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Solicitor-General
Emergency Workers (Obstruction) Act 2006: Prosecutions
James Brokenshire:
To ask the Solicitor-General how many people have been charged with offences under the Emergency Workers (Obstruction) Act 2006. [167552]
The Solicitor-General:
The records held by the CPS provide no information on the number of defendants charged or prosecuted for specific offences. However, the CPS does identify by act and section the number of offences which reached a first hearing in the magistrates courts.
These records show that, as of November 2007, two offences under sections 2 and 4 of the Emergency Workers (Obstruction) Act 2006 had reached a first hearing; one was prosecuted by CPS West Mercia and the other by CPS Gloucestershire.
National Fraud Reporting Centre
James Brokenshire:
To ask the Solicitor-General (1) when she expects the proposed national fraud reporting centre to become operational; [167110]
(2) what the (a) establishment and (b) annual running costs of the proposed national fraud reporting centre are expected to be. [167111]
The Solicitor-General:
The comprehensive spending review announced new investment of over £28 million from HM Government for 2008 to 2011 in the UK's fight against fraud. Part of this new investment has been earmarked for the establishment of the national fraud reporting centre, which is expected to become operational early in 2009.
Establishment and running costs remain confidential at present under the terms of HM Treasury's settlement letter and due to the commercially sensitive nature of the detailed development work that is now under way towards making the national fraud reporting centre a reality.
Children, Schools and Families
Children in Care
Ann Coffey:
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (1) how many children from each local authority area were looked after by another local authority in (a) local authority children’s homes, (b) private children’s homes, (c) foster care, (d) hostels and (e) under other arrangements; [166237]
(2) how many children aged (a) 0 to five years, (b) six to 10 years and (c) 11 to 16 years old from each local authority area were looked after outside their local authority area in (i) local authority children’s homes, (ii) private children’s homes, (iii) foster care, (iv) hostels and (v) under other arrangements in each of the last five years. [166238]
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Kevin Brennan
[holding answer 20 November 2007]: The information is not readily available. I will write to my hon. Friend with the information requested and will place a copy of my response in the Library.
Departmental Consultants
Mr. Laws:
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what his latest estimate is of expenditure by his Department and its predecessor on all forms of consultancy for each (a) year and (b) quarter from 31 March 1997; and if he will make a statement. [163552]
Kevin Brennan:
Historical figures are not available for DCSF and could be provided only at disproportionate cost. Figures for the Department for Education and Skills show that it spent the following sums from administration costs on consultancy from 1997:
| | £ million |
|
1997-98
|
3.9
|
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1998-99
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5.0
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1999-2000
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3.7
|
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2000-01
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4.3
|
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2001-02
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5.0
|
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2002-03
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4.0
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2003-04
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4.7
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2004-05
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3.9
|
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2005-06
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3.5
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2006-07
|
4.1
|
The costs of consultancy charged to programmes budgets before November 2004 were not recorded centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost. The total cost of consultancy charged to programmes from November to March 2004-05 was £4.4 million and for the whole of 2005-06 was £18 million. A further £9.5 million in November to March 2004-05 and £8 million in 2005-06 was spent on other external expert advisers on education and children’s matters to assist with policy implementation and delivery. The total cost of consultancy charged to programmes for 2006-07 was £41 million with a further £14 million spent on other external expert advisers.
Quarterly information could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Departmental Official Hospitality
David Taylor:
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what entertainment or hospitality members of his Department’s management board have received in each of the last three financial years; and if he will make a statement. [164747]
Kevin Brennan:
Paragraph 4.3.5 of the Civil Service-Management Code sets out the rules on the registration of hospitality. The Government are committed to publishing an annual list of hospitality received by members of departmental boards. The first list for 2007 will be published as soon as it is ready after the end of the current calendar year.
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Departmental Public Expenditure
Mr. Hoban:
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families on what dates his Department breached its (a) resource, (b) near cash, (c) administration and (d) capital budgets; what the value of each breach was; and what the reason was for each breach. [164514]
Kevin Brennan:
I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 20 November 2007, Official Report, column 794W, to the hon. Member for Yeovil (Mr. Laws).
Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform
Fallow Initiative
Mr. Doran:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform how many fallow fields there are in the United Kingdom sector of the North Sea and Atlantic Ocean in which there has been no development over the last 10 years; and which company currently holds the licence to develop in each case. [167866]
Malcolm Wicks:
There are 258 discovered fields undeveloped for 10 years or more. Of these:
84 have been awarded in recent licensing rounds since 2002, of which 58 are on traditional licences, and 26 are on promote licences (where there is no formal operator);
13 currently have technical obstacles to overcome, such as lack of capacity or lack of infrastructure, which are being addressed;
43 have no activity planned and are due to be surrendered for re-licensing within two years if no plan for development is presented. aforementioned
The following table covers all of the aforementioned discoveries and shows operators where applicable.
| Discovery well number | Operator |
|
210/29a-3
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Promote Licence
|
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3/11-1
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Unlicensed
|
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211/11-1
|
Promote Licence
|
|
13/22b-4
|
Unlicensed
|
|
48/22-1
|
Unlicensed
|
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48/22-4
|
Promote Licence
|
|
20/08-2
|
Unlicensed
|
|
16/06b-6
|
Unlicensed
|
|
48/02b-3
|
Unlicensed
|
|
210/25c-6A
|
Promote Licence
|
|
21/29b-9
|
Unlicensed
|
|
42/15a-2
|
Unlicensed
|
|
50/26b-6
|
Unlicensed
|
|
3/08c-12
|
Unlicensed
|
|
48/02-1
|
Promote Licence
|
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29/08a-4
|
Unlicensed
|
|
43/13a-l
|
Promote Licence
|
|
43/20-1
|
Promote Licence
|
|
30/29a-l
|
Promote Licence
|
|
42/15b-l
|
Unlicensed
|
|
42/10b-2Z
|
Unlicensed
|
|
43/17-2
|
Unlicensed
|
|
42/22-1
|
Promote Licence
|
|
43/18-1
|
Promote Licence
|
|
21/29b-4
|
Unlicensed
|
|
22/28b-2
|
Unlicensed
|
|
39/16-1
|
Promote Licence
|
|
43/23-1
|
Promote Licence
|
|
48/24b-2
|
Unlicensed
|
|
47/09b-4
|
Promote Licence
|
|
9/12-3
|
Promote Licence
|
|
3/08b-10
|
Unlicensed
|
|
15/07-1
|
Promote Licence
|
|
15/21-2
|
Promote Licence
|
|
49/02-3
|
Promote Licence
|
|
16/03a-4
|
Promote Licence
|
|
15/26-1
|
Unlicensed
|
|
41/25a-l
|
Promote Licence
|
|
41/20-2
|
Promote Licence
|
|
9/21-2
|
Promote Licence
|
|
9/12b-6
|
Promote Licence
|
|
14/26b-4
|
Unlicensed
|
|
49/22-16
|
Promote Licence
|
|
14/26b-5
|
Unlicensed
|
|
110/04-1
|
Promote Licence
|
|
15/21b-45
|
Promote Licence
|
|
41/24a-1
|
Promote Licence
|
|
15/26a-2
|
Unlicensed
|
|
21/28a-2
|
Antrim Resources
|
|
211/22a-3
|
Antrim Resources
|
|
21/28a-6
|
Antrim Resources
|
|
16/29-4
|
Apache Corporation
|
|
2/15-1
|
ATP Oil and Gas Corporation
|
|
2/15a-9
|
ATP Oil and Gas Corporation
|
|
2/10a-6
|
ATP Oil and Gas Corporation
|
|
3/11b-4Z
|
ATP Oil and Gas Corporation
|
|
13/30-2
|
BG International
|
|
30/08-2
|
BG International
|
|
22/08a-2
|
BG International
|
|
110/13-17
|
BHP Billiton Petroleum
|
|
16/23-2
|
BP Exploration
|
|
204/19-6
|
BP Exploration
|
|
206/11-1
|
BP Exploration
|
|
9/23b-21
|
BP Exploration
|
|
9/24b-1A
|
BP Exploration
|
|
16/22-2
|
BP Exploration
|
|
30/01c-3
|
BP Exploration
|
|
47/03e-9
|
BP Exploration
|
|
98/11-2
|
BP Exploration
|
|
211/07a-2
|
BP Exploration
|
|
98/07-2
|
BP Exploration
|
|
47/03e-8
|
BP Exploration
|
|
204/19-8Z
|
BP Exploration
|
|
48/21-1
|
Bridge E&P Corporation
|
|
11/24-1
|
Caithness Petroleum
|
|
48/08a-1
|
Centrica Resources
|
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|
110/08a-5
|
Centrica Resources
|
|
49/09a-5
|
Centrica Resources
|
|
113/27-2
|
Centrica Resources
|
|
49/09-1
|
Centrica Resources
|
|
48/07c-11
|
Centrica Resources
|
|
9/23b-19
|
Century Exploration
|
|
48/25a-4
|
Century Exploration
|
|
48/24a-1
|
Century Exploration
|
|
110/14-1
|
Challenger Minerals
|
|
15/29a-9
|
Chevron Corporation
|
|
207/01-3
|
Chevron Corporation
|
|
9/11-2
|
Chevron Corporation
|
|
9/11b-11
|
Chevron Corporation
|
|
3/28a-2
|
Chevron Corporation
|
|
206/02-1
|
Chevron Corporation
|
|
15/29a-3
|
Chevron Corporation
|
|
29/02a-2
|
CNR International
|
|
22/27a-2
|
CNR International
|
|
3/07-3
|
CNR International
|
|
211/28-1A
|
CNR International
|
|
3/03-8
|
CNR International
|
|
110/08a-4
|
Conocophillips (U.K.)
