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Animal Welfare: Sanctuaries
Baroness Byford asked Her Majesty’s Government:
- Further to the Department
for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs’s briefing note on
animal sanctuaries, whether the Royal Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals investigations into complaints in 2004 about animal
sanctuaries were found to be justified; how many of those complaints
merited prosecution; and how many of those complaints were found to be
due to ignorance and how many to cruelty.
[HL6974]
The Minister of State, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Lord Rooker): The Government do not hold this information.
Incontinence
Baroness Greengross: asked Her Majesty’s Government:
- Whether they
have delivered on their commitment set out in the National Service
Framework for Older People (2004) to establish integrated incontinence
services by April 2004; and how many primary care trusts currently
provide an integrated incontinence service; and
[HL7093]
- Whether
the National Health Service runs an education and awareness programme
on treatment for incontinence; and
[HL7094]
- What
is their assessment of the number of people who suffer from
incontinence; and whether they anticipate that the number will rise;
and
[HL7091]
- What
is their assessment of the number of people who suffer from light to
moderate incontinence; and, of these, what proportion (a) seek medical
advice, or (b) have curable incontinence; and
[HL7092]
- How
many incontinence nurses are employed by the National Health Service;
and what is the annual National Health Service expenditure on
incontinence; and
[HL7095]
- How
many people who are not in residential care (a) receive free continence
products, and (b) must purchase their own.
[HL7096]
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The Minister of State, Department of Health (Lord Warner): Progress on delivering the National Service Framework for Older People (NSF) was reported in March 2006 in Living well in later life, a joint report of the Healthcare Commission, the Commission for Social Care Inspection and the Audit Commission. That report drew on the National Audit of Continence Care for Older People (NACCOP) that the Royal College of Physicians undertook on behalf of the Healthcare Commission, supported by the National Director for Older People. The initial findings were that, of those sites NACCOP surveyed, less than half had a completely integrated service in place. NACCOP has recently repeated the audit and the results will be widely disseminated later this year. We will be working with stakeholders to develop commissioning guidance, including economic analysis on cost and benefits.
In-service training and awareness for National Health Service staff is the responsibility of their employers.
We have no estimate of the number of people currently experiencing problems with continence, and have not made any estimates of the possible future numbers or what proportion seek professional advice.
The Department of Health does not collect information on which NHS staff spend all or some of their working time addressing the needs of people who are experiencing problems with continence, and information on the total cost of continence care in the NHS is not available.
The department does not collect information on the numbers of people who receive continence products from the NHS.
Agricultural Shows: Ministerial Visits
Lord Patten asked Her Majesty’s Government:
- How many
Ministers have visited agricultural shows in their official capacity
for each year since 1997. [HL7037]
The Minister of State, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Lord Rooker): In 2004, three Ministers visited a total of 10 agricultural shows; in 2005 five Ministers visited seven shows; and in 2006 four Ministers visited five shows. There are no comprehensive central records before 2004.
Divorce
Lord Patten asked Her Majesty’s Government:
- Why it is not
possible for statistics on divorces to be given by neighbourhood, given
that statistics of births and deaths can be produced by neighbourhood.
[HL7035]
Lord McKenzie of Luton: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.
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EU: Transfer of Penalties
Lord Bradshaw asked Her Majesty’s Government:
- What action is
being taken to improve co-operation within the European Union to enable
authorities to enforce criminal and civil penalties and charges both
for lorries and private cars.
[HL7134]
Lord Davies of Oldham: The European Union Financial Penalties Framework Decision, adopted on 24 February 2005, will allow a fine or other financial penalty arising from criminal proceedings in one member state to be transferred to another member state for enforcement. Primary legislation will be required to implement the framework decision. When the framework decision comes into force in member states in March 2007, cases received from other member states will be directed to local courts here for enforcement under the existing fines enforcement regime. We understand that the European Commission is considering making proposals for a directive aimed at fostering international co-operation to enforce criminal penalties and civil charges for vehicles. However, a proposed text has yet to be published.
