HC Deb 04 November 1987 vol 121 cc759-62W
Mr. Andrew Bowden

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services, what was the total number of deaths among those aged (a) 60 to 69 years, (b) 70 to 79 years and (c) 80 years and over for the period 1 October 1986 to 31 December 1986.

Mrs. Currie

The information is shown in the table.

Number of death registrations by age-group
1 October—31 December 1986, England and Wales.
Age-Group
(a) 60–69 (b) 70–79 (c) 80 +
Number of deaths 25,108 45,108 50,357

Mr. Andrew Bowden

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services, pursuant to his reply of 1 July, Official Report, column 115, when he expects to process data relating to the numbers of deaths among those aged (a) 60 to 69 years, (b) 70 to 79 years and (c) 80 years and over for the period 1 January to 31 March.

Mrs. Currie

The data have been processed and are shown in the table:

Number of death registrations by age-group,
1 January—31 March 1987 England and Wales.
Age-Group
(a) 60–69 (b) 70–79 (c) 80 +
Number of deaths 26,421 48,853 59,126

Mr. Andrew Bowden

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list the number of cases where hypothermia was mentioned on the death certificate for each of the last 10 years for which figures are available; and how many of each annual total were of people aged (a) 65 years and over and (b) 80 years and over.

Mrs. Currie

The information is shown in the table.

Number of death registrations with mention of hypothermia on the death certificate, all ages, aged 65 and over, and aged 80 and over, 1977 to 1986, England and Wales
Year All ages 65 and over 80 and over
1977 613 509 280
1978 708 597 327
11979 863 688 374
1980 596 497 237
1981 685 574 326
1982 664 541 319
1983 538 450 261
1984 555 462 257
1985 827 709 417
1986 848 708 443

Basic salary1 £ Units of medical time
Grade 21984–85 31985–86 41986–87 As a percentage of one tenth of basic salary: 1984–85, 1985–86 and 1986–87
5 Class A 6Class B
House Officer 8,090 8,590 9,180 38 10
Senior House Officer 10,130 10,760 11,510 38 10
Registrar 12,270 13,030 13,950 34 10
Senior Registrar 14,710 15,630 16,750 30 10
1 Scale maximum.
2 With effect from 1 November 1984.
3 With effect from 1 June 1985.
4 With effect from 1 July 1986.
5 For standing-by or working in hospital, or at home, where the practitioner's availability is such that he is as fully on stand-by as if he were on stand-by at the hospital.
6 For availability on call.

Ms. Harman

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what specific action he plans to take to reduce the hours worked by junior hospital doctors.

1 1977–78 International Classification of Diseases (ICD) 8th Revision code 778.9 (pt). 1979–86 ICD 9th Revision 991.6 and 778.3.