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Thames Valley Police: Manpower
Dr. Starkey: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many police officers Thames Valley Police have employed in each year since 2005. [311250]
Mr. Hanson: The available data can be seen in the following table.
These and other related data are published annually as part of the annual Police Service Strength Home Office Statistical Bulletin. The latest bulletin can be found at:
and bulletins for this and previous years are deposited in the Library of the House.
| Police officer strength (FTE)( 1, 2 ) for Thames Valley as at 31 March 2005 to 31 March 2009 | |
| Number | |
| (1) This table contains full-time equivalent figures that have been rounded to the nearest whole number. (2 )Figures include officers on career break or maternity/paternity leave. | |
Vetting
James Brokenshire: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what guidance his Department provides to employers in receipt of information from enhanced Criminal Record Bureau checks on assessment of the nature of the data provided. [311137]
Meg Hillier: There are a number of published guidelines issued to organisations undertaking Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) checks, all of which are available on the CRB website at:
The CRB regularly provide advice and guidance to registered organisations relating to best practice through its customer newsletter and the website.
The CRB advises organisations that certificates should be kept securely, in lockable, non-portable, storage containers with access strictly controlled and limited to those who are entitled to see it as part of their duties.
It is a requirement of the CRB's code of practice that all registered organisations must treat applicants who have a criminal record fairly and do not discriminate because of a conviction or other information revealed. Organisations are also advised not to make their recruitment decision solely on the contents of a certificate.
The CRB obliges registered organisations to have a written policy on the recruitment of ex-offenders' a copy of which can be given to applicants at the outset of the recruitment process.
Visas: Tourism
Mr. Sanders: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent research his Department has evaluated on the economic effects of the cost of tourist visas on the tourist industry. [310296]
Mr. Woolas:
In July 2008 research was carried out to see if a direct link between application fees for short term visit visas and demand could be identified. This was jointly funded by the UK Border Agency, DCMS
and Tourism Alliance. Research concluded that in general there is no link between application fees for short term visit visas and demand.
The UK Border Agency also ran two piloted schemes to see if a lower visit visa fee would stimulate demand. From March to September 2007 the pilot was for travellers from China applying to enter the UK on the Approved Destination Status (ADS) scheme. From December 2008 to April 2009 the pilot was carried out in India for visitors on an organised tour with a Trusted Partner (TP) travel agent. The pilot schemes demonstrated that visa cost is not the single most important driver to encouraging applications.
Cabinet Office
Central Office of Information
Grant Shapps: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what the (a) name, (b) cost and (c) sponsoring Department was of each advertising campaign supported by the Central Office of Information during 2008-09. [309843]
Tessa Jowell: I have asked the chief executive of the Central Office of Information to reply to the hon. Member.
Letter from Mark Lund, dated 7 January 2010:
Re: COI Advertising Spend 2008/9
As Chief Executive of the Central Office of Information (COI), I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question on COI advertising spend in 2008/9 (309843).
The information requested is given in the table which will be placed in the Libraries of the House.
It should however be noted that this reflects only the expenditure that has passed through COI and not necessarily the total cost for the campaign.
Civil Servants: Travel
Mr. Watson: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office if she will publish the travel guidelines issued to (a) permanent secretaries, (b) senior civil servants and (c) other civil servants. [311060]
Tessa Jowell: The Cabinet Office does not issue service-wide travel guidelines.
The Civil Service Management Code provides a central framework that Departments must adhere to when setting up their policies. However, as this is a delegated area, Departments are responsible for issuing and operating their own guidelines in relation to travel.
The Civil Service Management Code is available in its entirety, with chapter 8, section 8.2 setting out the central framework in relation to travel, at:
Deaths: Alcoholic Drinks and Drugs
Mike Penning: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many deaths where (a) alcohol and (b) the misuse of drugs was the primary cause there were in (i) England and Wales and (ii) Hemel Hempstead constituency in the last five years. [311028]
Angela E. Smith: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.
