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Transplant Surgery: Manpower
Mr. Anthony Wright: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many transplant co-ordinators are employed in (a) England, (b) Norfolk and (c) Great Yarmouth. [151957]
Mr. Bradshaw: This information is not collected centrally.
Young Potential: Bassetlaw
John Mann: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what funding his Department plans to provide to Young Potential in Bassetlaw in (a) 2008 and (b) 2009. [161222]
Dawn Primarolo: The Young Potential project is a respected youth initiative primarily funded though local arrangements e.g. the Nottingham Local Strategic Partnership. Together with 26 other schemes, the project participated in the Department's funded three-year pilot Young People's Development Programme (YPDP). The intention of YPDP was always to embed the lessons learned into mainstream activity. YPDP has become recognised as meeting the needs of the new targeted youth support arrangements being taken forward by the Department for Children, Schools and Families. Over the last year, the National Youth Agency and the Department has supported the participant projects in making the case for funding for this aspect of work from their local authority areas, which is what we would now expect to happen.
Home Department
Acceptable Behaviour Contracts: Cambridgeshire
Mr. Stewart Jackson: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) acceptable behaviour orders and (b) parenting orders were issued in (i) Peterborough and (ii) Cambridgeshire in each year since their introduction; and if she will make a statement. [161785]
Mr. Coaker: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Airports: Warnings
Mr. Gummer: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what factors were taken into account in determining the format of the notices posted in airports for incoming passengers at the UK’s borders. [161659]
Mr. Byrne: It has not proved possible to respond to the right hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Alcoholic Drinks: Children
Mr. Ruffley: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 1 October 2007, Official Report, column 2353W, on alcoholic drinks: children, how many fines were levied in each year since 1997. [158808]
Mr. Coaker: The information requested is contained in the table as follows.
| Number of persons fined for selling alcohol to those aged under 18 in England and Wales | |
| Number | |
These figures have been drawn from administrative data systems. Although care is taken when processing and analysing the returns, the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large scale recording system.
Animal Experiments
Mr. Drew: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what requirements exist on the recording of observations on the condition of animals used for scientific testing and whether or not there is a change in condition. [161613]
Meg Hillier: It has not proved possible to respond to my hon. Friend in the time available before Prorogation.
Mr. Drew: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether records on the condition of animals are kept on a 24-hour basis by establishments with a certificate of designation under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986. [161670]
Meg Hillier: It has not proved possible to respond to my hon. Friend in the time available before Prorogation.
John Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many regulated procedures under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 were carried out in Scotland in 2006. [161679]
Meg Hillier: It has not proved possible to respond to my hon. Friend in the time available before Prorogation.
John Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many places in Scotland were designated as an (a) supplying establishment, (b) breeding establishment and (c) scientific procedure establishment under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 at the end of (i) 2005 and (ii) 2006. [161680]
Meg Hillier: It has not proved possible to respond to my hon. Friend in the time available before Prorogation.
John Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many animals were used in regulated procedures under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 in Scotland in (a) 2005 and (b) 2006. [161684]
Meg Hillier: It has not proved possible to respond to my hon. Friend in the time available before Prorogation.
John Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what proportion of regulated procedures under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 carried out in Scotland in (a) 2005 and (b) 2006 were conducted without anaesthesia. [161685]
Meg Hillier: It has not proved possible to respond to my hon. Friend in the time available before Prorogation.
John Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many infringements of the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 were recorded in Scotland at the end of 2006; and how many resulting prosecutions there were. [161686]
Meg Hillier: It has not proved possible to respond to my hon. Friend in the time available before Prorogation.
Animal Experiments: Licensing
John Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many project licences were granted under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 in (a) 2005 and (b) 2006; and how many project licences were in force at the end of (i) 2005 and (ii) 2006 in respect of work to be carried out in Scotland. [161678]
Meg Hillier: It has not proved possible to respond to my hon. Friend in the time available before Prorogation.
