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To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to Epsom and Ewell constituency, the effects on Epsom and Ewell of her Department's policies and actions since 2nd May 1997.

Asked by

Brian Sedgemore (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

7 April 2005

Reference

432 c1617W;432 c1612W; 216024

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 set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to South East Cambridgeshire constituency, the effects on South East Cambridgeshire of her Department's policies and actions since 2nd May 1997.

Asked by

Brian Sedgemore (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

8 February 2005

For answer on

7 April 2005

Answered on

7 April 2005

Mr. Sedgemore: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to South-East Cambridgeshire constituency, the effects on South-East Cambridgeshire of her Department's policies and actions since 2 May 1997. [216020] Alun Michael: Defra publishes a wide range of statistical information relating to its policies and actions and the following web address will take you directly to the service: http://statistics.defra.gov.uk/esg/default. asp. In addition the Office of National Statistics also publishes further information that you can access from its website: http://www.statistics.gov.uk Since its establishment in 2001 Defra has put in place a comprehensive programme of action on issues including sustainable development, climate change and energy, sustainable consumption and production, natural resource protection, sustainable rural communities, and a sustainable farming and food sector. I am confident that the South East Cambridgeshire constituency will have benefited from these but it is not possible to systematically quantify those benefits to a constituency level. The difficulties of such geographical analyses are set out by the Office of National Statistics at the following address: http:// www.statistics.gov.uk/geography/default.asp The following information may help provide a "word picture" of the way Defra's work benefits South East Cambridgeshire. Through our national strategy for waste we are committed to delivering a step change to more sustainable waste management, including tough national targets to recycle or compost 17 per cent. of household waste by 2003-04, and 25 per cent. by 2005-06. The county of Cambridgeshire continues to make a substantial contribution to achieving national recycling targets. The county's recycling performance in 2003-04, the most recent year for which data are available, was 29 per cent., against the national average for that year of 16.9 per cent. The Government are committed to increasing the amount of electricity supplied by renewable sources in the UK to 10 per cent. by 2010. Between 1990 and 1998, the percentage of electricity generated from renewable sources in Cambridgeshire increased from zero, or very little, to around 0.9 per cent. In the last four years, this figure has increased to around 6 per cent. This dramatic increase is mainly attributable to the opening of a straw burning power station in Sutton near Ely in late 2001. An area of the East of England, which covers a large part of the South East Cambridgeshire constituency, is one of the eight rural delivery pathfinders announced by the Minister of State, Alun Michael, at Ely on 14 March. The pathfinder initiative is a key part of the Government's Rural Strategy and reflects the Government's commitment to devolve decision-making and resources to the local level. The Fens rural pathfinder will ensure greater co-ordination of rural delivery programmes by testing new and innovative methods to bring about improvements in the delivery of services to rural communities and businesses. Partners in pathfinder areas are currently worked on their detailed proposals of actions they will undertake, but a summary can be obtained via the following web address: www. idea-knowledge, gov.uk/idk/core/page. do?pageld =335795 In terms of specific payments we have been able to isolate expenditure under the Common Agricultural Policy and a list of payments by constituency is available in the Library of the House following the answer I gave to the hon. Member for Knowsley North and Sefton East, (Mr. Howarth) on 4 April 2005, Official Report, columns 1149-50W. It is noted in these figures that payments to customers are reported on the basis of requested business address which may differ from the location of farming activity. Common Agricultural Policy Payments to farm based schemes in the South East Cambridgeshire constituency for the 2004 European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF) accounting year which ran from 16 October 2003 to 15 October 2004 amount to £12, 865, 707.74. The schemes included are the Arable Area Payment, Beef Special Premium, Suckler Cow Premium, Extensification Premium, Slaughter Premium, Sheep Annual Premium, Over Thirty Months Slaughter, England Rural Development Programme and Structural Funds (which are monies made available by EAGGF to contribute to the economic development of disadvantaged regions within Europe).

Date

7 April 2005

Reference

432 c1655-6W;432 c1650-1W; 216020

House

House of Commons

Dept of Trade and Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to West Dorset constituency, the effects on West Dorset of her Department's policies and actions since 2nd May 1997.

Asked by

Brian Sedgemore (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

7 April 2005

Reference

432 c1617W;432 c1613W; 216023

House

House of Commons

Solicitor-General

To ask the Solicitor General, if she will set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to Maidenhead constituency, the effects on Maidenhead of the Law Officers' Department policies and actions since 2nd May 1997.

Asked by

Brian Sedgemore (Labour)

Answering body

Solicitor General

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

5 April 2005

Reference

432 c1334W;432 c1330W; 216028

House

House of Commons

Solicitor-General

To ask the Solicitor General, if she will set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to Folkestone and Hythe constituency, the effects on Folkestone and Hythe of the Law Officers' Department policies and actions since 2nd May 1997.

Asked by

Brian Sedgemore (Labour)

Answering body

Solicitor General

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

5 April 2005

Reference

432 c1333-4W;432 c1329-30W; 216027

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 Haltemprice and Howden constituency, the effects on Haltemprice and Howden of his Department's policies and actions since 2nd May 1997.

