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DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER

Social Exclusion Unit Report

The Minister for Local Government (Mr. Phil Woolas): Today the Social Exclusion Unit in the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister is publishing a major report entitled "Transitions: Young Adults with Complex Needs".

The report proposes:

The report highlights three key themes:

Thinking and Behaviour.

Age-bound services.

Holistic services and the 'trusted adult'.

The report contains 27 action points to be taken forward by Government Departments. The Implementation Team in the Social Exclusion Unit will monitor the progress made by the Departments on individual action points and will work to ensure that the overarching goals contained within the report are pursued across Government.

Baroness Andrews, Parliamentary Under-Secretary in the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister will chair an ad-hoc group of Ministers from key Departments to oversee progress towards the action points contained in the report.

Copies of the report have been placed in the Libraries of both Houses. Further copies can be downloaded from http://www.socialexclusion.gov.uk/ downloaddoc.asp?id=785
 
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FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS

Foreign and Commonwealth Office Parliamentary Database

The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (Mr. Jack Straw): On 6 April I announced the database of parliamentarians' foreign affairs interests that the Foreign and Commonwealth Office had created.

Since then, the FCO has been working on a new Parliamentary Question (PQ) management system so that it can be compatible with the next generation of the FCO's desktop IT system which will be introduced next year. The new PQ management system will allow officials throughout the Department to see the FCO questions that hon. Members have asked. In order to concentrate parliamentary information in one place, this new system will also replace the database of parliamentary interests, and in addition to records of Parliamentary Questions hon. Members have asked, it will include records of their participation in foreign affairs debates.

HEALTH

12th Wave Work Programme (National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence)

The Minister of State, Department of Health (Jane Kennedy): Today I am announcing referral to the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) of topics for its 12th Wave work programme,

I am referring to NICE clinical guidelines in the following areas:

Low Back Pain;

Stroke;

Glaucoma;

Irritable bowel syndrome;

Investigation of children with suspected abuse;

Chronic Kidney Disease;

Spinal Cord Compression;

Borderline Personality Disorder; and

Antisocial (Dissocial) Personality Disorder.

I am also asking NICE to consult on the remit and scope for technology appraisals of the following:

Autologous tumour vaccine for stage i-iii renal cell carcinoma;

Idaraparinux sodium for the prevention of stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation and for the prevention of recurrent venous thromboembolism;

Neuro-imaging in the first onset atypical psychosis;

Cochlear Implants;

Recombinant factor Vila for traumatic bleeding;

Rimonabant for smoking cessation, weight loss and reduction of cardiovascular risk factors of overweight obesity;

Certolizumab pegol and natalizumab for the treatment of moderate to severe Crohn's disease;

Varenicline for smoking cessation;

Alteplase for acute ischaemic stroke;
 
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Rituximab and abatacept for the treatment of refractory rheumatoid arthrits Adalimumab and leflunomide for the treatment of moderate to severe psoriatic arthritis;

Ruboxistaurin (LY333531) for diabetic eye disease;

Tegaserod maleate and cilansetron for Irritable Bowel Syndrome;

Continuous positive airways pressure (CPAP) for Sleep Apnoea; and

Muragiltazar and tesaglitazar for type II diabetes and associated lipid abnormalities.

Early referral of Herceptin (Trastuzumab) for early stage breast cancer and Velcade (Bortezomib) for multiple myeloma was made on 21 July.

NICE will begin consultation with organisations representing patients, healthcare professionals and the healthcare industries on the remit and scope of these technology appraisals. I will consider the comments arising from the consultation when finalising the precise remit of the appraisal topics.

I will shortly be considering proposals for public health topics which will be included in this programme of work.

Further information including details of the remits of the topics may be found on the NICE website at www.nice.org.uk.

NICE will be publishing indicative timescales for its work on these topics in due course.

Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority's Annual Report 2004–05

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health (Caroline Flint): The 2004–05 annual report of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority was laid before the House today. Copies of the report have been placed in the Library.

HOME DEPARTMENT

Police Use of Firearms (England and Wales)

The Minister for Policing, Security and Community Safety (Hazel Blears): The statistics for 1 April 2004 to 31 March 2005 show that the number of police operations in which firearms were authorised was 15,981.

The Police discharged a conventional firearm 18 times covering five incidents. In addition, the Police discharged baton rounds in 23 incidents and fired Taser in 35 incidents.

Armed response vehicles were deployed on 13,137 occasions and there were 6,243 authorised firearms officers in England and Wales.
 
