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Leader of the House

Departmental Ministerial Policy Advisors

Mr. Hoban: To ask the Leader of the House whether any of her special advisers have outside appointments. [178476]

Ms Harman: Special advisers are appointed under terms and conditions set out in the “Model Contract” and “Code of Conduct for Special Advisers,” copies of which are in the Library of the House.

My special advisers do not have any outside appointments.

Members: Pensions

Mr. Laws: To ask the Leader of the House what estimate she has made of the required rate of employer contribution to the pension scheme of hon. Members using the FRS 17 accounting standard to assess the costs of that scheme; and if she will make a statement. [178042]

Helen Goodman: None. The Resource Accounts and actuarial valuation use different measures of the cost to the Exchequer of providing benefits under the PCPF because they are used for different purposes and use different assumptions about investment returns.

The FRS 17 is an accounting standard used in reporting the liabilities and assets of the PCPF in the House of Commons Members Resource Accounts (HC 832). The Resource Accounts use the return on corporate bonds for the valuation of accrued liabilities and current service costs. The standard is a financial reporting standard and is not the appropriate tool for setting the level of employer contribution for the PCPF.

The assessment of the required rate of employer contribution for the Parliamentary Contributory Pension Fund is made by the Government Actuary’s Department every three years using a standard methodology which includes an assessment of the expected rate of return of the Fund’s assets. This approach is widely used in the private and public sectors. The last actuarial review in 2005 assessed the underlying rate of employer contribution at 18.1 per cent. of Members’ salaries with a further 8.7 per cent. required to make good the current deficit. The next actuarial review was agreed by the Trustees at their last meeting and any revision to the current employer contribution rate will come into effect from 2009.

Justice

Antisocial Behaviour: Hampshire

Mr. Hancock: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many (a) cautions and (b) fines have been issued for (i) vandalism, (ii) graffiti, (iii) litter and (iv) antisocial behaviour in each district and unitary council area in Hampshire in each of the last eight quarters for which records are available. [178199]

Maria Eagle: Information covering cautions and penalty notices for disorder (PNDs) issued for selected offences related to antisocial behaviour (including littering) in Hampshire police force area covering the years 2005 and 2006 are provided in tables 1 and 2. Antisocial behaviour is not a specific offence, but is
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defined as a person acting in an antisocial manner that caused or is likely to cause harassment alarm or distress.

Data on cautions and PNDs for criminal damage are also provided in these tables. This offence class includes but cannot separately identify offences of (a) vandalism and (b) graffiti. Data broken down by each district and unitary council area in Hampshire are not held by my Department.


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The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) collects data on the number of fixed penalty notices issued for graffiti and littering broken down by local authority area. These data are provided in table 3.

Table 1: Number antisocial behaviour offences for which a caution was issued in the Hampshire police force area, by quarter, 2005 and 2006( 1,2)
2005 2006
Offence description Principal statute Qtr1 Qtr2 Qtr3 Qtr4 Qtr1 Qtr2 Qtr3 Qtr4

Causing wasteful employment of the police etc.

Criminal Law Act 1967 Sec 5(2).

3

3

1

3

1

4

2

3

Improper use of public electronic communications network

Communications Act 2003 S.127

2

7

3

6

2

17

14

11

False alarms of fire.

Fire Services Act 1947 Sec 31.

—

—

—

—

—

—

1

—

Harassment, alarm or distress.

Public Order Act 1986 Sec 5.

95

86

108

87

131

109

110

94

Throwing, casting or firing any fireworks in or into any highway, street, etc. public place.

Explosives Act 1875, Sec 80.

—

—

—

—

1

—

—

—

Any person who in any public place is guilty, while drunk, of disorderly behaviour.

Criminal Justice Act 1967 Sec.91.

30

24

42

62

26

28

20

17

Holder of occasional permission or his agent knowingly selling to, knowingly allow consumption by or allowing any person to sell, intoxicating liquor to a person under 18. Selling etc. intoxicating liquor to person under 18 for consumption on the premises.

