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To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what funds have been made available for (a) drug education and prevention and (b) drug rehabilitation in Luton since 1st May 1997. - Inc table and figures.

Asked by

Margaret Moran (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

24 April 2001

For answer on

8 May 2001

Answered on

8 May 2001

Ms Moran: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what funds have been made available for (a) drug education and prevention and (b) drug rehabilitation in Luton since 1 May 1997. [159416] Ms Stuart: Information on funding for drug education, prevention and rehabilitation is not available centrally for Luton. National health service funding for these services is provided to Bedfordshire health authority. The Luton drug action team will receive its share of the new pooled treatment budget via Bedfordshire health authority and has been allocated £1,199,000 for 2001-02. Drug treatment in the Luton drug action team area is mostly provided from NHS, social services, police, Probation and Prison Service funds that are embedded within mainstream services and cannot readily be disaggregated. However, certain earmarked grants and allocations to Bedfordshire health authority can. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. £000 Drug misuse special allocation 1997-98 410 1998-99 436 1999-2000 537 2000-01 568 In-year addition 2000-01 118 Health Action Zone drug prevention work in Luton 1998-99 200 1999-2000 100 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Date

8 May 2001

Reference

159416; 368 c146-7W

House

House of Commons

Vehicle manufacturing in the UK. Trade and Industry Select Committee fourth special report - government response to committee's third report of session 2000/01. (HC 128).

Type

Select Committee reports (Government responses); House of Commons papers; Parliamentary committees

Committee

Trade and Industry Committee

Notes

Received 10.05.01

Date

2 May 2001

Reference

HC 455 2000/01

House

House of Commons

Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) arrests and (b) convictions there were for possession of Class A drugs in Luton in each year since 1991. - Inc fact that information not available in form requested and ref to "Drug Seizure and Offender Statistics,...

Asked by

Margaret Moran (Labour)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

1 May 2001

Reference

159415; 367 c614W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to the constituency, the effects on the Luton South constituency of his Department's policies and actions since 2nd May 1997. - Inc tables and figs.

Asked by

Margaret Moran (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Education and Employment

