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CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS
Asylum and Immigration Appeals
Mr. Chope: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs when the immigration appeal lodged by Mr. Schneider (Ref. 189248) on 11 March 2005 will be determined and if she will make a statement. [22877]
Bridget Prentice: The asylum and immigration tribunal (AIT) has confirmed, from the reference provided in the question, that it is not currently in receipt of appeal papers from a Mr. Schneider.
Further checks made with the immigration and nationality directorate (IND) of the Home Office has confirmed that a Mr. Schneider lodged an appeal on human rights grounds with it on 11 March 2005. This appeal is currently awaiting transfer to the AIT in accordance with the transitional provisions set out in
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The Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc.) Act 2004 (Commencement No. 5 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2005 (SI 2005/565).
The IND has confirmed that the appeal papers will be transferred to the AIT within the next 14 working days. Upon receipt of the appeal papers the AIT will list the case for a hearing and send notice confirming the date to all parties to the appeal.
DNA Testing
David T.C. Davies: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs what measures are in place to ensure that laboratories licensed to perform court admissible DNA tests conform to the standards required by the ISO 17025 Certificate. [20883]
Bridget Prentice: My Department is currently investigating the matters raised in the hon. Member's questions, and I will write when I am in a position to do so.
Electoral Registration
Chris Ruane: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs if she will break down the number of registered electors by region. [21767]
John Healey: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Karen Dunnell to Chris Ruane, dated 28 October 2005:
As National Statistician I have been asked to reply to your question concerning the number of electors by region. (21767)
Below is a table showing the number of registered electors, as at 1 December 2004, for each country within the UK and for Government Office Regions within England. The table shows both the number of local electors and the number of parliamentary electors.
Source:
Office for National Statistics
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PRIME MINISTER
Committees (Representation)
Mr. Austin Mitchell: To ask the Prime Minister if he will list departments represented on (a) each Cabinet standing committee and (b) special or occasional committees set up in each of the last five years. [20637]
The Prime Minister: I refer my hon. Friend to the list of Cabinet Committees which is available in the Libraries of the House and on the Cabinet Office website.
Prince of Wales (American Visit)
Andrew Mackinlay: To ask the Prime Minister whether the Prince of Wales's next visit to the United States of America is an official visit. [21900]
The Prime Minister [holding answer 27 October 2005]: Yes.
Public Sector Pensions
Mr. Laws: To ask the Prime Minister what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry concerning reform of public sector pension schemes; and if he will make a statement. [21430]
The Prime Minister: I have regular meetings and discussions with ministerial colleagues and others on a wide range of subjects. Information relating to internal meetings, discussion and advice is not disclosed as to do so could harm the frankness and candour of internal discussion.
Secondments
Mr. Austin Mitchell: To ask the Prime Minister how many staff in his Office are seconded from accountancy houses; and how many of his officials have worked on secondment to outside accountancy houses. [20552]
Trident Replacement
Mr. Gordon Prentice: To ask the Prime Minister pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for Newport, West (Paul Flynn) of 19 October 2005, Official Report, column 841, in which years he expects the decision on Trident replacement to be made. [21719]
The Prime Minister: I have nothing further to add to the answer I gave the hon. Member for Newport, West (Paul Flynn) at Prime Minister's Questions on 19 October 2005, Official Report, column 841.
HEALTH
Abortion
Mr. Amess:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) if she will make a statement on the operation of sections 1 to 4 of the Abortion Act 1967 (as amended by section 37 of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990); [20192]
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(2) what assessment she has made of the operation of section 4 of the Abortion Act 1967. [20268]
Caroline Flint: The Government have a responsibility to monitor the provisions of the Abortion Act and we have no evidence to suggest that sections 1 to 4 of the Act are not being complied with.
Mr. Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what records are kept of attempted abortions which fail and where the foetus survives; [20782]
(2) how many attempted abortions in the United Kingdom failed and ended in a live birth in each of the last five years for which figures are available. [20783]
Caroline Flint: I refer the hon. Member to the reply my hon. Friend the then Under-Secretary of State for Health (Melanie Johnson) gave on 24 March 2005, Official Report, column 1043W.
Adverse Drug Reactions
Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what assessment she has made of the number of children suffering adverse reactions to off-label medicines; [18810]
(2) what assessment she has made of the number of children suffering adverse reactions to medicines approved for paediatric use. [18811]
Jane Kennedy: The table shows the total number of suspected adverse drug reaction (ADR) reports received from health professionals via the yellow card scheme from 1 January 2001 to 14 October 2005 for each of the last five years, where the patient's age was specified as less than 18 years.
(4)Data up to 14 October 2005.
Note:
Data held on the adverse drug reactions on-line information tracking database is dynamic and may be subject to change.
Currently, many drugs that are routinely used to treat children are not licensed for use in this age group. The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency pharmacovigilance database does not differentiate between suspected ADRs for drugs that may or may not have a licence for use in children, therefore this breakdown of the data is not provided.
It is important to note that a report of an adverse drug reaction does not necessarily mean that it was caused by the drug. Many factors have to be taken into account in assessing causal relationships including temporal association, the possible contribution of concomitant medication and the underlying disease.
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