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| Table B: Proportion of cautions, reprimands or warnings given to offenders with no previous caution or conviction recorded on the Police National Computer, England and Wales, 2006-08 | |||
| Percentage | |||
| 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | |
Police: Sick Leave
Mark Pritchard: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many police officers are on sickness absence due to (a) back-related injuries and (b) stress. [320248]
Mr. Hanson: This information is not collected centrally.
Reparation by Offenders
Paul Holmes: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent progress has been made on the recruitment of local justice champions in Justice Seen, Justice Done areas. [319575]
Mr. Alan Campbell: There are 60 Neighbourhood Crime and Justice Pioneer Areas. Each has appointed a Neighbourhood Crime and Justice Co-ordinator. Areas also receive funding to appoint a victims champion. The vast majority of appointments have been made with a named contact in place in every area.
Vetting
Mr. Maude: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 1 February 2010, Official Report, column 90W, on independent safeguarding authority, what proportion of the population has been subject to a Criminal Records Bureau check. [318318]
Meg Hillier: The Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) cannot determine what proportion of the population has been subject to a CRB check as the Bureau only provides this service to employers based in England and Wales. The following table shows the number of CRB certificates issued in each financial year since its inception in 2002:
| Financial year | Total certificates issued |
The CRB cannot determine how many applicants these certificates relate to as applicants can apply more than once for a check in any one period. These figures are calculated by financial year and information for 2009-10 contains the figures up to December 2009. The full financial year's figure will not be available until after March 2010.
Violent and Sex Offender Register
Mr. Grieve: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many applications for removal from the sex offender register of a person convicted of consensual homosexual activity have been (a) received and (b) approved in each year since 2004. [319991]
Mr. Alan Campbell [holding answer 2 March 2010]: This answer can be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
Culture, Media and Sport
Departmental Advertising
Angus Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much (a) his Department and (b) each (i) non-departmental public body and (ii) executive agency for which his Department is responsible spent on advertising in each year since 2005. [319764]
Mr. Sutcliffe: The available information regarding expenditure on advertising by the Department and its agency, the Royal Parks, is set out in the table. In respect of the Department, it shows spend on recruitment advertising; other advertising spend is not separately analysed on the Department's accounting system and can be collated only at disproportionate cost.
The Department does not centrally maintain records on advertising spend in respect of its non-departmental bodies. It would incur disproportionate cost to obtain and collate this information.
| Financial year | DCMS spend (£) | The Royal Parks spend (£) |
Departmental Computers
Mr. Maude: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Welwyn Hatfield of 12 January 2010, Official Report, column 861W, on departmental computers, for what reason websites featuring tobacco content are banned; if he will give examples of the types of tobacco sites which are banned; and whether the internet ban includes the Forest (Freedom Organisation for the Right to Enjoy Smoking Tobacco) website. [318315]
Mr. Sutcliffe: The filtering software used by my Department has a standard range of categories that are blocked by default. Filtering is switched off for those categories that are directly related to the work of my Department, currently tobacco remains blocked. The tobacco category covers tobacco promotional websites such as
The Forest (Freedom Organisation for the Right to Enjoy Smoking Tobacco) website was inadvertently covered by this category by default. It has been unblocked.
Departmental Consultants
Angus Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much (a) his Department and (b) each (i) non-departmental public body and (ii) executive agency for which his Department is responsible spent on external consultants and advisers in each year since 2005. [319765]
Mr. Sutcliffe: The expenditure on external consultants and advisers by the Department and its agency, the Royal Parks, is set out in the table.
The Department does not centrally maintain records on consultancy spend in respect of its non-departmental public bodies. To collate this information would incur disproportionate cost.
| Financial year | DCMS spend (£000) | The Royal Parks spend (£000) |
Departmental Energy
Dan Rogerson: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what steps his Department plans to take to participate in the Earth Hour event on 27 March 2010. [319090]
Mr. Sutcliffe: The Department will support the Earth Hour event on Saturday 27 March 2010 by switching off all office lights for one hour at 8.30 pm.
Departmental Theft
Mr. Watson: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many thefts from his Department have been recorded in the last two years. [318983]
Mr. Sutcliffe: No thefts have been recorded in the last two years at the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.
Gaming Machines
Mr. Stewart Jackson: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport whether a small firms impact assessment has been prepared in relation to proposals to reclassify skills with prize machines as gaming machines. [319804]
Mr. Sutcliffe: The Government have no current plans to reclassify skill with prizes machines as gaming machines.
The Gambling Act 2005 sets out the tests to be applied when determining whether or not a machine is a gaming machine. A full regulatory impact assessment accompanied the Bill.
Local Government: Statistics
Mr. Stewart Jackson: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport pursuant to the answer of 3 February 2010, Official Report, column 341W, on local government finance, under how many indicators performance data are collected from local authorities in respect of (a) free swimming initiatives and (b) licensing. [319794]
Mr. Sutcliffe:
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport does not collect "indicator" data from local authorities on free swimming or licensing and neither source is used for the national indicators set. Local
authorities that have signed up to the free swimming initiative are responsible for submitting quarterly basic throughput data on the number of free swims that have taken place in their area each month.
For alcohol, entertainment and late night refreshment licensing the main purpose of this collection is to collect basic statistics about the operation of licensing. This provides a national picture and helps licensing authorities benchmark their position.
All data collected are published on the DCMS website, where further details can be found, including all the data we ask local authorities to provide for these two collections.
National Lottery: Olympic Games 2012
Mr. MacNeil: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much revenue from the Dream Number Lottery game had been raised for the purposes of the London 2012 Olympics on the latest date for which figures are available. [318934]
Mr. Sutcliffe: As at 31 December 2009, designated Olympic Lottery games (including Dream Number) have raised more than £450 million towards the cost of staging the London 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic games.
Returns to good causes from the sale of all National Lottery products are calculated in accordance with a formula set out in the National Lottery Licence. Proceeds to the Olympic Lottery Distribution Fund (OLDF) are based on the proportion of total sales attributable to all designated Olympic Lottery games. These include the Dream Number draw, certain Scratchcards and online instant win games. Proceeds to the OLDF are not available on a game-by-game basis.
We remain on course to meet the £750 million target towards the cost of staging the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic games from dedicated National Lottery games.
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