Asked by

Brian Sedgemore (Labour)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

8 February 2005

For answer on

7 March 2005

Answered on

7 March 2005

Mr. Sedgemore: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to Haltemprice and Howden constituency, the effects on Haltemprice and Howden of his Department's policies and actions since 2 May 1997. [216022] Fiona Mactaggart: The Government have put in place policies in the areas of crime reduction, antisocial behaviour, policing and active communities that are yielding considerable benefits for the Haltemprice and Howden constituency, as well as for all parts of the UK. For example, between March 1997 and March 2004, the number of police officers in the Humberside police force increased by 186 from 2,045 to 2,231. Following the Government's introduction of Community Support Officers (CSOs) in 2002, Humberside is in the process of recruiting 22 CSOs to tackle crime and antisocial behaviour on Humberside streets. Between 1997 and 2003-04, Humberside has seen a reduction in recorded domestic burglary crimes of 27 per cent. and in recorded vehicle crimes of 18 per cent. Humberside Police Force will receive £118.9 million in general grants for 2005-06, an increase of 3.75 per cent. (£4.3 million) over 2004-05. Humberside benefits from the decision to provide a funding floor of 3.75 per cent. If the funding formula had been strictly applied, the Force would have received £0.7 million less. Humberside also gains around £0.2 million from the Amending Report for 2003-04, bringing the overall increase to 3.95 per cent. General grants funding to Humberside has increased by 27 per cent. between 1997-98 and 2005-06. In addition to general grants, Humberside will also receive around £8 million in specific grants funding for targeted initiatives and capital provision in 2005-06. The distribution of resources locally is a matter for the Police Authority and the Chief Constable. As crime prevention requires action across communities, every area has had a local Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnership (CDRP) since 1998 which brings together the police, health services, drugs agencies and council and community representatives to decide how to prevent and deter crime and antisocial behaviour. The Crime Reduction Programme (CRP) was a pioneering government intervention programme which ran for three years from April 1999 in England and Wales and took an evidence-based approach to crime reduction. Grants of over £340 million were allocated to over 1,470 projects, including CCTV, under 20 initiatives that formed part of the programme. Five CCTV projects in the East Riding CDRP area (which includes the Haltemprice and Howden constituency) received a total of £467,568 from the CRP. Since 2001, successive initiatives have provided direct funding to each of the 376 Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnerships in England and Wales. These initiatives include Communities Against Drugs, the Safer Communities Initiative, the Small Retailers in Deprived Areas scheme and the Building Safer Communities Fund. Since 2001, a total of £1.05 million has been allocated to East Riding CDRP under these initiatives. A further £1.8 million has been provided over the two years 2003-04 and 2004/05 to the Home Office Regional Director in the Yorkshire and the Humber for CDRP capacity building across the region. It is estimated that out of a million active offenders, 100,000 have three or more convictions and are responsible for half of all crime. There is a Prolific and other Priority Offenders (PPO) scheme in East Riding of Yorkshire set up to target those offenders who cause a disproportionate amount of crime, disorder and antisocial behaviour in the community. The Government's Crime Reduction Website provides further information on the work being done to reduce crime across the country, including information about action and results in local areas. It is available at http://www.crimereduction.gov.uk. New legislation has given local agencies a raft of powers, from antisocial behaviour orders to local dispersal orders and crack house closure powers, to work with local people to tackle antisocial behaviour and nuisance. In East Riding of Yorkshire a total of 19 antisocial behaviour orders are currently issued (at February 2005). Local contacts for tackling antisocial behaviour can be found on http://www.together.gov.uk/ authority.asp . Tackling Drug Misuse is a priority of this Government and its policy is set out in the 10 year National Drug Strategy launched in 1998 and updated in December 2002. (A copy of the Updated Drug Strategy 2002 is held in the Library.) Under this, the Government have invested substantially in measures to reduce the harms caused by illegal drugs, focussing on the four strands of: reducing the supply of illegal drugs; preventing young people from becoming problematic drug users; providing effective treatment to all who need it; and reducing drug-related crime. Direct annual funding nationally to tackle drug misuse amounted to £1,244 million in 2003-04, rising to £1,344 million in 2004-05. East Riding of Yorkshire has seen a significant increase in direct funding for tackling drugs, in particular for drug treatment services and the throughcare and aftercare elements of the Drugs Intervention Programme. In 2003-04 the allocation for East Riding of Yorkshire Drug Action Team amounted to £1.3 million, rising to £1.8 million in 2004-05. Details of action taken to tackle drugs in the Haltemprice and Howden constituency can be obtained from the East Riding of Yorkshire Drugs Action Team, for contact details see http://www.drugs.gov.uk/Links/ DrugActionTeams. The Government are working to ensure that citizens, communities and the voluntary sector are more fully engaged in tackling social problems, and there is more equality of opportunity and respect for people of all races and religions. Active community participation in England has increased by 1.5 million people between 2001 and 2003. Charities have been supported more effectively, and £125 million is being invested across the country through the `futurebuilders' fund in voluntary and community organisations that help provide valuable public services. Advice on ways to engage local people in helping their communities is available on the Active Citizenship Centre website http://www.active- citizen.org.uk. This year, 2005, is the year of the Volunteer which is being delivered by the Home Office in partnership with Community Service Volunteers and Volunteering England. This will include a whole range of events in local communities across the country that aim to celebrate the contribution which volunteers make to the quality of people's lives, and encourage more people to volunteer. We are particularly keen to encourage young people, black and minority ethnic groups, those with no qualifications and disabled people to get involved. More details can be found atwww.yearofthevolunteer.org . Detailed information on the impact of Home Office policies across the full range of responsibilities is set out in the Home Office Annual Report and in the Strategic Plan for 2004-08, available on the Home Office website at http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk.

Date

7 March 2005

Reference

431 c1608-11W;431 c1602-5W; 216022

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 Havant constituency, the effects on Havant of his Department's policies and actions since 2nd May 1997. - Inc figures.

