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Crime: Young Offenders
Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer asked Her Majesty's Government:
In how many youth offender panels each of the youth offending teams has participated to date. [HL1420]
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Ministry of Justice (Lord Hunt of Kings Heath): The Power of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000, Section 21(3a) requires every youth offender panel to have a youth offending team member. In principle therefore, youth offending teams should have been involved in every youth offender panel to date.
Elections: Register
Lord Greaves asked Her Majesty's Government:
Further to the Written Answer by Lord Rooker on 8 February 2005 (WA107), what was the outcome of their consideration of the use of the electoral register by local authorities. [HL1406]
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Ministry of Justice (Lord Hunt of Kings Heath): The Representation of the People Regulations 2001 were amended in 2006 to enable local authorities to use the full electoral register for the purpose of holding a local poll under Section 116 of the Local Government Act 2003.
EU: Financial Penalties
Lord Stoddart of Swindon asked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether Government departments other than the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs have incurred European Union financial penalties since 1993; what the reasons were for such penalties; and what their individual costs were to the Exchequer. [HL1402]
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Lord Davies of Oldham: The United Kingdom has never incurred a financial penalty under Article 228 (ex Article 171) of the Treaty Establishing the European Community.
EU: Regional Funding
Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer asked Her Majesty's Government:
Further to the Written Answer by Baroness Andrews on 11 December 2007 (WA 30), what was the underspend in the Objective 2 regional programmes in 2007 in each English region. [HL1573]
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Communities and Local Government (Baroness Andrews): There were no underspends on the objective 2 programmes in eight out of nine English regions in 2007. In the north-west region, there was an underspend of £3.4 million which represents less than 1 per cent of the region’s overall allocation of £637 million.
EU: Structural and Cohesion Funds
Baroness Cohen of Pimlico asked Her Majesty's Government:
What administration costs were incurred by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport in relation to the European structural and cohesion funds for the last financial year for which figures are available. [HL1426]
Lord Davies of Oldham: The costs incurred by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport in administering European structural and cohesion funds for the current financial year total less than £400.
DCMS only deals with cases above the £1 million threshold for European structural and cohesion fund payments. All cases below this amount are administered by Government Offices for the Regions.
Firearms
The Earl of Shrewsbury asked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether they intend to introduce primary or secondary legislation regarding deactivated firearms; and, if secondary, how it will be achieved. [HL1534]
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Home Office (Lord West of Spithead): We will be consulting on how best to control deactivated firearms and no decisions have been taken on the means of achieving this.
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Government: Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
Lord Laird asked Her Majesty's Government:
What plans the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland has to visit the United States; when any such visit will take place; and for what purpose. [HL1457]
Lord Rooker: The United States has played and continues to play a critical role in the peace process, further progress towards the devolution of policing and justice and investment in Northern Ireland. Successive Secretaries of State have worked closely with the United States and have made regular visits to discuss policy. The present Secretary of State continues this policy. It is not the practice, not least for security reasons, to discuss future engagements of government Ministers.
Immigration: Temporary Residency
Lord Marlesford asked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether there is a central register of people who have been given temporary residency in the United Kingdom; if so, how many people are currently on such a register; and what arrangements are in place to record the departure from the United Kingdom of such persons at the end of their legal residency. [HL297]
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Home Office (Lord West of Spithead): Information relating to people who have been given temporary residence in the United Kingdom is recorded in several databases, temporary residence being interpreted as those lawfully resident in the country for a period exceeding six months.
These include the Case Information Database and the UK Visa database, which hold records of persons granted temporary residence and will include those whose leave is current and those whose leave has expired. They are therefore not a record of those currently in the country.
Local Government: Efficiency Savings
Lord Greaves asked Her Majesty's Government:
For how many successive years they are requiring local authorities to find 3 per cent cash efficiency savings; and for how many years they expect local authorities to find such savings without making cuts in services. [HL1429]
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Communities and Local Government (Baroness Andrews): During the 2007 Comprehensive Spending Review period (2008-09 to 2010-11), there will be no mandatory targets for efficiency gains for individual councils in England. While the sector
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Cuts in services do not result in valid efficiency gains. Cash released through efficiencies is retained by councils for reallocation to meet local priorities for services. Looking at ways of delivering better services in more efficient ways should be part of normal business processes for any organisation.
Lottery: Funding
Lord Greaves asked Her Majesty's Government:
Which projects have benefited from Lottery funding in each district and unitary authority in Lancashire in each of the past three years and the current year; which bodies were responsible for delivering them; what was the purpose of each of them; and how much funding each received. [HL1407]
Lord Davies of Oldham: The figures for grants awarded during the last three completed financial years and the current financial year to date for the areas requested are set out in these tables. These figures are for grants that are recorded on the department's Lottery grants database as location specific. The Department for Culture, Media and Sport's Lottery Grants Database is searchable at www.lottery.culture.gov.uk and uses information supplied by the Lottery distributors.
| Burnley | ||
| Financial Year | Amount Awarded | Number of grants |
| Chorley | ||
| Financial Year | Amount Awarded | Number of grants |
| Fylde | ||
| Financial Year | Amount Awarded | Number of grants |
| Hyndburn | ||
| Financial Year | Amount Awarded | Number of grants |
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| Lancaster | ||
| Financial Year | Amount Awarded | Number of grants |
| Pendle | ||
| Financial Year | Amount Awarded | Number of grants |
| Preston | ||
| Financial Year | Amount Awarded | Number of grants |
| Ribble Valley | ||
| Financial Year | Amount Awarded | Number of grants |
| Rossendale | ||
| Financial Year | Amount Awarded | Number of grants |
| South Ribble | ||
| Financial Year | Amount Awarded | Number of grants |
| West Lancashire | ||
| Financial Year | Amount Awarded | Number of grants |
| Wyre | ||
| Financial Year | Amount Awarded | Number of grants |
| Blackpool | ||
| Financial Year | Amount Awarded | Number of grants |
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