HC Deb 06 March 2003 vol 400 cc1212-3W
Martin Linton

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list the amounts from the Windfall Tax spent on(a) each of the New Deal programmes for helping people into work, (b) the New Deal for Schools and (c) other items of expenditure; and if he will estimate what proportion of the Windfall Tax remains unspent. [100899]

Mr. Boateng

Information on the allocation of the Windfall Tax for each New Deal programme and other items of expenditure can be found on table 4.1 of the pre-Budget report published in November 2002. The amount of Windfall Tax allocated to the New Deal for Schools is included in Capital costs on table 4.1.

Information on the allocation of the Windfall Tax will be updated in Budget 2003.

Number of defendants1 proceeded against at magistrates courts and convicted at all courts for offences relating to animal cruelty
England and Wales 1997–2001 Number of defendants
1997 1998 1999
Statute Defendants proceeded against Defendants convicted Defendants proceeded against Defendants convicted Defendants proceeded against Defendants convicted
Protection of Animals Act, 1911 (as amended) 1,051 867 1.107 889 1,050 828
Wildlife and Countryside Act, 1981 Sec 8 8 8 2 2 1 1
Performing Animals (Regulation) Act 1925
Protection of Animals Act, 1934 6 4 4 4
Docking and Nicking of Horses Act, 1949 2
Pet Animals Act, 1951 4 4 7 6 10 9
Cockfighting Act, 1952
Protection of Animals (Amendment) Act, 1954 34 30 23 20 25 21
Animal Health Act, 1981, Secs 40–42, 46 and 49 and Orders made under Secs 8, 9, 37, 38, 39 and 43 76 68 87 73 56 51
Slaughterhouses Act, 1974 3 3 4 4
Abandonment of Animals Act, 1960, Sec 1 26 21 36 26 17 12
Animal & Animal Products (Import & Export) Regulations 1988
Animals (Cruel Poisons) Act, 1962 1 1 1
Animal Boarding Establishments Act, 1963 2 2 7 7 8 6
Riding Establishments Acts, 1964 and 1970 1 1 1
Slaughter of Poultry Act. 1967 6 3 18 15 8 7
Agriculture (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1968, Secs 1, 2 and 6 10 9 5 5 15 11
Protection of Badgers Act, 1992 (except Sec 13) 44 25 19 4 30 10
Wildlife and Countryside Act, 1981 Sec 9 5 3 3
Wildlife and Countryside Act, 1981 Sec II 2 3 3 4 3
Wild Mammals (Protection) Act 1996 7 3 8 7
Breeding of Dogs Acts 1973 and 1991 5 4 5 4 5 4
Breeding and Sale of Dogs (Welfare) Act 1999 * * * * * *
Diseases of Animals Act 97 81 103 80 72 53
Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981. Secs 1, 3, 5, 6, 7 and 17 84 63 68 42 157 118
Total 1.469 1.196 1.507 1.191 1,467 1.138

England and Wales 1997–2001 Number of defendants
2000 2001
Statute Defendants proceeded against Defendants convicted Defendants proceeded against Defendants convicted
Protection of Animals Act, 1911 (as amended) 1,074 861 975 754
Wildlife and Countryside Act, 1981 Sec 8 6 4 3 3
Performing Animals (Regulation) Act 1925
Protection of Animals Act, 1934 1 1
Docking and Nicking of Horses Act, 1949 2 2
Pet Animals Act, 1951 19 14 11 8
Cockfighting Act, 1952
Protection of Animals (Amendment) Act, 1954 24 15 15 11
Animal Health Act, 1981, Secs 40–42, 46 and 49 and Orders made under Secs 8, 9, 37, 38, 39 and 43 31 23 32 23
Slaughterhouses Act, 1974 1
Abandonment of Animals Act, 1960, Sec 1 26 13 25 19
Animal & Animal Products (Import & Export) Regulations 1988 4 1
Animals (Cruel Poisons) Act, 1962 1 1
Animal Boarding Establishments Act, 1963 II 4 13 8