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

27 March 2001

For answer on

30 April 2001

Answered on

30 April 2001

Ms Moran: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to the constituency, the effects on the Luton, South constituency of his Department's policies and actions since 2 May 1997. [156162] Mr. Wills: Outlined are details of the effects of a range of the Department's policies on the Luton, South constituency and Luton local education authority. Beacon Schools There is one Beacon School in the Luton, South constituency: Hillborough Junior School. Schools with specialist status designated since 1997 There is one Specialist School in the Luton, South constituency: Ashcroft High School, which has Technology College status. Education Maintenance Allowance Luton LEA is one of the new EMA pilot areas. Since September 2000 just over £260,000 has been paid out in EMAs to 569 students. School Achievement Awards 15 Schools in the Luton, South constituency have been awarded a total of £121,250.00 under this scheme. The schools and awards are as follows: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. £ Beech Hill Community Primary School 12,030 Dallow Infant School 7,500 Dallow Junior School 7,310 Denbigh High School 29,880 Denbigh Infant School 8,800 Foxdell Junior School 5,350 Hillborough Junior School 5,520 Orchard Centre PRU (formally Charles Street Tuition Centre) 2,820 Putteridge Infant School 5,460 Sacred Heart RC Infants School 3,990 Slip End Lower School 3,410 Someries Junior School 6,450 St. Mary's RC Lower School 6,020 Tennyson Road Primary School 4,840 Wigmore Primary School 11,870 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Class Sizes Luton LEA £ _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Revenue Capital 1998-99 0 58,000 1999-2000 130,000 574,396 2000-01 618,615 79,500 2001-02 635,881 0 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. The September 2000 figures show that there are now only 380 (6.2 per cent.) pupils remaining in infant classes of 31 or more. The figure in January 1997 was 2,427 (42 per cent.). Luton Performance Data Key Stage 2, percentage of pupils achieving level 4 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 2000 1999 1998 1997 English LEA average 72 68 61 58 England average 75 71 65 63 Maths LEA average 65 62 51 54 England average 72 69 59 62 Science LEA average 82 74 61 63 England average 85 78 69 69 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. GCSE--percentage of pupils achieving _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 2000 1999 1998 1997 5+ A*--C LEA average 39.7 35.8 35.0 34.3 England average 49.2 47.9 46.3 45.1 5+ A*--G LEA average 91.4 92 92.4 89.9 England average 88.9 88.5 87.5 86.4 No Passes LEA average 3.2 3.2 2.1 4.3 England average 5.6 6.0 6.6 7.7 Average Point Score LEA average 36.7 35.5 35.9 n/a England average 38.9 38.1 37.0 n/a _________________________________________________________________________________________________. A/AS level and Advanced GNVQ _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 2000 1999 1998 Average points for 2 or more A/AS levels LEA average 13.6 13.4 14.1 England average 18.5 18.2 17.8 A/AS average per entry LEA average 4.5 4.4 4.6 England average 5.5 5.5 5.4 Average point score GNVQs LEA average 8.1 9.0 9.5 England average 10.1 9.9 9.6 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Funding per pupil In Luton LEA, funding per pupil has increased by £520 in real terms between 1997-98 and 2001-02. Luton LEA capital funding £000 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 2001-02 2000-01 1999-2000 1998-99 1997-98 Total Credit approvals ACG 1,356 2,918 556 201 171 5,202 SCA -- 217 1,033 240 40 1,530 Grants NDS Condition Funding 392 -- -- -- -- 392 NDS -- 2,275 691 322 288 3,576 NGfL 914 625 326 374 -- 2,239 VA grant 127 239 98 73 102 639 Schools devolved formula -- 1,344 -- -- -- 1,344 capital Science labs 134 134 -- -- -- 268 Energy -- -- -- 51 -- 51 AMP support -- -- 25 -- -- 25 Seed challenge 161 146 -- -- -- 307 Infant class size -- 110 545 57 -- 712 Security 46 65 65 57 46 279 SSLUs 54 61 -- -- -- 115 Schools Access 232 17 -- -- -- 249 Initiative NDS Devolved Formula 1,109 -- -- -- -- 1,109 Outside Toilets -- -- -- 6 -- 6 Nursery provision -- 64 -- -- -- 64 Total 4,525 8,215 3,339 1,381 647 ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________. Further Education Student numbers at all Further Education Funding Council funded institutions where home postcode is in the local authority district of Luton are given in the table. 1996-97 to 1999-2000 ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________. FEFC funded Non-FEFC funded 16-18 Adult 16-18 Adult Full-time Part-time Full-time Part-time Full-time Part-time Full-time Part-time 1996-97 3,238 794 657 9,042 88 368 69 633 1997-98 2,995 1,130 769 10,810 81 307 69 604 1998-99 3,316 723 824 10,441 105 534 71 799 1999-2000 3,385 817 817 10,159 112 379 179 1,068 ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________. Modern Apprenticeships Information on Modern Apprenticeships for all English constituencies will be placed in the Library by the end of March. New Deal for Young People In the Luton, South constituency, 966 young people had joined the New Deal to the end of December 2000. 386 have found jobs, 299 of which are sustained. Labour market statistics The working age employment rate in Luton in autumn 2000 was 71.9 per cent., below the UK rate of 74.7 per cent. The rate in autumn 1997 was 77.0 per cent., in autumn 1998 73.0 per cent., and in autumn 1999 74.9 per cent. These figures are volatile at this level, and our best interpretation of the trend in the employment rate for Luton since 1997 is that it has been broadly flat. The claimant unemployment rate has fallen from 5.3 per cent. in February 1997 to 2.7 per cent. in February 2001 in the Luton, South constituency.

Date

30 April 2001

Reference

156162; 367 c468-71W

House

House of Commons

Macdonald of Tradeston, Lord

What is the status of the application as part of the local transport plan scheme by Luton Borough Council last July for funding for a guided busway between Luton and Dunstable. [HL 1713].

Asked by

Lord Berkeley (Labour)

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

23 April 2001

Reference

HL 1713; 624 c199-200WA

House

House of Lords

Dept for Culture Media and Sport

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to the constituency, the effects on the Luton South constituency of his Department's policies and actions since 2nd May 1997. - Including figures.

