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Access Requests
Mr. Cohen : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many subject access requests were made under the Data Protection Act 1984 to the police national computer last year ; and what proportion were to the criminal names index.
Mr. Charles Wardle : There were 18,293 police national computer subject access requests in 1991. Almost all were in respect of the criminal names index.
Summer Solstice
Mr. David Nicholson : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate he has made of the total cost of extra police activity caused by the various manifestations to celebrate the 1992 summer solstice in the counties of Hampshire, Wiltshire, Gloucester, Avon, Dorset, Somerset and Devon.
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Mr. Charles Wardle : Available estimates from the forces concerned for the additional costs of policing amount to £267,000.
Clamping and Towing-away Regulations
Sir John Hunt : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will issue a leaflet for distribution to overseas motorists arriving at United Kingdom ports of entry, indicating the clamping and towing-away regulations which apply in the major cities of the United Kingdom.
Mr. Charles Wardle : Information on the enforcement of parking restrictions by police clampings and removals is available to foreign visitors in the booklet "On the Road in Great Britain" produced by the Department of Transport. The booklet is generally available at ports of entry.
Police (Inquiry)
Mr. Mackinlay : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his answer on 30 June, Official Report, column 520, (1) why he has decided not to include the Port of Tilbury, London police within the scope of his proposed inquiry into the role of the police officer ; and if he will reconsider his decision ;
(2) why he has decided not to include the unregistered appointment of constables by miscellaneous authorities and bodies within the scope of his proposed inquiry into the role of the police officer ; and if he will reconsider his decision ;
(3) why he has decided not to include the police appointed under the provisions of the Harbour, Docks, Piers Clauses Act 1847 within the scope of his proposed inquiry into the role of the police officer ; and if he will reconsider his decisions ;
(4) why he has decided not to include the Ministry of Defence police within the scope of his proposed inquiry into the role of the police officer ; and if he will reconsider his decision ; (5) why he has decided not to include the various parks police appointed by local authorities within the scope of his proposed inquiry into the role of the police officer ; and if he will reconsider his decision ;
(6) why he has decided not to include the Atomic Energy Authority police within the scope of his proposed inquiry into the role of the police officer ; and if he will reconsider his decision ; (7) why he has decided not to include the royal parks constabulary within the scope of his proposed inquiry into the role of the police officer ; and if he will reconsider his decision ;
(8) why he has decided not to include the British Transport police within the scope of his proposed inquiry into the role of the police officer ; and if he will reconsider his decision.
Mr. Charles Wardle : My right hon. and learned Friend the Home Secretary has concluded that it would not be right to extend the inquiry's terms of reference to cover these forces. To do so would add considerably to the inquiry's work and would make it impossible for a report to be prepared in the time scale proposed.
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Immigration
Mr. Madden : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many representations he has received from hon. Members during (a) the first quarter of 1991 and (b) the first quarter of 1992 to delay the removal of passengers refused entry at British ports of entry ; and for both periods, how many representations resulted in (i) the delay of the passenger's removal for up to a week, (ii) the delay of the passenger's removal for more than a week and (iii) reversal of the immigration officer's decision.
Mr. Charles Wardle : The information requested is not available centrally.
Mr. Madden : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many wives and dependent children applying for entry clearance in the Indian sub-continent in each quarter since January 1991 were refused (a) on first application and (b) on second or subsequent application.
Mr. Charles Wardle : The information requested is given in the table. Separate information on first-time applicants and re-applicants is not available centrally.
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|c|Wives and children refused<1> entry
clearance in the Indian
sub-continent|c|
Number of persons
Refused
|Wives |Children
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1991
1st quarter |170 |170
2nd quarter |110 |90
3rd quarter |200 |170
4th quarter |180 |160
1992
1st quarter |220 |160
<1>These refusals are by an entry
clearance officer. Some of these will
be overturned on appeal.
Mr. Madden : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many applications for settlement by wives and children in (a) Dhaka and (b) Islamabad were (i) received, (ii) granted, (iii) refused, (iv) deferred at first interview, (v) lapsed and (vi) outstanding and awaiting first interview for each quarter since the beginning of 1991.
Mr. Charles Wardle : The information requested is given in the table. Data on deferrals was discontinued from May 1990.
