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Budget 2006 (Leaflets)
Mr. Gauke: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many Budget 2006 summary leaflets were printed; and at what cost. [64140]
John Healey:
Just over 1 million Budget 2006 summary leaflets were printed. The total cost of producing the Budget summary leaflets was around
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£151,000. The printing cost was around £69,000 and the distribution cost was around £82,000 as met from within the Treasury's departmental expenditure limits.
The leaflet is designed to provide a concise and informative summary of the Budget for a wide audience.
Mr. Gauke: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many Budget 2006 summary leaflets were distributed to (a) doctors' surgeries, (b) hospitals and (c) other health service-related locations; and what the cost was of the distribution. [64141]
John Healey: The following table shows the number of Budget 2006 summary leaflets distributed to doctors' surgeries, hospitals and other health service related organisations.
| Location | Number of leaflets distributed |
|---|---|
| (a) Doctors' surgeries | (9)200,000 |
| (b) Hospitals | (9)187,000 |
| (c) Other health service related organisations | (9)107,000 |
(9)Figures have been rounded to the nearest thousand
The total cost of distribution of the Budget 2006 summary leaflet was around £82,000 including VAT. All costs were met from within the Treasury's departmental expenditure limits.
The summary leaflet is designed to provide a concise and informative summary of the Budget. It is aimed at a wide audience, and was also sent to other public organisations such as libraries, post offices, schools and universities.
Public Sector Finance
Mr. Gauke: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the budget surplus or deficit was, excluding expenditure on investment, for each financial year from 1997–98 to 2005–06 as a percentage of gross domestic product. [64593]
Mr. Des Browne: Outturns for the public sector current budget as a percentage of GDP from 1997–98 to 2004–05 can be found in the monthly Office for National Statistics publication Public sector finances". The Budget forecast for the public sector current budget in 2005–06 was published in Table C1 of Budget 2006.
Cancer
Rosie Cooper: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the (a) diagnosis and (b) mortality rate was for cancer in each of the last five years in the West Lancashire constituency. [64226]
John Healey: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Colin Mowl, dated 24 April 2006:
The National Statistician has been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question asking what the (a) diagnosis and (b)mortality rate was for cancer in each of the last five years in the West Lancashire constituency. I am replying in her absence.
The most recent available figures for newly diagnosed cases of all cancers combined are for the year 2003. Incidence rates are not available centrally for Parliamentary Constituencies.
Age-standardised incidence rates (directly standardised to the European standard population) for West Lancashire local authority for 1999–2003 are given in the table below.
(10)Age-standardised rates per 100,000 population are directly standardised to the European standard population. In detailed analyses of trends in incidence and mortality over time for a particular cancer, ONS use age-standardised rates. These control for differences in the size and age structure of the population and allow unbiased comparison of rates over time.
(11)International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10) codes C00-C97 excluding C44.
Source:
Office for National Statistics
The most recent available figures for deaths from all cancers combined are for the year 2004. Age-standardised mortality rates (directly standardised to the European standard population) for West Lancashire local authority for 1999–2004 can be found on the Clinical and Health Outcomes Knowledge Base website. http://www.nchod.nhs.uk/.
Hugh Bayley: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the (a) standard mortality rate and (b) number of deaths was for (i) women dying from breast cancer and (ii) (A) women and (B) men dying from all cancers in (1)York and (2) North Yorkshire in (x) 1997 and (y) the latest year for which figures are available. [64337]
John Healey: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 24 April 2006:
As National Statistician I have been asked to reply to your recent question concerning what the (a) SMR and (b) number of deaths was for (i) women dying from breast cancer and (ii) (A) women and (B) men dying from all cancers in (1) York and (2) North Yorkshire in (aa) 1997 and (bb) in the latest year for which figures are available. (64337)
The latest year for which figures are available is 2004. Numbers of deaths and age-standardised death rates for 2004 and 1997 are provided in the following table. Death rates for 1997 have been adjusted to take account of the introduction of the Tenth Revision of the International Classification of Diseases in 2001.
(12)Rates per 100,000 population standardised to the European Standard Population.
Directly age-standardised rates have been supplied rather than Standardised Mortality Ratios (SMRs) to allow comparisons between 1997 and 2004, between York and North Yorkshire and between the sexes.
(13)The causes of death for 2004 were defined using the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10)
All cancers (malignant neoplasms)—ICD-10 C00-C97
Breast cancer—ICD-10 C50
The causes of death for 1997 were defined using the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision (ICD-9).
The codes used are listed below:
All cancers (malignant neoplasms)—ICD-9 140–208
Breast cancer—ICD-9 174
Deaths were selected using the original underlying cause.
The introduction of ICD-10 for coding cause of death in England and Wales in 2001 means that data for all cancers and female breast cancer are not completely comparable with data for years before this date. The effect of the change in classification in 2001 on deaths from these causes is described in a report published in May 2002:
Office for National Statistics. Results of the ICD-10 bridge coding study, England and Wales, 1999.
Health Statistics Quarterly 14 (2002), 75–83.
For all cancers (malignant neoplasms) the introduction of ICD-10 caused an increase of 2.5 per cent. and 2.2 per cent. for males and females respectively and for female breast cancer an increase of 2.7 per cent. in the number of deaths coded to these conditions in England and Wales. Death rates for 1997 from these causes have been adjusted to make them comparable with those for 2004. The numbers of deaths have not been adjusted.
(14)Usual residents of these areas. Deaths were assigned to these areas using the November 2005 All Fields Postcode Directory. The county of North Yorkshire excludes York unitary authority.
(15)Deaths registered in each calendar year.
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Mr. Evans: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the (a) diagnosis and (b) mortality rate was for cancer in each of the last five years in Ribble Valley constituency. [65302]
John Healey: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Colin Mowl, dated 24 April 2006:
The National Statistician has been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question asking what the (a) diagnosis and (b)mortality rate was for cancer in each of the last five years in Ribble Valley constituency. I am replying in her absence. [65302]
The most recent available figures for newly diagnosed cases of all cancers combined are for the year 2003. Incidence rates are not available centrally for parliamentary constituencies.
Age-standardised incidence rates (directly standardised to the European standard population) for Ribble Valley local authority for 1999–2003 are given in the table below.
(16)Age-standardised rates per 100,000 population are directly standardised to the European standard population. In detailed analyses of trends in incidence and mortality over time for a particular cancer, ONS use age-standardised rates. These control for differences in the size and age structure of the population and allow unbiased comparison of rates over time.
(17)International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10) codes C00-C97 excluding C44.
Source:
Office for National Statistics
The most recent available figures for deaths from all cancers combined are for the year 2004. Age-standardised mortality rates (directly standardised to the European standard population) for Ribble Valley local authority for 1999–2004 can be found on the Clinical and Health Outcomes Knowledge Base website. http://www.nchod.nhs.uk/.
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