Asked by

Margaret Moran (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

27 March 2001

For answer on

9 April 2001

Answered on

9 April 2001

Ms Moran: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if he will set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to the constituency, the effects on the Luton, South constituency of his Department's policies and actions since 2 May 1997. [156164] Mr. Chris Smith: Since May 1997 my Department has introduced and developed a variety of initiatives which will impact on my hon. Friend's constituency which promote our objectives of access, excellence, education, and creativity and employment. We have published our strategies to take this forward in "Tomorrows Tourism" and "A Sporting Future for All", which was recently followed up by "The Government's Plan for Sport". We have tackled the issue of social inclusion taking forward the recommendations of Policy Action Team 10 on Arts and Sport and developing social inclusion policies across all our areas which is recognised within the most recent progress report "Building on PAT10". We have given more support to the cultural and sporting infrastructure. The Spending Review 2000 secured a doubling of the budget for sport and the largest ever increase for the arts: an increase of 80 per cent. from £186 million in 1997-98 to £336 million in 2003-04. In taking forward our aim to develop the educational potential of culture and sport £40 million has been allocated to developing Creative Partnerships; we have established through lottery funding, the £30 million National Foundation for Youth Music; and secured an additional £130 million for primary schools sports and arts facilities through the Space for Sport and the Arts programme. With £120 million of central Government and Lottery funding we will be providing a school sports co-ordinator in one in four secondary schools to work with local primary and special schools to improve sporting provision and physical education for children in the most deprived areas. We have delivered free access to national museums for children and the over-60's and additional money will be provided to allow this to be extended to everyone in December 2001. We have commissioned a taskforce which is currently considering the issues facing non-national museums in the regions. We have made improvements in the way the Lottery is spent to ensure a fairer distribution. The introduction of the New Opportunities Fund for spending on health, education and the environment has made a real difference to communities everywhere. For instance it has invested £120 million to support the People's Network, which will enable all 4,300 public libraries to offer free public Internet access through UK online learning centres; and a further £50 million to stimulate development of content to support the Network. We have set up a Regional Cultural Consortium in each of the English regions outside London to champion culture and creativity, including heritage, sport and tourism, and to draw up regional cultural strategies identifying regional objectives and priorities. We have published a Green Paper "Culture and Creativity: The Next Ten Years", setting out how individual creative talent can be given the support it needs from childhood to flourish; how artists and cultural institutions can be freed from bureaucratic controls; and how the freedom to explore and enjoy creativity and culture can be made available to all. Through their commitment to public service broadcasting, the Government have helped to foster an environment in which a creative, commercially successful broadcasting industry provides a wide range of UK-made, high-quality, original programmes catering for all viewers and listeners. We have ensured a secure funding base for the BBC and S4C, while giving them the freedom to develop commercial operations which complement and support their public service remit. We have made it clear in the Communications White Paper that public service broadcasting will continue to have a key role to play in the digital future. The Government have introduced free television licences for people aged 75 or over from 1 November last year. My Department sponsors the British Tourist Authority (BTA) which continues to promote Britain effectively as an attractive tourist destination for overseas visitors. The BTA's successful marketing activities are aimed at bringing benefits to all parts of the UK, including Luton, South. In delivering these initiatives we aim to make cultural and sporting activities inclusive ones, boosting participation and improving the quality of life for all. Luton, South According to the information supplied by the distributing bodies for the national lottery awards database, there have been 56 national lottery awards to Luton, South, totalling £4,896,824. Twenty Eight Millennium Award Winners have been identified from Luton, South and between them they have received grants totalling £39,779. Under the Space for Sport and Arts scheme, Luton local education authority has been allocated up to £1.75 million towards providing improved facilities for sport and arts in primary schools which can also be used by the wider community. Farley, Foxdell and St. Matthew's junior schools in the hon. Member's constituency have been chosen to develop schemes under the SSA. English Heritage (EH) have awarded the following grants since 2 May 1997: Heritage Economic Regeneration Scheme Luton (Plaiter's Lea and High Town): 1999-2000--£100,000 offered. 2000-01--£100,000 offered. Information on the number of beneficiaries of free television licences by constituency is not available, but estimates based on the 1991 Census indicate that there were approximately 5,000 people aged 75 or over living in the Luton, South constituency. East England Arts received £6,202,000 in 2000-01 from the Arts Council to support arts and cultural activity across its region. In 2001-02 this will increase to £7,116,585 or by 14.74 per cent.

Date

9 April 2001

Reference

156164; 366 c410-1W;366 c410-2W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to the constituency, the effects on the Luton South constituency of his Department's policies and actions since 2nd May 1997. - Includes figures and ref to 'Department of Health...

