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Births and Abortions

Mr. Willetts: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many women aged under 18 have (a) given birth and (b) had an abortion, in each year since 1997. [68480]

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. David Willetts, dated 10 July 2002:

As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent question asking how many women under 18 have (a) given birth and (b) had an abortion in each year since 1997. (68480)

Figures are available for the years 1997–2000; these are shown in the table.

Births and abortions to women aged under 18, residents of England and Wales

	1997	1998	1999	2000
Births(32)
number	15,977	15,887	15,118	14,305
rate(33)	16.9	16.9	16.2	15.2
Abortions(34)
number	16,092	17,186	16,561	17,082
rate(33)	17.0	18.3	17.7	18.1

⁽³²⁾ Inclusive of live births and stillbirths.

⁽³³⁾ Per 1,000 women aged 15–17.

⁽³⁴⁾ Legal abortions under the 1967 Abortion Act.

Sources:

Births Statistics, Abortions Statistics (National Statistics Annual Reference Volumes published by the Stationery Office). Population estimates used to produce the rates were projected from 1991 census figures.

Private Sector

Ms Christine Russell: To ask the Secretary of State for Health when the Government will publish its response to the First report of the Select Committee on Health on the role of the private sector in the NHS. [69218]

Mr. Hutton: The Government's response to the First report of the House of Commons Select Committee on Health, on the role of the private sector in the national health service, Cm 5567, has been published today. Copies have been placed in the Library.

Organs and Tissue

Syd Rapson: To ask the Secretary of State for Health when he will publish his consultative report on the law on the removal, retention and use of human organs and tissue. [69417]

Mr. Lammy: I am pleased to announce that today, together with the Welsh Assembly Government, we have published a consultative report, "Human Bodies, Human Choices", on the law in England and Wales relating to human organs and tissue. Copies have been placed in the Library. Responses have been requested by 14 October.

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We are doing this in response to one of the main recommendations made to the Government last year by the Chief Medical Officer of England, Sir Liam Donaldson, in "The removal, retention and use of human organs and tissue from post-mortem examination".

The knowledge that organs or tissue were removed from someone close to them has brought profound sorrow to many families. We understand their distress and are grateful to those families, and others, who have already offered their views on how things might be improved for the future.

This is a complex area, and while a number of interim measures have been put in place, we need for the future an effective and coherent framework that not only commands widespread support, but also has legal force.

The report seeks views on all issues, including organ donation and transplantation, relating to the use of human organs and tissue from the living as well as following post mortem examination. We look forward to receiving views from a wide range of organisations and groups.

Housing Adaptations

Mr. Burstow: To ask the Secretary of State for Health when his Department will produce the joint guidance on housing adaptations which will include a health and safety rating system. [57184]

Mr. McNulty: I have been asked to reply.

The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister and the Department of Health will publish joint guidance on housing adaptations as a consultation document in the autumn. The then Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions published a consultation paper on the housing health and safety rating system in March 2001. Full implementation of the rating system, which will replace the housing fitness standard, requires primary legislation which will be introduced as soon as a suitable legislative opportunity occurs.

HOME DEPARTMENT

Home Detention Curfew

Dr. Cable: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many of the prisoners under home detention curfew (a) broke their curfew and (b) re-offended while under curfew in (i) January, (ii) February and (iii) March; and if he will make a statement. [61473]

Hilary Benn: The table covers the period January–March 2002. It provides a breakdown of breaches of the Home Detention Curfew scheme as reported to the Prison Service by electronic monitoring contractors. A breach report may be submitted if an offender:

is absent during part or the whole of a curfew period; or


threatens or attacks a monitoring officer; or


damages the monitoring equipment; or


is absent when the equipment is due to be installed.

The table also provides a breakdown of offenders who are reported to the Prison Service as having been cautioned, convicted or who are awaiting prosecution for an offence committed while they were subject to the Home Detention Curfew (HDC) scheme.

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The Home Detention Curfew scheme is designed to ensure a better transition for short-term offenders between custody and the community. The safety of the public is paramount at all times.

Month	Breaches of curfew reported to the Prison Service	Offenders reported as having committed a further offence while subject to HDC
2002
January	45	7
February	36	13
March	39	15

Immigrants and Emigrés

John Barrett: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many people successfully immigrated to the UK in each year since 1995, broken down by country of origin; [66473]

(2) how many people successfully emigrated from the UK in each year since 1995. [66472]

Beverley Hughes: Estimates are available from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) on the overall migration of persons to and from the United Kingdom (UK), where migration is defined in terms of a change of country of residence for a year or longer. These data include temporary migration of, for example, students and workers. The available statistics for 1995 to 2000, are given in the table.

