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Mr. Pickles: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what the administrative budget is of each of the regional development agencies in (a) 2008-09 and (b) 2009-10. [236756]
Mr. McFadden: The following table shows the administrative budget of each regional development agency in 2008-09 and 2009-10.
| £000 | ||
| RDA | Administration budget 2008-09 | Indicative allocation administration budget 2009-10 |
Regional Development Agency National Secretariat
Grant Shapps: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what the budget of the Regional Development Agency National Secretariat is for 2008-09. [236080]
Mr. McFadden: The budgeted expenditure forecast for 2008-09 is £690,000.
Grant Shapps: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform how much the Regional Development Agency National Secretariat has spent on (a) external public relations or marketing companies or consultants and (b) external public affairs companies or consultants in the last period for which figures are available. [236083]
Mr. McFadden: The regional development agencies national secretariat expenditure on:
(a) External public relations or marketing companies or consultants is nil.
(b) External public affairs companies or consultants is £29,307.
Trade: Turks and Caicos Islands
Andrew Rosindell: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what estimate he has made of the monetary value of trade between the UK and the Turks and Caicos Islands in each of the last three years. [238231]
Mr. Thomas: Data on recorded trade in goods with the Turks and Caicos Islands are shown in the following table:
| £ million | ||
| UK exports of goods to Turks and Caicos | UK imports of goods from Turks and Caicos | |
| Source: HMRC Overseas Trade Statistics | ||
Estimates of trade in services are not available for the full three years. ONS data published in the UK Balance of Payments Pink Book 2008 were:
| £ million | ||
| UK exports of services to Turks and Caicos | UK imports of services from Turks and Caicos | |
Fuels: Price
Norman Baker: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform on what dates since 1 May 1997 his Department has re-evaluated its oil price projections for 2020; and what the projected figure was on each date. [213489]
Malcolm Wicks [holding answer 24 June 2008]: The following table shows assumptions published by BERR for the crude oil price in dollars per barrel, listed in terms of 2007 prices for consistency. Prior to 2000 fossil fuel prices were projected on a less frequent basis so a 1995 assumption is provided.
Projections of the oil price are made for the purpose of providing assumptions to be used in modelling work within the Department, with the focus on long-term sustainable prices and a range of plausible outcomes. The price assumptions are consistent with similar forecasts made at the time. The current projections are compiled following a Call for Evidence and reflect feedback from stakeholders. BERR has committed to updating these projections roughly twice a year.
Table: Oil price projections for 2020 ($/barrel) in low, central and high scenarios. For comparison all figures have been inflated to 2007 prices using the ONS GDP deflator.
| Publication and date assumption made | Low | Central | High |
|
EU Emissions Trading scheme—National allocation Plan (November 2004) | |||
| (1) High scenario (2) High-high scenario | |||
Duchy of Lancaster
Assistant Regional Ministers
Andrew Mackinlay: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (1) to what office (a) staff and (b) resources assistant regional ministers are entitled; whether they will have the use of a Government car; and what estimate he has made of the annual cost to the public purse of assistant regional ministers; [231272]
(2) if he will revise the Ministerial Code to take account of the establishment of the post of assistant regional minister; if he will arrange for such assistant ministers to be replaced on select committees to which
they have been appointed; and what guidance he has issued to such assistant ministers on their tabling of questions and early-day motions. [231273]
Mr. Byrne [holding answer 28 October 2008]: Parliamentary assistants to regional ministers have a key role in supporting regional ministers in their work for the Council of Regional Ministers. However, they are not members of the Government and as such receive no remuneration for the role. Nor are they allocated a Government car, office or staff. Membership of Select Committees and the tabling of parliamentary questions and early-day motions is principally a matter for the House. There are no plans to amend the Ministerial Code.
Cardiovascular Diseases: Death
Chris Ruane: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many and what proportion of all deaths in each region were from circulation diseases in the latest period for which figures are available. [238463]
Kevin Brennan: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.
Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated November 2008:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent question asking how many and what proportion of all deaths in each region were from circulation diseases in the latest period for which figures are available. (238463)
The table attached provides the number of deaths, and per cent of all deaths, with an underlying cause of circulatory disease in each Government Office Region for 2007 (the latest year available).
| Table 1. Number of deaths, and per cent. of all deaths, with an underlying cause of circulatory disease, by government office region, England, 2007( 1, 2) | ||
| Persons | ||
| Government office region | Number of deaths | Percentage of all deaths |
| (1 )Cause of death for circulatory disease was defined using the International Classification of Diseases Tenth Revision (ICD-10) codes 100-199. (2 )Figures are for deaths registered in 2007. | ||
Death: Drugs
Norman Lamb: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster pursuant to the answer of 16 October 2008, Official Report, column 1474W, on drugs: death, if he will ask the UK Statistics Authority to break down the information given by (a) age and (b) country. [236958]
Kevin Brennan: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.
Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated November 2008:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent question asking pursuant to the Answer of 16(th) October 2008, Official Report, column 1474W, on drugs: death, to break down the information given by (a) age and (b) country. (236958)
The table attached provides the numbers of deaths for which the underlying cause was drug poisoning, where any drug controlled under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 was mentioned on the death
certificate, for males and females broken down by (a) age group and (b) country in England and Wales from 1997 to 2007 (the latest year available).
| Table 1: Number of deaths from drug misuse( 1) , males and females, by age group, England and Wales, 1997 to 2007( 2, 3) | ||||||||||||
| Deaths | ||||||||||||
| Males | Females | |||||||||||
| <20 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50-69 | 70+ | <20 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50-69 | 70+ | |
| (1) Cause of death was defined using the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision (ICD-9) for the years 1997 to 2000, and Tenth Revision (ICD-10) for 2001 onwards. Deaths were included where the underlying cause was due to drug poisoning (corresponding ICD-9 and ICD-10 codes are shown in the following table) and where a drug controlled under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 was mentioned on the death certificate. (2) Figures exclude deaths of non-residents. There were 163 deaths of non-residents from drug misuse in the period 1997 to 2007. (3) Figures are for deaths registered in each calendar year. | ||||||||||||
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