Asked by

Margaret Moran (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

27 March 2001

For answer on

6 April 2001

Answered on

6 April 2001

Ms Moran: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to the constituency, the effects on the Luton, South constituency of his Department's policies and actions since 2 May 1997. [156161] Mr. Denham: Detailed information on the impact of Department of Health policies nationally is set out in the Department of Health Annual reports. A copy of the most recent report "Department of Health--Government Expenditure Plans 2000-01" is available in the House of Commons Library and on the Department of Health website at www.doh.gov.uk/dhreport. The impact of policies is not examined by constituency and statistics collected centrally by the Department are not collected on a constituency basis. My hon. Friend's constituency falls within the geographical area covered by Bedfordshire health authority and Luton unitary social services authority. The increases in allocations between 1996-97 and 2001-02 for Bedfordshire health authority is set out in the table. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Increase £ million (cash) 103.6 £ million (real terms) 68.3 Percentage (cash) 41.49 Percentage (real terms) 25.36 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Note: Increases for 1999-2000 onwards are for unified allocations which cover hospital and community health services, prescribing and discretionary family health services. Those for previous years cover hospital and community health services only. Bedfordshire health authority has also received additional funding for certain policies. This includes: £1.4 million for accident and emergency modernisation (capital) in 2000-01; £101,000, £201,000, £304,000 and £203,000 for improving cancer services (breast, colorectal, lung and cancer outpatients) in 1997-98, 1998-99, 1999-2000 and 2000-01 respectively; £644,000 to reduce waiting lists and times in 2000-01; £1.4 million to expand critical care services in 2000-01; £887,000 to deal with winter pressures in 2000-01; £168,000 for heart disease services 2000-01; £50,000 invested to dentistry in 2000-01. In addition, my hon. Friend's constituents will benefit from the new £14.7 million major development to include elderly care, physiotherapy and outpatients, as well as staff accommodation that is being developed at the Luton and Dunstable hospital. Bedfordshire local authority's personal social services standard spending assessment for 2001-02 compared with 1996-97 is set out in the table. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Percentage increase £ million Real Cash 1996-97 61.927 -- -- 2001-02 52.107 -25.5 -15.9 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Note: The SSA has decreased because of boundary changes resulting from local government reorganisation. In addition to the SSAs referred to, Bedfordshire local authority received additional funding in the form of a number of special and specific grants as set out in the table. £000 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1998-99 1999-2000 2000-01 2001-02 Special Transitional 2,056 -- -- -- Grant{1} Partnership grant{2} -- 1,485 1,289 | 1,803 Prevention grant{2} -- 120 182 | Carers grant{3} -- 120 291 416 Children's grant{3} -- 357 560 1,431 Mental Health Core grant 316 534 611 {4}684 Training Support Grant 289 269 218 {4}207 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} The special transitional grant ended in 1998-99 {2} The partnership and prevention grants have been combined in 2001-02 and called the promoting independence grant {3} The carers' and children's grants were introduced in 1999-2000 {4} Indicative allocation Luton local authority came into existence on 1 April 1997. Its personal social services standard spending assessment for 2001-02 is £30.922 million. In addition to its SSA, Luton has received additional funding in the form of a number of special and specific grants as set out in the table. £000 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1998-99 1999-2000 2000-01 2001-02 Special Transitional 1,001 -- -- -- Grant{1} Partnership grant{2} -- 765 658 | 888 Prevention grant{2} -- 63 95 | Carers grant{3} -- 61 171 241 Children's grant{3} -- 359 561 1,357 Mental Health Core grant 156 300 304 {4}486 Training Support Grant 157 165 181 {4}167 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} The special transitional grant ended in 1998-99 {2} The partnership and prevention grants have been combined in 2001-02 and called the promoting independence grant {3} The carers' and children's grants were introduced in 1999-2000 {4} Indicative allocation

Date

6 April 2001

Reference

156161; 366 c347-8W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Social Security

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to the constituency, the effects on the Luton South constituency of his Department's policies and actions since 2nd May 1997. - Inc figures and ref to 'Opportunity for...