Asked by

Brian Sedgemore (Labour)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

8 February 2005

For answer on

28 February 2005

Answered on

28 February 2005

Mr. Sedgemore: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to Havant constituency, the effects on Havant of his Department's policies and actions since 2 May 1997. [216021] Fiona Mactaggart: The Government have put in place policies in the areas of crime reduction, antisocial behaviour, policing and active communities that are yielding considerable benefits for the Havant constituency, as well as for all parts of the UK. For example, between March 1997 and March 2004, the number of police officers in the Hampshire police force increased by 328 from 3,452 to 3,780. Following the Government's introduction of Community Support Officers (CSOs) in 2002, Hampshire has been allocated funds to recruit 25 CSOs in the first quarter of 2005 to tackle crime and antisocial behaviour on Hampshire streets. Between 1997 and 2003-04, Hampshire police force has seen a reduction in recorded domestic burglary crimes of 19 per cent. and in recorded vehicle crimes of 25 per cent. Hampshire Police will receive £197.7 million in general grants for 2005-06, an increase of 3.75 per cent. (£7.2 million) over 2004-05. Hampshire benefits from the decision to provide a funding floor of 3.75 per cent. If the funding formula had been strictly applied, the force would have received £4.9 million less. General grants funding to Hampshire has increased by 31.5 per cent. between 1997-98 and 2005-06. In addition to general grants, Hampshire will also receive around £16 million in specific grants funding for targeted initiatives and capital provision in 2005-06. The distribution of resources locally is a matter for the police authority and the chief constable. As crime prevention requires action across communities, every area has had a local Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnership (CDRP) since 1998 which brings together the police, health services, drugs agencies and council and community representatives to decide how to prevent and deter crime and antisocial behaviour. The Crime Reduction Programme (CRP) was a pioneering Government intervention programme which ran for three years from April 1999 in England and Wales and took an evidence-based approach to crime reduction. Grants of over £340 million were allocated to over 1,470 projects, including CCTV, under 20 initiatives that formed part of the programme. Four CCTV projects in the Havant CDRP area received a total of £235,000 from the CRP. Since 2001, successive initiatives have provided direct funding to each of the 376 Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnerships in England and Wales. These initiatives include Communities Against Drugs, the Safer Communities Initiative, the Small Retailers in Deprived Areas scheme and the Building Safer Communities Fund. Since 2001, a total of £569,288 has been allocated to Havant CDRP under these initiatives. A further £2.57 million has been provided over the two years 2003-04 and 2004-05 to the Home Office Regional Director in the South East for CDRP capacity building across the region. It is estimated that out of a million active offenders, 100,000 have three or more convictions and are responsible for half of all crime. There is a Prolific and other Priority Offenders (PPO) scheme in Havant set up to target those offenders who cause a disproportionate amount of crime, disorder and antisocial behaviour in the community. The Government's Crime Reduction Website provides further information on the work being done to reduce crime across the country, including information about action and results in local areas. It is available at http://www.crimereduction.gov.uk. New legislation has given local agencies a raft of powers, from antisocial behaviour orders to local dispersal orders and crack house closure powers, to work with local people to tackle antisocial behaviour and nuisance. In Havant a total of 26 antisocial behaviour orders have been issued as of 22 February 2005. Local contacts for tackling antisocial behaviour can be found on http://www.together.gov.uk/authority.asp. Tackling Drug Misuse is a priority of this Government and its policy is set out in the 10-year National Drug Strategy launched in 1998 and updated in December 2002. (A copy of the Updated Drug Strategy 2002 is held in the Library.) Under this, the Government have invested substantially in measures to reduce the harms caused by illegal drugs, focusing on the four strands of: reducing the supply of illegal drugs; preventing young people from becoming problematic drug users; providing effective treatment to all who need it; and reducing drug-related crime. Direct annual funding nationally to tackle drug misuse amounted to £1,244 million in 2003-04, rising to £1,344 million in 2004-05. Havant has seen a significant increase in direct funding for tackling drugs, in particular for drug treatment services and the throughcare and aftercare elements of the Drugs Intervention Programme. In 2003-04 the allocation for Hampshire Drug Action Team amounted to £5.48 million, rising to £6.47 million in 2004-05. Details of action taken to tackle drugs in the Havant constituency can be obtained from the Hampshire Drugs Action Team, for contact details see http://www.drugs.gov.uk/Links/DrugActionTeams. The Government are working to ensure that citizens, communities and the voluntary sector are more fully engaged in tackling social problems, and there is more equality of opportunity and respect for people of all races and religions. Active community participation in England has increased by 1.5 million people between 2001 and 2003. Charities have been supported more effectively, and £125 million is being invested across the country through the futurebuilders fund in voluntary and community organisations that help provide valuable public services. Advice on ways to engage local people in helping their communities is available on the Active Citizenship Centre website http://www.active- citizen.org.uk. This year, 2005, is the year of the Volunteer which is being delivered by the Home Office in partnership with Community Service Volunteers and Volunteering England. This will include a whole range of events in local communities across the country that aim to celebrate the contribution which volunteers make to the quality of people's lives, and encourage more people to volunteer. We are particularly keen to encourage young people, black and minority ethnic groups, those with no qualifications and disabled people to get involved. More details can be found at www.yearofthevolunteer.org. Detailed information on the impact of Home Office policies across the full range of responsibilities is set out in the Home Office Annual Report and in the Strategic Plan for 2004-08, available on the Home Office website at http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk.

Date

28 February 2005

Reference

216021; 431 c996-8W;431 c992-4W

House

House of Commons

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to Haltemprice and Howden constituency, the effects on Haltemprice and Howden of his Department's policies and actions since 2nd May 1997. - Inc figures and ref to http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk./.

