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Mr. McFadden [holding answer 19 June 2008]: This is an operational matter for Post Office Ltd. (POL). I have therefore asked Alan Cook, Managing Director of POL, to reply direct to the hon. Member.
Copies of the letter will be placed in the Libraries of the House.
Mr. Roger Williams: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what the estimated final number of post office closures is. [212794]
Mr. McFadden: Government funding will support strategic changes to the post office network with up to 2,500 compensated closures nationally within a framework of minimum access criteria. These closures are being offset by the introduction of 500 new outreach services.
Mr. Roger Williams: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform how many post offices considered for closure will not be closed; and how many of these have been substituted with another post office to be closed. [212795]
Mr. McFadden: This is an operational matter for Post Office Ltd. (POL). I have therefore asked Alan Cook, Managing Director of POL, to reply direct to the hon. Member.
Post Offices: Leeds
John Battle: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what annual cash savings the Post Office expects to make from the closure of post offices in (a) Leeds West constituency and (b) Leeds Metropolitan District. [213332]
Mr. McFadden: This is an operational matter for Post Office Ltd. (POL). I have therefore asked Alan Cook, Managing Director, of POL to reply direct to my right hon. Friend.
Copies of the letter will be placed in the Libraries of the House.
Regional Planning and Development: Electronic Government
Mr. Pickles: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform who is responsible for funding the (a) e-government regional partnerships and (b) regional equality and diversity partnerships. [212666]
Mr. McFadden: The regional e-government partnerships were self-organised with the help of £300,000 each up to March 2006 of seed-corn funding from ODPM as part of the Local e-Government Programme, and supported by regional LGA groups. Since March 2006 they have been self-funded within each region by public and private members via a subscription- and events-based model.
The regional equality and diversity partnerships have been formed in a number of regions and are funded by a range of organisations, both public (including regional development agencies, regional assemblies, local authorities and the Big Lottery Fund) and private (including business, trade associations and trade unions).
Tourism: Regional Development Agencies
Mr. Hunt: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform how much the regional development agencies spent on tourism in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. [210493]
Mr. McFadden: The following figures refer to spending by RDAs on core tourism and leisure objectives. RDAs have also spent money on activities related to tourism initiatives such as general marketing of a region; specific regeneration projects; or human resource development. The cost of these related activities are not included in the table.
| Expenditure on tourism | |||||
| £ million | |||||
| RDAs | 2003-04 | 2004-05 | 2005-06 | 2006-07 | 2007-08 |
| (1) AWM had no specific budget for tourism in 2003-04 over and above AWM’s marketing activities for general inward investment into the region. (2) EEDA’s business model for tourism changed significantly over the this three-year period, resulting in the increased level of investment for 2006-07. (3) LDA figures include core funding to Visit London. London is recognised by the UK tourism industry as supporting the success of other UK destinations through its gateway role and Visit London plays an important delivery role in promoting London as a gateway to the rest of the UK. (4) ONE took over the delivery of tourism in 2004-05, which is delivered from within the agency. | |||||
Home Department
Acceptable Behaviour Contracts: Cleethorpes
Shona McIsaac: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) acceptable behaviour contracts and (b) antisocial behaviour orders were issued in Cleethorpes constituency in each of the last five years. [212836]
Mr. Coaker: Data on acceptable behaviour contracts (ABCs) are not collected by the Home Office as they are voluntary agreements and therefore not suitable for central data collection. However, surveys carried out by the Home Office of the Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnerships (CDRPs) indicated that over 280 ABCs have been made in Lincolnshire since October 2003.
Information on the number of antisocial behaviour orders (ASBOs) issued is not collected centrally at parliamentary constituency area level. The number of ASBOs issued in the Lincolnshire Criminal Justice System (CJS) area from January 2002 to December 2006 (latest available) is shown in the following table. CJS areas are coterminous with police force areas.
| Number of antisocial behaviour orders ISSUED at all courts in the Lincolnshire Criminal Justice System (CJS) area, as reported to the Home Office by the Court Service, 2002-06 | |
| Lincolnshire | |
| Note: 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 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. Prepared by CJEAU, Ministry of Justice. | |
Crime
Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people aged (a) under 10, (b) 10 to 17, (c) 18 to 20 and (d) 21 years and over were (i) arrested, (ii) charged and (iii) convicted for (A) violent and (B) non-violent offences in each of the last five years. [212374]
Mr. Coaker:
The number of persons proceeded against at magistrates courts and found guilty at all courts for
violent and non-violent offences in England and Wales, broken down by age group for the years 2002 to 2006 is shown in the following table.
Charging data are not held by the Ministry of Justice. Information on numbers proceeded against has been provided in lieu of charging data.
The court proceedings database held by the Ministry of Justice holds information on convictions and prosecutions data for persons aged under 10 who are under the age of liability.
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.
The available information held by the Ministry of Justice on number of persons arrested is given in the other table from 2001-02 to 2005-06 (latest available). There is no link from these centrally reported data to any subsequent outcome.
| Number of persons proceeded against at magistrates courts, and found guilty at all courts for offences relating to violent, and non-violent offences in England and Wales, by age group, 2002 to 2006( 1, 2, 3) | ||||||||||
| Proceeded against | Found guilty | |||||||||
| Age group | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 |
| (1) Data are on the principal offence basis. (2) Data includes the following offence types: Violent offences: Violence against the person Sexual Offences Robbery Non-violent offences: Burglary Theft and handling stolen goods Fraud and forgery Criminal damage Drug offences Other indictable offences Indictable motoring offences Summary offences (excluding motoring) Summary motoring offences. (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, 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. Sources: Court proceedings data held by CJEAU Office for Criminal Justice Reform Ministry of Justice | ||||||||||
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