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Spending Review (Job Cuts)

Mr. Wood: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what assessment he has made of how job cuts proposed in the Spending Review will affect (a) his Department's staff and (b) services provided in Batley and Spen. [189502]

Maria Eagle: The Department's plans to reduce its staffing levels are part of a four-year programme of modernisation made possible by a significant investment of public money. The investment has enabled the Department to streamline its processes, modernise its IT and improve its service to customers as a result. The first phase of these plans designed to increase the efficiency of benefit processing was announced to the House on 29 June. The latest phase of the Department's continuing modernisation programme, which will lead to a more efficient and effective services to customers, was announced by my right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State on 16 September.

It is too early to say precisely what will be the effect on staffing levels in Batley and Spen and there are currently no plans to change the service levels in the area. However, further announcements will be made as our plans progress.
 
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TREASURY

Council Tax

Mr. Burstow: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer in which streets in Sutton and Cheam constituency council tax rebanding has resulted in revaluations in the past two years; and what the reason for rebanding was in each case. [194050]

Dawn Primarolo: The information requested could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.

Census

Mrs. Gillan: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when the Office for National Statistics will release the full set of the 2001 Census data. [193752]

Mr. Timms: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.

Letter from Mr. Len Cook to Cheryl Gillan, dated, 27 October 2004:

As National Statistician and Registrar General for England and Wales I have been asked to reply to your recent question asking when the Office for National Statistics will release the full set of the 2001 Census data. (193752)

All reports to Parliament prepared under section 4.1 of the Census Act (1920) have now been released and are available in the House of Commons Library. Actual release dates are as follows:

	Dates
First results on population for England and Wales	30 September 2002
Key Statistics for local authorities in England and Wales	13 February 2003
Key Statistics for Assembly Constituencies and Assembly Electoral Regions for the National Assembly for Wales	3 April 2003
National report for England and Wales	7 May 2003
Key Statistics for health areas in England and Wales	31 July 2003
Report for Parliamentary Constituencies	25 September 2003
National report for England and Wales part 2	3 February 2004
Report on the Welsh language	10 February 2004
Key Statistics for parishes in England and communities in Wales	16 March 2004
Key Statistics for postcode sectors in England and Wales	30 March 2004
Key Statistics for urban areas in England and Wales	17 June 2004
Key Statistics for urban areas (Regional volumes)	22 July 2004

Section 4.2 of the Census Act 1920 allows the Registrar General to meet a substantial need for additional Census statistics which are not covered by the reports to Parliament. An extensive programme of planned output under this provision has been completed, with delivery of the main set of detailed local results in September 2003, and with the completion of output on workplace and migration recently. These are available free of charge, on the National Statistics website where appropriate, or in entirety on electronic media. The Census continues to provide additional output is available.
 
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Casinos

Mr. George Osborne: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport on changing taxation levels for casino operators. [194293]

John Healey: The Chancellor of the Exchequer has had no discussions with the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport on these matters. Tax policy is a matter for the Treasury and is considered as part of the normal Budget process.

Child Support Payments

Mr. Kidney: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what assessment he has made of the implications of tagging a taxpayer's (a) national insurance contributions record and (b) tax records with the existence of a deductions from earnings order made in respect of child support payments; [193834]

(2) if he will introduce a procedure for alerting employers when taking on new employees to the existence of an existing deductions from earnings order in respect of child support payments. [193835]

Dawn Primarolo: The Inland Revenue has made no assessment of the processes outlined in respect of child support payments.
 
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Deaths

Mrs. Iris Robinson: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many deaths there were in each of the last five years from (a) suicide, (b) drowning, (c) house fires, (d) other domestic accidents, (e) road traffic accidents, (f) murder and (g) manslaughter; and what percentage were (i) alcohol and (ii) drug related in each case. [193833]

Mr. Timms: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.

Letter from Len Cook to Mrs. Iris Robinson, dated 27 October 2004:

As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent question asking how many deaths there were in each of the last five years from (a) suicide, (b) drowning, (c) house fires, (d) other domestic accidents, (e) road traffic accidents, (f) murder and (g) manslaughter; and what percentage were (i) alcohol and (ii) drug-related in each case. (193833)

The latest year for which data are available is 2003. The figures requested are shown in the tables below for each year from 1999 to 2003. Percentages which were drug-related or alcohol-related are not available. For suicide and assault, the method used is available. For these causes, figures are available on cases where the method used was poisoning by drugs or alcohol.
Number of deaths by selected cause⁽⁷⁾, persons, all ages, England and Wales, 1999 to 2003⁽⁸⁾

	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003
(a) Suicide	5,216	4,968	4,705	4,665	4,659
(b) Drowning	524	475	452	457	437
(c) House fires (accidental)	295	319	328	311	321
(d) Other domestic accidents	2,602	2,740	2,823	2,683	2,830
(e) Land transport accidents	3,098	2,985	2,949	2,929	2,943
(f and g) Assault	653	764	742	724	701

⁽⁷⁾ The cause of death was defined using the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision (ICD-9) for the years 1999 to 2000, and the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10) for 2001 onwards. The codes used are listed below:
Suicide—ICD-9 E950-E959, E980-E989 excluding deaths where the coroner's verdict was pending; ICD-10 X60-X84, Y10-Y34 excluding deaths where the coroner's verdict was pending
Drowning—ICD-9 E890, E832, E910, E954, E964, E984; ICD-10 W65-W74, X71, Y21
Accidental house fires—E890-E899 where accident occurred at home; ICD-10 X00-X09 where accident occurred at home
Other domestic accidents—ICD-9 E849-E869, E880-E889, E900-E928 where accident occurred at home; ICD-10 W00-W99, X10-X59 where accident occurred at home
Land transport accidents—ICD-9 E800-E829; ICD-10 V01-V89
Assault—ICD-9 E960-E96, E988.8 where the coroner's verdict was pending; ICD-10 X85-Y09, Y33.9 where the coroner's verdict was pending
⁽⁸⁾ Figures are based on deaths occurring in each calendar year.


Percentage of deaths due to suicide or assault⁽⁹⁾ where the method used was drug⁽¹⁰⁾ or alcohol poisoning, persons, all ages,England and Wales, 1999 to 2003

	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003
(i) Suicide—% which alcohol-related poisoning	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.1
(ii) Suicide—% which drug-related poisoning	25.9	25.7	26.5	24.2	24.9
(i) Assault—% which alcohol-related poisoning	—	—	—	—	—
(ii) Assault—% which drug-related poisoning	2.0	2.1	2.7	0.8	0.7

⁽⁹⁾ The cause of death was defined using the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision (ICD-9) for the years 1999 to 2000, and the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10) for 2001 onwards. The codes used are listed below:
Alcohol-related poisoning suicide—as above where ICD-9 980 or ICD-10 T51 was coded as the main injury
Drug-related poisoning suicide—ICD-9 E950.0-E950.5, E980.0-E980.5; ICD-10 X60-X64, Y10-Y14
Alcohol-related poisoning assault—as above where ICD-9 980 or ICD-10 T51 was coded as the main injury
Drug-related poisoning assault—ICD-9 E962.0; ICD-10 X85.
⁽¹⁰⁾ Includes over-the-counter, prescription and illegal drugs


 
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