Asked by

Brian Sedgemore (Labour)

Answering body

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

22 February 2005

Reference

216015; 431 c580W;431 c576W

House

House of Commons

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to the Witney constituency, the effects on Witney of his Department's policies and actions since 2nd May 1997. - Inc figures and ref to http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk./.

Asked by

Brian Sedgemore (Labour)

Answering body

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

22 February 2005

Reference

216014; 431 c581W;431 c577W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Work and Pensions

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

Asked by

Brian Sedgemore (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Work and Pensions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

8 February 2005

For answer on

21 February 2005

Answered on

21 February 2005

Mr. Sedgemore: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to Havant constituency, the effects on Havant of his Department's policies and actions since 2 May 1997. [216026] Jane Kennedy: We have undertaken a fundamental overhaul of the welfare system, transforming it to an active system that fights poverty, creates opportunity and helps people become self-sufficient and independent. Since 2001, the Government have significantly extended and improved civil rights for disabled people in areas such as employment, education, access to goods and services and transport. Disabled people in Havant will have benefited from these improvements in disability rights. Similarly, families with severely disabled three and four-year-old children who are unable, or virtually unable to walk will have benefited from the Government's decision to lower the minimum age entitlement to the higher rate mobility component of disability living allowance from April 2001, while older and less well off carers have gained extra help through the provisions within the National Carers Strategy. In 2002-03 we estimate there were around 10 million adults (22 per cent.) and 0.7 million children (5 per cent.) in Great Britain likely to be covered by the provisions of the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA). The figures can be broken down to national level which shows that 18 per cent. of adults and 5 per cent. of children in the south east are likely to be covered by the provisions of the DDA. Information on the numbers of customers in Havant who are in receipt of disability living allowance (DLA) and attendance allowance (AA) is in the table. Havant _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Operational year DLA/AA recipients 2001 5,000 2002 4,900 2003 5,200 2004 5,800 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Source: DWP Information Centre. Figures are rounded to the nearest 100 and are from a 5 per cent. sample at 31 August each year. Through Jobcentre Plus, we are promoting work as the best form of welfare for people of working age. The number of people in work is at historically high levels of over 28.5 million; in Havant, the proportion in employment has fallen to 69.0 per cent. Our new deals have helped lone parents, the young unemployed, the long-term unemployed, disabled people, the over 50s and partners of unemployed people to move from benefit into work. Nationally over 1.2 million people have been helped into work by the new deals, with over 1,880 in Havant alone. Significant progress has been made in eradicating child poverty and the latest figures (for 2002-03) show that, in the UK, there were over half a million fewer children in relative low income than there were in 1996-97. Since 2001-02 incomes for lone parents in receipt of benefit have risen by more than prices or the cost of living. In April 2005 the child allowance rate in income support for a child up to 18-years-old will have been increased by 40 per cent. since 2001-02. Child rates in income support and jobseeker's allowance are also being increased above inflation in April 2005 in line with child tax credit upratings. All of this has benefited 2,100 families in Havant. We want all pensioners to have a decent and secure income in retirement and to share fairly in the rising prosperity of the country and our first priority has been to help the poorest pensioners. The Government will be spending nearly £10 billion more in 2004-05 (in 2004-05 prices) on pensioners as a result of measures introduced since 1997, with around half going to the poorest third. Our reforms include the State Second Pension, which helps more future pensioners build up better pensions, especially carers. Pension credit, introduced from October 2003, provides a contribution to a guaranteed minimum income for those aged 60 and over and, for the first time, those over aged 65 and over may be rewarded for savings and income. As of December 2004, around 4,185 pensioners in Havant are receiving pension credit, with an average award of £38.63 per week. We know that older people are disproportionately affected by fuel poverty. This winter (2004-05) we have again made available a winter fuel payment of £200 for each eligible household with someone aged 60 or over and £300 to those with someone aged 80 or over to help with their fuel bills. Additionally, for this year, eligible households with someone aged 70 or over will receive the one-off 70+ payment of £100 to help with living expenses including council tax bills. It is paid with the winter fuel payment. The constituency data on winter fuel payments and the additional 80+ annual payment is available in the Library. Since 1997 single pensioners and pensioner couples have seen a real terms increase in their basic state pension of 7 per cent. and 8 per cent., respectively. Some 21,200 pensioners in Havant have benefited from this increase.

Date

21 February 2005

Reference

431 c98-100W; 216026

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Skills

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to Maidenhead constituency, the effects on Maidenhead of her Department's policies and actions since 2nd May 1997. - Inc tables.

Asked by

Brian Sedgemore (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Education and Skills

