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Trans Fats

Dr. Kumar: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) if she will introduce legislation to control trans fats in food products; [7524]

(2) if she will take steps to ensure that food labelling includes details of trans fats. [7525]

Caroline Flint: The Government are concerned about the possible health effects, in particular on coronary health, from consuming certain fats. Based on independent expert advice, the Government consider saturated fat intake reduction of particular public health significance and are working to reduce fat intakes, which will include both saturated and trans fatty acids. Currently average population dietary intakes of trans fats in the United Kingdom are considerably lower than those recommended by the committee on medical aspects of food policy (1994). There are currently no plans to introduce legislation to control the amount of trans fats in foods.

The Government are pressing for the labelling of trans fatty acids in foods at European Union level.

Waiting Times

Mr. Lansley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 25 May 2005, Official Report, column 123W, on waiting time targets, whether the Department has agreed local delivery plans with strategic health authorities; and if she will make a statement. [7563]

Mr. Byrne: No. The Department are still in the process of agreeing local delivery plans with strategic health authorities.
 
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Mr. Hoyle: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the average waiting time is for an appointment at a drug rehabilitation clinic in (a) Lancashire and (b) Chorley; and if she will list the clinics available in Lancashire. [7595]

Mr. Byrne: All drug action teams have to report waiting times figures to the National Treatment Agency for Substance Abuse each quarter. The waiting time is defined as the time between the date an individual is first referred, or self-refers, for treatment, to the date he or she is admitted for structured treatment, following assessment.

The latest average waiting times figures for Lancashire are for the first quarter of 2005—January to March—and shown in the following table. Comparison is made with the waiting times in December 2001, when collection of waiting times began.
Lancashire
Weeks

Average wait
Treatment modalityDecember 2001March 2005
In-patient treatment123
Residential rehabilitation120
Specialist prescribing129
General practitioner prescribing123
Structured day care121
Structured counselling122

Data is not reported on a sub-drug action team basis, so data for Chorley is not included in this response.

HOME OFFICE

Abandoned Vehicles

Sarah Teather: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment he has made of London's Operation Scrap-it; what plans his Department has for further funding of the project; and if he will make a statement. [8197]

Hazel Blears: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to the hon. Member for Sutton and Cheam (Mr. Burstow) on 4 July 2005, Official Report, column 108W.

Alcohol (Under-age Sales)

Mr. Crabb: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many successful prosecutions were brought against shops and off-licences for sales of alcohol to persons under 18 years of age in England and Wales in each year between 1984 and 2004; [2586]

(2) how many convictions were made for sales of alcohol to persons under 18 years of age in England and Wales in each year from 1984 to 2004. [2589]

Hazel Blears: The number of prosecutions and convictions for sales of alcohol to persons under 18 years of age including those against shops and off-
 
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licences, in England and Wales 1984 to 2003, are contained in the table.
 
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Statistics on court proceedings for 2004 will be published in the autumn.
Number of defendants proceeded against and found guilty at all courts for offences relating to the sale of alcohol to persons under 18 years of age, England and Wales 1984 to 2003(48)(5508010049)


Offence description

Statute

Year
Proceeded againstFound guilty
Selling etc., intoxicating liquor toLicensing Act, 1964, Section 169(1); Licensing (Occasional1984314164
persons under 18 for consumptionPermissions) Act 1983, Schedule (Sec. 3) para. 4(1)1985274170
on the premises1986296165
1987333167
1988673357
1989747388
1990574273
1991309155
199219587
199315670
199413783
1995198108
1996251119
1997214125
1998310157
1999204115
200013056
200115553
2002168105
2003604416
Wholesaler selling intoxicating liquorLicensing Act 1964, Sec.181A(1) as added by Licensing Act1984(50)(50)
to a person under 181988, Sec17.1985(50)(50)
1986(50)(50)
1987(50)(50)
1988(50)(50)
19891
199041
199111
1992
1993
19941
1995
1996
199711
199811
19991
20002
20013
20022
2003123


(48)These data are on the principal offence basis.
(49)Staffordshire police were only able to submit sample data for persons proceeded against and convicted in the magistrates courts for the year 2000. Although sufficient to estimate higher orders of data, these data are not robust enough at a detailed level and have been excluded from the table.
(50)Not available.


Antisocial Behaviour Orders

Mr. Clappison: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many dispersal orders have been made under the provisions of section 30 of the Anti-social Behaviour Act 2003 since the Act came into force; and if he will list the areas designated. [9427]

Hazel Blears: The figures requested are not routinely collected centrally. We estimate that dispersal powers have been authorised in over 400 areas between January 2004, when the powers came into force, and September 2004. We do not have a breakdown of the areas designated.

