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Queen Mary's Hospital Sidcup

Mr. Evennett: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent discussions his Department has had with South London Healthcare NHS Trust about the full closure of the accident and emergency department at Queen Mary's hospital. [298111]

Mr. Mike O'Brien: The Department has not had any discussions with South London Healthcare NHS Trust on this subject.

Thalidomide

Tony Baldry: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people identified as disabled by thalidomide are resident in each (a) primary care trust area and (b) local authority area. [298883]

Mr. Mike O'Brien: Data are not collected centrally for people identified as disabled by thalidomide.

The Thalidomide Trust supports 463 people with thalidomide, however it is not known how many wish to be considered as disabled.

Transplant Surgery: Foreigners

Mr. Stephen O'Brien: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many overseas organ transplant patients from each country of origin have had transplant surgery in England since (a) March 2009 and (b) August 2009. [298209]

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Ann Keen: The following table shows the number of deceased donor organ transplants in England in patients recorded as resident overseas (excluding the Republic of Ireland); between 1 March 2009 to 3 November 2009; and between 1 August 2009 to 3 November 2009.

Country	March to November 2009	August to November 2009
Greece	9	5
Malta	3	0
India	1	0
Cyprus	1	0
Kenya	1	0
Brazil	1	1
Total	16	6

The following table shows the number of living donor organ transplants in England in patients recorded as resident overseas (excluding the Republic of Ireland); between 1 March 2009 to 3 November 2009; and between 1 August 2009 to 3 November 2009.

Country	March to November 2009	August to November 2009
Kuwait	5	2
UAE	2	0
Egypt	1	0
Australia	1	0
Malta	1	0
Croatia	1	0
Pakistan	1	1
India	1	1
Total	13	4

Justice

Antisocial Behaviour

Mr. Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many (a) cautions and (b) fines were imposed for
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(i) vandalism, (ii) graffiti, (iii) littering, (iv) throwing fireworks into any street or public place and (v) anti-social behaviour in each district and unitary council area in Essex in each of the last eight quarters for which records are available. [298273]

Claire Ward: The number of offenders given cautions, and those imposed with a court fine for selected offences of antisocial behaviour in the Essex police force area, by quarter, for 2006 and 2007 (latest available) is shown in tables 1 and 2.

Apart from criminal damage (which includes minor acts of vandalism and graffiti up to a value of £300), littering and throwing fireworks, penalty notices for disorder (PNDs) can also be issued for a range of other antisocial behaviour offences including behaviour likely to cause fear, alarm and distress (section 5 of the Public Order Act 1986). This disposal was introduced as part of the Government's strategy to tackle low-level, antisocial and nuisance offending. It has been designed to provide officers with a means of dealing with simple, straightforward cases in a prompt and effective way, saving police time, reducing bureaucracy and reserving courts for more complex cases. The number of PNDs issued in the Essex police force area in 2006 and 2007, by quarter, broken down by offence, is shown in table 3.

Information held by the Ministry of Justice cannot identify the district or unitary council area in which these offences were committed. Hence, data for the Essex police force area are given in lieu.

Court proceedings data for 2008 are planned for publication on 28 January 2010.

Fixed penalty notices (FPNs) can be issued by local authorities for graffiti and littering offences. These data are collected annually by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. There were no fixed penalty notices issued for graffiti offences in Essex between April 2006 and March 2008. Information on fixed penalty notices issued for littering offences in each local authority in Essex are provided in table 4.

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Table 1: Number of offenders cautioned( 1) for antisocial behaviour offences for which a PND may be issued in Essex police force area, by quarter, for 2006 and 2007( 2)
		2006				2007
Statute	Offence description	Quarter 1	Quarter 2	Quarter 3	Quarter 4	Quarter 1	Quarter 2	Quarter 3	Quarter 4
Theft Act 1968 Sec. 1	Stealing from shops and stalls (shoplifting)(3)	447	488	485	649	690	694	668	559
Various	Other criminal damage(4)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Explosives Act 1875, Sec. 80	Throwing, casting or firing any fireworks in or into any highway, street, etc. public place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Public Order Act 1986 Sec. 5	Harassment, alarm or distress	70	78	8	11	231	238	255	228
Police Reform Act 2002 Sch.4 Para.5 (Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001 S. 12). Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001 S. 12	Contravene a community support officers' requirement not to consume liquor. Penalty offence under S.1 Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001-alcohol consumption in designated public places	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Criminal Justice Act 1967 Sec. 91	Any person who in any public place is guilty, while drunk, of disorderly behaviour	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
Licensing (Occasional Permissions) Act 1983 Schedule (Sec. 3) para 4(1). Licensing Act 1964 Sec. 169(1)	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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Fire Services Act 1947 Sec. 31	False alarms of fire	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Environmental Protection Act 1990 Sec. 87	Depositing litter	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
British Transport Commission Act 1949 S.55, 56. Railway Offences: Offences against Private Acts relating to Railways (other than 169, 1-6).	Trespass, throwing stones	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Criminal Law Act 1967 Sec. 5(2)	Causing wasteful employment of the police etc.	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Communications Act 2003 S. 127	Improper use of public electronic communications network	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Total	522	571	493	660	921	932	923	787
(1) The cautions statistics relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been cautioned for two or more offences at the same time, the principal offence is the more serious offence. From 1 June 2000, the Crime and Disorder Act 1988 came into force nationally and removed the use of cautions for persons under 18 and replaced them with reprimands and warnings. These are included in the totals. (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) A PND may be issued to an offender as an alternative to a caution or prosecution only where the value of the item stolen is less than £200. (4) Includes offences of vandalism and graffiti but is not exclusive to those offences. Source: Justice Statistics Analytical Services: Ministry of Justice.

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