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|c|Wives and children applying for entry clearance in the United Kingdom<1>|c|
|Applications
Post |Newly received<2> |Granted<3> |Refused initially<4>|Withdrawn or |Awaiting first
|lapsed<4> |interview at end of
|quarter
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Dhaka 1991
1st quarter |640 |940 |220 |50 |1,300
2nd quarter |920 |730 |120 |80 |1,400
3rd quarter |920 |830 |130 |60 |1,500
4th quarter |830 |300 |100 |50 |1,500
1992
1st quarter |680 |610 |180 |30 |1,300
Islamabad 1991
1st quarter |980 |1,240 |160 |60 |1,300
2nd quarter |810 |870 |70 |40 |940
3rd quarter |940 |970 |210 |70 |500
4th quarter |990 |1,030 |170 |50 |1,200
1992
1st quarter |1,020 |1,060 |130 |70 |660
<1>Including all persons applying for a certificate of entitlement to the right of abode in the United Kingdom.
<2>Data include some double counting in respect of applications recorded initially for entry clearance and then subsequently for a certificate of
entitlement.
<3>Granted initially or on appeal.
<4>Since about the end of 1989, settlement applications have been refused in the circumstances where previously they would have been lapsed.
Note: Data on deferrals was discontinued from May 1990.
Mr. Madden : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the average time taken by his Department to investigate cases referred from overseas posts in order to assess whether the maintenance and accommodation requirements of the immigration rules have been met.
Mr. Charles Wardle : The information requested is not available. Staff are, however, instructed to give priority to cases referred by overseas posts for decision or for enquiries to be made. If the hon. Member is concerned about the time taken to deal with any particular case, I should be happy to look into it.
Mr. Madden : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many applications from over-age
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reapplicants from the Indian sub-continent seeking to join a sponsor settled in the United Kingdom have been (a) made, (b) deferred, (c) refused and (d) granted in each year since 1986, to the first quarter of 1992 ; and how many such reapplicants in each category had undergone successful DNA tests.Mr. Charles Wardle : The available information is that a total of 701 applications from over-age reapplicants in the Indian sub-continent to join parents in the United Kingdom have been decided under the terms of the concession announced by my right hon. Friend the then Home Secretary on 14 June 1989 at columns 461-62. All of these cases involved over-age reapplicants who had established relationships by means of deoxyribonucleic
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acid (DNA) evidence but did not quality for admission under the immigration rules. Entry clearance has been authorised in 126 of these cases and refused in 575.Police (War Crimes)
Mr. Cyril D. Townsend : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many police officers, in what ranks, are currently employed in police work flowing from the War Crimes Act 1991.
Mr. Charles Wardle : The information requested is shown in the table :
|c|Number of police officers|c|
Rank |England |Scotland
|Wales
----------------------------------------------------------
Detective Chief Superintendent |1
Detective Chief Inspector |1
Detective Inspector |3 |1
Detective Sergeant |1 |1
Detective Constable |3 |1
Police Constable |2
Total |11 |3
HEALTH
999 Emergency Centres
Mr. Spearing : To ask the Secretary of State for Health what consultations she has had concerning the future number and distribution of 999 emergency centres.
Mr. Sackville : The Department obtained the views of regional ambulance officers in supporting an Office of Telecommunications recommendation for the establishment of a call handling agency for 999 calls. Advice to OFTEL on the number and location of call handling centres will be provided by independent consultants.
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Research Units
Mrs. Wise : To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what discussions her Department has had with (a) the Association of University Teachers, (b) the Management, Science and Finance Union, (c) the National Association of Teachers in Further and Higher Education, (d) the Association of Department of Health Funded Research Workers, (e) the National and Local Government Officers Association and (f) any other relevant organisations, about the contractual conditions of staff it funds through research units and research project grants ;
(2) what progress her Department is making in its review of research units ; and when it will announce its conclusions about whether it will continue to fund research units ;
(3) if she will list the research units funded by her Department and give for each (a) the numbers of core staff funded by her Department in post on 1 June, (b) the numbers of project staff funded by her Department in post on 1 June, (c) the date on which the unit's contract expires and (d) when the unit was last reviewed by the Director of Research and Development or his predecessor the Chief Scientist, together with the decisions made about future funding of the unit in the light of this review.
Dr. Mawhinney : The director of research and development, Professor Michael Peckham, last year commissioned an independent review of the 13 research units currently funded by the Department. The details requested on each of these units are shown in the table.
