Written Answers to Questions
Wednesday 8 July 2009
Culture, Media and Sport
Departmental Carbon Emissions
The estimate from carbon dioxide emissions from offices is as follows:
Tonnes of carbon dioxide
In total
2006-07: 4,615
2007-08: 2,251
Per full-time equivalent member of staff
2006-07: 5.560
2007-08: 3.19
The Department has made the following estimate of carbon dioxide arising from road-based transport of administrative operations.
Total
2006-07: 3.309 tonnes of CO2
2007-08: 4.39 tonnes of CO2
Per full-time equivalent member of staff
2006-07: .005 tonnes of CO2
2007-08: .006 tonnes of CO2.
The Department has made the following estimate on the amount of carbon dioxide emissions arising from air travel from staff:
Total
2006-07: 172 tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions
2007-08: 125.78 tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions
Per full-time equivalent member of staff
2006-07: 0.207 tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions
2007-08: 0.16 tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions.
Departmental Energy
The Department has not collected data on the amount of expenditure spent on energy efficiency measures on its estate.
Details of the Department’s future plans for energy efficiency measures can be found in the August 2008 Sustainable Procurement and Operations on the Government Estate Delivery Plan and the December 2008 Delivery Plan Update.
The Department’s estimate of energy consumed per full-time equivalent member of staff is as follows:
2006-07: 16,343 kwh/FTE
2007-08: 8,109 kwh/FTE
Departmental Official Hospitality
[holding answer 2 July 2009]: The Department spent £243.25 on drinks and £600.00 on food (the overall cost was £1,251.25 which includes catering staff, equipment hire and delivery) for the function held on 23 June 2009. The people invited were journalists covering DCMS sectors.
Departmental Recycling
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport produced the following volume and percentage of waste:
2006-07
Figures are not available
2007-08
Volume: 60 tonnes
Recycled: 80 per cent.
Departmental Waste
The Department has made the following estimate of the amount of waste arising:
Total
2006-07: 2,070 tonnes
2007-08: 187.32 tonnes
Per full-time equivalent member of staff
2006-07: 2.49 tonnes/FTE
2007-08: 0.27 tonnes/FTE.
Departmental Water
The Department has made the following estimate of water consumption on the office estate:
Estimated water consumption (m3)
Total
2005-06: 8,423
2006-07: 7,424
Per full-time equivalent member of staff
2005-06: 15
2006-07: 10.52
Defence
Afghanistan: Peacekeeping Operations
The Vector Light Protected Patrol Vehicle passed a variety of appropriate tests and trials prior to its entry into service to ensure it met the threat as it was assessed at the time. Due to the way that the threat has evolved since 2006, it is the intention to withdraw Vector from operations in Afghanistan .
Armed Forces: Higher Education
During the period 1 April 2008 to 31 March 2009, 983 post graduate qualifications, specifically related to military training and education requirements, were funded for military personnel. The statistics held do not distinguish between the types of qualification, although future returns will identify PhDs and Masters Degrees separately.
The specific information requested on PhDs could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
European Fighter Aircraft
I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave him on 6 July, Official Report, column 558W. The placement of Tranche 3 aircraft across the current planned Typhoon Squadrons has not yet been decided and as such there has been no decision about their operational deployment.
Gurkhas: Pensions
The latest available figures for the Armed Forces Pension Scheme (AFPS) relate to financial year 2007-08. This period has therefore been used for the figures given for the average monthly payments made under both schemes:
Gurkha Pension Scheme (GPS): £122.64
AFPS: £578.41
These figures are based upon average pensions paid to former members of the armed forces, their spouses, and dependants. These averages are not comparable because of different lengths of service, different rank structure between the Brigade of Gurkhas and the wider Army and, chiefly, because Gurkhas begin drawing on their pensions much earlier than British soldiers with equivalent service. For example, a Gurkha Rifleman or Corporal with 15 years service (approximately 85 per cent. of those receiving GPS payments) can claim an immediate pension after 15 years service (from age 33) whereas equivalent service under the AFPS would not attract pension payments until age 60.
£1.5 billion is an estimate of the capitalised cost of providing retired Gurkhas with Armed Forces Pension Scheme (AFPS) equivalent pension benefits for all pensionable service before 1 July 1997.
The estimate was calculated by the Government Actuary’s Department and identifies the additional capitalised cost that would be incurred if benefits of equivalent value to the Armed Forces Pension Scheme were granted for all pensionable service before 1 July 1997, on the same terms as provided for post-1 July 1997 service in the Gurkha Offer to Transfer exercise. The estimated cost is based on the assumptions and methodology applied in the Gurkha Offer to Transfer, and assumes that the profile of Gurkha pensioners and dependants who retired before 1 July 1997 is similar to those that retired post 1 July 1997.
Gurkha veterans who left the Army before 1 July 1997 are already eligible for benefits from the Gurkha Pension Scheme.
The hon. Member may have in mind the question of whether such individuals should be eligible for benefits from the Armed Forces Pension Scheme in the same way as those who left the Army on or after 1 July 1997. The High Court agreed in July 2008 that it was fair and reasonable for the Department to use this date as a cut-off point for eligibility for the pensions offer in 2007-08.
Although annual payments to British soldiers will eventually be higher than Gurkhas, with the same 15 years service, Gurkhas pensions begin paying out much earlier (as young as 33) whereas the British soldiers preserved rights do not become payable until age 60.
Iraq and Afghanistan: Peacekeeping Operations
I am withholding the information as its disclosure would, or would be likely to prejudice the capability, effectiveness or security of the armed forces.
Met Office: Cost Effectiveness
The Operational Efficiency Programme (OEP) Met Office Review Group is comprised of officials from the Ministry of Defence, Shareholder Executive, HM Treasury and the Met Office and meets regularly in undertaking the review.
This group is responsible for taking forward all aspects of the Met Office review as set out in the OEP Final Report published in April 2009. While exploring all options and opportunities, initial discussions began regarding opportunities for engaging with private sector partners. However, this aspect of the work is at an early stage, and more detailed work on this topic will be taking place over the coming months. A further update on progress of the review will be provided with the pre-Budget report.
An update on progress of the Met Office Operational Efficiency Programme (OEP) review was provided in the OEP Final Report published April 2009. The update included reference to the potential expansion of commercial operations at the Met Office, possibly through the introduction of private capital in some areas, as well as seeking opportunities to develop specific services with private sector partners to complement Met Office's business. The private weather sector were involved in the Trading Fund Assessment work. Further involvement of the private sector, which could in principle include involvement by the private weather sector and private equity, will be considered as we develop more detailed work over the coming months. A further update on progress of the review will be provided with the pre-Budget report.
Military Aircraft
I am withholding the information as its disclosure would, or would be likely to prejudice the capability, effectiveness or security of the armed forces.
Military Bases: Northern Ireland
(2) how many military bases his Department has in Northern Ireland; and how many such bases it (a) owned and (b) operated in each year since 1998.
The information requested on the number of operational and closed military bases in Northern Ireland and the terms on which they were occupied, in each year since 1998, is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
However, the Government’s Security Strategy Paper published in December 1999 recorded 72 open and 34 closed military sites including regular military bases, training areas, joint Police Service Northern Ireland/military bases, communication sites, and observation towers.
Further information on open and closed military sites from 31 May 2004 is included in the second, ninth, eleventh, fourteenth and sixteenth reports of the International Monitoring Commission (IMC), copies of which are available in the Library of the House. These reports can also be found on the IMC website:
http://www.independentmonitoringcommission.org
In particular, the sixteenth report explains the terms on which the military occupied the sites and the arrangements for their disposal.
The current regular Northern Ireland Garrison bases and the terms on which they are occupied are as follows:
RAF Aldergrove (Freehold)
Abercorn Barracks, Ballykinler (Freehold)
Ballykinler Training Camp (Freehold)
Divis Key Point (on Divis Mountain) (Freehold)
Duke of Connaught Unit, Musgrave Park Hospital, Belfast (Leasehold)
Massereene Barracks, Antrim (Freehold)
Kinnegar Station, Holywood (Freehold)
Palace Barracks, Holywood (Freehold)
Thiepval Barracks, Lisburn (Freehold)
Magilligan Training Camp (Freehold)
Trident
The UK’s existing nuclear warhead design is likely to last into the 2020s, although we do not yet have sufficient information to judge precisely how long we can retain it in service. We are currently undertaking detailed studies to assess this and potential options for replacement should that be necessary. It is too soon to estimate the precise timing and the potential costs of any options beyond the £2-3 billion estimate, at 2006-07 prices, given in the 2006 Defence White Paper.
Wales
Departmental Databases
The Wales Office does not maintain such databases.
Departmental Manpower
The Wales Office is split between two locations, London and Cardiff Bay. There are 41 staff based in London and 16 staff based in Cardiff Bay. A number of staff divide their time between the two offices.
Home Department
Asylum: Tibet
I refer the hon. Gentleman to the written ministerial statement of 29 October 2008, Official Report, column 30WS, from my right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary (David Miliband).
Crime: Alcoholic Drinks
Data showing the number of offenders cautioned for alcohol related offences in Merseyside Police Force Area, broken down by age, from 2003-07 can be viewed in Table 1. The number of defendants proceeded against at magistrates courts can be viewed in Table 2 and the number of Penalty Notices for Disorder (PNDs) can be viewed in Table 3.
2008 data will be available in the autumn of 2009.
