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Table 2: Number of deaths where oesophageal cancer( 1) was the underlying cause of death, by Government Office region and Norwich North parliamentary constituency( 2) ,1997-2008( 3)
Government Office Region 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008

North East

299

327

280

310

297

322

318

319

331

324

312

324

North West

892

910

943

928

965

933

936

931

990

990

933

972

Yorkshire and the Humber

532

530

606

558

578

566

595

618

674

600

608

590

East Midlands

481

487

478

520

517

563

524

504

543

570

540

604

West Midlands

670

637

636

626

630

710

694

661

713

701

754

731

East of England

591

584

583

565

596

646

616

633

636

651

635

678

London

570

582

584

557

584

536

639

523

535

534

543

544

South East

837

848

882

926

887

959

962

978

962

956

922

953

South West

572

632

675

683

637

679

712

727

677

740

706

735

Parliamentary Constituency

Norwich North

8

10

10

12

8

15

15

12

10

17

10

13

(1) Cause of death for cancer was defined using the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision (ICD-9) codes 140-208 for the years 1997 to 2000, and the Tenth Revision (ICD-10) codes C0O-C97 for the years 2001-2008. The introduction of ICD-10 in 2001 means that the numbers of deaths from this cause before 2001 are not completely comparable with later years.
(2) Based on boundaries as of 2009
(3) Figures are for deaths registered in each calendar year

Departmental Buildings

Mr. Maude: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office with reference to the answer to the hon. Member for North-East Hertfordshire (Mr. Heald) of 26 February 2007, Official Report, column 1000W, on Project George, (a) how much has been spent and (b) what works have been completed in respect of Project George to date. [299243]

Angela E. Smith: It has not proved possible to respond to the right hon. Gentleman in the time available before Prorogation.

Departmental Data Protection

Mrs. Laing: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office whether her Department's information assurance procedures have been subject to an independent audit. [299334]


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Tessa Jowell: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.

Departmental Email

Mr. Maude: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar of 15 May 2009, Official Report, column 1047W, on "10 Downing Street: e-mail" whether the pilot scheme allowing web-based e-mail accounts to be used on Cabinet Office systems has commenced; what additional charges are introduced by the pilot system; and which users will be authorised to use web-based accounts. [299244]

Angela E. Smith: The new corporate IT system for the Cabinet Office has commenced its pilot. An integral part of the system is a more secure connection to the internet. With this increased security we can allow staff to have access to personal, web-based e-mail. There are restrictions in place to protect Cabinet Office data, including limitations on uploading or downloading between the Cabinet Office network and the internet. No specific charges attach to the use of web-based email.

Departmental Freedom of Information

Mrs. Laing: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many staff in the office of the Minister for the Olympics were employed on the management of freedom of information requests submitted to her Department in each year since 2005; and how much that office spent on the management of such requests in each such year. [299126]

Tessa Jowell: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.

Mrs. Laing: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many staff in the Prime Minister's office were employed on the management of freedom of information requests submitted to her Department in each year since 2005; and how much that office spent on the management of such requests in each such year. [299127]

Tessa Jowell: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.

Mrs. Laing: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many staff in her Department were employed on the management of freedom of information requests submitted to her Department in each year since 2005; and how much her Department spent on the management of such requests in each such year. [299135]

Tessa Jowell: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.

Departmental ICT

Mr. Maude: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office with reference to the answer to my hon. Friend the Member for North-East Hertfordshire of 28 November 2006, Official Report, column 652W, on the Heavy Hitter Programme, what the cost of the Heavy Hitter Programme Delivery Director Service has been
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to date; which IT projects each consultant worked on; and what payments have been made to each consultant for work undertaken in connection with the Heavy Hitter Programme. [299259]

Angela E. Smith: It has not proved possible to respond to the right hon. Gentleman in the time available before Prorogation.

Mr. Maude: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office whether her Department plans to undertake legal action to recover losses from the SCOPE IT project. [299408]

Tessa Jowell: It has not proved possible to respond to the right hon. Gentleman in the time available before Prorogation.

Mr. Maude: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what the cost of the SCOPE IT project to the public purse has been; how much has been paid to IBM under the project; and how much is planned to be spent on the replacement for SCOPE. [299409]

Tessa Jowell: It has not proved possible to respond to the right hon. Gentleman in the time available before Prorogation.

Departmental Land

Mr. Maude: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office in which of the Duchy of Lancaster's landholding's allotments have been (a) sold, (b) otherwise disposed and (c) developed over in the last 36 months. [299402]

Tessa Jowell: The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster has informed me that the Duchy has not sold, otherwise disposed or developed any of its allotment holdings. To the contrary, the Duchy is in discussion with a local rural parish council in relation to providing land for allotments in Northamptonshire and to incorporating allotment land within a rural affordable housing scheme currently being designed by the Duke of Lancaster Housing Trust in Lancashire.

Mr. Maude: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what steps the Duchy of Lancaster is taking in response to the September 2009 ruling of the Advertising Standards Authority against the Duchy. [299404]

Tessa Jowell: The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster has noted the decision and the Duchy will not be using the brochure again in its current form. Consultation has continued with the local community, both those for and against the proposal, and further detailed design work is being undertaken for discussion with the local authority and community in due course.

Departmental Non-Departmental Public Bodies

Mr. Maude: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office (1) how much her Department has spent on advisory non-departmental public bodies in each year since 1996-97; [299459]

(2) how much her Department has spent on executive non-departmental public bodies in 2008-09. [299460]


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Tessa Jowell: It has not proved possible to respond to the right hon. Gentleman in the time available before Prorogation.

Departmental Official Cars

Mr. Heald: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what the cost of provision of Government cars to special advisers in her Department was in the last 12 months. [299598]

Tessa Jowell: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.

Departmental Postal Services

Mr. Graham Stuart: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office with which providers (a) her Department and (b) its agency had contracts to provide postal services in (i) 2007, (ii) 2008, (iii) between 1 January 2009 and 1 July 2009 and (iv) since 1 July 2009. [299432]

Angela E. Smith: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation


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