The final report of the review team has just been received. We shall consider carefully the report's conclusions and recommendations and will make the report available in due course. A copy will be placed in the Library. An announcement will be made in the autumn.
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Unit |Number of |Number of |Date contract ends |Month of last
|core staff |project staff |chief scientist visit
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Cancer Screening Evaluation Unit |6.0 |4.0 |30 June 1994 |September 1990
Centre for Health Economics |4.5 |13.5 |30 September 1995 |December 1990
Centre for Primary Care Research |5.0 |0.5 |31 December 1993 |December 1989
Childhood Cancer Research Group |11.0 |3.0 |31 August 1994 |October 1991
Clinical Operational Research Unit |6.0 |0.0 |30 September 1995 |October 1987
Dartington Social Research Unit |4.0 |6.0 |31 March 1994 |May 1990
Medical Care Research Unit |7.5 |17.0 |31 March 1995 |April 1988
National Institute for Social Work |6.0 |7.0 |31 December 1992 |March 1986
National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit |9.5 |14.0 |31 March 1994 |May 1989
Personal Social Services Research Unit |6.0 |15.0 |30 September 1994 |June 1989
Social Policy Research Unit |7.0 |7.0 |31 March 1994 |November 1989
Thomas Coram Research Unit |5.0 |7.5 |31 March 1994 |November 1988
Social Medicine and Health Services Research Unit |23.0 |16.0 |31 March 1994 |March 1989
Agencies
Mr. McMaster : To ask the Secretary of State for Health what is the salary range of the chief executive of each of his Department's executive agencies, including any performance-related elements, dividends and bonuses ; what plans she has to increase or decrease these in the current year ; and if she will make a statement.
Mr. Sackville : The chief executive of the National Health Service Estate Management and Health Building Agency NHS Estates receives a salary of £55,000 plus an annual non-pensionable performance-related bonus of up to £7,000. The chief executive of the Medicine Control
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Agency (MCA) receives a salary of £65,993 plus an annual non-pensionable performance-related bonus of up to £13,150. There are no other dividends or bonuses available.The chief executive's salaries will be reviewed in line with the percentage increase for civil service grade 3s, as recommended by the Top Salaries Review Body. No final decision has yet been made with regard to the latest annual performance-related bonus.
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Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy
Mr. Waterson : To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans her Department has to encourage greater awareness amongst health care professionals as to the symptoms and treatment of reflex sympathetic dystrophy syndrome.
Mr. Yeo : In common with other medical conditions, education on the symptoms and treatment of reflex sympathetic dystrophy syndrome is a matter for professional bodies such as the royal colleges and nurse training schools.
Abortion
Ms. Richardson : To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many and which registered abortion clinics have, since 3 July 1991, applied for a licence to provide early medical abortion services.
Mr. Sackville : The following 16 applications have been received and all have been approved.
Places approved under section 1(3) of the Abortion Act 1967 for medical termination of early pregnancy as at 1 July 1992
AMI Alexandra Hospital
Mill Lane
Cheadle
Cheshire
SK8 2PX
Blackdown Nursing Home
Old Milverton Lane
Blackdown
Leamington Spa
CV32 6RW
Calthorpe Nursing Home
4 Arthur Road
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2UL
Danum Lodge Nursing Home
123 Thorne Road
Doncaster
DN2 5QB
Dean Park Nursing Home
23-25 Ophir Road
Bournemouth
BH8 8LS
Fallodon Private Nursing Home
4 Allerton Park
Leeds
LS7 4ND
Fairfield Nursing Home
88 Russell Road
Buckhurst Hill
Essex
IG9 5QB
Marie Stopes Nursing Home
10 Manstone Road
London
NW2 3XG
Merseyside Nursing Home
32 Parkfield Road
Liverpool
LI7 8UJ
Park View Clinic
87 Mattock Lane
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EalingLondon
W5 5BJ
Raleigh Nursing Home
1A Raleigh Gardens
Brixton Hill
London
SW2 6AB
Robert Clinic
162 Station Road
Kings Norton
Birmingham
B30 1DB
Rosslyn Nursing Home
15-17 Rosslyn Road
East Twickenham
Middlesex
TW1 2AR
South Manchester Private Clinic
136 Chester Road
Hazel Grove
Stockport
SK7 6HE
St. Anns Hospital
St. Anns Road
London
N15 3TH
Wistons Nursing Home
138 Dyke Road
Brighton
Sussex
BN1 5PA
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