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Opinion Polling
Mr. Hoban: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer on what issues his Department has conducted opinion polling in the last 12 months; and what the cost of each poll was. [94538]
John Healey: I refer to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for Rayleigh (Mr. Francois) on 25 July 2006, Official Report, column 1347W.
Park Place, Croydon
Mr. Hoban: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what representations his Department has received from Minerva on the building of Park Place in Croydon; and what role his Department has played in this development. [94524]
John Healey: I am advised that the Treasury has received no representations related to this development. The Treasury has no role in taking individual planning decisions.
Pensioner Deaths
Chris Huhne: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to his answer of 14 July 2006, Official Report, column 2110W, on pensioner deaths, if he will ask the national statistician to make available data based on the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs definition of rurality. [94461]
John Healey: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Colin Mowl, dated 18 October 2006:
The National Statistician has been asked to reply to your recent question asking, pursuant to the answer provided on 14th July 2006, Official Report column 2110W, on pensioner deaths, for the relevant data to be made available based on the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs definition of rurality. I am replying in her absence. (94461)
The tables below provide the numbers of deaths of men aged 65 and over and women aged 60 and over where (a) hypothermia was mentioned on the death certificate, (b) malnutrition was the underlying cause of death, (c) ‘effects of hunger’ was mentioned on the death certificate, for 1997 to 2005 (the latest year available), broken down into (i) rural areas and (ii) non-rural areas based on the Rural and Urban Classification 2004.
| Table 1: Number of deaths where hypothermia was mentioned on the death certificate( 1,) ( 2) , men aged 65 and over and women aged 60 and over, England and Wales, 1997 to 2005( 3) | ||||||
| Rural areas( 4) | Non-rural areas( 4) | |||||
| Male | Female | Persons | Male | Female | Persons | |
| (1) Because hypothermia cannot be the underlying cause of death according to World Health Organisation definitions, these figures are for deaths where hypothermia was mentioned anywhere on the death certificate. (2) Cause of death was defined using the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision (ICD-9) codes N99l.6 for the years 1997 to 2000, and the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10) codes T68 from 2001 onwards. (3 )Figures are for deaths registered in each calendar year. (4) Rural areas are defined here as those Census Output Areas falling within the following categories of the Rural and Urban Classification 2004: Small town and fringe; Village; Hamlet and Isolated Dwelling. Non-rural areas are those in the category ‘Urban settlement with a population of 10,000 or more’. | ||||||
| Table 2: Number of deaths where malnutrition was the underlying cause of death( 1) , men aged 65 and over and women aged 60 and over, England and Wales, 1997 to 2005( 2) | ||||||
| Rural areas( 3) | Non-rural areas( 3) | |||||
| Male | Female | Persons | Male | Female | Persons | |
| (1) Cause of death was defined using the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision (ICD-9) codes 260-263 for the years 1997 to 2000, and the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10) codes E40-E46 from 2001 onwards. The introduction of ICD-10 in 2001 means that the numbers of deaths from this cause before 2001 are not completely comparable with later years. (2) Figures are for deaths registered in each calendar year. (3) Rural areas are defined here as those Census Output Areas falling within the following categories of the Rural and Urban Classification 2004: Small town and fringe; Village; Hamlet and Isolated Dwelling. Non-rural areas are those in the category ‘Urban settlement with a population of 10,000 or more’. | ||||||
Red Box Website
Mr. Hoban: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many visitors are recorded as having visited HM Treasury’s Red Box website since its launch; what the total cost to date of running this website has been; what guidance his Department has issued to schools on the use of this website; and how much was spent by his Department on publicity material for the website. [94464]
John Healey: The Red Box website is a teaching aid produced by HM Revenue & Customs which supports the ‘hardcopy’ Red Box teaching pack. Between April 2004 and September 2006 the site was viewed 7.74 million times. The site is not publicised individually as it is designed for use with the 'hardcopy' pack and not as a standalone resource. HM Revenue and Customs have spent £21,200 on publicising the Red Box 'hardcopy' teaching pack (and by association the website) since the site was launched.
No website specific guidance has been issued to schools, as the ‘teachers’ area’ contains guidance on how to use the site.
The website was launched in December 2002. It is hosted and maintained by HM Treasury, alongside other Treasury sites, and it is not possible to separate out on-going costs.
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