Asked by

Margaret Moran (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Social Security

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

27 March 2001

For answer on

3 April 2001

Answered on

3 April 2001

Ms Moran: To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to the constituency, the effects on the Luton, South constituency of his Department's policies and actions since 2 May 1997. [156160] Mr. Rooker: The Department's policies and initiatives have made a significant contribution to the Government's overall objectives of Eradicating child poverty in 20 years, and halving it within 10; Promoting work as the best form of welfare for people of working age while protecting the position of those in greatest need; and, Combating poverty and promoting security and independence in retirement for today's and tomorrow's pensioners. These goals are being pursued nationwide and our achievements are set out in our annual "Opportunity for all" reports. Our second report, "Opportunity for all--One year on: making a difference" (CM4865, September 2000) sets out what progress has been made in the past year, as well as highlighting what more needs to be done. Nationwide statistical information is necessarily more complete than data at a local authority level, but the following provides a comparative guide to the effect of the Department's policies and actions in Luton, South since May 1997. Measures in our five Budgets so far will lift over 1.2 million children nationally out of poverty. These include record increases to Child Benefit, the introduction of the Working Families Tax Credit, increases in the income-related benefits, the minimum wage and tax changes. Child Benefit will be worth £15.50 a week for the eldest child and £10.35 a week for other children from April 2001: nationally about 7 million families receive Child Benefit, and in Luton, South 12,540 families benefit. We now have the lowest unemployment rate in 25 years. The New Deals have helped lone parents, the young unemployed, the long-term unemployed, the over 50s and partners of the unemployed to move from benefit into work. In the period since May 1997 the number of people claiming Jobseeker's Allowance nationally has reduced from 1,562,400 to 960,600; in Luton, South the number has reduced from 3,100 to 1,900. Since May 1997 the number of lone parents who claim Income Support has decreased from 1,013,500 to 894,100 nationally and in Luton, South from 1,800 to 1,700. Older people are disproportionately affected by fuel poverty. So we have introduced Winter Fuel Payments to help with their heaviest fuel bill. This winter, the payment is £200 or households who qualify. Around 13,900 older people in Luton, South have received a Winter Fuel Payment for this winter. To demonstrate our commitment to combating pensioner poverty, this year we will spend £4.5 billion extra in real terms on pensioners. Some 13,000 pensioners in Luton, South will benefit from the substantial increases in the basic State pension this April and next; this year's increase is £5 a week for single pensioners and £8 for couples. In addition we have introduced free TV licences for the over 75s of whom we estimate there are about 4,600 in Luton, South. 2,900 pensioner families in Luton, South are receiving the Minimum Income Guarantee, which we introduced in April 1999 to help our poorest pensioners. From April they will be at least £15 a week, or £800 a year, better off in real terms as a result of Government measures since 1997. Other reforms in the pipeline include: the new Pension Credit in 2003 designed to ensure that pensioners benefit from their savings; the launch of Stakeholder Pensions in April this year; and the introduction of the State Second Pension in April 2002 both of which will help provide greater security for tomorrow's pensioners.

Date

3 April 2001

Reference

156160; 366 c159-60W

House

House of Commons

Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to the constituency, the effects on the Luton South constituency of the Department's policies and actions since 2nd May 1997. - Includes figures and ref to Home...

