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Student Task Force
John Bercow: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what proportion of the 1,206 colleges visited by his Department's student task force were judged to be (a) genuine colleges and (b) not genuine colleges. [26668]
Andy Burnham: Between April 2004 and December 2004, 1,218 educational institutions were visited and 314 (25 per cent.) were found not to be genuine. All applications from students to study at institutions found not to be genuine were refused.
Terrorist Attacks (London)
Chris Huhne: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the Answer of 10 October 2005, Official Report, column 180W, on terrorist attacks in London, how long it took to reach each underground train affected by the incidents. [24245]
Hazel Blears: After consultation with the Metropolitan Police Service, the British Transport Police, the London Fire Brigade Service and the London Ambulance Service I can inform the hon. Member that the information he has requested is not readily available.
Following normal practice, the London Ambulance Service did not record the times that their paramedics and technicians reached the trains, only the stations which were the locations given in the 999 calls. This also applies to the Metropolitan Police Service, the British Transport Police and the London Fire Brigade.
It is considered that to collate the information requested could be obtained only at disproportionate cost as it would require information from each of the individual responders from the emergency services.
I can inform the hon. Member that the London Underground have provided information that in respect of the Aldgate and Edgware Road incidents, London Underground staff reached the trains within 3–5 minutes of the blasts occurring.
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In respect of the Kings Cross incident, London Underground staff reached the train within 3–7 minutes of the blasts occurring. Again, exact arrival times are not recorded.
DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER
Belfast Protocol
Joan Walley: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what action he will take in response to the publication of the Belfast Protocol by the British Toilet Association on 11 October; and if he will make a statement. [26623]
Mr. Woolas: I met with the British Toilet Association on 11 October to discuss good practice in public toilet provision. The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister will work with the BTA to produce further guidance, including examples of best practice. This will be undertaken as part of our How To Deliver Cleaner, Safer, Greener Communities" good practice programme.
Departmental Estate
David Howarth: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what information he collects on (a) the number of buildings, (b) the number of staff working from each building and (c) the management of the buildings in (i)his Department and (ii) its executive agencies. [24412]
Jim Fitzpatrick: Information collected by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister is as follows:
(i) The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister has four headquarters buildings in London which are in the process of being rationalised. There is additional minor office space at Hempstead House, Kernel Hempstead, Ashdown House, Hastings and 1 High Street, Glossop.
The Fire and Rescue Service Directorate also occupies premises at Marchington, Moreton-in-Marsh, Little Rissington and Garston.
A team to oversee Thames Gateway is based in Gateway House, Exchange Tower and similarly a small team is based within the Planning Inspectorate Offices at Temple Quay House, Bristol.
The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister also owns Burlington House in London, Sheffield House in Stevenage, West Point in Manchester and a building at Little Rissington.
(ii) In relation to the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister's Executive Agencies, the Fire Services College occupies buildings at Moreton in Marsh and the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre is located in Westminster. The Planning Inspectorate occupies Temple Quay House, Bristol.
(b) Number of staff working from each building
(i) Figures are based on staff with an entry on the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister personnel database, but exclude staff on temporary leave of absence from the office, eg maternity leave, staff working in the Regional Coordination Unit and staff working in the Executive agencies which are recorded as follows. Figures for staff are likely to differ from those published elsewhere as they have been produced on a different basis. All figures are shown as actual number of staff.
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Figures are not available for Little Rissington, Burlington House, Sheffield House, Stevenage or West Point, Manchester as these buildings are not occupied by ODPM staff.
(ii) Figures for staff in buildings occupied by the Executive agencies are only available as full-time equivalents and this will almost certainly be an underestimate of the number of individuals employed. Figures include agency staff and contractors and may differ from figures published elsewhere using different definitions.
| Full-time equivalents | |
|---|---|
| Fire Service College | 296.2 |
| Planning Inspectorate | 821.14 |
| Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre | 53.3 |
(c) Management of the buildings
The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister centrally collects information relating to the Sustainable Development in Government targets for each and publicly reports on this. This can be viewed at http://www.sustainable-development.gov.uk/delivery/integrating/estate/estate.htm. No other information is retained centrally.
This answer does not include buildings occupied by Government offices, which carry out functions on behalf of 10 Government Departments.
Departmental Funding
Mike Penning: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how much funding was allocated by his Department to Hemel Hempstead constituency for (a) capital projects and (b) revenue funding in the last eight years. [25742]
Jim Fitzpatrick: The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM) does not hold separate expenditure information on the Hemel Hempstead constituency.
The following table sets out payments made to Dacorum borough council since the ODPM was established following the Machinery of Government changes on 29 May 2002. For earlier years (from 1999–2000), the table shows the amount paid by ODPM's predecessor Departments from programmes which are now administered by the Office.
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Departmental Spending
Dr. Starkey: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how much funding was allocated by his Department to Milton Keynes for (a) capital projects and (b) revenue funding in each of the last five years. [23503]
Jim Fitzpatrick: The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM) was established following the Machinery of Government changes on 29 May 2002. The following table sets out payments made to Milton Keynes since 2002–03. For earlier years, the table shows the amount paid by ODPM's predecessor Departments from programmes which are now administered by ODPM.
| Capital | Revenue | |
|---|---|---|
| 2000–01 | 0.012 | 131.448 |
| 2001–02 | 14.050 | 132.734 |
| 2002–03 | 32.200 | 138.753 |
| 2003–04 | 26.455 | 162.572 |
| 2004–05 | 53.473 | 173.529 |
| Total | 126.190 | 739.036 |
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