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St. Helena
Andrew Rosindell: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how much has been spent to protect endangered species on St. Helena and the surrounding British islands for each of the last seven years. [56803]
Mr. Douglas Alexander: Since 2004, St. Helena and her dependencies have received environmental funding from the joint Foreign and Commonwealth Office/Department for International Development Overseas Territories Environment Programme (OTEP) as follows.
| £ | |
|---|---|
| 2005–06 | 437,000 |
| 2004–05 | 207,090 |
In addition, Ascension Island received £500,000 for a seabird restoration project in 2003–04 funded through the Environmental Fund for the Overseas Territories, the precursor to OTEP.
Figures for 1999 to 2002 are not centrally held. To obtain them would incur disproportionate costs.
US (Northern Ireland Immigrants)
Mr. Gregory Campbell: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many people from Northern Ireland he estimates to be living illegally in the United States. [59817]
Ian Pearson: The Foreign and Commonwealth Office does not hold information about the number of people living illegally in the United States.
WPC Yvonne Fletcher
Dr. Murrison: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1) what progress has been made by the joint UK-Libyan investigation announced on 7 April 2004 into the murder of WPC Yvonne Fletcher; and if he will make a statement; [60208]
(2) what discussions he has had with British and Libyan representatives about their investigation of the death of WPC Fletcher; and if he will make a statement. [60211]
Dr. Howells: The investigation of the death of WPC Fletcher remains a high priority for the Government. We remain in constant touch with the Metropolitan Police Service and continue to make representations to the Libyans authorities to move forward with the investigation.
We are hoping to see movement on the investigation in the near future and will continue to remind the Libyans of the need to allow closure for the family of WPC Fletcher.
Dr. Murrison: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many visits to Tripoli have been made by the Metropolitan police team investigating the death of WPC Yvonne Fletcher since April 2004; and if he will make a statement. [60209]
Dr. Howells:
The Metropolitan Police Service visited Libya in April 2004 and again in September 2004.
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The investigation remains a high priority for the Government and we wish to see a satisfactory conclusion to the investigation
Dr. Murrison: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what the budget is of the Metropolitan Police team investigating WPC Yvonne Fletcher's death; and if he will make a statement. [60210]
Dr. Howells: No specific budget has been agreed for the investigation. Operating costs are funded through anti-terrorist funds and subsequently justified for each part of the investigation.
The investigation remains a high priority for the Government and we wish to see a satisfactory conclusion to the investigation.
TREASURY
Air Passenger Duty
John Battle: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what proportion of the air passenger duty will be used to fund international development objectives. [60314]
Mr. Drew: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he plans to introduce an air ticket levy to provide funding for international development projects. [60591]
Mr. Ivan Lewis: The UK is committed to developing innovative financing mechanisms to support accelerated progress towards the Millennium Development Goals, and has announced that it will hypothecate part of its existing air passenger duty to provide a long-term stream of finance to the International Finance Facility (IFF). The size of the UK contribution will be announced when the IFF is launched.
With the IFF, the equivalent of the 0.7 per cent. ODA-GNI target could be achieved as early as 2008–09.
Arms Exports Controls
John Bercow: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people have been prosecuted for breaches of arms exports controls in each of the last five years. [52177]
Dawn Primarolo: Since 1 April 2000 three individuals and one limited company have been prosecuted for breaches of strategic export controls—one in each of the years 2001–02, 2003–04, 2004–05 and 2005–06. All were convicted.
John Bercow: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many breaches of the arms exports controls have been reported in each of the last five years; and what assessment he has made of the extent to which this figure accurately reflects the actual number of breaches that took place. [52178]
Dawn Primarolo: HMRC calculate breaches of the arms export controls as the total number of:
(a) Export seizures of military and dual-use goods, goods subject to sanctions and arms embargoes, and civilian firearms; and
(b) Unlicensed exports referred to HMRC by Compliance Officers from the Department of Trade and Industry.
| Financial Year | HMRC seizures | Referrals from the DTI | Total number of breaches |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000–01 | 120 | 30 | 150 |
| 2001–02 | 80 | 27 | 107 |
| 2002–03 | 67 | 21 | 88 |
| 2003–04 | 63 | 3.1 | 94 |
| 2004–05 | 37 | 28 | 65 |
HMRC assess that the majority of UK exporters comply with the export control legislation and that most breaches involve goods that would have been granted an export licence had the exporter applied for one.
Cancer
Dr. Kumar:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the (a) incidence and (b) survival rate for (i) ovarian, (ii) lung, (iii) bladder, (iv) breast, (v) bowel, (vi)
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prostate, (vii) throat, (viii) mouth, (ix) stomach and (x) testicular cancer were in (A) England, (B) the North East and (C) the Tees Valley in the most recent period for which figures are available. [59931]
John Healey: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 22 March 2006:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question asking what the (a) incidence and (b) survival rate for (i) ovarian, (ii) lung, (iii) bladder, (iv) breast, (v) bowel, (vi) prostate, (vii) throat, (viii) mouth, (ix) stomach and (x) testicular cancer was in (A)England, (B) the North East and (C) the Tees Valley in the most recent period for which figures are available.
The most recent available figures for cancer incidence are for 2003. Figures requested are given in the following table for England, the North East and the Strategic Health Authority of county Durham and Tees Valley.
(17) Government office for the region
(18) Strategic Health Authority
(19) Cancers registered in 2003 are defined by codes in the International Classification of Diseases. Tenth Revision (ICD 10). Therefore, lung cancer is defined by code C34, bladder cancer by code C67, breast cancer by code C50, bowel cancer by codes C18 to C21, throat cancers by CT3 to C14, mouth cancer by codes C04 to C06, stomach cancer by code C16, cancer of the testis by code C62, cancer of the ovary by code C56 to C57 and prostate cancer by code C61
Source:
Office for National Statistics
The latest nationally comparable survival rates for England, Government Office Regions, and Strategic Health Authorities, are one-and five-year relative rates for patients (aged 15–99) diagnosed in 1995–97 and followed up to the end of 2002.
These are available on the National Statistics website for (i) ovarian, (ii) lung, (iii) bladder, (iv) female breast, (v) colon, (vi) prostate and (ix) stomach cancer. Equivalent figures are not available below national level for the other sites requested:
For England, survival rates are available for all the sites requested (except mouth) for adult patients (aged 15–99 years) diagnosed during 1998–2001 followed up to the end of 2003. These rates are available on the National Statistics (NS) website at:
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