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Duchy of Lancaster

Age

Miss McIntosh: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what the average age of (a) men and (b) women resident in (i) North Yorkshire and (ii) England was at the latest date for which information is available. [247600]

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 January 2009:

As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your question on what the average age is of (a) men and (b) women resident in (i) North Yorkshire and (ii) England at the latest date for which data is available. (247600)

The median age of the resident male and female population in North Yorkshire England was 42 years and 45 years respectively, and the median age of the male and female population in England was 38 and 40 years respectively. These data are based on mid-2007 population estimates which are the latest available.

Alcoholic Drinks: Prices

Chris Ruane: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what the average change in prices was for (a) beer and (b) wines and spirits on (i) sales and (ii) off sales in real terms in each year since 1987; and what the change in average weekly earnings was between each of those years. [246754]

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 January 2009:

As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question asking what the average change in prices was for (a) beer and (b) wines and spirits on (i) sales and (ii) off sales in real terms in each year since 1987; and what the change in average weekly earnings was between each of those years. (246754)

The table below shows the annual percentage changes for the all items retail prices index and the components for beer and wines and spirits. The beer and wines and spirits data are available from 1988.

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Retail Prices Index and components: annual percentage change
		Beer			Wine and spirits
	Total RPI	Total	On sales	Off sales	Total	On sales	Off sales
1987	4.2	—	—	—	—	—	—
1988	4.9	6.1	6.3	4.0	3.6	5.2	2.5
1989	7.8	6.4	6.8	4.2	4.5	5.4	3.7
1990	9.5	10.0	10.4	6.8	9.2	9.8	8.7
1991	5.9	12.8	13.1	10.5	11.8	12.4	11.4
1992	3.7	6.7	7.1	5.0	6.0	6.7	5.4
1993	1.6	5.1	5.4	3.4	3.4	4.6	2.7
1994	2.4	3.1	3.8	-1.3	1.6	3.3	0.6
1995	3.5	4.2	4.4	2.6	3.1	5.0	2.2
1996	2.4	3.5	3.5	3.3	1.9	2.8	1.5
1997	3.1	3.7	3.9	3.0	1.4	3.3	0.3
1998	3.4	4.0	4.4	2.5	2.5	3.9	1.7
1999	1.5	3.2	3.6	1.5	1.7	3.2	0.8
2000	3.0	2.1	2.4	0.9	0.9	2.7	-0.4
2001	1.8	2.3	2.7	0.5	1.8	3.1	0.7
2002	1.7	2.3	2.8	-0.6	2.2	3.6	0.7
2003	2.9	2.2	3.0	-1.8	2.1	3.3	0.3
2004	3.0	2.0	2.9	-2.7	1.9	2.5	0.8
2005	2.8	2.3	3.4	-3.4	1.5	2.5	0.4
2006	3.2	2.9	3.4	-0.3	1.9	3.0	0.6
2007	4.3	3.5	3.9	0.7	2.4	3.4	1.2

Details of percentage change in average earnings over the period 1987 to 2007 are shown in the following table:

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Average Earnings Index—GB
Annual averages	Annual percentage change
1987	7.7
1988	8.7
1989	9.2
1990	9.8
1991	7.6
1992	5.9
1993	2.9
1994	3.7
1995	3.1
1996	3.6
1997	4.2
1998	5.2
1999	4.8
2000	4.5
2001	4.4
2002	3.5
2003	3.3
2004	4.5
2005	4.0
2006	4.1
2007	4.0

Cancer: Scotland

Mr. Carmichael: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what estimate the Office of National Statistics has made of the number of patients diagnosed with cancer in each Westminster constituency in Scotland in (a) 2003, (b) 2004, (c) 2005, (d) 2006 and (e) 2007, broken down by cancer type. [241486]

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 January 2009:

As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question asking what estimate the Office for National Statistics has made of the number of patients diagnosed with cancer in each Westminster constituency in Scotland in (a) 2003, (b) 2004, (c) 2005, (d) 2006 and (e) 2007, broken down by cancer type. [241486]

The latest available figures for newly diagnosed cases of cancer (incidence) are for the year 2005 for Scotland. Table 1 shows the number of patients diagnosed with the most common cancers (colorectal, lung, breast and prostate) in each Westminster constituency in Scotland in (a) 2003, (b) 2004, and (c) 2005. Further statistics on cancer in Scotland are available at the following website:

www.isdscotland.org/cancer.

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