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Knowledge Network Project
Mr. Maude: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will place in the Library a copy of the guidance document on using the Knowledge Network software and database. [181311]
Angela Eagle: There is no one single, specific guidance document on using the Knowledge Network.
Members: Correspondence
Sir Gerald Kaufman: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he will reply to the letter of 3 December 2007 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mrs. Mavis George. [181076]
Jane Kennedy: I replied to the right hon. Member on 22 January 2008.
Population
Mr. Chope: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the likely population of the United Kingdom in (a) 2015, (b) 2030 and (c) 2050. [181126]
Angela Eagle: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 24 January 2008:
As National Statistician I have been asked to reply to your question regarding what estimate has been made of the likely population of the United Kingdom in (a) 2015, (b) 2030 and (c) 2050. (181126)
The table below shows the projected total population of the United Kingdom for the years requested. The most recent national population projections, based on the population at the middle of 2006, were published by the Office for National Statistics on 23 October 2007.
| Total population (Million) | |
Projections are uncertain and become increasingly so the further they are carried forward. In addition to the principal (central) projection results given above, variant projections based on alternative assumptions are also published. Details are available at:
Revenue and Customs: Data Protection
Mr. Hoban: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what (a) data and (b) physical security measures have been introduced at HM Revenue and Customs offices in Tyne and Wear since October 2007. [181008]
Jane Kennedy: HMRC reviews its security measures on an ongoing basis.
Since October 2007, the offices in Tyne and Wear, in common with all HMRC offices, have implemented HMRC’s tighter controls on data security.
For more detail on these changes, I refer the hon. Member to Kieran Poynter’s interim report which was published on 17 December 2007 and is available in the Library of the House.
Revenue and Customs: Disclosure of Information
Mr. Laws: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer for what reason HM Revenue and Customs has failed to respond to requests for information from the Information Commissioner’s Office in relation to case ref. number FS50164499 on behalf of the hon. Member for Yeovil; and if he will make a statement. [181122]
Jane Kennedy: HMRC are in continuing dialogue with the Information Commissioner’s Office and will be providing a full response in due course.
Skin Cancer
Mr. Bruce George: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether his Department holds regional figures for five year survival rates for skin cancer. [181291]
Angela Eagle: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 24 January 2008:
As National Statistician I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question asking whether regional figures for five year survival rates for skin cancer are available. (181291)
For England, five-year survival rates are available for adult patients (aged 15-99 years) diagnosed with skin cancer during 1999-2003 and followed up to the end of 2004. These are given in Table 1 and are also available on the National Statistics website.
http://www.statistics.gov.uk/StatBase/Product.asp?vlnk=14007&;Pos=3&ColRank=1&Rank=422
Survival rates by NHS region for 58 cancers including skin cancer diagnosed during 1971-90 in England and Wales were published in Cancer Survival Trends* in 1999. Figures for skin cancer, broken down by region are given in Table 2.
| Table 1: Five-year age-standardised( 1) relative survival (percentage) for adults (15 to 99 years) diagnosed with melanoma of the skin( 2) during 1999 to 2003, followed up to the end of 2004, England | |||
| Five-year relative survival | |||
| Number of patients | Percentage | 95 per cent.CI( 3) | |
| (1) As cancer survival varies with age at diagnosis, the relative rates for all ages (15 to 99) have been age-standardised to control for changes in the age profile of cancer patients over time, thus making them comparable with previously published figures. (2) Melanoma of the skin is classified as code C43 in the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10). (3) 95 per cent. confidence intervals (CI). Source: Office for National Statistics | |||
| Table 2: Five-year age-standardised( 1) relative survival (percentage) for adults (15 to 99 years) diagnosed with melanoma of the skin( 2 ) during 1986 to 1990, followed up to the end of 1995, England and NHS region | ||
| Men | Women | |
| (1) As cancer survival varies with age at diagnosis, the relative rates for all ages (15 to 99) have been age-standardised to control for changes in the age profile of cancer patients over time, thus making them comparable with previously published figures. (2 )Melanoma of the skin is classified as code 172 in the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision (ICD-9). Sources: Office for National Statistics Table 4.5: Cancer survival trends by NHS region, selected cancers, patients diagnosed 1971 to 1990: age-standardised relative survival rates (with 95 per cent. confidence intervals) at one and five years after diagnosis, and average increases in relative survival on the National Statistics website http://www.statistics.gov.uk/StatBase/xsdataset.asp?More=Y and published in: Coleman MP et al (1999) ‘Cancer survival Trends in England and Wales 1971 to 1995: deprivation and NHS region’. Studies in Medical and Population Subjects No.61. London: The Stationery Office. | ||
Written Questions: Government Responses
Mr. Fallon: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he expects to make a substantive reply to question 175652, on advice on Northern Rock, tabled by the hon. Member for Sevenoaks on 17 December 2007. [181104]
Jane Kennedy: Very shortly. The Treasury regrets not having done so earlier.