Asked by

Margaret Moran (Labour)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

27 March 2001

For answer on

3 April 2001

Answered on

3 April 2001

Ms Moran: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to the constituency, the effects on the Luton, South constituency of the Lord Chancellor's Department's policies and actions since 2 May 1997. [156166] Mr. Charles Clarke: I assume my hon. Friend is referring to the affects of Home Office policies and actions on the Luton, South constituency. The Home Office is working to build a safe, just and tolerant society in which the rights and responsibilities of individuals, families and communities are properly balanced, and the protection and security of the public are maintained. Detailed information on the impact of Home Office policies across the full range of responsibilities is set out in Home Office Annual Reports. A copy of the most recent report, Home Office Annual Report 2000-01, is available in the Library. Information on recorded crime and policing is also published. "Recorded Crime England and Wales, 12 months to September 2000" and "Police Service Strength England and Wales, 30 September 2000" can be found in the Library. The recorded crime statistics include information on recorded crime by Basic Command Unit and Crime and Disorder partnerships. The impact of Home Office policies and actions is not normally examined by constituency and the statistics which the Department collects, such as recorded crime, cannot be matched in the way requested although set out are examples relating to the Luton, South constituency or the immediate locality: Reducing Burglary Initiative (RBI) Under round 1 of the RBI, the area of Dallow, Luton was awarded approximately £70,000. This was used for target hardening of repeat victimisation premises, including Homesafe burglary initiative i.e. installing gates, locks and lights. Identified streets were gated to create a `ring of steel' to bolster the protection for the whole street. Under round 2 of the initiative the areas of Biscot, High Town, Lewsey and South Wards were awarded £73,000 for a project with Bedfordshire police working in partnership with Luton borough council. The main interventions proposed for the project include target hardening and environmental improvement of a group of geographical hotspot areas. Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) Luton borough council were awarded approximately £249,000 for two schemes submitted under round 1 of the CCTV initiative. Bury park/Dunstable road was awarded £180,000, providing cameras for one of the town's main roads. The area consists of shops, secondary housing, a community centre, a church and mosque and the Luton Town football stadium. The bid aims to reduce overall crime in the area by 50 per cent. over three years, particularly targeting violence against the person, vehicle crime and theft. Luton station car park was awarded £68,000 for an eight-camera scheme to extend coverage of the car park, which currently has three cameras. The scheme aims to reduce overall vehicle crime, assaults and criminal damage by 50 per cent. over three years. Youth Offending Luton, South is covered by Luton Youth Offending Team (YOT). Luton YOT is a multi-agency team consisting of staff from Luton borough council working in partnership with Bedfordshire health authority, Bedfordshire police authority and Bedfordshire Probation Service. The YOT is closely involved with the Youth Court Action Group which also includes representatives from the police, courts, Crown Prosecution Service across Luton and Bedfordshire. The group has been established in order to deliver the Government's pledge to halve the arrest time from arrest to sentence for persistent young offenders from 142 to 71 days. The group meets regularly to review progress and refine procedures in order to achieve this target. The most recent local figure for Luton and Bedfordshire is 68 days. The establishment of fortnightly `case discussions' meetings involving all staff from the YOT has ensured that consideration is given to the skills and resources that might be available from all partner agencies in drawing up every Supervision Plan. In addition, a Service Level Agreement with Victim Support has ensured that all victims of crimes committed by children and young people, where the YOT might be involved, are contacted in order that consideration might be given to reparation being made available. There is a crime diversion scheme in place with Her Majesty's Prison Coldingley and Her Majesty's Prison Bullwood Hall where young people experience the reality of life of crime from drama and testimonies of serving prisoners. The Youth Justice Service continues to develop in partnership with Luton borough's Community Safety Strategy, with the Crime and Disorder Executive operating as the YOT Strategic Management Group. This ensures that all agencies are committed to the joint approach and this has been further enhanced recently with the addition of the local Drug Action Team. The service was successful last year in gaining funding from the Youth Justice Board to develop a Youth Inclusion Programme which is managed on behalf of the partnership by the Safer Luton Partnership, a branch of Crime Concern. The programme targets young people at risk to ensure they are included in mainstream activities by offering support to help them overcome a variety of social problems. A summer activities group runs weekly during each school summer holiday targeted at young people at risk. Structured group work sessions take place in the mornings followed up by supervised activities in the afternoons. Recent discussions across all agencies about the issues associated with nuisance youths has led to the creation of the Youth Intervention Group which meets on a monthly basis to share information on those young people coming to the attention of the police for `sub criminal' behaviour. The introduction of Final Warnings in June 2000 built naturally on the success of the Youth Diversion Scheme. Assessments are carried out on all cases where the police decide a Final Warning is appropriate. The police officer seconded to the YOT is responsible for administering the warning, together with a member of the YOT when an intervention programme is to be offered. The YOT work in partnership with Spurgeons Childcare to develop groupwork programmes with parents on a statutory and voluntary basis. Comprehensive assessments continue to be carried out on the suitability of Parenting Orders whenever a young person is sentenced with the information detailed within the Pre-Sentence Report. Similar assessments are carried out when parents are prosecuted for failing to ensure their children receive education, and whenever an Anti-Social Behavioural Order is applied on a child or a young person. The successful application for funding under the Government's `On track' initiative includes a joint post with Social Services to develop support for parents from Asian communities which will enable the YOT to introduce more culturally sensitive parenting programmes. More generally, all of the policies of the Home Office will impact on the residents of Luton South to a greater or lesser extent. For example: 376 Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnerships have been established; racial harassment and racially motivated crimes have been made criminal offences by the Crime and Disorder Act 1998; the asylum backlog has been cut from 103,495 at the end of January 2000 to 49,690 by the end of February 2001; and good progress is being made in reducing the incidence of fire deaths in England and Wales. They have dropped from 605 in 1997 to 534 in 1999. Information on the Home Office and its policies is also published on its website www.homeoffice.gov.uk.