Fishing Vessels
Baroness Byford: asked Her Majesty’s Government:
- Further to the
Sea Fishing (Marking and Identification of Passive Fishing Gear and
Beam Trawls) (England) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/1549), whether under
Article 5 all such beams shall be the property of the vessel using them
while under Articles 6, 7 and 8 the passive gear used by any vessel may
be the property of some other vessel.
[HL6977]
The Minister of State, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Lord Rooker): Beam trawls and passive fishing gear regulated by Commission Regulation 356/2005 must be marked with the appropriate markings of the fishing vessel to which it belongs. Articles 5 to 8 inclusive do not specify that the gear shall be the property of the vessel using them.
Fuel Duty
Lord Bradshaw: asked Her Majesty’s Government:
- What was the
level of tax on gas oil used by railway locomotives in the United
Kingdom in each year from 2001 to the present; and how this compares
with the current level of tax in France, Germany, Spain and Italy.
[HL7135]
Lord McKenzie of Luton: Historical fuel duty rates can be found in Hydrocarbon Oils Bulletin published by HM Revenue and Customs and available on the UK Trade Info website at www. uktradeinfo.com/index.cfm?task=bullhydro.
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The European Commission publishes current fuel duty rates for all member states, in both national currency and euros, with sterling/euro exchange rates, on the Europa website at ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/taxation/excise_duties/energy_products/rates/index_en.htm.
EU legislation permits total exemption or reduced levels of taxation for fuel used by railway locomotives, though no up-to-date information on individual member states is available.
Government Departments: Special Advisers
Lord Hanningfield asked Her Majesty’s Government:
- Whether, in
accordance with Section 17 of the model contract for special advisers,
those special advisers employed by the Chancellor of the Exchequer have
notified their head of department of any other external employment they
have undertaken in the past year; and, if so, what was the nature of
any such external
employment.[HL7102]
Lord McKenzie of Luton: The special advisers employed by the Chancellor have not undertaken any other external employment in the past year while employed by the Treasury.
Highways Agency
The Deputy Speaker (Viscount Simon): asked Her Majesty’s Government:
Lord Davies of Oldham: There are no plans to give Highways Agency traffic officers any further powers beyond those they already have and those being developed in connection with the removal and disposal of vehicles.
Immigration: Applications for Review
Lord Laird: To ask Her Majesty’s Government:
- How many
applications for review made under the Nationality, Immigration and
Asylum Act 2002, including those made out of time, and orders made for
reconsideration, there have been for (a) immigrant appellants; (b)
appeals from the Home Office; and (c) appeals from the Foreign and
Commonwealth Office.
[HL6824]
The
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Constitutional
Affairs (Baroness Ashton of Upholland): In the
period from 4 April 2005 to 31 March 2006 a total of 23,836
applications for
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A total of 6,935 orders for reconsideration were made during the same period, some of which follow applications granted by the previous appellate body prior to the commencement of the AIT, which are broken down as follows:
(a) 4,952 orders for the appellant party; (b) 1,664 orders for the Home Office; and (c) 319 orders for the FCO.A total of 4,468 review applications refused by the AIT were submitted to the appropriate appellate court, excluding Scotland and Northern Ireland, under the opt-in provisions established by the 2004 Act, which are broken down as follows:
(a) 4213 from the appellant party; and (b) 255 from the Home Office.A total of 459 orders for reconsideration were made, which are broken down as follows:
(a) 446 orders for the appellant party; and (b) 13 orders for the Home Office.Voluntary Organisations
Baroness Byford: asked Her Majesty’s Government:
- Further to the
Written Answer by the Lord Rooker on 18 July (WA 177), in
addition to the Scouts Association and the National Federation of
Women's Institutes, which other organisations have been allocated
funding from the Climate Challenge Fund; how much each organisation is
receiving; and over what period of time the money will be allocated.
[HL7085]
The Minister of State, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Lord Rooker): In addition to the Scouts Association and the National Federation of Women’s Institutes, a total of 51 other organisations have been allocated funding for the next two financial years from the Climate Change Fund as announced by the Government in June 2006. These are as follows.
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Including the two organisations previously referred to, a total of £4.8 million will be awarded in the financial years 2006-07 and 2007-08.
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