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

8 February 2005

For answer on

21 February 2005

Answered on

21 February 2005

Mr. Sedgemore: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if she will set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to Maidenhead constituency, the effects on Maidenhead of her Department's policies and actions since 2 May 1997. [216029] Mr. Stephen Twigg: The Maidenhead constituency lies within Windsor and Maidenhead local education authority. The most recent Key Stage 2 and GCSE and equivalents Achievement for pupils attending schools in Maidenhead are given in the following tables. Key Stage 2 Achievements of 11-year-old pupils attending schools in the Maidenhead constituency _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Percentage of pupils gaining level 4 and above 1997 2004 Percentage point improvement 1997-2004 Maidenhead--English1 73 88 15 Maidenhead--maths1 73 85 12 National average--English2 63 78 15 National average--maths2 61 74 13 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 Pupils attending schools in Maidenhead constituency. 2 The average for all schools in England (including independent schools). GCSE and equivalents1 Achievement of 15-year-old pupils2 attending schools in the Maidenhead constituency. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Percentage of 15-year-olds 1997 2004 Percentage point improvement gaining 1997-2004 Maidenhead--5 + A*-C 58.3 60.1 1.8 Maidenhead--5 + A*-G 95.6 93.9 -1.7 National average--5+ A*-C 45.1 53.7 8.6 National average--5+ A*-G 87.0 88.8 1.8 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 For 2004 only results incorporate GCSEs, GNVQs and a wide range of other qualifications approved pre-16. Prior to 2004 results are based on GCSEs and GNVQs only. 2 As standard the results reported relate to pupils aged 15 at the start of the academic year i.e. 31 August and therefore reaching the end of compulsory education at the end of the school year. At national level, standards have improved across all key stages. The Primary and Key Stage 3 National Strategies, together with the measures we have taken to help schools in the toughest areas are continuing to deliver better results. Further information by constituency, is provided within the Department's "In Your Area" website available at http://www.dfes.gov.uk/inyourarea. Where information is not available at the constituency level it has been provided at local education authority level. This website allows users to access key facts and local information about education and skills based on postcodes. The data available within the site offers comparisons between 1997 and the latest available year and covers five geographies. These are Parliamentary constituency, Ward, Local Authority District, Local Education Authority, Government Office Region. England figures are also provided. The information available within the website is grouped in a number of broad categories including Literacy and Numeracy at age 11, Literacy and Numeracy at age 14, GCSE / GNVQ results, Pupils with Special Educational Needs, School Initiatives, School Workforce, School Funding and Resources, Children's Social Services, Early Years, Class Sizes, Post 16, Higher Education and Adult Education. Additional information could be provided only at disproportionate cost. However, my Department is investigating ways in which we can disseminate more information about the effects of our policies at a local level. The In Your Area website will be further developed over the coming months to include additional information about Adult Education, School Funding, School Initiatives, School Performance, School Workforce and Post 16.

Date

21 February 2005

Reference

216029; 431 c266-7W;431 c265-7W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Skills

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to Witney constituency, the effects on Witney of her Department's policies and actions since 2nd May 1997. - Inc tables.

Asked by

Brian Sedgemore (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Education and Skills

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

8 February 2005

For answer on

21 February 2005

Answered on

21 February 2005

Mr. Sedgemore: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if she will set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to Witney constituency, the effects on Witney of her Department's policies and actions since 2 May 1997. [216019] Mr. Stephen Twigg: The Witney constituency lies within Oxfordshire local education authority. The most recent Key Stage 2 and GCSE and equivalents Achievement for pupils attending schools in Witney are given in the following tables. Key Stage 2 Achievements of 11-year-old pupils attending schools in the Witney constituency. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Percentage of pupils gaining level 4 and above 1997 2004 Percentage point improvement 1997-2004 Witney--English1 71 80 9 Witney--maths1 66 79 13 National average--English2 63 78 15 National average--maths2 61 74 13 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 Pupils attending schools in Witney constituency. 2 The average for all schools in England (including independent schools). GCSE and equivalents1 Achievement of 15-year-old pupils2 attending schools in the Witney constituency. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Percentage of 15-year-olds gaining 1997 2004 Percentage point improvement 1997-2004 Witney--5 + A*-C 53.3 60.3 7.0 Witney--5 + A*-G 91.9 93.6 1.7 National average--5+ A*-C 45.1 53.7 8.6 National average--5+ A*-G 87.0 88.8 1.8 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 For 2004 only results incorporate GCSEs, GNVQs and a wide range of other qualifications approved pre-16. Prior to 2004 results are based on GCSEs and GNVQs only. 2 As standard the results reported relate to pupils aged 15 at the start of the academic year i.e. 31 August and therefore reaching the end of compulsory education at the end of the school year. At national level, standards have improved across all key stages. The Primary and Key Stage 3 National Strategies, together with the measures we have taken to help schools in the toughest areas are continuing to deliver better results. Further information by constituency, is provided within the Department's "In Your Area" website available at http://www.dfes.gov.uk/inyourarea. Where information is not available at the constituency level it has been provided at local education Authority level. This website allows users to access key facts and local information about education and skills based on postcodes. The data available within the site offers comparisons between 1997 and the latest available year and covers five geographies. These are Parliamentary constituency, Ward, Local Authority District, Local Education Authority, Government Office Region. England figures are also provided. The information available within the website is grouped in a number of broad categories including Literacy and Numeracy at age 11, Literacy and Numeracy at age 14, GCSE / GNVQ results, Pupils with Special Educational Needs, School Initiatives, School Workforce, School Funding and Resources, Children's Social Services, Early Years, Class Sizes, Post 16, Higher Education and Adult Education. Additional information could be provided only at disproportionate cost. However, my Department is investigating ways in which we can disseminate more information about the effects of our policies at a local level. The In Your Area website will be further developed over the coming months to include additional information about Adult Education, School Funding, School Initiatives, School Performance, School Workforce and Post 16.