Letter from Stephen Pennick, dated January 2010:
As Director General for the Office for National Statistics, I have been asked to reply to your recent question asking how many deaths where (a) alcohol and (b) the misuse of drugs was the primary cause there were in (i) England and Wales and (ii) Hemel Hempstead constituency in the last five years. (311028)
The tables attached provide the number of deaths where (a) the underlying cause of death was alcohol-related (Table 1) and (b) the underlying cause of death was drug poisoning, where any drug controlled under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 was mentioned on the death certificate (Table 2), in England and Wales, and Hemel Hempstead parliamentary constituency, for 2004 to 2008 (the latest year available).
| Table 1. Number of alcohol-related deaths( 1) , England and Wales( 2) and Hemel Hempstead parliamentary constituency( 3) , 2004 - 08( 4) | ||
| Deaths (persons) | ||
| England and Wales | Hemel Hempstead | |
| (1) Cause of death was defined using the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10). The specific causes of death categorised as alcohol-related, and their corresponding ICD-10 codes, are shown in Box 1 (2) Figures for England arid Wales include deaths of non-residents. (3) Based on boundaries as of 2009. (4) Figures are for deaths registered in each calendar year. | ||
| Table 2. Number of deaths from drug misuse( 1,)( )( 2) , England and Wales( 3) and Hemel Hempstead parliamentary constituency( 4) , 2004 - 08( 5) | ||
| Deaths (persons) | ||
| England and Wales | Hemel Hempstead | |
| (1) Cause of death was defined using the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10). Deaths were included where the underlying cause was due to drug poisoning (shown in Box 2) and where a drug controlled under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (prior to the Amendment order 2009) was mentioned on the death certificate. (2) Small numbers (those under three) have been suppressed, so potentially identifiable data is not revealed. Suppressed numbers are indicated by the symbol *. Details of the ONS policy on protecting confidentiality within birth and death statistics are published on the ONS website: http://www.statistics.gov.uk/downloads_theme_health/ConfidentialityBirth&;Death.pdf (3) Figures for England and Wales include deaths of non-residents. (4) Based on boundaries as of 2009. (5) Figures are for deaths registered in each calendar year. | ||
Deaths: Obesity
Norman Baker:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many people between (a) 35 and 45, (b) 46
and 55 and (c) 56 and 65 years old died of diseases related to obesity in (i) England, (ii) East Sussex and (iii) Lewes constituency in each year since 2000. [311168]
Angela E. Smith: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.
Letter from Stephen Penneck, dated January 2010:
As General for the Office for National Statistics, I have been asked to reply to your recent question asking how many people between (a) 35 and 45, (b) 46 and 55 and (c) 56 and 65 years old died of diseases related to obesity in (i) England, (ii) East Sussex and (iii) Lewes constituency in each year since 2000. (311168)
The tables attached provide the number of deaths where obesity was the underlying cause of death (Table J), and where obesity was mentioned anywhere on the death certificate, either as the underlying cause or as a contributory factor (Table 2), for persons aged between (a) 35 and 45 years, (b) 46 and 55 years and (c) 56 and 65 years, in (i) England, (ii) East Sussex and (iii) Lewes constituency, for the years 2000 to 2008 (the latest year available).
It is not possible to identify all deaths 'related' to obesity. For example, obesity may play an important role in deaths due to heart disease or diabetes, but it is rarely recorded on the death certificate. The figures presented in Tables 1 and 2 are therefore likely to underestimate the actual number of deaths in which obesity is involved.
| Table 1: Number of deaths where obesity was the underlying cause of death( 1) by age group,( 2) England( 3) , East Sussex and Lewes constituency,( 4) 2000-08( 5) | |||||||||
| Deaths (persons) | |||||||||
| England | East Sussex | Lewes | |||||||
| 35-45 | 46-55 | 56-65 | 35-45 | 46-55 | 56-65 | 35-45 | 46-55 | 56-65 | |
| (1) Cause of death was defined using the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision (ICD-9) code 278.0 (Obesity) for the year 2000 and Tenth Revision (ICD-10) code E66 (Obesity) for 2001 onwards. (2) There are 11 years within age group (a) and 10 years within age groups (b) and (c), so the figures are not completely comparable. (3) Figures for England exclude deaths of non-residents. (4) Based on boundaries as of 2009. (5) Figures are for deaths registered in each calendar year. | |||||||||
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