Defence
Afghanistan: Peacekeeping Operations
Ann Winterton: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many and which models of helicopter deployed in Afghanistan are fitted with winches. [181043]
Mr. Bob Ainsworth: All UK Sea King and all UK Chinooks deployed in Afghanistan are equipped with winches.
I am withholding the number of helicopters deployed as the information would, or would be likely to, prejudice the capability, effectiveness and security of the armed forces.
Aircraft Carriers: Procurement
Mr. Soames: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when he expects to announce a detailed timetable for the Future Aircraft Carrier Programme. [180622]
Mr. Bob Ainsworth: I refer the hon. Member to the answer my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Defence, gave on 7 January 2008, Official Report, column 21W, to the hon. Member for New Forest, East (Dr. Lewis) on the placement of the manufacture contract for the Future Carrier, and to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for Woodspring (Dr. Fox) on 7 January 2008, Official Report, column 20W, on in-service dates.
Armed Forces: Children
Mr. Hoyle: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many service deaths have occurred where the service parent was in receipt of continuity of education allowance or boarding school allowance at the time of their death since 1997; how many children of deceased service personnel received his Department’s financial assistance in these cases; what the total cost has been over that period; how much provision is made in his Department’s budget annually for such cases; and if he will make a statement. [180039]
Derek Twigg: Information prior to the roll-out of the joint personnel administration (JPA) could be provided only at disproportionate cost. In the period June 2006 to date, continuity of education allowance (CEA) payments have been made in relation to 15 Service personnel who have died in service. These payments have related to 21 children. The total cost of these payments is £185,000. There is no specific allocation for provision of CEA in cases of death in service. We cannot predict what future payments will be. However, we are committed to making such payments.
Armed Forces: Housing
Mr. Baron: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what targets he has set for upgrading service families’ accommodation to (a) S1fC and (b) S2fC categories under the standard for condition initiative; and when he expects these targets to be met. [179927]
Derek Twigg [holding answer 17 January 2008]: This Department has targets only to upgrade Service Families Accommodation (SFA) properties to Standard 1 for Condition (SlfC). We will upgrade a minimum of 600 SFA properties to SlfC in financial years 2007-08 and 2008-09 with a further 800 upgrades planned for each year thereafter.
This number of upgrades is based on the strategic decision, taken with the support of the armed forces, to focus the programme on upgrading the worst accommodation first which leads to a higher cost per upgrade. Funding in previous years was targeted at delivering a large number of relatively low cost upgrades. In fact the Department has increased the level of funding for upgrading SFA and is making available a further £20 million in 2008-09 and £30 million per annum thereafter.
Armed Forces: Parachuting
Dr. Fox: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many high altitude (a) high and (b) low opening training airborne jumps have been conducted by British service personnel in each year since 2001. [181209]
Mr. Bob Ainsworth: The number of high altitude, high opening (HAHO), and high altitude, low opening (HALO), airborne jumps that have been conducted by British service personnel while completing service training are shown in the table as follows.
| Calendar year | High altitude high opening( 1) | High altitude low opening( 1) |
| (1) Numbers rounded to the nearest 5 | ||
Armoured Fighting Vehicles
Dr. Fox: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) how many Bulldog vehicles have been (a) ordered to date and (b) delivered to UK Land Command; [179682]
(2) how many Vector armoured fighting vehicles have been (a) ordered to date and (b) delivered to UK Land Command; [179683]
(3) how many Mastiff armoured vehicles have been (a) ordered to date and (b) delivered to UK Land Command. [179684]
Mr. Bob Ainsworth: The number of Bulldog, Vector and Mastiff vehicles ordered to date and delivered to UK Land Command are shown in the following table:
| Ordered to date | Delivered to UK Land Command | |
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