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(b) Number of maternities to girls aged under 16 years by area of usual residence—London boroughs, 2000-04
Area of usual residence	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
London	178	205	197	141	149
Barking and Dagenham LB	5	5	7	—	—
Barnet LB	—	5	—	—	5
Bexley LB	6	—	—	—	—
Brent LB	11	8	11	9	5
Bromley LB	5	—	—	—	6
Camden LB	—	5	—	—	—
Croydon LB	5	13	13	5	5
Ealing LB	7	6	8	—	—
Enfield LB	—	7	—	5	6
Greenwich LB	8	8	—	5	7
Hackney LB and City of London	8	14	9	7	7
Hammersmith and Fulham LB	—	—	—	—	—
Haringey LB	10	17	17	10	10
Harrow LB	—	—	—	—	—
Havering LB	—	—	—	—	—
Hillingdon LB	—	—	10	—	5
Hounslow LB	10	8	5	—	9
Islington LB	5	—	5	6	—
Kensington and Chelsea LB	—	—	—	—	—
Kingston upon Thames LB	—	—	—	—	—
Lambeth LB	16	13	14	17	11
Lewisham LB	11	10	13	12	7
Merton LB	—	5	—	—	—
Newham LB	14	11	16	10	6
Redbridge LB	—	10	5	6	5
Richmond upon Thames LB	—	—	—	—	—
Southwark LB	11	14	9	13	10
Sutton LB	—	—	—	—	—
Tower Hamlets LB	—	—	6	—	7
Waltham Forest LB	—	—	—	—	5
Wandsworth LB	—	9	12	—	5
Westminster City of LB	6	—	—	—	—
Note: To preserve confidentiality, counts for City of London have been combined with those for Hackney LB also counts of less than 5 have been suppressed and shown as —.

Valuation Office Agency

Mrs. Spelman: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many full-time equivalent officers the Valuation Office Agency employed in 2005-06. [83007]

Dawn Primarolo: At March 2006, the Valuation Office Agency employed 4,850 full-time equivalent staff.

Mrs. Spelman: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many press releases the Valuation Office Agency issued in 2005-06. [83008]

Dawn Primarolo: In 2005-06 the Valuation Office Agency (VOA) issued five press releases.

The following press release was distributed to media with national coverage:

7 June 2005—“VOA Appoints New Non-Executive Director”.

The agency issued the following press releases locally:

2 February 2005—“Businesses in South West Warned to Protect Themselves Against Fraudulent Agents”

24 May 2005—“Business in Blackpool Warned to Wise Up on Appeals”

27 September 2005—“The VOA and Kerrier District Council Celebrate 25-year Working Partnership”

22 December 2005-“Support and Advice for Householders and Businesses Following Buncefield Explosion”.

Additionally, where it is brought to the VOA's attention that there is a need to warn council taxpayers locally of bogus inspectors, they will issue a standard press release—“Alert for Bogus Council Tax Inspectors”.

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Home Department

Drug Smuggling

Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many British citizens have been convicted of drug smuggling in (a) England and Wales and (b) abroad, broken down by country, in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. [82917]

Mr. McNulty: Information on British citizens convicted abroad is not available centrally.

Available data relates to persons found guilty at court or cautioned in England and Wales between 2000 and 2004 for drug trafficking offences. Trafficking offences include: possession with intent to supply, unlawful supply, unlawful production and unlawful import or export. Citizenship details of these offenders are not collected centrally.

Persons found guilty or cautioned for drug trafficking offences( 1) England and Wales, 2000 to 2004
	Number of persons (rounded)
2000	13,930
2001	12,290
2002	12,610
2003	13,470
2004	14,690
(1) Unlawful import and export, unlawful production of drugs (including cannabis), unlawful supply and possession with intent to supply unlawfully.

Air Guns

Mr. Kemp: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many injuries due to air weapons have been recorded in (a) the constituency of Houghton and Washington, East, (b) the Northumbria police area and (c) England and Wales in each of the last five years. [82291]

Mr. McNulty: Data relating to Houghton and Washington, East are not collected centrally. Injuries for Northumbria and England and Wales police from 2000-01 up to and including 2004-05 are given in the following tables.

Table a: Air weapon injuries, 2000-01 to 2001-02
	Northumbria	England and Wales
2000-01	69	1,821
2001-02	68	1,915
Note: The National Crime Recording Standard was introduced in April 2002. Because of this figures before and after that date are not directly comparable.

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