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Health: Tetanus
Baroness Taylor of Bolton asked Her Majesty's Government:
How many cases of tetanus have been reported in the United Kingdom in each of the past 20 years; how many of these involved people over the age of 60 years; and how many fatalities from tetanus have been recorded during this period.[HL3062]
The Minister of State, Department of Health (Lord Hunt of Kings Heath): Cases of tetanus and deaths from tetanus for the United Kingdom, are given in the following table, with data for cases involving people aged 65 and over in brackets.
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| Year | Cases in the UKCases in people >65 (-) | Deaths in the UK |
Data have been compiled from laboratory reports, notifications and clinically diagnosed cases.
Relating to people aged 60 and over: data cannot be provided separately. Data are provided by standard age groups and it is not possible to provide data by non-standard age groups. The data in brackets provide the number of cases for people 65 years and over—the nearest standard age group.
House of Lords: Gender Balance
Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer asked Her Majesty's Government:
What is the ratio of women to men among those who became Members of the House of Lords in each of the past five years; and what is that ratio for those years in respect of those Members nominated by the House of Lords Appointments Commission. [HL2963]
The Lord President of the Council (Baroness Amos): The following table gives a breakdown by gender.
| Total Nominations | |||||
| 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | |
| Nominations by the House of Lords Appointments Commission | |||||
| 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | |
Source of data: House of Lords Information Office
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InterTradeIreland
Lord Laird asked Her Majesty's Government:
What was the religious make-up of the cross-border implementation body InterTradeIreland on 1 January of each year since its creation. [HL3092]
Lord Rooker: InterTradeIreland was established in December 1999 and was staffed initially through the temporary secondment of civil servants from government departments, North and South. The information set out in the following table relates to the religious make-up of InterTradeIreland employees recruited to permanent posts through open competition starting in October 2000.
| Number of staff | Roman Catholic | Protestant | Non- Determined | |
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