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Immigration Appeals
Mr. Corbett : To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department on what date Mr. J. I. Disley was appointed an adjudicator for the conduct of immigration appeal tribunal hearings ; how many complaints of alleged unfair treatment by appellants or sponsors have been made about Mr. Disley's conduct of proceedings ; and how many have been found to be (a) substantiated and (b) unsubstantiated.
Mr. John M. Taylor : Mr. J. R. Disley (sic) was appointed as an adjudicator of immigration appeals on 1 May 1991. Most appellants complain about the conduct of proceedings by an adjudicator by appealing to the immigration appeal tribunal. No statistics are maintained of the number of cases determined by individual adjudicators and taken to the tribunal. Complaints are also sometimes made to the chief adjudicator. There has been one such complaint in relation to proceedings conducted by Mr. Disley but it was sub judice at the time and the matter was dealt with as part of the appeal by the tribunal which ultimately dismissed the appeal. The chief adjudicator sees every tribunal determination and where necessarry he or the appropriate regional adjudicator brings the matter to the attention of the adjudicator concerned.
Mr. Corbett : To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department how many complaints of alleged unfair treatment by an adjudicator at immigration appeal hearings have been lodged with the chief adjudicator of immigration appeals, in each of the last five years ; and how many have been found to be (a) substantiated and (b) unsubstantiated.
Mr. John M. Taylor : No statistics have been maintained as to complaints made directly to the chief adjudicator.
Mr. Corbett : To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department what is the workload expected to be undertaken by persons appointed to be adjudicators at immigration appeal tribunal hearings.
Mr. John M. Taylor : Adjudicators of immigration appeals (as opposed to immigration appeal tribunal members) who are full time normally sit for five days each week as and when required, including, where necessary, weekends and public holidays. They are allowed 30 days leave a year plus 10 days public holidays and privilege days (or days in lieu of these). Part- time adjudicators sit for a seven-hour day. The Lord Chancellor expects part-time adjudicators to sit for at least 20 days but not more than 50 days a year (unless the person concerned is retired or a consultant in which case the maximum can be relaxed to 70 days). The precise number of days sat will vary within these parameters.
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Mr. Corbett : To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department what is the current remuneration of adjudicators at immigration appeal tribunal hearings, including any expenses ; and what was the level from which it was last raised.
Mr. John M. Taylor : The current remuneration of full-time adjudicators of immigration appeals (as opposed to immigration appeal tribunal members) is £52,520 a year. Part-time adjudicators are paid a daily fee of £215. These figures were raised in April 1992 from £50,500 and £207 respectively. Since full-time adjudicators are allocated to a particular hearing centre the question of expenses does not usually arise. Part-time adjudicators are entitled to a first class rail fare to and from the hearing centre (or a mileage allowance if a private car is used). Where their total time exceeds seven hours they are entitled to claim additional expenses for writing up determinations pro rata to their daily fee.
Mr. Corbett : To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department what is the current number of immigration appeal tribunal adjudicators ; and if he will give details of sex, age, ethnic background and professional or other qualification.
Mr. John M. Taylor : The relevant information relating to immigration adjudicators (who are not part of the immigration appeal tribunal which deals with appeals from decisions of the adjudicators) is as follows.
There are 17 full-time adjudicators. They are all men. Their ages are 41, 47, 50, 57 (two adjudicators), 59, (two adjudicators), 60 (four adjudicators), 61, 62, 65 (two adjudicators), 67 and 68. Two of them are known to be from the ethnic minorities. Eight are barristers, seven are solicitors, one is a Scottish advocate and one is an experienced civil servant with a history degree.
