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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what risk assessment he has carried out on (a) prison capacity and (b) workload at the National Offender Management Service; and what the outcome was.

Asked by

Cheryl Gillan (Conservative)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

18 November 2004

Reference

198476; 426 c2065-6W;426 c2071-2W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Skills

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what research his Department has commissioned on the existing capacity of universities; and if he will make a statement. - Inc fact that information is not available.

Asked by

Bill Wiggin (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Education and Skills

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

18 November 2004

Reference

426 c2163-4W;426 c2169-70W; 197804

House

House of Commons

Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prisoners there are, broken down by category of offence. - No figures. It has not proved possible to respond to the rt hon Member in the time available before Prorogation.

Asked by

David Davis (Conservative)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

18 November 2004

Reference

426 c2079W;426 c2085W; 199003

House

House of Commons

Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list (a) the running costs for each establishment in the prison service and (b) the average number of prisoners held at that establishment in each of the last three financial years for which figures are available. -...

Asked by

Cheryl Gillan (Conservative)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

18 November 2004

Reference

198477; 426 c2082-3W;426 c2088-9W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the size of the peregrine falcon population in the UK (a) at present, (b) 10 years ago, (c) 20 years ago and (d) 30 years. - It has not proved possible to...

Asked by

Lord Risby (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

18 November 2004

Reference

198389; 426 c2028W;426 c2034W

House

House of Commons

Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 18th October 2004, 425 c486W, on prisons, if he will list the sites for the 1,300 new places announced on 29th September; on what dates each is expected to be useable; if he will list...

Asked by

Cheryl Gillan (Conservative)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

22 October 2004

For answer on

17 November 2004

Answered on

17 November 2004

Mrs. Gillan: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 18 October 2004, Official Report, column 486W, on prisons, if he will list the sites for the 1,300 new places announced on 29 September; on what dates each is expected to be useable; if he will list the sites for the 2,400 places planned over the next 18 months; and on what dates they will be available for use. [193741] Paul Goggins :[holding answer 3 November 2004]: It is proposed that the 1,300 new places announced by my right hon. Friend the Home Secretary on 29 September will be created in existing prisons by a combination of houseblocks, ready-to-use units and the reclamation of accommodation that has been out of use. The final locations and functions of the new places will take into account the projected need, costs and the outcome of applications for planning clearance. Work will start during 2005-06. Around 2,400 additional places are due to be completed and usable over the next 18 months and summarised in my previous reply are set out in the table: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Proposed1 Establishment Places November 2004 Blakenhurst 180 November 2004 Wellingborough 120 November 2004 Swinfen Hall 180 March 2005 Gartree 240 June 2005 Everthorpe 120 August 2005 Nottingham 180 December 2005 Whatton 400 December 2005 Chelmsford 120 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 These are proposed dates that may be subject to change. Also included within the package of around 2,400 places is a new 840 place private sector prison, HMP Peterborough, which is due to open on 28 March 2005.

Date

17 November 2004

Reference

426 c1601-2W;426 c1604-5W; 193741

House

House of Commons

Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what research is being undertaken on the population of ground-laying birds in moorlands and heaths; and if she will make a statement.

Asked by

Elfyn Llwyd (Plaid Cymru)

Answering body

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

16 November 2004

Reference

426 c1240W;426 c1244W; 192207

House

House of Commons

Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on the numbers of eels in England; and what assessment she has made of the impact of recent changes in numbers on (a) rivers and (b) the Severn, with specific reference to...

Asked by

David Drew (Labour; Co-operative Party)

Answering body

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

14 October 2004

For answer on

15 November 2004

Answered on

15 November 2004

Mr. Drew: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will make a statement on the numbers of eels in England; and what assessment she has made of the impact of recent changes in numbers on (a) rivers and (b) the Severn, with specific reference to elvering. [192331] Mr. Bradshaw :[holding answer 18 October 2004]: There is no comprehensive monitoring of the numbers of eels in England, but surveys on three rivers and catch data for a number of other rivers indicate no significant decline in stocks of yellow eels or changes in population structure over the last 20 years. However, elver recruitment in England and Wales has declined from peak values in the late 1970s, mirroring the changes seen elsewhere in Europe. There is no evidence for a large change in eel numbers in the Severn over the last 20 years, though there is a significant reduction (approximately 50 per cent.) in the proportion of small eels (under 150 mm) in the lower Severn which reflects the decline in recruitment of glass eel. The elver catch over recent years in the Severn is around 30 per cent. of the 1980/84 average. The decline in eel stocks is problem across the European Community and we support the need for a Community-wide rebuilding plan, and for the introduction, as soon as possible, of a coordinated framework of international management measures. We are actively involved with the Commission, and other Member States, in drawing up proposals to improve the conservation of eel stocks. In recognition of the poor state of stocks in England and Wales, new Environment Agency byelaws will soon be passed, introducing a new licensing system, and other controls on fishing for eels, other than by rod and line.

