Results 1-8 of 8 for smoking speaker:John Denham

Written Answers — Home Department: Alcohol (Minors) (20 Jan 2003)

Mr John Denham: ...in Lancaster, or in the UK as a whole, is not collected centrally. However, some information is available from the Department of Health's annual, nationally representative school survey looking at smoking, drinking and drug use among young people aged 11 to 15 years old in England. Questions were last asked about purchasing alcohol in the 2000 survey. The results are shown in the table....

Written Answers — Home Department: Alcohol and Tobacco Consumption (15 Oct 2002)

Mr John Denham: ...bring alcohol into a prison without the permission of the Governor. Staff are not permitted to consume alcohol whilst on duty, and it is a disciplinary offence to do so. Prison Service policy on smoking is contained in Instruction to Governors 16/1996, Work Place Smoking Policy (a copy of which can be found in the Library) and Governors are required to develop local policies which reflect...

Written Answers — Home Department: Nuisance Neighbours (19 Jul 2002)

Mr John Denham: ...: The Housing Act 1996, which makes provision for eviction and injunctions. The Environmental Protection Act 1990, under which local authorities can deal with nuisance problems such as noise, smoke, fumes or gases emitted from premises. The Crime and Disorder Act 1998 which introduced Anti-Social Behaviour Orders (ASBOs) which can be used to prohibit individuals from acting in a manner...

Written Answers — Home Department: Drugs (18 Oct 2001)

Mr John Denham: The British Crime Survey provides data on the levels of self-reported drug use among a representative sample of the general population in England and Wales. The survey of smoking, drinking and drug use among school children provides equivalent data for those aged 11 to 15 years. Table 1 provides the relevant data for 1998 and 2000 for those aged 16 to 24 years. Table 2 provides the equivalent...

Written Answers — Home Department: Drugs (17 Oct 2001)

Mr John Denham: The survey of smoking, drinking and drug use among school children aged 11 to 15 years includes a question on whether children have been offered drugs. Information on the proportion of 11 to 15-year-olds in England who were offered drugs is presented in the table. Information regarding younger children is not available centrally. The data requested are available only for the years...

Public Bill Committee: Health and Social Care Bill: Clause 29 - Pilot schemes (1 Feb 2001)

Mr John Denham: ...include other services, pharmacists may be used as a base for other activities. Health authorities are already involving pharmacies in health education campaigns. For example, pharmacists provide smoking cessation counselling or particular services for drug misusers. Some pharmacies could be a convenient local centre for chiropody or similar services. The Government have been...

New Clause 4: Criteria for Appraisals by the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (15 Jun 1999)

Mr John Denham: ..., on occasion, for setting specific priorities—for example, the priority that we attach to the coronary heart disease national service framework. We have also given a particular priority to smoking cessation. Ministers are and must remain accountable for those decisions. On the example of smoking, as we discussed in Committee, there is a substantial body of work on the clinical and...

Oral Answers to Questions — Health: Trainee Doctors (2 Feb 1999)

Mr John Denham: My hon. Friend raises a number of important issues in his question. We set out our proposals for action to reduce smoking and dependence on tobacco in last year's White Paper, and we are moving ahead on the implementation of those measures. In addition to the need for basic undergraduate training, there is the need to continue postgraduate specialist medical training, for we have to ensure...