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Mental Illness
Lord Acton asked Her Majesty's Government:
- How many people (and what proportion of the population, broken down into age groups) they estimate:
(a) suffer from schizophrenia;
(b) are predisposed to schizophrenia; and
(c) are predisposed to other mental illnesses.[HL879]
Baroness Andrews: This information is not available in the form requested.
There were 37,736 finished consultant episodes in National Health Service hospitals for 2002–03 where schizophrenia, schizotypal and delusional disorders were the primary diagnosis.
The Office for National Statistics (http://www.statistics.gov.uk) collects information on a systematic basis about current correlates of mental illness, including age, gender, socio-economic status, physical health and other factors, and estimates mental illness prevalence rates.
Information is also available from independent research about the relationship between risk factors and the likelihood of an individual within the population developing a mental illness.
Baroness Scott of Needham Market asked Her Majesty's Government:
Lord Davies of Oldham: Draft compulsory purchase and side roads orders for the A12 Capel St Mary Pound Lane Link Road were published in July 2003. Three objections have been received and the Highways Agency is endeavouring to resolve these. Were a public inquiry to be necessary, future progress on the scheme would depend on the outcome of that inquiry.
I have asked the Highways Agency to keep the noble Baroness informed of progress.
Baroness Scott of Needham Market asked Her Majesty's Government:
What progress is being made with plans for the Old London Road link road at Capel St Mary, Suffolk.[HL912]
What criteria are used by the Highways Agency in deciding whether to hold a public inquiry into a road scheme.[HL913]
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Lord Davies of Oldham: A public inquiry may be held into draft orders under the Highways Act 1980 and Acquisition of Land Act 1981, to which objections have been submitted. If there is a statutory objection to these orders, then a public inquiry will be held. In other cases a public inquiry will be held where the weight or nature of the objection means that the issues can be properly explored only by a public hearing.
If there are no draft orders but an environmental statement is published and representations have been received, the decision on whether an inquiry should be dispensed with in a particular case will be taken by the Government Office for the Region on behalf of the Secretary of State for Transport and the First Secretary of State.
Congestion Charging
Lord Higgins asked Her Majesty's Government:
- Further to the Answer by the Lord McIntosh of Haringey on 18 February 2003 (HL Deb, col. 1011) on congestion charging stating that the Government are committed to providing a uniform minimum standard of exemptions or concessions from local road user charges, what progress they have made in deciding on such a standard; and, in particular, what criteria they are using in establishing it.[HL953]
Lord Davies of Oldham: We plan to consult on local congestion charging guidance later this year. This will cover the scope for exemptions and concessions at both a national and local authority level, reflecting experience gained in London and Durham.
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