Results 1-16 of 16 for smoking speaker:Paul Goggins

Written Answers — Northern Ireland: Smoking (20 Mar 2007)

Paul Goggins: The Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety has funded the appointment of Smoke-free Environments Officers, who are currently providing advice and guidance to employers and businesses about the forthcoming smoke-free legislation. In addition, the Health Promotion Agency will next month distribute, on behalf of the Department, a smoke-free guidance pack for employers. The pack,...

Written Answers — Northern Ireland: Diabetes (7 Nov 2006)

Paul Goggins: ...and social services boards has a range of initiatives under way to raise awareness of diabetes and to reinforce the public health message of the importance of good nutrition, physical activity and smoking cessation in preventing diabetes and in slowing down the onset of complications, such as eye, renal and heart disease, which people with diabetes may develop. In 2006-07 the Department...

Written Answers — Northern Ireland: Child Health (24 Oct 2006)

Paul Goggins: ...and targeted reviews. The Young Persons Behaviour and Attitudes (YBAS) survey provides an overview of children's health and well-being and of health determinants, such as diet, physical activity, smoking and alcohol consumption. The last YBAS survey, which involved almost 7,000 young people aged 11 to 16 living in Northern Ireland, was conducted in 2003 and is scheduled to be repeated in...

Written Answers — Northern Ireland: House Fires (29 Jun 2006)

Paul Goggins: In the period January 2005 to December 2005 there were 203 cases of house fires where a smoke alarm was not fitted and 152 cases where the smoke alarm was faulty.

Written Answers — Northern Ireland: Smoking Restrictions (21 Jun 2006)

Paul Goggins: Preliminary discussions with a range of agencies have taken place to assess the implications of smoke-free legislation, which is scheduled to be introduced in April 2007. Once the draft Smoking (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 has completed its legislative process, further discussions will take place and guidance will be issued to employers, enforcement officers and the general public.

Written Answers — Northern Ireland: Prisoners' Compensation (5 Jun 2006)

Paul Goggins: ...of £10,000 Name Location Allegation DOI Amount (£) Date paid David Brown Maghaberry Assault by prisoners 28 October 1998 10,000.00 10 October 2001 Joseph Ferguson Belfast Smoke inhalation 14 October 1995 18,427.21 (this figure includes payment of CRU = 15,427.21) 25 June 2002 Robert Davidson Maze Assault by officers—tunnel 23 March 1997...

Written Answers — Home Department: Cannabis (21 Nov 2005)

Paul Goggins: ...year was reported by 9.7 per cent. of 16 to 59-year-olds, a statistically significant decrease compared with the previous year. Estimates of drug use among minors are available from the survey of smoking, drinking and drug use among secondary schoolchildren in England. Comparable estimates of drug use are available from 2001 to 2004. The level of cannabis use in the last year among the 11...

Written Answers — Home Department: Illegal Drugs (21 Jul 2005)

Paul Goggins: ...2000. There has been no significant change in the prevalence of use of either crack cocaine or heroin between 1998 and 2003–04, for any age group. 1 The Schools Survey is an annual survey of smoking, drinking and drug use among secondary school children in England aged 11 to 15. It is funded by the Home Office and the Department of Health and managed by the National Centre for Social...

Written Answers — Home Department: Drugs (4 Jul 2005)

Paul Goggins: ...in guidance commissioned by the Department of Health, published in September 2003, and entitled Dangerousness of Drugs—A Guide to the Risks and Harms associated with Substance Misuse". The smoking of cannabis presents a health risk with an increased incidence of bronchitis, asthma and lung cancer as well as disorders of the heart and circulation. Preliminary studies of lung function...

Written Answers — Home Department: Class A Drugs (Teenagers) (9 Jun 2005)

Paul Goggins: The Home Office does not have drug use data broken down to the level of individual boroughs. Neither the survey of smoking, drinking and drug use amongst secondary school children nor the British Crime Survey, which are both used to measure drug use by young people, are able to provide estimates at this level. The most recent estimates of young people's drug use at the national level can be...

Written Answers — Home Department: Prisons (23 Feb 2005)

Mr Paul Goggins: holding answer 21 February 2005 Each prison develops its own no smoking" policy in line with current health and safety advice and taking into account the type of establishment it is, its population and the special needs of that population. Wherever possible prisoners should not be required to share accommodation with a smoker if they so request.

Written Answers — Home Department: Prison Service (17 Nov 2004)

Mr Paul Goggins: The Prison Service records do not identify claims that relate specifically to smoke inhalation. To provide this information could be done only at disproportionate cost.

Written Answers — Home Department: Prison Service (15 Nov 2004)

Mr Paul Goggins: Information on levels of sickness by Prison Service staff due to smoke inhalation caused by fires is not available. Any staff that had suffered illness due to smoke inhalation are included within overall statistics of staff injured at work. The proportion of staff experiencing the effects of smoke inhalation is not known. While staff may be affected during local incidents, Prison Service...

Written Answers — Home Department: Prisons (11 Oct 2004)

Mr Paul Goggins: holding answer 22 July 2004 The review of prisoner smoking indicated in Instruction to Governors 16 of 1996 did not result in the production of a report. However in 2003 the Department of Health and the Prison Service published "AQUITTED: Best practice guidance for developing smoking cessation services in prisons". Extra funding of £500,000 has been made available for each of the three...

Written Answers — Home Department: Prison (7 Sep 2004)

Mr Paul Goggins: holding answer 22 July 2004 No departmental review of smoking in prison workplaces (where this is permitted) and prisoner smoking is planned. Governors are still operating under Instruction to Governors 16 of 1996, which instructs them where to ban smoking in prisons and gives them discretionary powers to extend this ban to other parts of the prison. Smoking policies are included in the...

Written Answers — Home Department: Prisons (11 Dec 2003)

Mr Paul Goggins: holding answer 9 December 2003 The information requested is as follows: (a) Approximately 80 per cent. of prisoners smoke. (b) There is no current estimate of the percentage of prison staff that smoke. The Directorate of Prison Health has recently completed a pilot programme to establish best practice for smoking cessation services in prisons. Five prisons were involved in the pilots and the...