House of Commons Hansard Written Answers for 10 Dec 2007 (pt 0060)

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The 16 and 17-year-old population has risen from 1.217 million to 1.322 million during this period.

These estimates cannot be disaggregated to regional, local authority or constituency level. However, we can use information collected by the Connexions Service to estimate the number NEETs at local authority level since 2005, and regionally since 2003. This is shown in the following table.

	As at December each year	South Tyneside	North East	England
Age 16	2003	—	2,370	31,170
	2004	—	2,250	29,680
	2005	120	2,190	29,650
	2006	100	1,960	27,160

Age 17	2003	—	4,090	53,340
	2004	—	4,030	49,530
	2005	260	4,140	52,190
	2006	200	3,710	47,200

Figures are not available for Jarrow constituency.

The DCSF and Connexions estimates are collected very differently. They use different definitions of age and NEET. As a result, Connexions estimates are lower, although the two sets of figures generally show a similar trend across a period of time.

Treasury

Bank Services

Mr. Fallon: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer on what date he or another Minister in his Department was first advised by the Bank of England of its view that the bank depositors' protection scheme needed improvement. [162908]

Kitty Ussher [holding answer 12 November 2007]: The UK compensation scheme is significantly more generous than the minimum requirements set in EU legislation. The Tripartite Authorities, following an exercise involving the then Economic Secretary, the Governor of the Bank of England and the chairman of the Financial Services Authority in November 2006, came to a shared view that work should be undertaken on potential reforms to the Financial Services Compensation Scheme, The Tripartite Authorities were regularly updated on the progress of this work throughout 2007, which culminated in the proposals contained in FSA document ‘Financial Services Compensation Scheme—Funding Review (March 2007)’ and the Tripartite discussion document ’Banking Reforms—Protecting Depositors: A discussion Paper (October 2007)’.

Breast Cancer

Mr. Andy Reed: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many (a) women and (b) men have been diagnosed with breast cancer at the most recent date for which figures are available. [172091]

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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 Karen Dunnell, dated 10 December 2007:

As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question asking how many (a) women and (b) men have been diagnosed with breast cancer at the most recent date for which figures are available. [172091]

The latest available figures for newly diagnosed cases (incidence) of malignant neoplasm of breast are for the year 2004, and are available on the National Statistics website at: http://www.statistics.gov.uk/StatBase/Product.asp?vink=8843&;Pos=&ColRank=1&Rank=272

In England, (a) 36,939 women and (b) 272 men were diagnosed in 2004.

Low-carbon vehicles: allowances for businesses

Mr. Hancock: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will extend the current system of offering enhanced capital allowances to enable businesses to write-down the capital costs of low-carbon vehicles during the first year of ownership to cover scooters. [172577]

Angela Eagle: The 100 per cent. first year allowance (FYA) for expenditure on cars with low carbon dioxide emissions expires next March.

As announced at the 2007 pre-Budget report, the Government are currently considering options for the taxation of business cars and there will be further announcements at Budget 2008.

Cancer: Death

Mark Simmonds: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the death rates from cancer in under 75-year-olds were in (a) England, (b) each strategic health authority area and (c) each primary care trust area in each year since 2000. [Official Report, 10 June 2008, Vol. 477, c. 1MC.] [172582]

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

Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 10 December 2007:

As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent question asking what the death rates from cancer in under 75 year olds were in (a) England, (b) each strategic health authority area, and (c) each primary care trust area in each year since 2000. (172582)

Mortality rates for the current NHS organisations in England are available from 2002 onwards. The attached table provides the age-standardised mortality rate from all cancers for persons under 75 years old, in (a) England, (b) strategic health authorities and (c) primary care organisations, from 2002 to 2006 (the latest year available). A copy has been placed in the House of Commons Library.

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Table 1. Age-standardised mortality rate from cancer1,2, all persons aged under 75 years, in England, strategic health authorities and primary care organisations^{( 3)} , 2002-06^{( 4)}
Rate per 100,000 (persons)
Area	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
England	125	121	119	117	116

North-east	145	137	138	134	136
County Durham	136	142	136	129	134
Darlington	141	119	133	122	125
Gateshead	152	133	134	143	137
Hartlepool	161	153	161	148	157
Middlesbrough	167	152	150	143	154
Newcastle	157	143	140	151	145
North Tees	148	142	145	129	141
North Tyneside	156	136	150	124	132
Northumberland	122	119	125	115	121
Redcar and Cleveland	140	127	137	144	133
South Tyneside	162	150	152	148	136
Sunderland Teaching	142	140	131	138	139

North-west	139	133	132	133	128
Ashton, Leigh and Wigan	133	133	138	118	126
Blackburn with Darwen	155	151	145	131	129
Blackpool	149	134	152	148	141
Bolton	132	138	123	135	121
Bury	128	128	145	128	130
Central and Eastern Cheshire	119	110	112	114	106
Central Lancashire	130	116	116	129	113
Cumbria	122	117	123	120	116
East Lancashire	136	127	124	122	116
Halton and St. Helens	138	141	141	155	131
Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale	146	133	155	144	119
Knowsley	166	181	161	139	167
Liverpool	162	163	162	175	161
Manchester	173	163	165	165	167
North Lancashire	127	120	120	128	119
Oldham	161	144	133	135	133
Salford	161	165	154	154	149
Sefton	134	130	134	130	118
Stockport	121	125	119	124	118
Tameside and Glossop	152	149	121	140	136
Trafford	128	121	121	125	129
Warrington	112	128	119	114	119
Western Cheshire	141	124	119	116	125
Wirral	153	135	131	125	136