Date

21 February 2005

Reference

216019; 431 c271-2W;431 c270-1W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Culture Media and Sport

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

Asked by

Brian Sedgemore (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

8 February 2005

For answer on

21 February 2005

Answered on

21 February 2005

Mr. Sedgemore: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if she will set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to Haltemprice and Howden constituency, the effects on Haltemprice and Howden of her Department's policies and actions since 2 May 1997. [216018] Mr. Caborn: Department's aim is to improve the quality of life for everyone through cultural and sporting activities, to support the pursuit of excellence and to champion the tourism, creative and leisure industries. The Department's policies and actions have had a significant impact on Haltemprice and Howden since 2 May 1997. In order to achieve our challenging targets for increased participation in sport and physical activity, we have invested in thousands of new and refurbished public sports facilities. In 2002 we launched the first ever comprehensive national physical education, school sport and club links strategy with an investment of £459 million. There is currently a school sport partnership involving one School Sport Co-ordinator and one Primary Link teacher in Haltemprice and Howden. To achieve our challenging targets for increased participation in sport and physical activity, we have invested in thousands of new and refurbished public sports facilities. Sports facilities in Haltemprice and Howden have benefited from five Sport England lottery grants totalling £351,449. We have increased our national funding to the arts in real terms by 60 per cent. from £199 million in 1998-99 to £367 million in 2004-05. Between 1998-99 and 2003-04 Arts Council England Yorkshire and the Humber grants increased from £6.7 million to £21.3 million. In 2005-06 the total Arts Council England Yorkshire and the Humber investment in regularly funded organisations will be £23.4 million. Haltemprice and Howden has benefited from grants to arts projects, organisations and individuals, including Word Quake, a rural literature development agency that works throughout libraries in East Riding. Young people in Haltemprice and Howden benefit from the Humber Youth Music Action Zone, known as Music4U. The Action Zone covers the East Riding of Yorkshire council, Hull city council, North East Lincolnshire council and North Lincolnshire council and is coordinated by the National Centre for Early Music. Music4U was set up in September 2001 and has so far been awarded three grants totalling over £760,000. It has already reached over 15,000 children and young people, 85 per cent. of whom were first-time participants. Culture Online was launched in 2002 to increase access to, and participation in, arts and culture. Many of its projects are aimed at children of school age and at audiences that might not otherwise participate in arts and culture, including those who do not easily have access to arts and culture, people from deprived communities and people with particular educational or physical needs. People in Haltemprice and Howden will be among those who benefit from Culture Online. Between 2002 and 2004, £13 million was allocated to fund 20 Culture Online projects. Through our commitment to public service broadcasting we 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 Channel 4, while giving them the freedom to develop commercial operations which complement and support their public service remit. The Communications Act 2003 includes provisions to ensure that public service broadcasting will continue to have a key role to play in the digital future. In November 2000 we introduced free television licences for people aged 75 or over. Information on the number of beneficiaries by constituency is not available. However, according to Department for Work and Pensions records, the number of households in Haltemprice and Howden with at least one person aged 75 or over claiming the winter fuel payment in 2003-4 was 5,615. We have changed the licensing laws to allow people to hold and attend commercial dances on Sunday, to make it easier for restaurants to open an hour later, and to relax the alcohol licensing hours from 11pm on new year's eve to 11am on new rear's day in all future years; and we have given the police greater powers to take action against under-age drinking and disorderly and noisy licensed premises. The Licensing Act 2003, when fully implemented, will introduce a streamlined, consistent and fair licensing regime for the provision of alcohol, public entertainment and late night refreshment. It will provide greater choice for consumers, bring regeneration and increased employment opportunities and protect local residents whose lives have been blighted by disturbance and antisocial behaviour. The Gambling Bill will, when implemented, transfer responsibility for licensing gambling premises to local authorities. Local people and businesses will be able to make representations about applications for licenses and local authorities will be able to decide not to issue licenses for casino premises. These changes will give local communities, including those in Haltemprice and Howden, a greater say in regulation of gambling in their area. Tourism in Haltemprice and Howden has benefited from Government-funded marketing activity. In April 2003 we established VisitBritain with a new domestic marketing remit for England, and we gave strategic responsibility for tourism development to the Regional Development Agencies, including Yorkshire Forward. These changes, together with VisitBritain's successful marketing activities in promoting Britain abroad as an attractive tourist destination, benefit all parts of the country, including Haltemprice and Howden. English Heritage has awarded grants worth £770,564 to seven projects in Haltemprice and Howden since 2 May 1997, including St Michael's Church, Skidby; Sts Peter and Paul Church, Howden; and the Howden Historic Environment Regeneration Scheme. In common with all those in the United Kingdom, the public library branches in Haltemprice and Howden constituency are connected to the internet through the People's Network which was funded through a £120 million lottery grant and which has put all the United Kingdom's public libraries on-line. In addition, the Department is funding the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council with £5 million over three years to implement the Framework for the Future Action Plan and Library Improvement Programme, which is designed to encourage improvement across the public libraries sector in England. The Department has been an energetic advocate of the community and informal learning value of public libraries. East Riding of Yorkshire council has recognised this value and undertaken initiatives such as "Word on the Street" to initiate and develop positive attitudes to reading in young people aged between 11 and 16 and raise their awareness of the value and relevance of the modern library service. DCMS/ Wolfson Public Libraries Challenge Fund 2000-01 awarded £75,982 to this project. Of this money, £25,000 funded a website geared to the needs of young people across East Yorkshire, including Haltemprice and Howden. Information from the national lottery distributors indicates that since 2 May 1997 Haltemprice and Howden has benefited from over 190 awards totalling over £4.1 million. Of these, 20 awards worth over £1.7 million were made by the New Opportunities Fund which was established by the Government in 1999. The New Opportunities Fund merged with the Community Fund in June 2004 to form the Big Lottery Fund.