Date

3 April 2001

Reference

156166; 366 c146-8W

House

House of Commons

Lord Chancellors Dept

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, if he will set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to the constituency, the effects on the Luton South constituency of the Lord Chancellor's Department's policies and actions since 2nd May 1997. - Includes figures.

Asked by

Margaret Moran (Labour)

Answering body

Lord Chancellor's Department

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

27 March 2001

For answer on

3 April 2001

Answered on

3 April 2001

Ms Moran: To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department if he will set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to the constituency, the effects on the Luton, South constituency of the Lord Chancellor's Department's policies and actions since 2 May 1997. [156158] Mr. Lock: The Lord Chancellor's Department is responsible for the administration of the courts and for legal services. We have taken steps to improve the management and effectiveness of the services we provide and to meet customer needs, including working closely with other agencies to provide a fair, swift and effective system of justice, improve the availability of affordable and good quality legal services and to improve the lives of children and help build and sustain strong families. In particular, Luton, South constituency is covered by the Luton and South Bedfordshire Community Legal Service Partnership, which is one of 170 Community Legal Service Partnerships throughout England and Wales. Within the Luton, South constituency, as at 8 March 2001, 12 firms of solicitors and three Not-for-Profit organisations had been awarded Legal Service Commission contracts with an expected combined expenditure value in the financial year 2001-02 of £451,000. The contracts cover a range of categories, including Family, Welfare Benefits, Immigration, Debt, and Mental Health. As at noon 30 March 2001, nine firms in the constituency had signed Criminal Defence Service contracts for 2001-02. During the year, the total value of payments for work done under these contracts is expected to be approximately £2,290,000.

Date

3 April 2001

Reference

156158; 366 c174-5W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Trade and Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to the constituency, the effects on the Luton South constituency of his Department's policies and actions since 2nd May 1997. - Inc figures.

Asked by

Margaret Moran (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

2 April 2001

Reference

156163; 366 c4W

House

House of Commons

Treasury

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to the constituency, the effects on the Luton South constituency of his Department's policies and actions since 2nd May 1997. - Includes figures.

Asked by

Margaret Moran (Labour)

Answering body

Treasury

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

27 March 2001

For answer on

2 April 2001

Answered on

2 April 2001

Ms Moran: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to the constituency, the effects on the Luton, South constituency of his Department's policies and actions since 2 May 1997. [156159] Miss Melanie Johnson: Luton, South, along with the rest of the United Kingdom, is benefiting from the long-term action we have taken to build economic stability and secure high and stable levels of growth and employment. Since the General Election, claimant unemployment in the constituency has fallen by 1,315 or 40 per cent., youth unemployment is down by 85 per cent., and long-term unemployment has fallen by 75 per cent. Macro-economic stability is being complemented at the micro-economic level by the Government's policies to ease the transition from welfare into work and to make work pay. To the end of December 2000, the New Deal for 18 to 24-year-olds had helped 966 young people in Luton, South constituency gain valuable skills and experience--386 (40 per cent.) of whom had moved into employment. The Working Families Tax Credit (WFTC), introduced in October 1999, is helping to make work pay for low and middle income families. In August 2000, 1,500 families in the constituency were benefiting from WFTC. The Government are also committed to policies that enable pensioners to share in the country's rising prosperity. All pensioners, including 12,900 in Luton, South, will receive an above-inflation increase in the basic State pension from April 2001. Single pensioners will receive an extra £5 a week, and couples will receive an extra £8 a week. All pensioners aged 75 or over have also been entitled to a free TV licence since November 2000-- including around 7,900 in Luton, South.

Date

2 April 2001

Reference

156159; 366 c46-7W

House

House of Commons

Dept of the Environment Transport and the Regions

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to the constituency, the effects on the Luton South constituency of his Department's policies and actions since 2nd May 1997. - Includes table.

