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Office for National Statistics: Internet
Mr. Willetts: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the route is from the opening page of the Office for National Statistics website to access the time series for the Household Savings ratio for users who (a) know and (b) do not know the series registration code; if he will take steps to improve the accessibility of the information; and if he will make a statement. [166196]
Angela Eagle: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 21 November 2007:
As National Statistician I have been asked to reply to your question on what the route is from the opening page of the Office for National Statistics website to access the time series for the Household Savings Ratio (NRJS) for users who (a) know and (b) do not know the series registration code. (166196)
The series for the Household Savings Ratio (NRJS in table A40 of the United Kingdom Economic Accounts is published quarterly and can be accessed from the Office for National Statistics website www.statistics.gov.uk
For users who know the specific time series, data can be accessed on the website by:
Clicking onto time series data under quick links on the left hand side of the homepage.
Under time series data click access individual series.
Scroll down the list of releases until you get to United Kingdom Economic Accounts and highlight this publication.
Under the box showing list of releases click go next to the box view tables.
Scroll down list of tables and highlight table A40: Income and Capital: Households and non profit institutions serving households.
Under the box showing list of tables click go next to the box view series.
Scroll down list of series and highlight series NRJS :HN: Households saving ratio: CPSA.
Under the box showing list of series click go next to the box add series to selection.
Click go next to the box download.
Click go next to the box view on screen. This will provide users with the data available for the series annually and quarterly.
It is recognised that it is not necessarily that easy for users who do not know the series identifier or its location within publications to identify the series on the website. On the website at the foot of the home page there is a ‘contact us’ section which gives details of an e-mail address and telephone number for users to ask questions.
The Office currently has a major project under way to review and improve its website, adopting the principles of user-centred design in order to ensure that it delivers the usability and functionality that its users require. The initial improvements to its website will focus on the area explaining the Office’s new independent status following the passage of the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007 which comes into force in April 2008. Thereafter the intention is to roll out a programme of improvements across the statistical areas of the website by 2009.
Public Expenditure
Anne Main: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what recent assessment he has made of the operation of the Barnett formula; and if he will make a statement. [164566]
Mr. MacShane: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make an assessment of the continuing appropriateness of the Barnett formula. [165134]
Andy Burnham: The Barnett formula was updated in the comprehensive spending review. The latest version of the Barnett formula was published in the statement of funding policy by the Treasury on 9 October, which is available on the Treasury’s website:
Mr. MacShane: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much was spent by the Government per head in (a) Scotland, (b) Yorkshire and Humberside region and (c) Greater London in each year since 2000. [165451]
Andy Burnham: Identifiable public spending per head in Scotland, Yorkshire and Humberside and London is set out in table 9.1 of Public Expenditure Statistical Analyses 2007 (Cm 7091) in April 2007.
Skin Cancer
Mrs. Gillan: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether figures for five year survival rates for skin cancer will be made available, broken down by region. [165874]
Angela Eagle: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 21 November 2007:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question asking whether figures for five year survival rates, broken down by region, for skin cancer will be made available. (165874)
For England, five-year survival rates are available for adult patients (aged 15-99 years) diagnosed with skin cancer during 1999-2003 and followed up to the end of 2004, are given in Table 1. These rates are available on the National Statistics website.
http://www.statistics.gov.uk/StatBase/Product.asp?vlnk=14007&;Pos=3&ColRank=1&Rank=422
The latest nationally comparable five-year survival rates for England, Government Office Regions and Strategic Health Authorities, are for patients (aged 15-99) diagnosed in 1997-99 and followed up to the end of 2004. These rates are available on the National Statistics website at: http://www.statistics.gov.uk/StatBase/Product.asp?vlnk=11991. These sub-national analyses of survival from specific cancers are only routinely undertaken for eight cancers; those of bladder, breast (women), cervix, colon, lung, oesophagus, prostate and stomach. Equivalent figures are not available for skin cancer below national level, and there are no plans to produce these or equivalent figures for other cancer sites.
However, survival rates by socio-economic deprivation, trends in the rates, and NHS region for 58 cancers including skin cancer diagnosed during 1971-90 in England and Wales were published in Cancer Survival Trends* in 1999. Figures for skin cancer, broken down by region are given in Table 2.
