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7 July 2009 : Column 674W—continued
| Box 1. Alcohol-related causes of death—International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision (ICD-9) | |
| Cause of death | ICD-9 code(s) |
| Box 2. Alcohol-related causes of death— International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10) | |
| Cause of death | ICD-10 code(s) |
Cannabis: Death
Mrs. Curtis-Thomas: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many cannabis-related deaths there were in (a) Crosby constituency and (b) Merseyside in the last 12 months. [284945]
Angela E. Smith: 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 2009:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent question asking how many cannabis-related deaths there were in (a) Crosby constituency and (b) Merseyside in the last 12 months. (284945)
There were no deaths where the underlying cause was drug poisoning(1) and cannabis was mentioned alone or with other substances on the death certificate in (a) Crosby constituency,( 2) in 2007(3) (the latest year available).
There were no deaths where the underlying cause was drug poisoning(1) and cannabis alone was mentioned on the death certificate, and two deaths where the underlying cause was drug poisoning(1) and cannabis was mentioned together with other substances on the death certificate in (b) Merseyside metropolitan county,(2) in 2007(3) (the latest year available).
(1) Cause of death was defined using the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD- 10). Deaths were included where the underlying cause was due to drug poisoning (shown in the box below), and where cannabis was mentioned on the death certificate.
(2 )Based on boundaries as of 2009.
(3 )Figures are for deaths registered in 2007.
Charity Commission: Information
Mrs. Laing: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many requests for communications data were made by the Charity Commission to communication service providers (CSPs) under the Charities Act 1993 in (a) 2000, (b) 2001, (c) 2002, (d) 2003, (e) 2004, (f) 2005, (g) 2006, (h) 2007 and (i) 2008; and how many of these requests resulted in the requested communications data being disclosed by the relevant CSP. [284873]
Angela E. Smith: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the Charity Commission. I have asked the Commission to reply.
Letter from Andrew Hind, dated July 2009:
As the Chief Executive of the Charity Commission, I have been asked to respond to your written Parliamentary Question on requests for communications data made by the Charity Commission to communication service providers under the Charities Act 1993.
Section 9 of the Charities Act (1993) provides the Charity Commission with the power to require anyone who has information which is relevant to the discharge of any of the Commission’s functions to provide us with that information. This power extends to relevant documents. The Charity Commission also has a specific power, when we are conducting an inquiry, to require the production of accounts, statements in writing, written answers to questions, and copy documents from anyone who is able to provide them (section 8 of the Charities Act).
To date the Commission has not kept statistics on the use of these powers to obtain communications data from communication service providers. However, since the enactment of the Regulation of Investigative Powers Act (RIPA) in 2000, it has been the general practice for regulators, such as the Charity Commission, and communications service providers to exchange information under RIPA requirements. Since 2000, the Charity Commission has used the RIPA to obtain communications data eight times:
(a) 2000 nil
(b) 2001 nil
(c) 2002 nil
(d) 2003 nil
(e) 2004 2 times
(f) 2005 3 times
(g) 2006 nil
(h) 2007 3 times
(i) 2008 nil
On all of these occasions the requests for communications data was acceded to by the service provider.
In all cases the information obtained was used to progress our statutory investigations. We only use these powers when absolutely necessary and in the most serious of cases. Their use is always authorised at a senior level within the Commission.
I hope this is helpful. A senior member of the Commission’s Compliance team would be very happy to discuss this aspect of our work with you if that would be useful.
Children
Mark Fisher: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what the latest estimate is of the number of children in a household in which no adult is in work in (a) the UK and (b) Stoke-on-Trent. [283099]
Angela E. Smith: 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 2009:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question on what the latest estimate is of the number of children in a household in which no adults work in a) the UK and b) Stoke-on-Trent. (283099)
Information at local authority level comes from the Annual Population Survey (APS) household dataset. Estimates for January to December 2007 are shown in the attached table. Information for the UK is also provided from the same dataset for consistency purposes.
Figures for children in households are based on children aged under 16 years old living in working age households. A working-age household is a household that includes at least one person of working-age, that is a woman aged 16 to 59 or a man aged 16 to 64.
As with any sample survey, estimates from the APS are subject to a margin of uncertainty as different samples give different results. A guide to the quality of the estimates is included in the table.
| Number of children( 1) in workless( 2) households in Stoke-on-Trent and United Kingdom, January to December 2007 | |||
| Thousands | |||
| Estimate | Lower bound( 3) | Upper bound( 3) | |
| (1 )Children under 16. (2 )Workless household is a working-age household where no one aged 16 or over is working. (3 )95 per cent. confidence interval which means that from all samples possible there would be 95 per cent. certainty that the true estimate would lie within the lower and upper bounds. Source: Annual Population Survey Household data sets. | |||
Civil Servants: Pensions
Mr. Maude: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office pursuant to the Answer of 3 March 2009, Official Report, columns 1446-47W, on civil servants: pensions, (1) if she will place in the Library a copy of the Hewitt Associates advice on withdrawal from with-profit funds; [270175]
(2) if she will place in the Library a copy of the letter sent by the Cabinet Office to members of the Civil Service Additional Voluntary Contribution Scheme; and what alternative funds are proposed in place of with-profits funds; [270176]
(3) for what reasons the Civil Service Additional Voluntary Contribution Scheme is withdrawing from with-profits funds. [270177]
Angela E. Smith: Copies of the letters sent, in November 2007, to civil servants investing in the with-profits funds offered, as part of the Civil Service Additional Voluntary Contribution Scheme by (a) Scottish Widows and (b) Standard Life, have been placed in the Library of the House. These incorporate advice from Hewitt Associates Financial Services Limited.
Death: Cannabis
Mike Penning: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many cannabis-related deaths there were in (a) Hemel Hempstead constituency, (b) Dacorum and (c) Hertfordshire in the last 12 months. [285135]
Angela E. Smith: 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 2009:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent question asking how many cannabis-related deaths there were in (a) Hemel Hempstead constituency, (b) Dacorum and (c) Hertfordshire in the last 12 months (285135).
There were no deaths where the underlying cause was drug poisoning(1) and cannabis was mentioned on the death certificate, in (a) Hemel Hempstead constituency, (b) Dacorum local authority district or (c) Hertfordshire county, registered in 2007(2) (the latest year available).
(1) Cause of death was defined using the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10). Deaths were included where the underlying cause was due to drug poisoning (shown in the box below), and where cannabis was mentioned on die death certificate.
(2) Based on boundaries as of 2009.
Life Expectancy
Mike Penning: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what estimate she has made of the life expectancy of (a) women and (b) men in England in each of the last 10 years. [284747]
Angela E. Smith: 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 2009 :
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent question asking what estimate has been made of the life expectancy of (a) women and (b) men in England in each of the last 10 years. (284747)
Life expectancy figures are calculated as three year rolling averages. The table below provides the period life expectancy at birth for (a) women and (b) men in England, for 1996-98 to 2005-07 (the latest figures available).
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