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Video Games: Violence
Mr. Hoban: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how much has been allocated to Dr. Tanya Byron’s review. [164862]
Kevin Brennan: The Government believe it is important to help parents and their children get the best from new technologies while protecting children from inappropriate or potentially harmful material on the internet and in video games. We will ensure that Dr. Byron has the necessary resources to complete a thorough review. The review is due to report by the end of March 2008.
An indicative budget of £250,000 has been allocated to the review, not including salaries and expenses of the civil servants on the review’s secretariat. This figure is subject to possible amendment in line with the terms of reference, such as to meet needs for stakeholder engagement or qualitative research. This has been agreed in accordance with the Cabinet Office guidelines and value for money assessments.
Treasury
Alcoholic Drinks: Death
Mr. Burns: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many deaths attributable to alcohol there were in West Chelmsford constituency in each of the last five years. [167894]
Angela Eagle: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 27 November 2007:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent question asking how many deaths attributable to alcohol there were in West Chelmsford constituency in each of the last five years. (167894)
The attached tables provide the number of deaths with an alcohol-related underlying cause in West Chelmsford parliamentary constituency from 2002 to 2006 (the latest year available).
| Number of deaths with an alcohol-related underlying cause of death( 1) , West Chelmsford parliamentary constituency( 2) , 2002-06( 3) | |
| Deaths (persons) | |
| West Chelmsford | |
| (1) Cause of death was defined using the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10). The specific causes of death categorised as alcohol-related, and their corresponding ICD-10 codes, are shown in the following table. (2) Based on boundaries as of 2007. (3) Figures are for deaths registered in each calendar year. | |
| Alcohol-related causes of death—International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10) | |
| Cause of death | ICD-10 code(s) |
Alcoholic Drinks: Misuse
James Brokenshire: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people under the age of 18 years died as a consequence of excessive alcohol consumption in the last period for which figures are available. [167988]
Angela Eagle: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Colin Mowl, dated 27 November 2007:
The National Statistician has been asked to reply to your recent question asking how many young people under the age of
18 years died as a consequence of excessive alcohol consumption in the last period for which figures are available. I am replying in her absence. (167988)
The latest calendar year for which figures are available is for deaths registered in 2006. There was one death in young people aged under 18 in England and Wales in 2006 with an underlying cause of death which was alcohol-related.*
The National Statistics definition of alcohol-related deaths only includes those causes regarded as being most directly due to alcohol consumption and toxic effects of alcohol (ie poisoning). It does not include other diseases where alcohol has been shown to make some contribution to increased risk, such as cancers of the mouth, oesophagus and liver (although these would not generally apply to deaths of young people aged under 18) and does not include drug poisoning deaths where alcohol was also mentioned. Apart from deaths due to poisoning with alcohol (accidental, intentional or undetermined), the definition excludes any other external causes of deaths, such as road traffic deaths, and other accidents and violence.
* Selected using the National Statistics definition of alcohol-related deaths. The International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10) codes for the definition are listed below:
F10—Mental and behavioural disorders due to use of alcohol
G31.2—Denegration of nervous system due to alcohol
G62.1—Alcoholicpolyneuropathy
142.6—Alcoholic cardiomyopathy
K29.2—Alcoholic gastritis
K70—Alcoholic liver disease
K73—Chronic hepatitis, not elsewhere classified
K74—Fibrosis and cirrhosis of liver (excluding K74.3-K74.5—billiary cirrhosis)
K86.0—Alcohol induced pancreatitis
X45—Accidental poisoning by and exposure to alcohol
X65—Intentional self-poisoning by and exposure to alcohol
Y15—Poisoning by and exposure to alcohol, undetermined intent.
Capital Gains Tax: Agriculture
Mr. Hoban: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the likely effect of the capital gains tax changes announced in the pre-Budget report on the farming sector. [168758]
Jane Kennedy: The Government take a range of factors into consideration when formulating tax policy, and keep all aspects of policy under review.
