Asked by: Baroness Kennedy of Cradley (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what scientific modelling they have seen to inform the development of possible strategies to replace the COVID-19-related lockdown in place in England.
Answered by Lord True - Shadow Leader of the House of Lords
Scientific advice and analysis have underpinned the Government's policy making in the development of current social distancing measures and our recently published roadmap. We will continue to be guided by science in our approach.
Asked by: Baroness Kennedy of Cradley (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people have died from mesothelioma in each year from 2010 to the last year for which figures are available.
Answered by Lord Young of Cookham
The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.
Dear Baroness Kennedy,
As National Statistician and Chief Executive of the UK Statistics Authority, I am replying to your Parliamentary Question asking how many people have died from mesothelioma in each year from 2010 to the last year for which figures are available (HL16256).
The Office for National Statistics is responsible for publishing statistics on deaths registered in England and Wales. The most recent figures published are for deaths registered in 2017[1].
Cause of death is defined using the International Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, 10 edition (ICD-10). The underlying cause of death is defined by the World Health Organisation as (a) the disease or injury that initiated the train of events directly leading to death, (b) the circumstances of the accident or violence that produced the fatal injury.
Deaths due to an underlying cause of mesothelioma would be assigned the ICD-10 code C45.
Table 1 below provides the numbers of deaths from mesothelioma registered in England and Wales between 2010 and 2017.
Yours sincerely,
John Pullinger
Table 1: Number of deaths with an underlying cause of mesothelioma, persons, England and Wales, 2010 to 2017[2],[3],[4],[5]
Year | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
Deaths | 2,079 | 2,101 | 2,214 | 2,261 | 2,356 | 2,308 | 2,313 | 2,279 |
Source: Office for National Statistics
[2]Underlying cause of death was defined using the International Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, 10th edition (ICD-10) code C45.
[3]Deaths under 28 days are excluded.
[4]Figures for England and Wales include deaths of non-residents.
[5]Figures are for deaths registered, rather than deaths occurring in each calendar year.
Asked by: Baroness Kennedy of Cradley (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what action they are taking to help local authorities detect procurement bid rigging in contracts for which they are responsible.
Answered by Lord Young of Cookham
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has published a Screening for Cartels tool that will help public procurement professionals identify suspicious behaviour by suppliers when bidding for contracts:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/screening-for-cartels-tool-for-procurers
The CMA has also produced other guidance on bid-rigging to help procurers, including an e-learning module that gives pointers on what to look out for:
https://builtintelligence.com/pages/learn-how-to-spot-bid-rigging
Asked by: Baroness Kennedy of Cradley (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they intend to exclude from government procurement contracts companies that do not undertake appropriate human rights due diligence, as recommended by the Joint Committee on Human Rights in its report <i>Human Rights and Business 2017: Promoting responsibility and ensuring accountability</i> published on 29 March (6th Report, HL Paper 153).
Answered by Lord Young of Cookham
It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. Ministers will correspond directly with the Member.