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Death: Cancer
Christopher Fraser: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office (1) what the age-standardised mortality rate from prostate cancer was in (a) England, (b) each primary care trust area and (c) each constituency in each year since 1997-98; [317707]
(2) how many deaths from prostate cancer there were in (a) England, (b) each primary care trust area and (c) each constituency in each year since 1997-98. [317708] [Official Report, 15 March 2010, Vol. 507, c. 16-18MC.]
Angela E. Smith: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.
Letter from Stephen Penneck, dated February 2010:
As Director General for the Office for National Statistics, I have been asked to reply to your recent questions asking (1) what the age-standardised mortality rate from prostate cancer was in (a) England, (b) each primary care trust area and (c) each constituency in each year since 1997-98 (317707) and (2) how many deaths from prostate cancer there were in (a) England, (b) each primary care trust area and (c) each constituency in each year since 1997-98. (317708)
The tables attached provide:
(1) The age-standardised mortality rate per 100,000 population, where prostate cancer was the underlying cause of death, for (a) England, for the years 1997 to 2008 (the latest year available) (Table 1), (b) primary care organisations in England, for the years 2001 to 2008 (the only period available) (Table 2), and (c) parliamentary constituencies in England, for the years 2001 to 2007 (the only period available) (Table 3).
(2) The number of deaths where prostate cancer was the underlying cause of death, for (a) England and (b) primary care organisations in England, for the years 1997 to 2008 (the latest year available) (Tables 4 and 5), and (c) parliamentary constituencies in England, for the years 1997-02 and 2003-08 combined (the only periods available) (Table 6).
A copy of Tables 2, 3, 5 and 6 have been placed in the House of Commons Library.
Mortality rates for primary care organisations and parliamentary constituencies can only be calculated for the periods given due to the availability of mid-year population estimates. Numbers of deaths for parliamentary constituencies have not been given for individual years in line with the current ONS policy on protecting confidentiality within birth and death statistics.
| Table 1: Number of deaths where breast cancer was the underlying cause of death, England and Wales, 2008( 1, 2, 3) | |
| Cause of death | Deaths (persons) |
| (1) Cause of death was defined using the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10) code C50. (2) Figures for England and Wales include deaths of non-residents. (3) Figures are for deaths registered in each calendar year. | |
Death: Drugs and Alcoholic Drinks
Chris Grayling: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what information her Department holds for benchmarking purposes on the death rates in respect of (a) drug and (b) alcohol abuse in other EU member states. [315704]
Gillian Merron: I have been asked to reply.
Information on drug abuse and alcohol abuse deaths is collected by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
"Deaths related to drug poisoning in England and Wales, 2008", is the latest available information on drug misuse deaths and was published by ONS in August 2009. A copy has been placed in the Library. It provided drug misuse death data by gender, age group, time and by specific drugs.
On behalf of the four United Kingdom health departments, we provide UK drug-related death information to the European Monitoring Centre on Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA). The EMCDDA receives drug-related death information from all European Union member states and some other European countries and publishes these data annually as a statistical bulletin available from the EMCDDA website:
though there are limitations on the comparability of data from different states.
"Alcohol-related deaths in the United Kingdom 1991-2008", is the latest available information on alcohol-related deaths and was published by ONS in January 2010. A copy has been placed in the Library.
European data on selected alcohol-related causes of death per 100,000 of population are held by the World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe on the European 'health for all' online database:
Although this can be a helpful indicator for ranking countries by alcohol-related mortality, it is important to note that it does not include all known alcohol-related causes of death and is not directly comparable with ONS alcohol-related death data.
Death: Fuel Poverty
Richard Younger-Ross: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what estimate she has made of the number of excess winter deaths of persons aged 65 or over attributable to fuel poverty in January 2010. [316862]
Angela E. Smith: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.
Letter from Stephen Penneck, dated 9 February 2010:
As Director General for the Office for National Statistics, I have been asked to reply to your recent question asking what was the number of excess winter deaths of persons aged 65 or over attributable to fuel poverty in January 2010. (316862)
Estimates of excess winter deaths are based on the difference between the number of deaths during the four winter months (December to March) and the average number of deaths during the preceding four months (August to November) and the following
four months (April to July). Provisional estimated figures for excess winter mortality in the winter period 2009/10 will be published in November 2010.
It is not possible to say from the information collected at death registration whether excess winter deaths are attributable to fuel poverty or any other social or economic circumstances.
Departmental Air Travel
Mr. Harper: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how much the Leader of the House's Office spent on (a) first class and (b) business class flights in the last 12 months. [317270]
Angela E. Smith: Provision of a complete and accurate response would require a full interrogation of the corporate travel contract management information, Government Procurement Card (GPC) records and expenses claims for the period requested. This would therefore incur disproportionate costs.
However, since 1999, the Government have published a list of all overseas travel by Cabinet Ministers costing over £500. Information for the financial year 2008-09 was published on 16 July 2009, Official Report, column 66-70WS. All travel by Ministers is undertaken in accordance with the Ministerial Code.