Licensing (Occasional Permissions) Act 1983 Schedule (Sec 3) para 4(1). Licensing Act 1964 Sec 169(1).

—

—

—

—

—

1

—

—

Person who buys or attempts to buy alcohol on behalf of an individual under 18.

Licensing Act 2003 S149(3,4,7b)

—

—

—

—

—

—

1

—

Contravning a community support officer’s requirement not to consume liquor. Penalty offence under S.1. Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001—alcohol consumption in designated public places.

Police Reform Act 2002 Sch.4 Para.5 (Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001 S.12). Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001 S12.

—

—

—

—

—

—

1

—

Other criminal damage(3)

Various

26

10

67

58

55

45

43

49

Stealing from shops and stalls (shoplifting)

Theft Act 1968 Sec 1.

451

469

431

458

343

343

318

335

Trespass, throwing stones.

British Transport Commission act 1949 S.55,56. Railway Offences: Offences against Private Acts relating to Railways (other than 169,1-6).

2

—

—

—

—

—

1

—

Being found drunk in a highway or other Public place whether a building or not, or a licensed premises.

Licensing Act 1872 Sec 12.

6

5

2

2

4

5

2

1

Person who buys or attempts to buy alcohol en behalf of an individual under 18.

Licensing Act 2003 S149 (3,4,7b)

—

—

—

—

—

—

1

—

Depositing litter.

Environmental Protection Act 1990 Sec.87.

—

—

—

—

1

—

—

—

Total

615

604

654

676

564

552

514

510

(1) Data provided on the principal offence basis.
(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 police forces. 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.
(3) Includes offences of vandalism and graffiti but is not exclusive to those offences.
Source:
Court proceedings database—Office for Criminal Justice Reform—Ministry of Justice


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Table 2. Number of penalty notices for disorder issued in Hampshire police force area, by offence and quarter, 2005 and 2006( 1)
2005 2006
Offence description Qtr1 Qtr2 Qtr3 Qtr4 Qtr1 Qtr2 Qtr3 Qtr4

Wasting police time

7

6

11

7

13

15

36

32

Misuse of public telecommunications system

2

3

—

9

12

17

22

29

Giving false alarm to fire and rescue authority

—

2

—

—

—

—

—

2

Causing harassment, alarm or distress

456

465

397

472

552

718

831

796

Throwing fireworks

4

2

2

4

3

1

7

17

Drunk and disorderly

242

247

208

269

161

147

116

122

Selling alcohol to under 18 (now DA18)

4

8

10

45

23

32

31

23

Purchasing alcohol for under 18 (now DA19)

6

1

1

1

1

6

3

6

Purchasing alcohol for under 18 for cons on premises

1

2

—

—

—

1

—

—

Delivery of alcohol to person under 18 or allowing such delivery

3

3

1

1

1

1

2

—

Criminal Damage (under £500)(2)

44

61

42

64

61

80

92

121

Theft (retail under £200)

97

126

97

109

106

117

178

255

Breach of fireworks curfew

—

—

—

2

—

—

—

—

Possession of category 4 firework

1

—

—

2

1

—

—

—

Possession by a person under 18 of adult firework

1

—

—

—

—

1

—

—

Sale of alcohol to drunken person

—

—

—

1

—

1

—

—

Supply of alcohol to person under 18

—

—

—

—

1

1

—

-

Trespass on a railway

—

—

—

—

—

—

4

—

Throwing stones at a train / railway

—

—

—

1

—

—

—

—

Drunk in a highway

25

14

19

20

12

5

7

8

Consumption of alcohol in public place

—

1

1

—

3

8

18

12

Depositing and leaving litter

8

9

4

6

6

4

15

11

Consumption of alcohol by under 18 on licensed premises

—

1

—

—

—

—

—

1

Buying or Attempting to buy alcohol for person under 18

—

—

—

—

1

—

—

—

Total

901

951

793

1,013

957

1,155

1,362

1,435

(1) 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 police forces 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.
(2) includes offences of vandalism and graffiti but is not exclusive to those offences.
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