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To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will introduce a levy on gas supply companies to be used for publicity and research on preventing carbon monoxide poisoning.

Asked by

Barry Sheerman (Labour; Co-operative Party)

Answering body

Department for Work and Pensions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

7 April 2005

Reference

432 c1612-3W;432 c1608W; 224690

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 7th December 2004, Official Report, Vol 428 column 504W, on Health White Paper, what estimate he has made of the cost of implementing the Healthy Start programme (a) in total and (b) broken down by (i) costs...

Asked by

Lord Lansley (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

7 April 2005

Reference

432 c1705-6W;432 c1701W; 224322

House

House of Commons

Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment his Department has made of the public's attitude to prison and its alternatives; if he will institute a major public education campaign about community penalties; if his Department will establish a media marketing campaign to promote alternatives to...

Asked by

Claire Curtis-Thomas (Labour)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

28 January 2005

For answer on

6 April 2005

Answered on

6 April 2005

Mrs. Curtis-Thomas: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what assessment his Department has made of the public's attitude to prison and its alternatives; [213357] (2) if he will institute a major public education campaign about community penalties; [213349] (3) if his Department will establish a media marketing campaign to promote alternatives to prison; [213348] (4) how his Department promotes alternatives to prison; and if he will make a statement on the value of those alternatives. [213347] Paul Goggins: The Home Office conducts an assessment of public attitudes to prison and its alternatives through its own research, including the British Crime Survey, as well as through the consideration of other research and representations. While prison is the right place for serious and dangerous offenders, community sentences can be an effective alternative to short-term imprisonment for less serious offenders. We have made community sentences both tough and demanding while providing the opportunity for offenders to pay something back directly to the community. There is a national visibility scheme in place to identify community work done by offenders. The `Clean-Up Week' campaign, launched on 14 March, involved thousands of people in deciding which local projects should be undertaken by offenders. These included cleaning up prominent eyesores and enhancing the local environment as part of their community sentence. Publicity about the new sentences introduced this month under the Criminal Justice Act 2003 provides an opportunity for further information to be given to the public about the range of sentences available to the court and the need to target them effectively so as to reduce reoffending, protect the public and increase public confidence in the criminal justice system.

Date

6 April 2005

Reference

432 c1507-8W;432 c1503-4W; 213357;213349;213348;213347

House

House of Commons

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 21st March, Official Report, column 592W, on the EU Presidency, if he will make a statement on the types of public information that the Government intends to provide in relation to the UK Presidency...

Asked by

Baroness Hoey (Labour)

Answering body

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

5 April 2005

Reference

432 c1322W;432 c1318W; 224636

House

House of Commons

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 21st March, Official Report, column 592W, on the EU Presidency, what public-facing activities the Government plans to undertake in relation to the UK Presidency of the EU.

Asked by

Baroness Hoey (Labour)

Answering body

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

5 April 2005

Reference

432 c1322W;432 c1318W; 224635

House

House of Commons

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 21st March, Official Report, column 592W, on the EU Presidency, what the budget was for public-facing activities for the previous UK Presidency of the EU.

Asked by

Baroness Hoey (Labour)

Answering body

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

5 April 2005

Reference

432 c1323W;432 c1319W; 224639

House

House of Commons

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 21st March, Official Report, column 592W, on the EU Presidency, which team within his Department's Europe Directorate will be responsible for the budget for provision of public information on the UK Presidency of the...

Asked by

Baroness Hoey (Labour)

Answering body

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

5 April 2005

Reference

432 c1322W;432 c1318W; 224637

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what publicity he has funded to encourage the uptake of direct payments; and what funding was made available in each case.

Asked by

Lord Lansley (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

5 April 2005

Reference

432 c1441W;432 c1437W; 224275

House

House of Commons

Dept for Work and Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many phone calls have been made by the Pension Service informing pensioners of pension credit in each month since October 2003; how many pensioners in each parliamentary constituency, having been invited to explore the possibility that they may be...

