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Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the estimated population of badgers in England was between 1973 and 1980; and what the estimate is for 2003; how many closed dairy herds in England are registered with the Department; what steps farmers can take to...

Asked by

Owen Paterson (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

20 November 2003

Reference

413 c1202-3W;413 c1199W; 140292;140294;140295;140302;140303;140305;140311;140315

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what adjustment he will make to the funding of (a) primary health care trusts and (b) other health trusts in Manchester following the adjustment to the census figures for Manchester made by the Office of National Statistics on 4th November. - (Holding...

Asked by

Graham Stringer (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

20 November 2003

Reference

413 c1395W;413 c1391W; 137224

House

House of Commons

Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 8th September, references 128559, 413 c1037W and 129219, 410 c1246W, on prisons, for what reason he chose scenario C as the basis for the projection; and if he will provide similar projections on the basis...

Asked by

Nick Gibb (Conservative)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

19 November 2003

Reference

413 c1036W; 132218

House

House of Commons

Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 6th March 2003, 400 c1244W, on prisons, on which (a) assumptions about future sentencing trends and (b) new policy initiatives with an agreed timetable the forecast average prison population for 2003 to 2006 is based.

Asked by

Nick Gibb (Conservative)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

1 September 2003

For answer on

19 November 2003

Answered on

19 November 2003

Mr. Gibb: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to his answer of 6 March 2003, Official Report, column 1244W, on prisons, on which (a) assumptions about future sentencing trends and (b) new policy initiatives with an agreed timetable the forecast average prison population for 2003 to 2006 is based. [128559] Paul Goggins: The projected prison population for 2003-06 in the answer given by the Secretary of State for International Development, the right hon. Member for Leeds, Central (Hilary Benn) on 6 March 2003, Official Report, column 1244W, was scenario C published in Home Office Statistical Bulletin 14/02 in December 2002. It assumes that custody rates increase by 1.25 per cent. per year for males and 2.5 per cent. for females to 2005, with the increase halving thereafter. The legislative and other changes that are included in the projection are given as follows: `Narrowing the Justice Gap'--one of the delivery targets for the Criminal Justice System. Crime (Sentences) Act 1997--automatic life sentences for serious repeat offenders; minimum custodial sentences of three years for third-time domestic burglars. Crime and Disorder Act 1998--the recall of short sentence prisoners released on licence; the extension of secure remands. Early release from Detention and Training Orders (DTOs). Intensive Supervision and Surveillance Programmes (ISSPs). Added days--effect of a decision by the European Court of Human Rights. The number of Immigration Act detainees. Extension of Home Detention Curfew (HDC)--the maximum period of HDC to be increased to 90 days for those prisoners eligible from 16 December 2002. An updated set of prison population projections was released on Tuesday 9 September in the April 2003 monthly brief. The projections take into account recent policy changes, such as the extension to HDC in July, and sentencing trends.

Date

19 November 2003

Reference

128559; 413 c1037W

House

House of Commons

Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the populations of each (a) prison and (b) young offenders institute; whether each institution is overcrowded, giving (i) the definition of overcrowding used, (ii) by how much and (iii) for how long the institution has been...

Asked by

Claire Curtis-Thomas (Labour)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

19 November 2003

Reference

131351; 413 c1038W

House

House of Commons

Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement about his strategy for dealing with changes in the prison population. - Will write.

Asked by

Mike Hancock (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

19 November 2003

Reference

137551; 413 c1038W

House

House of Commons

Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 24th February 2003, 400 c116W, what his assessment is of the change in (a) criminal convictions and (b) the custodial population between 1980 and 2000. - Will write.

Asked by

Nick Gibb (Conservative)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

19 November 2003

Reference

99962; 413 c1037W;413 c1037-8W

House

House of Commons

Northern Ireland Office

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment he has made of the impact of illegal coursing on the population of the Irish hare; and if he will commission research on the size of the population. - Inc ref to "The Northern Ireland Irish Hare Survey 2002".

Asked by

Colin Pickthall (Labour)

Answering body

Northern Ireland Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

17 November 2003

Reference

138561; 413 c477W

House

House of Commons

Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the likely effect of the Criminal Justice Bill on the size of the prison population. - Includes figures.

Asked by

Claire Curtis-Thomas (Labour)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

30 October 2003

For answer on

13 November 2003

Answered on

13 November 2003

Mrs. Curtis-Thomas: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment he has made of the likely effect of the Criminal Justice Bill on the size of the prison population. [136255] Paul Goggins: The projected net effect on the prison population of the implementation of the provisions to reform the sentencing framework, is an increase of about 1,000 by 2009. These measures include the generic community sentence and more flexible types of custody such as intermittent custody, custody minus and custody plus. The long-term impact, once all these provisions have been implemented and sufficient time has passed for their full effects to be seen, is estimated to be an increase in the prison population of about 500. Of the other parts of the Bill that have any significant impact, the firearms offences provisions in the Bill will provide for a mandatory minimum custodial sentence for unauthorised possession of a prohibited firearm. The estimated effect on the prison population of the implementation of these provisions, and the implementation of the provision providing for an increase in penalties for certain driving-related offences causing death, is an increase of about 500 in the prison population. The life sentence provisions in the Bill will provide for the determination of a minimum custodial term in relation to mandatory life sentences. It is unlikely that the effect of these provisions on the prison population will be felt for at least a decade. The restriction on bail for drug users will be piloted in selected court areas. This provision aims to reduce re- offending by encouraging drug-misusing offenders into effective drug treatment programmes. Part of the pilot evaluation will focus on the likely impact of this measure on the prison population if it were to be extended more widely. A further study is being conducted to assess the likely effect on the prison population of the introduction of a presumption against the grant of bail to defendants who have failed to surrender.