Table 1: Total international migration to and from UK⁽³⁵⁾ 1995–2000

	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000
Inflow
All citizenships	320.7	331.4	340.7	401.5	450	482
British	91.3	103.7	96.5	111.3	118.1	105.7
Non-British	229.4	227.8	244.2	290.2	331.8	376.2
European Union	59.1	69.5	71.5	77.6	65.7	62.8
Commonwealth
Old	29.5	32.1	34.6	59.9	57.1	60
New	58.3	50.7	62	53	66.4	90.9
Other foreign(36)	82.6	75.5	76	99.6	142.6	162.5
Outflow
All citizenships	212	238.4	248.8	223.7	268.5	298.5
British	121.7	142.8	134.5	114.6	126.5	152.3
Non-British	90.2	95.6	114.2	109.1	141.9	146.2
European Union	36.6	42.7	52.3	47.1	58.4	55.1
Commonwealth
Old	16.3	15.8	18.5	18.6	28.5	30.9
New	9.4	11.8	15.8	10	9.7	12.5
Other foreign(36)	27.9	25.3	27.6	33.4	45.3	47.7

⁽³⁵⁾ Includes adjustments for asylum seekers, and for persons admitted as short-term visitors who are subsequently granted an extension of stay for other reasons—for example, as students or on the basis of marriage. Also includes migration flows between the UK and Irish Republic

⁽³⁶⁾ Figures for all years include Hong Kong.

The Home Office measure of immigration is different from that of ONS. Our statistics relate to the number of people granted settlement in the UK. These are mainly current residents, who have already migrated and are making their stay legally permanent, ie allowed to stay indefinitely. Data for 1995–2000 are given in the table.

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Unfortunately it is not possible for the Home Office to provide information on how many people have left the country, as the Immigration Service no longer routinely

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operates embarkation controls from which statistical information can be obtained.

Table 2: Acceptances for settlement, by nationality, 1995–2000United Kingdom   Number of persons

