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| Table 2: Numbers of newly diagnosed cases of breast cancer( 1) for the UK, North East GOR, South Tyneside CD and Jarrow PC, 1996-2004 | |||||||||
| 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | |
| (1 )Breast cancer is defined as code C50 in the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD 10). Note: Figures for North East GOR for the years 2000-2003 are available in Table 4 of the Annual Reference Volume, Cancer statistics: Registrations, Series MB1. Source: Office for National Statistics, Welsh Cancer Intelligence & Surveillance Unit, Scottish Cancer Registry ISD and Northern Ireland Cancer Registry. | |||||||||
Child Trust Fund
Stephen Williams: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what representations the Government have made to Child Trust Fund operators requesting that they provide ethical investment options. [98399]
Ed Balls: The Child Trust Fund has been specifically designed to allow ethical investments. Details of the providers offering ethical investment options are available in the Child Trust Fund information booklet. The choice of provider is a decision for each individual.
Mr. Hoyle: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many families in Chorley have taken out child trust funds; and if he will make a statement. [98041]
Ed Balls: I refer my hon. Friend to the answer given to my hon. Friend the Member for Hendon (Mr. Dismore) on 30 October 2006, Official Report, columns 226-27W.
European Private Equity
Mr. Blizzard: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the report of the European Commission’s alternative investment expert group on developing European private equity. [97849]
Ed Balls: The report makes a contribution to the review of the framework for fund management in Europe. The Treasury and the Financial Services Authority have considered it in consultation with industry representatives.
A copy of the response sent by the UK authorities to the European Commission has been deposited in the Library of the House.
HMRC Call Centres
John Hemming: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether HM Revenue and Customs has implemented the informative message to stop silent calls in its call centres. [97740]
Dawn Primarolo
[holding answer 30 October 2006]: HM Revenue and Customs is currently undertaking work to upgrade the outgoing telephony systems in its contact centres and expects to have the technical ability to play such recorded messages fully in place from
March 2007. In the interim, arrangements are in place to ensure that the contact centre telephone number is always displayed therefore anyone missing a call would have the option of calling the number back.
Immigration
Mr. Laws: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what percentage of all UK workers were migrant workers in each reporting period since 1992-93, broken down by region; and if he will make a statement. [96623]
John Healey: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 31 October 2006:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question about the percentage of employed people in the United Kingdom who were migrant workers, by region, since 1992. (96623)
The attached table gives the percentage of employed people of working age in each region of residence who were either United Kingdom or foreign born, for the three month period ending June, for each year since 1997. Comparable estimates are not available for 1998 and 2000, and for earlier periods.
Estimates are taken from the Labour Force Survey (LFS). As with any sample survey, estimates from the LFS are subject to a margin of uncertainty.
| Percentage( 1) of people in employment of working age( 2) who were born in the United Kingdom or were born abroad, by region of residence, 1997 to 2006, United Kingdom, not seasonally adjusted | |||||||
| Three months ending June each year | United Kingdom | North East | North West | Yorkshire and the Humber | East Midlands | West Midlands | Eastern |
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