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Deaths: Diabetes
Mr. Amess: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many deaths (a) in Southend, (b) in Essex and (c) nationally were attributed to diabetes in each of the last five years. [323115]
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 March 2010:
As Director General for the Office for National Statistics, I have been asked to reply to your recent question asking how many deaths (a) in Southend, (b) in Essex and (c) nationally were attributed to diabetes in each of the last five years. (323115)
The table attached provides the number of deaths where diabetes was the underlying cause of death in (a) Southend-on-Sea unitary authority, (b) Essex county and (c) England and Wales, for the years 2004 to 2008 (the latest year available).
Figures for Essex county do not include deaths in Southend-on-Sea and Thurrock unitary authorities, which were part of the former County of Essex.
| Table 1: Number of deaths where diabetes was the underlying cause of death, Southend-on-Sea unitary authority, Essex county, and England and Wales, 2004-08( 1,)( )( 2,)( )( 3,)( )( 4) | |||||
| Deaths (persons) | |||||
| Area | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 |
| (1) Cause of death was defined using the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10) codes E10-E14 (Diabetes mellitus). (2) Based on boundaries as of 2010. (3) Figures for England and Wales include deaths of non-residents. (4) Figures are for deaths registered in each calendar year. | |||||
Departmental Computer Software
Mr. Hurd: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office pursuant to the answer to the right hon. Member for Horsham of 24 February 2010, Official Report, column 604W, on departmental computer software, whether the Cabinet Office's IT department permits or facilitates the installation of (a) Firefox, (b) Chrome and (c) Opera on departmental computers for the use of civil servants in her Department and in 10 Downing Street; and what version of Internet Explorer is installed on the computers in 10 Downing Street. [322917]
Mr. Stewart Jackson: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office pursuant to the ministerial correction of 1 March 2010, Official Report, column 12MC, on departmental computer software, whether (a) Firefox and (b) Opera website browsers are permitted to be installed on her Department's computers. [323571]
Angela E. Smith: On specific computers the Cabinet Office allows the use of various browsers where there is a requirement for their use.
Cabinet Office's corporate IT services include internet explorer as a standard feature. Versions are updated to ensure that we have supported software and achieve value for money.
Emigration
Mr. Hurd: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what methodology the Office for National Statistics uses to estimate the number of people who permanently leave the UK. [322888]
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 March 2010:
As Director General for the Office for National Statistics, I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question regarding what methodology the Office for National Statistics uses to estimate the number of people who permanently leave the UK. (322888)
The Office for National Statistics estimates long-term international emigration based mainly on data from the International Passenger Survey (IPS). Other data sources are used to make adjustments for asylum seekers and their dependants not counted by the IPS, people who change their intentions and, therefore, their migratory status and people who emigrate from Northern Ireland.
The methodology is described in detail at:
These estimates relate to those who intend to leave the UK for at least a year, including those who leave permanently. They are based on people's intentions at the time they leave the UK. Within this we are able to identify the number of people who say they intend to leave for longer than four years, but not those who intend to leave permanently.
The cross-government Migration Statistics Improvement Programme is improving the sources and methods used to produce the international migration estimates. Following extensive research and a large scale engagement programme with users, it has delivered improvements in the accuracy of migration statistics from the International Passenger Survey.
Employment
Mr. Hurd: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Horsham of 25 February 2010, Official Report, column 699W, on employment, how many (a) public and (b) private sector employees there were in each constituency in the (i) equivalent period in 1996-97 and (ii) latest period for which figures are available. [322883]
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 March 2010:
As Director General for the Office for National Statistics, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question asking how many (a) public and (b) private sector employees there were in each constituency in the (i) equivalent period in 1996-97 and (ii) latest period for which figures are available. (322883)
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) compiles employment statistics for local areas from the Annual Population Survey (APS) and its predecessor the Annual Labour Force Survey (LFS) following International Labour Organisation (ILO) definitions.
Individuals are classified to the public or private sector according to their responses to the APS. Consequently, the classification of an individual's sector may differ from how they would be classified in the National Accounts.
Estimates on the number of people in employment in the public and private sector are not available for the 1996-97 period from the Annual LFS. Estimates of employment for the latest available period have been provided as part of the answer in the Official Report, column 699W.
National and local area estimates for many labour market statistics, including employment, unemployment and claimant count are available on the NOMIS website at
Government Departments: ICT
Mr. Hurd: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many (a) individuals and (b) organisations have responded to the consultation on the UK Government ICT Strategy. [322884]
Angela E. Smith: 17 individuals have responded to the UK Government ICT Strategy on the website Write to Reply. Government have also received comments from a range of other organisations including suppliers, trade associations and other interested parties.
These are responses directly to the Office of the Government Chief Information Officer and do not include responses that individual Government Departments or public bodies may have received.
Government Departments: Publications
Mr. Stewart Jackson: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office if she will place in the Library a copy of the guidance issued by the National Statistician to Government Departments on the publication of statistics during the 2010 general election campaign. [323445]
Tessa Jowell: On the announcement of a general election, the Cabinet Office issues guidance on the handling of departmental business during the pre-election period, including guidance on statistical activities agreed with the National Statistician. The 2005 general election guidance is in the Libraries of both Houses, and can be found on the Cabinet Office website:
Insolvency
Justine Greening: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many businesses in each industry region in each sector went into (a) compulsory liquidation, (b) creditors' voluntary liquidation, (c) administration and (d) receivership in each year from 2004 to 2009. [323820]
Ian Lucas: I have been asked to reply.
Official statistics for corporate insolvencies by region are not currently available.
The following tables show figures for 2008 and 2009 for compulsory liquidations, creditors' voluntary liquidations (CVLs), receiverships and administrations broken down by Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) 2003 sectors, for England and Wales.
Earlier, complete years' figures broken down by industry are not available on the same basis, but are available for part of the period requested broken down according to the Insolvency Trade Classification (ITC) on the Insolvency Service's website:
Whole year figures are not available for 2006 or 2007 because of the transition between ITC and SIC2003.
| Table 1: Compulsory liquidations by industry( 1, 3) | |||
| Section | 2008 | 2009( 4) | |
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Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles, motor cycles and personal and household goods | |||
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Public administration and defence; compulsory social security | |||
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Private households employing staff and undifferentiated production activities of households for own use | |||
| (1) The Standard Industrial Classification (SIC 2003) definitions can be found at http://www.statistics.gov.uk/methods_quality/sic/downloads/UK_SIC_Vol1(2003).pdf (2) Unknown SIC. (3) Totals for compulsory liquidations here are not the same as the headline figures. This is because the industrial breakdown has been compiled from a specially selected extract from the live database, whereas the headline figures are produced monthly using a different reporting system. (4) Figures for compulsory liquidations by industry are supplied a quarter in arrears. Hence the figure for 2009 only includes data for January-September 2009. | |||
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