There are 81 part-time adjudicators : 63 are men and 18 are women. Their ages are 36, 37 (two adjudicators), 39 (two adjudicators), 40 (four adjudicators), 41 (two adjudicators), 42 (six adjudicators), 43, 44 (three adjudicators), 46 (three adjudicators), 47 (seven adjudicators), 48 (three adjudicators), 49 (two adjudicators), 52 (four adjudicators), 53, 54 (four adjudicators), 55 (three adjudicators), 56, 57 (three adjudicators), 58, 60 (three adjudicators), 61 (four adjudicators), 62 (five adjudicators), 62 (two adjudicators), 64 (two adjudicators), 65, 66 (four adjudicators), 67 (two adjudicators), 68, 69, 70 (two adjudicators) and 71. Four are known to be from the ethnic minorities. Twenty-nine are barristers, 50 are solicitors, one is an academic lawyer and one is a non-law graduate.
Mr. Corbett : To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department how many immigration appeal tribunal adjudicators have been removed in each of the last five years following complaints of alleged unfair treatment by appellants or sponsors about the adjudicator which have been found to be substantiated.
Mr. John M. Taylor : Adjudicators of immigration appeals are not part of the immigration appeal tribunal which has appellate jurisdiction over decisions of the adjudicators. No adjudicator has been removed in any of the last five years.
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Mr. Corbett : To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department what action the chief adjudicator of immigration appeals takes when a complaint of alleged unfair treatment at an immigration appeal hearing by an adjudicator is found to be substantiated.
Mr. John M. Taylor : Most appellants complain about the conduct of proceedings by an adjudicator by appealing to the immigration appeal tribunal. The chief adjudicator sees every tribunal determination and where necessary he or the appropriate regional adjudicator bring the matter to the attention of the adjudicator concerned. Where there is a direct complaint to the chief adjudicator he refers the matter to that adjudicator and, where he feels it sufficiently serious, to the Lord Chancellor.
Mr. Corbett : To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department whether those making complaints of alleged unfair treatment by an adjudicator at immigration appeal hearings to the chief adjudicator are interviewed to obtain precise details of such complaints.
Mr. John M. Taylor : If complainants seek an interview with the chief adjudicator it is never refused.
Mr. Corbett : To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department by what process the chief adjudicator of immigration appeals investigates complaints of alleged unfairness in the conduct of appeal hearings by an adjudicator.
Mr. John M. Taylor : Most appellants complain about the proceedings by an adjudicator by appealing to the immigration appeal tribunal. The chief adjudicator sees all determinations by the tribunal and where necessary he or the appropriate regional adjudicator bring the matter to the attention of the adjudicator concerned. Complaints may also be made directly to the chief adjudicator who will investigate the complaint, seek the comments of the adjudicator concerned and respond as he thinks appropriate.
Legal Aid
Mr. Michael Brown : To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department what measures he is proposing to take to restrain the rate of growth in legal aid expenditure.
Mr. John M. Taylor : The Government's plans for legal aid expenditure over the next three years have been published today. They provide for the net cost of legal aid in England and Wales to grow to £1,284 million in 1993-94, £1,406 million in 1994-95 and £1,528 million in 1995-96. Five years ago spending was £426 million. Legal aid spending will continue to grow rapidly during the next three years, on average by 10 per cent. a year from present levels. A number of measures will be necessary to ensure that legal aid spending does not rise even faster.
As far as financial eligibility is concerned, the Government's objective is to strengthen the legally aided client's financial interest in the progress of the case, and to bring the means assessment for legal aid more closely into line with that used for other means-tested benefits. The Lord Chancellor intends to lay regulations to provide that, from 1 April 1993, the lower income limit for civil legal aid (ie the limit of disposable income below which an applicant for legal aid pays no contribution) will be reduced to the
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equivalent income support limit. This means that, on current figures, the limit will be reduced from £3,060 per annum to £2,213 per annum.The Lord Chancellor also intends to lay regulations providing that, from 1 April 1993, dependants allowances for civil legal aid will be reduced to income support levels.
Equivalent changes will be made to the financial eligibility regimes for criminal legal aid and advice and assistance. The upper eligibility limits for civil legal aid (ie the limits of disposable income above which an applicant for civil legal aid ceases to be eligible for assistance) will not be increased in April 1993. The Lord Chancellor intends to lay regulations providing that, from 1 April 1993, all those granted civil legal aid will be required to pay a contribution of one-third of their disposable income above the lower limit and that such contributions should continue for the life of the case. Equivalent provisions will be made in respect of criminal legal aid, and assistance by way of representation. The Lord Chancellor also intends to lay regulations providing that only those who would qualify for assistance free of contribution shall, in future, be able to receive advice and assistance under the green form scheme.