Asked by

Lord Willetts (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Work and Pensions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

10 March 2005

For answer on

4 April 2005

Answered on

4 April 2005

Mr. Willetts: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) how many phone calls have been made by the Pension Service informing pensioners of pension credit in each month since October 2003; [221764] (2) how many pensioners in each parliamentary constituency, having been invited to explore the possibility that they may be eligible for pension credit through an unsolicited call from the Pension Service or other agency for which his Department is responsible (a) went on to make a successful application for pension credit and (b) did not go on to make a successful application for pension credit; [221776] (3) how many pensioners in each parliamentary constituency have received telephone calls since September 2003 from the Pension Service or other agencies for which his Department is responsible, inviting them to explore the possibility that they may be eligible for pension credit; [221777] (4) how many telephone calls the Pension Service has made since September 2004 to invite pensioners to explore the possibility that they may be eligible for pension credit (a) after 6.30 pm on weekdays and (b) at weekends; and to which parliamentary constituencies those calls were made; [221778] (5) how many pensioners in each parliamentary constituency have since October 2004 received (a) telephone calls and (b) letters from the Pension Service or other agencies for which his Department is responsible, inviting them to explore the possibility that they may be eligible for pension credit; [221779] (6) what criteria are used by (a) the Pension Service and (b) other agencies for which his Department has responsibility to identify and approach people who have not applied for pension credit but might be eligible for it. [221780] Malcolm Wicks: The table shows the number of calls about pension credit made by staff in the pension credit application line between April 2004, when such calls were first made, and February 2005. These calls were not made `cold' but were either to pensioners who were judged likely to be eligible for pension credit to ask if they wish to apply, or to those who had been sent a completed application form to sign and return but had not yet done so. All those who receive a telephone call would already have received at least one letter about pension credit, including one informing them that a call might be made. It is not possible to break down the figures by constituency or the time at which they were made. Some calls about pension credit have also been made by departmental staff outside the pension credit application line. Figures for these are not available. The Pension Service uses a range of data to identify those who are potentially eligible for pension credit, including age, gender, marital status, receipt of housing benefit and council tax benefit and an affluence measure based on postcode. Information on the number of people who received a telephone call and went on to make a successful or unsuccessful application for pension credit is not available. The Pension Service issued 807,000 letters about pension credit between 1 October 2004 and 11 March 2005. Outbound telephone calls made by the pension credit application line, April 2004 to February 2005 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Month Calls in which the relevant Calls not answered Total calls made pensioner was contacted April 2004 20,473 17,624 38,097 May 2004 30,423 29,797 60,220 June 2004 15,150 13,726 28,876 July 2004 27,087 26,122 53,209 August 2004 30,049 39,464 69,513 September 2004 21,640 27,909 49,549 October 2004 18,279 19,264 37,543 November 2004 26,770 29,423 56,193 December 2004 55,638 66,046 121,684 January 2005 58,950 62,190 121,140 February 2005 35,416 38,418 73,834 Total 339,875 369,983 709,858 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Date

4 April 2005

Reference

432 c1259-61W;432 c1257-8W; 221764;221776;221777;221778;221779;221780

House

House of Commons

Dept for Work and Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make a statement on measures taken by his Department relating to the take-up of pension credit. (Failed OPQ)

Asked by

Richard Bacon (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Work and Pensions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

4 April 2005

Reference

432 c1259W;432 c1255-6W; 224431

House

House of Commons

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list projects for which the Department has provided joint funding with the European Commission and other institutions of the European Union during the past five financial years; and what funding is planned for such projects in...

Asked by

Ian Davidson (Labour; Co-operative Party)

Answering body

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

8 March 2005

For answer on

4 April 2005

Answered on

4 April 2005

Mr. Davidson: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list projects for which the Department has provided joint funding with the European Commission and other institutions of the European Union during the past five financial years; and what funding is planned for such projects in this financial year. [221375] Mr. MacShane: The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) has worked together with various European institutions on a number of projects in the last five years. In October 2003, the FCO and European Commission jointly organised the "Europe United" football tournament as part of the plans to celebrate EU enlargement. In early 2004 the FCO produced with Commission support booklets explaining the benefits of EU enlargement that were sent to the nine English regions and the devolved administrations. On 24 April 2004, there was `Europe Day--Meet the Neighbours'-- a jointly organised FCO-Commission project which celebrated EU enlargement. The European Parliament funded jointly with the FCO a number of Wilton Park conferences: The European Union's Strategic Priorities (14-16 September 2000); Reforming the Governance of the European Union: Towards an ever closer EU? (22-24 October 2001); How Can Parliamentarians Best Re-Engage the Public? (9-12 June 2003); The Future of Europe: What kind of Institutional and Security arrangements do we want (September 2002). In addition, the European Parliament hired an Exhibition Space at the Europe Day. The FCO and EU institutions also jointly fund a number of development projects aimed to assist accession states prior to their joining the European Union, under the `Action Plans' scheme, which started in 1999 and the Global Opportunities Fund which started in 2003. The Global Opportunity Fund also has a broader focus beyond Europe. I will write to my hon. Friend with further details of joint funded projects under the Actions Plans the Global Opportunities Fund. No jointly-funded projects are currently planned for this year, with the exception of the Action Plan and Global Opportunity Fund programmes.

