HL Deb 07 March 2000 vol 610 c131WA
Lord Stoddart of Swindon

asked Her Majesty's Government:

How many men and how many women currently serve on the Equal Opportunities Commission? [HL1255]

The Minister of State, Department for Education and Employment (Baroness Blackstone)

There are currently 14 members on the board of the Equal Opportunities Commission, of whom four are men and 10 (including the Chair) are women.

Incidence and mortality* from all cancer1 and leukaemia2 in England and Wales, 1986–98 (persons)
All Cancer Leukaemia
Incidence Mortality Incidence Mortality
Year Number Rate3 Number Rate3 Number Rate3 Number Rate3
1986 195,900 323.1 134,500 213.4 4,700 7.8 3,400 5.5
1987 203,500 333.4 136,100 214.0 5,000 8.3 3,400 5.6
1988 208,800 339.7 137,800 215.2 5,400 8.7 3,500 5.5
1989 209,100 337.8 138,600 214.0 5,200 8.5 3,500 5.5
1990 209,700 338.2 138,000 211.3 5,200 8.4 3,300 5.1
1991 214,800 343.5 138,700 210.3 5,300 8.5 3,500 5.3
1992 221,600 351.3 139,200 208.9 5,300 8.4 3,400 5.1
1993 219,300 345.6 139,800 208.4 5,500 8.6 3,500 5.3
19944 220,800 345.3 138,700 205.1 5,400 8.6 3,500 5.2
19954 215,900 335.7 137,900 201.9 5,400 8.6 3,500 5.2
19964 220,800 340.7 137,400 199.8 5,300 8.4 3,400 5.0
1997 n/a 135,100 194.4 n/a 3,600 5.2
1998 n/a 135,900 194.1 n/a 3,500 5.2
* Adjusted for years 1986–92 inclusive to allow for changes in the method of assigning underlying cause of death in 1993.
1 All malignant neoplasms (International Classification of Diseases Ninth Revision (ICD9) codes 140–208, excluding non-melanoma skin cancer (ICD9 173)).
2 All leukaemias (ICD9 codes 204–208).
3 Directly age standardised using the European standard population per 100,000.
4 Provisional data for incidence.