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Full details are set out in the tables below:
NUMBER OF OPERATIONS IN WHICH FIREARMS WERE AUTHORISED

2001–022002–032003–042004–05
TOTAL13,99114,82716,65715,981
AVON & SOMERSET195262311333
BEDFORDSHIRE237301442475
CAMBRIDGESHIRE11457104241
CHESHIRE419451397358
CLEVELAND37170453530
CITY OF LONDON40131364404
CUMBRIA717772152
DERBYSHIRE275401369287
DEVON & CORNWALL1019611271
DORSET184193231223
DURHAM8983156144
ESSEX323312275296
GLOUCESTERSHIRE165185127176
GTR MANCHESTER580518507461
HAMPSHIRE198162208237
HERTFORDSHIRE112172195185
HUMBERSIDE297187183206
KENT115137207163
LANCASHIRE232238318241
LEICESTERSHIRE300268295260
LINCOLNSHIRE477392386294
MERSEYSIDE1,020628751733
METROPOLITAN2,4473,1993,5632,964
NORFOLK175200178195
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE43138148158
NORTHUMBRIA1,4401,2751,140977
NORTH YORKSHIRE92100147185
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE384452459408
SOUTH YORKSHIRE258463484546
STAFFORDSHIRE232281255216
SUFFOLK163270251153
SURREY245247203151
SUSSEX248204280187
THAMES VALLEY179167195289
WARWICKSHIRE130149164124
WEST MERCIA11791197162
WEST MIDLANDS82290213771264
WEST YORKSHIRE757604575853
WILTSHIRE45586388
DYFED POWYS28292851
GWENT20374081
NORTH WALES302259197223
SOUTH WALES283281250236

NUMBER OF AUTHORISED FIREARMS OFFICERS (AFOs)

2001–022002–032003–042004–05
TOTAL5,7765,7636,0966,243
AVON & SOMERSET11684122118
BEDFORDSHIRE48535856
CAMBRIDGESHIRE56716060
CHESHIRE81897576
CLEVELAND858095100
CITY OF LONDON73728689
CUMBRIA92878990
DERBYSHIRE80697074
DEVON & CORNWALL108115132123
DORSET57596064
DURHAM8610297103
ESSEX180184186202
GLOUCESTERSHIRE71808293
GTR MANCHESTER219202205187
HAMPSHIRE87949492
HERTFORDSHIRE46475053
HUMBERSIDE969696101
KENT113939094
LANCASHIRE138129122115
LEICESTERSHIRE69685153
LINCOLNSHIRE91877886
MERSEYSIDE78849493
METROPOLITAN1,8051,8232,0602,134
NORFOLK104109114125
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE51565250
NORTHUMBRIA125999093
NORTH YORKSHIRE66646056
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE136131 J138138
SOUTH YORKSHIRE9210098122
STAFFORDSHIRE71636776
SUFFOLK90809688
SURREY62485349
SUSSEX120141134130
THAMES VALLEY156180172176
WARWICKSHIRE50514653
WEST MERCIA125131139141
WEST MIDLANDS111110124134
WEST YORKSHIRE116132140130
WILTSHIRE71788074
DYFED POWYS77625879
GWENT57607174
NORTH WALES83757365
SOUTH WALES138125139134

 
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NUMBER OF OPERATIONS INVOLVING ARMED RESPONSE VEHICLES (ARVs)

2001–022002–032003–042004–05
TOTAL11,57411,84813,21813,137
AVON & SOMERSET173215249312
BEDFORDSHIRE172269414419
CAMBRIDGESHIRE4345155172
CHESHIRE523337356773
CLEVELAND136386154
CITY OF LONDON39131364275
CUMBRIA534565134
DERBYSHIRE253363312254
DEVON & CORNWALL76329454
DORSET182180215195
DURHAM57669691
ESSEX165176138138
GLOUCESTERSHIRE140166109121
GTR MANCHESTER528406440364
HAMPSHIRE116108128167
HERTFORDSHIRE81129157155
HUMBERSIDE273170158184
KENT89132193124
LANCASHIRE192185273228
LEICESTERSHIRE292232269232
LINCOLNSHIRE470367355276
MERSEYSIDE974547687677
METROPOLITAN1,6672,4472,4232,322
NORFOLK157186169163
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE25909989
NORTHUMBRIA1,3491,2041,063893
NORTH YORKSHIRE6067110144
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE333397404336
SOUTH YORKSHIRE221280322438
STAFFORDSHIRE208241212183
SUFFOLK116160194119
SURREY225240190140
SUSSEX189171250163
THAMES VALLEY174167179265
WARWICKSHIRE10431138102
WEST MERCIA100111241152
WEST MIDLANDS563592975952
WEST YORKSHIRE609565543656
WILTSHIRE43392854
DYFED POWYS28292848
GWENT16162374
NORTH WALES265198153180
SOUTH WALES218253161165

 
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