Legislation

Criminal Justice Bill 2002/03

Date

13 November 2003

Reference

136255; 413 c427-8W

House

House of Commons

Northern Ireland Office

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what proportion of the population were identified within (a) the Unionist tradition and (b) the Nationalist tradition in each local authority at the time of each census since 1961; what evidence he has collated of changes in the balance of communities...

Asked by

Andrew Turner (Conservative)

Answering body

Northern Ireland Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

12 November 2003

Reference

413 c376W; 137718;137719

House

House of Commons

Treasury;Office for National Statistics

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what action his Department will take in response to the recent report by the Statistics Commission on the accuracy of the 2001 census for the Westminster City Council area; if he will ask the Statistics Commission to investigate the accuracy of the 2001...

Asked by

Gordon Marsden (Labour)

Answering body

Treasury

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

4 November 2003

For answer on

11 November 2003

Answered on

11 November 2003

Mr. Gordon Marsden: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what action his Department will take in response to the recent report by the Statistics Commission on the accuracy of the 2001 census for the Westminster city council area; [136989] (2) if he will ask the Statistics Commission to investigate the accuracy of the 2001 census in Blackpool; [136990] (3) what assessment his Department has made of the implications for the reliability of the census population statistics for Blackpool of the recent Statistics Commission report on the accuracy of the 2001 census for Westminster. [136991] John Healey: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply. Letter from Len Cook to Mr. Gordon Marsden, dated 11 November 2003: As National Statistician and Registrar General for England and Wales I have been asked to reply to your recent questions asking: what action will be taken in response to the recent report by the Statistics Commission on the accuracy of the 2001 census for the Westminster City Council area (136989), whether the Statistics Commission will be asked to investigate the accuracy of the 2001 census count in Blackpool (136990) and what assessment has been made of the implications for the reliability of the census population statistics for Blackpool of the recent Statistics Commission report on the accuracy of the 2001 census for Westminster. (136991) It is for the Office for National Statistics (ONS) to take forward the recommendations from the report by the Statistics Commission on the accuracy of the 2002 census for Westminster. ONS has welcomed this report and is considering what action is required. The Statistics Commission has made several recommendations about how ONS should proceed with Westminster, and recognised that this work was already underway. A report on the Westminster and Manchester exercise is planned for Spring 2004. The Statistics Commission report on the Census in Westminster concluded that no alternative approach would have produced more reliable results overall and that it seems likely that the 2001 Census was significantly better than any of its recent predecessors. The Statistics Commission's report does make a number of recommendations for further work that should be carried out by ONS but the Commission made no proposals about which ONS had not already published our intention to act or to carry out further research. Although I recognise that there was a relatively large fall in the 2001 Census-based population estimate for Blackpool compared to previous estimates, I am not aware of any particular cause for concern about the latest published population estimates for Blackpool. If you have some work that challenges this judgement, I would most certainly respond to it. The Statistics Commission is an independent body and it is not my role to attempt to influence their work programme. On 4 November, I published a revised population estimate for Manchester that took account of the results of the address matching exercise. This was accompanied by a document outlining the process that ONS intend to adopt to periodically validate the annual population estimates of local authorities. I will arrange for this document to be sent to you, along with two recent ONS reports (on population statistics and our approach to the next Census) that you may find of value.

Date

11 November 2003

Reference

413 c168-9W; 136989;136990;136991

House

House of Commons

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what assessment his Department has made of the implications for future local government funding calculations of the recent Statistics Commission report on the accuracy of the 2001 census for the Westminster City Council area.

Asked by

Gordon Marsden (Labour)

Answering body

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

11 November 2003

Reference

136993; 413 c251W

House

House of Commons

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will list the housing renewal pathfinder areas, broken down by (a) population, (b) households and (c) empty and abandoned properties. - Inc table.