Date

15 November 2004

Reference

426 c1000-1W;426 c1004-5W; 192331

House

House of Commons

Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many category (a) A, (b) B and (c) C prisoners there were in England (i) in 1990, (ii) in 1995, (iii) in 2000 and (iv) at the latest date for which figures are available. - Inc table.

Asked by

Gordon Prentice (Labour)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

15 November 2004

Reference

426 c1092-3W;426 c1096-7W; 196462

House

House of Commons

Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what contingency plans are in place if the expected reductions in the prison population outlined in Reducing Crime - Changing Lives are not realised. - Inc figures.

Asked by

David Drew (Labour; Co-operative Party)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

15 November 2004

Reference

163983; 426 c1117W;426 c1121W

House

House of Commons

Lords debate on motion to take note of the report of the Select Committee on Economic Affairs on Aspects of the Economics of an Ageing Population (HL 179 2002/03)

Lords debate on motion to take note of the report of the Select Committee on Economic Affairs on Aspects of the Economics of an Ageing Population (HL 179 2002/03). Agreed to on question.

Lead member

Lord Peston

Answering member

Lord Skelmersdale

Department

Department for Work and Pensions; Economic Affairs Committee

Type

Debates on select committee reports

Date

12 November 2004

Reference

666 c1107-63

House

House of Lords

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will use up to date population figures in the formula grant calculations made by his Department for the support of local authority services; and if he will make a statement.

Asked by

Viscount Hailsham (Conservative)

Answering body

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

11 November 2004

Reference

426 c846W;426 c850W; 197494

House

House of Commons

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement regarding the changes in the demographic make-up of the Nagorny-Karabakh region of Azerbaijan.

Asked by

Mark Simmonds (Conservative)

Answering body

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

11 November 2004

Reference

426 c858-9W;426 c862-3W; 197090

House

House of Commons

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many countries, excluding the UK, belong to the Commonwealth; if he will list them; and what the population is of each country. - Inc figure and ref to "The Commonwealth Yearbook" - in the Library.

Asked by

Marion Roe (Conservative)

Answering body

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

11 November 2004

Reference

426 c859-60W;426 c863-4W; 197134

House

House of Commons

Treasury;Office for National Statistics

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what percentage of the total working age population was aged 16 to 34 years in each year since 1979; and what the rate of inflation was in each year. - Inc tables and text of letter from Len Cook of the Office for...

Asked by

Lord Willetts (Conservative)

Answering body

Treasury

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

2 November 2004

For answer on

9 November 2004

Answered on

9 November 2004

Mr. Willetts: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what percentage of the total working age population was aged 16 to 34 years in each year since 1979; and what the rate of inflation was in each year. [196507] Mr. Timms: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply. Letter from Len Cook to Mr. David Willetts, dated 9 November 2004: As National Statistician I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question concerning what percentage of the total working age population was aged 16 to 34 years in each year since 1979, and what the rate of inflation was in each of those years. (196507) Table 1 shows the annual percentage of persons that were aged 16 to 34 as part of the total working age population (ages 16-64 for males, 16-59 for females) in England and Wales for each year from mid-1979 to mid-2003. Table 2 shows the annual rate of UK inflation over the period concerned. Table 1: Proportion of persons aged 16-34 as a percentage of total working age1 population in 1979-2003 in England and Wales _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Percentage 1979 46.8 1980 47.2 1981 47.5 1982 47.0 1983 46.7 1984 46.6 1985 46.7 1986 46.8 1987 47.0 1988 46.9 1989 46.8 1990 46.7 1991 46.4 1992 46.0 1993 45.4 1994 44.9 1995 44.4 1996 43.9 1997 43.4 1998 42.7 1999 42.1 2000 41.6 2001 41.1 2002 40.7 2003 40.4 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 Working age is defined as 16 to 59 years old for females and 16 to 64 years old for males. Source: Office for National Statistics. Table 2: Annual average rate of RPI inflation, 1979-2003 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Percentage 1979 13.4 1980 18.0 1981 11.9 1982 8.6 1983 4.6 1984 5.0 1985 6.1 1986 3.4 1987 4.2 1988 4.9 1989 7.8 1990 9.5 1991 5.9 1992 3.7 1993 1.6 1994 2.4 1995 3.5 1996 2.4 1997 3.1 1998 3.4 1999 1.5 2000 3.0 2001 1.8 2002 1.7 2003 2.9 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Source: Office for National Statistics.

