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Information on convictions for driving while intoxicated owing to alcohol or drugs for the drivers in the aforementioned table is not available. Information on convictions is provided by the Ministry of Justice. The data are not linked to personal injury road accident data.
The latest available information held on convictions for driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs by age groups from 2001-05 is provided in the table. 2006 data will be available later this year. The data provided cover both drink and drugs offences combined, as volumes of convictions for driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs separately cannot be accurately established.
| Findings of guilt at all courts for driving etc. after consuming alcohol or taking drugs( 1) by age group, England and Wales, 2001-05 | |||||
| Number of offences | |||||
| Age groups | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 |
| (1) Data covers summary offences of driving etc after consuming alcohol or taking drugs (which cannot reliably be distinguished separately). (2) Age 17 used as default age when date of birth is not known for a juvenile. (3) Age 25 used as default age when date of birth is not known for an adult. Notes: 1. It is known that for some police force areas, the reporting of court proceedings, in particular summary motoring offences, is less than complete. 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 systems generated by the courts and 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. Source: Ministry of Justice | |||||
Transport: Carbon Emissions
Bob Spink: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what estimate she has made of the carbon dioxide emissions per passenger mile from travel by (a) road, (b) air and (c) rail. [190548]
Jim Fitzpatrick: DEFRA's Company Reporting Guidelines published in 2007, available at
enable existing data sources, such as car mileage and fuel consumption, to be converted into illustrative carbon dioxide equivalent data. Using the guidelines to determine average carbon dioxide emissions per passenger km and converting to passenger mile produces the following results:
| Carbon dioxide emissions per passenger mile: (kg) | ||
For road, the factors used in the guidelines are estimated average values for the UK car fleet, travelling on average trips in the UK, per vehicle mile. This has been divided by an average car occupancy rate of 1.6 passengers to derive the average emissions per passenger mile figure given in the table.
The rail estimate is for national rail and refers to an average emission factor for diesel and electric trains.
For aviation, the emission factor is an aggregate representation of the typical emissions from illustrative types of aircraft for the three types of air services. Actual emissions will vary significantly according to the type of aircraft in use, the load, cabin class, etc. An uplift of 9 per cent. has been applied to account for non-direct routes, circling and congestion. This is in line with the evidence from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (1999).
DEFRA are currently updating the conversion factors and revised figures are due to be published soon.
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Agriculture: Pigs
Mr. Greg Knight: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what recent assessment his Department has made of the state of pig farming in the United Kingdom. [190660]
Jonathan Shaw: Information on UK pig production is collected regularly in various forms by DEFRA. For example, the United Kingdom Pig Notice which is published quarterly, includes statistics on breeding herds, slaughter and trade.
Projections of the aggregate measure of Total Income from Farming are published on the DEFRA website. The first full set of farm income statistics, including a breakdown by farm type, were published on 31 January.
DEFRA is also well aware of the current issues facing the pig industry in the UK, including the impact of rising feed costs. Officials are in frequent contact with representatives of the pig sector.
Agriculture: Romania
Mr. Hancock: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what (a) assistance and (b) joint projects with Romania his Department (i) has undertaken and (ii) plans to undertake in the fields of (A) agriculture, (B) fisheries and (C) forestry. [190076]
Jonathan Shaw: In the area of agriculture, assistance has been given to Romania since 2004 in the form of a high-level Agriculture Working Group which meets twice-yearly. This forum allows for the discussion of areas of mutual interest and concern between Romania and the UK.
DEFRA, in partnership with ArMA (Polish Paying Agency), recently completed a successful, two year, EU twinning project to set up the Romanian Paying Agency.
The Department is in the process of bidding for a further project in the area of statistics, and will consider other suitable opportunities for engagement and support as and when they arise.
I am not aware of any work being done by the Department with Romania in the areas of fisheries or forestry.
Agriculture: Subsidies
Mr. Drew: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many farmers have received (a) full, (b) partial and (c) no payment of the single farm payment as a percentage of the total number of claimants for each year of the scheme, broken down by region. [187967]
Jonathan Shaw: For the 2007 Single Payment Scheme (SPS) year as at 18 February 2008 90,125 customers from an estimated total claimant population of 106,700 have received a full SPS payment. RPA has made 22 manual payments to customers facing extreme difficulties based on a proportion of their estimated claim value. Seven of these customers have since had their claim validated and have received the remaining proportion of their payment.
Once the remaining scheme payments have been completed a decision will be taken on the level of detail that will be published
Mr. Scott: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs which farms in (a) Essex and (b) Suffolk are eligible for the single farm payment; and how much was paid in respect of those farms in each of the last three years for which figures are available. [190173]
Jonathan Shaw: Detailed analysis of payments under the Single Payment Scheme to farms in Essex and Suffolk is not available. Once the remaining scheme payments have been completed a decision will be taken on the level of detail published.
Air Pollution: East of England
Anne Main: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what air quality management areas there are in the east of England, broken down by (a) location, (b) year of designation and (c) local authority. [189485]
Jonathan Shaw: To date, 229 local authorities have designated air quality management areas in the UK. 24 of these authorities are in the east of England—as set out in the table.
Further information is available on the UK National Air Quality Archive
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