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Vetting

Mark Pritchard: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if she will hold discussions with the Criminal Records Bureau to seek to improve the speed with which checks are undertaken. [264813]

Mr. Malik: The chief executive of the Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) meets regularly with Home Office Ministers to discuss the performance of the agency. The CRB works closely with all its data sources and stakeholders to deliver a fast and effective disclosure service.

Duchy of Lancaster

Birth Certificates

Paul Rowen: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many birth certificates did not include the name of the child’s father in each of the last five years. [264348]

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 March 2009:

Live births registered solely by the mother, England and Wales, 2003 - 07

Sole registered live births Sole registrations as percentage of all live births

2003

44,875

7.2

2004

45,372

7.1

2005

45,170

7.0

2006

45,455

6.8

2007

45,701

6.6

Source:
FM1 Birth Statistics no.36, tables 1.1a and 3.9

Cancer: Barnsley

Jeff Ennis: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many people in (a) Barnsley and (b) Doncaster have been diagnosed with lung cancer in each of the last 10 years. [264545]


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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 March 2009:

Table 1: Registrations of newly diagnosed cases of lung cancer( 1) , persons: Barnsley and Doncaster local authorities, 1997 to 2006

Barnsley Doncaster

1997

196

232

1998

208

241

1999

171

236

2000

205

264

2001

183

233

2002

169

270

2003

184

256

2004

178

244

2005

189

256

2006

188

267

(1 )Lung cancer is coded to C34 in the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10).
Source:
Office for National Statistics

Jeff Ennis: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many people in (a) Barnsley and (b) Doncaster have been diagnosed with breast cancer in each of the last 10 years. [264546]

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 March 2009:

Table 1: Registrations of newly diagnosed cases of breast cancer( 1) , persons: Barnsley and Doncaster local authorities, 1997 to 2006

Barnsley Doncaster

1997

135

193

1998

142

176

1999

160

250

2000

140

225

2001

162

202

2002

149

196

2003

168

202

2004

190

223

2005

204

221

2006

174

228

(1) Breast cancer is coded to C50 in the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10).
Source:
Office for National Statistics.

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Children

Mr. Gray: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many families there were with (a) one, (b) two, (c) three and (d) four or more dependent children in each of the last 10 years. [264170]

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 March 2009:


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Table 1: Number of families with dependent children in the UK
Thousand
Number of dependent children in family

One Two Three Four or more Total

1997

3,071

2,947

986

319

7,323

1998

3,102

2,976

966

317

7,361

1999

3,135

3,001

932

322

7,389

2000

3,063

2,992

986

303

7,344

2001

3,143

3,003

919

308

7,374

2002

3,170

2,991

927

293

7,381

2003

3,130

3,018

904

298

7,349

2004

3,213

3,031

886

276

7,405

2005

3,378

2,932

883

266

7,458

2006

3,346

2,961

877

272

7,456

2007

3,382

2,941

874

271

7,468

2008

3,432

2,911

878

266

7,488

Source:
Labour force survey household data, April to June quarters, not seasonally adjusted.

Colorectal Cancer

Mr. Jenkins: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many residents of (a) Tamworth, (b) Staffordshire and (c) England were diagnosed with bowel cancer in each of the last 10 years. [264528]

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 March 2009:

Table 1. Registrations of newly diagnosed cases of bowel cancer( 1) , persons: Tamworth local authority, Staffordshire county, and England, 1997 to 2006

1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006

Tamworth

25

39

30

31

35

25

26

30

45

35

Staffordshire

450

537

501

497

472

479

531

518

544

510

England

28,112

28,750

29,058

28,951

28,216

28,218

28,496

29,430

29,945

30,046

(1) Bowel cancer is coded to C18-C20 in the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10).
Source:
Office for National Statistics

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