| Table 1: Five-year age-standardised( 1) relative survival (%) for adults (15-99 years) diagnosed with melanoma of the skin( 2) during 1999-2003, followed up to the end of 2004, England | |||
| Five-year relative survival | |||
| Number of patients | Percentage | 95% CI ( 3) | |
| (1 )As cancer survival varies with age at diagnosis, the relative rates for all ages (15-99) have been age-standardised to control for changes in the age profile of cancer patients over time, thus making them comparable with previously published figures. (2) Melanoma of the skin is classified as code C43 in the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10). (3) 95% confidence intervals (CI). Source: Office for National Statistics | |||
| Table 2: Five-year age-standardised( 1) relative survival (%) for adults (15-99 years) diagnosed with melanoma of the skin( 2) during 1986-1990, followed up to the end of 1995, England and NHS region | ||
| Men | Women | |
| (1) As cancer survival varies with age at diagnosis, the relative rates for all ages (15-99) have been age-standardised to control for changes in the age profile of cancer patients over time, thus making them comparable with previously published figures. (2) Melanoma of the skin is classified as code 172 in the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision (ICD-9). Source: Office for National Statistics Table 4.5: Cancer survival trends by NHS region, selected cancers, patients diagnosed 1971-90: age-standardised relative survival rates (with 95% confidence intervals) at one and five years after diagnosis, and average increases in relative survival on the National Statistics website http://www.statistics.gov.uk/StatBase/xsdataset.asp?More=Y and published in: * Coleman MP et al (1999) Cancer survival Trends in England-and Wales 1971-1995: deprivation and NHS region. Studies in Medical and Population Subjects No. 61. London: The Stationery Office. | ||
Stamp Duty Land Tax
Mike Penning: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate his Department has made of the average aggregate annual cost to those required to complete stamp duty land tax returns of solicitors’ work involved in completing such returns (a) in respect of all land transactions and (b) in respect of those land transactions in which no stamp duty land tax is payable. [165062]
Kitty Ussher: Research undertaken by KPMG for HMRC in 2006 suggested that the total annual burden to business of outsourcing the completion of the land transaction return to solicitors as about £25.5 million. Details of this can be found on the HMRC website at:
Of this, estimates suggest that 76 per cent. of returns are for transactions where no stamp duty land tax is payable. This is equivalent to 0.8 per cent. of the stamp duty land tax yield from non-residential property transactions in 2006-07.
The planned increase in the notification threshold announced in last month’s pre-Budget report would reduce this cost by between £5 million to £6 million, or by approximately a fifth.
There are no estimates available for residential SDLT.
Dr. Cable: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate the revenue which would come to the Exchequer by introducing a 5 per cent. band of stamp duty land tax for all properties over the value of (a) £700,000, (b) £750,000, (c) £800,000, (d) £850,000, (e) £900,000, (f) 950,000 and (g) £1,000,000 in 2008-09. [166355]
Kitty Ussher: The estimated revenue, in 2008-09, of restructuring stamp duty land tax according to the seven schemes proposed in this question (where each rate only applies to consideration above the threshold for each range) are described in the following table.
| 5 per cent. stamp duty threshold | Additional revenue (£ million) |
These estimates do not include any allowance for behavioural changes.
Dr. Cable: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate the cost to the Exchequer of raising the zero band of stamp duty land tax for all properties to (a) £150,000, (b) £175,000, (c) £200,000, (d) £225,000 and (e) £250,000 in 2008-09. [166356]
Kitty Ussher: The estimated cost to the Exchequer, in 2008-09, of restructuring stamp duty land tax according to the five schemes proposed in this question (where each rate only applies to consideration above the threshold for each range) are described in the following table.
| 0 per cent. stamp duty threshold | Exchequer cost (£ million) |
These estimates do not include any allowance for behavioural changes.
Suicide
Andrew George: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer of 14 November 2007, Official Report, columns 242-43W, on suicide, how many of the deaths in (a) West Cornwall and Isles of Scilly constituency of St. Ives, (b) Cornwall and (c) the UK were suicides in each of the last 10 years. [166772]
Angela Eagle: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 21 November 2007:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent question asking, pursuant to the Answer of 14th November 2007, Official Report, columns 242-243W, on suicide, how many deaths in (a) the West Cornwall and Isles of Scilly constituency of St Ives, (b) Cornwall and (c) the UK were suicides in each of the last 10 years. (166772)
The table below provides the number of deaths where suicide was the underlying cause of death, in (a) St Ives parliamentary constituency, (b) Cornwall county and (c) the UK, for 1997 to 2006 (the latest year available).
| Table 1: Number of deaths where suicide was the underlying cause of death( 1,2) , (a) St Ives parliamentary constituency, (b) Cornwall county, and (c) the United Kingdom( 3,4) , 1997-2006( 5) | |||
| Deaths (persons) | |||
| St Ives | Cornwall | UK | |
| (1) Suicide was defined using the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision (ICD-9) codes E950-E959 and E980-E989, excluding E988.8 for the years 1997 to 2000 for England and Wales, and for the years 1997 to 1999 for Scotland, and codes E950-E959 and E980-E989 for years 1997 to 2000 for Northern Ireland, and the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10) codes X60-X84 and Y10-Y34, excluding Y33.9 (where the Coroner’s verdict was pending) for the years 2001 to 2006 for England and Wales, and for the years 2000 to 2006 for Scotland, and codes X60-X84 and Y10-Y34 for years 2001 to 2006 for Northern Ireland. (2) Suicide and undetermined intent deaths have not been included for children under the age of 15 years. (3) Based on boundaries as of 2007. (4) Figures for the UK include data provided by the Registrars General for Scotland and Northern Ireland. (5) Figures are for deaths registered in each calendar year. | |||
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