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Strip Clubs
Mr. Pickles: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what estimate his Department has made of the change in the number of lap-dancing clubs licensed by local authorities since the introduction of the Licensing Act 2003. [205404]
Mr. Sutcliffe: The Department does not hold this information. As part of its data collection in connection with the Alcohol, Entertainment and Late Night Refreshment Licensing Statistical Bulletin, which was published on 8 November 2007, the Department has broadly recorded a number of licensable activities that have been carried out under the 2003 Act. However, these data are not broken down into specific types of entertainment, such as lap dancing.
Tourism
Mr. Hunt: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport when he expects to publish his Department’s report on measuring elasticities of tourism demand. [203012]
Margaret Hodge: We expect to publish our report estimating elasticities of tourism demand in July.
VisitBritain: Publications
Mr. Don Foster: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport when he expects to publish the VisitBritain Strategic Review of UK Tourism Support. [203877]
Margaret Hodge: I expect to publish the VisitBritain Strategic Review by the end of July.
Justice
Departmental Carbon Emissions
Philip Davies: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how much his Department and its predecessors spent on carbon offsetting in each of the last three years; and to which companies payments for carbon offsetting have been made in each such year. [204109]
Maria Eagle: As a central Government Department, the Ministry of Justice supports DEFRA’s Global Carbon Offsetting Fund (GCOF). As the Ministry was created in May 2007 and the 2007-08 data have not yet been verified and offset, we are unable to provide data for the Ministry of Justice. For 2005-06, the Home Office will report on their old structure and the Ministry of Justice will report on the Department for Constitutional Affairs.
The Department for Constitutional Affairs joined the GCOF in 2006 and offset £606.72 for the 2006-07 reporting year. The payment was made to the GCOF approved portfolio of Certified Emission Reductions from Trading Emissions plc. More information can be found at:
Departmental Domestic Visits
David Simpson: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice on how many occasions he visited (a) Scotland, (b) Wales and (c) Northern Ireland in an official capacity in the last 12 months. [204391]
Mr. Straw: In the last 12 months, Ministers in this Department have visited Scotland twice, Wales six times and Northern Ireland five times. All ministerial travel is undertaken in accordance with the Ministerial Code.
Diamond Project
Mr. Garnier: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice if he will hold discussions with (a) Unlock, (b) other representatives of the third sector, (c) individuals and (d) companies on the Diamond Project. [203197]
Mr. Hanson: There has been regular communication between my Department and Unlock over the past six months, the latest of which was a letter I wrote to them on 22 April 2008. They have also met with officials.
Drugs: Misuse
David Davis: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many people have been (a) proceeded against, (b) found guilty and (c) imprisoned for the offence of possessing (i) heroin, (ii) cocaine, (iii) ecstasy and (iv) LSD under section 5(2) of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 in each of the last 10 years. [200549]
Mr. Straw: The number of people proceeded against at magistrates courts for possession of cocaine, heroin, ecstasy, and LSD, and subsequently found guilty at all courts, and sentenced to immediate custody in England and Wales, for the years 1997 to 2006 can be viewed in the following tables.
These data are on the principal offence basis. The figures given in the table on court proceedings relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offence for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been found guilty of two or more offences, the offence selected is the one for which the heaviest penalty is imposed. Where the same disposal is imposed for two or more offences, the offence selected is the offence for which the statutory maximum penalty is the most severe.
Court proceedings data for 2007 will be available in the autumn of 2008.
| Found guilty | ||||
| Having possession of a controlled drug: Cocaine | Having possession of a controlled drug: Heroin | Having possession of a controlled drug: LSD | Having possession of a controlled drug: MDMA | |
| Sentenced to immediate custody | ||||
| Having possession of a controlled drug: Cocaine | Having possession of a controlled drug: Heroin | Having possession of a controlled drug: LSD | Having possession of a controlled drug: MDMA | |
| (1) These data are on the principal offence basis. (2) Data include the following offence descriptions and corresponding statutes: Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 Sec 5(2) (Class ‘A’ Drug). Having possession of a controlled drug:-Cocaine. Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 Sec 5(2) (Class ‘A’ Drug). Having possession of a controlled drug:-Heroin. Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 Sec 5(2) (Class ‘A’ Drug). Having possession of a controlled drug:-LSD. Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 Sec 5(2) (Class ‘A’ Drug). Having possession of a controlled drug:-MDMA. (3) MDMA (3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine) is also known as “ecstasy” (4) 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, other agencies, 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: Court proceedings data held by RDS—Office for Criminal Justice Reform—Ministry of Justice | ||||
House of Lords: Reform
David Taylor: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what recent representations he has received on further reform of the House of Lords. [204016]
Mr. Straw: Following an invitation from the Leader of the House, the Cross-Party Group on House of Lords Reform has received three written representations from peers. These have been circulated to members of the Cross-Party Group, with an invitation to comment on proposals in the papers. In addition, I have received one representation from a joint group of MPs and peers. We also continue to receive correspondence on this subject from members of the public.
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