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Watermark Project
Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the sites in his Department which are included in the Watermark project. [16202]
Mr. Charles Clarke: The Watermark Project was drawn to a conclusion over two years ago. The Prison Service joined the scheme in 2000 and were followed a year later by a further 27 key sites on the Home Office estate, comprising 62 per cent. of the core Home Office estate. The sites that participated between 2000 and 2003 are listed as follows.
West Mercia Police
Daniel Kawczynski: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much West Mercia police has received from his Department's rural policing fund. [17095]
Hazel Blears: West Mercia police authority has received a total of £12.8 million from the rural policing fund since its introduction in 2000–01.
Wheel Clamping
Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment he has made of the regulation and licensing of the wheel clamping industry. [17007]
Hazel Blears:
When the vehicle immobiliser (wheel-clamper) regulations were implemented on 3 May 2005, the Home Office and the SIA ensured they were consistent with the recommendations of the better regulation taskforce, in that they were proportionate, accountable, consistent, transparent and targeted.
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As at 5 October 2005, 3,303 application forms for vehicle immobiliser licences have been requested from the SIA. 1,700 individuals have successfully completed the required training and are registered on the SIA's qualification database (QDB). 1,135 applications have been submitted and accepted for processing, 940 licences have been issued, and 75 have been refused.
Young Offenders
Sarah Teather: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment he has made of the merits of promoting sporting participation as a way of reducing crime among young offenders; and if he will make a statement. [16881]
Fiona Mactaggart: Sport based activities are one of the key interventions delivered through the Youth Inclusion Programmes and Positive Activities for Young People and are part of the Government's wide package of measures to target and steer young people most at risk of crime and reduce their re-offending. Sport is also an important part of the Youth Justice Board's Intensive Supervision and Surveillance Programme. Evaluation shows this as one of the elements that is the most effective at reducing reoffending.
CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT
Departmental Stationery
Jo Swinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what percentage of (a) copying paper and (b) paper for printed publications used by the Department in (i) 2003–04 and (ii) 2004–05 was from recycled sources; and how much post-consumer waste this paper contained. [17906]
James Purnell: The information requested is as follows:
(a) 2003–04—100 per cent.; 2004–05—100 per cent.
(b) All the Department's printed materials during 2003–04 and 2004–05 were produced on Revive Silk or Revive Matt. Revive Silk contains 75 per cent. de ink post consumer waste, the balance being mill waste. Revive matt contains 100 per cent. de ink post consumer waste. Both papers exceed the targets set by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
Jo Swinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what measures she has put in place to ensure that her Department meets the targets set by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to ensure that all copying paper bought by the Department is 100 per cent. recycled with a minimum of 75 per cent. post-consumer waste content; and by what date this target will be achieved. [17907]
James Purnell: The Department has been procuring 100 per cent. recycled paper since 1997, this is in line with DEFRA's targets. Paper purchased conforms with ISO 14001 which is 100 per cent. post consumer re-cycled content.
Jo Swinson:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what measures she has put in place to ensure that her Department meets the targets set by the
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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to ensure that all paper for printed publications bought by the Department is 60 per cent. recycled, of which a minimum is 75 per cent. post-consumer waste; and by what date this target will be achieved. [17908]
James Purnell: The Department for Culture Media and Sport exceeds the targets set by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs as the paper it uses for its printed publications contains a minimum of 75 per cent. de-ink post-consumer waste, the balance being mill waste.
Jo Swinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if she will list the Department's main suppliers of (a) copier paper, (b) stationery, (c) envelopes and (d) paper for reports; in each case stating (i) the name of each paper used and (ii) the recycled and post-consumer recycled content of each paper. [17910]
James Purnell: The information is as follows:
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