Age 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 10 to 17 199 178 79 19 48 18 to 24 763 340 48 41 54 1 Includes offences under the: Licensing Act 1872 s. 12; Sporting Events (Control of Alcohol etc) Act 1985 ss. 1 (2)(3)(4) & 1 A(2)(3)(4), 2(1 )(2), 5B(2)(3), 5C(3)(4), 5D(2)(3), 6(2); Confiscation of Alcohol (Young Persons) Act 1997 s. 1; Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001 ss.12, 17, 25(3)(a)(b), 25(4)(5), 32; Criminal Justice Act 1967 s.91; Licensing Act 1964 ss. 5C(5), 6, 6, 19, 28(3), 34, 36, 39(1)(2)(3)(4), 45, 48, 51(4), 53, 59(1)(a)(b), 71(4), 72, 84, 85(2), 89, 155(1)(a), 157(1)(a)(b), 157(1)(b), 159, 160,(1 )(a)(b), 161(1)(2), 162, 163, 164(1)(2), 165, 166(1)(a)(b), 167, 168A, 168(1)(2), 169A, 169B, 169C(1)(2)(3), 169E(1), 169F, 169G, 170, 171A(1), 172, 172A, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179A(6), 179B(5)(6), 179E(8), 179H(2), 181A(1)(2)(3), 183(1)(2)(3), 184, 185, 186, 187(3)(4), 188, 193(7) Sch.8 Appendix C s. 6, Appendix D; Licensing (Young Persons) Act 2000 s.1; Licensing Act 2003 ss. 33, 40, 41, 46, 49, 56, 57, 59, 82, 83, 93, 94, 96, 108, 109, 123, 127, 128, 132, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 147A, 148, 149(1)(3)(4)(7(a)(b), 150(1)(2), 151, 152, 153, 156, 157, 158, 160, 161, 165, 168, 179, 197, Sch.8 paras 1 and 22; Violent Crime Reduction Act 2006 ss. 11, 27; Road Traffic Act 1991 s. 3; Late Night Refreshment Houses Act 1969 ss. 7(2), 8, 9(1)(4), 10; Town Police Clauses Act 1847 ss. 35, 61; London Hackney Carriage Act 1843 s.28; Merchant Shipping Act 1995 s.101(1)(a)(b), (4) and (5); Licensing Act 1902 ss.2, 6(2)(a)(b); Similar provisions in Local Acts; Road Traffic Act ss.4(1)(2) s.5(1)(a)(b), s.6(4), s.7(6); Road Traffic Act 1988 ss. 3A, 7A as added by Police Reform Act 2002 s.56, Transport and Works Act 1992 S.31A as added by Police Reform Act 2002 s.52; Licensing (Occasional Permissions) Act 1983 s.3 [Sch. Para. 2, 3(a)(0), 4(1)(2)(3), 5, 6, 7, 8(2), 9(2)]; Licensing Act 1988 s. 17, 18; Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994, s. 19; Children and Young Persons Act 1933 s. 5; Criminal Justice Act 1996 s. 6. 2 The cautions statistics cover simple and conditional cautions, reprimands and warnings. They relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been cautioned for two or more offences at the same time the principal offence is the more serious offence. 3 From 1 June 2000 the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 came into force nationally and removed the use of cautions for persons under 18 and replaced them with reprimands and warnings. These figures have been included in the totals. 4 Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used. Source: Office for Criminal Justice Reform - Evidence and Analysis Unit
Age 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 10 to 17 241 195 137 127 148 18 to 24 1,453 1,174 860 785 910 1 Includes offences under the: Licensing Act 1872 s.12; Sporting Events (Control of Alcohol etc) Act 1985 ss.1(2)(3)(4) and 1A(2)(3)(4), 2(1)(2), 5B(2)(3), 5C(3)(4), 5D(2)(3), 6(2); Confiscation of Alcohol (Young Persons) Act 1997 s. 1; Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001 ss.12, 17, 25(3)(a)(b), 25(4)(5), 32; Criminal Justice Act 1967 s.91; Licensing Act 1964 ss. 5C(5), 6, 6, 19, 28(3), 34, 36, 39(1)(2)(3)(4), 45, 48, 51(4), 53, 59(1)(a)(b), 71(4), 72, 84, 85(2), 89, 155(1)(a), 157(1)(a)(b), 157(1)(b), 159, 160,(1 )(a)(b), 161(1)(2), 162, 163, 164(1)(2), 165, 166(1)(a)(b), 167, 168A, 168(1)(2), 169A, 169B, 169C(1)(2)(3), 169E(1), 169F, 169G, 170, 171A(1), 172, 172A, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179A(6), 179B(5)(6), 179E(8), 179H(2), 181A(1)(2)(3), 183(1)(2)(3), 184, 185, 186, 187(3)(4), 188, 193(7) Sch.8 Appendix C s. 6, Appendix D; Licensing (Young Persons) Act 2000 s.1; Licensing Act 2003 ss. 33, 40, 41, 46, 49, 56, 57, 59, 82, 83, 93, 94, 96, 108, 109, 123, 127, 128, 132, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 147A, 148, 149(1)(3)(4)(7(a)(b), 150(1)(2), 151, 152, 153, 156, 157, 158, 160, 161, 165, 168, 179, 197, Sch.8 paras 1 and 22; Violent Crime Reduction Act 2006 ss. 11,27; Road Traffic Act 1991 s. 3; Late Night Refreshment Houses Act 1969 ss. 7(2), 8, 9(1)(4), 10; Town Police Clauses Act 1847 ss. 35, 61; London Hackney Carriage Act 1843 s.28; Merchant Shipping Act 19g5 s.101(1)(a)(b), (4) and (5); Licensing Act 1902 ss.2, 6(2)(a)(b); Similar provisions in Local Acts; Road Traffic Act ss.4(1)(2) s.5(1)(a)(b), s.6(4), s.7(6); Road Traffic Act 1988 ss. 3A, 7A as added by Police Reform Act 2002 s.56, Transport and Works Act 1992 S.31A as added by Police Reform Act 2002 s.52; Licensing (Occasional Permissions) Act 1983 s.3 [Sch. Para. 2, 3(a)(b), 4(1)(2)(3), 5, 6, 7, 8(2), 9(2)]; Licensing Act 1988 s. 17, 18; Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994, s. 19; Children and Young Persons Act 1933 s. 5; Criminal Justice Act 1996 s. 6. 2 The statistics relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been found guilty of two or more offences the principal offence is the offence for which the heaviest penalty is imposed. Where the same disposal is imposed for two or more offences, the offence selected is the offence for which the statutory maximum penalty is the most severe. 3 Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used. Source: Office for Criminal Justice Reform - Evidence and Analysis Unit
Age 2004 2005 2006 2007 16 to 17 223 391 395 354 18 to 24 1,295 1,731 1,547 1,780 1 Includes offences under the: Criminal Justice Act 1967 s. 91; Licensing Act 2003 s. 141, 146(1)(3), 149(1)(3)(4), 150(1)(2), 151; Licensing Act 1872 s. 12; Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001 s. 12; 2 The offence of being 'drunk and disorderly' moved from the lower tier (£50) to the upper tier (£80) on 1 November 2004; Sale of alcohol to a person under 18, Purchasing alcohol for a person under 18, Delivery of alcohol to a person under 18 or allowing such delivery, Consumption of alcohol by a person under 18 on relevant premises, Allowing consumption of alcohol by a person under 18 on relevant premises, were added to the scheme on 1 November 2004; Sale of alcohol to a drunken person, Buying or Attempting to buy alcohol by a person under 18, were added to the Scheme with effect from 4 April 2005. 3 Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used. Source: Office for Criminal Justice Reform - Evidence and Analysis Unit
Crimes of Violence: Hertfordshire
The available information relates to offences recorded by the police and is given in the table. Hemel Hempstead comes within the Dacorum Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnership area and separate figures for Hemel Hempstead are not available centrally.
A number of changes have been made to recorded crime in response to suggestions in the two reviews of crime statistics. One such change is that the term 'violent crime' is no longer used in connection with the recorded crime statistics and figures for violence against the person are now provided.
Number of offences Area and year Burglary1 Violence against the person Vehicle crime2 Dacorum 2003-04 1,446 1,440 2,539 2004-05 1,314 2,073 2,033 2005-06 1,108 1,939 1,535 2006-07 1,149 2,155 1,540 2007-08 924 1,617 1,576 Hertfordshire 2003-04 12,783 12,356 16,885 2004-05 11,471 16,845 13,548 2005-06 10,656 16,206 12,965 2006-07 9,764 16,890 11,914 2007-08 9,534 13,348 11,366 1 Includes burglary in a dwelling and other burglary. 2 Includes theft of or from a vehicle and interfering with a motor vehicle.
Fraud: Credit Cards
A great deal of fraud can be prevented if organisations have proper fraud prevention measures in place and if individuals protect their cards and financial details. Prevention initiatives complement fraud investigation and prosecution. The Home Office therefore works closely with the payments card industry and actively supports fraud prevention initiatives introduced by the finance and retail sectors such as the Be Card Smart Online campaign introduced by the payment card industry last year with support from Vernon Coaker. I (Alan Campbell) most recently met with representatives of the payments card industry in March this year to discuss issues around card fraud.
The Government publish fraud prevention advice on the Home Office, Crime Reduction and Consumer Direct websites.
Homophobia: Crime
The ‘Saving Lives, Reducing Harm, Protecting the Public; An Action Plan for Tackling Violence 2008-11’ committed us to producing a dedicated cross-Government action plan to assist local partners in developing their responses to hate crime. This strategic action plan involves a number of actions that will aim to increase victim and community confidence in the criminal justice system, help prevent hate crimes from occurring or escalating in seriousness; and improve access to and take up of victim support. The action plan will be published over the summer.
The Government have also introduced an offence of inciting hatred on the grounds of sexual orientation in the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008. We expect the provisions on incitement to hatred on the grounds of sexual orientation to come into force in the autumn.
Offensive Weapons
Information showing the number of persons found guilty at all courts for having an article with a blade or point in a public place or on school premises, in England and Wales, broken down by police force area for 1998 to 2007 (latest available) can be viewed in the following table. Data for 2008 will be available in the autumn of 2009.
The statistics relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offence for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been found guilty of two or more offences the principal offence is the offence for which the heaviest penalty is imposed. Where the same disposal is imposed for two or more offences, the offence selected is the offence for which the statutory maximum penalty is the most severe.