|
|
30/07a-10
|
Conocophillips (U.K.)
|
|
15/30-2
|
Conocophillips (U.K.)
|
|
110/02b-10
|
Conocophillips (U.K.)
|
|
110/02b-11
|
Conocophillips (U.K.)
|
|
30/13-3
|
Conocophillips (U.K.)
|
|
110/14-2
|
Conocophillips (U.K.)
|
|
42/29-6
|
Dana Petroleum plc.
|
|
211/22-1
|
Dana Petroleum plc.
|
|
210/24a-8
|
Dana Petroleum plc.
|
|
42/29-7
|
Dana Petroleum plc.
|
|
23/16d-6
|
Dana Petroleum plc.
|
|
211/13-1
|
Dana Petroleum plc.
|
|
211/08a-2
|
Dana Petroleum plc.
|
|
21/17-4
|
Dana Petroleum plc.
|
|
21/17-3
|
Dana Petroleum plc.
|
|
214/30-1
|
Dansk Olie OG Naturgas A/S
|
|
43/27-2
|
E.On Ruhrgas UK North Sea
|
|
48/02-2
|
E.On Ruhrgas UK North Sea
|
|
44/22c-9
|
E.On Ruhrgas UK North Sea
|
|
113/28-2
|
Eclipse Energy Company
|
|
113/29-2
|
Eclipse Energy Company
|
|
43/08-1
|
Encore Petroleum Ltd.
|
|
30/25a-4
|
Endeavour International
|
|
12/27a-3
|
Endeavour International
|
|
12/27-1
|
Endeavour International
|
|
16/18-1
|
ENI UK Ltd.
|
|
16/23-4
|
ENI UK Ltd.
|
|
110/12a-1
|
Eog Resources Inc.
|
|
9/18a-15
|
Exxonmobil International
|
|
48/18a-4
|
Exxonmobil International
|
|
9/19-3
|
Exxonmobil International
|
|
9/19-4
|
Exxonmobil International
|
|
48/18c-5
|
Exxonmobil International
|
|
206/10a-1
|
Faroe Petroleum plc.
|
|
44/13-1
|
Gaz De France
|
|
44/27-1
|
Gaz De France
|
|
44/12-1
|
Gaz De France
|
|
44/29b-4
|
Gaz De France
|
|
44/16-1Z
|
Gaz De France
|
|
22/24b-8
|
Gaz De France
|
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|
16/08c-13
|
Genesis Petroleum Europe
|
|
53/01-3
|
Helix Energy Solutions
|
|
53/01a-13
|
Helix Energy Solutions
|
|
47/02-1
|
Hess Ltd.
|
|
204/28-1
|
Hurricane Exploration
|
|
12/21-2
|
Ithaca Energy Inc.
|
|
14/18b-7
|
Ithaca Energy Inc.
|
|
14/18-1
|
Ithaca Energy Inc.
|
|
14/18b-12
|
Ithaca Energy Inc.
|
|
205/26a-4
|
Lundin Petroleum BV
|
|
21/13b-lA
|
Lundin Petroleum BV
|
|
211/28a-7
|
Lundin Petroleum BV
|
|
9/10b-1
|
Lundin Petroleum BV
|
|
9/15a-l
|
Lundin Petroleum BV
|
|
2/05-10
|
Lundin Petroleum BV
|
|
30/02-1
|
Maersk Oil (UK)
|
|
30/14-1
|
Maersk Oil (UK)
|
|
4/26-1A
|
Maersk Oil (UK)
|
|
22/27a-l
|
Maersk Oil (UK)
|
|
15/20b-11
|
Maersk Oil (UK)
|
|
16/21d-31
|
Maersk Oil (UK)
|
|
103/01-1
|
Marathon Oil UK Ltd.
|
|
9/02-1
|
Masefield Energy Holdings
|
|
15/13-2
|
National Iranian Oil Co.
|
|
15/21b-47
|
Nexen Petroleum
|
|
15/21b-50
|
Nexen Petroleum
|
|
15/19-4
|
Nexen Petroleum
|
|
15/19-6
|
Nexen Petroleum
|
|
20/03-4
|
Nexen Petroleum
|
|
15/21a-7
|
Nexen Petroleum
|
|
21/02-1
|
Nexen Petroleum
|
|
21/02-2
|
Nexen Petroleum
|
|
21/15a-2
|
Nexen Petroleum
|
|
15/21a-51
|
Nexen Petroleum
|
|
15/21a-38Z
|
Nexen Petroleum
|
|
15/23d-13
|
Nexen Petroleum
|
|
15/21a-46
|
Nexen Petroleum
|
|
22/22b-2
|
Nexen Petroleum
|
|
15/24a-4
|
Nippon Oil Corporation
|
|
21/20b-4
|
Noble Energy Europe
|
|
22/02-2
|
Oilexco Incorporated
|
|
22/14b-3
|
Oilexco Incorporated
|
|
49/18-5Z
|
Perenco plc.
