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Figures for expenditure in 2006-07 are not yet available. In 2005-06, 65 per cent., of vouchers
reimbursed were for adults receiving income support, income-based job seeker’s allowance, tax credits, or those eligible for help under the NHS Low Income Scheme. It is not possible to estimate how many of these vouchers were for people aged over 60 alone.
The estimated total cost of vouchers and repairs and replacements for these groups in 2005-06 was around £104 million, based on a total spend of £159 million for all eligible patients.
Vaccination: Side effects
Ian Stewart: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) deaths and (b) other adverse reactions to vaccines were reported in each of the last 30 years; and whether there were any deaths in each year from 1964 to 2007 attributed to vaccination. [146430]
Dawn Primarolo: The following table lists the numbers of reports of suspected adverse reactions (ADRs) to vaccines submitted to the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) via the yellow card scheme between 1 January 1964 and 31 December 2006.
It is very important to note that the report of a suspected ADR via the yellow card scheme and inclusion in this list does not necessarily mean that the event was caused by the vaccine. Yellow card reports are suspicions that a vaccine or medicine may have caused an event and are not proof of a causal association.
The increase in total reports in the year 2000 was due to the meningitis C immunisation campaign during which more than 18 million doses of the vaccine were administered in just over a year.
Data from the yellow card scheme is continually reviewed to identify new safely issues with medicines and vaccines, and where issues are identified appropriate action is taken to protect public health.
| Received year | Number of reports | Fatal reports |
Home Department
Serious and Organised Crime Agency
10. Mr. Burrowes: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Serious and Organised Crime Agency. [147912]
Mr. McNulty: The Serious Organised Crime Agency has just published its first annual report, which highlights significant achievements for an organisation that has only been in existence for just over a year.
This report identifies how SOCA has performed against their strategic imperatives—in response to the priorities laid down by the Home Secretary—and incorporates illustrations of operational successes.
Child Trafficking
11. Mr. Steen: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department If she will make a statement on the findings of the Child Exploitation Online Protection Centre scoping project on child trafficking in the UK. [147913]
Mr. Coaker: The Home Office commissioned this report in 2006 to improve our knowledge of the nature and extent of child trafficking in the UK. We are most concerned about the plight of child victims revealed in the findings and welcome the recommendations which are being actively pursued as part of the Government’s Action Plan on Tackling Human Trafficking.
Immigration Review
12. Mr. Carswell: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what progress has been made on the implementation of her Department’s immigration review. [147914]
Mr. Byrne: Good progress has been made since the IND review was published last year, meeting almost all of the milestones we had set to achieve by April 2007.
The Border and Immigration Agency was established as a shadow agency in April and has since published its priorities and work programme for 2007-08.
Credit Card Fraud
14. Mary Creagh: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what guidance she has issued to banks on reporting credit card fraud following the changes to the reporting procedures for such fraud which came into force in January. [147916]
Mr. Coaker: The Home Office has been liaising with the UK Payments Association (APACS) on changes in relation to the reporting and recording of cheque and plastic card crime. APACS have notified all of their members of the changes prior to 1 April 2007.
DNA Database
15. Norman Baker: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department in what circumstances the DNA of children under 10 years old may be included on the national DNA database. [147917]
Meg Hillier: Only when the child’s parent or guardian consents to a request from the police to take a DNA sample. 108 children under 10 were on the database at 31 January 2007.
Public Order Offences
16. Mr. Laurence Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) antisocial behaviour orders and (b) fixed penalty notices were served in the last 12 months for which figures are available; and if she will make a statement. [147918]
Mr. Coaker: The Courts issued some 4,000 antisocial behaviour orders in England and Wales in 2005.
Provisional figures for 2006 show that the police issued some 200,000 penalty notices for disorder in England and Wales. 146,000 were issued in 2005. The payment rate is 53 per cent.
Some 3.5 million fixed penalty notices were also for motoring offences in 2004. The payment rate for these is 88 per cent.
Other agencies, including local authorities may also issue fixed penalty notices—we do not collect data on those.
Deportation
17. Mr. Clappison: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the new grounds for deporting people for fomenting extremism under the 12 point plan announced by the then Prime Minister in August 2005.[147919]
Mr McNulty:
The new grounds introduced in 2005 were an effective clarification of Government policy in
dealing with extremism. To date one person has been deported and 52 excluded from the UK on these grounds. In the same period we have deported nine and excluded 124 individuals on national security grounds.
Terrorism
18. Patrick Mercer: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what representations she has received on warnings for the public following the recent terrorist attacks. [147921]
Mr. McNaulty: The Home Secretary has not received any representations on warnings for the public following the recent terrorist attacks.
National Identity Card Scheme
19. Robert Neill: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent progress has been made on the National Identity Card Scheme; and if she will make a statement. [147922]
Meg Hillier: The Government remain committed to the introduction of the national identity scheme.
ID cards are essential in combating identity fraud and illegal immigration and in disrupting organised crime and the continued threat of terrorism.
Mr. Evennett: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent progress has been made on the National Identity Card Scheme; and if she will make a statement.[147915]
Liam Byrne: The Government remain committed to the introduction of the national identity scheme.
ID cards are essential in combating identity fraud and illegal immigration and in disrupting organised crime and the continued threat of terrorism.
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