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Wales (Better Governance)
Peter Law: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how he intends to implement Paragraph 3.12 of the White Paper, Better Governance for Wales" (Cm 6582), in respect of any bill he introduces in the current Session of Parliament. [14947]
Andy Burnham: The Home Office is in discussion with the Welsh Assembly Government on the issues relating to paragraph 3.12 of the White Paper Better Governance for Wales".
Water Savings
Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, at which non-office sites on the Department's estate he has identified opportunities for significant water savings. [16190]
Andy Burnham:
Prisons and laboratories have been identified as the non-office sites on the Department's estate which have an opportunity for significant water savings. The Prison Service has set good practice" and typical" benchmarks for establishments with and without laundries. Based on these, water targets are set for each prison. 40 establishments currently exceed the typical" benchmark and therefore offer opportunities for significant water savings. Performance is monitored and governors are required to report any increase in consumption greater than 2.5 per cent. on a 12 month moving average and establishments are asked for a
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report stating the reasons for the increase and what they have done to rectify the situation. Individual targets have been set for laboratories based on Watermark benchmarking data and they are required to monitor and report usage on an annual basis.
Wheel Clamping
Mr. Spellar: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what progress has been made by the Security Industry Authority in regulating and licensing operations in the wheel clamping industry. [15161]
Paul Goggins: From 3 May it became illegal to work as a vehicle immobiliser (wheel-clamper) on private land without a Security Industry Authority licence. As of 20 July the number of licenses that have been granted are 637, the number of applications that have been accepted are 868, the number registered on the Qualifications Database are 1,361 and the number of applications refused are 74.
Worker Registration Scheme
Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many migrants have applied under the Worker Registration Scheme; and of those how many applications were (a) successful and (b) unsuccessful; and if he will make a statement. [14721]
Mr. McNulty: The latest management information from the Worker Registration Scheme for the period 1 May 2004 to 31 March 2005 was published on the 26 May 2005. The total number of applicants to the scheme during this period was 176,095. A breakdown of the decisions for these applicants is contained in the table. The next set of figures, incorporating the second quarter of 2005 (April to June 2005), and accompanying statement will be published in late August 2005.
| Number | |
|---|---|
| Approved | 165,620 |
| Refused | 1,540 |
| Exempt | 760 |
| Withdrawn | 7,490 |
| Total | 176,095 |
Young Crime Victims
Mr. Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the most common forms of crime committed against young people of school age were in (a) Southend constituency, (b) Essex, (c) Greater London and (d) England and Wales in the last five years for which figures are available. [10513]
Hazel Blears: Statistics on crimes against young people of school age are not collected centrally. Valuable information about youth victimisation is provided by the MORI Youth Survey, an annual self report survey conducted for the Youth Justice Board. The survey covers a sample of young people across England and Wales, aged 11 to 16 years, and includes information about both offending and victimisation.
The 2004 survey shows that 49 per cent. of young people in mainstream schools say that they have been the victim of an offence, compared with 46 per cent. in
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2003. The figure reported in 2002 was 61 per cent. The data on victimisation are not broken down by area or region.
The 2004 survey shows that the most common offences against young people of compulsory secondary school age were: being threatened (26 per cent. of the sample); being bullied (23 per cent. of the sample); and having something other than a mobile phone stolen from them (15 per cent. of the sample).
Young Offenders
Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps he is taking to improve rehabilitation and education amongst young offenders to prevent re-offending; and if he will make a statement. [13730]
Paul Goggins: In recognition of the low level of attainment in relation to literacy and numeracy skills amongst young people who offend, the Youth Justice Board has a target to ensure that at least 90 percent. of young offenders are in suitable full-time education, training or employment during and at the end of sentence by March 2006, and that good resettlement plans covering accommodation are in place for young people leaving secure facilities.
Sarah Teather: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many secure unit places for juvenile offenders there are in London. [15359]
Fiona Mactaggart: The Youth Justice Board contracts for the use of 18 places for young male offenders at Orchard Lodge secure children's home, which is managed by London borough of Southwark.
Mr. Oaten: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the National Offender Management Information System will systematically collect (a) data on individual prisoners' children under the age of 18 years, including their age and (b) the care arrangements for each child. [15365]
Fiona Mactaggart: Information on the children of offenders will be recorded as key data items on the system. Care arrangements for each child can be recorded if required.
HEALTH
Abortions
Mr. Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will estimate based on statistics for maternal deaths, admissions to hospitals following septic abortion, prosecutions for procuring illegal abortion and the number of illegal abortion cases known to the police in each year since 1975. [13639]
Caroline Flint:
The number of prosecutions for procuring illegal abortion is shown in the table. The other information requested is not held centrally.
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(180)These data are on the principal offence basis.
Source:
RDS—Office for Criminal Justice Reform. Ref: IOS 273–05
Mr. Bone: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many abortions were performed on patients (a) under 16 years, (b) 16 to 19 years and (c) aged 20 years and over in Wellingborough constituency in each year since 1997. [14772]
Ms Rosie Winterton: The available information for abortions performed in England and Wales is contained in the annual Office for National Statistics (ONS) publication, Abortion Statistics, series AB", and the Department of Health publications, Statistical Bulletin 2003/23, Statistical Bulletin 2004/14 and Statistical Bulletin 2005/11". Data for 1991 onwards can be found on the Department's website at:
http://www.dh.gov.uk/PublicationsAndStatistics/Statistics/StatisticalWorkAreas/StatisticalPublicHealth/fs/en
Copies of these publications are available in the Library.
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