Police force area 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Avon and Somerset 69 113 87 105 144 152 146 128 168 163 Bedfordshire 36 23 40 32 40 57 68 78 61 62 Cambridgeshire 35 31 15 27 46 34 62 57 67 54 Cheshire 63 52 51 36 54 54 48 82 84 108 City of London 8 4 8 9 17 19 20 18 11 9 Cleveland 31 31 21 42 69 70 81 71 76 90 Cumbria 27 37 27 28 37 45 46 50 41 46 Derbyshire 31 36 40 53 68 82 100 79 77 99 Devon and Cornwall 78 75 70 71 110 129 126 143 120 138 Dorset 41 32 32 32 55 49 59 61 67 63 Durham 30 35 43 35 76 64 68 89 91 92 Essex 97 96 100 99 103 146 201 176 175 160 Gloucestershire 34 18 17 24 26 32 42 39 39 41 Greater Manchester 242 207 222 281 298 304 344 349 393 394 Hampshire 111 93 106 114 113 153 177 162 161 169 Hertfordshire 29 28 27 25 53 83 84 92 84 68 Humberside 45 65 55 46 69 65 106 115 125 147 Kent 73 84 77 76 33 35 13 12 6 5 Lancashire 120 97 87 106 98 136 161 150 144 151 Leicestershire 69 62 54 65 76 91 98 92 113 118 Lincolnshire 40 54 46 41 50 71 65 53 69 47 Merseyside 169 131 124 121 160 165 199 198 218 215 Metropolitan Police 1,327 1,083 1,164 1,507 1,871 1,687 1,615 1,698 1,691 1,459 Norfolk 50 46 36 41 59 69 70 69 62 78 North Yorkshire 34 45 33 45 52 50 69 66 57 52 Northamptonshire 11 14 8 3 2 2 3 6 1 4 Northumbria 101 114 121 153 171 183 211 216 217 259 Nottinghamshire 41 45 47 56 68 85 115 117 144 152 South Yorkshire 58 63 66 114 146 147 117 169 150 138 Staffordshire3 39 42 — 34 68 63 71 60 92 86 Suffolk 22 26 30 31 61 52 68 69 106 89 Surrey 13 12 25 32 27 37 40 35 37 42 Sussex 66 92 84 100 127 123 114 121 138 140 Thames Valley 79 75 54 77 85 76 117 145 178 139 Warwickshire 30 24 19 18 26 18 27 23 30 32 West Mercia 38 28 33 45 41 62 82 99 100 100 West Midlands 151 137 204 318 343 327 357 319 383 392 West Yorkshire 38 56 57 87 103 108 172 168 172 190 Wiltshire 35 32 28 36 37 40 50 53 70 48 Dyfed-Powys 23 29 27 31 35 36 39 45 29 35 Gwent 18 20 21 20 33 23 48 36 56 66 North Wales 55 60 42 51 74 61 67 77 113 89 South Wales 98 101 83 94 114 111 124 120 153 140 Total 3,805 3,548 3,531 4,361 5,338 5,396 5,890 6,005 6,369 6,169 1 The statistics relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been found guilty of two or more offences the principal offence is the offence for which the heaviest penalty is imposed. Where the same disposal is imposed for two or more offences, the offence selected is the offence for which the statutory maximum penalty is the most severe. 2 Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used. 3 Staffordshire police force were only able to submit sample data for persons proceeded against and convicted in the magistrates courts for the year 2000. Although sufficient to estimate higher orders of data, these data are not robust enough at a detailed level and have been excluded from the table. Source: Evidence and Analysis Unit—Office for Criminal Justice Reform
Police: Pensions
(2) how many retired police officers are aged (a) less than 50, (b) between 50 and 55, (c) between 56 and 60, (d) between 61 and 65 and (e) over 65 years old;
(3) what the average value of pension payments to retired police officers aged (a) under 50, (b) from 51 to 55, (c) from 56 to 60, (d) from 61 to 65 and (e) more than 65 years old was in the latest period for which figures are available;
(4) what the cost of payments made to police pensioners (a) under 50, (b) between 51 and 55, (c) between 56 and 60, (d) between 61 and 65 and (e) aged 65 and more was in the latest year for which figures are available.
Information on the average first-year police pension is not held centrally and data on the accrued pension rights of retiring officers by rank are not currently included in the valuation data held on the police pension schemes by the Government Actuary’s Department. Therefore it is possible to give only a broad estimate of the average annual pension payment based on the salary scale for each main rank. The following information is based on the pay scales currently in place (since 1 September 2008, effective until 31 August 2009).
Rank assumed average final salary Estimated average pension Constable 34,707 17,354 Sergeant 37,098 18,549 Inspector 46,977 23,489 Chief Inspector 50,211 25,106 Superintendent 64,095 32,048 Chief Superintendent 72,717 36,359 Assistant Chief Constable/Commander 94,851 47,426
For the rank of constable, it is assumed that a retiring officer is at the top of the pay range. For other ranks, the middle of the pay range is used. It is also assumed that the retiring officer will elect to commute the maximum amount of pension allowable in order to receive a lump sum payment on retirement, as the majority of retiring officers do elect to receive a lump sum. This would mean the officer’s first-year pension payment would be 50 per cent. of his or her final salary. Given that the factors for calculating the commutation of a lump sum payment are based on the age of each officer, it is not possible to estimate an average amount for a lump sum payment.
The salary level of an officer of rank deputy chief constable (deputy assistant commissioner in the Metropolitan police) and above depends on the police force in which the officer serves. In the light of this, and the relatively small number of senior officers, estimating an average pension payment for these ranks would not provide an accurate reflection of the situation on retirement of an officer and could be misleading.
From the valuation data on the police pension scheme held by the Government Actuary’s Department, as at 31 March 2008 the total number of retired police officer pensioners, split by age, is broadly as follows (figures are rounded to the nearest 100)
Group Number Less than age 50 9,300 Between age 50 and 55 19,800 Between age 56 and 60 19,000 Between age 61 and 65 18,300 Over age 66 34,800
Information on the cost and value of police pensions broken down into different age groups is not held centrally.
Northern Ireland
Public Safety: Dissident Terrorists
While no one should underestimate the capacity of these individuals to cause serious harm, it is even more the case today than a year ago that the people of Northern Ireland will not allow them to succeed.
Decommissioning: Loyalist Paramilitaries
The Independent International Commission on Decommissioning has recently confirmed to me that it has witnessed a major decommissioning event by the Ulster Volunteer Force and Red Hand Commando, and that they have been advised that this includes all the arms under their control. I am pleased with this significant act of leadership by those who have been persuaded that democracy is the only way forward.
The IICD has also confirmed that it has witnessed a decommissioning event by the Ulster Defence Association, which represents a significant move. I encourage them to continue their engagement with the IICD and complete decommissioning as soon as possible.
Serving Police Officers
On the 1 July 2009 there were 7,274 regular officers including 163 student officers. There are also 472 full-time reserve officers and 739 part-time reserve officers in Northern Ireland. The current composition is based on Patten’s recommendation of a force strength of 7,500 regular officers.
Romanian Nationals: Attacks
I refer the hon. Gentleman to the answer I gave earlier to the hon. Member for Kettering (Mr. Hollobone) and the hon. Member for Rochford and Southend, East (James Duddridge).
Departmental Information Officers
The following table shows the cost to the Northern Ireland Office, including the Public Prosecution Service Northern Ireland and excluding its agencies and NDPBs, of employing press office staff other than press officers in each year since 1999 to 2000.
Financial year Total (£) 1999-2000 413,753.13 2000-01 446,494.02 2001-02 452,404.98 2002-03 473,532.04 2003-04 502,576.39 2004-05 508,937.23 2005-06 567,582.21 2006-07 550,152.19 2007-08 510,555.08 2008-09 491,404.49
Financial records are not available for the years before 1999 to 2000.
Public Expenditure: Northern Ireland
Devolution in Northern Ireland is delivering widespread benefits to all the people of Northern Ireland and is underpinned by strong public services. The Government’s public spending plans in Northern Ireland are set out in Public Expenditure Statistical Analyses 2009 (Cm 7630).
Smuggling: Fuels
Latest HMRC figures indicate that the amount of fuel used, but not sourced in Northern Ireland, is reducing. However, we are not complacent and in the past year we have seized over 800,000 litres of illegal fuel.
Transport
A1: Speed Limits
A 40 mph speed limit has been introduced on the A1(M) in the vicinity of junction 4 to allow for major refurbishment on the Hatfield Tunnel to be undertaken.
The works started in June and will continue until April 2011.
The 40 mph temporary speed limit is in place for driver and work force safety in accordance with the requirements of Traffic Signs Manual chapter 8 road works and temporary situations.
Aviation: Caribbean
The following table shows the number of flights and passengers who departed from UK airports to destinations in the Caribbean in each of the last five years.
Thousand Flights Passengers 2004 3.9 947 2005 3.9 914 2006 4.1 951 2007 4.0 974 2008 3.8 974 Source: Department for Transport analysis of Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) data.
Total passenger flows between UK airports and individual countries are published on the CAA website in table 12.1 at the following link:
http://www.caa.co.uk/default.aspx?catid=80&pagetype=88&pageid=3&sglid=3
Driving Under Influence: Death
The estimated numbers and the percentages of all road deaths in accidents involving at least one driver over the legal alcohol limit in each year since 1980 to 2007 are given in the table. Provisional 2008 data will be available on 6 August 2009.
A drink drive accident is defined as being an incident on a public road in which someone is killed or injured and where one or more of the motor vehicle drivers or riders involved either refused to give a breath test specimen when requested to do so by the police (other than when incapable of doing so for medical reasons), or one of the following:
(i) failed a roadside breath test by registering over 35 micrograms of alcohol per 100 millilitres of breath
(ii) died and was subsequently found to have more than 80 milligrams of alcohol per 100 millilitres of blood.
However, not all drink drive accidents are detected in this way, as there are some drivers involved for whom neither of the above test results are available, even though they were over the legal limit. The Department for Transport’s statistics therefore are adjusted to allow for this in order to produce a better estimate of the number of drink drive accidents and casualties. See in article 3 of “Road Casualties Great Britain—annual report 2007” published on the Department’s website at:
http://www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/statistics/datatablespublications/accidents/casualtiesgbar/roadcasualtiesgreatbritain20071
Copies of the report have been deposited in the Libraries of the House.
Fatalities involving at least one driver over legal alcohol limit All fatalities in reported personal injury accidents Percentage of fatalities involving at least one driver over legal alcohol limit of all fallibilities 1980 1,450 6,010 24 1981 1,420 5,846 24 1982 1,550 5,937 26 1983 1,110 5,445 20 1984 1,170 5,599 21 1985 1,040 5,165 20 1986 990 5,385 18 1987 900 5,125 18 1988 790 5,052 16 1989 810 5,373 15 1990 760 5,217 15 1991 660 4,568 14 1992 660 4,229 16 1993 540 3,814 14 1994 540 3,650 15 1995 540 3,621 15 1996 580 3,598 16 1997 550 3,599 15 1998 460 3,421 13 1999 460 3,423 13 2000 530 3,409 16 2001 530 3,450 15 2002 550 3,431 16 2003 580 3,508 17 2004 580 3,221 18 2005 550 3,201 17 2006 560 3,172 18 20071 460 2,946 16 1 Provisional data. The 2007 estimates are based on a reduced sample of coroners’ returns and may be biased. They remain provisional until more complete information for 2007 is available.
