook to Mr. Simon Burns, dated 10 April 2002:
- As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent question on the survival rates for patients in England suffering from thyroid cancer over the last three years. (46742)
- The information requested is not available. The latest available figures on survival of thyroid cancer patients relate to England and Wales and were published in "Cancer Survival Trends in England and Wales 1971–1995: deprivation and NHS region" Series SMPS No. 61, a copy of which is available in the House of Commons Library. For patients diagnosed in 1986–90, the five year relative survival rate in England and Wales was 73%.
Tim Loughton: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the survival rate for bowel cancer is in (a) the UK and (b) other European countries. [47550]
Ruth Kelly: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician. I have asked him to reply.
Letter from Len Cook to Tim Loughton, dated 10 April 2002:
- As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent question on what the survival rate for bowel cancer is in (a) the UK and (b) other European countries. (47550)
- Comparable information on cancer survival in the parts of the UK and Europe covered by the Eurocare II study was published in "Survival of Cancer Patients in Europe: the EUROCARE-2 Study" (IARC Scientific Publications No. 151); a copy is available in the House of Commons Library.
- Information on survival from bowel 1 cancer in England and Wales, Scotland and parts of Europe (see below 2 ) is summarised in Chapter 4 of the book Cancer Survival Trends 3 . Figures for the UK as a whole are not available.
| Colon | Rectum | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men | Women | Men | Women | |
| Europe(58) | 47 | 47 | 43 | 43 |
| England and Wales | 39 | 39 | 37 | 39 |
| Scotland | 41 | 41 | 38 | 39 |
(57) This includes cancers of the small intestine, colon and rectum (ICD 9 codes 152, 153 and 154, respectively). Survival is usually analysed separately for colon and rectum, (although the rates tend to be similar). There are relatively few cases of cancer of the small intestine: 0.3% of the total in England in 1998.
(58) Cancer registries in the following European countries participated in the EUROCARE-2 study (those countries with complete coverage of the population by cancer registries are marked *): Austria, Denmark*, England*, Estonia*, Finland*, France, Germany, Iceland*, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Scotland*, Slovakia*, Slovenia*, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland.
(59) Coleman MP et al. Cancer Survival Trends in England and Wales, 1971–1995: deprivation and NHS Region. Studies in Medical and Population Subjects No. 61. London: The Stationery Office, 1999.
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Mr. Burns: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many (a) men and (b) women have been diagnosed with skin cancer in (i) 2002 to the latest available date and (ii) each of the last 10 years. [46754]
Ruth Kelly: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician. I have asked him to reply.
Letter from Len Cook to Mr. Simon Burns, dated 10 April 2002:
- As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent question on how many (a) men and (b) women have been diagnosed with skin cancer in (i) 2002 to the latest available date and (ii) each of the last ten years. (46754)
- Figures on the number of newly registered cases of malignant melanoma of the skin for 2002 are not yet available. Registration of non-melanoma skin cancer (which is very common but rarely fatal) is unreliable.
- Figures for malignant melanoma of the skin for the latest available ten years are given in the table below.
| Number of cases | ||
|---|---|---|
| Male | Female | |
| 1989 | 1,421 | 2,385 |
| 1990 | 1,507 | 2,176 |
| 1991 | 1,488 | 2,268 |
| 1992 | 1,658 | 2,512 |
| 1993 | 1,915 | 2,823 |
| 1994 | 1,909 | 2,816 |
| 1995 | 1,928 | 2,872 |
| 1996 | 1,938 | 2,767 |
| 1997 | 2,092 | 2,834 |
| 1998 | 2,257 | 2,989 |
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