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Criminal Proceedings: Use of Intercept Material
Lord Lester of Herne Hill asked Her Majesty's Government:
Further to the Written Answer by the Baroness Scotland of Asthal on 8 February (WA 102–103) concerning the use of intercept material in criminal proceedings, which of the countries' legal regimes are subject to constitutional guarantees equivalent to Article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights. [HL1338]
Baroness Scotland of Asthal: The legal regimes of the Netherlands and France are subject to the European Convention on Human Rights. Australia and the US both have their own procedures for ensuring fair trials.
Domestic Violence: Arrests
Baroness Royall of Blaisdon asked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether they will provide arrest figures for acts of domestic violence in each police force area, over the most recent period for which figures are available. [HL1486]
Baroness Scotland of Asthal: Numbers of reported domestic violence incidents where an arrest was made have been collected from police forces since 31 March 2003 as one of the suite of best value performance indicators for police forces. Not all forces have been able to provide the information on domestic violence arrests. Those that have are listed in the following table.
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Heroin: Register of Addicts
Lord Hanningfield asked Her Majesty's Government:
Further to the Written Answer by the Baroness Scotland of Asthal on 3 March (WA 36), why a register of addicts is no longer kept in England and Wales; when the decision was made to end the register; how the decision was communicated to Parliament and the public; and whether the register included all types of drug addicts or just heroin users. [HL1615]
Baroness Scotland of Asthal: Until 1997, doctors throughout the United Kingdom treating persons they considered to be addicted to a drug in a specified list were statutorily required to notify that person's details to the Chief Medical Officer at the Home Office.
Following a review, in 1996, of the operation of the register and of other statistical information relating to drug misusers it was decided to end the system of doctor notifications. The decision was communicated to Parliament in response to a Written Question on 20 March 1997 (Official Report, col. 837) and, more widely, through a press release.
The register operated in respect of the following drugs:
cocaine, dextromoramide, diamorphine (heroin), dipipanone, hydrocodone, hydromorphone, levorphanol, methadone, morphine, opium, oxycodone, pethidine, phenazocine and piritramide.
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Although it covered diamorphine (heroin) and cocaine it did not include current drugs of misuse such as amphetamine, ecstasy, LSD and cannabis. Its utility as a research and epidemiological tool was, therefore, severely limited as was its use in enforcement terms. Better information is now available through sources such as the Department of Health's regional drug misuse databases and the drug seizure and offender statistics published by the Home Office.
British Expeditionary Forces:Assessed Air Threat
Lord Astor of Hever asked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether they will place in the Library of the House documents relating to the assessed air threat to British expeditionary forces in the period 2005–15. [HL1167]
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Ministry of Defence (Lord Bach): For security reasons, copies of such documents will not be placed in the Library of the House.
RAF: Hercules C130
Lord Astor of Hever asked Her Majesty's Government:
How many C130 Hercules transport aircraft are in service; on what date each of them was brought into service; how many air miles each has flown; how many times each of them has taken off and landed; and when each was most recently assessed for potential metal fatigue. [HL1413]
Lord Bach: There are 25 Hercules C130K and 25 Hercules C130J aircraft currently in service with the Royal Air Force.
Structural fatigue on the each of the Hercules C130K aircraft is assessed every 14 days. The Hercules C130J is a more modern aircraft and is fitted with an on-board structural health monitoring (SHM) system. The SHM assesses structural fatigue damage after every flight.
In the following table "flying hours" is used instead of "air miles" because the former more accurately reflects the usage of the aircraft. The distance travelled by an aircraft does not form part of the data used to maintain the Hercules C130 fleet.
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Royal Navy: Trafalgar Class Submarines
Lord Astor of Hever asked Her Majesty's Government:
Lord Bach: The planned decommissioning dates are listed below:
| HMS | Date |
| "Trafalgar" | 2008 |
| "Turbulent" | 2011 |
| "Tireless" | 2013 |
| "Torbay" | 2015 |
| "Trenchant" | 2017 |
| "Talent" | 2019 |
| "Triumph" | 2022 |
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