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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

Males

Under 21

157

154

120

126

125

102

73

65

71

62

21-30

680

670

611

650

598

473

455

447

425

467

31-40

551

661

671

690

636

613

665

665

601

683

41-50

342

333

371

352

302

309

313

360

381

393

51-60

116

144

147

163

141

120

194

191

168

181

61+

139

174

138

162

139

124

156

159

136

128

Females

Under 21

75

74

59

58

55

49

53

56

35

21

21-30

178

185

148

162

158

137

146

115

117

96

31-40

228

191

190

205

172

192

184

198

161

165

41-50

166

180

165

184

183

182

195

218

159

176

51-60

117

125

116

118

115

127

122

127

132

113

61+

227

219

196

223

206

195

231

161

184

155

(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.

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Box 1. International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision (ICD-9) and Tenth Revision (ICD-10) codes used to define drug-related poisoning deaths by underlying cause
Description ICD-9 ICD-10

Mental and behavioural disorders due to drug use (excluding alcohol and tobacco)

292, 304, 305.2-305.9

F11-F16, F18-F19

Accidental poisoning by drugs, medicaments and biological substances

E850-E858

X40-X44

Intentional self-poisoning by drugs, medicaments and biological substances

E950.0-E950.5

X60-X64

Assault by drugs, medicaments and biological substances

E962.0

X85

Poisoning by drugs, medicaments and biological substances, undetermined intent

E980.0-E980.5

Y10-Y14


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

May 2009

19

16

May 2008

19

19

May 2007

19

21


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]


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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

2004

26

26

12

2005

30

23

17

2006

17

16

7

2007

29

19

9

2008

19

16

8


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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