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Diplomatic Missions and International Organisations (Congestion Charge)

The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (Mr William Hague): The number of outstanding fines incurred by the diplomatic missions in the United Kingdom for non-payment of the London congestion charge since its introduction in February 2003 until 29 January 2010 was £36,057,690. The table shows the 57 diplomatic missions and international organisations with outstanding fines totalling £100,000 or more.


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CountryNumber ofFinesTotal Outstanding (£)

USA

35,602

3,821,880

Russia

29,375

3,204,900

Japan

25,434

2,766,360

Germany

24,358

2,644,810

Nigeria

18,576

1,964,310

Sudan

12,123

1,263,360

India

10,977

1,205,680

Poland

9,446

1,033,020

Ghana

8,981

970,340

Spain

7,860

864,860

France

7,960

861,100

Kenya

8,206

858,630

Greece

7,526

821,460

Ukraine

7,092

775,440

Romania

6,911

757,300

Tanzania

7,203

753,520

South Africa

6,333

659,740

Algeria

5,858

618,340

Kazakhstan

5,373

575,480

Sierra Leone

5,066

523,900

Korea

4,363

488,340

Bulgaria

4,256

459,040

Hungary

3,911

424,000

Yemen

3,768

407,820

Belarus

3,598

391,080

Slovakia

3,563

390,240

Cyprus

3,401

370,600

Zambia

3,355

358,160

Pakistan

3,151

347,930

Cameroon

3,091

329,420

Zimbabwe

3,038

311,600

Ethiopia

2,779

294,060

Czech Republic

2,343

258,240

Mauritius

2,370

254,240

Namibia

2,362

247,240

Equatorial Guinea

2,251

243,480

Cuba

2,230

234,680

Swaziland

2,267

225,400

Austria

2,004

220,160

Mozambique

2,035

215,220

Belgium

1,889

209,480

Lesotho

1,927

203,180

Denmark

1,614

179,600

Botswana

1,623

175,860

Malta

1,518

165,420

Vietnam

1,530

163,520

Malawi

1,568

163,400

Cote d'Ivoire

1,564

161,080

Afghanistan

1,411

158,220

Egypt

1,640

155,200

Uganda

1,396

149,540

Jamaica

1,284

138,800

Liberia

1,249

135,880

Guinea

1,324

135,820

Saudi Arabia

1,327

129,490

DPR Korea

1,119

116,100

Luxembourg

925

101,720


Health

Direct Payments for Health Care

The Minister of State, Department of Health (Mr Paul Burstow): The Government have today authorised the piloting of direct payments for health care, under powers in the Health Act 2009.

This Government want to put patients at the heart of everything the national health service does. Direct payments, and personal health budgets more generally, have great potential to put patients in control, enable integration across health and social care, and improve outcomes.

We have long supported the idea of personal health budgets, and we continue to support the pilot programme.

The Department has initially authorised piloting of direct payments in eight primary care trusts (PCTs) within the personal health budget pilot programme.
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More will be authorised as soon as individual PCTs are ready and have in place suitable systems and safeguards. Approved pilot sites will be able to offer direct payments to people across a range of conditions and services, including continuing health care, a number of long-term conditions, mental health, learning disabilities, and end-of-life care.

The personal health budget pilot programme involves around seventy PCTs across England. An independent evaluation will provide evidence on how personal budgets work and how to overcome the technical and cultural challenges involved. The evaluation is due to report in autumn 2012.

The table shows the PCTs initially authorised to offer direct payments.

Lead PCT

Conditions or services included in pilot

Doncaster PCT

Continuing health care and mental health

Eastern and Coastal Kent PCT

Continuing health care, end-of-life care, maternity, and mental health

Central London (joint bid from Hammersmith and Fulham PCT, Kensington and Chelsea PCT and Westminster PCT)

Continuing health care, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, dementia, diabetes, and mental health

Islington PCT

Continuing health care (in limited circumstances, with expansion subject to further approval)

Merseyside (Joint bid from Knowsley PCT, Liverpool PCT and Sefton PCT)

Mental health

Oxford PCT

Continuing health care and end-of-life care

Somerset PCT

Children in transition to adult services, learning disabilities, long-term neurological conditions

West Sussex PCT

Carers of people who have recently been diagnosed with dementia, children in transition to adult services, continuing health care


Home Department

Non-EU Economic Migration Limits

The Secretary of State for the Home Department (Mrs Theresa May): This afternoon I will make an oral statement to the House on the Government's plans to
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introduce annual limits on economic migrants from outside of the EU from April 2011; and interim measures being taken to prevent a surge in applications during the interim period.

Justice

Judicial Appointments

The Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice (Mr Kenneth Clarke): I am today announcing my intention to review the operation of the judicial appointments process and the structure of those bodies supporting the Lord Chief Justice and me on judicial matters.

The appointment element of the review will look at the end to end appointments process addressing in particular:

The appointments process must fully respect and maintain the independence of the judiciary, and appointment on merit must remain absolutely at the heart of the process. These principles will underpin the review.

In the light of the needs of the judicial appointments process, the Courts and Tribunals Integration Programme and the Government's wider review of arm's length bodies, the review will also consider whether the current structure of judicial arm's length bodies

The review has been agreed with and will be conducted in close consultation with the Lord Chief Justice. I expect the review to report in the autumn.


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