Asked by

Margaret Moran (Labour)

Answering body

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

27 March 2001

For answer on

30 March 2001

Answered on

30 March 2001

Ms Moran: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to the constituency, the effects on the Luton, South constituency of his Department's policies and actions since 2 May 1997. [156165] Ms Armstrong: The principal funding that this Department has provided to Luton borough council from 1997-98 is shown in the table below. These figures include grants and borrowing approvals for revenue and capital expenditure. It is not possible to determine how much of this money has been spent on Luton, South. It is for the local authority to decide where within its boundary these resources are applied. The transport allocations shown are for the Luton/ Dunstable conurbation, which includes part of South Bedfordshire district. Similarly, the Single Regeneration Budget partnership operates across the conurbation--the figures given are an estimate of the amount going into Luton. £ million _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Nature of funding 1997-98 1998-99 1999-2000 2000-01 {1}2001-02 Revenue Support Grant 75.478 81.382 82.804 89.299 -- Income from National 41.033 42.769 46.379 51.567 -- Non-Domestic Rates Local Government 3.575 2.160 0.186 -- -- Reorganisation Supplementary Credit Approval Housing Investment 3.337 2.978 1.843 5.920 2.952 Programme (MRA of 5.691) Housing Revenue Account 6.939 6.262 5.889 5.597 -- Subsidy Capital Receipts Initiative 0.481 1.664 1.843 -- -- Cash Incentive Scheme 0.250 0.106 - -- -- SRB funding 1.430 1.570 2.000 1.250 2.900 New Deal for Communities -- -- -- 0.300 {2}0.100 Funding Neighbourhood Renewal -- -- -- -- 0.754 Funding ERDF funding -- -- -- -- {3}-- Transport Supplementary 0.224 0.268 0.307 0 0 Grant Transport Annual Capital 0.224 0.268 0.307 0 0 Guideline Transport Block 2.704 0.913 3.730 2.574 4.919 Supplementary Credit Approval _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} Where known 2 The NDC funding is for the Marsh Farm estate, a project in the Luton, North constituency. {3} Not yet known--13 wards in Luton have been designated for assistance under the new Objective 2 Programme (2000-06). Formal approval of the programme is expected soon.

Date

30 March 2001

Reference

156165; 365 c823-4W;365 c823W

House

House of Commons

Vehicle manufacturing in the UK. Trade and Industry Select Committee third report with proceedings, evidence (HC 534 i-iii 1999/2000 not printed separately) and appendices.

Type

Select Committee reports; House of Commons papers; Parliamentary committees

Committee

Trade and Industry Committee

Notes

Received 08.02.01

Date

31 January 2001

Reference

HC 128 2000/01

House

House of Commons

President of the Council;Leader of the House of Commons

Supplementary business question on EDM 249 on General Motors and employment relations at Vauxhall, Luton.

Member

Andrew Miller (Labour)

Type

Business questions

Date

25 January 2001

Reference

361 c1087

House

House of Commons

President of the Council;Leader of the House of Commons

Member

Baroness Beckett (Labour)

Type

Proceeding contributions

Date

25 January 2001

Reference

361 c1087

House

House of Commons

VAUXHALL MOTORS

That this House deplores the decision taken by General Motors to close the plant in Luton; notes that the most recent profit figure for Vauxhall is ??127.7 million in 1999, and that it holds the second largest share of the UK car market; notes that the UK will become a...

Primary sponsor

Margaret Moran (Labour)

Type

Early day motions

Date

24 January 2001

Reference

249

House

House of Commons

Dept of Trade and Industry

Supplementary on the proposed directive on information and consultation and the redundancies at Vauxhall, Luton.

Asked by

Margaret Moran (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

Oral questions - 1st Supplementary

Status

Answered

Date

18 January 2001

Reference

361 c499

House

House of Commons

Dept of Trade and Industry

Answered by

Stephen Byers (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Oral answers to questions

Date

18 January 2001

Reference

361 c499

House

House of Commons

Vehicle manufacturing in the UK. Minutes of evidence 11 January 2001 taken at the Town Hall, Luton, Bedfordshire. (Printed in HC 128)

Type

House of Commons papers; Select Committee oral evidence; Parliamentary committees

Committee

Trade and Industry Committee

Date

11 January 2001

Reference

HC 128-i 2000/01

House

House of Commons

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