The chances of a commercial aircraft “getting into trouble” in the flight paths to Heathrow over London are about one in every 400,000 movements. The Civil Aviation Authority’s mandatory occurrence reporting database identified just seven incidents — from 2,817,156 aircraft movements — between January 1, 2000, and December 31, 2005, that met the criteria; all flights were completed safely.
The Secretary of State for Transport has declared that there is no need to create a new criminal offence to cover the eventuality that a driver of a motor vehicle should stop at a green traffic light and refuse to move the vehicle.
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Twenty-seven local authorities have applied for the right to issue one of 17 new casino premises licences. They are: Birmingham, Blackpool, Brent, Canterbury, Cardiff, Chesterfield, Coventry, Glasgow, Great Yarmouth, Greenwich, Havering, Hull, Ipswich, Leeds, Luton, Maidstone, Manchester, Middlesbrough, Newcastle, Renfrewshire, Sheffield, Solihull, Southampton, Southend-on-sea, Sunderland, Wakefield and West Dunbartonshire.
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In the first year in which data was provided under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, no charges were made for the release of information.
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The Secretary of State for International Development revealed that about 20 per cent of his department’s catering budget in 2005-06 was spent on fair trade products. This amounts to roughly £70,000 in a department where it is policy that all hot and cold beverages served in the department are sourced from fair trade suppliers.
Department of Trade and Industry figures suggest that 70,000 employees in Wales and 140,000 in Scotland were affected by the upgrading of the minimum wage in 2003. These figures drop to 50,000 and 100,000 respectively for people affected by the adjustment made in October last year.