Geographical region and nationality	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000
All nationalities	55,480	61,730	58,720	69,790	97,120	125,090
Europe
European economic area(37)
Austria	10	¡	¡	—
Belgium	10	¡	¡	¡
Denmark	10	10	¡	10
Finland	10	¡	¡	¡
France	30	30	10	30
Germany(38)	40	10	10	30
Greece	10	10	10	20
Iceland	¡	¡	¡	—
Italy	20	20	10	20
Luxembourg	—	—	—	—
Netherlands	20	10	20	30
Norway	10	10	10	¡
Portugal	20	20	20	110
Spain	¡	¡	10	20
Sweden	20	10	10	¡
European economic area(39)	220	120	110	270
Remainder of Europe
Bulgaria	150	200	160	180	280	300
Cyprus	220	240	240	280	430	510
Former Czechoslovakia	190	290	280	400	500	760
of which:
Czech Republic(40)				240	270	420
Slovakia				160	230	340
Hungary	130	200	180	180	190	250
Malta	80	80	60	70	60	90
Poland	580	640	570	580	620	830
Romania	190	270	220	240	290	310
Switzerland	150	210	200	250	220	220
Turkey	1,170	3,720	4,230	2,360	5,220	5,210
Former USSR	610	820	870	1,180	1,400	2,070
of which:
Estonia				20	20	20
Latvia				40	30	60
Lithuania				50	110	130
Russia(41)				860	870	1,180
Ukraine				140	200	380
Other former USSR				80	160	300
Former Yugoslavia	550	680	590	1,500	6,650	4,440
of which:
Croatia	—	—	—	180	320	650
Slovenia				10	20	20
Yugoslavia(41)				870	5,760	2,640
Other former Yugoslavia				440	550	1,130
Other Europe	20	20	30	60	130	140
Remainder of Europe	4,030	7,370	7,640	7,300	15,980	15,100
Europe	4,250	7,500	7,740	7,570	15,990	15,110
Americas
Argentina	60	50	50	60	60	80
Barbados	70	80	60	100	70	100
Brazil	330	390	330	350	410	460
Canada	940	970	980	1,050	1,010	1,320
Chile	40	60	70	50	50	80
Colombia	280	270	240	370	650	810
Guyana	190	200	170	180	130	200
Jamaica	1,400	1,420	1,030	1,120	1,080	2,100
Mexico	90	110	130	120	90	130
Peru	100	80	110	100	140	160
Trinidad and Tobago	380	340	280	320	280	490
USA	3,960	4,030	3,900	3,940	3,760	4,580
Venezuela	40	50	50	60	60	80
Other Americas	310	430	390	2,950	750	940
Americas	8,180	8,470	7,790	10,780	8,520	11,520
Africa
Algeria	440	400	370	710	1,130	1,010
Angola	40	30	60	90	520	310
Congo (Dem. Rep.)(43)	120	90	90	120	2,580	910
Egypt	270	330	330	360	380	480
Ethiopia	170	140	210	190	2,170	2,730
Ghana	1,820	1,970	1,290	1,550	3,480	3,130
Kenya	530	590	500	530	760	1,120
Libya	70	110	120	160	160	370
Mauritius	390	480	380	450	460	680
Morocco	430	480	410	430	430	590
Nigeria	3,260	3,220	2,540	2,950	3,180	6,520
Sierra Leone	440	570	470	540	1,060	1,070
Somalia	760	680	990	2,950	3,180	12,290
South Africa	1,300	1,040	1,290	2,260	2,950	4,300
Sudan	150	360	2,180	470	540	1,520
Tanzania	250	220	150	220	240	420
Tunisia	80	90	70	110	160	130
Uganda	440	1,040	690	500	1,400	3,440
Zambia	190	220	180	210	240	440
Zimbabwe	330	360	340	410	430	980
Other Africa	490	600	550	870	1,570	2,060
Africa	12,000	12,970	13,200	16,090	27,020	44,480
Asia
Indian sub-continent
Bangladesh	3,280	2,720	2,870	3,630	3,280	3,680
India	4,860	4,620	4,650	5,430	6,290	8,050
Pakistan	6,310	6,250	5,580	7,350	11,860	11,010
Indian sub-continent	14,450	13,590	13,080	16,420	21,440	22,730
Middle East
Iran	1,120	1,720	1,060	930	1,560	1,920
Iraq	540	1,580	1,610	1,650	2,210	2,710
Israel	290	290	280	300	260	360
Jordan	150	120	150	130	140	250
Kuwait	30	20	40	60	60	60
Lebanon	400	660	640	590	760	990
Saudi Arabia	40	40	30	50	60	50
Syria	100	110	120	110	140	240
Yemen	160	180	150	230	260	290
Other Middle East	60	70	90	120	140	210
Middle East	2,880	4,790	4,160	4,180	5,590	7,090
Remainder of Asia
China	1,130	1,180	1.230	1,550	1,520	1,710
Hong Kong	1,310	1,240	900	810	490	800
Indonesia	100	90	90	120	200	210
Japan	1,870	1,780	1,760	1,880	1,590	1,720
Malaysia	660	610	500	550	510	780
Philippines	1,090	1,030	890	950	1,190	1,910
Singapore	170	150	160	120	170	230
South Korea	260	270	220	270	300	480
Sri Lanka	1,370	2,180	1,620	2,100	5,370	7,530
Taiwan	40	60	80	100	120	180
Thailand	520	550	500	540	830	950
Other Asia	270	350	420	530	770	1,230
Remainder of Asia	8,790	9,500	8,370	9,520	13,060	17,720
Asia	26,120	27,880	25,610	30,120	40,090	47,540
Oceania
Australia	2,020	2,120	1,920	2,200	2,410	2,930
New Zealand	1,390	1,360	1,150	1,440	1,670	1,920
Other Oceania	40	40	30	50	40	50
Oceania	3,450	3,520	3,100	3,690	4,120	4,900
British overseas citizens	690	620	540	960	560	330
Stateless(44)	780	780	740	580	820	930
Other countries not elsewhere specified	*	*	*	*	*	*
All nationalities	55,460	61,730	58,720	69,790	97,120	125,090

⁽³⁷⁾ Includes all current EEA countries throughout the period covered.

⁽³⁸⁾ Includes acceptances from the former German Democratic Republic—prior to the reunification of Germany on 3 October 1990—throughout the period covered.

⁽³⁹⁾ Includes Liechtenstein.

⁽⁴⁰⁾ Includes Czechoslovak passport holders.

⁽⁴¹⁾ Includes Soviet Union passport holders.

⁽⁴²⁾ Includes holders of passports of the former Yugoslavia.

⁽⁴³⁾ The Democratic Republic of the Congo, formerly known as Zaire.

⁽⁴⁴⁾ Includes refugees from South East Asia.

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