The exact number of households off the gas grid is not held centrally.

Estimates have been produced based on information held from two administrative sources; these are the Gemserv database on the location of electricity meters, and data from xoserve and independent gas transporters on the location of gas meters. Subtracting the number of gas meters from the number of electricity meters produces a broad estimate of the number of off grid properties.

However some households can have more than one electricity meter associated with their property (for instance, a supply for communal facilities such as stairwell lighting or a lift). Additionally, the standard gas industry definition of domestic use uses a consumption threshold, with any consumer using less than 73,200 kWh of gas per year being classed as a domestic user; it is estimated that—Great Britain wide—this definition allocates around 2 million small business users as domestic. Furthermore a small number of meters (less than one third of one percent) do not have sufficient information associated with them to be able to allocate them to a specific area.

The underlying data on the number of gas and electricity meters in each local authority are available on the Departments website:

www.decc.gov.uk/en/content/cms/statistics/energy_stats/regional/electricity/electricity.aspx

www.decc.gov.uk/en/content/cms/statistics/energy_stats/regional/gas/gas.aspx

The following table shows, for 2011, the number of domestic electricity meter points, the number of gas meter points where consumption was less than 73,200kWh, and the difference between the two figures, which forms

an estimate of the number of households off the gas grid for each local authority within Lancashire. Also provided are the consumption values for the local authority of Pendle, which covers the same area as the parliamentary constituency of Pendle. A table listing similar data for all local authorities in available in the Libraries of the House.

The estimated number of households off the gas grid in Pendle is 1,500; in Lancashire as a whole the estimated number is 51,500.

The number of Penalty Notices for Disorder (PNDs) issued to offenders aged 16 and over for offences related to the misuse of fireworks, in the Lancashire police force area, in each year between 2007 and 2011 (latest available) can be viewed in the table. These data are not available at parliamentary constituency level.

Information on the use of PNDs in 2012 is planned for publication in the spring of 2013.

Financial estimates of sectoral economic contributions are not calculated below the regional level so figures for the gross value added of the energy sector (defined here as the supply of electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning) are not available for the Pendle constituency and Lancashire.

The records held by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) identify the number of offences, in which a prosecution commenced and reached a first hearing in magistrates courts, rather than the number of cases or defendants prosecuted. A single defendant may be prosecuted for multiple offences.

Offences relating to the misuse of fireworks can be prosecuted under section 80 of the Explosives Act 1875 (throw or light a firework in a highway, street or public place), Regulation 7 of the Fireworks Regulations 2004 (breach a fireworks curfew), section 131 and section 161 of Highways Act 1980 (discharge a firework within 50 foot of a public highway), section 28 of the Town and Police Clauses Act 1847 (throw a firework in the street) and section 2 of the Football (Offences) Act 1991 (throw a missile onto a football pitch or adjacent area).

The following table shows, in each of the last five years, the number of offences charged in Lancashire for the misuse of fireworks:

Crown Prosecution Service data are not recorded on the basis of constituency areas but on the basis of 42 geographically separate police force areas. Police force area boundaries are not necessarily coterminous with constituency boundaries. It is not therefore possible to ascertain, from the central record of offences data held by the CPS, the constituency area in which the offences were committed.

Some misuse of fireworks offences can be dealt with by the police by way of a penalty notice for disorder offering the opportunity for an offender to discharge any liability by paying a penalty on the spot thus avoiding an appearance at or other method of disposal. These figures should therefore not be considered complete or indicative of the number of offences of misusing fireworks in the area.

The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.

Letter from Glen Watson, dated April 2013:

As Director General for the Office for National Statistics, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question asking the Minister for the Cabinet Office what proportion of mothers aged between 16 and 19 were in (a) education, (b) employment and (c) training in (i) Pendle constituency and (ii) Lancashire in each of the last 10 years. 151241

It is not possible to provide reliable estimates on the proportion of mothers aged between 16 and 19 who were in education, employment or training for the Lancashire authority area, or below, due to small sample sizes.

The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.

Letter from Glen Watson, dated April 2013:

As Director General for the Office for National Statistics, I have been asked to reply to your recent question asking how many men in (a) Pendle constituency (b) Lancashire died from advanced prostate cancer in each of the last five years. (151244)

Table 1 provides the number of deaths where prostate cancer was the underlying cause of death, in Pendle parliamentary constituency and Lancashire county, for deaths registered between 2007 and 2011 (the latest year available).

Internationally accepted guidance from the World Health Organisation requires any conditions that contributed directly to a death to be recorded on the death certificate. In cases where a cancer is deemed to have contributed to a death, medical practitioners and coroners are not required to specify whether the cancer was advanced at the time of death.

