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Child Benefit (Administration)
Mr. Laws: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what his latest estimate is of the annual administration costs of child benefit. [63563]
Mr. Ivan Lewis: I refer the hon. Gentleman to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for Birmingham, Selly Oak (Lynne Jones) on 30 March 2006, Official Report, column 111W.
Child Trust Funds
Mr. Laws: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what his latest estimate is of the annual administration costs of the Child Trust Fund since it was introduced. [63312]
Mr. Ivan Lewis: I refer the hon. Gentleman to the answer given to the hon. Member for Leeds, North-West (Greg Mulholland) on 25 January 2006, Official Report, column 2214W.
Clinical Outcomes (Cancer)
James Duddridge: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what the clinical outcomes were for (a) upper gastro-intestinal, (b) urological, (c) head and neck, (d) breast, (e) lung, (f) prostate, (g) stomach, (h) colon and (i) bowel cancer in each cancer network in each year since 2001; [63668]
(2) what the clinical outcomes were for (a) female cancers and (b) male cancers in each cancer network in each year since 2001. [63670]
John Healey: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 19 April 2006:
As National Statistician I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Questions asking (1) what the clinical outcomes were for (a) female cancers and (b) male cancers in each cancer network in each year since 2001 and (2) what the clinical outcomes were for (a) upper gastro-intestinal, (b) urological, (c) head and neck, (d) breast, (e) lung, (f) prostate, (g) stomach, (h) colon and (i) bowel cancer in each cancer network in each year since 2001. (63668 & 63670)
Nationally comparable survival rates are available for England, Government Office Regions, and Strategic Health Authorities (but not for other areas such as cancer networks). The latest available figures 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 can be found on the National Statistics website at the address below, for the following cancer sites: bladder, colon, lung, oesophagus and stomach (for both sexes), breast and cervix (for females), and prostate (for males). http://www.statistics.gov.uk/StatBase/Product.asp?vlnk=11991&Pos=4&ColRank= 1&Rank=272
These figures are also available on the Clinical and Health Outcomes Knowledge Base at: http://www.nchod.nhs.uk/
Contracts (Voluntary Sector)
Mr. Andrew Turner: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many contracts are let by his Department to voluntary sector organisations; how many of those are let on an annual basis; and how many of those had received finalised contracts for 2006–07 by 31 March. [63212]
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John Healey: The Treasury has one contract with voluntary organisations. Campbell Robb, Director of Public Policy at the National Council for Voluntary Organisations, has been seconded to the Treasury by the NCVO to play a leading advisory role in the review, announced in the Budget, into the future role of the third sector in social and economic regeneration. Agreement in principle on the secondment for an initial six months was reached before 31 March.
Earnings (Southend, West)
Mr. Amess: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the average earnings of (a) full-time and (b) part-time employees in Southend, West constituency were in April in each year since 1997. [64196]
John Healey: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 19 April 2006:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question to ask what the average earnings of a) full-time and b) part-time employees in Southend West constituency were in April in each year since 1997. (64196)
Average earnings are estimated from the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE), and are provided for employees on adult rates whose pay for the survey period was not affected by absence. This is the standard definition used for ASHE. The ASHE does not collect data on the self employed and people who do unpaid work.
I attach tables showing Average Gross Weekly Earnings by parliamentary constituency for the years 1997 to 2005 for full-time and part-time employees on adult rates. These statistics are already published on the National Statistics website at: http://www.statistics.gov.uk/StatBase/Product.asp?vlnk=13101.
The ASHE, carried out in April of each year, is the most comprehensive source of earnings information in the United Kingdom. It is a one per cent sample of all employees who are members of pay-as-you-earn (PAYE) schemes.
(12) Employees on adult rates whose pay for the survey pay-period was not affected by absence.
(13) Includes supplementary survey data.
Guide to quality:
The Coefficient of Variation (CV) indicates the quality of a figure, the smaller the CV value the higher the quality.
The true value is likely to lie within ± twice the CV e.g. for an average of 200 with a CV of 5 per cent. we would expect the population average to be within the range 180 to 220.
Key:
CV }5 per cent.
*CV >5 per cent. and }10 per cent.
**CV >10 per cent. and }20 per cent.
x Unreliable
Note:
The median replaces the mean as the headline statistic. The weighted mean is the sum of the weighted values divided by the sum of the weights. The median is the value below which 50 per cent. of employees fall. It is preferred over the mean for earnings data as it is influenced less by extreme values and because of the skewed distribution of earnings data.
Source:
Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, Office for National Statistics.
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(14) Employees on adult rates whose pay for the survey pay-period was not affected by absence.
(15) Denotes data not collected before 2002.
(16) Includes supplementary survey data.
Guide to quality:
The Coefficient of Variation (CV) indicates the quality of a figure, the smaller the CV value the higher the quality.
The true value is likely to lie within ± twice the CV e.g. for an average of 200 with a CV of 5 per cent. we would expect the population average to be within the range 180 to 220.
Key:
CV }5 per cent.
*CV >5 per cent. and }10 per cent.
**CV >10 per cent. and }20 per cent.
x Unreliable
Note:
The median replaces the mean as the headline statistic. The weighted mean is the sum of the weighted values divided by the sum of the weights. The median is the value below which 50 per cent. of employees fall. It is preferred over the mean for earnings data as it is influenced less by extreme values and because of the skewed distribution of earnings data.
Source:
Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, Office for National Statistics.
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