In respect of remuneration, as he has already announced, the Lord Chancellor intends to introduce standard fees in the magistrates courts at the beginning of next year.
The Lord Chancellor will then be taking steps to extend the existing standard fee scheme in the Crown Court to cover more cases. He will also be introducing a fixed hourly rate of payment for solicitors in civil non- matrimonial cases which are legally aided, and taking corresponding steps to gain control over legal aid payments made to barristers in those cases. He intends in setting these rates and fee levels to have regard to whatever rate would attract sufficient firms or barristers to do the work, while maintaining appropriate levels of quality.
OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
Know-how Funds
Dr. Godman : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what monitoring procedures of the maintenance of human rights accompanies the payment of moneys under the terms of the know-how fund ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Lennox-Boyd : The know-how fund provides British expertise to the relevant countries rather than making payments of money. The purpose of the fund is to promote progress towards the market economy and democracy, including human rights. The human rights situation is monitored both bilaterally and through multilateral bodies such as CSCE and the Council of Europe.
Cash Limits
Mr. Cyril D. Townsend : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what changes have been made in the 1992-93 cash limit for expenditure by the Overseas Development
Administration.
Mr. Lennox-Boyd : Subject to parliamentary approval of the necessary supplementary estimate, the cash limit on
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the external assistance vote (class II vote 5) will be increased by £54,184,000 from £1,743,015,000 to £1,797,199,000. Included in this amount are additional resources of £14,091,000 for the United Kingdom subscription costs to the European bank of reconstruction and development ; £2,966,000 for the finacial sector scheme for the former Soviet Union (FSU) ; £315,000 to cover transport costs of the delivery of the United Kingdom share of emergency EC food aid to the FSU last winter and a transfer of £150,000 from the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food for assistance to the FSU food sector. Also included is a further transfer of £450,000 from the Department of the Environment for conservation work in Africa. The balance of the increase is for rollover of underspend against 1991-92 EC attribution provision,£15 million of which has been allocated for additional humanitarian relief for former Yugoslavia. The running costs limit for the ODA has been increased by £432,000 from £46,922, 000 to £47,354,000. This includes £224,000 in respect of end of year flexibility arrangements, a transfer of £58,000 from Property Holdings and £150,000 from existing resources to cover additional costs of administering the programme of assistance to eastern Europe and the FSU. All the increases are within the forecast outturn for the planning total included in the Chancellor's autumn statement today.ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE
Disabled People
Ms. Lynne : To ask the Chairman of the Administration Committee what efforts are being made to ensure that people with disabilities can gain access to the Palace of Westminster while lobbying Parliament.
Mr. Martin : The provisions which exist within the Palace of Westminster for the assistance of disabled people are set out in the leaflet "Arrangements for the Assistance of Disabled Visitors". I am arranging for a copy to be sent to the hon. Member. In the event of mass lobbies involving disabled people, special arrangements are made for their reception and admission to Westminster Hall and additional seating, heating and lavatories are provided. Special arrangements are also made when disabled persons need to reach other parts of the building.
A stairlift was installed on the staircase leading to the Grand Committee Room earlier this year and handrails have been fitted to the steps down to the "W" rooms off Westminster Hall to assist those attending meetings. A comprehensive study by consultants has been commissioned to look at additional means of improving access for disabled people to the main public areas. Its recommendations will be considered by my Committee at the earliest opportunity.
HOME DEPARTMENT
Police (Equality of Service)
Mr. Robert Ainsworth : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what effect he expects the application of the citizens charter to the police to have on equality of service in response times to emergency and other inquiries.
