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Marriages
Andrew Selous: To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs what proportion of United Kingdom marriages took place in (a) registry offices and (b) churches and other places of worship in the last year for which data are available. [181296]
Ruth Kelly: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Colin Mowl to Mr. Andrew Selous, dated 30 June 2004:
The National Statistician has been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question asking what proportion of marriages that took place in (a) register offices and (b) churches and other places of worship, in the UK in the last year for which data are available. I am replying in his absence. (181296)
The numbers and proportions of marriages that took place in the United Kingdom in 2002 by manner of solemnisation are shown in the table below.
| Number | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|
| Civil ceremony marriages | 182,098 | 62 |
| Religious ceremony marriages | 109,727 | 38 |
| All marriages | 291,825 | 100 |
In England and Wales, marriages conducted with a civil ceremony can be solemnised either in a register office or in an "Approved Premises".
In Scotland religious marriages need not be solemnised in churches or other places of worship and during 2002 legislation came into effect that allowed civil marriages to be solemnised in approved places other than register offices.
In Northern Ireland all civil marriages are celebrated in register offices, and all religious marriages are solemnised in churches, chapels and other buildings registered to perform marriages.
It should also be noted that in each country a very small number of marriages are solemnised in prisons, hospitals and similar locations under special regulations, enabled by the Registrar General's Licence.
For marriages in England and Wales in 2002, the (provisional) numbers and proportions are shown in the table below.
| Number | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|
| Civil ceremony marriages in: | ||
| Register offices | 106,950 | 42 |
| Approved premises | 61,580 | 24 |
| All civil ceremony marriages | 168,530 | 66 |
| Religious ceremony marriages | 85,870 | 34 |
| All marriages | 254,400 | 100 |
Pre-emptive Cost Orders
Matthew Taylor: To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs on how many occasions in each year since 1997 a pre-emptive cost order has been applied for and approved by (a) the High Court, (b) the Court of Appeal, (c) the House of Lords and (d) the Privy Council for (i) an environmental case and (ii) in total. [181429]
Mr. Leslie: The information requested is not collected centrally and can be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Rights and Duties
Mr. Gummer: To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs what relative weighting is given to (a) the duties of Her Majesty's subjects and (b) the rights of Her Majesty's subjects is in deciding on departmental priorities. [180940]
Mr. Lammy: My Department determines its priorities in the context of all its responsibilities in accordance with the Government's policies and priorities.
Mr. Gummer: To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs to which rights his departmental strapline refers. [180941]
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Mr. Lammy: The term "rights" in My Department's strapline is intended to reflect the Department's responsibility for various pieces of legislation, including the Human Rights Act and the Freedom of Information Act, as well as our responsibility to ensure access to justice for all.
Mr. Gummer: To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs who (a) proposed and (b) authorised the Department's strapline. [180942]
Mr. Lammy: The Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs and Lord Chancellor proposed the Department's strapline and following consultation with officials gave his authorisation.
Mr. Gummer: To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs for what reason his Department's strapline makes no reference to a subject's obligations. [180943]
Mr. Lammy: My Department's strapline is intended to be a brief description of the Department's responsibilities that is easy to understand. It is not intended to be comprehensive and should not be seen as such. However, "rights" includes the rights of other individuals and of the community. It is not possible to secure full enjoyment of our fundamental rights without the development of a culture of respect for them and this necessarily entails obligations.
EDUCATION AND SKILLS
Education Maintenance Allowances
Brian Cotter: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many extra people in Weston-super-Mare he expects to stay in education as a result of the introduction of education maintenance allowances; and what plans he has to provide extra funding to further education colleges in the town in order to support these extra students. [176977]
Mr. Ivan Lewis: We estimate there will be about 2,800 extra 16-year-olds in the South-West Region in further education this September who would not be participating without EMA. We are unable to provide forecasts of the number of EMA students down to constituency level.
The Department allocates funds to the Learning and Skills Council (LSC) for the provision of education and training in the post-16 learning and skills sector. Assumed funding for further education allocated to the LSC was £4,732 million in 2003–04; is £5,174 million in 2004–05; and is £5,579 million in 2005–06.
The funding for 2003–04 represents a £390 million increase over 2002–03. This is followed by further increases of £442 million in 2004–05; and £405 million in 2005–06.
The Department does not provide a specific budget to the LSC for individual colleges. It is for the Learning and Skills Council to determine for itself the right level of investment in institutions from the funds allocated to it for learning participation.
Ministers have agreed to make available additional funds towards the implementation costs of the EMA Scheme. A payment of £70 per EMA student will be awarded to all
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schools and colleges with 10 or more EMA students as a contribution towards implementation and on-going administration costs for the first year of the scheme.
Local Education Authority Costs
Bob Spink: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if he will list the (a) management, (b) administration and (c) overhead cost per pupil for each local education authority in England. [165380]
Mr. Miliband: The information requested has been placed in the House Libraries.
HOME DEPARTMENT
Prostitution
Tom Brake: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what research his Department has (a) conducted and (b) commissioned on the factors which influence the demand for prostitution in the UK. [181082]
Caroline Flint: None directly.
ASBOs
Mr. Jenkins: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many anti-social behaviour orders have been issued in the constituency of Tamworth. [179963]
Ms Blears: Anti-social behaviour orders (ASBOs) have been available to the courts since 1 April 1999. From commencement, up to 31 December 2003 (latest available), the Home Office has been notified of two ASBOs issued within Tamworth borough council area and one within Lichfield district council area (parts of which make up the Tamworth constituency).
Chris Ruane: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the registered social landlords who have implemented anti-social behaviour orders; and how many anti-social behaviour orders each has issued. [180030]
Ms Blears: The Police Reform Act (December 2002) empowered registered social landlords to apply for Anti-Social Behaviour Orders (ASBOs) directly. Data are collected on the type of applicant only on those orders issued in the magistrates' court, acting in its civil capacity, and within the county courts. Orders can also be made following conviction of an offence in the criminal courts—here is no applicant for these orders.
From 1 December 2002 up to 31 December 2003 (latest available), registered social landlords, as notified to the Home Office, had successfully applied for 21 ASBOs. None were refused in this period. A breakdown by individual landlord is given in the table.
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