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UK Sport

Hugh Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many other public and Government advisory appointments are held by the new Chair of UK Sport. [223695]


 
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Tessa Jowell [holding answer 24 March 2005]: Sue Campbell has since 2000 been a specialist adviser to the Secretary of State for Education and Skills and the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport as a part-time unremunerated appointment. She holds no other public appointments.

Yorkshire Tourism Board

Hugh Bayley: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much has been granted to the Yorkshire Tourism Board in each year since 1996. [224593]

Mr. Caborn: In 2004–05 Yorkshire Forward provided funding to the Yorkshire Tourist Board of £503,258 to cover its core operational costs.

In 2003–04 the final figure for core operational costs was £685,466.

In addition to core funding, Yorkshire Forward provided funding to the Yorkshire Tourist Board of £217,437 in 2003–04 and £2,360,161 in 2004–05. This was for a range of services including marketing, e-tourism and data.

For the previous years figures I refer my hon. Friend to the answer I gave him on 21 October 2004, Official Report, column 823W.

SOLICITOR-GENERAL

Antisocial Behaviour Orders (North Yorkshire)

Miss McIntosh: To ask the Solicitor-General what recent discussions she has had with the Crown Prosecution Service on breaches of antisocial behaviour orders in North Yorkshire. [224193]

The Solicitor-General: I refer the hon. Member to the oral answer I gave on 24 March 2005, Official Report, column 999.

Departmental Policies

Mr. Gordon Marsden: To ask the Solicitor-General if she will set out, with statistical information relating as closely as possible to the constituency, the effect of the actions and policies of the Law Officers' Department on Blackpool, South constituency since (a) 1997 and (b) 2001. [215749]

The Solicitor-General: Since 1997 the Government has embarked on a programme of reform in the criminal justice system to deliver justice for all by convicting and punishing the guilty and helping them to stop offending, while protecting the innocent.

Statistics are not maintained at a constituency level but I can provide information on Lancashire as a whole. The introduction of the statutory charging scheme in June 2004 has already brought benefits in reducing the number of cases which fall out of the system after charge. The figures have fallen from 23.4 per cent. in 2002–03 to 17.2 per cent. in 2004–05 to date.
 
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A Witness Care Unit has been established at Blackpool in furtherance of the No Witness No Justice initiative. This is already having an impact on the number of ineffective trials, particularly in the Crown court.

Lancashire has one of 14 specialist antisocial behaviour prosecutors in the country. The CPS work closely with other agencies to address antisocial behaviour and 37 orders on conviction were granted in Lancashire between November 2004 and February 2005.

Mr. Pike: To ask the Solicitor-General if she will set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to the Burnley constituency, the effects on Burnley of her Department's policies and actions since 2 May 1997. [214701]

The Solicitor-General: Since 1997 the Government has embarked on a programme of reform in the criminal justice system to deliver justice for all by convicting and punishing the guilty and helping them to stop offending, while protecting the innocent.

Statistics are not maintained at a constituency level but I can provide information on Lancashire as a whole. The introduction of the statutory charging scheme in June 2004 has already brought benefits in reducing the number of cases which fall out of the system after charge. The figures have fallen from 23.4 per cent. in 2002–03 to 17.2 per cent. in 2004–05 to date.

Three new witness care units have been established in Lancashire, one of which is situated in Burnley. These units are already making a contribution towards the reduction in the percentage of ineffective trials, particularly in the Crown court.

Lancashire has one of 14 specialist antisocial behaviour prosecutors in the country. The CPS work closely with other agencies to address antisocial behaviour and 37 orders on conviction were granted in Lancashire between November 2004 and February 2005. Burnley is one of two new action areas within Lancashire and the specialist prosecutor will be establishing close working relationships with the relevant crime and disorder reduction partnerships, and with Burnley council's community safety department to determine how the CPS can contribute more to reducing antisocial behaviour in the area.

Mr. Sedgemore: To ask the Solicitor-General if she will set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to Folkestone and Hythe constituency, the effects on Folkestone and Hythe of the Law Officers' Department policies and actions since 2 May 1997. [216027]

The Solicitor-General: Since 1997 the Government have embarked on a programme of reform in the criminal justice system to deliver justice for all by convicting and punishing the guilty and helping them to stop offending, while protecting the innocent.

Statistics are not maintained on a constituency level. For Kent as a whole the statutory charging scheme was introduced in May 2004. This has had a significant impact on the number of cases which fall out of
 
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the criminal justice system after charge with an improvement from 18.3 per cent. in 2002–03 to 15.4 per cent. in 2004–05 to date.

Within Kent there are nine Witness Care Units, the introduction of which should have an impact on the numbers of ineffective trials in both the magistrates courts and the Crown court.

Kent has one of 14 specialist antisocial behaviour prosecutors. The prosecutor contributes substantially tointer-agency working and 21 Orders on conviction were granted in Kent between November 2004 and February 2005.

Mr. McNamara: To ask the Solicitor-General if she will set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to the Kingston upon Hull North constituency, the effects on Kingston upon Hull North of her Department's policies and actions since 2 May 1997. [211806]

The Solicitor-General: Since 1997 the Government has embarked on a programme of reform in the criminal justice system to deliver justice for all by convicting and punishing the guilty and helping them to stop offending, while protecting the innocent.

Statistics are not maintained at constituency level, but within the Humberside area, the introduction of statutory charging in August 2004 has already had an impact, reducing the level of cases which fall out of the system after charge. The current figures for the year to date are 13.3 per cent. as against 17.9 per cent. in 2002–03.

The CPS is also working with other agencies in this area to tackle antisocial behaviour. Between November 2004 and February 2005 16 antisocial behaviour orders on conviction have been granted in Humberside.

Mr. Sedgemore: To ask the Solicitor-General if she will set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to Maidenhead constituency, the effects on Maidenhead of the Law Officers' Department policies and actions since 2 May 1997. [216028]

The Solicitor-General: Since 1997 the Government have embarked on a programme of reform in the criminal justice system to deliver justice for all by convicting and punishing the guilty and helping them to stop offending, while protecting the innocent.

Statistics are not maintained on a constituency level, but within Thames Valley the statutory charging scheme was adopted in September 2004. This has already had an impact on the number of cases which fall out of the system after charge with an improvement from 29.9 per cent. in 2002–03 to 25.7 per cent. in the current year to date.

Departmental Policies (Preseli Pembrokeshire)

Mrs. Lawrence: To ask the Solicitor-General if she will set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to Preseli Pembrokeshire constituency, the effects on Preseli Pembrokeshire of her Department's policies and actions since 2 May 1997. [211317]


 
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The Solicitor-General: Since 1997 the Government has embarked on a programme of reform in the criminal justice system to deliver justice for all by convicting and punishing the guilty and helping them to stop offending, while protecting the innocent.

Statistics are not maintained at a constituency level, but within the Dyfed Powys area, the introduction of a statutory charging scheme has already had an impact on the number of cases falling out of the criminal justice system after charge. There has been a reduction from 21.2 per cent. to 17.3 per cent. since 2002–03.


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