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| Table 5: Number of deaths where the underlying cause was drug poisoning( 1) , England and Wales( 2) , 1998-2007( 3,4) | ||||||||||
| Deaths | ||||||||||
| Sex/age group | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 |
| (1 )Cause of death was defined using the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision (ICD-9) for 1998-2000, and Tenth Revision (ICD-10) from 2001 onwards. The codes for drug poisoning are shown in Box 1 below. (2) Figures for England and Wales include deaths of non-residents. (3) Figures are for deaths registered in each calendar year. (4) Figures for deaths registered in 2008 are provisional. | ||||||||||
Departmental Electronic Equipment
Jenny Willott: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many (a) photocopiers, (b) scanning devices and (c) fax machines, excluding multi-function devices, there are in (i) her Department and (ii) the Prime Minister's Office; how many there were in each Office in each of the last three years; and if she will make a statement. [286167]
Angela E. Smith: The Cabinet Office, including the Prime Minister's Office, has used the following number of photocopiers and scanners in past three years:
| Photocopiers | Scanners | |
Fax machines are procured by individual management units, and we do not keep records of their numbers centrally. There would be a disproportionate cost involved in collecting the data.
Since 2003, my Department has had a policy of installing multi-user MFDs as the main devices for printing, scanning and photocopying. On 17 July 2008, the Cabinet Office launched the Greening Government ICT Strategy. Its aim is to reduce the environmental impact of the computer systems employed by all Government bodies. One important target is to reduce the overall number of printers, photocopiers and scanners used by an organisation and replace them with multi-function devices (MFDs) where security issues allow.
Departmental Manpower
Jo Swinson: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what percentage of employees in the Leader of the House's Office are (a) women and (b) men; and what the average hourly pay of (i) male employees and (ii) female employees in that Office was in the latest period for which figures are available. [287120]
Angela E. Smith: The staff in the office of the Leader of the House of Commons are part of the Cabinet Office. Information on what percentage of employees in the Cabinet Office are (a) women and (b) men is published on the Office for National Statistics website and can be found here:
The Government's evidence to the senior salaries review body provides analysis of senior civil service pay levels by gender and can be found here:
For staff below the senior civil service there is no statistical difference in average salaries of male employees and female employees in the Cabinet Office in the same pay band.
Information on Cabinet Office pay bands is published on the Cabinet Office website and can be found here:
Departmental Sick Leave
Norman Lamb: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office (1) how many staff in the Cabinet Office were on sick leave for (a) over 30 days, (b) over 50 days and (c) over 100 days in each of the last five years; [256318]
(2) how many staff in the Cabinet Office were recorded as having been on sick leave for over 12 months on 31 December in each of the last five years. [256639]
Angela E. Smith: The Cabinet Office continues to promote health and wellbeing as part of a civil service policy to reduce absence, increase employee engagement, productivity and so improve service delivery.
The number of staff off on sick leave for (a) over 30 days, (b) over 50 days and (c) over 100 days is set out in the following table based on working days:
| 30 to 49 Days | 50 to 99 days | Over 100 days | |
There were fewer than five members of staff off for over 12 months in each of the last five years. The exact number of staff is not reported as to do so may identify individual members of staff.
According to Cabinet Office records the absence rate is 5.1 days per staff year and is one of the lowest absence rates in the civil service.
The Cabinet Office continue to promote health and wellbeing as part of a civil service policy to reduce absence, increase employee engagement, productivity and so improve service delivery.
The number of staff with no sick absence during the 12 month period ending 30 September 2008 has increased by 1 per cent.
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