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Illegal Drug Deaths
Mr. Holloway: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many deaths have been caused in Gravesham by illegal drugs since 1997. [20037]
John Healey: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Karen Dunnell to Mr. Adam Holloway, dated 21 October 2005:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question asking how many deaths have been caused in Gravesham by illegal drugs since 1997. (20037)
Relevant figures are only readily available for deaths where the underlying cause was related to drug poisoning. It is not possible to identify from death certificates which substance was the primary cause when more than one was involved.
There were fewer than five deaths in Gravesham Local Authority involving drug misuse in all but one of the years 1997 to 2003. In order to maintain confidentiality of information supplied to the Office for National Statistics by coroners for statistical purposes only, precise numbers cannot be provided for individual years. These data have, therefore, been provided for rolling five-year periods.
(24) Cause of death was defined using the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision (ICD-9) codes 292, 304, 305.2–305.9, E850-E858, E950.0-E950.5, E962.0 and E980.0-E980.5 for 1997 to 2000, and the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10) codes F11-F16, F18-F19, X40-X44, X60-X64, X85 and Y10- Y14from 2001 onwards.
(25) Includes deaths where the underlying cause was mental and behavioural disorders due to psychoactive substance use and other drug-related poisoning deaths where a drug controlled under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 was mentioned on the death record.
(26) Usual residents of Gravesham Local Authority.
Local Authority Staff Numbers
David Mundell: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people worked in (a) the public sector and (b) the private sector in each local authority area in each of the last six years, broken down by industry. [19480]
John Healey: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked reply.
Letter from Karen Dunnell to Mr. David Mundell, dated 21 October 2005:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question about public and private sector employment. (19480)
The Office for National Statistics publishes a quarterly public sector employment first release that contains UK data and includes an industry breakdown for the public sector. The most recent estimates for Q2 2005 were published on 30 September 2005.
Estimates of the number of people working in the public and private sector at the local authority level are not available. However, on 28th October ONS will be publishing estimates of the proportion of employment in each region of the UK which is in the public sector.
Figures for all in employment for each local authority are available from the Annual Population Survey (APS) and published on ONS' Nomis website at: www.nomisweb.co.uk
Management Consultancies
Mr. Austin Mitchell: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer which five management consultancies received the highest value of contracts awarded by his Department in each of the last three years; and what the total value was of the contracts awarded to each. [12585]
John Healey: The information is available on the Treasury website at http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/about/information/foi_disclosures/foi_disclosures index. cfm.
Motor Fuel (Northern Ireland)
Mr. Peter Robinson:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people have been (a) prosecuted and (b) fined in connection with an offence directly
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relating to the illegal use of petrol or diesel in a motor vehicle in Northern Ireland in each of the last five years. [19459]
John Healey: The number of convictions secured which are related to hydrocarbon oils fraud during the last four years are as set out in the following table:
| Number of convictions | |
|---|---|
| 2000–01 | 5 |
| 2001–02 | 15 |
| 2002–03 | 3 |
| 2003–04 | 4 |
HMRC do not have figures for prosecutions resulting from all forms of revenue evasion in road fuels for years prior to 2000–01. Figures for 2004–2005 will be published in HMRC's Annual Report 2004–05.
The number of Civil Penalties, which relate to vehicles seized in relation to illegal fuel use, for the last four years are set out in the following table:
| Number of Civil Penalties relating to vehicles seized | |
|---|---|
| 2000–01 | 243 |
| 2001–02 | 714 |
| 2002–03 | 1,102 |
| 2003–04 | 901 |
HMRC do not have figures for Civil Penalties resulting from all forms of revenue evasion in road fuels for years prior to 2000–01.
Planning Gain Supplement
Mrs. Spelman: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he expects the Government's plan for a planning gain supplement to be revenue-neutral. [19714]
John Healey: As set out in the March 2005 Economic and Fiscal Strategy Report, the Government will respond to the recommendations in the Barker Review of Housing Supply later this year.
Search and Rescue
Mr. Gale: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the eleventh recommendation of the Eighth Report of the Transport Select Committee of Session 2004–05 on Search and Rescue (HC 322–1); and if he will make a statement. [20288]
Mr. Ivan Lewis: I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 19 October 2005, Official Report, column 1107W, to the hon. Member for Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale (David Mundell).
Skin Cancer
Mrs. James: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many cases of skin cancer were diagnosed in England in the last three years for which figures are available. [20811]
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John Healey: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Karen Dunn to Ms Sian James, dated 21 October 2005:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent question concerning how many cases of skin cancer were diagnosed in England in the last three years for which figures are available. (20811)
The latest available figures for the incidence of melanoma skin cancer are for the year 2003. Numbers of cases by sex for the years 2001 to 2003 are given in the table below.
| Number of cases | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Male | Female | Total | |
| 2001 | 2,638 | 3,424 | 6,062 |
| 2002 | 2,832 | 3,584 | 6,416 |
| 2003 | 2,971 | 3,718 | 6,689 |
(27) Melanoma skin cancer is defined as code C43 in the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD10).
Source:
Office for National Statistics
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Stationery
Dr. Cable: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) if he will list the Department's main suppliers of (a) copier paper, (b) stationery, (c) envelopes and (d) paper for reports; and what the (i) name and (ii) recycled and post-consumer recycled content of each paper is; [15804]
(2) by what date his Department expects to implement in full the quick win targets set by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to ensure that (a) all copying paper bought by the Department is 100 per cent. recycled with a minimum of 75 per cent. post-consumer waste content and (b) all paper for printed publications bought by the Department is 60 per cent. recycled, of which a minimum is 75 per cent. post-consumer waste; [15806]
(3) what percentage of (a) paper for printed publications and (b) copying paper used by the Department in (i) 2003–04 and (ii) 2004–05 was from recycled sources; and how much post-consumer waste this paper contained. [15807]
John Healey: The main stationery suppliers for the Treasury and HM Revenue and Customs are set out in the following table.
Both HM Treasury and HM Revenue and Customs have already met the Defra quick win target for copying paper. They use Evolve and Steinbeis recycled paper supplied by Banner, which is 100 per cent. recycled and 100 per cent. post consumer waste.
HM Treasury aims to use Revive recycled paper (75 per cent. of which is made from 100 per cent. de-inked post-consumer waste) for all printed publications, and in 2004–05 approximately 65 per cent. of paper used in the Treasury's printed publications was Revive. Where Revive is not suitable, Crossbow is used. Crossbow contains a minimum of 20 per cent. recycled fibre. HM Treasury is working to further increase the recycled and post consumer waste content of its printed publications.
HM Revenue and Customs have incorporated the Quick Win targets into their procurement policy and guidance and are moving forward in terms of printed publications. All of their contracts for printed publications make provision for the use of recycled paper or materials obtained from sustainable sources. They are liaising with other Government Departments to make the most effective use of contracts for recycled paper and working closely with their print suppliers and output handling teams to ensure that the move to recycled content does not impact on their ability to dispatch and process printed products. As part of their continuing review and corporate re-branding work they are also beginning to look at transferring project work areas such as the 2006 Employers Pack and P2 stationery to recycled content in line with the Quick Win target.
HMRC and HMT are also developing a Sustainable Procurement Strategy which both HMT and HMRC will follow and which will form part of both Departments' new Sustainable Development Action Plan. HMT and HMRC's policy is to ensure paper is used economically and that recycled paper is used wherever it is practical and economic to do so.
The available figures for past use of recycled paper are in the following table:
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