Date

4 April 2005

Reference

432 c1089-90W; 221375

House

House of Commons

Northern Ireland Office

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what action he has taken to publicise his Department's consultation on smoking in enclosed public places in Northern Ireland as contained in question 5c of the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety 20-year strategy, A Healthier Future.

Asked by

Lady Hermon (Ulster Unionist Party)

Answering body

Northern Ireland Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

4 April 2005

Reference

432 c1306-7W;432 c1304W; 223273

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 list the national environment campaigns promoted by the Government since 1997; and what the (a) resource costs, (b) capital expenditure costs and (c) staffing costs were of each at today's prices.

Asked by

Norman Baker (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

10 January 2005

For answer on

24 March 2005

Answered on

24 March 2005

Norman Baker: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will list the national environment campaigns promoted by the Government since 1997; and what the (a) resource costs, (b) capital expenditure costs and (c) staffing costs were of each at today's prices. [208189] Alun Michael: The information is as follows. Waste and resources action programme1 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. £000 Expenditure Expenditure at 2004-05 prices 1997-98 -- -- 1998-99 -- -- 1999-2000 -- -- 2000-01 -- -- 2001-02 -- -- 2002-03 -- -- 2003-04 2517 528 2004-05 3, 4, 55,431 54 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 The Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP) is funded by Defra, the Devolved Administrations, and currently the DTI. WRAP was formed in 2000 and began work 2001. Figures supplied by WRAP. 2 Staff numbers 2 (rounded estimate), staff cost £55,000. 3 Staff numbers 4.5, staff cost £115,000. 4 WRAP have committed a total of 10 million to a national campaign"Recycle Now" over the three year period 2003-06. 5 Full year estimate. ENCAMS _________________________________________________________________________________________________. £000 Expenditure Expenditure at 2004-05 prices 1997-98 3,997 4,734 1998-99 3,697 4,256 1999-2000 3,762 4,238 2000-01 3,542 3,944 2001-02 3,762 4,085 2002-03 13.597 3,777 2003-04 3,574 3,650 2004-05 24,542 4,542 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 In addition to this expenditure Defra allocated an additional £1 million to local authorities through ENCAMS for the Local Environmental Quality Pathfinder Programme that forged partnerships between local authorities and the local community. Some of the projects developed reduced fast food litter, railway land litter and schools litter. 2 Encams baseline grant was increased by £1 million in 2004-05, and is being increased by a further £1 million in 2005-06. Government funding is provided to ENCAMS (formerly Tidy Britain Group) annually. This funding supports ENCAMS work on a range of local environmental quality issues, including programmes to discourage littering. Staff and resource figures are not available Carbon Trust _________________________________________________________________________________________________. £000 Expenditure Expenditure at 2004-05 prices 1997-98 -- -- 1998-99 -- -- 1999-2000 -- -- 2000-01 -- -- 2001-02 -- -- 2002-03 1,2700 735 2003-04 3,300 3,371 2004-05 3,600 3,600 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 The Carbon Trust was formed in 2001-02 but did not begin marketing activity until 2002-03. Figure for 2002-03 is total marketing expenditure. Figures for 2003-04 and 2004-05 represent expenditure on awareness campaigns. 2 Figures for resource breakdown not available as Carbon Trust do not distinguish between these categories in the funding information they provide to Defra. In addition to Government environmental promotions, the Carbon Trust, an independent company funded by Defra, spent the following on marketing campaigns targeted at business and the public sector. Energy Saving Trust _________________________________________________________________________________________________. £000 Expenditure Expenditure at 2004-05 prices 1997-98 13,31 3 3,924 1998-99 3,532 4,066 1999-2000 3,726 4,198 2000-01 4,208 4,687 2001-02 6,542 7,105 Staff (488) (530) Resource (6,054) (6,575) 2002-03 5,742 6,029 Staff (487) (511) Resource (5,255) (5,519) 2003-04 6,038 6,167 Staff (560) (572) Resource (5,478) (5,595) 2004-05 28,511 8,511 Staff (600) (600) Resource (7,901) (7,901) _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 Figures for 1997-98 to 2000-01 inclusive show advertising expenditure only and include a small amount of Scottish Executive support. 2 Figure for 2004-05 also includes a separate campaign to promote energy efficiency in the run-up to the start of the Energy Efficiency Commitment for 2005-08. In addition to Government environmental promotions, the Energy Saving Trust, an independent company funded by Defra, spent the following on its "Energy Efficiency" Consumer Marketing Campaign. DETR/Defra:Are you doing you bit? campaign _________________________________________________________________________________________________. £000 Expenditure Expenditure at 2004-05 prices 1997-98 0 0 1998-99 3,809 4,385 1999-2000 7,666 8,637 2000-01 9,976 11,110 2001-02 525 570 2002-03 10 0 2003-04 0 0 ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 This campaign served to raise public awareness and to encourage individual action to help the environment. However, in the absence of an underpinning legal requirement, it was considered to be of lower priority than the Department's other environmental programmes which bodies such as the Energy Savings Trust and NGOs will deliver. Winding down the campaign will help deliver savings of £3.4 million pa from 2005-06 onwards. Staff and resource figures are not available. All expenditure at 2004-05 prices has been calculated using the GDP deflator tables from HM Treasury.Since similar questions were answered there have been changes in accounting practices which have given rise to variations in some of the figures given in this answer.

