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Tax Credits
Mr. McGrady: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will review the overpayment of tax credits, in particular to claimants who have overpayments being recovered from their awards at high rates. [149720]
Dawn Primarolo: The Inland Revenue's Code of Practice 26, "What happens if we have paid you too much tax credit?", sets out the rules that the Inland Revenue follows when adjusting an award to recover an overpayment.
Teenage Pregnancies
Tim Loughton: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many teenage pregnancies there were in each year since 2000. [152516]
Ruth Kelly: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Len Cook to Mr. Tim Loughton, dated 3 February 2004:
- As National Statistician I have been asked to reply to your recent question on how many teenage pregnancies there were in each year since 2000. (152516)
- The numbers of teenage pregnancies in England and Wales, in 2000 and 2001 (the latest year for which figures are available), are shown below. Figures shown are for conceptions to women aged under 18, because the target set by the Government Strategy on Teenage Pregnancy is for this age-group.
| Year | Number(21) | Rate(22) |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 41,349 | 44.1 |
| 2001 | 40,964 | 42.7 |
(21) 2001 figure provisional.
(22) Rate per 1,000 women aged 15–17 based on population estimates as at September 2003.
Provisional figures for the most recently available year were first published in Health Statistics Quarterly, the latest edition of which also shows provisional estimates for March quarter 2002. This publication is available in the libraries of both Houses. Provisional estimates for the calendar year 2002 will be published in Health Statistics Quarterly later this month.
Birth Rates
Tim Loughton: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many live births there were in each year since 2000. [152515]
Ruth Kelly: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Colin Mowl to Tim Loughton dated 3 February 2004:
- The National Statistician has been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question on the number of live births in each year since 2000.1 am replying in his absence. (152515)
- A table showing data for live births occurring in England and Wales and in the United Kingdom in 2000, 2001 and 2002 is provided in the following table. Figures for 2003 are not yet available.
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| 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| England and Wales | 604,441 | 594,634 | 596,122 |
| United Kingdom | 679,029 | 669,123 | 668,777 |
Annual figures for live births are routinely published in Births Statistics Series FM1 for England and Wales and in Annual Abstract of Statistics for the United Kingdom; provisional figures for the most recently available year are first published in Population Trends, the latest edition of which also shows figures for March and June quarters 2003. All three publications are available in the House of Commons Library.
Cancer/Coronary Death Rates
Mr. Hepburn: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the latest figures for the death rate from (a) cancer and (b) coronary heart disease are in (i) the Jarrow constituency, (ii) South Tyneside, (iii) Tyne and Wear, (iv) the North East and (v) the UK; and what they were in 1997. [152108]
Ruth Kelly: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Colin Mowl to Stephen Hepburn dated 3 February 2004:
- The National Statistician has been asked to reply to your recent question concerning the latest figures for the death rate from (a) cancer and (b) coronary heart disease in (i) the Jarrow constituency, (ii) South Tyneside, (iii) Tyne and Wear, (iv) the North East and (v) the UK; and what they were in 1997. I am replying in his absence. (152108)
- Figures for the Jarrow constituency are not available, as annual mid-year population estimates for Parliamentary Constituencies are not produced by the Office for National Statistics. Figures for the other areas are included in the following table.
| 1997 | 2002 | |
|---|---|---|
| Cancer | ||
| South Tyneside | 225 | 226 |
| Tyne and Wear | 245 | 229 |
| North East | 235 | 216 |
| United Kingdom | 203 | 189 |
| Coronary Heart Disease | ||
| South Tyneside | 210 | 138 |
| Tyne and Wear | 191 | 146 |
| North East | 197 | 149 |
| United Kingdom | 163 | 128 |
(23) Rates per 100,000 population standardised to the European Standard Population.
(24) The cause of death was defined using the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision (ICD-9) for 1997, and the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10) for 2002. The codes used are listed as follows:
Cancer (malignant neoplasms)—ICD-9 140–208; ICD-10 COO-C97;
Coronary Heart Disease—ICD-9 410–414; ICD-10 120–125.
(25) Usual residents of these areas.
(26) Deaths occurring in each calendar year in England and Wales, and deaths registered in each calendar year in Scotland and Northern Ireland.
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Climate Change Levy
Miss McIntosh: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much revenue has been raised by the Climate Change Levy in each year since its introduction. [152072]
John Healey: I refer the hon. Lady to the answer I gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Hamilton South (Mr. Tynan) on 29 January 2004 (Official Report), column 375. Revenue receipts from the Climate Change Levy are published monthly in Table 2.1D of ONS "Financial Statistics" and annually in Customs and Excise's Annual Report and Accounts. Both are available in the Library of the House.
Annual and monthly figures are also available online at Customs' trade and statistics website: www.uktradeinfo.com in the Statistical Bulletins and Factsheets section.
Customs and Excise (Correspondence)
Mr. Burns: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he will reply to the letter from the hon. Member for West Chelmsford of 19 October 2003 concerning Mr. C. Silvester, PO Reference 5.09712/2003). [152111]
John Healey [holding answer 30 January 2004]: I have replied to a letter dated 19 November 2003 from the hon. Member concerning Mr. Silvester with this reference number.
Financial Services
John Mann: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what plans the Government has to remove stamp duty on the financial services sector. [152386]
Ruth Kelly: All aspects of the tax system are kept under review as part of the annual budget process.
John Mann: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what initiatives are in place to assist the financial services industry to ensure probity and transparency in dealings with the public. [152388]
Ruth Kelly: The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has statutory responsibility to promote public understanding of the financial system and to secure the right degree of protection for consumers. The FSA carries out Conduct of Business regulation of all firms doing investment business to ensure, for example, that the information firms provide to investors is clear, fair and not misleading.
Infant Mortality
Tim Loughton: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the infant mortality rate was in 2003. [152560]
Ruth Kelly: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Len Cook to Mr. Tim Loughton, dated 3 February 2004:
- As National Statistician I have been asked to reply to your recent question asking what the infant mortality rate was in 2003. (152560)
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- The most recent complete year for which infant mortality data is available is 2002, when the rate for England and Wales was 5.2 per 1,000 live births. This covers deaths to babies aged less than one year and excludes still-births.
- Annual figures for infant mortality in England and Wales are routinely published in the DH3 series 'Mortality Statistics: Childhood, infant and perinatal'. Provisional figures for the first two quarters of 2003 were first published in Health Statistics Quarterly number 20, Winter 2003 edition (Table 2.1). These publications are available in the libraries of both Houses.
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