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Written Answers — Justice: Probation (9 Sep 2009)

George Howarth: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what percentage of offenders (a) released from prison, (b) under probation supervision without programmes and (c) under probation supervision with programmes were reconvicted within two years in the last five years.

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: International Terrorism (13 Jan 2009)

George Howarth: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of the extent to which international terrorist activity is linked to extremist activity in Pakistan; and if he will make a statement.

Written Answers — Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform: Transition Loan Fund (11 Dec 2008)

George Howarth: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what criteria apply to the making of grants from the transition loan fund through regional development agencies.

Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Pesticides (29 Oct 2008)

George Howarth: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on what date (a) his Department and (b) the advisory committee on pesticides was first informed by the manufacturers that the insecticides known as neonicotinoids have been reported in other countries to have a significant adverse impact on honey bees.

Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Pesticides (29 Oct 2008)

George Howarth: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on what date members of the Advisory Committee on Pesticides were first informed that the group of insecticides known as neonicotinoids (a) were the subject of a court case in Germany being brought by beekeepers alleging that these chemicals were responsible for large-scale death tolls among their honey bees and (b) that...

Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Pesticides (29 Oct 2008)

George Howarth: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if he will suspend immediately the use of neonicotinoid insecticides in order to protect honey bees.

Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Pesticides (29 Oct 2008)

George Howarth: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what special steps he has asked (a) the pesticides safety directorate (PSD) and (b) the advisory committee on pesticides (ACP) to take to investigate the reported high levels of deaths of British honey bees over the last two years; when he made these requests; and what advice he has received from the (i) PSD and (ii) ACP...

Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Weedkillers (27 Oct 2008)

George Howarth: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on what date (a) his Department and (b) the Advisory Committee on Pesticides was first informed by the manufacturers that the hormone-based weed killer aminopyralid or similar chemical formulations were capable of surviving ingestion by horses or cows, and being composted in manure, and then having adverse effects on...

Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Weedkillers (27 Oct 2008)

George Howarth: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on what date members of the Advisory Committee on Pesticides were first informed that aminopyralid or similar chemical formulations had been found to cause adverse effects outside the United Kingdom on crops when manure made from animal waste from animals that had grazed pasture treated with these chemicals was spread on...

Written Answers — Home Department: Missing Persons: Merseyside (23 Jun 2008)

George Howarth: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many reports of missing people were made to Merseyside police in 2007, broken down by local authority area of origin; how many of them related to (a) vulnerable adults, (b) children under the age of 12 years, (c) children aged 12 to 16 years and (d) young people aged 17 to 18 years; and how many of the reports of a missing person...

Written Answers — Justice: Prison Work (10 Jun 2008)

George Howarth: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what recent discussions he has had with business representatives on the expansion of prison work programmes.

Written Answers — Defence: Nimrod Aircraft (7 Jan 2008)

George Howarth: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when he expects the review into the Nimrod conducted by Mr. Charles Haddon-Cave QC to be published.

Written Answers — Treasury: Defence: Expenditure (21 Nov 2007)

George Howarth: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer with reference to the evidence given by the Chief Secretary to the Treasury and officials before the Treasury Select Committee on 22 October 2007, if he will place in the Library copies of all deflators used to calculate defence expenditure from 1997 onwards.

Written Answers — Health: Mental Health Services (19 Jul 2007)

George Howarth: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans he has to review mental health services; and if he will make a statement.

Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Housing (8 Feb 2007)

George Howarth: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer of 26 October 2006, Official Report, column 2036W, on the Supporting People programme, when she expects to publish the report on housing-related support through the Supporting People programme.

Written Answers — Home Department: Police Cells (9 Jan 2007)

George Howarth: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many police cells are available for use in each police force in England and Wales; and what the average occupancy rate was in police cells in the latest period for which figures are available.

Written Answers — Home Department: Police: Vehicles (19 Dec 2006)

George Howarth: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many vehicles each police force in England and Wales owns, broken down by (a) category and (b) value.

Written Answers — Home Department: Police (18 Dec 2006)

George Howarth: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much each police force cost per head of population in the last period for which figures are available.

Written Answers — Home Department: Special Branch (14 Dec 2006)

George Howarth: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many Special Branch officers there are per capita in each police force area in England and Wales.

Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Neighbourhood Management Models (12 Dec 2006)

George Howarth: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how she will assess the benefits of proposed neighbourhood management or governance models in local authority areas.