Previous Section Index Home Page

19 Jun 2007 : Column 1639W—continued


Departments: Resignations

Anne Main: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many of his Department's civil servants tendered their resignation in the last month. [142686]


19 Jun 2007 : Column 1640W

John Healey: Six Treasury officials resigned in May 2007.

Departments: Sick Leave

Dr. Cable: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what average number of days per year was taken by staff in his Department as sick leave in each of the last five years for which records are available. [143064]

John Healey: The latest available data on sickness absence are published at the Cabinet Office statistics website under analysis of sickness absence in the civil service at:

Disabled Children

Mrs. Moon: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when the transition support programme announced in Aiming High for Disabled Children: Better Support for Families will be piloted; and in what parts of the country these pilots will take place. [143557]

Mr. Dhanda: I have been asked to reply.

We intend that the Transition Support Programme will be piloted from 2008-09. Work is in progress on developing the pilots and more details will be available later this year. No decision has yet been taken on what parts of the country the pilots will take place.

The Council for Disabled Children has produced draft guidance on transition which will be published by the Department later this summer.

Employment: Lancashire

Rosie Cooper: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) how many people in West Lancashire constituency were recorded as being in full-time employment in the financial year ended March (a) 1997 and (b) 2007; [143530]

(2) how many people in West Lancashire constituency were registered as unemployed in the financial year ending March (a) 1997 and (b) 2007. [143532]

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

Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 19 June 2007:

Energy: Conservation

Tony Baldry: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many (a) energy action plans and (b) buildings have been adapted for energy efficiency under the Eighth Inclusive Communities Budget; at what cost; and whether a Ninth Inclusive Communities Budget is planned. [142592]

John Healey: Priority areas for round 8 of the Invest to Save Budget—Inclusive Communities included improved energy efficiency in the public sector and third sector bodies and efficiency and increased access to the arts and culture sector. I refer to the written answer given to the hon. Member for Rayleigh (Mr. Francois) on 25 April 2007, Official Report, column 1162W, for further detail about these projects. These projects are in their initial stages and we do not have the detail on energy action plans or numbers of buildings adapted at this stage.

Round 9 of the Invest to Save Budget concluded on 27 October 2006 and winners were announced with the Budget on 21 March 2007. Details of the successful projects can be found in the House Library.

Families

Mr. Laws: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the number of families with a child under the age of 18 years where there is (a) one parent or guardian and (b) two parents or guardians. [143594]

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

Letter from Jil Matheson, dated 19 June 2007:


19 Jun 2007 : Column 1642W

Immigration: Greater London

Stephen Hammond: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the number of international migrants in (a) London and (b) Wimbledon constituency under (i) the International Passenger Survey and (ii) the proposed Labour Force Survey calculation method. [143012]

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

Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 19 June 2007:

Lymphoma

Dr. Gibson: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) how many people were diagnosed with lymphoma in each of the last 21 years; [142935]

(2) how many people died from lymphoma in each of the last 21 years. [142936]

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

Letter from Jil Matheson, dated 19 June 2007:


19 Jun 2007 : Column 1643W
Number of newly diagnosed cases and deaths from Hodgkin’s disease( 1) and non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma( 2) England, 1984 to 2005( 3)
Hodgkin’s disease Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma
Newly diagnosed cases Deaths Newly diagnosed cases Deaths

1984

1,148

448

4,225

2,584

1985

1,250

433

4,671

2,680

1986

1,185

426

4,757

2,818

1987

1,137

433

5,114

3,023

1988

1,114

401

5,570

3,243

1989

1,100

362

5,601

3,278

1990

1,130

348

5,733

3,355

1991

1,019

341

6,080

3,470

1992

1,154

364

6,253

3,583

1993

1,108

326

6,303

3,544

1994

1,104

252

6,669

3,591

1995

1,063

281

6,559

3,727

1996

1,054

275

6,607

3,690

1997

1,068

245

6,821

3,677

1998

1,187

246

7,187

3,720

1999

1,150

226

7,646

3,762

2000

1,254

223

7,811

3,785

2001

1,176

211

7,963

3,834

2002

1,228

238

7,916

3,984

2003

1,124

270

8,256

3,886

2004

1,257

265

8,433

3,720

2005

Not available

232

Not available

3,756

(1 )Selected using the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision (ICD-9) code 201 for the years 1984 to 1994 for newly diagnosed cases, and from 1984 to 2000 for deaths, and Tenth Revision (ICD-10) code C81 from 1995 onwards for newly diagnosed cases and from 2001 onwards for deaths.
(2) Selected using the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision (ICD-9) codes 200, 202 for the years 1984 to 1994 for newly diagnosed cases, and from 1984 to 2000 for deaths, and Tenth Revision (ICD-10) codes C82-C85, C91.4 and C96 from 1995 onwards for newly diagnosed cases and ICD-10 codes C82-C85 from 2001 onwards for deaths. The introduction of ICD-10 for coding cause of death in 2001 means that figures are not completely comparable with data for years prior to this date. Comparisons between the data before and after 2001 should therefore be interpreted with caution. An article specifically examining the effect of the change in classification for cancer trends in England and Wales was published in Health Statistics Quarterly 23. * More information about these changes for England and Wales can be found on the National Statistics website at www.statistics.gov.uk/icd10mortality.
(3 )Figures are for registrations of newly diagnosed cases in each calendar year between 1984 and 2004, and for registrations of death in each calendar year between 1984 and 1992 and for occurrences of death in each calendar year from 1993 onwards.
* Brock A, Griffiths C, Rooney C (2004) The effect of the introduction of ICD-10 on cancer mortality trends in England and Wales. “Health Statistics Quarterly” 23, 7-17.

Next Section Index Home Page