§ Andrew GeorgeTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many new cases of osteosarcoma have been diagnosed in(a) children, (b) adolescents and (c) adults in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available. [155079]
§ Ruth KellyThe information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Len Cook to Mr. Andrew George dated 19 February 2004:
As National Statistician I have been asked to reply to your recent question concerning how many new cases of osteosarcoma have been diagnosed in (a) children, (b) adolescents and (c) adults in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available.
Newly diagnosed cases of osteosarcoma are coded to malignant neoplasm of bone and articular cartilage. It is not possible to say exactly how many such cases are osteosarcoma, because some records do not identify the specific cell type. Of the total numbers of cases of malignant neoplasms of bone and articular cartilage, osteosarcomas represent about 50% in children and adolescents and about 25% in adults.
The numbers of registrations of newly diagnosed cases of malignant neoplasm of hone and articular cartilage in England for the age groups requested for the years 1991 to 2000 (the latest available year) are given in the table below. The age groups; children, adolescents and adults are those used in recent published studies of the incidence of cancer in England.
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§ Andrew GeorgeTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many patients have died in circumstances where the primary tumour was an osteosarcoma in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available. [155080]
§ Ruth KellyThe information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Len Cook to Mr. Andrew George dated 19 February 2004:
As National Statistician I have been asked to reply to your recent question concerning how many patients have died in circumstances where the primary tumour was an osteosarcoma in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available.
No figures are available on the number of deaths from osteosarcoma because it is defined in terms of cell type, and this information is not collected at death registration. Deaths from osteosarcoma are included in figures for malignant neoplasm of bone and articular cartilage.
The number of deaths from malignant neoplasm of bone and articular cartilage in England in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available are given in the table below.
Number of deaths from malignant neoplasm of bone and articular cartilage in England 1993–2002 Year Number of deaths 1993 187 1994 188 1995 175 1996 214 1997 212 1998 195 1999 201 2000 202 2001 248 2002 229 Note: For the years 1993 to 2000, International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision Code (1CD 9) code 170. For the years 2001 to 2002, International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (1CD-10) codes C40 and C41. Source: Office for National Statistics
§ Mrs. RocheTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what steps his Department is taking to achieve the Government's targets of(a) ending child poverty by 2020, (b) halving it by 2010 and (c) reducing it by a quarter by 2004–05; and if he will make a statement. [154363]
§ Dawn PrimaroloI refer my hen. Friend to the answer my hon. Friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Work and Pensions gave to her on 12 February 2004,Official Report, columns 1590–91W.
§ Chris RuaneTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the average weekly income was in each ward in each principal seaside town in England and Wales in the last month for which figures are available, listed in descending order with Welsh Seaside Town clusters disaggregated. [154942]
§ Ruth KellyThe information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician. I have asked him to reply.
Letter from Len Cook to Mr. Chris Ruane, dated 19 February 2004:
As National Statistician I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question about average weekly income in each ward in principal seaside towns. (154942)
18WThe Office for National Statistics does not produce earnings estimates at the requested level of detail for current wards. The lowest geographic area for which these estimates are produced from the New Earnings Survey is local authority and unitary authority level. The latest available figures for average weekly earnings at this level relate to April 2003 and are published on the National Statistics website: http://www.statistics.gov.uk/downloads/theme_labour/NES2003_Analyses_By_Region/.pdf
The estimates given in the New Earnings Survey are for the gross earnings of employees who are members of Pay-As-You-Earn (PAYE) schemes. They do not include income from other sources, or the earnings of individuals who are not members of such schemes.