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Summary
Author Biography
Table of Contents
The state of Britain's statistics | p. 1 |
Targets, targets everywhere | p. 40 |
The birth of government figures | p. 59 |
The politics of official statistics - history and prospects | p. 64 |
Birth and death | p. 79 |
Population and censuses | p. 82 |
Marriage, cohabitation and divorce | p. 89 |
Population change and life expentancy | p. 91 |
Migration and asylum | p. 94 |
Religion and ethnicity | p. 104 |
Child care | p. 106 |
Schools | p. 108 |
School standards | p. 111 |
Truancy from school | p. 116 |
School meals | p. 118 |
University entrance | p. 120 |
Employment | p. 123 |
Unemployment | p. 128 |
New deal | p. 134 |
Minimum wage and low pay | p. 136 |
Equal pay for women | p. 137 |
Sickness, disability and work | p. 140 |
Injuries and fatalities at work | p. 146 |
Health | p. 149 |
NHS staffing | p. 158 |
Child immunisation | p. 160 |
Hospital waiting lists | p. 162 |
Hospital superbug - MRSA | p. 164 |
Private healthcare | p. 165 |
Obesity, smoking and well-being | p. 167 |
Teenage pregnancy | p. 170 |
Abortion | p. 172 |
Travel patterns | p. 173 |
Vehicles on the road | p. 176 |
Road deaths | p. 179 |
Driving licences | p. 183 |
Petrol | p. 185 |
Uninsured drivers | p. 187 |
Motoring offences | p. 188 |
Abandoned cars | p. 190 |
Rail performance | p. 191 |
Train safety | p. 193 |
Value of life | p. 197 |
Economic growth | p. 198 |
Economic stability | p. 201 |
Black economy | p. 203 |
Interest rates | p. 205 |
Inflation | p. 207 |
Trade and competitiveness | p. 210 |
Productivity | p. 211 |
Insolvencies | p. 214 |
Government borrowing | p. 215 |
Government debt | p. 218 |
Public spending | p. 220 |
Taxation | p. 226 |
Council tax | p. 230 |
Housing stock | p. 233 |
Housing market | p. 237 |
Saving, debt and borrowing | p. 242 |
Investments | p. 246 |
Rich and poor | p. 248 |
Pensions | p. 255 |
Pensioners | p. 259 |
Child poverty | p. 262 |
Homelessness and begging | p. 268 |
Civil servants | p. 271 |
Police strength | p. 274 |
Crime | p. 276 |
Murder | p. 281 |
Prison population | p. 284 |
Prisoner deaths | p. 287 |
Northern Ireland conflict | p. 289 |
Alcohol | p. 292 |
Sex | p. 297 |
Transsexuals | p. 299 |
Class - and other classifications | p. 301 |
Countryside | p. 304 |
Organic food | p. 308 |
Mad cows | p. 309 |
Animal testing | p. 312 |
Household waste | p. 315 |
Internet age | p. 318 |
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