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| Table 6. Number of deaths where oesophageal cancer( 1) was the underlying cause of death: Jarrow parliamentary constituency, South Tyneside county district, north east government office region and United Kingdom, 1997 to 2006( 2, 3, 4, 5) | ||||
| Jarrow | South Tyneside | North East | United Kingdom | |
| (1) Cause of death for cancer of the oesophagus was defined using the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision (ICD-9) code 150 and Tenth Revision (ICD-10) code C15. 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) Figures are for deaths registered in each calendar year. (3) Based on parliamentary constituency and local authority boundaries as of 2007. (4) UK figures include deaths of non-residents in Scotland and Northern Ireland, but not in England and Wales. (5) UK figures for 2006 include figures for Northern Ireland which are provisional until the publication of the Registrar General Annual Report in December 2007. Source: Office for National Statistics. | ||||
Unemployment: Young People
Harry Cohen: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many 16 to 24 year olds were not in employment, education or training in the UK in the most recent period for which figures are available. [167361]
Angela Eagle: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 26 November 2007:
As National Statistician I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question about the number of people between the ages of 16 and 24 who are currently not in full-time education or training or in employment in the most recent period for which figures are available. (167361)
Not seasonally adjusted and seasonally adjusted estimates for the educational status, economic activity and inactivity of young people are published each month in the Labour Market Statistics First Release in table 14, covering the UK for age groups, 16-17, 18-24, and 25 and over and are available at:
The attached table has been derived from the published seasonally adjusted table 14. It shows the number of people between the ages of 16 and 24, who are currently not in full-time education or training or in employment, for the three months ending September 2007. These estimates are seasonally adjusted.
Estimates are taken from the Labour Force Survey (LFS). As with any sample survey, estimates from the LFS are subject to a margin of uncertainty.
| Number of people between the age of 16 and 24, by gender who are currently not in full-time education( 1) or training( 1) or employment( 2) , United Kingdom, seasonally adjusted, July to September 2007 | |||
| Thousand | |||
| Three months ending September | All Persons | Male | Female |
| (1) Refers to people who are not in full-time education or training. This does include people in part-time education and/or some form of training. The total number of young people who are not in employment, education or training (“NEET”) cannot therefore be derived from this table. (2) People not in employment refers to those who are ILO unemployed or economically inactive. Source: ONS Labour Force Survey (LFS) | |||
VAT: Fraud
Derek Wyatt: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what estimate he has made of the amount of VAT received by the public purse from telephone calls by members of the public invited by television shows under false pretences; [162774]
(2) if he will donate to the unclaimed registrar fund the VAT receipts from telephone calls invited under false pretences by television shows; [162969]
(3) if he will donate to charity the VAT receipts from telephone calls invited under false pretences by television shows. [162970]
Jane Kennedy [holding answers 12 November 2007]: No such estimate has been made. In normal circumstances, if an individual receives a refund or discount from a supplier, any tax originally charged may be adjusted by the supplier and refunded to the customer.
All VAT collected by HMRC is applied to the Government’s priorities and spending plans, as set out by the Chancellor in the 2007 pre-Budget report and comprehensive spending review. This includes over £515 million that will be invested by the Office of the Third Sector in third sector programmes over the comprehensive spending review period.
Wealth
Mr. Meacher: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many (a) millionaires and (b) billionaires there are in the UK; and how many there were of each in (i) 2002 and (ii) 1997 in (A) cash and (B) 2007 prices. [167234]
Jane Kennedy: We estimate that in the year 2002 there were 250,000 millionaires in the United Kingdom.
The corresponding figure for 1997 is not available. No estimate exists for the number of billionaires.
Welfare Tax Credits
Julia Goldsworthy: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether his Department provides advice on budgeting to people in receipt of tax credits. [164486]
Jane Kennedy: HMRC does not provide budgeting advice to any of its customers, including its tax credit customers.
Welfare Tax Credits: Complaints
Danny Alexander: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the cost to HM Revenue and Customs of dealing with complaints about tax credits was in the last 12 months. [166824]
Jane Kennedy: The cost of dealing with complaints in the Tax Credit Office between 1 November 2006 and 31 October 2007 was around £6.5 million.
It is not possible to provide costs for other areas of HMRC that might also handle complaints relating to tax credits.
Danny Alexander: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) how many full-time equivalent staff members the Adjudicator's Office employs to deal with complaints about tax credits; [166825]
(2) what the cost to the Adjudicator's Office of dealing with complaints about tax credits was in the last 12 months. [166826]
Jane Kennedy: The Adjudicators Office advise that approximately 39 full-time equivalent staff members dealt with complaints about tax credits in the last 12 months.
The overall costs of the Adjudicator's Office are published in her annual report which is available at:
Welfare Tax Credits: Overpayments
Mr. Frank Field: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what has been spent on recovering tax credit overpayments in each year since the introduction of tax credits; and what estimate he has made of future costs of recovery; [166666]
(2) what estimate he has made of the cost of writing off debts arising from the overpayment of tax credits for (a) 2003-04, (b) 2004-05, (c) 2005-06, (d) 2006-07 and (e) all overpayments. [166667]
Jane Kennedy [holding answer 20 November 2007]: The total costs of administration of tax credits from 2003-04 to 2004-06 were published on 6 July 2007 in part two of the Standard Report on HM Revenue and Customs 2006-07 accounts together with provisional estimates for 2006-07. Details of administration costs for earlier years were published in the Inland Revenue Trust statements for those years. Details of tax credits overpayments written off from 2003-04 to 2005-06 were published in the same report.
Details of Inland Revenue losses, including tax written off by HM Revenue and Customs, is published annually in the departmental accounts and are available on the departmental website.
Information on the amount spent on recovering tax credits overpayments and the cost of writing off debts arising from the overpayment of tax credits is not available.
Justice
Convictions: Theft
Nick Herbert: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what percentage of convictions for theft of personal property resulted in (a) custodial and (b) community sentences in (i) 1997 and (ii) 2006. [168327]
Mr. Hanson: The information notified by the courts and the police to the Ministry of Justice Court Proceedings Database does not enable theft of personal property to be positively identified. The information contained in the following table covers those theft offences where it is likely that all, or the majority, of the offences will relate to personal property.
| Persons sentenced for theft offences which mostly involve personal property( 1) | |||
| Number sentenced | Percentage given custody | Percentage given community sentences | |
| (1) Theft from the person, in a dwelling, of a pedal cycle, of or from a motor vehicle and other miscellaneous theft. | |||
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