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Mr. Charles Wardle : A comprehensive set of performance indicators for the police service will be introduced at the end of this year. From April 1993, every police force will be required to set and publish standards of performance for responding to emergencies and telephone enquiries, and publish the achievement of these standards. This fulfils the commitment in the citizens charter that all police forces are expected to set and publish target times for answering telephone calls and arriving at the scene of incidents which require rapid reaction. Work is currently underway in police forces to implement the service's own quality of service initiative by setting standards for the quality of service to be delivered to the public. Every member of the community will know the level of service which they are entitled to expect from their local police.
Primates
Mrs. Bridget Prentice : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what are the differences between the minimum standards for primates set out in the Home Office code of practice for the housing and care of animals used in scientific procedures and those applicable to premises in which primates are held for other purposes, including zoos.
Mr. Charles Wardle : The Home Office code of practice for the housing and care of animals used in scientific procedures is similar in content to the Laboratory Animals Breeders Association guidelines in relation to primates.
The Home Office code of practice is also broadly similar in content and range to section 9 of the "Standards of Modern Zoo Practice", issued by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for the Environment, although the Home Office code is more detailed with regard to the temperatures, lighting, ventilation, noise, humidity and space requirements for the housing of animals, and deals separately with the particular needs of primates. The "Standards of Modern Zoos Practice" contain additional requirements relating to hazards from machinery, supervision of controlled drugs, post mortem facilities and safety of the public.
Mrs. Bridget Prentice : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will consider consulting a range of independent primatologists and to establish what standards of housing and care are suitable for primates used in research as part of a wider review on the care and use of laboratory primates.
Mr. Charles Wardle : The Home Office animals (scientific procedures) inspectorate has regular contacts with experts in the field of primate care, and draws on the knowledge thus gained in assessing and monitoring projects involving the use of primates. Such contacts have also informed the review of facilities for large primates which the inspectorate is currently carrying out, and will contribute to the consideration being given to a possible code of practice for breeding establishments.
I understand that the animal procedures committee may also consult other experts in the course of the review of laboratory primates which it is conducting.
Prisoners' Release Dates
Mr. Jon Owen Jones : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what information is provided to prisoners of changes in their release dates.
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Mr. Peter Lloyd : When prisoners' release dates change, they are advised of their existing dates of release, the number of days by which these have altered, the reasons for the changes and their new dates of release.
Mr. Jon Owen Jones : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department in what circumstances prisoners can be detained once their sentence expiry date has passed.
Mr. Peter Lloyd : Prisoners may be detained on the expiry of their sentences where a court has directed this in respect of other proceedings or if they have been ordered to be detained under the Immigration Act 1971.
Visas
Mr. Simpson : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the number of refusals of visas broken down by country of application for 1991 ; and what is the current waiting time for refusal in each case.
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Mr. Jon Owen Jones : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what proportion of applicants from (a) Third world countries and (b) the United States of America were refused short stay visas to enter the United Kingdom in the first six months of 1992.
Mr. Charles Wardle : The latest information by country of application for grants and refusals of visa applications to enter the United Kingdom, both for settlement and non-settlement is for 1991 and is given in the table. There is no visa requirement for citizens of the United States of America. The information on waiting times for refusal is not held centrally.