Mr. Clappison: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) crack house closure orders, (b) housing injunctions for antisocial behaviour and (c) demoted tenancies have been issued under the provisions of the Anti-social Behaviour Act 2003 since the Act came into force. [9429]

Hazel Blears: The information is as follows:

Mr. Crabb: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many antisocial behaviour orders have been breached in (a) Pembrokeshire and (b) the Dyfed Powys police force area during each year since their introduction. [9732]


 
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Hazel Blears: Data on convictions for breach of an antisocial behaviour order (ASBO) are currently available from 1 June 2000 to 31 December 2003 and are available at the criminal justice system (CJS) area level only. Of the 11 ASBOs reported to the Home Office as having been issued in the Dyfed Powys CJS area (which is coterminous with the police force area) during this period, five were breached on one or more occasions (all for the first time in 2003).Breach data for 2004 will be available towards the end of the year.

Andrew Rosindell: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many antisocial behaviour orders have been issued since inception, broken down by(a) London borough and (b) local authority in Essex. [8549]

Hazel Blears: The available information is given in the table.
Number of ASBOs issued at all courts, as reported to the Home Office, where restrictions are imposed within the local government authority areas of Essex and Greater London, 1 June 2000(51) to 31 December 2004

AreaTotal issued
Basildon DC7
Chelmsford BC4
Colchester BC5
Epping Forest DC6
Harlow DC8
Maldon DC3
Southend-on-sea BC14
Tendring DC2
Thurrock BC1
Uttlesford DC2
Essex total52
Barking and Dagenham2
Barnet12
Bexley16
Brent12
Bromley9
Camden73
City of London5
Croydon14
Ealing12
Enfield4
Greenwich11
Hackney8
Hammersmith and Fulham11
Haringey17
Harrow6
Havering8
Hillingdon12
Hounslow22
Islington12
Kensington and Chelsea Royal Borough9
Kingston-on-Thames7
Lambeth17
Lewisham13
Merton14
Newham7
Richmond upon Thames11
Southwark12
Sutton10
Tower Hamlets17
Waltham Forest12
Wandsworth12
Westminster31
Greater London total438


(51)Between 1 April 1999 to 31 May 2000 data were collected on aggregate numbers only by police force area (pfa). During this period no reports were received of ASBOs issued in Essex and nine ASBOs were issued in Greater London.



 
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Mr. Crabb: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what proportion of antisocial behaviour orders since their introduction have been issued to under 16-year-olds from (a) two parent households, (b) single parent households and (c) local authority care. [10766]

Hazel Blears: The number of antisocial behaviour orders (ASBOs) issued to persons aged 10 to 15 years inclusive, as reported to the Home Office, from 1 June 2000 up to 31 December 2004 (latest available) is 1,047. Data collated by the Home Office for statistical purposes does not identify the personal circumstances of ASBO recipients.

Mrs. Dorries: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many antisocial behaviour orders have been issued in (a) the county of Bedfordshire and (b) the constituency of Mid-Bedfordshire in each year since 1999. [11025]

Hazel Blears: The available information is given in the table.
Number of ASBOs issued at all courts in Bedfordshire, as reported to the Home Office, and where orders have imposed restrictions within the local government authority areas in which the Mid Bedfordshire constituency is situated, by period, up to 31 December 2004 (latest available)

Total issued
PeriodBedfordshireBedford borough councilMid Bedfordshire DCSouth Bedfordshire DC
1 April 1999 to 31 May 2000(52)0(53)(53)(53)
1 June 2000 to 31 December 20000000
1 January 2001 to 31 December 20014300
1 January 2002 to 31 December 20024120
1 January 2003 to 31 December 200314511
1 January 2004 to 31 December 200415113
Total(54)371044


(52)Between 1 April 1999 to 31 May 2000 data were collected on aggregate numbers only by police force area.
(53)Not available
(54)Includes three ASBOs issued within the county of Bedfordshire where restrictions imposed relate to local government authority areas outside the county.





 
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Mr. Burns: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many anti-social behaviour orders have been issued in the Chelmsford local authority area in the last two years for which figures are available. [9415]

Hazel Blears [holding answer 4 July 2005]: The number of antisocial behaviour orders issued, as reported to the Home Office, where restrictions have been imposed within the local government authority area of Chelmsford borough council, in 2003 and 2004, is four. All of them were issued in 2004.


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