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Table 1: Number of deaths where bowel cancer was the underlying cause of death( 1) Jarrow parliamentary constituency. South Tyneside local authority. North East Government Office Region, and UK, 1997-2006( 2, 3, 4)
Deaths (persons)
Jarrow South Tyneside North East UK

1997

36

61

860

17,308

1998

25

58

819

17,047

1999

26

50

761

16,651

2000

34

62

817

16,238

2001

38

57

818

16,195

2002

25

45

770

16,236

2003

33

47

762

16,159

2004

18

59

745

16,151

2005

21

51

799

16,117

2006

31

47

717

15,994

(1) Cause of death for bowel cancer was defined using the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision (ICD-9) codes 153-154 and Tenth Revision (ICD-10) codes C18-C21. 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) Based on parliamentary constituency and local authority boundaries as of 2007.
(3) Figures are for deaths registered in each calendar year.
(4) Figures include data provided by the Registrars General for Scotland and Northern Ireland. The 2006 figures provided by the Registrar General for Northern Ireland are provisional.

Departmental NDPBs

Mrs. May: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the (a) budget and (b) remit is of each non-departmental public body sponsored by his Department; who the chairman is of each; and to what salary, including bonuses and expenses, each chairman is entitled. [163603]

Angela Eagle: The annual budget for the Statistics Commission, the Treasury’s only NDPB, is £1.35 million. Its remit is “to help ensure that National Statistics are trustworthy and responsive to public needs”. The Commission’s chairman is Professor David Rhind who is paid £28,000 a year for 60 days work. He receives no bonus but can claim expenses to cover costs incurred while on Commission business.

Foreign Workers: Eastern Region

Mr. Spring: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people who have entered the UK in the last 10 years are included in the figures for employment in (a) the East of England and (b) Suffolk. [162588]


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

Letter from Colin Mowl, dated 15 November 2007:

People of working age( 1) who were born overseas and came to the UK in the last 10 years, living in Suffolk and East of England, and in employment, United Kingdom, not seasonally adjusted
Thousand
Three months ending June 2007 Total foreign born population In employment Employment rates( 2)

Suffolk

24

21

84.9

East of England

219

160

72.9

(1) Includes men aged 16-64 and women aged 16-59.
(2) In employment as a percentage of total population.
Notes:
It should also be noted that the country of birth question in the LFS is an undercount because:
it excludes those who have not been resident in the UK for 6 months.
it excludes students in halls who do not have a UK resident parent.
it excludes people in most other types of communal establishments (eg hotels, boarding
houses, hostels, mobile home sites, etc).
it is grossed to population estimates that only include migrants staying for 12 months or more.
microdata is only grossed to population estimates consistent with those published in spring 2003 which are significantly lower than the latest population estimates.
Source:
ONS Labour Force Survey (LFS)

Government Buildings: Access

Danny Alexander: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer with reference to the answer of 29 October 2007, Official Report, column 889W, which buildings occupied by his Department (a) are and (b) are not considered main areas of the Treasury; and which buildings not considered main areas are not fully accessible to disabled people. [163913]


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Angela Eagle: The term “main areas” referred to in the answer given on 29 October excluded the non-public areas such as plant rooms, roofs and other maintenance areas within the Treasury buildings where access may be restricted because of the configuration of machinery and plant, low ceiling heights, etc.

Income Tax: Tax Rates and Bands

Mr. Meacher: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the estimated extra annual revenue to the Exchequer would be if income tax were levied at (a) 50 per cent. on incomes over £100,000, (b) 60 per cent. on incomes over £250,000 and (c) 70 per cent. on incomes over £500,000; and how many people would be subject to each of these tax rates. [163336]

Jane Kennedy [holding answer 14 November 2007]: Estimates of the information requested can be found as follows.

Income bands (£) Tax band (%) Extra revenue (£ billion) Number of individuals affected (thousand)

100,000-250,000

50

3.6

420

250,000-500,000

60

2.6

70

500,000 +

70

5.0

30

All

11.2

420


These estimates are based on the 2004-05 Survey of Personal Incomes projected forward to 2007-08 using pre-Budget 2007 assumptions and include Budget 2007 changes. These figures exclude any estimate of behavioural response which could be significant given the scale of the change.

Migrant Workers

Keith Vaz: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many self-employed Romanian and Bulgarian migrant workers there are in the UK. [163167]

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

Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 15 November 2007:


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Number of working age( 1) Romanian and Bulgarian self-employed workers, April to June 2007, United Kingdom, not seasonally adjusted
Thousand
Country of birth Self-employed Total in employment

Bulgaria

7

13

Romania

7

18

(1) Men aged 16 to 64 and women aged 16 to 59.
Note:
It should be noted that the above estimates:
exclude those who have been resident in the UK for less than 6 months
exclude students in halls of residence who do not have a UK resident parent
exclude people in most types of communal establishment
(eg hotels, boarding houses, hostels, mobile home sites etc)
are grossed to population estimates that only include migrants staying 12 months or more
are grossed to population estimates consistent with those published in spring 2003 which are significantly lower than the latest population estimates as used in the Labour Market Statistics monthly First Release.
Source:
Labour Force Survey

Keith Vaz: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many skilled public sector jobs have been filled by Romanian and Bulgarian migrant workers since the accession of their countries to the EU. [163168]

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

Letter from Colin Mowl, dated 15 November 2007:

Public Sector: Manpower

Chris Grayling: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what proportion of public sector employees in the UK have been (a) British-born UK nationals, (b) overseas-born UK nationals, (c) nationals of other EU member states and (d) nationals of countries outside the EU in each year since 1996. [162052]

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

Letter from Colin Mowl, dated 15 November 2007:


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