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Transplant Surgery: Waiting Lists

Mr. Godsiff: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people are waiting for an organ transplant in each region. [185297]

Ann Keen: The number of people listed as waiting for a transplant at 5 February 2008 by strategic health (SHA) authority of patient residence is shown in the following table.

SHA Kidney Pancreas Kidney/pancreas Heart Lung(s) Heart/Lungs Liver Total

Channel Isles

11

0

0

0

1

0

2

14

East Midlands

726

3

16

8

13

1

12

779

East of England

619

15

17

10

15

2

22

700

Isle of Man

8

0

0

0

1

0

2

11

London

1,472

20

25

8

24

3

41

1,593

North East

249

4

11

6

6

0

10

286

North West

936

14

42

7

47

2

30

1,078

Northern Ireland

291

0

0

3

11

2

12

319

Scotland

791

1

13

9

21

0

35

870

South Central

488

5

33

3

11

1

10

551

South East Coast

404

4

9

11

16

1

12

457

South West

534

8

34

4

19

2

20

621

Wales

419

4

9

2

20

0

12

466

West Midlands

833

3

22

8

20

3

16

905

Yorkshire and the Humber

752

2

15

9

27

1

37

843

Total

8,533

83

246

88

252

18

273

9,493

Note: 1. Includes those temporarily suspended on the list.

Home Department

Migrant Workers: Cambridgeshire

Mr. Moss: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what her most recent estimate is of the number of migrant workers there were in (a) Cambridgeshire, (b) Peterborough and (c) North East Cambridgeshire constituency in each of the last three years. [187207] [Official Report, 3 March 2008, Vol. 473, c. 2MC.]

Angela Eagle: I have been asked to reply.

The information request falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.


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Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 22 February 2008:

Number of migrant workers in Cambridgeshire, Peterborough and North East Cambridgeshire in the last three years
Cambridgeshire Peterborough North East Cambridgeshire
12 months ending June each year Employment l evel (thousand)( 1) Non-UK born persons in employment as percentage of all in employment( 2) Employment l evel (thousand)( 1) Non-UK born persons in employment as percentage of all in employment( 2) Employment l evel (thousand)( 1) Non-UK born persons in employment as percentage of all in employment( 2)

2005

19

6

5

7

2

4

2006

33

12

7

9

3

6

2007

41

15

12

16

4

9

(1) Includes males aged 16 to 64 and females aged 16 to 59.
(2) Denominator for percentage does not include respondents who did not answer the question on country of birth.
Notes:
1. Estimates are subject to sampling variability.
2. It should also be noted that the country of birth question in the APS gives an undercount because:
it excludes certain people who have been resident in the UK for less than six months.
it excludes students in halls who do not have a UK resident parent.
it excludes people in most other types of communal establishments (e.g. hotels, boarding houses, hostels, mobile home sites, etc.).
it is grossed to population estimates which exclude migrants staying for less than 12 months.
microdata are grossed to population estimates consistent with those published in spring 2003 which are significantly lower than the latest population estimates.
Source:
Annual Population Survey (APS), ONS

Missing Persons

Helen Southworth: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many vulnerable adults were reported missing to the police in 2007; and what estimate she has made of the number of such people who became victims of crime whilst missing. [187964]

Mr. McNulty: This information is not currently centrally available and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

The Government are, through the new National Policing Improvement Agency's (NPIA) Missing Persons Bureau (which will become operational from 1 April 2008), exploring how data relating to missing persons should best be captured, recorded and shared in the future.

National Security

Mr. Paul Goodman: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the oral statement of the Prime Minister of 14 November 2007, Official Report, columns 667-72, on national security, if she will publish the work commissioned by the Economic Research Council, King's College and the Royal Society for Arts on dealing with radicalisation at home and abroad. [181183]

Mr. McNulty [holding answer 22 January 2008]: We understand that the Economic and Social Research Council, which is independent, will publish findings of their commissioned work in due course. The Government welcome this and other contributions to the crucial effort of developing common understanding of radicalisation towards violent extremism and of the best ways to tackle it.

Offensive Weapons: Crime

Mr. Evans: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent representations she has received on the merits of creating specific offences for (a) carrying and using a knife in a violent attack and (b) carrying a knife in a violent attack. [180808]

Mr. Coaker [holding answer 21 January 2008]: The Government are committed to reducing instances of all types of violent crime including knife crime and to see that offenders are brought to justice.


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We do not currently have plans to create new specific offences in relation to knife crime. The new Tackling Violence Action Plan, published on 18 February focuses on a range of actions to ensure robust enforcement of the existing criminal law, including those currently in force in relation to the possession of knives. Current sentencing guidelines include the use of weapons as an aggravating factor to be taken into consideration by the courts when considering sentencing.


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