Council of Economic Advisers
Mr. Philip Hammond: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many times the Council of Economic Advisers has met in full session (a) since June 2007; and (b) in each year since 1997. [167724]
Angela Eagle: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given on 13 March 2007, Official report, column 281W and the answer I gave on 24 July 2007, Official Report, column 200W.
Elderly: Death
Mr. Stewart Jackson: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people resident in the Peterborough city council area over the age of 65 died during the winter months in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement. [168121]
Jane Kennedy: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Colin Mowl, dated 27 November 2007:
The National Statistician has been asked to reply to your recent question asking how many people resident in the Peterborough City Council area over the age of 65 died during the winter months in each year since 1997. I am replying in her absence. (168121)
Figures for winter deaths are calculated using a definition of winter as a four-month period from December of one year to March of the next year. The table below provides the number of winter deaths of people resident in Peterborough unitary authority over the age of 65, for the years 1996/97 to 2004/05 (the latest available).
| Table 1: winter deaths of persons over the age of 65( 1) , Peterborough unitary authority( 2) , 1996-97 to 2004-05 | |
| deaths (persons) | |
| Winter | Peterborough |
| (1) Winter deaths are defined as those occurring in December of one year, plus those occurring in January to March of the following year. (2) Using boundaries as of 2007 for all years. | |
Employment: Peterborough
Mr. Stewart Jackson: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what percentage of people in the Peterborough City Council area are classified as (a) professionals and (b) skilled workers; and if he will make a statement. [168122]
Jane Kennedy: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked top reply.
Letter Colin Mowl, dated 27 November 2007:
The National Statistician has been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question about employment. I am replying in her absence. (168122)
The Office for National Statistics compiles employment statistics for local areas from the Annual Population Survey (APS) following International Labour Organisation definitions.
The percentage of people resident in the Peterborough City local authority who are employed in professional and skilled trades occupations for the 12-month period ending March 2007 was, respectively, 10 and 9 per cent. of all those in employment.
Professional and skilled workers are classified using the Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) 2000 for Professional Occupations and Skilled Trades Occupations respectively.
As these estimates are for a subset of the population in a small geographical area, they are based on small sample sizes, and are therefore subject to large margins of uncertainty.
Financial Services Authority: Public Participation
Mr. Austin Mitchell: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the codes of practice developed by the (a) Cabinet Office on consultation and (b) Better Regulation Executive on the principles of good regulation apply to consultations conducted by the Financial Services Authority. [167825]
Kitty Ussher: The Cabinet Office code of practice on consultation applies to all UK public consultations by Government Departments. It is not a statutory code and cannot prevail over statutory or mandatory external requirements such as those contained in the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000. The Act places consultation requirements on the Financial Services Authority (FSA) and sets out what should accompany the consultation document.
With regard to (b), the principles of good regulation are specified in the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006. The FSA will need to have regard to the principles in the Act and the draft regulators' compliance code that flows from it.
Gift Aid
Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what information his Department holds on charities that receive income tax refunds under the gift aid scheme; and if he will make a statement; [167629]
(2) how much was refunded to higher rate income tax payers under the gift aid scheme in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement; [167630]
(3) in how many cases income tax claimed by charities under the gift aid scheme has been deemed ineligible in each of the last five years, broken down by reason for ineligibility; and if he will make a statement; [167631]
(4) how much income tax claimed under the gift aid scheme by charities was deemed ineligible in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement; [167632]
(5) how much income tax was passed on to charities under the gift aid scheme in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. [167633]
Jane Kennedy: The information held by HMRC on charities that receive income tax refunds under the gift aid scheme is:
charity name;
registered charity number;
HMRC reference number;
name and address of authorised charity official making income tax repayment claim (or their nominee);
company or trust status;
accounting date; and
charity's nominated bank name, account number and sort code.
Details of income tax paid to charities under the gift aid scheme, and the cost of income tax relief given to higher rate donors is available to the public on the HMRC website at:
Figures for 2006-07 show total repayments to charities under gift aid of £830 million and £220 million of gift aid relief claimed by higher rate taxpayers.
The number of ineligible gift aid claims made by charities and the total income tax included on those claims is available only at disproportionate cost.
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