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Birth, Marriage and Death Certificates
Anne Milton: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will establish a central record of applications for replacement certificates for births, marriages and deaths. [11409]
John Healey: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the Registrar General, who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Dennis Roberts to Anne Milton, dated 12 July 2005:
The Registrar General for England and Wales has been asked to reply to your question asking if a central record of applications for replacement certificates for birth, marriage and death with be established. I am replying in his absence. (11409)
By law, anyone who can provide sufficient information to identify a register entry can buy a certified copy of that entry (certificate) from the General Register Office (GRO) or the Register Office where the event took place.
Annually, approximately 4.6 million certificates are issued by the local registration service from 366 offices and a further 2 million certificates issued by the General Register Office. Due to the number of providers and scale of the applications received, there are no plans to record application details on a central database.
Breast Cancer
Mrs. Dorries: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the incidence of breast cancer per 1,000 women has been in (a) England, (b) the county of Bedfordshire and (c) Mid-Bedfordshire parliamentary constituency in each year since 1990. [11104]
John Healey: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician. I have asked him to reply.
Letter from Colin Mowl to Mrs. Nadine Dorries, dated 12 July 2005:
The National Statistician has been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question concerning what the incidence of breast cancer per 1,000 women has been in (a) England, (b) the County of Bedfordshire and (c) Mid-Bedfordshire parliamentary constituency in each year since 1990. I am replying in his absence. (11104)
The most recent available figures for the incidence of female breast cancer are for the year 2002. Age-standardised incidence rates (directly standardised to the European standard population) for England and the current county of Bedfordshire in each year since 1990 are given in the attached table. The rates have been provided per 100,000 women to assist the interpretation of the trends. Incidence rates are not available centrally for Parliamentary Constituencies.
(8) Age-standardised rates per 100,000 population are directly standardised to the European standard population. In detailed analyses of trends in incidence and mortality over time for a particular cancer, ONS use age-standardised rates. These control for differences in the size and age structure of the population and allow unbiased comparison of rates over time.
(9) From 1990 to 1994, International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision (ICD-9) code 174; from 1995 to 2002, International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10) code C50.
(10) Figures provided relate to the current county of Bedfordshire. This excludes the unitary authority of Luton, created in 1997, which was part of the former county.
Source:
Office for National Statistics
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Census
Lorely Burt: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether any person sued the Registrar General in the English courts for breach of confidence for releasing personal information from the closed 1901 decennial census for England and Wales between 1975 and 1996. [11652]
John Healey: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the Registrar General, who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Dennis Roberts to Lorley Burt, dated 12 July 2005:
The National Statistician and Registrar General for England and Wales, has been asked to reply to your recent question asking how many persons sued the Registrar General in the English courts for breach of confidence for releasing personal information from the closed 1901 decennial census for England and Wales between 1975 and 1996. I am replying in his absence. (11652)
There have been no instances of court action against the Registrar General for breach of confidence for releasing personal information from the 1901 decennial census for England and Wales between 1975 and 1996.
Expenditure and Revenue (Scotland)
Mr. Salmond: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate the total relative surplus or deficit of Government expenditure and revenue in Scotland, (a) including and (b) excluding the gross domestic product share of the United Kingdom surplus or deficit of the general Government borrowing requirement, for each year since 1978–79, assuming a constant relationship between the Scottish deficit, as published in the Government Expenditure and Revenue in Scotland 2002–03, and the United Kingdom general Government borrowing requirement, excluding privatisation proceeds and North Sea revenues and including in Scotland's revenue total a 90 per cent. share of North Sea oil revenue and a gross domestic product share of privatisation proceeds. [11108]
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Mr. Des Browne: The Treasury does not produce a breakdown of aggregate revenue and borrowing by country and region. Government Expenditure and Revenue in Scotland" is produced by the Scottish Executive.
Hiatt Handcuffs
Miss Kirkbride: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when the Customs investigation into large Hiatt handcuffs is expected to be concluded. [10857]
Dawn Primarolo: HM Revenue and Customs expect the investigation to be concluded very soon.
Hospital-acquired Infections
Mr. Lidington: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when the Office for National Statistics will have available statistics to show the number of deaths attributable to Clostridium difficile in 2004; and if he will make a statement. [5037]
John Healey [holding answer 16 June 2005]: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Colin Mowl to Mr. David Lidington, dated 12 July 2005:
The National Statistician has been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question asking when the Office for National Statistics (ONS) will have available statistics to show the number of deaths attributable to Clostridium difficile in 2004. I am replying in his absence. (5037)
In the Tenth Revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10), deaths involving enterocolitis due to Clostridium difficile can all be identified from the code A04.7. Enterocolitis is the commonest illness caused by C. difficile infection. For causes other than enterocolitis that are also known to be associated with C. difficile, it is not possible to identify from ICD codes alone the number of deaths where C. difficile actually contributed to the death. For this reason, the only routinely available mortality statistics on C. difficile are those where it was associated with enterocolitis. The relevant figures for 2004 will be available in November 2005.
ONS is working with the Health Protection Agency on a special study to identify the total number of deaths where C. difficile was mentioned on the death certificate.
Illegitimate Births
Mr. Amess: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate the rate of overall illegitimate births as a percentage of all births in each of the past 20 years. [10973]
John Healey: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Colin Mowl to Mr. David Amess, dated 12 July 2005:
The National Statistician has been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question asking for the percentage of births which were illegitimate, for each of the last 20 years. I am replying in his absence. (10973)
Source:
ONS
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