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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 modality	December 2001	March 2005
In-patient treatment	12	3
Residential rehabilitation	12	0
Specialist prescribing	12	9
General practitioner prescribing	12	3
Structured day care	12	1
Structured counselling	12	2

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 against	Found guilty
Selling etc., intoxicating liquor to	Licensing Act, 1964, Section 169(1); Licensing (Occasional	1984	314	164
persons under 18 for consumption	Permissions) Act 1983, Schedule (Sec. 3) para. 4(1)	1985	274	170
on the premises		1986	296	165
		1987	333	167
		1988	673	357
		1989	747	388
		1990	574	273
		1991	309	155
		1992	195	87
		1993	156	70
		1994	137	83
		1995	198	108
		1996	251	119
		1997	214	125
		1998	310	157
		1999	204	115
		2000	130	56
		2001	155	53
		2002	168	105
		2003	604	416
Wholesaler selling intoxicating liquor	Licensing Act 1964, Sec.181A(1) as added by Licensing Act	1984	(50)—	(50)—
to a person under 18	1988, Sec17.	1985	(50)—	(50)—
		1986	(50)—	(50)—
		1987	(50)—	(50)—
		1988	(50)—	(50)—
		1989	1	—
		1990	4	1
		1991	1	1
		1992	—	—
		1993	—	—
		1994	1	—
		1995	—	—
		1996	—	—
		1997	1	1
		1998	1	1
		1999	1	—
		2000	2	—
		2001	3	—
		2002	2	—
		2003	12	3

⁽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:

(a) Under the powers of the Anti-social Behaviour Act 2003 over 150 Crack House Closure Orders have been issued between 20 January 2004 and the end of October 2004.

(b) The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM) are committed to working with local authorities and Registered Social Landlords (RSLs) through the Housing Corporation, in order to develop means to collect data on the use of Housing injunctions from 2006–07 onwards.

(c) ODPM has requested that local authorities supply information on numbers of demoted tenancies from the current financial year onwards. The Housing Corporation are currently collecting this information from registered social landlords (RSLs) with the first set of annual data expected by late summer this year.

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

Area	Total issued
Basildon DC	7
Chelmsford BC	4
Colchester BC	5
Epping Forest DC	6
Harlow DC	8
Maldon DC	3
Southend-on-sea BC	14
Tendring DC	2
Thurrock BC	1
Uttlesford DC	2
Essex total	52
Barking and Dagenham	2
Barnet	12
Bexley	16
Brent	12
Bromley	9
Camden	73
City of London	5
Croydon	14
Ealing	12
Enfield	4
Greenwich	11
Hackney	8
Hammersmith and Fulham	11
Haringey	17
Harrow	6
Havering	8
Hillingdon	12
Hounslow	22
Islington	12
Kensington and Chelsea Royal Borough	9
Kingston-on-Thames	7
Lambeth	17
Lewisham	13
Merton	14
Newham	7
Richmond upon Thames	11
Southwark	12
Sutton	10
Tower Hamlets	17
Waltham Forest	12
Wandsworth	12
Westminster	31
Greater London total	438

⁽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
Period	Bedfordshire	Bedford borough council	Mid Bedfordshire DC	South Bedfordshire DC
1 April 1999 to 31 May 2000(52)	0	(53)—	(53)—	(53)—
1 June 2000 to 31 December 2000	0	0	0	0
1 January 2001 to 31 December 2001	4	3	0	0
1 January 2002 to 31 December 2002	4	1	2	0
1 January 2003 to 31 December 2003	14	5	1	1
1 January 2004 to 31 December 2004	15	1	1	3
Total	(54)37	10	4	4

⁽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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