Yorkshire and the Humber	133	128	125	121	121
Barnsley	146	143	145	133	134
Bradford and Airedale	135	124	138	121	118
Calderdale	137	129	120	116	114
Doncaster	149	145	136	131	129
East Riding of Yorkshire	114	116	110	116	108
Hull	155	142	154	137	150
Leeds	135	133	124	121	122
North East Lincolnshire Care Trust Plus	135	141	126	133	136
North Lincolnshire	132	112	119	111	121
North Yorkshire and York	113	113	111	108	105
Rotherham	145	146	139	115	128
Sheffield	135	124	124	127	117
Wakefield District	146	132	123	130	131
East midlands	122	121	117	115	113
Bassetlaw	123	151	132	111	134
Derby City	121	119	122	108	115
Derbyshire County	123	128	113	116	113
Leicester City	125	118	121	119	111
Leicestershire County and Rutland	100	109	109	106	101
Lincolnshire	119	117	114	109	117
Northamptonshire	128	114	119	122	114
Nottingham City	150	153	153	135	143
Nottinghamshire County	126	121	114	120	110

West midlands	126	124	119	119	119
Birmingham East and North	147	131	125	128	128
Coventry Teaching	132	126	126	136	122
Dudley	134	128	118	117	116
Heart of Birmingham Teaching	134	128	128	137	127
Herefordshire	109	106	101	106	102
North Staffordshire	128	114	118	109	117
Sandwell	147	147	140	126	142
Shropshire County	115	107	110	103	111
Solihull Care Trust	120	112	119	104	116
South Birmingham	132	132	127	131	120
South Staffordshire	119	118	117	115	108
Stoke on Trent	136	155	152	136	135
Telford and Wrekin	109	129	124	123	125
Walsall Teaching	135	133	127	132	134
Warwickshire	115	117	97	117	113
Wolverhampton City	148	139	128	130	139
Worcestershire	109	112	111	108	108

East of England	114	114	111	108	106
Bedfordshire	114	108	118	110	107
Cambridgeshire	114	111	103	104	103
East and North Hertfordshire	118	116	115	102	105
Great Yarmouth and Waveney	107	115	106	116	115
Luton	112	117	116	132	103
Mid Essex	107	121	111	103	99
Norfolk	116	109	101	102	105
North-east Essex	112	114	107	114	105
Peterborough	123	117	114	129	107
South-east Essex	117	117	119	115	114
South-west Essex	133	124	121	111	124
Suffolk	109	114	110	105	94
West Essex	109	115	110	109	108
West Hertfordshire	113	107	117	108	107

London	124	119	117	114	113
Barking and Dagenham	154	148	126	142	142
Barnet	100	105	105	101	99
Bexley	115	112	109	112	117
Brent Teaching	119	108	100	89	102
Bromley	112	115	104	110	105
Camden	114	115	126	121	122
City and Hackney Teaching	145	123	138	122	131
Croydon	120	109	125	113	109
Ealing	100	112	106	118	103
Enfield	113	122	109	116	100
Greenwich Teaching	137	138	135	146	133
Hammersmith and Fulham	152	142	129	117	106
Haringey Teaching	114	134	125	108	119
Harrow	105	100	102	103	100
Havering	127	111	110	125	115
Hillingdon	130	107	125	120	116
Hounslow	135	127	101	110	125
Islington	171	146	151	131	142
Kensington and Chelsea	102	75	80	89	61
Kingston	123	114	99	99	110
Lambeth	145	133	128	137	127
Lewisham	136	141	132	144	124
Newham	130	124	142	118	133
Redbridge	130	109	105	98	102
Richmond and Twickenham	111	117	135	101	117
Southwark	146	129	125	121	126
Sutton and Merton	117	126	105	107	104
Tower Hamlets	148	148	165	130	150
Waltham Forest	137	126	114	114	126
Wandsworth	130	110	130	122	121
Westminster	110	116	109	97	84

South-east coast	114	115	113	109	110
Brighton and Hove City	117	119	123	129	135
East Sussex Downs and Weald	108	109	124	103	104
Eastern and Coastal Kent	128	125	122	116	118
Hastings and Rother	124	113	120	108	127
Medway	130	138	120	118	131
Surrey	102	104	102	101	102
West Kent	117	117	117	.101	101
West Sussex	110	111	106	113	107

South central	117	112	111	109	108
Berkshire East	110	111	110	94	104
Berkshire West	105	109	111	104	102
Buckinghamshire	123	110	112	104	112
Hampshire	115	113	107	106	102
Isle of Wight NHS	110	117	116	107	114
Milton Keynes	132	118	143	124	105
Oxfordshire	109	97	102	112	103
Portsmouth City Teaching	125	140	117	138	143
Southampton City	146	134	118	131	134

South-west	117	113	109	108	107
Bath and North East Somerset	109	103	107	113	100
Bournemouth and Poole	108	103	112	117	109
Bristol	142	126	137	120	125
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly	123	108	111	109	111
Devon	118	116	108	107	106
Dorset	110	105	101	106	97
Gloucestershire	105	112	107	104	105
North Somerset	127	113	106	100	96
North Staffordshire	128	114	118	109	117
Plymouth Teaching	127	144	126	123	123
Somerset	110	110	108	108	103
South Gloucestershire	111	112	102	99	113
Swindon	117	115	101	120	126
Torbay	138	115	101	112	105
Wiltshire	115	108	100	97	104
⁽¹⁾ Cause of death was defined using the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10) codes COO to C97. ⁽²⁾ Age-standardised rates are used to allow comparison between populations which may contain different proportions of people of different ages. ⁽³⁾ Based on boundaries as of 2007. The 152 primary care organisations include 148 primary care trusts (PCTs), and four care organisations (CO's). ⁽⁴⁾ Figures are for deaths registered in each calendar year.

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