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Treasury
Cancer and Stroke Deaths
Mrs. Hodgson: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the most recent rate of (a) cancers and (b) stroke was in (i) Gateshead, East and Washington, West, (ii) the North East and (iii) England. [84678]
John Healey: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 13 July 2006:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question asking what the most recent rate is of (a) cancers and (b) stroke was in (i) Gateshead, East and Washington, West, (ii) the North East and (iii) England. (84678)
(a) Cancers—incidence
The latest available rates for newly diagnosed cases of cancer (incidence) are for the year 2003. Incidence rates are not available centrally for parliamentary constituencies.
Registration rates per 100,000 population, by site and sex, for (ii) the North East and (iii) England for the year 2003 are available in Table 5 of the Annual Reference Volume, Cancer statistics: Registrations, Series MB1. These are available on the National Statistics website:
http://www.statistics.gov.uk/StatBase/Product.asp?vlnk=8843& Pos=l&ColRank=2&Rank=272
Cancer incidence rates for all malignant cancers excluding non-melanoma skin cancer (nmsc) for 2003 are given in Table 1 below for (i) Gateshead and Sunderland, (ii) the North East and (iii) England
(b) Stroke—incidence
There is no complete register of stroke cases. Information is available centrally on emergency admission to hospital from the NHS Hospital Episode System (HES), and on death registrations.
Figures on emergency admissions to hospital for strokes can be found on the Clinical and Health Outcomes Knowledge Base website: http://www.nchod.nhs.uk/ (Table reference numbers: 10C_5281SR7CM_04-V2 (males) 10C_5281SR7CF_04-V2 (females)). Figures are available for England, Government Office Regions, Strategic Health Authorities, Local Authorities and Primary Care Organisations. The latest year for which data are available is for the financial year 2003/04.
(c) Cancers and Stroke—mortality
Mortality rates for parliamentary constituencies cannot be provided because population estimates are not available for these areas. Figures in Table 2 below are provided for the local authorities making up the requested constituency.
The introduction of ICD-10 for coding cause of death in England and Wales in 2001 means that data for 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”.
| Table 1—Incidence rates( 1) per million population for all malignant cancers( 2 ) registered in Gateshead and Sunderland local authorities, the North East Government office region and England, 2003 | |
| All cancers excluding nmsc | |
| (1) Rates per million population standardised to the European Standard Population. (2) ‘All malignant cancers’ are defined by codes C00-C97 excluding non-melanoma skin cancer code C44 in the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD 10). Source: Office for National Statistics | |
| Table 2—Death rates( 1 ) for cancer and stroke( 2) for the local authorities of Gateshead and Sunderland, the North East Government office region and England( 3) ,2004( 4) | ||
| Cancer | Stroke | |
| (1) Rates per 1,000,000 population standardised to the European Standard Population. (2) The cause of death was defined using the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10), 2004. The codes used are: “Cancer—ICD10 C00-C97 & Stroke—ICD10 160-169”. Deaths were selected using the original underlying cause. (3) Usual residents of this area. The local authority of Gateshead comprises part of Gateshead, East and Washington, West constituency, the whole of Blaydon constituency plus parts of Jarrow and Tyne Bridge constituencies. The local authority of Sunderland comprises part of Gateshead, East and Washington, West constituency plus the whole of Houghton and Washington, East Sunderland, North and Sunderland, South constituencies. (4) Deaths registered in this year. Source: Office for National Statistics | ||
Comprehensive Spending Review
Dr. Cable: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he plans to publish the pre-comprehensive spending review report; and if he will make a statement. [82847]
Mr. Timms: I refer the hon. Gentleman to what the Chancellor of the Exchequer said on the Floor of the House yesterday.
Corporation Tax
Stewart Hosie: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what annual average amount of additional tax is expected to be paid as a consequence of the removal of the 0 per cent. starting rate of corporation tax by (a) the 720,000 companies expected to be affected by this change and (b) the 870,000 companies which make less than £10,000 annual profit. [70757]
John Healey [holding answer 12 May 2006]: The annual median increase for the 720,000 companies affected is given in the Budget 2006 Regulatory Impact Assessment (paragraph 1.23). http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/ria/ria-corporation-tax.pdf. There are 370,000 companies with annual profits of up to £10,000, and their increase is included in the above.
Data Protection
Mr. Gray: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer of 19 June 2006, Official Report, column 1620W, on data protection, whether all redactions made to documents in the case of subject access requests to HM Revenue and Customs are effected by the central team rather than within the sub- offices. [84938]
Dawn Primarolo [holding answer 13 July 2006]: All redactions made to documents in the case of subject access requests are made by the officer holding the data before it is forwarded to the central team. Any appeal against the non-disclosure of data as a result of redaction is considered by the central team.
Departmental Assets
Mr. Mark Field: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the proceeds were from the sale of assets of his Department in each of the last five financial years. [84707]
John Healey: The proceeds from the sale of assets are disclosed in the Department's Resource Accounts, specifically the Cash Flow Statement's supporting notes. These can be found on the Treasury website at:
http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/about/resourceaccounts/resource accounts_jndex.cfm
The 2005-06 Accounts were laid on 29 June 2006, are due to be published by 18 July 2006 and will be available on the website by the end of July 2006.
Environmental Investment Allowance
Mr. Francois: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many companies have qualified for the 100 per cent. first-year investment allowance for moving from environmentally unfriendly to environmentally friendly technologies and processes in each year since 1999. [84818]
John Healey: All businesses can claim 100 per cent. enhanced capital allowances (EGA) on their qualifying spending on designated energy-saving (introduced in 2001) and water efficient (introduced in 2003) technologies and low carbon dioxide emission cars (introduced in 2002).
The total number of companies that ticked a box on their Corporation Tax returns to show a claim to EGAs is detailed as follows:
| Number of companies claiming EGAs on their corporation tax return form( 1) | |
| (1) These numbers do not include claims to capital allowances made or amended after a company has sent in its corporation tax return for (CT600). (2) Information for 2004-05 is not yet complete. Note: There are three EGA schemes for i) energy-saving technology, ii) low carbon dioxide emission cars and natural gas and hydrogen refuelling equipment and iii) water-efficient technology. | |
HM Revenue and Customs
Mr. Crabb: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the total value was of contraband seized by HM Customs and Revenue in Wales in each year since 2003. [84593]
Dawn Primarolo [holding answer 11 July 2006]: The estimated value of goods seized by HM Revenue and Customs in Wales since 2003 is:
| Total (£) | |
These figures do not include any vehicles that may have been used to transport the goods and which may have been seized. Nor do they include any VAT or duty due on the goods.
Figures for 2005-06 have not yet been published.
Tim Farron: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when decisions are expected to be made about the long-term future of the HM Revenue and Customs office in Kendal; who will make those decisions; and what options are being considered. [84844]
Dawn Primarolo [holding answer 13 July 2006]: HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) have no current plans to alter their presence in Kendal.
Decisions about how and where HMRC work is carried out are taken by the Board of HMRC in consultation with Treasury Ministers.
Income Tax
Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many income tax payers in each London borough had an annual income of less than £7,185. [83680]
Dawn Primarolo: The number of income tax payers in each London borough with total annual income of less than £7,185 is set out in the following table.
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