Date

21 February 2005

Reference

431 c4-6W; 216018

House

House of Commons

Dept for Culture Media and Sport

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

Asked by

Brian Sedgemore (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

8 February 2005

For answer on

21 February 2005

Answered on

21 February 2005

Mr. Sedgemore: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if she will set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to Woodspring constituency, the effects on Woodspring of her Department's policies and actions since 2 May 1997. [216017] Mr. Caborn: The Department's aim is to improve the quality of life for everyone through cultural and sporting activities, to support the pursuit of excellence and to champion the tourism, creative and leisure industries. The Department's policies and actions have had a significant impact on Woodspring since 2 May 1997. In order to achieve our challenging targets for increased participation in sport and physical activity, we have invested in thousands of new and refurbished public sports facilities. In 2002 we launched the first ever comprehensive national physical education, school sport and club links strategy with an investment of £459 million. A school sport partnership involving five School Sport Co-ordinators and 35 Primary Link teachers is based at Wyvern in Woodspring. To achieve our challenging targets for increase participation in sport and physical activity, we have invested in thousands of new and refurbished public sports facilities. Sports facilities in Woodspring have benefited from ten Sport England Lottery grants totalling £2,218,978. We have increased our national funding to the arts in real terms by 60 per cent. from £199 million in 1998-99 to £367 million in 2004-05. Between 1998-99 and 2003-04 Arts Council England, South West grants increased from £4.3 million to £12.2 million. In 2005-06 the total Arts Council England investment in the South West will be £14.1 million. Woodspring has benefited from this increased funding to arts projects, organisations and individuals. Culture Online was launched in 2002 to increase access to, and participation in, arts and culture. Many of its projects are aimed at children of school age and at audiences that might not otherwise participate in arts and culture, including those who do not easily have access to arts and culture, people from deprived communities and people with particular educational or physical needs. People in Woodspring will be among those who benefit from Culture Online. Between 2002 and 2004, £13 million was allocated to fund 20 Culture Online projects. Through our commitment to public service broadcasting we 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 Channel 4, while giving them the freedom to develop commercial operations which complement and support their public service remit. The Communications Act 2003 includes provisions to ensure that public service broadcasting will continue to have a key role to play in the digital future. Our support for, and promotion of, the film and broadcasting industries through the work of the Regional Screen Agencies have contributed to the general success of film-making and television activity outside London. Last year 24 productions were shot in Somerset adding £333,000 to the local economy, including Woodspring. In November 2000 we introduced free television licences for people aged 75 or over. Information on the number of beneficiaries by constituency is not available. However, according to Department for Work and Pensions records, the number of households in Woodspring with at least one person aged 75 or over claiming the winter fuel payment in 2003-04 was 6,085. We have changed the licensing laws to allow people to hold and attend commercial dances on Sunday, to make it easier for restaurants to open an hour later, and to relax the alcohol licensing hours from 11pm on new year's eve to 11am on new year's day in all future years; and we have given the police greater powers to take action against under-age drinking and disorderly and noisy licensed premises. The Licensing Act 2003, when fully implemented, will introduce a streamlined, consistent and fair licensing regime for the provision of alcohol, public entertainment and late night refreshment. It will provide greater choice for consumers, bring regeneration and increased employment opportunities and protect local residents whose lives have been blighted by disturbance and antisocial behaviour. The Gambling Bill will, when implemented, transfer responsibility for licensing gambling premises to local authorities. Local people and businesses will be able to make representations about applications for licenses and local authorities will be able to decide not to issue licenses for casino premises. These changes will give local communities, including those in Woodspring, a greater say in the regulation of gambling in their area. Tourism in Woodspring has benefited from Government-funded marketing activity. In April 2003 we established VisitBritain with a new domestic marketing remit for England, and we gave strategic responsibility for tourism development to the Regional Development Agencies, including South West Regional Development Agency. These changes, together with VisitBritain's successful marketing activities in promoting Britain abroad as an attractive tourist destination, benefit all parts of the country, including Woodspring. English Heritage has awarded grants worth £57,885 to five buildings and organisations in Woodspring since 2 May 1997, including Tickenham Court, Clivedon and the Nailsea Glassworks, Nailsea. In common with all of those in the United Kingdom, the public library branches in Woodspring constituency are connected to the internet through the People's Network which was funded through a £120 million Lottery grant and which has put all the United Kingdom's public libraries on-line. In addition, the Department is funding the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council with £5 million over three years to implement the Framework for the Future Action Plan and Library Improvement Programme, which is designed to encourage improvement across the public libraries sector in England. The Department has been an energetic advocate of the community and informal learning value of public libraries. North Somerset council has recognised this value and as part of a consortium (including North Somerset, Somerset County and the Unitary Authorities of Bath and North-East Somerset and South Gloucestershire) took part in an initiative called Foursite Internet for a new Era the result of which was the installation of 24/7 phone lines, internet access by mobile phone and a web catalogue system, which was shared across the consortium. Libraries in Woodspring benefited from this project which received a total award of £147,750 from the DCMS/Wolfson Public Libraries Challenge Fund in 1998-99. Information from the National Lottery distributors indicates that since 2 May 1997 Woodspring has benefited from over 176 awards totalling over £9.3 million. Of these, 21 awards worth over £1.4 million were made by the New Opportunities Fund which was established by the Government in 1999. The New Opportunities Fund merged with the Community Fund in June 2004 to form the Big Lottery Fund.

Date

21 February 2005

Reference

431 c9-11W; 216017

House

House of Commons

Dept for Constitutional Affairs

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, if he will set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to Folkestone and Hythe constituency, the effects on Folkestone and Hythe of the Department's policies and actions since 2nd May 1997. - Inc figures and refs to www.dca.gov.uk/statistics/statfr.htm...

