HC Deb 20 June 1991 vol 193 c249W
Mr. Ron Davies

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what licences have been issued for the animal procedures carried out on behalf of Kraft General Foods on the effects of the ingestion of coffee; and what steps have been taken to establish such procedures are in accord with practices licensed in the United Kingdom under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986;

(2) what licences have been issued for animal procedures carried out on behalf of Nestle on the effects of the ingestion of large volumes of coffee; and what steps have been taken to ensure such procedures are in accord with practices licensed in the United Kingdom under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986.

Mrs. Rumbold

We are not aware of any work of this nature being carried out in this country.

(ii) Change in recorded crime (Northumbria)
Year Recorded crime3 Percentage change from previous year Recorded crime4 Percentage change from previous year Crime cleared up Percentage change from previous year
1986 164,889 157,665 63,651
+4% +5% +13%
1987 172,057 164,956 71,875
-7% -7% -6%
1988 160,768 153,108 67,728
+13% +12%
1989 181,629 171,733 67,880
+12% +11% +13%
1990 203,825 190,248 76,654
3 Including all criminal damage.
4 Excluding offences of 'other criminal damage' valued at £20 or less.