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Taxation: Income Tax
Lord Pearson of Rannoch asked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether they have estimated what the cost will be of the measures related to the removal of the
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Lord Davies of Oldham: The Chancellor wrote to the Chairman of the House of Commons Treasury Committee on 23 April to outline that the Government intend to do more to help low-income households. This letter made it clear that a report into the issue will be published in time for the Pre-Budget Report, and that the Chancellor will report back to the House of Commons in the Pre-Budget Report.
Waste Management
Lord Laird asked Her Majesty's Government:
Further to the Written Answer by Lord Rooker on 22 April (WA 296) concerning waste management, how they are making it easier for local authorities to plan for and put in place the waste infrastructure needed to process more recyclable materials. [HL3275]
The Minister of State, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Lord Rooker): We believe that all local authorities should have in place a strategy for managing their municipal waste. In some circumstances this is a statutory requirement. Government must also give local authorities the help they need to deliver and we have therefore produced policy and practice guidance to help local authorities in developing their strategies. Both sets of guidance are online at www.defra.gov.uk/environment/waste/localauth/planning.htm.
Local authorities are best placed to plan and deliver necessary recycling infrastructure for their areas.
Additionally, the waste infrastructure capital grant is an unring fenced capital grant that will be paid to upper tier authorities (unitary and county councils) in most of England between 2008-09 and 2010-11. The funding available has been increased from around £105 million to £185 million over the next three years. The grant will be paid to local authorities in recognition of the need to get front-end waste infrastructure, e.g. recycling and composting facilities, on the ground in time to help England meet landfill targets. The grant is front loaded, i.e. more in the first two years and less in the third year, to help local authorities that wish to invest to help meet the 2010 landfill target.
The Defra-funded waste and resources action programme (WRAP) has provided advice on the design and management of and contracting with materials recovery facilities and will be continuing with work in this area. WRAP has also supported private companies in extending reprocessing capacity in paper and organics, so that there will in turn be greater demand for recyclables collected by councils. Additionally, local authority trials of food waste collections have been funded and infrastructure provided. Investment in home composting has also been supported by WRAP.
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Young Offenders
Baroness Stern asked Her Majesty's Government:
How many occasions was restraint or restraint involving pain distraction used between 1 January and 31 March in (a) Hassockfield, (b) Rainsbrook, (c) Medway, and (d) Oakhill secure training centres. [HL3181]
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Ministry of Justice (Lord Hunt of Kings Heath): The following table, based on information provided by the Youth Justice Board, shows the number of restrictive physical interventions (RPIs) in secure training centres between 1 January and 31 March 2008.
| RPIs | January 2008 | February 2008 | March 2008 |
The table below, also based on data supplied by the Youth Justice Board, shows the number of such incidents that involved the use of a distraction technique.
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| Distractions | January 2008 | February 2008 | March 2008 |
- Data provided by the Youth Justice Board from administrative computer systems. The distraction techniques used in this period was the thumb technique.
Baroness Stern asked Her Majesty's Government:
Since 1 January how many (a) 14 year-olds, (b) 15 year-olds, (d) 16 year-olds, and (d) 17-year-olds have been transferred from secure training centres or local authority secure children's homes to young offender institutions. [HL3182]
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath: Information about outgoing transfers is not collected centrally. The Youth Justice Board informs us that providing the information requested would involve a manual search of records at establishments: this could only be done at disproportionate cost.
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