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External Contractors
Dr. Cable: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list the research commissioned externally by (a) his Department and (b) its agencies in each year since 1997; which external contractor was commissioned in each case; what the cost was of each research project; how long it took to complete each project; and if he will make a statement. [25764]
John Healey: This information is not held centrally in Treasury or its agencies.
This information could be obtained only at disproportionate costs.
Fatality Statistics
Mike Penning: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many fatalities in Hertfordshire have been attributed to (a) fires and (b) road traffic accidents in each year since 1997. [25573]
John Healey: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Colin Mowl to Mr. Michael Penning, dated 9 November 2005:
The National Statistician has been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question asking how many fatalities in Hertfordshire have been attributed to (a) fires and (b) road traffic accidents in each year since 1997. I am replying in her absence. (25573)
The most recent available information is for deaths in 2004. Figures for deaths due to land transport accidents and exposure to smoke, fire or flames, are shown in the attached table for each year from 1997 to 2004.
(9) Cause of death was defined using the codes below from the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision (ICD-9) for the years 1997 and 2000, and Tenth Revision (ICD-l0) from 2001 onwards.
Land transport accidents:
ICD-9-E800-E829
ICD-10-V01-V89
Smoke, fire or flames:
ICD-9-E890-E899, E958.1, E968.0, E988.1
ICD-10-X00-X09, X76, X97, Y26.
Includes deaths given a verdict of accident, assault, suicide or undetermined intent. Deaths were selected using the original underlying cause.
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Good Hope Hospital
Mr. Jenkins: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many babies have been delivered at Good Hope hospital in Sutton Coldfield in each year since 1997. [26155]
John Healey: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the national statistician who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Karen Dunnell to Mr. Brian Jenkins, dated 9 November 2005:
As National Statistician I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question asking for the number of babies delivered at Good Hope Hospital, Sutton Coldfield in each year since 1997. (26155)
The table below shows the information requested up to 2004, the latest year for which birth counts are available.
| Number | |
|---|---|
| 1997 | 2,989 |
| 1998 | 2,939 |
| 1999 | 2,961 |
| 2000 | 3,060 |
| 2001 | 2,930 |
| 2002 | 2,859 |
| 2003 | 3,063 |
| 2004 | 3,197 |
IT Projects
Dr. Cable: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what comparative studies the Government have undertaken of the performance of the public and private sectors in the management of large technology projects; and if he will publish the findings. [26589]
John Healey: This information is not held centrally and can be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
Kettering General Hospital
Mr. Hollobone: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many babies have been delivered at Kettering general hospital in each year since 1997. [24749]
John Healey:
The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician who has been asked to reply.
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Letter from Colin Mowl to Mr. Philip Hollobone, dated 9 November 2005:
The National Statistician has been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question asking for the number of babies delivered at Kettering General Hospital in each year since 1997. I am replying in her absence. (24749)
The table below shows the information requested up to 2004, which is the latest year for which birth counts are available.
| Number | |
|---|---|
| 1997 | 3,245 |
| 1998 | 3,171 |
| 1999 | 3,211 |
| 2000 | 3,341 |
| 2001 | 3,224 |
| 2002 | 3,167 |
| 2003 | 3,400 |
| 2004 | 3,513 |
Lorry Road User Charging Scheme
Tom Brake: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much has been paid to (a) Serco Ltd. (b) Siemens plc. (c) T-Systems International, (d) Autostrade S.p.A, (e) TraCS Consortium, (f) Capita Group plc. and (g) IBM (UK) Ltd. in compensation for costs incurred in the procurement process for the lorry road-user charging scheme before the scheme was suspended. [25880]
John Healey: Specific payments to individual bidders are a matter of commercial confidentiality, but the total of the Proof of Solution payments and any payments made for other costs will be reported in the annual accounts of HMRC.
PFI
David Taylor: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what representations he has received on the private finance initiative. [26065]
John Healey: The Treasury has received many representations on PFI from a wide number of parties.
Sustainable Development
Dr. Cable: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much is due to be spent in (a) the 2005–06 financial year and (b) each of the next four financial years on the carbon offset scheme by (i) his Department and (ii) each agency of his Department; and what estimate he has made of the number and distance of flights and related carbon dioxide emissions which require offsetting. [21999]
John Healey: The Departments and agencies responsible to Treasury Ministers are currently looking at the feasibility of implementing the carbon offsetting scheme and committing 1 per cent. of the annual cost of air travel to carbon offsetting from April 2006.
The data available concerning the number of flights and their cost are as follows:
Workless Households
Andrew Rosindell: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many workless households there are in the UK; and if he will make a statement. [26234]
John Healey: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Karen Dunnell to Andrew Rosindell, dated 9 November 2005:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question about workless households in the UK. (26234)
In the three months ending May 2005, there were 10.8 million households in which at least one person was of working age (a man aged 16–64 or a woman aged 16 to 59). Among these, there were 3.07 million workless households in which no one was in employment.
These estimates from the Labour Force Survey are, as with any sample survey, subject to sampling variability.
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