|
|
21/30-12
|
Perenco plc.
|
|
49/28-2
|
Perenco plc.
|
|
21/30-17
|
Perenco plc.
|
|
48/17b-3
|
Perenco plc.
|
|
48/11a-12
|
Perenco plc.
|
|
44/18a-5
|
Perenco plc.
|
|
12/21-3
|
Petro-Canada UK Holdings
|
|
15/18a-6
|
Petro-Canada UK Holdings
|
|
21/24-1
|
Petro-Canada UK Holdings
|
|
211/18-9
|
Petrofac Ltd.
|
|
29/07-1
|
Royal Dutch Shell
|
|
22/13a-2
|
Royal Dutch Shell
|
|
211/23-6
|
Royal Dutch Shell
|
|
22/23b-5
|
Royal Dutch Shell
|
|
22/29-2
|
Royal Dutch Shell
|
|
22/30a-16
|
Royal Dutch Shell
|
|
22/13a-1
|
Royal Dutch Shell
|
|
29/05a-1
|
Royal Dutch Shell
|
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23/16b-1
|
Royal Dutch Shell
|
|
211/21-11
|
Royal Dutch Shell
|
|
29/09a-1
|
Royal Dutch Shell
|
|
29/10-4
|
Royal Dutch Shell
|
|
29/10-2
|
Royal Dutch Shell
|
|
30/06-3Z
|
Royal Dutch Shell
|
|
48/19a-3
|
Royal Dutch Shell
|
|
29/03-1
|
Royal Dutch Shell
|
|
211/23b-11
|
Royal Dutch Shell
|
|
13/21a-lA
|
Royal Dutch Shell
|
|
211/23b-12
|
Royal Dutch Shell
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|
21/20a-5
|
Royal Dutch Shell
|
|
49/01-3
|
RWE DEA UK Holdings
|
|
43/20b-2
|
RWE DEA UK Holdings
|
|
14/15-2
|
Serica Energy
|
|
23/16a-2
|
Serica Energy
|
|
48/20b-6
|
Silverstone SNS Ltd.
|
|
48/25b-5
|
Silverstone SNS Ltd.
|
|
42/13-2
|
Sterling Resources
|
|
16/03a-11
|
Stratic Energy
|
|
16/02b-4
|
Stratic Energy
|
|
30/13-2
|
Talisman Energy Inc.
|
|
16/22-5
|
Talisman Energy Inc.
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|
30/13-1
|
Talisman Energy Inc.
|
|
15/17-24
|
Talisman Energy Inc.
|
|
16/13a-2Z
|
Talisman Energy Inc.
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|
16/22-1
|
Talisman Energy Inc.
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|
15/17-25
|
Talisman Energy Inc.
|
|
22/18-3
|
Talisman Energy Inc.
|
|
22/19-1
|
Talisman Energy Inc.
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|
14/14-1
|
Talisman Energy Inc.
|
|
15/17-8A
|
Talisman Energy Inc.
|
|
14/20-6Z
|
Talisman Energy Inc.
|
|
15/17-26
|
Talisman Energy Inc.
|
|
3/30-3
|
Total E&P UK plc.
|
|
3/30a-4
|
Total E&P UK plc.
|
|
3/10b-1
|
Total E&P UK plc.
|
|
3/09a-11
|
Total E&P UK plc.
|
|
3/04-7
|
Total E&P UK plc.
|
|
206/01-2
|
Total E&P UK plc.
|
|
3/09a-8
|
Total E&P UK plc.
|
|
44/28d-5
|
Tullow UK
|
|
44/28-3
|
Tullow UK
|
|
49/03-3
|
Tullow UK
|
|
28/02-1
|
Venture Production
|
|
30/11b-4
|
Venture Production
|
|
49/10b-3
|
Venture Production
|
|
48/14-2
|
Venture Production
|
|
30/11b-3
|
Venture Production
|
|
29/09b-2
|
Venture Production
|
|
29/08a-3
|
Venture Production
|
|
29/06a-3
|
Venture Production
|
|
43/16-2
|
Venture Production
|
|
22/22c-3Z
|
Venture Production
|
|
21/27-1A
|
Venture Production
|
|
21/19-1A
|
Venture Production
|
|
29/08b-2
|
Venture Production
|
|
44/19-3
|
Wintershall B.V.
|
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9/03-1
|
Xcite Energy
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