Asked by

Brian Sedgemore (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Constitutional Affairs

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

8 February 2005

For answer on

21 February 2005

Answered on

21 February 2005

Mr. Sedgemore: To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs if he will set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to Folkestone and Hythe constituency, the effects on Folkestone and Hythe of the Department's policies and actions since 2 May 1997. [216016] Mr. Leslie: The Department for Constitutional Affairs is the Government Department responsible for upholding justice, rights and democracy. The Department's aim is to provide for effective and accessible justice for all, to ensure the rights and responsibilities of the citizen, and to modernise the law and constitution. Currently, the Department has six strategic objectives, which cover the delivery of justice, civil and administrative law, protecting the vulnerable, modernising the constitution, increasing consumer choice and working in partnership with the independent judiciary. The Department also has seven Public Service Agreement targets to help deliver its strategic objectives. Examples of the activity in 2004 to deliver these objectives include work with partners to make sure criminal trials are more efficient with the numbers of ineffective Crowncourt trials falling from 24 per cent. in 2002-03 to 16 per cent. in September 2004. The rate has reduced from 31 per cent. to 25 per cent. for the same period in the magistrates courts. The Department has also been involved in work to help people resolve their disputes in the most effective way, including pilots to test the effectiveness of court-based mediation. During 2004 there was a reduction from almost 49 per cent. to 41 per cent. in those cases that had eventually to be resolved by a hearing. Another area where pilots were used successfully was for all postal voting in four regions of England at the combined European and local elections in June 2004. Voter turnout doubled in the pilot regions compared with 1999. The range of the Department's policies and actions is wide and the statistical information relating to all of that activity is not collected on a constituency basis. Consequently, the information requested in the question cannot be provided in the form requested except at a disproportionate cost. However, statistical information about the Department's activities can be found at: http://www.dca.gov.uk/statistics/statfr.htm as well as at www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk. An example of the information available on those sites is data on persistent young offenders. The average number of days from arrest to sentence for persistent young offenders sentenced between August and October 2004 was 74 days in the Kent criminal justice area, which covers the constituency of Folkestone and Hythe. This compares with 121 days in the 1997 calendar year.

Date

21 February 2005

Reference

431 c42W; 216016

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 Haltemprice and Howden constituency, the effects on Haltemprice and Howden of his Department's policies and actions since 2nd May 1997. - Inc ref to ONS website.

Asked by

Brian Sedgemore (Labour)

Answering body

Treasury

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

21 February 2005

Reference

431 c67-8W; 216013

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 Maidenhead constituency, the effects on Maidenhead of his Department's policies and actions since 2nd May 1997. - Inc ref to ONS website.

Asked by

Brian Sedgemore (Labour)

Answering body

Treasury

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

21 February 2005

Reference

431 c68W; 216030

House

House of Commons

Dept for Transport

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

Asked by

Brian Sedgemore (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Transport

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

8 February 2005

For answer on

21 February 2005

Answered on

21 February 2005

Mr. Sedgemore: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to Maidenhead constituency, the effects on Maidenhead of his Department's policies and actions since 2 May 1997. [216025] Charlotte Atkins: The Department has put in place a considerable programme of improvements across a wide range of transport policy areas since 1997. I am confident that the Maidenhead constituency will have benefited from these. For example, the injury totals for all road causalities in Great Britain fell from 327,803 in 1997 to 290,607 in 2003, and the numbers of children aged under 16 years killed or seriously injured on our roads fell from 6,452 in 1997 to 4,100 in 2003. On our railways, passenger kilometres have increased from 32.1 billion in 1996-97 to 40.9 billion in 2003-04, a rise of 27 per cent. In terms of improvements to air quality, emissions of the UK's two main pollutants--nitrous oxides and particles--fell by 31 per cent. and 27 per cent. respectively between 1997 and 2002. The funding provided directly to the Royal borough of Windsor and Maidenhead since 1997 is shown in the table1. It has been for the borough council to determine how that allocation has been spent, in line with its local transport plan and its priorities. 1 Funding allocations for 1997-98 not included since they cover a period proceeding May 1997 and announcements concerning the 1997-98 allocations were made in 1996. £ million _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Royal borough of Windsor 1998-99 1999-2000 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 and Maidenhead Capital maintenance 0.29 0.74 0.75 1.025 1.096 1.37 1.50 Integrated block 0.10 0.65 0.83 1.700 1.690 1.70 1.84 Major schemes Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Targeted bus grants1 0.051 0.051 0.051 0.490 0.074 0.075 0.095 Total 0.441 1.441 1.631 3.215 2.860 3.145 3.435 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 Includes rural bus subsidy grant and rural bus challenge funding. In addition, since 1997 the Maidenhead constituency, which lies within the Thames area franchise, has benefited from investment in new rail rolling stock.

Date

21 February 2005

Reference

431 c202-4W;431 c201-4W; 216025

House

House of Commons

ARSENAL FOOTBALL CLUB

That this House believes that Arsenal is the best club football team in the world at the moment and admires them for the fluency and poetry that they have brought to the beautiful game.

Primary sponsor

Brian Sedgemore (Labour)

Type

Early day motions

Date

26 April 2004

Reference

1044

House

House of Commons

BBC AND THE GOVERNMENT

That this House is deeply saddened that a Labour Government has brought the BBC, one of the greatest broadcasting organisations in the world, to its knees on the basis of a report from a retiring judge; believes that the independence and integrity of investigative journalism and news broadcasting by the...

Primary sponsor

Brian Sedgemore (Labour)

Type

Early day motions

Date

30 January 2004

Reference

513

House

House of Commons

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