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Water Utilities (London)
Mr. Edward Davey: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs which water utilities serving Greater London were prosecuted in 2004 for serious environmental offences which resulted in a fine of over £1,000; what the nature was of the offences; and how much they were fined. [211983]
Mr. Morley:
In 2004, Thames Water Utilities Ltd. and Anglian Water Services Ltd. were the only water utilities serving Greater London to be prosecuted for serious environmental offences. In all cases the prosecutions were brought under either:
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(a) Section 85(1) of the Water Resources Act 1991—permitting any poisonous, noxious or polluting matter or any solid waste matter to enter controlled waters, or
(b) Section 85(3) or 85(3)(a) of the Water Resources Act 1991—permitting any trade effluent or sewage effluent to be discharged
- into any controlled waters, or to be discharged from land in England and Wales, through a pipe into the sea outside the seaward limits of controlled waters.
Details of the offences including dates, location of offence and total fine imposed are set out as follows.
World Economic Forum (Davos)
Llew Smith: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will make a statement on her presentation to the World Economic Forum in Davos on 27 January 2005, and the outcome of the meeting. [214329]
Mr. Morley: My right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State appeared alongside the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, the Leader of the House of Lords, and the Government Chief Scientist Sir David King in three separate workshops on Climate Change at Davos.
Reports on the sessions attended by the Secretary of State can be found at: www.weforum.org/annualmeeting/summaries2005.
TREASURY
Bank Accounts (Muslim Organisations)
Keith Vaz: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he has discussed with senior representatives of the Royal Bank of Scotland the closure of bank accounts of Muslim organisations by the bank. [215521]
Mr. Timms: Closure of bank accounts is a matter for individual financial institutions.
Child Trust Funds (Coventry)
Mr. Jim Cunningham: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many children in Coventry south will benefit from the child trust fund. [215073]
Mr. Timms: I refer my hon. Friend to the answer given to my hon. Friend the Member for Battersea (Martin Linton) on 30 November 2004, Official Report, columns 87–88W. All children born and living in the UK since 1 September 2002 whose families receive child benefit will be eligible for the Child Trust Fund.
Cold Weather Deaths (Greater London)
Tom Cox: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many deaths were attributed to cold weather and lack of heating in homes in the Greater London area in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. [215162]
Mr. Timms: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician. I have asked him to reply.
Letter from Len Cook to Mr. Tom Cox, dated 10 February 2005:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question asking how many deaths were attributed to cold weather and the lack of heating in homes in the Greater London area in each of the last five years. (215162)
Information is not readily available from death registration and certification to routinely attribute deaths to weather or heating in homes.
Departmental Policies
Mr. Gordon Marsden: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will set out, with statistical information relating as closely as possible to the constituency, the effect of his Department's actions and policies on Blackpool, South constituency since (a) 1997 and (b) 2001. [215618]
Mr. Timms: The Government have put in place a broad programme of both macroeconomic and microeconomic reform since our election in 1997 designed to better the economic performance of all parts of the UK. Since these policies were implemented the economic performance of the Blackpool, South constituency has improved considerably. For example, since May 1997, claimant unemployment has fallen by 46 per cent., and both long-term unemployment and long-term youth unemployment have fallen by over 80 per cent. Looking more specifically at improvements since the 8 of June 2001, the beginning of our second term in government, claimant unemployment has fallen by a third and long-term unemployment has fallen by 8 per cent.
The Neighbourhood Statistics Service provides a wide range of statistical information at parliamentary constituency level, taken from the 2001 census and other sources. This service is available on the National Statistics website at http://neighbourhood.statistics. gov.uk./.
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Mr. Chris Smith: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to Folkestone and Hythe constituency, the effects on Folkestone and Hythe of his Department's policies and actions since 2 May 1997. [215963]
Mr. Timms: The Government have put in place a broad programme of both macroeconomic and microeconomic reform since our election in 1997 designed to better the economic performance of all parts of the UK. Since these policies were implemented, the economic performance of the Folkestone and Hythe constituency has improved considerably. For example, since May 1997, claimant unemployment has fallen by 56 per cent., and both long-term unemployment and long-term youth unemployment have nearly been eliminated, having fallen by 90 and 97 per cent. respectively.
The Neighbourhood Statistics Service provides a wide range of statistical information at parliamentary constituency level, taken from the 2001 census and other sources. This service is available on the National Statistics website at http://neighbourhood.statistics. gov.uk./.
Mr. Chris Smith: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to Woodspring constituency, the effects on Woodspring of his Department's policies and actions since 2nd May 1997. [215970]
Mr. Timms: The Government have put in place a broad programme of both macroeconomic and microeconomic reform since our election in 1997 designed to better the economic performance of all parts of the UK. Since these policies were implemented, the economic performance of the Woodspring constituency has improved considerably. For example, since May 1997, claimant unemployment has fallen by 67 per cent., long-term unemployment has fallen by almost 95 per cent. while long-term youth unemployment has been eliminated.
The Neighbourhood Statistics Service provides a wide range of statistical information at parliamentary constituency level, taken from the 2001 census and other
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sources. This service is available on the National Statistics website at http://neighbourhood.statistics. gov.uk./.
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