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Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council: Sports Expenditure
Lord Moynihan asked Her Majesty's Government:
- What was the local authority expenditure on sport in Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council for every financial year since 1993–94.[HL1802]
Lord McIntosh of Haringey: I recommend that the noble Lord seeks this information from Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council.
Colchester City Council: Sports Expenditure
Lord Moynihan asked Her Majesty's Government:
- What was the local authority expenditure on sport in Colchester City Council for every financial year since 1993–94.[HL1803]
Lord McIntosh of Haringey: I recommend that the noble Lord seeks this information from Colchester Borough Council.
Teenage Pregnancies
Lord Chadlington asked Her Majesty's Government:
- How many 13, 14, 15, 16 and 17 year-olds became pregnant in each of the past 10 years.[HL1825]
Lord McIntosh of Haringey: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.
Letter from the National Statistician, Len Cook, dated 16 March 2004.
As National Statistician I have been asked to reply to your recent question asking how many 13, 14, 15, 16 and 17 year olds became pregnant in each of the last 10 years. (HL1825)
The most recent year for which teenage conceptions data are available is 2001.
Numbers and rates of teenage conceptions at ages 14, 15, 16 and 17 years are given in the attached table.
ONS does not publish figures by single year of age below age 14. The table therefore shows the total number of conceptions to women at all ages under 14.
| Year | Age under 14 Number | Age 14 | Number | Rate | Age 15 | Number | Rate | Age 16 | Number | Rate | Age 17 | Number | Rate | ||||
| 1992 | 363 | 1,632 | 5.8 | 5,222 | 18.9 | 11,932 | 41.5 | 18,403 | 61.4 | ||||||||
| 1993 | 368 | 1,774 | 5.8 | 5,125 | 18.3 | 11,031 | 39.9 | 17,504 | 60.8 | ||||||||
| 1994 | 397 | 1,938 | 6.1 | 5,460 | 18.0 | 11,336 | 40.3 | 16,960 | 61.0 | ||||||||
| 1995 | 382 | 1,834 | 5.8 | 5,835 | 18.5 | 12,382 | 40.7 | 17,447 | 61.7 | ||||||||
| 1996 | 451 | 1,961 | 6.5 | 6,445 | 20.3 | 14,284 | 45.2 | 20,349 | 66.8 | ||||||||
| 1997 | 365 | 1,964 | 6.4 | 5,942 | 19.6 | 14,058 | 44.2 | 21,029 | 66.5 | ||||||||
| 1998 | 423 | 1,988 | 6.4 | 6,041 | 19.7 | 13,802 | 45.6 | 21,865 | 68.6 | ||||||||
| 1999 | 406 | 1,866 | 5.8 | 5,673 | 18.3 | 13,334 | 43.6 | 20,749 | 68.7 | ||||||||
| 2000 | 397 | 1,890 | 5.8 | 5,827 | 18.1 | 13,153 | 42.4 | 20,081 | 66.0 | ||||||||
| 2001 | 398 | 1,883 | 5.7 | 5,610 | 17.4 | 13,103 | 40.5 | 19,972 | 63.9 | ||||||||
Source:
Table 12.2, Birth Statistics, Series FM1, No. 30, Office for National Statistics.
Provisional figures.
(1) Rates per 1,000 females in each age group.
Lord Moynihan asked Her Majesty's Government:
Lord McIntosh of Haringey: No formal agreements are in place; and Clause 16 of the Horserace Betting and Olympic Lottery Bill provides for the procedures to be followed in relation to the board's assets. However, in November 2000 the Government set out their view that the principal assets—the board's capital fund and the Horseracing Forensic Laboratory—should be transferred to the British Horseracing Board, noting that the laboratory underakes drug-testing services for a number of non-racing customers and that the detailed transfer arrangements will need to take their legitimate interests into account.
Lord Greaves asked Her Majesty's Government:
The Minister of State, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (Lord Rooker): The conduct of local government reviews, including consultation on the draft recommendations, is a matter for the independent Boundary Committee.
