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Influenza

David Davis: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people aged 65 years or over died of influenza in (a) the East Riding of Yorkshire, (b) Hull and (c) England in each year since 2001. [194979]

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

Letter from Len Cook to Mr. David Davis, dated 8 November 2004:

As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question asking how many people aged 65 years or over have died of influenza in (a) East Riding of Yorkshire, (b) Hull, (c) the UK in each year since 2001. (194979)

Figures for East Riding of Yorkshire and Kingston upon Hull, (City of) unitary authorities and the United Kingdom are provided in the table.

Numbers of deaths from influenza⁽¹⁵⁾, 2001 to 2003 2 for East Riding of Yorkshire and Kingston upon Hull, (City of) unitary authorities and the United Kingdom⁽¹⁷⁾

	East Riding of Yorkshire	Kingston upon Hull, City of	United Kingdom
2001	(18)—;	(18)—;	27
2002	(18)—;	(18)—;	34
2003	(18)—;	(18)—;	64

⁽¹⁵⁾ Deaths with an underlying cause of influenza defined using the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10) codes J10 and J11.
⁽¹⁶⁾ Figures are for deaths occurring in each calendar year, except for data for Scotland and Northern Ireland included in the United Kingdom totals. These are deaths registered in each calendar year.
⁽¹⁷⁾ Deaths of usual residents of these areas.
⁽¹⁸⁾ Fewer than five deaths.

Job Creation (Dagenham)

Jon Cruddas: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many jobs have been created in the Dagenham constituency since (a) 1997 and (b) 2001. [196453]

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

Letter from Colin Mowl to Mr. Jon Cruddas, dated 8 November 2004:

The National Statistician has been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question about jobs created in the Dagenham constituency. I am replying in his absence. (196453)

While statistics of new jobs created are not available explicitly, statistics from surveys enable comparisons to be made of net changes in numbers of jobs from year to year.

The attached table shows the information requested, relating to jobs in Dagenham for 1997, 2001 and 2002, which is the latest year available.

 
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Number of employee jobs⁽¹⁹⁾ with workplace in Dagenham parliamentary constituency; 1997, 2001 and 2002

	Total
Number
1997	26,400
2001	23,200
2002	21,900
Change(20)
1997 to 2002	-4,400
2001 to 2002	-1,300

⁽¹⁹⁾ Excludes self-employed jobs.
⁽²⁰⁾ The 1997 to 2002 change and 2001 to 2002 change has been rounded to the nearest hundred separately from rounded levels for 1997, 2001 and 2002.
Source:
1997 rescaled Annual Employment Survey; 2001–02 Annual Business Inquiry

Oil and Gas (Windfall Tax)

Alan Simpson: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will assess the case for a windfall tax on profits accruing to UK gas and oil producers as a result of recent and future oil price increases; and if he will make a statement. [196494]

John Healey: All taxes are kept under review on a Budget by Budget basis. The Government are committed to delivering a tax regime for the North Sea which promotes investment and takes a fair share of revenue derived from a national resource.

Older Workers

Mr. Willetts: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer of 7 September 2004, Official Report, column 1195W, on older workers, if he will break down the figures provided by (a) gender and (b) age. [194833]

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

Letter from Len Cook to Mr. David Willetts, dated 8 November 2004:

As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question about older workers broken down by gender and age. (194833)

The attached table gives estimates of the number of people above state pension age in employment and resident in the United Kingdom for the three months ending in May each year from 1992 to 2004.

These estimates from the Labour Force Survey (LFS) are, as with any statistical sample survey, subject to sampling variability.

Number of people above state pension age⁽²¹⁾ in employment—United Kingdom—three months ending in May each year from 1992 to 2004—not seasonally adjusted Thousand

	60–64(22)	65–69	70–74	75+	Total 65 and over (men) and 60 and over (women)
All persons
1992	338	286	125	68	818
1993	347	261	111	55	774
1994	357	269	101	56	782
1995	350	276	118	52	797
1996	352	261	107	52	773
1997	374	271	104	57	805
1998	334	291	93	60	778
1999	354	301	108	56	819
2000	372	289	110	60	831
2001	397	274	101	46	818
2002	408	319	103	55	885
2003	405	352	104	69	930
2004	453	361	127	52	993
Men
1992	—	176	79	46	301
1993	—	154	67	35	255
1994	—	164	63	37	264
1995	—	179	75	35	288
1996	—	158	71	37	266
1997	—	162	68	39	269
1998	—	179	57	37	274
1999	—	182	71	35	288
2000	—	176	72	40	287
2001	—	172	64	31	267
2002	—	193	64	35	291
2003	—	220	69	50	339
2004	—	227	76	35	338
Women
1992	338	110	46	22	517
1993	347	108	44	20	518
1994	357	104	38	19	518
1995	350	98	43	18	509
1996	352	103	36	15	507
1997	374	109	36	18	536
1998	334	111	36	22	504
1999	354	119	36	21	531
2000	372	113	38	20	544
2001	397	102	37	15	552
2002	408	126	40	20	594
2003	405	132	35	19	591
2004	453	134	51	17	655

'—' = No data available
⁽²¹⁾ This refers to men aged 65 and over and women aged 60 and over.
⁽²²⁾ Figures are based on women only as men in this age group are below pension age.
Source:
ONS Labour Force Survey




 
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Pensioners

Mrs. Spelman: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many households in England are (a) single occupation with one pensioner, (b) occupied by two pensioners and no other adults and (c) occupied by pensioners only. [195251]

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. Caroline Spelman, dated 8 November 2004:

As National Statistician and Registrar General for England and Wales I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question asking how many households in England are (a) single occupation with one pensioner, (b) occupied by two pensioners and no other adults and (c) occupied by pensioners only. (195251)

 
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The table shows the number of exclusively pensioner households in England on Census day (29 April 2001), with special attention to one and two pensioner households. The figures have been extracted from Table T08 on the CD supplement to the Census 2001 National Report for England and Wales, which is available in the House of Commons Library.

Number of exclusively pensioner households in England on Census day, 29 April 2001

Pensioner households(23)	All households
One pensioner household	2,939,465
Two pensioner household	1,891,401
All pensioner household	4,848,304

⁽²³⁾ Pensionable Age is 65 and over for males and 60 and over for females
Source:
Table T08 2001 Census National Report for England and Wales

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