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Applications from all countries for all types of entry clearance to the United Kingdom in 1991
Number of applicants and percentages
Country where Settlement<1> Non-settlement
application made
|Granted<2> |Refused initially<3>|Proportion |Granted<2> |Refused initially<3>|Proportion
|refused<4> |refused<4>
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Afghanistan |- |- |- |- |- |-
Algeria |31 |8 |21 |6,471 |3,931 |37
Angola |6 |- |0 |1,106 |27 |2
Argentina |46 |- |0 |102 |1 |1
Ascension Island |- |- |- |70 |- |-
Australia |3,597 |44 |1 |7,563 |75 |1
Austria |52 |2 |4 |2,322 |17 |1
Bahamas |29 |- |0 |139 |2 |1
Bahrain |25 |- |0 |3,455 |50 |1
Bangladesh |3,143 |1,012 |24 |10,676 |2,554 |19
Barbados |93 |9 |9 |634 |137 |18
Belgium |37 |1 |3 |3,783 |96 |2
Belize |20 |3 |13 |29 |2 |6
Bermuda |5 |- |0 |219 |- |0
Bolivia |4 |- |- |23 |1 |4
Botswana |25 |- |0 |687 |1 |0
Brazil |112 |3 |3 |887 |4 |0
Brunei |17 |- |0 |1,129 |3 |0
Bulgaria |38 |- |0 |5,938 |457 |7
Burma |5 |8 |62 |485 |14 |3
Cameroon |6 |1 |14 |1,007 |18 |2
Canada |1,309 |6 |0 |7,601 |65 |1
Chile |18 |- |0 |184 |- |0
China |64 |46 |42 |10,861 |2,534 |19
Colombia |56 |8 |13 |103 |2 |2
Congo |- |- |- |- |- |-
Costa Rica |- |- |- |53 |1 |2
Cote D'Ivoire |1 |- |0 |646 |46 |7
Cuba |2 |1 |33 |597 |- |0
Cyprus |213 |17 |7 |4,884 |421 |8
Czechoslovakia |12 |- |0 |754 |10 |1
Denmark |16 |5 |24 |2,402 |88 |4
Ecuador |10 |- |0 |89 |- |0
Egypt |91 |12 |12 |20,317 |1,222 |6
Ethiopia |377 |6 |2 |3,241 |456 |12
Fiji |48 |3 |6 |356 |13 |4
Finland |78 |5 |6 |1,116 |12 |1
France |180 |17 |9 |20,701 |532 |3
Gabon |- |- |- |- |- |-
Gambia |10 |3 |23 |836 |118 |12
Germany |88 |29 |25 |17,660 |325 |2
Ghana |362 |113 |24 |14,854 |4,486 |23
Gibraltar |1 |- |0 |176 |- |0
Greece |32 |1 |3 |1,018 |24 |2
Guatemala |0 |- |- |22 |- |0
Guyana |65 |16 |20 |603 |97 |14
Holy See |- |- |- |26 |- |0
Honduras |7 |3 |30 |11 |- |0
Hong Kong |1,943 |85 |4 |20,564 |47 |0
Hungary |32 |- |0 |665 |73 |10
Iceland |9 |- |0 |110 |1 |1
India |3,327 |1,098 |25 |89,812 |9,828 |10
Indonesia |105 |3 |3 |12,260 |9 |0
Iran |2 |- |0 |1,578 |- |0
Iraq |- |- |- |- |- |-
Ireland |346 |2 |1 |2,350 |32 |1
Israel |134 |- |0 |947 |2 |0
Italy |69 |3 |4 |4,660 |410 |8
Jamaica |418 |152 |27 |2,517 |680 |21
Japan |231 |- |0 |5,022 |64 |1
Jerusalem |25 |- |0 |1,223 |9 |1
Jordan |137 |- |0 |8,996 |730 |8
Kenya |595 |58 |9 |1,507 |117 |7
Korea |16 |- |0 |524 |8 |2
Kuwait |22 |- |0 |1,504 |17 |1
Lebanon |19 |1 |5 |4,291 |318 |7
Lesotho |5 |- |0 |59 |1 |2
Liberia |- |- |- |- |- |-
Libya |- |- |- |798 |7 |1
Luxembourg |- |- |- |223 |2 |1
Madagascar |- |- |- |- |- |-
Malawi |55 |1 |2 |322 |5 |2
Malaysia |330 |17 |5 |5,725 |180 |3
Malta |218 |1 |0 |3,665 |25 |1
Mauritius |88 |6 |6 |1,197 |129 |10
Mexico |56 |1 |2 |539 |- |0
Mongolia |1 |- |0 |152 |- |0
Morocco |72 |19 |21 |5,101 |2,101 |29
Mozambique |4 |- |0 |667 |16 |2