The number of deaths registered in England and Wales each year by sex, age and underlying cause (including cancer), are published annually on the ONS website at:

www.ons.gov.uk/ons/publications/all-releases.html?definition=tcm%3A77-27475

The Ministry of Justice Court Proceedings Database holds information on defendants proceeded against, found guilty and sentenced for criminal offences in England and Wales. This database holds information on offences provided by the statutes under

which proceedings are brought but not the specific circumstances of each case. Therefore, it is not possible to separately identify from this centrally held information those defendants who appeared in court either unaccompanied or accompanied.

The city deal programme focuses on cities as key drivers of national growth and wave 2 includes Preston; selected as one of the 14 cities invited to participate on the basis of having the largest population size outside of London and the eight core cities.

Wave 2 cities have been invited to define an appropriate functional economic area on the basis of factors relevant to the nature of the single economic challenge or opportunity which is the focus of the deal and practical factors such as the relevant travel to work area taking into consideration local enterprise partnership geographies. The current deal proposals encompass the local authority areas of Preston and South Ribble district councils working with Lancashire County Council under the auspices of the Lancashire Local Enterprise Partnership. The Government are in detailed conversations with local partners and hope to agree the deal later this year.

The statistics in my earlier Answer were drawn from Unlocking Growth in Cities published in December 2011 which set out the rationale and the Government's proposed approach to the city deal initiative. This dataset is not based on any concept of a city region geography. Cities are defined using primary urban areas, a definition initially adopted in the report State of the English Cities published in 2006. There are 56 such areas in England. Each is larger than an individual local authority district, there is a minimum population threshold of 125,000 and land is classified as urban according to set definitions from the Ordnance Survey. These primary urban areas incorporate the following localities among those listed in the question:

Blackburn;

Burnley;

Pendle;

Blackpool;

Fylde; and

Wyre.

Conditions imposed by the Minerals Planning Authority on certain planning permissions, to minimise disturbance to overwintering bird populations in the area, are a matter for the authority.

The information we have which relates to how many people in Morecambe and Lunesdale constituency in (a) the private sector and (b) social rented housing are receiving housing benefit is available at:

http://research.dwp.gov.uk/asd/index.php?page=tabtool

Statistics on how many people are on benefits in Morecambe and Lunesdale constituency, by category of benefits can be found at:

http://research.dwp.gov.uk/asd/index.php?page=tabtool

Guidance for users is available at:

http://research.dwp.gov.uk/asd/asd1/tabtools/guidance.pdf

In respect of the EU School Milk Scheme and the National Top-Up for English primary schools it is not possible to provide reliable data at the level of individual counties. It is for Lancashire county council to provide if possible any details of the claims and payments they may have received or made.

It is not possible to say how much funding may be provided as the level of funding under these schemes is driven by consumption at participating schools.

In respect of the EU School Milk Scheme and the National Top-Up for English primary schools it is not possible to provide reliable data at the level of individual counties. It is for Lancashire county council to provide if possible any details of the claims and payments they may have received or made.

It is not possible to say how much funding may be provided as the level of funding under these schemes is driven by consumption at participating schools.

The information requested is set out in the following table.

The information requested is not held by the Department. The hon. Member may wish to approach the local national health service directly.

I have been asked to reply on behalf of the Department of Health.

Horse DNA was found at trace levels in the samples taken by Lancashire County Commercial Group who took action to remove the product from schools and other premises within their control. In line with their approach on notifications, no information on the individual schools supplied was sought by the Food Standards Agency (FSA) due to the trace levels found on analysis and the prompt withdrawal action taken.

The FSA advises that due to ongoing investigations, which may lead to legal proceedings, the FSA is unable to release further details at this time about the company that supplied beef products found to contain traces of horsemeat to schools under the responsibility of Lancashire county council.

I have been asked to reply on behalf of the Department of Health.

Horse DNA was found at trace levels in the samples taken by Lancashire County Commercial Group who took action to remove the product from schools and other premises within their control. In line with their approach on notifications, no information on the individual schools supplied was sought by the Food Standards Agency (FSA) due to the trace levels found on analysis and the prompt withdrawal action taken.

The FSA advises that due to ongoing investigations, which may lead to legal proceedings, the FSA is unable to release further details at this time about the company that supplied beef products found to contain traces of horsemeat to schools under the responsibility of Lancashire county council.

The department is currently reviewing and finalising the provisionally agreed lists of NHS properties due to transfer to National Health Service

bodies or NHS Property Services Ltd. These will shortly be approved and actual transfers of estate will take place on 1 April 2013.

Abortion data is published annually. Data for 2012 will be available in May 2013. Data for 2011 is set out in the following table; there were no abortions carried out in surgeries.