Maritime and Coastguard Agency: Manpower
The number of staff employed by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA), broken down into the categories asked, since 2002 is shown in the following table. The MCA's systems only hold records back to 2002:
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Surveyors 173 177 188 194 190 192 181 Coastguard Control Centre 537 515 531 545 534 468 438 Administrative 386 411 423 473 467 536 485 Human Resources 47 55 50 57 58 58 54
Administrative staff includes, for example, senior managers and policy leads as well as administrators.
The number of directors at the Maritime and Coastguard Agency has been three from August 2008. Prior to that, in each of the last five years, the number of directors was five.
The information for (b) to (d) is not available in the format requested.
Motorcycles: Testing
The Driving Standards Agency is keeping the hazard avoidance manoeuvre under review as part of its monitoring process.
As of mid June 2009, there had been over 9,000 off-road Module 1 tests conducted, and 33 incidents, including non-injury incidents—an incident rate of 0.4 per cent.
Railway Network
24 miles of new two track high speed railway were built by London and Continental Railways for section 2 of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link completed in 2007. The Channel Tunnel Rail Link was constructed as a public private partnership project with a 90-year concession and is not the direct responsibility of Network Rail.
Otherwise, the amount of railway built each year is an operational matter for Network Rail, as the owner and operator of the national rail network. My hon. Friend should contact Network Rail's chief executive at the following address for a response to his question.
Iain Coucher
Chief Executive
Network Rail
Kings Place
90 York Way
London N1 9AG
Spending on rail infrastructure is primarily the responsibility of Network Rail. Historical spending by the company is contained in the company's annual reports and accounts, which can be found on the Network Rail website at
www.networkrail.co.uk
Government spending on the railway in the past five years is set out in National Rail Trends which is published by the Office of Rail Regulation at
http://www.rail-reg.gov.uk/server/show/nav.2026
A copy is available in the Library of the House.
Railways
Rail passenger journeys in the past five years are shown in the following table:
Passenger journeys (million) 2003-04 1,012 2004-05 1,045 2005-06 1,082 2006-07 1,151 2007-08 1,232 Source: The Office of Rail Regulation
Railways: Fares
I refer the hon. Lady to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for Lewes (Norman Baker) on 25 June 2009, Official Report, columns 1078-79W.
Railways: Franchises
The revenue share and revenue support clauses are part of the template franchise agreement and National Rail Franchise Terms that the Department for Transport has used as the basis of all recent franchise competitions. The National Rail Franchise Terms were reviewed in preparation for the last franchise competition, South Central, although no substantive changes were made to these clauses at that time. We will assess such clauses again in the course of our preparations for future franchise competitions.
Railways: Greater Manchester
[holding answer 1 July 2009]: The Department for Transport is currently calculating changes to the subsidy payments to Northern Rail in line with the Franchise Agreement. Any savings arising were taken into account in the development of the Metrolink business case.
The Department will be contributing £244.3 million towards the expansion of Metrolink to Oldham, Rochdale and Chorlton.
[holding answer 1 July 2009]: The Government are currently in discussions with relevant train operators on measures to increase peak-hour train capacity for commuters into Manchester by 2014. It is also working with Network Rail in its “Manchester Hub” study, to identify options for increasing rail capacity from 2014 onwards.
Rolling Stock: Greater Manchester
[holding answer 1 July 2009]: The Department for Transport is not planning to provide additional funding for the redeployment of the rolling stock displaced through the conversion of the Oldham Loop from heavy rail to Manchester Metrolink light rail. However, the rolling stock may be redeployed either commercially, through support from the passenger transport executive or through the High Level Output Specification Programme.
Shipping
The number of vessels surveyed and certified by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency in each of the last 10 financial years is shown in the following table:
Number of vessels surveyed and certificated 2008 2,452 2007 2,385 2006 2,479 2005 2,452 2004 2,449 2003 2,306 2002 2,279 2001 2,178 2000 2,106 1999 1,979
All surveys resulted in the issue of some form of certification.
An ex-gratia payment of £550,000 was made in 2004 in relation to a fishing vessel. No other payments have been made since 2004.
Shipping: Safety
No discussions have taken place recently between officials in the Department for Transport and its executive agencies about the removal of distress flares and other pyrotechnic devices from vessels registered under the UK flag.
Requirements to carry flares on UK ships are regulated by The Merchant Shipping (Life-Saving Appliances For Ships Other Than Ships Of Classes III To VI(A)) Regulations 1999, which enact the UK's international obligations under SOLAS Chapter III.
Marine Guidance Note 287 advises UK ship operators on the disposal of out of date pyrotechnics.
Energy and Climate Change
Carbon Sequestration
The proposals announced on 23 April 2009 are intended to complement the current CCS demonstration competition and therefore the competition will proceed as set out in the Budget statement.
Departmental Data Protection
Information is a key asset to Government and its correct handling is vital to the delivery of public services and to the integrity of HMG. The Security Policy Framework and the Data Handling Report produced by the Cabinet Office provide a strategic framework for protecting information that Government handle and put in place a set of mandatory measures which Departments must adhere to.
DECC can confirm that no officials have been disciplined or dismissed for breaches of data protection requirements or inappropriate use of personal or sensitive data in the last 12 months.
If staff are found to have been responsible for a serious breach of data security procedures, dependent upon the circumstances, a range of sanctions are available including disciplinary or administrative action, and in extreme or persistent cases, termination of employment/services and, if appropriate, criminal proceedings.
DECC operate within the following Cabinet Office frameworks in respect of data security:
Mandatory requirement 12 of the HMG Security Policy Framework, published in December 2008 states that Departments and Agencies must provide all staff with guidance on the Data Protection Act and other legislation which affects their role. Reference:
www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/spf/mandatory_requirements/mrl2.aspx
Mandatory requirements 31 to 49 of the HMG Security Policy Framework published in December 2008 includes measures that Departments must put in place in relation to information security and assurance. Reference:
www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/spf7sp4_isa.aspx
Departmental Public Consultation
In line with the code of practice on consultation, the Department of Energy and Climate Change publishes all its consultation documents on its website at:
http://www.decc.gov.uk/en/content/cms/consultations/consultations.aspx
The number of responses received for individual consultations is recorded in the Government response documents. These are published on the departmental website alongside the consultations themselves.
The total cost incurred for each consultation: The information is not available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
Energy: Meters
(2) whether his Department plans to bring forward legislation to limit the percentage of the cost of smart meters that can be passed on to consumers; and if he will make a statement.
Last year the Government announced their intention to mandate smart metering for all households, with an indicative timetable for completion of the roll-out by the end of 2020.
We are currently consulting on our approach to key aspects of the roll-out of smart meters. Our final decisions will be followed by the detailed work required to prepare for the roll-out. As part of this work, a wide range of policy, technical and operational issues will need to be addressed. These will include the start-date for roll-out and determination of appropriate regulatory frameworks.
A substantial programme of work must be completed before the roll-out of smart meters begins. As part of this, a wide range of policy and operational issues needs to be addressed to maximise the benefits that all consumers can obtain from smart metering.
There is currently a price differential between prepayment and standard credit meters because of the additional costs of prepayment meters and the infrastructure required to support them. It is anticipated that these costs will be reduced by smart metering.
(2) whether any mechanism exists for energy companies to provide smart meters to customers who request one prior to their becoming available nationally; and if he will make a statement.
The provision of smart meters ahead of a Government-mandated roll-out is a matter for energy suppliers and their customers. Suppliers are obliged to measure gas and electricity through an approved meter, but there is no obligation to provide a “smart” meter.
Customers with existing “smart” meters will continue to be able to switch energy provider, however the metering services provided by the new supplier may be different.
Energy: Prices
The Government believe that differences in charges relating to the method of payment should reflect the costs of servicing that method, and should not discriminate unfairly against any group of customers. Therefore, we strongly support the regulator Ofgem’s work putting in place rules to ensure that prices paid by consumers are cost reflective.
Ofgem’s initial probe report identified a number of areas where action was required and proposed a range of remedies.
Ofgem published its decision document on new licence conditions to prohibit undue discrimination and ensure payment methods are cost reflective on 26 June. Subject to responses, the new licence conditions should be introduced in August.
Ofgem aims to proceed to Statutory Consultation on the final package of its Energy Supply Probe remedies, including better consumer information and improved protection for small businesses, towards the end of this month and to have the new measures in licences ahead of the coming winter.
The Government believe that differences in charges relating to the method of payment should reflect no more than the costs of servicing that method, and should not discriminate unfairly against any group of customers. Therefore, we strongly support the regulator Ofgem’s work putting in place rules to give effect to this approach.
Following a consultation on their proposals Ofgem published its decision to implement a licence condition change requiring cost reflective payment methods on 26 June. Ofgem intend that this change will be in place by August 2009. This decision can be found online at:
http://www.ofgem.gov.uk/Markets/RetMkts/ensuppro/Documentsl/Addressing%20Undue%20Discrimination.pdf
Fossil Fuelled Power Stations: Planning Permission
The Government are considering the merits of emissions performance standards as part of its current consultation into the development of clean coal. A statement of the Government’s position on emissions performance standards will be given in its response to the consultation.
Sizewell A Power Station
The Department is not aware of a coolant leak which occurred at Sizewell A on 7 June 2007. It is assumed the question refers to the Sizewell A pond leakage event which was identified on 7 January 2007.
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) lead on the investigation in this case and they have informed my Department that the cause of the leak was a vertical longitudinal split in a section of 8 inch diameter plastic pipe in the cooling pond recirculation system. The alarm was raised at 11:30 hours on Sunday 7 January 2007. HSE’s initial assessment is that due to the nature of the split in the pipe the breach is most likely to have happened suddenly and only a short time (no more than a few hours) before the alarm was raised.
I assume that the hon. Member is referring to the coolant leak at Sizewell A on 7 January 2007 as I am not aware of a coolant leak at the site on 7 June 2007.
Neither the Nuclear Installations Inspectorate nor the Environment Agency made a request to Government for additional resource as a result of the Sizewell A coolant leak event of 7 January 2007.
Solar Power: Housing
Since 2001 the Government have committed over £41 million to the development of solar PV in the UK through grant programmes and field trials. Currently solar PV has benefited significantly under the Low Carbon Buildings (LCBP) programme with an original budget of £86 million. The Government have committed a further £45 million to the Low Carbon Buildings Programme in the recent Budget. This now brings support for the programme to over £130 million.
