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UK Airports (General Aviation Reports)

Mr. Moore: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether (a) civil and (b) state aircraft landing at UK airports are required to submit a completed general aviation report to (i) HM Revenue and Customs, (ii) UK police and (iii) Home Office immigration authorities. [59298]

Dawn Primarolo: I have been asked to reply.

(a) Scheduled civil aircraft are not required to complete a general aviation report form. Non-scheduled civil aircraft are required to complete a combined general aviation report form to HMRC who then forward it to the local Police special branch and Home Office immigration authorities.

(b) State aircraft arriving at UK designated airports are not required to complete a general aviation report form.

Vehicle Registrations

Mr. Burns: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will invalidate the registration of motor vehicles at 25 Duke Street, Chelmsford. [60268]

Dr. Ladyman [holding answer 22 March 2006]: I cannot comment on individual cases. The law does not allow a vehicle to be deregistered.

TREASURY

Bowel Cancer

Mr. Baron: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list correspondence between his Department and the Department of Health on the funding for the proposed bowel cancer screening programme; and if he will place the correspondence in the Library. [60831]

Mr. Des Browne: Treasury Ministers and officials have regular discussions with the Department of Health on a range of expenditure issues. No correspondence focussed specifically on the subject of funding for the proposed bowel cancer screening programme has been found.
 
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Electoral Registration

Chris Ruane: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the electoral registration rates were in the period (a) before and (b) after 13 March 2006 in each ward in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, grouped according to constituency and region and listed in descending order. [60916]

John Healey: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician who has been asked to reply

Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 23 March 2006:

Energy Efficiency

Mrs. Dorries: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what steps he is taking to increase energy efficiency within his Department; and if he will make a statement. [60343]

John Healey: I refer to my answer to the hon. Member for Twickenham (Dr. Cable) on 31 October 2005, Official Report, column 733W. Additional measures taken since then include the upgrading and installation of improved controls of the air handling units in the building, and a planned change from night to daytime cleaning, which will further reduce lighting usage.

Mobile Phones

Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the number of people in London who had a mobile phone in each year since 2004–05; and if he will make a statement. [60564]

John Healey: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician who has been asked to reply.

Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 23 March 2006:

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Mortality Rates (Carlisle)

Mr. Martlew: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the mortality rate was for (a) chronic lung disease, (b) all forms of cancer and (c) coronary heart disease in Carlisle in (i) 1997 and (ii) 2004; and what the (A) neo-natal and (B) perinatal mortality rate was in Carlisle in these years. [60327]

John Healey: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician who has been asked to reply.

Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 23 March 2006:


Death rates(22) from chronic lung disease, malignant cancers and coronary heart disease(23) and neonatal(24) and perinatal(25) death rates for Carlisle local authority(26), 1997 and 2004(27).

Mortality rates
19972004
Chronic lung disease41.137.5
Cancer208.5199.9
Coronary heart disease182.3137.4
Neonatal deaths7.01.7
Perinatal deaths12.27.8


(22) Rates per 100,000 population standardised to the European Standard Population.
(23) The causes of death for 2004 were defined using the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10):
Chronic lung disease (Chronic lower respiratory disease)—ICD-10 J40-J47.
Cancer (malignant neoplasms)—/CD-70 COO-C97.
Coronary heart disease—ICD-10120–125.
Deaths were selected using the original underlying cause.
The causes of death for 1997 were defined using the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision (ICD-9). The codes used are listed:
Chronic lung disease (Chronic lower respiratory disease)—ICD-9 490–494, 496.
Cancer (malignant neoplasms)—ICD-9 140–208.
Coronary heart disease-ICD-9 410–414.
The introduction of ICD-10 for coding cause of death in England and Wales in 2001 means that data for chronic lung disease and cancer are not completely comparable with data for years before this date. The effect of the change in classification in 2001 on deaths from these causes is described in a report published in May 2002:
Office for National Statistics. Results of the ICD-10 bridge coding study, England and Wales, 1999. Health Statistics Quarterly 14 (2002), 75–83.
For chronic lung disease (chronic lower respiratory disease) and cancer (malignant neoplasms) the introduction of ICD-10 caused an increase of 3.2 per cent. and 2.3per cent. respectively in the number of deaths coded to these conditions in England and Wales. Deaths in 1997 from these causes have been adjusted to provide rates which are comparable with those for 2004.
(24) Deaths under four weeks per 1,000 live births.
(25) Deaths under one week plus stillbirths per 1,000 total live and stillbirths.
(26) Usual residents of Hyndburn local authority. Deaths were assigned to this area using the November 2005 All Fields Postcode Directory.
(27) Deaths registered in each calendar year.



 
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