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Animal Experiments: Scotland
Ms Katy Clark: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what proportion of the regulated procedures conducted in Scotland in 2006 under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 were performed in (a) public health authorities, (b) universities and medical schools, (c) NHS hospitals, (d) Government Departments, (e) other public bodies, (f) non-profit making organisations and (g) commercial organisations; [172528]
(2) what proportion of the regulated procedures conducted in Scotland in (a) 2005 and (b) 2006 under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 were carried out for (i) fundamental and applied studies other than toxicology and (ii) toxicity tests or other safety efficacy evaluation; [172540]
(3) how many (a) mice, (b) rats, (c) guinea pigs, (d) hamsters, (e) rabbits, (f) horses and other equids, (g) sheep, (h) pigs, (i) birds, (j) amphibians, (k) reptiles, (l) fish, (m) cats, (n) dogs, (o) New World primates and (p) Old World primates were used in regulated procedures conducted in Scotland under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 in 2006; [172623]
(4) what proportion of the project licences granted under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986
that were in force in Scotland at the end of 2006 were in (a) mild, (b) moderate, (c) substantial and (d) unclassified severity bandings; [172624]
(5) how many of the regulated procedures conducted in Scotland in 2006 under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 involved (a) cats, (b) dogs, (c) rabbits, (d) horses and other equids, (e) New World primates and (f) Old World primates. [172635]
Meg Hillier: Comprehensive statistics of scientific procedures on living animals in Great Britain carried out under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 are published annually. Copies of the publication for 2006 (Cm 7153) can be found in the House Library.
The data are not collected, stored or presented in a way enabling them to be easily broken down between England, Wales and Scotland as the 1986 Act is administered by the Home Office for the whole of Great Britain (it is administered separately in Northern Ireland). However a special exercise has been undertaken to extract the information requested in relation to Scotland.
During 2006, in Scotland, universities and medical schools carried out 74 per cent. of the regulated procedures under the 1986 Act, Government Departments 1 per cent., other public bodies 16 per cent. and commercial organisations 9 per cent. Public health laboratories, NHS hospitals and non-profit making organisations did not carry out any regulated procedures.
During 2005, in Scotland, 83 per cent. of the regulated procedures under the 1986 Act were carried out for fundamental and applied studies other than toxicology and 17 per cent for toxicity tests or other safety efficacy evaluation. During 2006, in Scotland, 81 per cent. of the regulated procedures under the 1986 Act were carried out for fundamental and applied studies other than toxicology and 19 per cent. for toxicity tests or other safety efficacy evaluation.
During 2006, in Scotland, there were 239,593 mice, 48,519 rats, 1,915 guinea pigs, 711 hamsters, 2,625 rabbits, 211 horses and other equids, 10,573 sheep, 1,012 pigs, 10,680 birds, 336 amphibians, 73,548 fish, 31 cats, 886 dogs, 134 new world primates and 725 old world primates used in regulated procedures under the 1986 Act. No reptiles were used.
In Scotland, at the end of 2006, 37 per cent. of the project licences granted under the 1986 Act that were in force were in the mild severity banding, 59 per cent. in moderate, 2 per cent. in substantial banding and 2 per cent. were in the unclassified severity banding.
During 2006, in Scotland, there were 31 regulated procedures under the 1986 Act using cats, 1,252 using dogs, 6,151 using rabbits, 2,490 using horses and other equids, 163 using new world primates and 1,103 using old world primates.
Antisocial Behaviour Orders
James Brokenshire: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when the rate of breach of antisocial behaviour orders in 2006 will be published. [173831]
Mr. Coaker: The latest data on breach of antisocial behaviour orders are due to be published in spring 2008.
Mr. Kemp: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many antisocial behaviour orders were issued in (a) the city of Sunderland and (b) the north east in each year since 2001. [175220]
Mr. Coaker: The information requested is provided in the following tables.
| N umber of ASBOs issued at all courts, as reported to the Home Office by the Court Service, by period and where restrictions are imposed within the local authority area of the city of Sunderland, up to 31 December 2005 | |
| 1 January to 31 December each year | City of Sunderland |
| Notes: 1. This local authority area table differs from criminal justice system area (cjsa) tables in that an issuing court can be outside the area in which the restrictions have been imposed. For example, an issuing court may be in Hampshire (cjsa) but restrictions apply solely to a local authority area within Dorset. 2. Previously issued data have been revised following joint Home Office/Court Service data reconciliation exercises. 3. Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used. Source: RDS-OCJR | |
| Number of antisocial behaviour orders issued at all courts, as reported to the Home Office by the Court Service, in the north east region by year, January 2001 to December 2005 | ||||||
| 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | Total | |
| Notes: 1. Previously issued data have been revised following joint Home Office/Court Service data reconciliation exercises. 2. Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used. | ||||||
Antisocial Behaviour Orders: Lincolnshire
Shona McIsaac: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many antisocial behaviour orders have been issued in (a) Cleethorpes constituency and (b) Great Grimsby constituency in each year since their introduction. [176862]
Mr. Coaker: The information requested is shown in the following table.
| Number of antisocial behaviour orders issued at all courts in the Humberside CJS area, as reported to the Home Office by the Court Service, April 1999 to December 2005 | |
| Number | |
| Notes: 1. Previously issued data have been revised following joint Home Office/Court Service data reconciliation exercises. 2. Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used. | |
Assets Recovery Agency: Christmas
Mr. Maude: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans the Assets Recovery Agency has to hold a Christmas party or parties in 2007. [175190]
Mr. Coaker: There will be no Asset Recovery Agency party. A number of groups of Asset Recovery Agency staff will organise their own Christmas functions.
Asylum
Mr. Clappison: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department with reference to the answer of 10 September 2007, Official Report, column 1930W, on asylum, what further information is being solicited from unsuccessful asylum claimants; how many such individuals have been contacted; when she expects to provide an update on the case resolution programme; what reports have been produced on the programme; if she will publish those reports; and if she will make a statement on her plans for dealing with unsuccessful asylum claimants subject to the case resolution programme in each year since the scheme began. [175267]
Mr. Byrne
[holding answer 18 December 2007]: Cases are considered on an individual basis. The nature
of any additional information required, therefore, will depend upon the circumstances of the particular case being considered.
The chief executive wrote to the Home Affairs Select Committee on 17 December 2007 about the progress made by the case resolution directorate. A copy of the letter is available in the House of Commons Library. As stated in the letter, we intend to report every six months on the number of files that have been concluded.
Tom Brake: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many asylum cases the Case Resolution Directorate is dealing with; how many of these have been brought by residents of London constituencies, broken down by constituency; and if she will make a statement. [175362]
Mr. Byrne: We have previously estimated that there are around 400,000 to 450,000 electronic and paper records, although this is difficult to assess accurately as many case records are duplicates or errors. This figure does not therefore equate to numbers of asylum applicants.
The information on the number of cases brought by residents of London constituencies, broken down by constituency is not available in the format requested.
We will provide updates on progress on the work of the Case Resolution Directorate on a six monthly basis to the Home Affairs Select Committee. The first of these was published on 17 December 2007 and announced that we have concluded 52,000 cases to date, of which two thirds were either removed or discovered to be duplicate files or errors.
Asylum: Deportation
Mr. Clegg: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many asylum seekers have been deported to (a) Sudan, (b) Burma, (c) Zimbabwe, (d) Iraq, (e) the Democratic Republic of Congo, (f) Sri Lanka and (g) Afghanistan in the last 12 months. [167026]
Jacqui Smith: The following table shows the number of asylum applicants, including dependants, removed to the listed countries between October 2006 and September 2007, inclusive.
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