Householder stream Year application received 2006 2007 2008 2009 Number of grants committed 365 325 669 481 Value of grants committed (£) 2,748,292.47 1,415,543.89 1,597,069.11 1,154,418.80
Year grant paid 2006 2007 2008 2009 Number of grants paid 87 506 504 436 Value of grants offered (£) 613,675.52 3,224,486.78 1,226,030.39 1,048,257.10
Combined total across other streams Year application received 2006 2007 2008 2009 Number of grants committed 2 12 — — Value of PV grant committed/paid amount (£) 83,246.00 1,009,483.89 — —
Year paid 2006 2007 2008 2009 Number of grants paid — — 3 2 Value of PV grants paid (£) — — 68,919.00 89,829.85
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Agriculture: Buckinghamshire
Data on total spend are not available at constituency or county level. The table gives, by financial year, funding allocated to the development of agricultural businesses in the South East region. These figures include payments made under rural development programmes, which includes agri-environment payments, and payments made directly to agricultural businesses by the South East of England Development Agency.
Total (£) 2004-05 4,966,000 2005-06 6,166,000 2006-07 5,437,000 2007-08 4,972,000 2008-09 5,793,000 Grand total 127,334,000 1 Source: DEFRA, Natural England, South East England Development Agency. Figures rounded up or down to the nearest thousand.
Agriculture: Hertfordshire
The following table gives, by financial year, funding allocated to the development of agricultural businesses in the East of England region from 2004-05 onwards1. Total figures are not available at county or constituency level. These figures include payments made under Rural Development Programmes, including agri-environment payments, and payments made directly to agricultural businesses by the East of England Development Agency.
1 Figures obtained from DEFRA, East of England Development Agency and Natural England.
Total (£) 2004-05 29,093,000 2005-06 33,101,000 2006-07 42,613,000 2007-08 51,088,000 2008-09 56,428,000 Grand total 212,323,000
Animals: Abuse
It is not possible to separately identify the number of persons proceeded against at magistrates courts and found guilty under the Animal Welfare Act 2006 at all courts in England and Wales for neglect of animals left in confined and hot spaces for a prolonged period1.
1 From data held by the Ministry of Justice.
Animals: Quarantine
In England, Scotland and Wales there are currently 29 authorised quarantine premises for domestic (i.e. pet) animals. Quarantine premises in Northern Ireland are licensed by DARDNI (the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development Northern Ireland).
Zoos and research establishments have not been included as the number of these establishments (which do not offer rabies quarantine for pets belonging to members of the public) that are approved can change frequently and are authorised only when required.
Avian Influenza: Poultry
The management of animal disease risks forms part of sustainable livestock production. There is a variety of different livestock production systems and each present different animal disease challenges. More intensive systems in which the animals are housed provide greater opportunities for preventing disease entering a herd or flock but higher stocking densities mean that disease, once it gains entry to a farm, may spread more rapidly. Good husbandry and management will help reduce the risk of entry but this risk cannot be eliminated. Sometimes disease will occur. This can happen in both intensive and extensive systems.
The risk of influenza has not been shown to be greater in either, although experience has shown that close contact between animals and man is an important factor in possible transmission to man.
Further, there is no evidence of a correlation between intensive farming and the frequency of influenza pandemics. Indeed, the frequency of influenza pandemics has not changed despite the intensification of livestock production in developed countries since the 1950s.
Avian Influenza: Vaccination
We would not vaccinate poultry in advance of an avian influenza outbreak, nor would we use the vaccine as an immediate disease control response, due to the limitations of the vaccines. Early reporting, rapid action, biosecurity, culling and surveillance remain the most effective ways of protecting against and controlling an avian influenza outbreak.
We keep our policy on vaccination under review in the light of scientific developments in vaccines. Vaccination also forms part of our contingency planning in view of potential uncertainties in the nature and spread of the virus. However, preventive vaccination of poultry is not the most effective defence against avian influenza, because currently available vaccines have a number of disadvantages.
With some limited exceptions, it is against the law to import, possess or administer avian influenza vaccine without authorisation from the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
Bees
DEFRA has received approximately 13 parliamentary questions, 34 letters from MPs and 123 other pieces of correspondence in the last three months on the subject of honey bee health, including funding for research. There was an MP debate about bee health organised by Dr. Ian Gibson, former Labour MP for Norwich North, on 29 April, and a House of Lords Debate about the effect of disease on the British bee population, moved by Lord Moynihan on 21 May.
DEFRA has recently provided increased funding to bee health. £2.5 million is being made available over the next five years to the insect pollinator initiative on pollinator decline. In addition, £2.3 million will be provided to the Food and Environment Research Agency’s National Bee Unit over the next two years to implement the first stage of the healthy bees plan.
Carbon Emissions
[holding answer 7 July 2009]: According to the UK greenhouse gas (GHG) Inventory: 1990-2006 report, GHG emissions from agriculture in 2006 were 44.71 Mt CO2e which was 7 per cent. of total UK emissions. Emissions for which agriculture was responsible are as follows:
18.7 Mt CO2e of methane (CH4) emissions which was 38.0 per cent. of the UK’s CH4 emissions, mainly from the digestive systems of livestock and from manure and;
25.7 Mt CO2e of nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions which was 67.4 per cent. of the total UK N2O emissions, mainly from the use of nitrogen fertiliser.
Forestry is recorded in the UK GHG inventory as part of the Land Use, Land Use Change and Forestry (LULUCF) sector which contains both sources and sinks of GHGs. In 2006, the UK GHG inventory reported the following sources and sinks for the forestry sector:
A net removal of 14.7 Mt CO2, resulting from the growth of existing forests, and results of afforestation, but also accounting for emissions associated with deforestation (a removal, but in magnitude equivalent to 3 per cent. of UK CO2 emissions);
A source of 0.0029 Mt CO2e CH4 from wildfires and biomass burning (less than 0.1 per cent. of UK CH4 emissions);
A source of 0.0043 Mt CO2e N2O emissions from forest wildfires, biomass burning and nitrogen fertilisation of forest land (less than 0.01 per cent. of UK N2O emissions).
Dairy Farmers of Britain: Insolvency
Dairy Farmers of Britain (DFoB) is registered by the Financial Services Authority (FSA) under the Industrial and Provident Societies Act 1965. The FSA, in its capacity as registering authority, is working closely with the Receivers, who will be examining the reasons for the failure of DFoB and publishing their findings in a report to all creditors.
The Industrial and Provident Societies Act provides the FSA with only limited powers of investigation, and these are linked to its obligation to be satisfied that a society qualifies for registration under the Act.
The Receivers—PricewaterhouseCoopers were called in on 3 June. They have estimated the total financial costs to DFoB members to be around £83 million.
Departmental Energy
DEFRA became responsible for implementing energy efficiency measures throughout the DEFRA in 2006. Since that date expenditure on energy efficiency measures is as shown in the table (DEFRA Estates does not hold information for the period 2004-06).
£ 2006-07 244,272 2007-08 1,187,697 2008-09 2,369,134
These data do not include expenditure on energy efficiency measures in new builds and refurbishments as sustainable technologies and energy efficiency measures are inherent in the overall programme and costs.
The measures implemented by DEFRA Estates resulted in achievement of the Energy Efficiency Accreditation Scheme (EEAS) in 2007 and the Carbon Trust Standard in 2008, both of which are independently assessed and confirm increased energy efficiency and a reduction in carbon emissions.
DEFRA has already met the Sustainable Operations on the Government Estate (SOGE) Target for reducing carbon emissions from offices and the continued programme of spend on efficiency measures will ensure that the Department is in the best possible position when Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC) begins in 2012. In addition, a Sustainable Built Environment Workplace Support (SBEWS) delivery partnership with Interserve plc which spans a 15-year period will deliver significant efficiencies, not just in energy but across the entire range of SOGE targets.
Departmental Information Officers
The requested information cannot be provided due to disproportionate costs.
Dogs: Tagging
There are no plans to assess the effect of dog microchipping schemes on levels of (a) crime and (b) perception of crime.
Domestic Waste Disposal
The Waste and Resources Action Programme's (WRAP) records on the frequency of collection arrangements have not been updated since the local government reorganisation in April 2009. However, WRAP'S understanding is that these arrangements are still continuing exactly as they did before the local government reorganisation took place.
Farmers: Manpower
The number of farmers on dairy, arable, beef and sheep holdings in June 2008 (the latest data available) are shown in the following table. The type of farm is determined by the predominant agricultural activity taking place on the holding, using data from the annual June Survey of Agriculture. Beef and sheep farms are not categorised separately.
The number of farmers on mixed holdings are also shown as these are holdings with both livestock and crops but where neither activity dominates.