Departmental Art Works
Mr. Maude: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office which works of art from the Government Art Collection are on display in (a) No. 10 Downing Street and (b) the Prime Minister's personal residence; and which other works of art have been on display at each such location since June 2007. [312285]
Angela E. Smith: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given on 9 June 2008, Official Report, column 94W. A list of the works of art will be deposited in the Libraries of both Houses.
Departmental Consultants
Mr. Harper: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office whether the Leader of the House's Office has had any contracts with external consultants in 2009-10. [317269]
Angela E. Smith: Up until 31 January 2010, the Leader of the House's Office did not have any contracts with external consultants in 2009-10.
Departmental Energy
Andrew Stunell: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what the estimated (a) amount and (b) cost was of energy used in her Department and its agency in each year since 1997; what proportion of the energy used was generated from renewable sources in each of those years; and if she will make a statement. [317231]
Ms Butler: The information requested is in the following table. This information covers the Cabinet Office's central London estate. Information prior to 2005-06 is available only at disproportionate cost.
| Annual consumption (kWh) | Cost of utilities (£) | Percentage of renewable energy | |
Departmental Information Officers
Mr. Hurd: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many staff in (a) her Department, (b) the Charity Commission and (c) the Central Office of Information (i) have the status of embedded communicators and (ii) are members of the Government Communications Network but are not listed in the Central Office of Information White Book. [315166]
Ms Butler: Cabinet Office currently has no staff with the status of embedded communicators.
To provide information on how many members of Cabinet Office staff are members of the GCN but not listed in the White Book could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
I have asked the chief executives of the Charity Commission (b) and the Central Office of Information (c) to write in reply to the hon. Member's question.
Letter from Andrew Hind, dated 3 February 2010:
As the Chief Executive of the Charity Commission, I have been asked to respond to your Parliamentary Question regarding how many of our staff (i) have the status of "embedded communicators" and (ii) are members of the Government Communications Network but are not listed in the Central Office of Information White Book. I will arrange for a copy of this letter to be placed in the Library of the House.
We have no employees with the status of "embedded communicators". There are two Charity Commission employees who are members of the Government Communications Network (GCN) but not listed in the current edition of the White Book. The post of Head of Corporate Affairs is listed in the current edition of the White Book as being filled by someone who is no longer in the role. Therefore the current postholder, a member of the GCN, is not listed by name in the White Book. In addition, our Internal Communications Manager is a member of the GCN but this post is not listed in the White Book.
I hope this is helpful.
Letter from Mark Lund, dated 2 February 2010:
As Chief Executive of the Central Office of Information (COI), I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question [315166] asking how many staff in the Central Office of Information (i) have the status of embedded communicators and (ii) are members of the Government Communications Network but are not listed in the Central Office of Information White Book.
(i) COI has no staff defined as embedded communicators.
(ii) This information is not available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.
Departmental Mass Media
Mr. Maude: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office with reference to the answer of 20 July 2009, Official Report, column 1040W, on departmental publications, if she will place in the Library hard copy print outs of the daily online news service bulletin for the period from 1 January 2010 to date. [312462]
Ms Butler: The Cabinet Office provides a staff intranet which has a main news story that changes frequently. The audience is internal Cabinet Office staff. Personal details of staff appear in these internal news stories on the understanding that they will be used for internal purposes only. Printing copies and placing them in the Libraries of the House, or other 'public' areas, would infringe staff privacy.
Departmental Pay
Mr. Scott: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how much has been paid in bonuses to civil servants in the Office of the Leader of the House in each year since 2003. [306460]
Angela E. Smith: The Office of the Leader of the House of Commons is an integral part of the Cabinet Office.
I refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave on 10 February 2010, Official Report, column 1061W.
Grant Shapps: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many (a) year end and (b) in-year bonuses were paid to officials in the Prime Minister's Office in each of the last three years; and how much was paid in such bonuses in each such year. [307106]
Angela E. Smith: The Prime Minister's Office is an integral part of the Cabinet Office.
I refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave to the hon. Member for Ilford, North (Mr. Scott) on 10 February 2010, Official Report, column 1061W.
Life Expectancy: Salford
Hazel Blears: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what the average life expectancy was for (a) women and (b) men in Salford in (i) 1997 and (ii) 2009. [317395]
Angela E. Smith: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.
As Director General for the Office for National Statistics, I have been asked to reply to your recent question asking what the average life expectancy was for (a) women and (b) men in Salford in (i) 1997 and (ii) 2009. (317395)
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 Salford local authority, for (i) 1996-98 and (ii) 2006-08 (the latest figures available).
| Table 1: Period life expectancy at birth( 1) , Salford local authority( 2) , 1996-98 and 2006-08( 3) | ||
| Years of life | ||
| Males | Females | |
| (1 )Period life expectancy at birth is an estimate of the average number of years a newborn baby would survive if he or she experienced the area's age-specific mortality rates for that time period throughout his or her life. The figure reflects mortality among those living in the area in each time period, rather than mortality among those born in each area. It is not therefore the number of years a baby born in the area in each time period could actually expect to live, both because the death rates of the area are likely to change in the future and because many of those born in the area will live elsewhere for at least some part of their lives. (2) Using boundaries as of 2009 for all the years shown. (3 )Three year rolling averages, based on deaths registered in each year and mid-year population estimates. | ||
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