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(1) How many disabled car spaces are there in ACT government managed car parking lots in the Civic precinct;

(2) What plans are there to increase the number of disabled car spaces in ACT government managed car parking lots in close proximity to Garema Place and City Walk.

Mr Hargreaves: The answer to the member’s question is as follows:

(1) Presently there are more than 120 mobility parking spaces within Territory parking areas in Civic.

(2) There is no immediate plan to increase the number of mobility parking spaces within Territory parking areas in close proximity to Garema Place and City Walk.

Health—food business inspections
(Question No 1548)

Mr Smyth asked the Minister for Health, upon notice, on 1 May 2007:

(1) How many food businesses in the ACT did the Health Protection Service (HPS) have the power to inspect during the financial years of (a) 2001-2002, (b) 2002-2003, (c) 2003-2004, (d) 2004-2005, (e) 2005-2006 and (f) 2006-2007 to date;

(2) How many premises were inspected by the HPS in the years listed in part (1);

(3) How many improvement notices were issued by the HPS or authorised officers under the Food Act 2001 in the years listed in part (1);

(4) How many improvement notices issued by the HPS or authorised officers under the Food Act 2001 were complied with without extension in the years listed in part (1);

(5) How many extensions were granted for improvement notices issued by the HPS in the years listed in part (1);

(6) How many improvement notices issued by the HPS or authorised officers under the Food Act 2001 were not complied with in the years listed in part (1);

(7) How many (a) prohibition notices were issued, (b) reinspections were conducted and (c) clearance certificates were issues by the HPS or authorised officers under the Food Act 2001 in the years listed in part (1);

(8) How many prosecutions under (a) section 87 and (b) Part 3 of the Food Act 2001 were initiated in the years listed in part (1);

(9) Of the prosecutions initiated under Part 3 of the Food Act 2001, how many were for (a) serious offences and (b) other offences in the years listed in part (1);

(10) What was the (a) budget for the HPS and (b) reason for any reduction in the HPS budget for the years listed in part (1);


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