(a) Dairy farmers (b) Arable farmers (c) and (d) Beef and sheep farmers (e) Mixed farmers Dairy Cereals General cropping Grazing livestock (LFA) Grazing livestock (lowland) Mixed Hartlepool and Stockton-on-Tees 17 147 1— 0 58 22 South Teesside 29 75 1— 29 28 44 Darlington 18 129 24 0 53 46 Durham CC 133 534 37 1,078 458 234 Northumberland 89 711 75 1,333 430 367 Tyneside 1— 85 1— 18 43 36 Sunderland 0 35 0 0 10 1— West Cumbria 771 118 32 760 768 215 East Cumbria 1,402 175 40 2,608 1,093 348 Halton and Warrington 24 89 55 0 35 25 Cheshire CC 1,337 392 252 263 1,405 288 Greater Manchester South 35 30 21 106 74 18 Greater Manchester North 127 115 24 335 149 54 Blackburn with Darwen 24 0 1— 113 19 11 Blackpool 0 0 0 0 — 0 Lancashire CC 1,388 184 494 1,548 1,149 314 East Merseyside 0 103 45 0 27 11 Liverpool 0 1— 0 0 1— 0 Sefton 0 19 32 0 25 1— Wirral 22 15 10 0 33 11 Kingston upon Hull, City of 0 1— 1— 0 0 0 East Riding of Yorkshire 70 1,329 671 0 431 331 North and North East Lincolnshire 10 413 195 0 144 70 York 20 149 76 0 84 40 North Yorkshire CC 1,364 2,320 845 2,816 1,898 1,208 Barnsley, Doncaster and Rotherham 115 605 98 102 239 131 Sheffield 42 21 1— 157 36 18 Bradford 83 1— 0 435 78 38 Leeds 34 133 57 56 131 45 Calderdale, Kirklees and Wakefield 173 221 55 932 167 163 Derby 0 1— 0 0 12 1— East Derbyshire 104 205 45 126 194 123 South and West Derbyshire 791 318 81 1,257 654 260 Nottingham 0 1— 0 0 1— 0 North Nottinghamshire 60 607 230 0 287 162 South Nottinghamshire 34 278 61 0 164 82 Leicester 0 1— 1— 0 1— 0 Leicestershire CC and Rutland 340 1,080 96 0 1,110 333 Northamptonshire 59 1,107 65 0 862 247 Lincolnshire 100 2,688 1,513 0 776 422 Herefordshire, County of 218 544 492 511 1,431 642 Worcestershire 181 574 304 0 1,290 338 Warwickshire 139 925 127 0 1,005 337 Telford and Wrekin 42 73 69 0 101 32 Shropshire CC 997 837 347 915 1,763 785 Stoke-on-Trent 1— 1— 0 0 43 1— Staffordshire CC 1,343 545 258 1,064 1,269 356 Birmingham 1— 23 1— 0 6 0 Solihull 11 54 1— 0 74 28 Coventry 1— 12 1— 0 27 11 Dudley and Sandwell 1— 0 1— 0 14 7 Walsall and Wolverhampton 1— 1— 18 0 16 1— Peterborough 1— 131 72 0 20 1— Cambridgeshire CC 14 1,502 849 0 311 118 Norfolk 95 1,404 1,858 0 862 507 Suffolk 85 1,827 737 0 660 356 Luton 0 1— 0 0 1— 1— Bedfordshire CC 25 729 93 0 225 79 Hertfordshire 29 646 20 0 278 67 Southend-on-Sea 0 0 0 0 0 1— Thurrock 0 24 1— 0 35 1— Essex CC 31 1,797 289 0 508 257 Inner London—west 0 1— 0 0 1— 0 Inner London—east 0 0 0 0 1— 1— Outer London—east and north-east 0 30 17 0 19 1— Outer London—south 0 20 5 0 20 8 Outer London—west and north-west 1— 1— 1— 0 20 14 Berkshire 26 242 28 0 263 73 Milton Keynes 13 112 — 0 63 12 Buckinghamshire CC 114 462 34 0 697 249 Oxfordshire 102 951 84 0 700 278 Brighton and Hove 1— 1— 1— 0 8 1— East Sussex CC 114 342 81 0 1,263 274 Surrey 73 129 24 0 644 82 West Sussex 111 419 107 0 720 197 Portsmouth 0 0 0 0 1— 0 Southampton 1— 1— 1— 0 1— 1— Hampshire CC 190 793 112 0 1,260 313 Isle of Wight 57 88 21 0 267 49 Medway 0 18 20 0 28 1— Kent CC 102 895 334 0 1,500 389 Bristol, City of 0 1— 1— 0 24 0 N and NE Somerset, S Glos. 403 279 35 0 972 231 Gloucestershire 432 748 88 0 1,699 413 Swindon 24 65 1— 0 50 15 Wiltshire CC 506 871 73 0 1,244 293 Bournemouth and Poole 1— 0 0 0 10 1— Dorset CC 789 447 53 0 1,539 290 Somerset 1,338 685 167 507 2,706 592 Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 1,251 609 396 954 2,377 925 Plymouth 0 1— 1— 0 20 0 Torbay 1— 0 0 0 27 19 Devon CC 2,419 1,081 334 2,172 4,594 1,491 England 20,122 35,402 12,843 20,194 45,827 15,915 1 Suppressed to prevent disclosure of information about individual holdings. Notes: 1.Farmers includes full- and part-time farmers, partners, directors and spouses if working on the holding. 2.The grazing livestock farm type categories also include a small number of holdings with farmed deer and goats. Source: June Agricultural Survey
Grants: Tamworth
The Rural Enterprise Scheme, the Processing and Marketing Grant and Vocational Training Scheme formed part of the England Rural Development Programme (ERDP) which closed on 31 December 2006. The Programme covered the period 2000 to 2006. The following table provides the number of projects approved under these schemes in the West Midlands region during the life of the ERDP. Figures are not available at a constituency level. Figures for the actual number of trainees assisted under the Vocational Training Scheme are available only on a national (England) basis.
Scheme 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 Total Processing marketing grant (PMG) 0 2 4 6 9 4 8 33 Rural enterprise scheme (RES) 0 23 51 58 100 100 80 412 Vocational training scheme (VTS) 0 5 5 5 19 13 11 58 Total 0 30 60 69 128 117 99 503 Source: DEFRA.
Grocery Trade: Competition
My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State has not discussed the proposed Groceries Supply Code of Practice (GSCOP) with the Competition Commission.
In its inquiry into the groceries market the Commission found that one of the features that adversely affected competition in the market was the exercise of buyer power by certain grocery retailers with respect to their suppliers of groceries, through the adoption of supply chain practices that transfer excessive risks and unexpected costs to those suppliers. The GSCOP is being introduced by the Competition Commission, which is an independent public body, in response to this finding.
Incinerators
The Environment Agency’s consultation on H14 ecotoxicity was a public consultation to which any individual or organisation was welcome to respond. The consultation period started on 10 September 2007 and finished on 6 November 2007.
I am arranging to have placed in the Library of the House the responses to the consultation on H14 ecotoxicity.
Pesticides Safety Directorate: Consultants
External consultancy spend in each of the last five financial years for the Pesticides Safety Directorate was as follows:
Spend activity Amount (£000) 2008-09 IT security accreditation 27 Specialist IT support 61 Annual Report and Accounts (design and printing) 10 Customer survey 10 Other 2 Total 110 2007-08 Specialist IT support 30 Annual Report and Accounts (design and printing) 10 Staff survey and IIP review 6 Other 2 Total 48 2006-07 Specialist IT support 11 Annual Report and Accounts (design and printing) 10 Support to EU twinning project 7 Other 7 Total 35 2005-06 Specialist IT support 36 Annual Report and Accounts (design and printing) 7 Business development 30 Recruit Director of Finance, IT and Corporate Services 9 Other 10 Total 92 2004-05 Specialist IT support 63 Annual Report and Accounts (design and printing) 12 Staff survey 17 Other 11 Total 103
Property Searches
Officials in my Department have had discussions with all these bodies on the classification of local authority property search data as environmental information and these discussions are ongoing.
We understand the Information Commissioner intends to issue further guidance shortly.
Recycling
While decisions on the most suitable waste management solution for an area are best left to the local authority concerned, DEFRA has always advised waste collection authorities to be open-minded and understanding when considering particular residents' needs, and flexible in the solutions the authority offers. Many local authorities offer assisted collections to the elderly to ensure, among other things, that they are able to fully participate in recycling and reuse initiatives.
Four of the Government Office Regions have dedicated Regional Recycling Forums: the North West, North East, London and the South East.
Regional Planning and Development: Finance
In 2008-09, DEFRA and the Department for Communities and Local Government provided £4 million to Regional Improvement and Efficiency Partnerships (RIEPs) for the delivery of a Climate Change Best Practice Programme. Responsibility for this programme passed from DEFRA to the Department for Energy and Climate Change on its creation in October 2008.
DEFRA provided a further £500,000 in 2008-09 and 2009-10 to support the RIEPs work on waste. The funding was paid to Improvement and Efficiency South East, which leads the RIEPs’ national work in this area, to support local authorities develop partnership working on waste. This can help promote improvements to service delivery and realise efficiencies.
Veterinary Laboratories Agency: Manpower
I have placed in the House Library the tables providing information on staff numbers at each of the VLA’s 16 locations over the last five years.
Voluntary Organisations
DEFRA does not hold this information centrally. The Department's grant programmes are administered by a wide range of delivery bodies.
To collect the information centrally would incur disproportionate cost.
Waste Disposal: Fees and Charges
DEFRA does not create ROAME (Rationale, Objectives, Appraisal, Monitoring, Evaluation) statements for individual research projects but the process is adopted to provide a clear statement of rationale for developing projects under particular evidence programmes. ROAME statements have been created for each of the themes (A-F) of DEFRA's Waste and Resources Evidence Strategy (2007-11). The project WR0708 falls under Theme A of this programme: Understanding Economics and Incentives. As requested, the ROAME statement for this part of the programme has been placed in the House Library.
Water Meters
Assistance is currently available to low income households that are metered through the Government’s Vulnerable Groups Tariff, also known as WaterSure. This caps bills at the average bill for their water company if they receive means-tested benefits and suffer either from a medical condition which causes a substantial increase in the use of water or have three or more dependent children under 19 in full-time education. The independent Walker Review of charging for household water and sewerage services is looking at whether WaterSure should be revised.
The interim report of the independent Walker Review of charging for household water and sewerage services was published on 29 June. It includes analysis of the costs and benefits of metering and the affordability of water. The report is available on DEFRA’s website.
The final report is expected to be published in the autumn and the Government will provide a full response to this.
Ministers have regular meetings with the Consumer Council for Water, which represents the interests of water customers. These include discussions around metering and affordability.
The independent Walker Review of charging for household water and sewerage services received 78 responses to its call for evidence and held five stakeholder workshops. These included representations on metering and affordability.
Women and Equality
Council Housing Waiting Lists
The ability to attach priority to local connection will continue to be an important tool as local authorities use allocation policies to address socio-economic disadvantage.
Staff Survey
A copy of the Equality and Human Rights Commission staff survey results has been placed in the Library of the House on their behalf.
Cabinet Office
Charities: Essex
Capacitybuilders funding by constituency in Essex is as follows: Braintree: £325,037; Saffron Walden: £88,025; Rochford and Southend, East: £310,992; West Chelmsford: £125,880; Harwich: £3,000; Harlow: £2,000; Brentwood and Ongar: £2,000; Thurrock: £1,000. Please note that most funded projects will be providing benefit to a number of constituency areas. The variation in awards is due to the different types of funding programmes provided by Capacitybuilders. All allocations are subject to satisfactory verification of recipients’ details. More information on the split between constituencies by grant programme is available as follows.