Lord Greaves asked Her Majesty's Government:
Lord Rooker: These are matters for the independent Boundary Committee.
Lord Greaves asked Her Majesty's Government:
Lord Rooker: The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister has a target to determine 80 per cent of called-in applications and recovered appeals within 16 weeks from the close of the inquiry. In some instances a decision takes longer than this, as has been the case with the appeal relating to land at Knotts Drive, Colne, Lancashire. The case is under consideration and we aim to issue a decision as soon as possible.
Baroness Byford asked Her Majesty's Government:
Lord Rooker: Adventure Capital Fund is a partnership between the Government and key organisations in the voluntary and community sector, which is exploring a new approach to investment in community activity. The fund provides what is called "patient capital"—investment which recognises the long-term nature of community development and the importance of linking funding with support for organisational development.
Round 1 was launched in December 2002 with approximately £2.5 million funding to pilot a range of alternative approaches to financial investment for community enterprises and to develop and evaluate new assessment processes for selection. Round 2 was announced in July 2003 with funding of £4 million for innovative projects that are capable of replication and are ready for investment.
The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister contributed £400,000 towards round 1, and will contribute a further £700,000 for round 2.
Lord Howie of Troon asked Her Majesty's Government:
Lord Rooker: A proposal in the form of a draft fire safety order under the Regulatory Reform Act will be placed before Parliament shortly. Guidance to fire authorities on the exercise of statutory duties under the Fire Precautions Act 1971 has been issued in the form of "Fire Precautions Act 1971 Circulars". Twenty-nine such circulars have been issued. All except No. 27 remain in force and each, with the exception of No. 13, has relevance to fire certification. Copies of all the extant circulars will be made available in the Library of the Houses.
Lord Freeman asked Her Majesty's Government:
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Trade and Industry (Lord Sainsbury of Turville): The department is committed to the implementation of the NAO's recommendations and will report progress to the NAO in due course.
Lord Avebury asked Her Majesty's Government:
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Health (Lord Warner): The Department of Health issued guidance on security in accident and emergency departments in June 1997 through the NHS Zero Tolerance Campaign. In September 1997 further advice was issued on how to deal with violence and aggression against NHS staff. In addition, the A&E Modernisation Programme enabled departments to be refurbished and upgraded which included improved security measures designed to better protect staff from violence and abuse.
There are no current plans to conduct a further review.
What agreements are in place concerning the transfer of assets owned by the Horserace Betting Levy Board following its proposed abolition.[HL1834]
Why the explanatory leaflets issued by the Boundary Committee setting out the draft recommendations for unitary local authorities in Lancashire in the event of a regional assembly were distributed in some parts of the county and not in others; and on what basis the decision on where to distribute the leaflets was made.[HL1755]
Whether there will be further public consultation by the Boundary Committee on recommendations for new unitary local authorities in Lancashire and
other counties in the event that their revised recommendations are significantly different from their draft recommendations.[HL1756]What are the reasons for the delay in issuing the report and decision of the inspector following the public inquiry in April 2003 into the planning appeal number APP/E2340/A/02/1098593 (land at Knotts Drive, Colne, Lancashire) and when they expect the decision to be announced.[HL1699]
Further to the Written Ministerial Statement on 24 February (WS 16–19) on the expenditure limits for the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, what is the Adventure Capital Fund referred to in the £2.155 million transfer to the Home Office.[HL1723]
When they will place a Fire Safety Order before Parliament under the Regulatory Reform Act 2002; and what guidance has been given to fire authorities on the proper discharge of their existing statutory duties under the Fire Precautions Act 1971 in relation to the application for and issue or amendment of fire certificates.[HL1804]
When they will respond to the report of the National Audit Office of November 2003 entitled Success in the Regions.[HL1628]
When they last issued advice on the management of violent patients in accident and emergency departments of hospitals; and whether they will conduct a review of the problem, in consultation with the British Association for Accident and Emergency Medicine.[HL1527]
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