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Death: Weather

Mr. Waterson: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many excess winter deaths occurred in (a) Eastbourne and (b) East Sussex in each of the last 10 years. [257087]

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 February 2009:

Table 1: Excess winter deaths,( 1) Eastbourne local authority district and East Sussex county,( 2) 1997-98 to 2006-07( 3)
Deaths (persons)
Winter Eastbourne East Sussex

1997-98

80

260

1998-99

90

410

1999-2000

180

740

2000-01

40

320

2001-02

70

300

2002-03

90

220

2003-04

80

480

2004-05

100

360

2005-06

70

480

2006-07

70

250

(1) The estimated number of excess winter deaths is the difference between the number of deaths during the four winter months (December to March) and the average number of deaths during the preceding four months (August to November) and the following four months (April to July). Figures are rounded to the nearest 10.
(2) Based on boundaries as of 2008.
(3) Figures are based on deaths occurring in each month.

Debts

Mr. Burstow: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how much household debt there was in each (a) parliamentary constituency, (b) county and (c) Government office region in September (i) 2005, (ii) 2006, (iii) 2007 and (iv) 2008. [255852]

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:

Total financial liabilities of the Household and NPISH sector

£ billion

September

2005

1,232

2006

1,372

2007

1,503

2008

1,568

Sources: United Kingdom Economic Accounts, Quarter 3 2008 www.statistics.gov.uk/statbase/Product.asp?vlnk=1904

Departmental Buildings

Greg Clark: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will place in the Library a copy of the (a) display energy certificates and (b) advisory reports
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for public buildings issued in respect of each property occupied by (i) the Cabinet Office and (ii) its agency. [256059]

Mr. Watson: Copies of the display energy certificate and advisory reports have been placed in the Library.

Departmental Foreign Workers

David Simpson: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (1) how many (a) EU foreign nationals and (b) non-EU foreign nationals are employed in No. 10 Downing Street; [256202]

(2) how many (a) EU foreign nationals and (b) non-EU foreign nationals are employed by his Department. [256216]

Mr. Watson: The Prime Minister’s Office is an integral part of the Cabinet Office. Checks on nationality are
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carried out on recruitment to the Cabinet Office. The information requested could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

Departmental ICT

Jenny Willott: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what the initial estimated (a) cost and (b) delivery date was of each ICT project initiated by the Cabinet Office in each year since 1997; what the (i) outturn cost and (ii) completion date was of each such project subsequently completed; which contractors were hired for each project; and how much has been paid to each contractor in respect of each project to date. [251374]

Mr. Watson: The following table lists the major ICT projects that have been undertaken by my Department.

Project Start year Estimated cost (£ million) Estimated delivery date Outturn cost (£ million) Outturn delivery date Main contractor

Flex transformation

2007

3.16

July 2008

Not yet complete

Not yet complete

Fujitsu

HR/Finance/Procurement Shared Services

2007

8.3

May 2009

Not yet complete

Not yet complete

DWP

Government Gateway, Release 2.2

2007

2.53

April 2008

2.53

May 2008

Atos Origin

Government Gateway, Release 2.3

2008

1.2

July 2008

1.2

July 2008

Atos Origin

Government Gateway, business continuity

2007

2.7

April 2008

2.7

April 2008

Atos Origin

Government Gateway Strategic Support

2006

4.3

April 2008

4.3

April 2008

Atos Origin

ISAAC

2005

2.9

June 2007

2.9

July 2007

Hedra

e-RM

2005

3.7

March 2008

3.7

March 2008

Meridio HP Services


On SCOPE, I refer you to the answer given to the hon. Member for Beaconsfield (Mr. Grieve) on 4 November 2008, Official Report, column 360W.

We have only included major projects in our response whose value exceeds £1 million. There are many other smaller lower cost projects, for example, to cover software development, hardware updates, infrastructure changes, but to collect all the requisite data would be at disproportionate cost.

Responsibility for the Government Gateway was transferred to DWP with effect from 1 April 2008.

Prior to 2005, the information requested is not readily available from the Department’s accounting systems. Also payment to individual contractors is not readily available from the Department’s accounting systems. This information is therefore available only at disproportionate cost.

Departmental Impact Assessments

Mr. Philip Hammond: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many equalities impact assessments his Department has undertaken in the last 12 month period for which figures are available; and what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of such assessments. [255080]

Mr. Watson: EIAs are an integral part of the policy making process, not an additional or separate exercise and so the number of EIAs is not available. A cost estimate would be available only at disproportionate cost.

Departmental Manpower

Linda Gilroy: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many people the Cabinet Office employs. [255678]

Mr. Watson: Cabinet office staff numbers are published quarterly and can be found on the Office for National Statistics website here:

The most recent quarterly publication has been placed in the Library.

Departmental Mobile Phones

Mr. Maude: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster with reference to the answer of 14 July 2008, Official Report, column 154W, on departmental telephones, how many Cabinet Office mobile telephones procured for official use through the Vodafone contracts have been replaced due to (a) loss, (b) theft or (c) damage in the last 18 months. [249941]


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Kevin Brennan: The Cabinet Office has recorded that of the mobile phones procured for official use under the Vodafone contracts, 11 have been reported lost, two stolen and 14 damaged during the past 18 months.

Departmental Planning Permission

Mr. Maude: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what planning applications the Cabinet Office has made in the last 18 months. [249906]

Kevin Brennan: I refer the right hon. Member to the answer given by the Parliamentary Secretary to the Cabinet Office to him on 19 June 2008, Official Report, column 1186W.

Departmental Plants

Mr. Hunt: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (1) how much his Department has spent on potted plants in each of the last three years; [254430]

(2) how much the Cabinet Office has spent on flowers in each of the last three years; [254871]

(3) how much has been spent on (a) pot plants and (b) cut flowers for No. 10 Downing Street in each of the last three years. [256171]

Kevin Brennan: The Prime Minister's Office forms an integral part of the Cabinet Office.

I refer the hon. Member to the answers given to the hon. Member for Fareham (Mr. Hoban) by my hon. Friend the then Parliamentary Secretary to the Cabinet Office (Gillian Merron) on 17 October 2007, Official Report, column 1131W and to the answer given by my hon. Friend the Parliamentary Secretary to the Cabinet Office (Mr. Watson) on 11 March 2008, Official Report, column 324W.


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Departmental Procurement

Margaret Moran: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what his Department's (a) procurement and (b) tendering policy is in respect of social enterprises. [255693]

Kevin Brennan: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to her by the then Parliamentary Secretary to the Cabinet Office (Phil Hope) on 4 March 2008, Official Report, columns 2483-84W.


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