Programme Constituency Allocation (£) Consortium Development Grant Braintree 194,000 Improving Reach Grant Saffron Walden 41,025 Improving Reach Grant Rochford and Southend, East 308,992 Consortium Modernisation Grant Braintree 64,607 Consortium Modernisation Grant Braintree 62,430 Real Help for Communities Modernisation Fund Braintree 4,000 Social Enterprise Programme West Chelmsford 118,880 Regional Network Fund Saffron Walden 45,000 Real Help for Communities Modernisation Fund Rochford and Southend, East 1,000 Real Help for Communities Modernisation Fund West Chelmsford 1,000 Real Help for Communities Modernisation Fund Harwich 1,000 Real Help for Communities Modernisation Fund Harlow 1,000 Real Help for Communities Modernisation Fund Harwich 1,000 Real Help for Communities Modernisation Fund West Chelmsford 1,000 Real Help for Communities Modernisation Fund Brentwood and Ongar 1,000 Real Help for Communities Modernisation Fund West Chelmsford 1,000 Real Help for Communities Modernisation Fund West Chelmsford 1,000 Real Help for Communities Modernisation Fund Rochford and Southend, East 1,000 Real Help for Communities Modernisation Fund Brentwood and Ongar 1,000 Real Help for Communities Modernisation Fund West Chelmsford 1,000 Real Help for Communities Modernisation fund Saffron Walden 1,000 Real Help for Communities Modernisation Fund Saffron Walden 1,000 Real Help for Communities Modernisation fund Harlow 1,000 Real Help for Communities Modernisation Fund Thurrock 1,000 Real Help for Communities Modernisation Fund Harwich 1,000 Real Help for Communities Modernisation Fund West Chelmsford 1,000 Real Help for Communities Modernisation Fund West Chelmsford 1,000
Intelligence Services: Information and Communications Technology
There is no project director for the SCOPE programme.
Lobbying
I refer my hon. Friend to the evidence I gave to the Public Administration Select Committee on 2 July 2009. I expect to be in a position to respond before the summer recess.
Managing Diversity
This is a matter for the National School of Government. I have asked the principal and chief executive to reply.
Letter from Rod Clark, dated July 2009:
In the Written Ministerial Statement to the House on 9 January 2007 (Official Report Col 5WS), the then Parliamentary Secretary for the Cabinet Office (Pat McFadden MP) announced that the National School of Government was now a Non Ministerial Department. Consequently, the Minster for the Cabinet Office has asked me to reply to your Parliamentary Question about the National School of Government.
The National School of Government's Managing Diversity five-day programme is for HR Practitioners and Diversity Officers from any organisation from all sectors. The 2008 course included one official from the following public authorities:
Channel 4;
University of Lincoln;
Charity Commission;
HM Prison Service;
Victoria and Albert Museum;
Suffolk Constabulary;
Ministry of Justice; and
two from the Department for Work and Pensions.
National School of Government
(2) how much funding the Government is providing to the National School of Government in 2009-10;
(3) how much the National School of Government received from each Government Department in payment for courses for their staff in each of the last three years.
This is a matter for the National School of Government. I have asked the principal and chief executive to reply.
Letter from Rod Clark, dated July 2009:
In the Written Ministerial Statement to the House on 9 January 2007 (Official Report Col 5WS), the then Parliamentary Secretary for the Cabinet Office (Pat McFadden MP) announced that the National School of Government was now a Non Ministerial Department. Consequently, the Minister for the Cabinet Office has asked me to reply to your Parliamentary Questions about the National School of Government.
The National School has running cost provision in the 2009-10 Main Parliamentary Estimates of £30,395,000 (PQ 283581).
The National School recovers the large majority of its costs from charging for the learning and development and consultancy services that it provides and is expected to earn Appropriations-in-Aid of £30,000,000 in 2009-10. £395,000 net funding is provided to the National School via the Parliamentary Estimate (PQ 283582).
The attached table shows the income that the National School received from government departments including agencies and other bodies in the financial years 2006-07, 2007-08 and 2008-09 (PQ 283588). The income relates to departments:
1. sending staff on the School’s open programmes that are contained in our portfolio. Latest information on courses and services is available on the National School website:
http://www.nationalschool.gov.uk
2. commissioning the School to run tailored programmes specifically for the department; and
3. consultancy work.
Some of the tailored work commissioned by departments may involve the attendance on programmes of people from outside the department. In particular, the Department for International Development commissions the School to carry out international work as part of the UK aid programme.
£ Organisation 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 Animal Health 3,125.00 21,192.00 29,000.00 Army Training and Recruiting Agency 0.00 75,000.00 0.00 Assets Recovery Agency 34,707.00 56,794.00 1,260.00 Attorney-Generals Office 3,662.00 2,857.00 7,880.00 Big Lottery Fund 18,520.00 14,729.00 18,585.00 British Embassy 19,902.00 14,186.00 2,695.50 British High Commission 188,137.02 181,284.32 97,535.30 British Library 1,050.00 7,036.10 3,760.50 Buying Solutions 38,781.06 16,906.00 5,658.40 Cabinet Office 695,262.05 746,434.78 704,425.27 Central Office of Information 58,522.00 57,571.00 55,719.20 Central Science Laboratory 2,100.00 6,995.00 6,715.00 Centre for Applied Learning 14,608.00 9,492.00 0.00 Centre for Applied Learning (CAL) 0.00 25,177.79 17,275.00 Centre for Environment Fisheries and Aquaculture Science 4,290.00 10,180.00 16,365.00 Charity Commission 6,647.00 8,445.00 20,926.00 Child Support Agency 49,012.98 43,810.25 18,097.00 Commonwealth Secretariat 0.00 28,705.50 25,335.60 Communities and Local Government 696,004.58 658,672.50 627,285.50 Companies House 13,594.00 12,544.00 12,767.50 Criminal Justice System 655.00 957.50 3,750.00 Criminal Records Bureau 69,569.66 11,435.00 16,321.25 Crown Office 2,860.00 295.00 0.00 Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service 32,445.00 15,135.50 14,185.00 Crown Prosecution Service 103,600.22 132,822.70 110,068.00 Crown Solicitors Office 825.00 300.00 640.00 Customs and Revenue Internal Governance 0.00 3,016.20 0.00 Defence Bills Agency 0.00 0.00 19,200.00 Defence Estates 87,731.27 2,850.00 5,130.00 Defence Procurement Agency 1,550.00 0.00 0.00 Defence Science and Technology Laboratory 57,834.00 30,215.00 42,155.96 Defence Storage and Distribution Agency 3,940.98 0.00 2,500.00 Defence Support Group 0.00 0.00 450.00 Department for Business, Innovation and Skills 529,949.83 636,858.63 1,094,762.88 Department for Children, Schools and Families 770,205.47 702,053.29 737,187.63 Department for Culture, Media and Sport 204,312.35 270,726.45 240,528.80 Department for Employment and Learning 18,410.00 3,800.00 1,850.00 Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 789,963.79 816,484.64 592,635.09 Department for International Development 1,295,474.76 1,683,721.55 1,735,146.65 Department for Regional Development 15,819.00 19,010.00 8,510.00 Department for Social Development, N. Ireland 259,753.28 111,723.69 14,207.07 Department for Transport 565,741.01 521,764.10 498,985.41 Department for Work and Pensions 399,109.84 796,729.52 1,477,014.74 Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure NI 3,998.99 0.00 425.00 Department of Education NI 18,605.00 14,740.00 146.00 Department of Energy and Climate Change 0.00 0.00 12,904.00 Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment 1,165.00 650.00 425.00 Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment NI 15,300.00 15,365.00 1,420.00 Department of Health 379,172.96 489,235.82 568,525.99 Department of Health Social Services and Public Safety NI 28,333.66 650.00 18,365.00 Department of Justice Equality and Law Reform 3,280.00 3,380.00 0.00 Department of the Environment 16,944.00 8,610.00 4,210.00 Department of the Marine and Natural Resources 370.00 0.00 0.00 Drinking Water Inspectorate 0.00 0.00 1,570.00 Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency 142,469.64 111,404.55 110,443.70 Driver and Vehicle Testing Agency (NI) 1,125.00 0.00 0.00 Driving Standards Agency 30,089.26 22,323.00 42,775.00 Emergency Planning College 13,517.75 0.00 0.00 Environment and Heritage Service Northern Ireland 355.00 95.00 3,000.00 European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites 2,686.66 0.00 0.00 Export Credits Guarantee Department 26,015.84 51,151.50 26,769.00 Fire Service College 11,793.50 8,620.00 4,520.00 Fisheries Research Services Marine Laboratory 7,980.00 10,901.00 1,525.00 Food and Environment Research Agency 0.00 4,170.00 1.825.00 Food Standards Agency 325,528.19 406,997.81 282,230.01 Football Licensing Authority 400.00 1,515.00 3,844.00 Foreign and Commonwealth Office 761,098.43 797,549.02 1,352,216.14 Forensic Science Service 36,536.68 11,884.00 2,525.00 Forestry Commission 31,575.50 65,366.00 78,434.86 Gambling Commission 0.00 0.00 245.00 General Register Office (Scotland) 7,830.00 3,815.00 2,380.00 Government Actuary’s Department 370.00 370.00 6,750.00 Government Car and Despatch Agency 1,980.00 5,360.00 1,000.00 Government Communication Bureau 29,150.00 19,525.00 5,675.00 Government Communication Planning Directorate 30,705.32 19,141.56 22,863.78 Government Communications Centre 0.00 0.00 6,500.00 Government Communications Headquarters 104,196.09 177,503.93 198,401.70 Government Equality Office 0.00 0.00 