Namibia |6 |- |0 |42 |5 |11
Nepal |27 |0 |0 |1,343 |127 |9
Netherlands |98 |10 |9 |6,141 |84 |1
New Zealand |3,229 |3 |0 |1,225 |29 |2
Nigeria |1,142 |311 |21 |49,301 |14,728 |23
Norway |142 |1 |1 |2,767 |184 |6
Oman |10 |- |0 |5,958 |75 |1
Pakistan |6,331 |2,604 |30 |51,586 |16,055 |24
Panama |- |- |- |75 |1 |1
Papua New Guinea |15 |- |0 |264 |- |0
Peru |45 |- |0 |229 |1 |0
Philippines |805 |374 |32 |9,766 |787 |7
Poland |214 |- |0 |44,487 |2,462 |5
Portugal |41 |1 |2 |498 |13 |3
Qatar |4 |8 |67 |2,823 |135 |5
Romania |210 |28 |12 |9,935 |574 |5
Saudi Arabia |107 |15 |12 |38,570 |701 |2
St. Helena |1 |- |0 |132 |- |0
Senegal |7 |- |0 |635 |22 |3
Seychelles |9 |- |0 |158 |2 |1
Sierra Leone |20 |14 |41 |863 |363 |30
Singapore |163 |5 |3 |1,777 |36 |2
Solomon Islands |2 |- |0 |18 |- |0
Somalia |- |- |- |- |- |-
South Africa |651 |29 |4 |922 |37 |4
Soviet Union |114 |- |0 |56,619 |1,087 |2
Spain |104 |2 |2 |1,849 |48 |3
Sri Lanka |181 |68 |27 |6,882 |1,143 |14
Sudan |30 |6 |17 |8,030 |42 |1
Swaziland |3 |- |0 |30 |3 |9
Sweden |193 |1 |0 |4,363 |155 |3
Switzerland |134 |1 |1 |6,266 |50 |1
Syria |56 |- |0 |4,759 |413 |8
Tanzania |95 |18 |16 |1,093 |37 |3
Thailand |602 |113 |16 |21,256 |809 |4
Tonga |- |- |- |16 |- |0
Trinidad and Tobago |112 |19 |15 |1,586 |122 |7
Tunisia |31 |14 |31 |3,094 |172 |5
Turkey |727 |269 |27 |36,290 |2,322 |6
Uganda |28 |6 |18 |3,283 |516 |14
United Arab Emirates |57 |11 |16 |12,109 |888 |7
United States |2,838 |35 |1 |42,180 |154 |0
Uruguay |8 |- |0 |58 |- |0
Vanuatu |1 |- |0 |29 |- |0
Venezuela |26 |1 |4 |309 |5 |2
Vietnam |4 |- |0 |340 |2 |1
Yemen (North) |- |- |- |2,667 |138 |5
Yemen (South) |- |- |- |- |- |-
Yugoslavia |54 |6 |10 |414 |57 |12
Zaire |17 |- |0 |661 |32 |5
Zambia |93 |12 |11 |1,423 |31 |2
Zimbabwe |185 |8 |4 |640 |76 |11
<1> Includes certificate of entitlement
<2> Granted initially or on appeal
<3> Some of these will be subsequently granted on appeal
<4> Calculate as:
- no application received or none granted/refused
Aggravated Vehicle Taking Act
Mr. Shersby : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many persons have been convicted of offences specified in the Aggravated Vehicle Taking Act 1992 since it received Royal Assent ; what assessment he has made of whether the Act is deterring the taking away of vehicles without consent ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Jack : Court proceedings data under the Aggravated Vehicle Taking Act 1992, which did not come
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into force until April 1992, will not be available until autumn 1993. It is therefore too early to say what effect the Act may have in deterring the taking away of vehicles without consent.Probation Service
Ms. Janet Anderson : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list, by police authority area, the number of probation officers employed for each year since 1987.
