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Orders and Regulations: Public Libraries

Mr. Drew: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs if she will take steps to ensure that copies of statutory instruments are made available in public libraries in England. [134255]

Ms Harman: Individual public libraries determine the contents of their own stock holdings based on the demands of their users.

A diminishing number of public libraries take printed copies of legislation, although most libraries allow users to access legislation on the official legislation website at:


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Repossession Orders: Suffolk

Mr. Ruffley: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs how many court orders were issued for the repossession of homes in (a) Bury St Edmunds constituency and (b) Suffolk county council area in each year since 1997. [134690]

Ms Harman: The following table shows the number of mortgage possession orders made at each of the Suffolk county courts (Bury St. Edmonds, Ipswich and Lowestoft) since 1997.


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The civil procedure rules provide that all claims for the repossession of land must be commenced in the district in which the land is situated. However, these county courts cover areas that are not necessarily consistent with other administrative or constituency boundaries, and therefore for instance repossessions at Bury St. Edmunds county court may relate to properties in other constituencies besides Bury St. Edmunds.

These figures do not indicate how many houses have been repossessed through the courts, since not all orders result in the properties actually being repossessed.

Number of mortgage( 1) possession orders made at Bury St . Edmunds county court and other Suffolk county courts, 1997-2006
Possession Orders Made( 2)
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006

Bury St. Edmunds

56

68

72

37

35

18

48

47

99

117

Ipswich

113

117

136

66

51

60

46

79

123

192

Lowestoft

50

58

37

75

58

54

64

82

125

149

Suffolk

219

243

245

178

144

132

158

208

347

458

(1) Local authority and private (2) The court, following a judicial hearing, may grant an order for possession immediately. This entitles the claimant to apply for a warrant to have the defendant evicted. However, even where a warrant for possession is issued, the parties can still negotiate a compromise to prevent eviction.

Treasury

Business: Taxation

Mr. Iain Wright: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will introduce a unique business reference number for the purposes of allocation, collection, storage and verification of information relating to businesses for the purposes of the payment of taxation; and if he will (a) bring forward proposals for and (b) discuss with Cabinet colleagues the use of a single business reference number for firms accessing services delivered across all departments. [134631]

John Healey: HMRC is working towards the introduction of a customer index which could provide the basis for a unique business reference number, and which would enable HMRC to bring together a business's tax affairs. Following the recommendations of the Hampton report, the issues relating to services across a range of departments are under consideration by a cross-departmental group of officials.

Cancer

Mr. Anthony Wright: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people in (a) England and (b) Great Yarmouth died from cancer in each of the last 30 years for which figures are available, broken down by cancer type. [135202]

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

Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 2 May 2007:


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Table 1: Number of deaths with cancer as the underlying cause of death,( 1) England 1976-2005( 2) , by cancer site
Deaths (persons)
1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985

All cancers

117,812

117,399

118,780

120,461

121,546

122,341

122,692

124,859

129,989

131,222

Lip, mouth and pharynx

1,516

1,422

1,411

1,564

1,495

1,571

1,494

1,589

1,656

1,588

Oesophagus

3,221

3,365

3,448

3,385

3,572

3,583

3,756

3,820

4,050

4,267

Stomach

11,014

10,570

10,674

10,464

10,140

9,854

9,423

9,724

9,557

9,257

Colorectal

16,043

15,423

15,395

15,526

15,548

15,434

15,032

15,565

16,191

16,174

Pancreas

5,296

5,313

5,344

5,546

5,564

5,372

5,372

5,469

5,661

5,675

Larynx

754

691

718

775

755

789

783

714

729

781

Lung

31,774

32,273

32,559

32,890

33,327

32,899

32,944

33,622

33,815

33,849

Melanoma of the skin

739

699

722

751

762

815

897

800

934

920

Breast (female)

11,091

11,080

11,219

11,367

11,417

11,741

11,628

11,879

12,471

12,710

Cervix

2,065

2,002

1,986

1,944

1,939

1,877

1,804

1,815

1,779

1,814

Uterus

1,418

1,412

1,463

1,400

1,416

1,417

1,468

1,408

1,370

1,431

Ovary

3,519

3,471

3,582

3,524

3,524

3,494

3,385

3,514

3,710

3,600

Prostate

4,348

4,371

4,463

4,568

4,732

4,880

4,971

5,310

5,892

6,252

Testis

266

243

201

185

207

154

131

140

149

107

Kidney

1,716

1,701

1,615

1,697

1,682

1,704

1,874

1,931

2,073

2,075

Bladder

4,010

3,998

3,999

3,972

4,013

4,111

4,007

4,201

4,341

4,406

Brain

1,787

1,957

2,025

2,127

2,165

2,025

1,919

2,215

2,385

2,390

Hodgkin’s disease

603

613

625

546

535

512

473

452

448

433

Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma

1,723

1,792

1,977

2,004

2,145

2,052

2,236

2,365

2,584

2,680

Multiple myeloma

1,281

1,337

1,385

1,514

1,491

1,533

1,550

1,554

1,788

1,906

All leukaemias

2,985

2,982

3,136

3,086

3,120

3,147

3,258

3,219

3,320

3,439

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