Asked by

Gordon Prentice (Labour)

Answering body

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

4 November 2003

For answer on

11 November 2003

Answered on

11 November 2003

Mr. Gordon Prentice: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister if he will list the housing renewal Pathfinder areas, broken down by (a) population, (b) households and (c) empty and abandoned properties. [136997] Keith Hill: The latest data available is tabled as follows: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Pathfinder Population Households Vacant household spaces Birmingham-Sandwell 152,354 57,160 3,354 North Staffordshire 146,637 64,100 3,799 Merseyside 246,464 109,647 8,583 Manchester-Salford 240,370 102,085 13,773 Oldham-Rochdale 183,143 72,593 4,494 East Lancashire 206,770 81,754 8,009 South Yorkshire 297,887 125,132 6,288 Humberside 241,412 103,078 7,203 Newcastle-Gateshead 154,790 68,716 5,261 All pathfinders 1,869,827 784,265 60,764 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Notes: 1. The data relates to the Pathfinder intervention areas that are smaller than the boundaries of the pathfinder local authorities. It uses the most consistent, robust and up-to-date data available for population and households, that being the Census 2001 data. `Empty and abandoned properties' is not directly available within the Census 2001 dataset nor through other datasets for the intervention area. Therefore the closest equivalent Census 2001 data--`vacant household spaces'--has been provided. This figure approximates to what we would expect from `empty and abandoned' property statistics if these were available. 2. Data for 2002 on empty properties for the districts involved in the Pathfinders is available at the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister website thorough the Housing Investment Programme, Index of Data list under Housing Statistics. 3. The data was derived from the published Census 2001 data as of June 2003 and does not reflect any subsequent revisions. The intervention area boundaries are those agreed between the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister and the Pathfinders as of June 2003. 4. Each Pathfinder `intervention area' in the table above consists of all Census small areas (2001 Output Areas) whose centroids fall within the Pathfinder boundary. This means that in a few cases the boundary is an approximation that includes small areas outside the Pathfinder or excludes small areas actually within it. For 2001 Census Output Areas, the centroids are supplied on the boundary file by Office for National Statistics. This is the most detailed level of analysis available through Census. Source: 2001 Census, Key Statistics for output areas.

Date

11 November 2003

Reference

136997; 413 c255-6W

House

House of Commons

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether his Department intends to compensate local authorities who may have been disadvantaged in local government spending allocations by inaccurate census counts.

Asked by

Gordon Marsden (Labour)

Answering body

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

11 November 2003

Reference

137849; 413 c256W

House

House of Commons

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what action his Department will take in response to the recent Statistics Commission report on the accuracy of the 2001 census for the Westminster City Council area.

Asked by

Gordon Marsden (Labour)

Answering body

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

10 November 2003

Reference

136992; 413 c153W

House

House of Commons

Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people held in Her Majesty's Prisons (a) are non-EU foreign nationals, (b) are seeking leave to remain in the United Kingdom and (c) have been a United Kingdom resident for less than 10 years. - Inc figures.

Asked by

Brian Jenkins (Labour)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

10 November 2003

Reference

136425; 413 c101-2W

House

House of Commons

Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prisoners were held in the North West in each year since 1992. - Inc table.

Asked by

Nigel Evans (Conservative)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

23 October 2003

For answer on

10 November 2003

Answered on

10 November 2003

Mr. Evans: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prisoners were held in the north west in each year since 1992. [134900] Paul Goggins: The population held in Prison Service establishments in the north west region from 1992 to 2003 is given in the following table. Total prison population, north west region, as at 30 June _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Number of prisoners 1992 5,397 1993 5,960 1994 6,329 1995 6,701 1996 7,707 1997 8,805 1998 9,469 1999 9,080 2000 9,586 2001 9,835 2002 10,810 2003 11,184 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Prison Service establishments in the north west region are: Altcourse Forest Bank Liverpool Manchester Buckley Hall Risley Hindley Thorn Cross Lancaster Farms Preston Garth Haverigg Wymott Kirkham Lancaster Styal

Date

10 November 2003

Reference

413 c117W; 134900

House

House of Commons

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, when he expects local government to receive grant based on the Formula Spending Share formulae using 2001 Census data.

Asked by

Crispin Blunt (Conservative)

Answering body

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

6 November 2003

Reference

412 c794W; 136705

House

House of Commons

Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the percentage change in the prison population has been in each of the last 10 years; and what the percentage change in numbers of prison officers has been in each year in the same period. - Inc table.

Asked by

Lord Bradley (Labour)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

9 September 2003

For answer on

6 November 2003

Answered on

6 November 2003

Mr. Keith Bradley: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the percentage change in the prison population has been in each of the last 10 years; and what the percentage change in numbers of prison officers has been in each year in the same period. [129604] Paul Goggins: The information requested is given in the following table. Figures are for England and Wales. Figures exclude those in privately managed prisons. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Year (as at end March) Percentage change in prison population Percentage change in number of prison compared to previous year officers compared to previous year 1994 10.3 -1 .5 1995 4.4 2.0 1996 4.4 0.7 1997 10.0 -5.5 1998 7.8 1.7 1999 -2.5 1.8 2000 0.4 0.9 2001 -0.6 -1.3 2002 6.2 -3.0 2003 4.6 2.3 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Date

6 November 2003

Reference

129604; 412 c751-2W;412 c751W

House

House of Commons

Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 6th October 2003, 410 c1246W, on prisons, if he will assess the likelihood of the legislative and other changes listed in his Answer being fully implemented within the timescales of the projections.

Asked by

Nick Gibb (Conservative)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

5 November 2003

Reference

133554; 412 c720W

House

House of Commons

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