Mr. Jack : The numbers are as follows :
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Table of probation officers in post by police force area (whole-time equivalent)
Figures relate to end of years and mid-1992
Police force area |Dec. 1987 |June 1988 |Dec. 1988 |June 1989 |Dec. 1989 |June 1990 |Dec. 1990 |June 1991 |Dec. 1991 |June 1992
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Avon and Somerset |156.0 |153.5 |159.5 |162.0 |165.0 |171.0 |175.5 |173.5 |181.5 |178.0
Bedfordshire |65.8 |66.3 |66.8 |66.3 |65.8 |65.8 |66.1 |67.3 |69.9 |69.2
Cambridgeshire |64.0 |62.0 |65.0 |65.0 |62.5 |65.0 |69.0 |67.5 |74.0 |73.5
Cheshire |99.5 |101.5 |105.2 |101.1 |100.1 |102.1 |104.0 |105.1 |113.1 |108.1
Cleveland |89.0 |91.0 |96.0 |96.0 |103.0 |101.0 |107.5 |99.3 |108.0 |108.0
Cumbria |56.5 |60.5 |58.0 |61.5 |59.0 |49.0 |59.5 |59.0 |64.0 |65.5
Derbyshire |96.7 |98.6 |103.7 |106.7 |112.2 |107.7 |117.0 |115.8 |117.5 |117.5
Devon and Cornwall |150.1 |150.9 |155.6 |153.1 |161.3 |161.7 |167.2 |165.4 |168.2 |173.7
Dorset |71.5 |73.5 |78.0 |78.0 |80.0 |85.0 |87.0 |87.5 |88.6 |87.5
Durham |79.0 |79.0 |81.0 |81.5 |83.5 |85.5 |89.0 |90.8 |92.5 |91.0
Essex |132.2 |129.8 |139.8 |137.2 |137.7 |136.8 |143.2 |144.4 |146.6 |142.0
Gloucestershire |53.0 |56.0 |55.0 |55.0 |56.2 |57.0 |62.5 |62.0 |64.0 |63.5
Greater Manchester |407.0 |401.0 |413.9 |409.5 |419.0 |415.0 |425.7 |421.0 |445.5 |442.2
Hampshire |194.0 |191.0 |194.0 |191.4 |196.4 |190.9 |190.8 |186.5 |200.4 |206.6
Hertfordshire |94.6 |91.4 |93.9 |91.8 |98.5 |94.5 |101.7 |102.5 |103.6 |101.6
Humberside |116.0 |115.0 |118.0 |118.0 |133.0 |136.5 |133.5 |133.5 |138.5 |137.0
Kent |157.5 |152.9 |160.4 |166.4 |167.4 |171.6 |163.2 |164.2 |170.6 |169.8
Lancashire |188.5 |190.5 |197.0 |197.5 |197.5 |197.5 |201.0 |204.0 |201.3 |205.0
Leicestershire |112.5 |111.5 |115.5 |117.5 |116.5 |117.5 |125.5 |125.0 |124.0 |122.0
Lincolnshire |65.0 |64.0 |69.0 |71.0 |71.0 |69.0 |71.0 |68.0 |72.0 |77.0
London City of |4.0 |5.0 |4.0 |4.0 |4.0 |- |- |- |- |-
Merseyside |293.9 |296.4 |298.3 |296.4 |290.1 |287.1 |297.2 |291.0 |306.2 |311.2
Metropolitan |1,043.3 |1,035.9 |1,050.8 |1,036.2 |1,066.0 |1,058.9 |1,054.3 |1,074.6 |1,127.2 |1,145.4
Norfolk |62.5 |61.5 |65.5 |69.5 |74.0 |75.0 |82.5 |79.5 |82.5 |81.5
Northamptonshire |62.0 |65.0 |63.5 |63.5 |63.5 |59.5 |63.5 |69.5 |71.0 |71.5
Northumbria |208.5 |206.0 |210.5 |217.5 |222.0 |222.5 |237.0 |235.0 |237.5 |239.0
North Yorkshire |53.0 |53.0 |53.0 |52.0 |55.0 |53.0 |54.0 |54.0 |55.7 |58.0
Nottinghamshire |174.9 |175.8 |160.9 |166.9 |167.7 |174.5 |180.5 |175.9 |176.3 |182.9
South Yorkshire |195.5 |196.0 |202.0 |198.0 |202.5 |203.5 |204.5 |202.0 |221.5 |222.5
Staffordshire |161.0 |163.0 |164.9 |164.9 |160.5 |162.5 |169.1 |166.7 |169.5 |168.6
Suffolk |76.0 |75.4 |80.8 |79.8 |82.0 |81.0 |85.0 |85.0 |84.5 |85.0
