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Mr. Laws: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what proportion of 16 year olds who had been in custody for more than one year was entered for GCSE examinations in each year since 2001; and what proportion of 16 year olds in custody gained five A* to Cs at GCSE in each of those years. [174267]
Beverley Hughes: Under the Offender Learning and Skills Service (OLASS), developed across England in August 2006, the Learning and Skills Council (LSC) recently began collecting data on GCSE achievements of young people in young offender institutions. LSC data shows that young people under-18 in young offender institutions achieved the following GCSEs from 1 April 2007 to September 30 2007:
Mathematics, 18 GCSE's at grades A* to C, and 91 below grade C.
English, 29 GCSEs at grades A* to C and 56 below grade C
Other subjects, 307 GCSEs at grades A* to C and 162 below grade C
The figures cannot be broken down by length of time in custody.
The achievements of young people in custody who are still registered at learning providers in the community will be attributed to the learning provider with which they are registered, rather than the custodial establishments LSC provider. The figures for GCSE achievements of young people in secure childrens homes or secure training centres are not collected centrally. Data is not collected centrally on how many young people are entered for GCSEs.
Mr. Hayes: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what elements of the Youth in Action programme are operating in the UK. [181086]
Beverley Hughes: The Youth in Action programme was adopted by the European Parliament and the Council of 15 November 2006. In common with all member states of the European Union, the programme was fully implemented in the UK on 1 January 2007 to run until 31 December 2013.
Dr. Vis: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what the reasons are for the length of time taken to appoint a new chair of the Youth Justice Board; and if he will make a statement. [180286]
Beverley Hughes: The Secretary of State for Justice and the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families issued a written ministerial statement on Tuesday 15 January 2008 announcing the appointment of Frances Done CBE as chair of the Youth Justice Board for England and Wales. The appointment will be for three years from 1 February 2008 to 1 February 2011.
Mr. Boris Johnson: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many hospital admissions in each primary care trust in Greater London there were of (a) cyclists and (b) cyclists under the age of (i) 11 and (ii) 16 years involved in a road accident in each year since 2000. [179345]
Mr. Bradshaw [holding answer 15 January 2008]: The information is not held in the format requested.
A table shows a count of finished admission episodes in each Primary Care Trust (PCT) of treatment in Greater London from 2000-01 to 2006-07 for cyclists injured in traffic accidents will be placed in the Library.
Please note that not all PCTs are recorded in the table. This is due to either the PCT not having any data, or the PCT not being recorded in an official count, and therefore being categorised as unknown.
Andrew Rosindell: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people died as a result of alcohol-related illness within the Barking, Havering and Redbridge NHS Trust in 2007. [179625]
Dawn Primarolo: The information is not available in the format requested. However, the following tables show the male and female mortality rates per 100,000 population and the total number of deaths from alcohol specific and alcohol related conditions in 2005 for the three local authorities (LAs) of Barking and Dagenham, Havering and Redbridge.
Bob Russell: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many alcohol related emergency admissions to Colchester General Hospital there were in each year since 1997, broken down by (a) age and (b) sex. [180366]
Dawn Primarolo: Data is not available in the format requested. The following table shows the count of finished admission episodes (FAEs) for emergency admission by age at start of episode and gender for Essex Rivers National Health Service Trust, which operates from two sites, Colchester General and Essex County Hospitals.
Mr. Jenkins: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many alcohol related emergency admissions to hospitals in Tamworth constituency there were in each year since 1997, broken down by (a) age and (b) sex. [179393]
Dawn Primarolo: The count of finished admission episodes for alcohol related emergency admissions to hospitals in the former Burntwood, Lichfield and Tamworth Primary Care Trust (PCT) area in each year since 1997-98 for which data are available, broken down by age and sex, is shown in the following table.
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