Date

24 March 2005

Reference

432 c928-30W; 208189

House

House of Commons

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what action he has taken to ensure that UK drivers are informed of the requirement in (a) Italy and (b) Spain to carry at least one reflective jacket in their cars.

Asked by

David Marshall (Labour)

Answering body

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

24 March 2005

Reference

432 c992W; 222321

House

House of Commons

Dept for Work and Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he plans to undertake national advertising television campaigns to alert people to the dangers of carbon monoxide poisoning.

Asked by

Barry Sheerman (Labour; Co-operative Party)

Answering body

Department for Work and Pensions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

24 March 2005

Reference

432 c1031W; 223519

House

House of Commons

Treasury

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how his Department plans to ensure that those who are entitled to claim tax credit are informed of their eligibility.

Asked by

Jim Cunningham (Labour)

Answering body

Treasury

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

24 March 2005

Reference

432 c949-50W; 223384

House

House of Commons

Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what advice her Department is giving to poultry farmers on avian influenza.

Asked by

Lindsay Hoyle (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

23 March 2005

Reference

432 c837W; 221693

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Skills

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much the Government spent in 2004 on (a) schemes and (b) advertising to encourage (i) prospective undergraduates and (ii) prospective graduates to participate in further education.

Asked by

Ed Davey (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department for Education and Skills

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

7 March 2005

For answer on

22 March 2005

Answered on

22 March 2005

Mr. Edward Davey: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how much the Government spent in 2004 on (a) schemes and (b) advertising to encourage (i) prospective undergraduates and (ii) prospective graduates to participate in further education. [221242] Dr. Howells: The Government is keen to ensure that all those with the potential to benefit from higher education (HE) are able and willing to do so. By 2010, we want to increase participation in HE towards 50 per cent. of those aged 18 to 30. Within that we want to see a broader cross-section of people being able and willing to go into HE. To that effect we support the Aimhigher Programme which seeks to raise attainment, aspiration and application levels of people from backgrounds currently under-represented in HE. The total budget for Aimhigher for the 2004/05 academic year is £128 million. This funding enables partnerships of schools, colleges and universities to design and deliver a range of activities in support of the Programme's aims. This budget does not include any amounts for national advertising. In addition to the Aimhigher Programme the Department for Education and Skills is running two advertising campaigns during 2004/05. The Foundation Degrees campaign is aimed at 18 to 30-year-olds and employers in order to raise awareness of Foundation Degrees as a higher education qualification. The cost of this advertising in 2004/05 is £542,000. The Student Finance campaign is aimed at potential higher education students and their parents to inform them of the student support package available to them in HE and how to apply for it. The cost of this advertising in 2004/05 is £1.05million. There are no national schemes or advertising aimed at encouraging or enabling prospective undergraduates to stay in education at post-graduate level. All costs exclude VAT.

Date

22 March 2005

Reference

432 c694-5W; 221242

House

House of Commons

Dept of Trade and Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make a statement on the potential for promoting renewable energy in urban areas; and what funding support is available to promote such schemes.

Asked by

John McDonnell (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

22 March 2005

Reference

432 c677W; 222217

House

House of Commons

Speakers Committee on the Electoral Commission

Answered by

Peter Viggers (Conservative)

Answering body

Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission

Type

Oral answers to questions

Date

21 March 2005

Reference

432 c594-5

House

House of Commons

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