The Department assesses the impact of all proposed measures before laying legislation using standard government methodology. These assessments are set out in Impact Assessments which are scrutinised by the Regulatory Policy Committee before publication alongside the Statutory Instrument. Impact Assessments specifically look at the impacts on small and micro businesses. A number of the tobacco measures contain commitments to further review the impact of the legislation within five years of them coming into force.<\/p>
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The Department assesses the impact of tobacco control measures on an ongoing basis as it develops policy and considers new measures. In September 2013, the Department published An Audit of the impact of the Department of Health\u2019s Regulations upon business. A copy of the report is attached. The Audit report covered all regulations for which the Department has responsibility believed to have a potential cost to business, including those relating to tobacco control. As advised in the report, there is a robust cost-benefit case for the tobacco control regulations considered and experience shows that initiatives to reduce smoking prevalence work best in combination, with cumulative effects over time.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3918", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Jane Ellison"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Battersea"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Jane Ellison"} , "attachment" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/456629/answer/attachment/1", "fileName" : {"_value" : "PQ29168-29169-29170 document.pdf"} , "title" : "Audit report"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2016-03-04", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "groupedQuestionUIN" : [{"_value" : "29169"} , {"_value" : "29170"} ], "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2016-03-04T13:18:01.373Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "17"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Health"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Health"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2016-03-01", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Small Businesses: Tobacco"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will commission an independent assessment of the cumulative effect of all tobacco control measures on small businesses introduced since 1 January 2006.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4140", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mr David Nuttall"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Bury North"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Mr David Nuttall"} ], "uin" : "29168"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/456632", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Home Office"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/456632/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
Figures on asylum seekers in receipt of Section 95 support (dispersed accommodation or subsistence only) by local authority, are published quarterly by the Home Office in the Immigration Statistics release, in table as_16q in volume 4 of the Asylum data tables. The table below gives the number of asylum seekers housed in dispersed accommodation in each Greater Manchester local authority, as at the end of each year from 2010 to 2015.<\/p>
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Asylum seekers housed in dispersed accommodation under Section 95, in the Greater Manchester local authorities, as at end of year<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> Year<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Bolton<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Bury<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Manchester<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Oldham<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Rochdale<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Salford<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Stockport<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Tameside<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Trafford<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Wigan<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Total Greater Manchester<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2010<\/p><\/td> 518<\/p><\/td> 322<\/p><\/td> 853<\/p><\/td> 458<\/p><\/td> 366<\/p><\/td> 690<\/p><\/td> 124<\/p><\/td> 143<\/p><\/td> 56<\/p><\/td> 281<\/p><\/td> 3,811<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2011<\/p><\/td> 619<\/p><\/td> 339<\/p><\/td> 725<\/p><\/td> 521<\/p><\/td> 390<\/p><\/td> 690<\/p><\/td> 133<\/p><\/td> 169<\/p><\/td> 55<\/p><\/td> 245<\/p><\/td> 3,886<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2012<\/p><\/td> 635<\/p><\/td> 244<\/p><\/td> 596<\/p><\/td> 424<\/p><\/td> 320<\/p><\/td> 513<\/p><\/td> 68<\/p><\/td> 177<\/p><\/td> 68<\/p><\/td> 263<\/p><\/td> 3,308<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2013<\/p><\/td> 693<\/p><\/td> 269<\/p><\/td> 618<\/p><\/td> 442<\/p><\/td> 450<\/p><\/td> 522<\/p><\/td> 88<\/p><\/td> 171<\/p><\/td> 89<\/p><\/td> 337<\/p><\/td> 3,679<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2014<\/p><\/td> 833<\/p><\/td> 358<\/p><\/td> 763<\/p><\/td> 588<\/p><\/td> 855<\/p><\/td> 546<\/p><\/td> 100<\/p><\/td> 217<\/p><\/td> 66<\/p><\/td> 522<\/p><\/td> 4,848<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2015<\/p><\/td> 1023<\/p><\/td> 455<\/p><\/td> 954<\/p><\/td> 645<\/p><\/td> 1020<\/p><\/td> 696<\/p><\/td> 107<\/p><\/td> 306<\/p><\/td> 109<\/p><\/td> 717<\/p><\/td> 6,032<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> Notes<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> (1) The data include dependants in receipt of support, but exclude unaccompanied asylum seeking children supported by local authorities<\/p><\/td><\/tr> (2) The data exclude those supported in initial accommodation<\/p><\/td><\/tr> (3) Caution should be taken when comparing data for 2012 and earlier with figures from 2013 onwards, due to a change in processing method<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> A copy of the latest release, Immigration Statistics October to December 2015, is available from:<\/p> https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-october-to-december-2015.<\/p>"}
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