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| Table 2: Alcohol-related causes of death—International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision (ICD-9) | |
| Cause of death | ICD-9 code(s) |
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Unspecified chronic liver disease without mention of alcohol | |
| Table 2: Alcohol-related causes of death—International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10) | |
| Cause of death | ICD-10 code(s) |
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Fibrosis and cirrhosis of liver (excluding Biliary cirrhosis) | |
Capital Gains Tax
Mr. Prisk: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he made of the effect of proposed changes to capital gains tax on gross revenue raised by the tax when developing the proposals; and if he will make a statement. [175736]
Jane Kennedy: Estimates of the revenue effect to the Exchequer of proposed changes to capital gains tax are published in Table B4 of the 2007 pre-Budget report.
Car Allowances
Mr. Drew: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) how much his Department has spent on the review of approved mileage allowance payments to date; which non-governmental individuals and organisations the review team has met since the 2007 Pre-Budget Report was published; what liaison there has been between the review team and (a) the Department for Transport and (b) the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on this; and what discussions there have been between his Department and trades union representatives on the use of private cars for work purposes by public sector employees as part of the review; [174815]
(2) what account he plans to take of the levels of carbon dioxide emissions from vehicles when next amending the approved mileage allowance payments scheme; [174816]
(3) what the reasons were for the extension of the approved mileage allowance payments review; and whether the conclusions of the review will be included in the Budget Report 2008; [175161]
(4) what effect the increases in advisory fuel rates agreed by HM Revenue and Customs on 29 November 2007 will have on his Department's review of approved mileage allowance payments; [175162]
(5) whether his Department has conducted further research into the average mileage driven for work purposes since the 2007 Pre-Budget Report; [175163]
(6) whether the approved mileage allowance payments review will take into account the effect of rising fuel costs on workers who have to use their own cars for work purposes; [175164]
(7) what account has been taken of the needs of those who live in rural areas and have to use their car for work purposes in the approved mileage allowance payments review; [175165]
(8) whether he plans to use the approved mileage allowance payments review to incentivise the purchase of newer vehicles by employers; and what effect the review will have on the access of employees to a provided vehicle, with particular reference to those working in the care sector. [175212]
Angela Eagle: AMAPs cater for a wide range of car drivers and the rates are designed to take into account all relevant factors. They strike a balance between allowing the running costs of all cars, large and small and delivering the Government’s environmental policy.
The Government wants to ensure that the tax system properly reflects and supports business activity, in addition to promoting fairness and environmentally friendly business travel. We intend to consider the framework of taxation of cars used for business travel as a whole and confirmed at PBR that we will make announcements on future policy in this area, including AMAPs, in Budget 2008.
As a matter of routine, HM Revenue and Customs has liaised with other relevant Government Departments. A range of stakeholder views has also been canvassed—including from industry and user group representatives—and the Government made it clear at PBR that it will continue to consider further representations in the approach to the Budget.
Car Allowances: Public Sector
Mr. Drew: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the Government's policy is on the tax treatment of the provision of cars for public sector employees. [175283]
Angela Eagle: The same tax rules apply to the provision of cars for all employees whether in the public or private sector.
Carers: Census
Jessica Morden: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will ensure that no change is made in information requested about carers in the 2011 census return from that requested in the 2001 census return. [175296]
Angela Eagle: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 7 January 2008:
As National Statistician I am replying to your recent question asking that no change is made in information requested about carers in the 2011 census return from the 2001 census return. (175296)
The value of the information on carers provided by the 2001 Census is well recognised. However, such a question is competing for space on the questionnaire with a number of other questions such as second residence, citizenship, year of entry, qualifications, industry, income and language.
Our current funding for the 2011 Census allows for 3 pages of questions per person. We are at present investigating the potential for obtaining increasing funding for a 4th page which would allow for the inclusion a question on carers.
A White Paper setting out the Government's proposals for the 2011 Census is scheduled to be published in autumn 2008. However, it will not be possible to confirm what questions and response categories are to be included in the 2011 Census until the consultation and question testing programme is complete and formal approval is given by Parliament in 2010.