Date

9 November 2004

Reference

196507; 426 c660-1W

House

House of Commons

Northern Ireland Office

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many cells in prisons in Northern Ireland are occupied by more prisoners than those cells were designed to hold. - Inc figures.

Asked by

David Lidington (Conservative)

Answering body

Northern Ireland Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

8 November 2004

Reference

195531; 426 c526W

House

House of Commons

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what assessment he has made of the likely impact of net immigration on housing demand in England over the next 20 years. - Including figures.

Asked by

Caroline Spelman (Conservative)

Answering body

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

8 November 2004

Reference

195163; 426 c457W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 20th October, 425 c695-96W, on cormorants, what non-lethal alternatives to culling she is considering to control the population of cormorants. - Inc ref to www.defra.uk/corporate/rds/publications/technical/TAN14.pdf. (Holding answer 1 November 2004).

Asked by

Paul Beresford (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

4 November 2004

Reference

194810; 426 c350W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Work and Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what percentage of people in the United Kingdom are claiming (a) incapacity benefit, (b) the children's tax credit, (c) bereavement benefit, (d) attendance allowance, (e) council tax credit, (f) invalid care allowance, (g) housing benefit and (h) disability living allowance....

Asked by

John Bercow (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Work and Pensions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

11 October 2004

For answer on

4 November 2004

Answered on

4 November 2004

Mr. Bercow: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what percentage of people in the United Kingdom are claiming (a) incapacity benefit, (b) the children's tax credit, (c) bereavement benefit, (d) attendance allowance, (e) council tax credit, (f) invalid care allowance, (g) housing benefit and (h) disability living allowance. [191083] Maria Eagle: The available information is in the table. Percentage of the population receiving benefits _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Percentage of GB population Percentage of relevant Relevant age group population Incapacity Benefit1 5 7 16 and over Bereavement Benefits1 0.08 0.37 Bereavement Allowance-45 to State Pension Age Widowed Parent's Allowance-16 and over Attendance Allowance1 2.4 15 65 and over Council Tax Benefit2 9.7 12.4 16 and over Carers Allowance3 0.7 0.9 16 and over Housing Benefit4 7.8 9.7 16 and over Disability Living Allowance1 4.5 4.5 All6 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Notes: 1. Information is not available at UK level and can be provided only at GB level. 2. No information about the percentage of people claiming the child tax credit is yet available. As at July 2004, about 4.37 million in- work families in the United Kingdom were receiving the child tax credit. 3. Council tax benefit totals exclude any Second Adult Rebate cases. 4. Housing benefit figures exclude any Extended Payment cases. 5. Incapacity benefit totals include credit-only cases. 6. People up to age 65 can claim disability living allowance(DLA), although no new claims are allowed once a person reaches the age of 65. People who reach 65 can continue receiving DLA if it is already in payment. 7. Column "Percentage of relevant population," refers to those in receipt of benefit within the age group stated in the third column. Sources: 1. IAD Information Centre, 5 per cent. sample. 2. Council Tax Benefit Management Information System, Annual 1 per cent. sample, taken in May 2003. 3. IAD information Centre, 100 per cent. sample. 4. Housing Benefit Management Information System, Annual 1 per cent. sample, taken in May 20032 . 5. Population data sources: Office for National Statistics (ONS) and General Register Office, Scotland (GROS) using the mid 2003 population estimates.

Date

4 November 2004

Reference

426 c416-8W; 191083

House

House of Commons

Northern Ireland Office

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the (a) baseline certified normal accommodation, (b) in-use certified normal accommodation, (c) operational capacity, (d) useable operational capacity and (e) current population is of each prison and young offenders institution in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement.

Asked by

David Lidington (Conservative)

Answering body

Northern Ireland Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

29 October 2004

For answer on

4 November 2004

Answered on

4 November 2004

Mr. Lidington: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the (a) baseline certified normal accommodation, (b) in-use certified normal accommodation, (c) operational capacity, (d) useable operational capacity and (e) current population is of each prison and young offenders institution in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement. [195542] Mr. Pearson: The information is as follows: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Cells Inmates (a) Baseline certified normal accommodation 1449 -- (b) In-use certified normal accommodation 1283 -- (c) Operational capacity 1303 -- (d) Useable operational capacity 1303 -- (e) Current population: HMP Maghaberry Prison -- 723 HMP Magilligan Prison -- 348 Hydebank Wood Young Offenders Centre -- 263 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Note: The number of cells at (a) and (b) exclude Healthcare Centres and Special Supervision Units. Due to insufficient staff resources, 146 cells are currently out of use, including 58 in Mourne House, Maghaberry, which is being held as contingency accommodation. The figures shown at (e) include prisoners on temporary release.

Date

4 November 2004

Reference

195542; 426 c412W

House

House of Commons

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