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Mr. Khan: Maintenance of the local highway network is a matter for local highway authorities; this includes the provision of regular winter service and response to other weather events. The Department for Transport has not recently reviewed authorities' plans in these areas.
Last month, Departmental officials wrote to the chief executive of each local authority in England, encouraging them to consider whether their winter service strategies are up to date.
Through its endorsement of 'Well-maintained Highways', the UK Roads Liaison Group's code of practice for highways maintenance management, the Department encourages local highway authorities to develop winter service strategies. The code of practice also provides guidance on responding to weather emergencies.
Thameslink Railway Line: Rolling Stock
Glenda Jackson: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport when he will announce the successful bidder for the Thameslink rolling stock order. [310926]
Chris Mole: I refer my hon. Friend to my answer of 11 January 2010, Official Report, column 672W.
Transport: Schools
Chris Ruane: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport how many and what proportion of children travelled to school by (a) walking or cycling, (b) private motor vehicle and (c) public transport in each of the last three years. [311870]
Mr. Khan: Estimates from the National Travel Survey on the mode share of education trips made by children aged five to 15 are given in the following table.
| Trips made for the purpose of education by children aged five to 15 years in Great Britain, by main transport mode, 2006-08 | |||
| Percentage | |||
| Main transport mode | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 |
| (1) Public transport includes dedicated school buses operated under private-hire or contract arrangements, as well as buses in general public service. | |||
School travel is the subject of local government national indicator 198. This indicator is measured locally through data from the annual School Census and other locally-collected data, but school travel data from these sources have not been published at national level.
Cabinet Office
Cancer: Salford
Hazel Blears: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what the cancer mortality rate was in Salford (a) in 1997 and (b) at the latest date for which figures are available. [311669]
Angela E. Smith: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.
Letter from Dennis Roberts, dated January 2010:
The Director General for the Office for National Statistics has been asked to reply to your recent question asking what the cancer mortality rate was in Salford (a) in 1997 and (b) at the latest date for which figures are available. I am replying in his absence. (311669)
The table attached provides the age-standardised mortality rate, where cancer was the underlying cause of death, for Salford local authority, in (a) 1997 and (b) 2008 (the latest year available).
| Table 1. Age-standardised mortality rate per 100,000 population,( 1,2) where cancer was the underlying cause of death,( 3) Salford local authority( 4) ,1997 and 2008( 5) | ||
| Rate per 100,000 population | ||
| Rate | 95 per cent. confidence interval | |
| (1) Age-standardised mortality rates per 100,000 population, standardised to the European Standard Population. Age-standardised rates are used to allow comparison between populations which may contain different proportions of people of different ages. (2) Confidence intervals are a measure of the statistical precision of an estimate and show the range of uncertainty around the estimated figure. Calculations based on small numbers of events are often subject to random fluctuations. As a general rule, if the confidence interval around one figure overlaps with the interval around another, we cannot say with certainty that there is more than a chance difference between the two figures. (3) Cause of death for cancer was defined using the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision (ICD-9) codes 140-208 for 1997 and Tenth Revision (ICD-10) codes C00-C97 for 2008. (4) Based on boundaries as of 2009. (5) Figures are for deaths registered in each calendar year. | ||
Central Office of Information: Finance
Grant Shapps: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how much the Central Office of Information received from each Government department in (a) 2006-07, (b) 2007-08, (c) 2008-09 and (d) 2009-10 to date. [309831]
Tessa Jowell: I have asked the chief executive of the Central Office of Information to reply to the hon. Member.
Letter from Mark Lund, dated 7 January 2010:
As Chief Executive of the Central Office of Information (COI), I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question on COI departmental Income (309831).
This information could only be made available at disproportionate cost.
Death: Homelessness
Sarah Teather: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many deaths of people of no fixed abode have been recorded in (a) the last 31 days and (b) the corresponding period in (i) 2007-08 and (ii) 2008-09. [311924]
Angela E. Smith: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.
Letter from Dennis Roberts, dated January 2010:
The Director General for the Office for National Statistics has been asked to reply to your recent question asking how many deaths of people of no fixed abode have been recorded in (a) the last 31 days and (b) the corresponding period in (i) 2007-08 and (ii) 2008-09. I am replying in his absence. (311924)
Deaths of people with no fixed abode occurring in (a) the last 31 days (15 December 2009 to 15 January 2010) are not yet available.