Antisocial Behaviour Orders: Derbyshire
Mr. Skinner: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many antisocial behaviour orders have been imposed in (a) Derbyshire and (b) Bolsover constituency since their introduction. [161451]
Mr. Coaker: It has not proved possible to respond to my hon. Friend in the time available before Prorogation.
Anti-terrorism Control Orders
Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many control orders are active. [161866]
Mr. McNulty: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of control orders. [161867]
Mr. McNulty: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assistance individuals subject to control orders receive with their living costs. [161868]
Mr. McNulty: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how frequently control orders are subject to review; and what form such review takes. [161869]
Mr. McNulty: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether any of the individuals who have been subjected to control orders have been treated for self-inflicted injuries. [161870]
Mr. McNulty: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what restrictions may be placed on an individual who is the subject of a control order. [161871]
Mr. McNulty: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many individuals currently subjected to control orders have previous convictions for terrorism-related offences. [161872]
Mr. McNulty: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Arrests: Genetics
Norman Baker: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what percentage of people arrested in the last 12 months had a DNA sample taken from them; and what factors are taken into account in deciding whether to take a DNA sample from an individual who has been arrested. [160300]
Meg Hillier [holding answer 23 October 2007]: There is no current data available on the number of individuals who are arrested each year. Information on arrests published in the Statistical Bulletin ‘Arrests for Recorded Crime (Notifiable Offences), is based on an ‘arrest event’ i.e. a person will be counted more than once if arrested on more than one occasion during the year.
It is therefore not possible to compare the arrest data with data on the number of persons who have a DNA sample taken or the number of subject sample profiles added to the National DNA Database (NDNAD) or give a figure for the percentage of arrested persons who have a DNA sample taken.
Available data obtained from police forces in England and Wales indicate that over 673,000 persons had a DNA sample taken in 2006-07 and 667,737 DMA subject sample profiles were loaded to the National DNA Database. This would represent around 576,250 individuals, taking account of the estimated subject sample profile replication rate which is currently 13.7 per cent.
The Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) has produced guidance for police officers on the use of DNA. The guidance states that a DNA sample should be taken from anyone who is detained at a police station and has been arrested for a recordable offence and:
who is a new offender and therefore does not have a PNC record or who does not already have a DNA profile on the National DNA Database; and
who has not had a DNA sample same taken during the course of the investigation.
Asylum
Mr. Frank Field: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what representations she has received from Refugee Action on its report The Destitution Trap; and what estimate she has made of the number of asylum seekers living on the streets. [161750]
Mr. Byrne: It has not proved possible to respond to my right hon. Friend in the time available before Prorogation.
Mr. Frank Field: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether officials from her Department have made an assessment of the initiative of the Hotham Mission in Melbourne, Australia relating to asylum seekers. [161853]
Mr. Byrne: It has not proved possible to respond to my right hon. Friend in the time available before Prorogation.
Asylum: Appeals
Mr. Lidington: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when her Department (a) received notice from the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal of the Judge’s decision in the case of Mr M.I., sponsored by Mr R.A. of Aylesbury, (appeal reference VA/31440/2006, FCO number 1198381), and (b) notified H.M. High Commission, Islamabad, of the outcome of the appeal. [146723]
Mr. Byrne: I will write to the hon. Member.
Asylum: Applications
Mr. Stewart Jackson: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) Iraqi, (b) Afghan and (c) Somali nationals have been waiting for determination of an application for indefinite leave to remain in the UK for more than (i) six, (ii) 12 and (iii) 24 months; and if he will make a statement. [139246]
Mr. Byrne: The available information is listed in the following table.
| Non-asylum indefinite leave to remain applications made in the UK awaiting consideration over each of the listed periods as of 31 May 2007 for the timescales and nationalities shown( 1) | |||
| 6 to < 12 months | 12 to < 24 months | 24 months and over | |
| (1) Figures are rounded to the nearest 25. Note: This table includes applications submitted under a range of categories, including those from applicants here illegally or have substantively overstayed their leave in the UK. Source: The data is not provided under National Statistic protocols. It has been derived from local management information and is therefore provisional subject to change. | |||
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