9,949.50 Government Office for the East of England 0.00 3,975.00 975.00 Government Office for the North West 105,279.84 125,066.19 104,368.29 Government Office for the South West 29,900.27 18,010.00 4,015.00 Government Skills 0.00 4,385.00 32,549.50 Govnet Communications 0.00 800.00 0.00 Health and Social Care Information Centre 1,640.00 0.00 0.00 Health and Safety Commission 0.00 305.00 0.00 Health and Safety Executive 247,182.20 298,267.57 221,732.00 Health and Safety Laboratory 6,746.00 1,700.00 6,525.00 Her Majesty’s Government Communication Centre 5,400.00 20,160.00 18,480.50 Highways Agency 147,286.52 128,602.50 116,830.00 Historic Scotland 3,728.00 2,495.00 4,102.50 HM Courts Service 36,025.40 85,219.50 101,623.00 HM Inspectorate of Probation 0.00 0.00 10,000.00 HM Prison Service 186,780.94 325,205.71 336,955.61 HM Revenue and Customs 672,134.69 566,218.85 1,108,759.88 HM Treasury 438,574.84 428,926.99 566,797.00 Home Housing Corporation 0.00 0.00 900.00 Home Office 1,333,578.42 1,037,95823 1,325,400.68 Home Office: Border and Immigration Agency 14,090.80 29,943.00 9,565.25 Home Office: Centre for Learning and Development 0.00 3,200.00 7,200.00 Home Office: Immigration and Nationality 25,930.00 0.00 0.00 Home Office: Immigration Service 1,000.00 4,200.00 0.00 Home Office: Police Leadership and Powers Unit 0.00 18,748.50 0.00 House of Commons 168.00 0.00 535.50 Identity and Passport Service 148,643.45 150,221.94 175,972.20 Imperial War Museum 1,721.00 1,750.00 630.00 Independent Safeguarding Authority 0.00 0.00 2,020.00 Institute for Animal Health 0.00 1,134.00 1,360.00 Institute of Grassland and Environmental Research 2,890.00 0.00 0.00 Jobcentre Plus 87,214.85 55,355.17 103,064.50 Land Registry 200,159.78 305,461.00 187,680.50 Law Officers Department 0.00 0.00 705.00 Legal Services Commission 31,966.14 20,015.00 35,039.00 London Development Agency 0.00 4,025.00 1,750.00 Marine Fisheries Agency 0.00 555.00 12,575.00 Maritime and Coastguard Agency 26,624.25 17,717.50 14,329.00 Meat Hygiene Service 14,807.00 3,450.00 12,750.00 Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency 17,336.80 7,872.00 31,809.50 Met Office 57,541.63 64,230.20 30,139.80 Ministry of Defence 2,100,259.72 2,384,843.86 2,557,433.57 Ministry of Defence: Defence Equipment and Support 0.00 0.00 6,400.00 Ministry of Defence Police and Guarding Agency 0.00 0.00 9,722.72 Ministry of Justice 510,574.76 721,903.11 681,247.05 Museum of London 275.00 0.00 0.00 Museum of Science and Industry 0.00 0.00 665.00 Museums Libraries and Archives Council 5,795.00 1,385.00 1,500.00 National Archives 32,139.50 19,977.50 34,706.00 National Archives of Scotland 0.00 990.00 270.00 National Audit Office 4,545.00 9,430.00 14,055.00 National Employment Panel 0.00 4,095.00 0.00 National Gallery 0.00 600.00 630.00 National Heritage Memorial Fund 890.00 1,420.00 0.00 National Maritime Museum 0.00 4,250.00 0.00 National Museum of Science and Industry 0.00 6,530.00 0.00 National Museums of Liverpool 9,744.36 0.00 0.00 National Offender Management Service 0.00 1,760.00 14,150.00 National Portrait Gallery 0.00 850.00 350.00 National Savings and investments 4,345.00 10,288.00 7,847.00 Natural History Museum 3,520.00 1,535.00 3,250.00 Northern Ireland Audit Office 1,925.00 1,701.00 25,550.00 Northern Ireland Civil Service 4,710.00 1,870.00 1,060.00 Northern Ireland Council for the Curriculum Examinations and Assessment 0.00 600.00 0.00 Northern Ireland Court Service 36,195.00 28,966.00 38,647.00 Northern Ireland Department for Regional Development 0.00 0.00 11,600.00 Northern Ireland Executive: Department Finance and Personnel 127,356.06 42,680.28 49,710.60 Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission 470.00 0.00 0.00 Northern Ireland Office 172,310.12 155,719.05 145,076.75 Northern Ireland Prison Service 5,850.00 3,550.00 4,725.00 Office for Criminal Justice Reform 0.00 2,280.00 36,054.50 Office for National Statistics 83,336.65 117,414.00 141,930.01 Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills 59,350.00 69,080.00 63,075.00 Office of Climate Change 0.00 7,448.00 2,950.00 Office of Communications 6,264.00 4,805.00 8,017.00 Office of Fair Trading 73,978.25 38,533.00 55,756.86 Office of Gas and Electricity Markets 32,274.00 20,722.00 8,970.40 Office of Government Commerce 112,563.69 136,065.35 146,958.60 Office of Public Guardian 4,183.00 12,443.00 18,901.00 Office of Rail Regulation 43,506.00 52,744.00 35,532.50 Office of the Civil Service Commissioners 1,870.00 0.00 410.00 Office of the First Minister and Deputy First Minister 6,070.29 1,889.50 585.00 Office of the Legal Services Complaints Commissioner 8,790.00 4,580.00 895.00 Office of Water Services 9,777.50 2,200.00 6,061.00 Offices of Court Funds, Official Solicitor and Public Trustee 0.00 0.00 2,235.00 Olympic Delivery Authority 5,597.10 2,250.24 4,960.00 Ordnance Survey 12,601.50 24,065.00 16,755.50 Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland 0.00 4,680.00 841.00 Pensions Transformation Programme 1,500.00 0.00 0.00 Pesticides Safety Directorate 805.00 450.00 0.00 Planning Inspectorate 4,164.00 18,295.00 51,036.00 Postal Services Commission (Postcomm) 12,755.00 64,548.50 51,648.00 Prime Ministers Delivery Unit 0.00 0.00 750.00 Prime Minister’s Delivery Unit 2,420.00 0.00 0.00 Prime Minister’s Office 3,915.00 2,585.00 17,991.00 Prison Service College 2,720.00 0.00 0.00 Privy Council Office 36,865.00 17,850.00 4,100.00 Probation Board for Northern Ireland 0.00 0.00 945.00 Public Lending Right 1,380.00 0.00 540.00 Public Prosecution Service 0.00 10,000.00 0.00 Public Service Management Wales 0.00 0.00 350.00 Regional Co-ordination Unit 4,660.00 2,479.00 5,940.00 Registers of Scotland 41,321.50 38,880.00 54,444.00 Revenue and Customs Prosecution Office 25,220.00 72,941.50 53,264.00 Royal Armouries Museum 0.00 0.00 2,654.00 Royal Mint 2,050.00 2,350.00 350.00 Royal Parks Agency 12,214.50 8,175.00 10,740.00 Rural Payments Agency 66,269.88 71,265.50 57,441.00 Scotland Office 7,245.00 2,755.00 5,895.00 Scottish Agricultural Science Agency 2,475.00 2,425.00 4,345.00 Scottish Environment Protection Agency 17,160.29 2,212.00 28,915.00 Scottish Executive Health Department 1,445.00 0.00 0.00 Scottish Fisheries Protection Agency 0.00 1,580.00 10,395.00 Scottish Information Commissioner 0.00 0.00 3,005.00 Scottish Public Pensions Agency 11,275.05 12,825.00 19,360.49 Serious Fraud Office 17,024.00 47,941.50 31,097.00 Serious Organised Crime Agency 19,725.00 42,382.00 120,166.20 Service Personnel and Veterans Agency 0.00 1,025.00 2,000.00 Small Business Service 3,490.00 0.00 0.00 Social Security Agency 1,737.50 0.00 0.00 Specialist Procurement Services Agency 0.00 95.00 0.00 The Advocate-General for Scotland 1,825.00 0.00 0.00 The Crown Estate 285.00 0.00 0.00 The National Assembly for Wales 324,061.86 172,351.50 64,490.00 The Oil and Pipelines Agency 720.00 575.00 2,860.00 The Pension Service 70,013.23 8,665.00 32,434.00 The Planning Service 0.00 95.00 125.00 The Rent Service 34,092.10 10,990.00 16,013.00 The Royal Household 990.00 1,290.00 4,220.00 The Science and Technology Facilities Council 0.00 650.00 0.00 The Scottish Government 189,504.80 237,124.79 280,116.91 The Scottish Parliament 17,805.00 6,356.00 14,754.00 The Security Service 0.00 15,457.00 2,450.00 Training Development Agency for Schools 17,385.00 29,921.20 26,996.00 Transport for Scotland 2,770.00 2,358.00 3,295.00 Treasury Solicitor’s Department 218,860.65 255,764.75 230,353.50 Tribunals Service 1,055.00 37,867.86 26,502.00 UK Film Council 7,868.75 0.00 770.00 UK Insolvency Service 33,789.00 36,294.50 54,605.00 UK Intellectual Property Office 44,333.24 79,059.75 114,944.08 UK Permanent Representation to European Union 6,440.00 0.00 0.00 UK Sport 14,452.14 12,435.56 6,871.18 UK Trade and Investment 96,541.83 42,649.75 87,350.82 UK Visas United (Joint FCO/Home Office Directorate) 34,412.50 11,159.00 3,748.00 United Kingdom Debt Management Office 1,065.00 500.00 0.00 United Kingdom Hydrographic Office 7,253.11 13,215.00 9,915.00 Valuation and Lands Agency 470.00 0.00 0.00 Valuation Office Agency 22,910.50 22,120.00 11,590.00 Vehicle and Operator Services Agency 62,287.25 43,570.00 40,554.44 Vehicle Certification Agency 1,355.00 3,525.00 0.00 Veterinary Laboratories Agency 11,076.50 11,479.00 2,650.00 Veterinary Medicines Directorate 10,909.50 19,135.50 16,403.00 Victoria and Albert Museum 0.00 1,705.00 0.00 Wales Audit Office 3,915.00 850.00 0.00 Wales Office 3,975.00 4,596.00 1,617.00 Welsh Assembly Government 14,609.30 166,689.74 247,743.84 Wilton Park 360.00 0.00 395.00 Youth Justice Board for England and Wales 8,965.00 19,558.50 15,031.00
Stress
This is a matter for the National School of Government. I have asked the principal and chief executive to reply.
Letter form Rod Clark, dated July 2009:
In the Written Ministerial Statement to the House on 9 January 2007 (Official Report Col 5WS), the then Parliamentary Secretary for the Cabinet Office (Pat McFadden MP) announced that the National School of Government was now a Non Ministerial Department. Consequently, the Minister for the Cabinet Office has asked me to reply to your Parliamentary Question about the National School of Government.
Since July 2006 the National School of Government has run one Stress Management Workshop. Members of staff from the following public authorities attended:
The Home Office;
Department for Work and Pensions;
Communities and Local Government;
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs;
National School of Government;
Office of the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman; and
The House of Lords.
Stress Management is part of the overall Organisational Health and Well Being agenda which is recognised as essential to the component of engaging employees to achieve effective performance.