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Death: Prostate Cancer
Mr. Evans: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many men died from prostate cancer in (a) Lancashire and (b) England in each of the last three years. [216756]
Mr. Watson: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.
Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 7 July 2008:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent question asking how many men died from prostate cancer in (a) Lancashire and (b) England in each of the last three years. (216756)
The table attached provides the numbers of deaths where prostate cancer was the underlying cause of death in (a) Lancashire county, and (b) England from 2004 to 2006 (the latest year available).
| Table 1 : Number of deaths where prostate cancer was the underlying cause of death( 1) , Lancashire county and England, 2004-2006( 2,3) | |||
| Deaths (males) | |||
| 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | |
| (1) Cause of death for prostate cancer was defined using the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10)code C61. (2) Based on boundaries as of 2008. (3) Figures are for deaths registered in each calendar year. | |||
Death: Weather
Mr. Jenkins: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many people resident in Tamworth Borough Council area over the age of 65 years died during the winter months in each year since 2004; and if he will make a statement. [215768]
Mr. Watson: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.
Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated July 2008:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent question asking how many people resident in Tamworth Borough Council area over the age of 65 years died during the winter months in each year since 2004. (215768)
The table attached provides the number of deaths in winter (the months December to March inclusive) of people resident in Tamworth local authority district over the age of 65, for the years 2003/04 to 2005/06 (the latest available).
| Table 1: Deaths in winter of persons over the age of 65( 1) , Tamworth district( 2) , 2003/04 to 2005/06 | |
| Winter | Deaths |
| (1) Deaths in winter were defined as those occurring in December of one year, plus those occurring in January to March of the following year. (2) Using boundaries as of 2008 for all years. | |
Employment: Mothers
Mr. Heald: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many mothers are in employment. [215787]
Mr. Watson: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.
Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 7 July 2008:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question asking how many mothers are in employment. (215787)
Estimates are provided from the Labour Force Survey (LFS) household datasets. In the period April-June 2007, there were 4.8 million women with dependent children in employment.
The figure has not been adjusted for women with unknown economic activity status. It includes biological mothers, step-mothers and adoptive mothers with dependent children that live in the same household as them. Dependent children are children aged under 16 and those aged 16 to 18 who have never married and are in full-time education. Foster mothers, women with non-dependent children, and those whose children live in a separate household are not included.
There are currently no annual household datasets available. The figure given is or the April-June quarter, to be consistent with statistics published in the ‘Work and worklessness among household First Release’ (see web link:
The household datasets are weighted to the population estimates published by ONS in February and March 2003. They do not incorporate the more recent population estimates used in the main quarterly LFS microdatasets.
The LFS is a sample survey covering over 52,000 households in the United Kingdom in each three month period. As with any sample survey, estimates from the Labour Force Survey are subject to a margin of uncertainty.
Food: Prices
Dr. Cable: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what estimate the Office for National Statistics has made of changes in the average retail price of (a) bread, (b) butter, (c) milk, (d) eggs and (e) flour, since June 2007; and if he will make a statement. [216149]
Mr. Watson: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.
Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 7 July 2008:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question asking what estimate the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has made of changes in the average retail price of a) bread, b) butter, c) milk, d) eggs and e) flour since June 2007. (216149)
These data can be viewed at the following link:
By selecting ‘Consumer Price Indices’ and then '3.1: RPI average retail prices of selected items’ the historic average retail prices for each of the above items can be viewed
Lone Parents: Greater London
Mr. Evennett: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what his latest estimate is of the number of lone parents with children under 16 years old in (a) Bexleyheath and Crayford constituency, (b) the London Borough of Bexley and (c) London. [216226]
Mr. Watson: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.
Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 7 July 2008:
As National Statistician I have been asked to reply to your recent question asking what the latest estimate is of the number of lone parents with children under 16 years old in (a) Bexleyheath and Crayford, (b) the London Borough of Bexley and (c) London. (216226)
The number of lone parent families in the UK with children under 16 can be estimated using the Labour Force Survey (LFS). The table below shows 2007 estimates for the London Borough of Bexley and London. Estimates cannot be provided for the Parliamentary Constituency of Bexleyheath and Crayford because the number of lone parents sampled in this area was too small.
| Number of lone parent families with children under 16 | |
| Numbe r (Thousand) | |
| Source: LFS quarterly data, April to June, not seasonally adjusted | |
Personal Income
Mr. Jenkins: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many (a) women and (b) men earned below the lower earnings limit in each of the last five years. [216355]
Mr. Watson: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.
Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated July 2008:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question asking how many (a) women and (b) men earned below the lower earnings limit in each year of the last five years. (216355)
Levels of earnings are estimated from the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE), and are provided for all employees on adult rates of pay, whose pay for the survey period was not affected by absence. ASHE methodology cannot be used to provide estimates of the numbers of employees whose earnings is less than a specific amount, but can be used to provide estimates of percentage of employees in that category. Estimates are for single jobs and not for total employment earnings.
The ASHE, carried out in April each year, is the most comprehensive source of earnings information in the United Kingdom. It is a sample of all employees who are members of pay-as-you-earn (PAYE) schemes.
I attach a table showing the percentage of UK employees earning below the lower earnings limit for the years 2003-2007.
Prostate Cancer
Mr. Evans: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many men were diagnosed with prostate cancer in (a) Lancashire and (b) England in each of the last three years. [216757]
Mr. Watson: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.
Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 7 July 2008:
As National Statistician I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question asking how many people were diagnosed with prostate cancer in (a) Lancashire and (b) England in each of the last three years [216757]
The latest available figures for newly diagnosed cases (incidence) of prostate cancer are for the year 2005. Figures requested are given in the table below.
| Numbers of newly diagnosed cases of prostate cancer( 1) registered in Lancashire county and England, 2003 to 2005 | ||
| Lancashire | England | |
| (1) Prostate cancer is coded to C61 in the International Classification of Diseases Tenth Revision (ICD-10). Source: Office for National Statistics | ||
Mr. Evans: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many men were given chemotherapy treatment for prostate cancer in (a) Lancashire and (b) England in each of the last three years. [216754]
Mr. Watson: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.
Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 7 July 2008:
As National Statistician I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question asking how many men were given chemotherapy treatment for prostate cancer in (a) Lancashire and (b) England in each of the last three years [216754]
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