Census
Mr. Pickles: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) whether the European Commission or Eurostat will have access to the data collected by the 2011 census; [176378]
(2) what the timetable is for the census test and the publication of the conclusions from it; [176413]
(3) what research and work is being conducted by the Office for National Statistics into measuring multiple occupancy for the forthcoming census; [176419]
(4) whether the Office for National Statistics plans to use (a) the Ordnance Survey MasterMap product and (b) the National Land and Property Gazetteer in undertaking the next census as the address source for residential properties. [176421]
Jane Kennedy: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 7 January 2008:
As National Statistician and Registrar General for England and Wales I have been asked to reply to your recent questions asking (i) whether the European Commission or Eurostat will have access to the data collected in the 2011 Census; (ii) what the timetable is for the Census test and the publication of the conclusions from it; (iii) whether the Office for National Statistics plans to use (a) the Ordnance Survey MasterMap product and (b) the National Land and Property Gazetteer in undertaking the next Census as the address source for residential properties; and (iv) what research and work is being conducted into measuring multiple occupancy for the forthcoming Census. (176378, 176413, 176419, 176421)
As in previous censuses, statistics from the 2011 round of European censuses, including the UK Census, will be provided to Eurostat as part of a Programme to be agreed by the EU Statistics Programme Committee, on which, as National Statistician, I am represented. The statistics to be provided by each member state will be subject to appropriate National Statistics disclosure control measures that will protect the data from disclosure of any information that would identify an individual person or household.
A full Evaluation of the Census Test, which was carried out in May, will be published in spring 2008. An initial report on the results of an address checking exercise carried out as part of the Test—‘The Coverage of address Registers for 2007 Census Test—Phase 1’ is available on the National Statistics website at
ONS is carrying out further research in order to determine the best approach for ensuring that the 2011 Census is supported by the most complete and up-to-date address information. There is currently no single definitive national address register for England and Wales that fulfils Census requirements. For the 2011 Census there is a need to assess the two competing address products, Ordnance Survey’s MasterMap Address Layer 2 (AL2) and the National Land and Property Gazetteer (NLPG). A final decision on the 2011 approach to create the initial address list will be made in 2009, on the basis of research of the address products, and ongoing discussions with suppliers about licensing costs.
A number of questions are being developed for the 2011 Census in England and Wales that will seek to collect information on multi-occupancy. These cover the type of accommodation and the extent of self-containment. ONS is developing a household frame for the 2011 Census, and will conduct a pre-Census address check, that will identify such addresses; so that the appropriate number of household forms are delivered to each address. Information from local authorities about areas with high levels of multiple occupancy will also be used to inform the enumeration methodology.
Child Benefit: Personal Records
Tom Brake: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people whose data were on the child benefit discs have yet to be sent a letter of apology. [175366]
Jane Kennedy: HM Revenue and Customs have sent letters of apology to the vast majority of households where personal data relating to the child benefit recipient, their partner and their children were on the discs.
Mr. Gauke: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer on what date HM Revenue and Customs staff first searched premises of the National Audit Office looking for the missing computer discs. [176892]
Jane Kennedy: HMRC detection teams first searched the NAO offices at 151-157 Buckingham Palace Road on 14 November 2007.
Mr. Gauke: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many representations he received directly from banks requesting a postponement of the announcement of the loss of computer discs containing the personal data of child benefit claimants. [176893]
Jane Kennedy: I refer the hon. Member to the statement my right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer made on 20 November 2007, Official Report , column 1102.
Kieran Poynter, chair of PricewaterhouseCoopers, is investigating HMRC’s security processes and procedures for data handling.
The interim report was published on 17 December 2007 and is available in the Library of the House.
Julia Goldsworthy: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many calls have been received by the Child Benefit helpline since the loss of personal records by HM Revenue and Customs; and what the average length was of these calls. [176897]
Jane Kennedy: The number of calls, specifically relating to data loss, handled by the Child Benefit Helpline between 20 November and 18 December 2007 is around 71,000.
Over this same period the average call handling time for these calls, taken as the length of the conversation together with the time taken by the adviser to complete any resulting tasks, is around two and a half minutes.
Childbirth
Mr. Hancock: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer in which years since 1977 the number of live births in England exceeded the number of births in England in 2006. [176885]
Angela Eagle: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 7 January 2008:
As National Statistician I have been asked to reply to your request to indicate in which years since 1977 the number of live births in England exceeded the number of births in England in 2006. (176885)
There were 635,748 births in England in 2006. This was exceeded in each of the years from 1987 to 1993.
Civil Servants: North East Region
Mr. Kemp: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what proportion of civil service jobs in the north-east were at each grade in the latest period for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. [174693]
Angela Eagle: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 7 January 2008:
As National Statistician I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question concerning what proportion of Civil Service jobs in the North East are at each grade. (174693)
Statistics on Civil Service employment, including regional statistics, 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.
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