Hansard - United Kingdom Parliament

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Written Answers
20 JUNE 2011
Written Answers
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Mr Maude: Cabinet Committee meetings enable
Ministers to discuss issues freely in private in accordance
with the principle of collective responsibility, and the
Ministerial Code (paragraph 2.3) requires that
“the internal process through which a decision has been made,
or the level of Committee by which it was taken should not be
disclosed” .
It is therefore longstanding practice not to disclose
details of the number of times each Committee has met
or the issues discussed.
Death: Cancer
Mrs Laing: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet
Office how many and what proportion of deaths from
cancer in the last three years were of people who were
(a) teetotallers, (b) moderate drinkers and (c) heavy
drinkers. [59927]
Mr Hurd: 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 2011:
As Director General for the Office for National Statistics, I
have been asked to reply to your recent question asking how many
and what proportion of deaths from cancer were in the last three
years of people who were (a) teetotallers, (b) moderate drinkers
and (c) heavy drinkers. (59927)
The table attached provides the number of deaths where cancer
was the underlying cause, in England and Wales, for 2007 to 2009
(the latest year available).
However, it is not possible to provide the specific information
requested. Lifestyle and behavioural factors, such as the deceased’s
alcohol consumption, are not recorded in the death registration.
The number of deaths registered in England and Wales each
year by sex, age, cause, marital status, and place of death are
published annually on the National Statistics website at:
www.statistics.gov.uk/statbase/Product.asp?vlnk=15096
Table 1. Number of deaths where cancer was the underlying cause,
England and Wales, 2007 to 2009 1, 2, 3 Deaths (persons)
2007 136,804
2008 137,831
2009 137,420
1
Cause of death for cancer was defined using the International
Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10) codes C00-C97.
2
Figures for England and Wales include deaths of non-residents.
3
Figures are for deaths registered in each calendar year.
Departmental Manpower
Mr Nicholas Brown: To ask the Minister for the
Cabinet Office if he will make it his policy to publish
monthly information on changes in the numbers of his
Department’s employees categorised by (a) seniority,
(b) number of employees taking voluntary redundancy,
(c) natural wastage and (d) involuntary redundancy.
[57617]
Mr Maude: The Government are committed to
transparency and the availability of data and are currently
exploring options for the more frequent publication of
this type of work force management information across
the civil service.
Information about the Cabinet Office that is already
in the public domain is published on data.gov.uk at:
http://data.gov.uk/organogram
Departmental Procurement
Julian Smith: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet
Office what progress he has made on encouraging small
businesses to bid for Government contracts. [60265]
Mr Maude: Further to the answer that I gave to the
hon. Member for Stroud (Neil Carmichael) and the
hon. Member for Bromsgrove (Sajid Javid) on 13 May
2011, Official Report, column 1365W:
By the week commencing 6 June 2011, we had published 1,477
procurement opportunities on Contracts Finder, with registrations
from 1,801 supplier organisations.
Opportunities suitable for SMEs are now being flagged on
Contracts Finder.
The Cabinet Office has either published on Contracts Finder
or is preparing for publication, 100% of tenders issued since
September 2010 and contracts awarded since January 2011.
351 business proposals were submitted to the Innovation Launch
Pad and have been evaluated. Those companies that submitted
the top ideas will pitch their products to Government on 19 July.
On 3 June I published on the Cabinet Office website specific
action plans from all Departments to facilitate SME access to
their procurement requirements:
www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/content/small-and-mediumenterprise-sme-action-plans
The Crown Representative for SMEs, Stephen Allott, is working
with Departments to plan a series of SME Product Surgeries,
which will increase constructive engagement between SMEs and
Government.
EU Law
Julian Smith: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet
Office for what European directives in force on 1 April
2010 his Department is responsible; and what European
directives for which his Department is responsible have
come into force since 1 April 2010. [60684]
Mr Maude: The Cabinet Office is responsible for the
following directives in force on 1 April 2010:
Council directive 89/665/EEC of 21 December 1989 on the
coordination of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions
relating to the application of review procedures to the award of
public supply and public works contracts;
Council directive 92/13/EEC of 25 February 1992 coordinating
the laws, regulations and administrative provisions relating to the
application of community rules on the procurement procedures
of entities operating in the water, energy, transport and postal
services sectors;
Directive 2004/17/EC of the European Parliament and of the
Council of 31 March 2004 coordinating the procurement procedures
of entities operating in the water, energy, transport and postal
services sectors;
Directive 2004/18/EC of the European Parliament and of the
Council of 31 March 2004 on the coordination of procedures for
the award of public works contracts, public supply contracts and
public service contracts.
Directives which have simply amended the above
directives have not been included separately in the list.
The Cabinet Office is not responsible for any directives
which have come into force since 1 April 2010.