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A breakdown of these figures by region and county could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.

Mr. Hoyle: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many high-growth start-up businesses there were in the Lancashire region in each year between 1994 and 2001; and what percentage they represented of all businesses. [117212]

Margaret Hodge: No estimates have been made of the number of high-growth start-ups at regional or county level. This question can only be answered at disproportionate cost.

Sub-post Offices

Mr. Hollobone: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what plans he has to increase the business opportunities for sub post offices. [116527]

Jim Fitzpatrick [holding answer 18 January 2007]: The Government have been working closely with Royal Mail and Post Office Ltd. to ensure that it is able to deliver high-quality services that customers want. This included £500 million investment in Horizon enabling the Post Office to develop its financial service businesses by opening up its counters to up to 20 million bank customers and becoming the UK’s leading provider of foreign exchange services.

The vast majority of post offices are private businesses which are also able to pursue their own commercial interests.

Waste-to-Energy Incinerators

Mr. Evennett: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many waste-to-energy incinerators have been built in the UK; and where they are located. [116841]

Malcolm Wicks: Latest available information is that there were 23 plants generating electricity from municipal solid waste in Great Britain. They are located in the following local authority areas:


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World Trade Organisation

Mr. Clifton-Brown: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what representations he has made on the candidacy of Laos for membership of the World Trade Organisation. [110861]

Mr. McCartney: To date, no public representations have been made by the Government in relation to the accession to the WTO of the Laos, which is in its early stages.

The Government fully support the accession of Laos, on the right terms, and are encouraged by recent attempts there to move the process forward.

Laos is receiving some UK-funded technical assistance via the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Accessions Trust Fund. UNCTAD provides advice and support on the accession process including the preparation of documents, and training for negotiators.

Treasury

Births and Deaths

Mr. Hoyle: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many (a) births and (b) deaths there were in Chorley constituency in each year since 1997. [117213]

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

Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 22 January 2007:


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Table 1: Births( 1) and deaths( 2) in Chorley parliamentary constituency( 3) 1997 to 2005
Number
Births Deaths

1997

1,057

1,060

1998

1,114

994

1999

1,070

1,018

2000

1,047

1,079

2001

1,009

1,006

2002

1,035

1,025

2003

1,103

1,022

2004

1,239

1,012

2005

1,177

982

(1 )Live births occurring in each year.
(2 )Deaths registered in each year.
(3 )Using boundaries as of 2006 for all years shown.

Cancer Treatment

Dr. Kumar: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people in (a) the UK, (b) the North East, (c) the Tees Valley and (d) Middlesbrough, South and
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East Cleveland constituency were diagnosed with breast cancer in each of the last five years. [117495]

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

Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 22 January 2007:

Numbers of newly diagnosed cases of female breast cancer( 1) for the UK, North East GOR( 2) , County Durham and Tees Valley SHA and Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland PC, 1999-2004
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004

UK

42,099

41,282

41,759

41,803

43,907

North East GOR

1,666

1,663

1,715

1,696

1,892

1,960

County Durham and Tees Valley SHA

737

747

777

782

829

844

Middlesbrough South and East

Cleveland PC

59

62

81

77

69

85

(1) Breast cancer is defined as code C50 in the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD 10). (2) Figures for North East GOR for the years 2000-2004 are available in Table 4 of the Annual Reference Volume, Cancer statistics: Registrations, Series MB1. Sources: Office for National Statistics, Welsh Cancer Intelligence Surveillance Unit, Scottish Cancer Registry ISD and Northern Ireland Cancer Registry.

Dr. Kumar: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the percentage survival rate was for people diagnosed with (a) lung, (b) breast, (c) prostate, (d) skin, (e) testicular, (f) cervical and (g) bowel cancer in each English region in each year since 1997. [117496]

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

Letter from Karen Dunnel, dated 22( ) January 2007:

Consultants

Mr. Hayes: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the cost was of the consultants identified on page 107 of his 2006 departmental report; what work they undertook; and if he will make a statement. [109499]

John Healey: One part of the domestic efficiency programme Office of Government Commerce, described on page 107 of the 2006 Treasury departmental report, is the more efficient use of consultants. The target gain for this part of the programme is £1.5 million by March 2008. Sustainable savings have already been made on reduced consultancy spend on OGC’s legacy work instigated pre-2005-06 and on corporate services.

Correspondence

Sir Gerald Kaufman: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he will reply to the letter of 27 November 2006 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Stephen Hawthorn, to which a holding acknowledgement was sent on 30 November 2006 by HM Revenue and Customs. [117328]

Dawn Primarolo: A reply was sent from the Tax Credit Office on 19 January, I have asked for an explanation for the delay.

EU: Imports and Exports

Mike Penning: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much the UK (a) exported to and (b)
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imported from the European Union in (i) goods and (ii) services in the most recent 12 month period for which figures are available; and what the balance of trade with the EU was in each year since 1976. [116494]

Dawn Primarolo: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.

Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 22 January 2007:

Exports to and imports from the EU
£ billion
Exports Imports
Goods Services Goods Services Balance

1999

101.2

29.6

109.3

31.9

-10.4

2000

112.0

32.9

117.2

34.7

-7.2

2001

113.9

35.4

126.4

37.0

-14.1

2002

114.1

36.6

136.3

38.8

-24.3

2003

110.6

39.5

136.6

41.8

-28.3

2004

110.9

44.0

141.6

43.7

-30.5

2005

120.6

47.4

157.5

48.1

-37.5

Latest 4 quarters

148.9

49.6

188.7

49.3

-39.4

Source:
ONS Balance of Payments

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