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Deaths: Cancer

Mr Wallace: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many deaths attributable to cancer there have been in each age group in Wyre and Preston North constituency in each year since 1999. [1799]

Mr Maude: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.

Letter from Stephen Penneck, dated June 2010:


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Table 1. Number of deaths where cancer was the underlying cause of death( 1,2) , by age group, in Wyre and Preston North constituency( 3) ,1999 to 2009( 4)
Deaths (persons)
Year <45 45-49 50-54 55-59 60-64 65-69 70-74 75-79 80-84 85+ All ages

1999

5

2

15

16

12

23

44

52

39

43

251

2000

3

3

8

10

22

37

31

39

37

48

238

2001

7

5

6

11

18

34

51

44

42

32

250

2002

7

5

3

16

17

31

40

41

41

54

255

2003

6

7

2

14

15

29

40

45

44

47

249

2004

4

5

6

17

25

26

38

49

43

40

253

2005

4

3

7

13

26

30

43

37

51

44

258

2006

4

6

9

22

12

27

46

36

61

50

273

2007

4

6

10

15

19

22

51

54

50

49

280

2008

3

6

7

13

28

34

59

55

46

60

311

2009

5

2

6

12

17

22

42

49

46

57

258

(1) Cause of death for cancer was defined using the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision (ICD- 9) codes 140-208 for the years 1999 to 2000 and Tenth Revision (ICD-10) codes C0O-C97 from 2001. The introduction of ICD-10 in 2001 means that the numbers of deaths from cancer before 2001 are not completely comparable with later years.
(2) Cause of death for 2009 is provisional.
(3) Based on boundaries as of May 2010.
(4) Figures are for deaths registered in each calendar year.

Deaths: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Greg Mulholland: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office for how many deaths the primary cause of death was recorded as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in each of the last five years. [2144]

Mr Maude: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.

Letter from Stephen Penneck, dated June 2010:

Number of deaths where chronic obstructive pulmonary disease( 1) was the underlying cause, England and Wales,( 2) 2005-09( 3,4)
Deaths (persons)

2005

24,179

2006

23,319

2007

23,727

2008

24,816

2009

23,318

(1) Cause of death was defined using the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10) codes J40-J44.
(2) Figures for England and Wales include deaths of non-residents.
(3) Figures are for deaths registered in each calendar year.
(4) Deaths registered in 2009 are provisional.

Departmental Manpower

Chris Bryant: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many full-time equivalent staff of each grade are employed in his Department. [2116]

Mr Maude: There is an established practice whereby information concerning how many full-time equivalent officials are employed at each grade in Cabinet Office is published on the Office for National Statistics website:

A copy of the most recent table (No. 20) has been placed in the Libraries of the House.

Departmental Mobile Phones

Mr Watson: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office which Ministers in his Department have been issued with (a) a Blackberry, (b) an iPhone, (c) another make of mobile telephone and (d) a personal digital assistant supplied by the Department. [1418]

Mr Maude: The Cabinet Office have issued Blackberry devices to myself, the Deputy Prime Minister and the Minister for Political and Constitutional Reform. No iPhone, other mobile phone or personal digital assistants have been issued to any Ministers in the Cabinet Office.

Departmental Official Hospitality

John Mann: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what budget has been allocated for entertainment, including alcohol, for the (a) Prime Minister's Office, (b) Office of the Leader of the House and (c) Cabinet Office in each of the next three years. [1317]

Mr Maude: Cabinet Office budgets for the next three financial years (i.e. 2011-12, 2012-13 and 2013-14) will only be determined following the comprehensive spending review commencing autumn 2010.

Any Cabinet Office expenditure on entertainment, including alcohol is made in accordance with published departmental guidance on financial procedures and propriety, based on principles set out in "Managing Public Money" and the Treasury handbook on "Regularity & Propriety".

Foreign Investment in UK: Pakistan

Andrew Stephenson: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what estimate he has made of the level of foreign direct investment in the UK from Pakistani investors in each of the last five years. [1116]

Mr Maude: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.

Letter from Stephen Penneck:


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Net foreign direct investment in the UK by Pakistan, United Kingdom, 2004-08
£ million
Investment flows Investment position (level)( 1)

2004

(2)-

(2)-

2005

9

72

2006

9

84

2007

4

97

2008

(3)-

98

(1) Position at end of each year. (2) Indicates figure is suppressed to avoid disclosure of information relating to individual enterprises. (3) Indicates nil returns. Source: Annual Inward Foreign Direct Investment surveys.

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