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| Table 2: Incidence rate( 1) of all cancers( 2) per 100,000 population, by Government office region and sex, England, 2004 | ||
| Males | Females | |
| (1) Directly age standardised to the European Standard Population. (2) All cancers, excluding non-melanoma skin cancer, are classified according to the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10): C00-C97 excluding C44. Source: Office for National Statistics (2004) ‘Cancer Statistics: Registrations Series MB1’ | ||
| Table 3: Incidence rate( 1) of selected cancers( 2) per 100,000 by deprivation, England and Wales, 2002-04 average | ||||
| Breast | Prostate | Lung | ||
| Deprivation quintile | Female | Male | Female | Male |
| (1) Directly age standardised to the European Standard Population. (2) Cancers are classified according to the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10): prostate C61, Breast C50, Lung C33-34. Source: Unpublished data from Rowan S (2007) ‘Trends in cancer incidence by deprivation, England and Wales, 1990-2002’ in Health Statistics Quarterly 36: 24-41. | ||||
Civil Servants
Jo Swinson: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what proportion of the Civil Service are (a) male, (b) female, (c) black and minority ethnic male and (d) black and minority ethnic female. [171380]
Angela Eagle [holding answer 4 December 2007]: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Colin Mowl, dated 11 December 2007:
The National Statistician has been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question concerning what proportion of the Civil Service are (a) male, (b) female, (c) BME male and (d) BME female. I am replying in her absence. (171380)
Statistics on the gender of civil servants are published every quarter in table 6 of the Public Sector Employment First Release. The latest published statistics are for June 2007.
More detailed diversity statistics, including statistics on gender and ethnic origin are published in Civil Service Statistics, an on-line article available from the National Statistics website.
The latest period for which the statistics are available is the year to September 2006.
| Civil Service—permanent employees by gender and ethnic origin 30 September 2006 | ||
| Percentage | ||
| Male | Female | |
| (1 )Ethnic minority is calculated as a percentage of known ethnic origin Source: Mandate and Departmental Returns | ||
Death
Mr. Jenkins: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many deaths there were in the home in the following age groups (a) under 16, (b) 16 to 24, (c) 25 to 65 and (d) over 65 in each of the last five years. [173552]
Angela Eagle: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Colin Mowl, dated 11 December 2007:
The National Statistician has been asked to reply to your recent question asking how many deaths there were in the home in the following age groups (a) under 16, (b) 16 to 24, (c) 25 to 65 and (d) over 65 in each of the last five years. I am replying in her absence. (173552)
The latest figures are for deaths registered in the calendar year 2006. The table below shows the number of deaths which occurred at home by age group between 2002 to 2006.
| Number of deaths which occurred at home,( 1) by age group, England and Wales, 2002-2006( 2) | ||||
| Under 16 | 16-24 | 25-65 | 66 and over | |
| (1) Deaths at home are those at the usual residence of the deceased (according to the informant who registered the death), where this was not a communal establishment. (2) Figures are for deaths registered in each calendar year. | ||||
Delivery Unit: Academies
Mr. Laws: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer which academies have been (a) visited and (b) contacted as part of the Delivery Unit Review of Academies; and if he will make a statement. [172500]
Andy Burnham: The joint PMDU/DCSF review is studying progress across the full Academy programme. My Department considers that the release of the names of the Academies either visited or contacted by the review team would have an inhibiting effect on the free and frank discussions required in priority reviews and would disrupt our ability to meet our wider objectives, both in this review and in future PMDU work. PMDU reviews are confidential advice to Ministers; we do not disclose the recommendations or publish any report.
Departmental Corporate Hospitality
David Simpson: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer on how many occasions he has accepted corporate hospitality in the last 12 months. [171311]
Angela Eagle: Chapter 7 of the “Ministerial Code” sets out the rules on the registration of hospitality.
Departmental ICT
Justine Greening: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what e-procurement innovations in relation to (a) how information is communicated and (b) the use of online booking tools have been introduced in core Treasury; what estimate of generated cost savings has been made; and if he will make a statement. [170347]
Angela Eagle: The Treasury have introduced the following eProcurement tools and online booking systems:
Oracle Finance System enabled to allow purchase orders to be issued electronically, electronic invoicing capability, electronic remittance advice and automatic payment;
Treasury uses OGCbuying.solutions Catalist ITQ (Invitation To Quote) system;
Online systems for ordering goods and services such as stationery, business cards, paper supplies and temporary staff;
An online learning management booking system;
An online travel booking system.
Cost savings attributable specifically to these tools are not recorded and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Departmental Manpower
Mrs. May: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many (a) men and (b) women of each Civil Service grade are employed by his Department. [172741]
Angela Eagle: The latest available statistics on grade and gender of civil servants in departments and agencies are as at 30 September 2006 and are published in “Civil Service Statistics 2006” at Table H. This document and associated tables are produced by the Office for National Statistics and can be accessed from the following website addresses:
Departmental Opinion Polls
Mr. Hoban: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what opinion polls his Department has conducted of (a) the public and (b) staff since 27 June 2007; and what the (i) name of the firm employed to conduct the poll, (ii) purpose and (iii) cost to the public purse was in each case. [164958]
Angela Eagle: HM Treasury does not maintain records in the way requested and the information could be obtained only at disproportionate costs.
Departmental Orders and Regulations
Alan Duncan: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many regulations his Department has (a) made and (b) revoked in the last 12 months. [167083]
Angela Eagle: 136 regulations were made by the Treasury in the last 12 months.
No central record is held of revocations as these can be effected by either primary or secondary legislation.
Departmental Procurement
Mr. Philip Hammond: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the standard terms and conditions of purchase used by his Department in the procurement of goods and services from the private sector prohibit the assignment of debt. [172435]
Angela Eagle: There is no express provision prohibiting the assignment of debt in the standard terms and conditions of purchase. However, there is a provision prohibiting the contractor from assigning any portion of the Contract without the prior written consent of the Lords Commissioners of HM Treasury (or such other person or persons duly appointed by them). On the basis that a prohibition on ‘assignment of debt’ includes a prohibition on the contractor from assigning money owed to it under a contract to a third party, the legal team take this provision to mean that under HMT’s standard terms and conditions of purchase a contractor may not assign its debts without HMT’s prior consent.
Departmental Recycling
Mr. Hayes: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what (a) volume and (b) percentage of its waste his Department recycled in each of the last five years. [172515]
Angela Eagle: The Treasury’s performance currently exceeds the government’s target of recycling 40 per cent. of waste by 2010 as shown in the figures in the table.
| Volume (metric tonnes) | Percentage recycled | |
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