The Office for National Statistics collects information on deaths in England and Wales as they are registered. Deaths of people with no fixed abode will generally be registered by a coroner rather than a medical practitioner, since all deaths that may be due to self neglect must be referred to a coroner.
The number of deaths of people with no fixed abode occurring (b) (i) between 15 December 2007 and the 15 January 2008, was 8, and (ii) between 15 December 2008 and 15 January 2009 was 11. All of these deaths were referred to a coroner and were therefore not registered until the coroner had completed their investigations, which was approximately 3 to 6 months after the death occurred.
Deaths: Circulatory Disease and Cancer
Chris Ruane: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what the mortality rate for people under 75 years old in (a) England and (b) Wales with (i) circulatory disease and (ii) cancer was in each of the last three years for which figures are available. [311724]
Angela E. Smith: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.
Letter from Dennis Roberts, dated January 2010:
The Director General for the Office for National Statistics has been asked to reply to your recent question asking what the mortality rate for people under 75 years old in (a) England and (b) Wales with (i) circulatory disease and (ii) cancer was in each of the last three years for which figures are available. I am replying in his absence. (311724)
The tables attached provide the age-standardised mortality rates for persons aged under 75 years, where (i) circulatory disease was the underlying cause of death (Table. 1) and (ii) cancer was the underlying cause of death (Table 2), for (a) England and (b) Wales, for 2006 to 2008 (the latest year available).
| Table 1: Age-standardised mortality rate per 100,000 population( 1, 2) , where circulatory disease was the underlying cause of death( 3) , persons aged under 75 years, England, and Wales, 2006 and 2008( 4) | ||||
| Rate per 100,000 population | ||||
| England | Wales | |||
| Rate | 95 per cent. confidence interval | Rate | 95 per cent. confidence interval | |
| (1) Age-standardised mortality rates per 100,000 population, standardised to the European Standard Population. Age-standardised rates are used to allow comparison between populations which may contain different proportions of people of different ages. (2) Confidence intervals are a measure of the statistical precision of an estimate and show the range of uncertainty around the estimated figure. Calculations based on small numbers of events are often subject to random fluctuations. As a general rule, if the confidence interval around one figure overlaps with the interval around another, we cannot say with certainty that there is more than a chance difference between the two figures. (3) Cause of death for circulatory disease was defined using the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10) codes 100-199. (4) Figures are for deaths registered in each calendar year. | ||||
| Table 2: Age-standardised mortality rate per 100,000 population( 1, 2) , where cancer was the underlying cause of death( 3) , persons age under 75 years, England, and Wales, 2006 and 2008( 4) | ||||
| Rate per 100,000 population | ||||
| England | Wales | |||
| Rate | 95 per cent. confidence interval | Rate | 95 per cent. confidence interval | |
| (1) Age-standardised mortality rates per 100,000 population, standardised to the European Standard Population. Age-standardised rates are used to allow comparison between populations which may contain different proportions of people of different ages. (2) Confidence intervals are a measure of the statistical precision of an estimate and show the range of uncertainly around the estimated figure. Calculations based on small numbers of events are often subject to random fluctuations. As a general rule, if the confidence interval around one figure overlaps with the interval around another, we cannot say with certainty that there is more than a chance difference between the two figures. (3) Cause of death for cancer was defined using the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10) codes C00-C97. (4 )Figures are for deaths registered in each calendar year. | ||||
Deaths: Mentally Ill
Chris Ruane: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what the mortality rate for people with severe mental illness was in each of the last three years. [311725]
Angela E. Smith: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.
Letter from Dennis Roberts, dated January 2010:
The Director General for the Office for National Statistics has been asked to reply to your recent question asking what the mortality rate for people with severe mental illness was in each of the last three years. I am replying in his absence. (311725)
The mortality rate of people with severe mental illness cannot be calculated from information collected at death registration. Mental illness is rarely recorded as a cause of death. Internationally accepted guidance from the World Health Organisation requires only those conditions that contributed directly to death to be recorded on the death certificate. Medical practitioners and coroners are not supposed to record all of the diseases or conditions present at or before death, and whether a condition contributed is a matter for their clinical judgement.
Departmental Billing
John Mason: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what proportion of invoices from suppliers her Department paid within 10 days of receipt in December 2009. [311199]
Angela E. Smith: In December 2009, 94 per cent. of all compliant invoices were paid within 10 days of receipt.
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