Surrey |83.1 |81.7 |86.8 |90.0 |93.0 |84.5 |86.6 |85.0 |89.5 |91.0
Sussex |117.3 |119.8 |119.3 |117.0 |117.0 |113.5 |120.5 |127.8 |130.0 |131.0
Thames Valley |228.8 |224.5 |228.5 |228.5 |232.0 |219.6 |228.9 |227.4 |233.4 |240.0
Warwickshire |59.0 |58.5 |58.0 |56.5 |55.5 |58.5 |61.5 |61.5 |60.5 |61.0
West Mercia |137.0 |140.5 |141.5 |136.0 |140.5 |136.6 |144.2 |140.6 |148.0 |144.1
West Midlands |385.2 |385.7 |391.2 |399.4 |420.8 |401.4 |444.0 |426.7 |458.5 |454.1
West Yorkshire |311.0 |306.0 |307.5 |307.5 |310.5 |319.0 |321.0 |327.5 |319.0 |329.0
Wiltshire |57.0 |54.5 |57.5 |57.0 |60.0 |55.0 |61.0 |59.5 |62.5 |61.5
Dyfed Powys |41.0 |40.0 |43.0 |43.0 |42.0 |41.0 |42.0 |45.6 |46.0 |48.3
Gwent |48.0 |47.0 |47.0 |47.0 |49.0 |50.0 |51.0 |53.0 |54.0 |50.0
North Wales |56.0 |58.0 |59.6 |62.8 |66.4 |65.9 |67.9 |65.8 |69.6 |68.6
South Wales |182.0 |184.5 |181.5 |183.0 |183.5 |187.0 |193.0 |200.5 |206.1 |201.0
|------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |-------
England and Wales |6,488.3 |6,473.5 |6,600.9 |6,602.4 |6,743.2 |6,689.5 |6,909.3 |6,896.2 |7,152.7 |7,183.9
Some probation areas have small areas not falling within the one police force area (eg the Metropolitan police covers part of Hertfordshire).
Ms. Janet Anderson : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what additional funding has been provided for the probation service, in each police authority area, as at 1 October, to reflect the demands imposed by the Criminal Justice Act 1991.
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Mr. Jack : In 1992-93 current grant support of £276 million has been allocated to probation areas as set out in the following table. This total provides for 560 additional probation staff to take account of the estimated first-year demands placed on area services by the Criminal Justice Act 1991. The information requested cannot be broken down by police area.
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Area |1990-91 outturn |Formula provision |Hypothecated grant |1992-93 cash limit |Percentage increase
|(BIS)
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Avon |3,539,782 |4,415,552 |71,014 |4,486,566 |26.7
Bedfordshire |2,043,678 |2,534,184 |52,472 |2,586,656 |26.6
Berkshire |3,138,288 |3,891,513 |129,462 |4,020,975 |28.1
Buckinghamshire |2,449,242 |2,990,295 |47,118 |3,037,413 |24.0
Cambridgeshire |2,201,759 |2,748,260 |- |2,748,260 |24.8
Cheshire |3,240,943 |4,018,807 |23,202 |4,042,009 |24.7
Cleveland |2,824,295 |3,471,882 |47,448 |3,519,330 |24.6
Cornwall |1,387,532 |1,746,588 |- |1,746,588 |25.9
Cumbria |2,324,443 |2,856,081 |77,905 |2,933,986 |26.2
Derbyshire |2,888,693 |3,572,137 |37,108 |3,609,245 |24.9
Devon |4,012,354 |4,975,365 |96,807 |5,072,172 |26.4
Dorset |2,465,674 |3,021,058 |59,446 |3,080,504 |24.9
Durham |2,556,783 |3,126,310 |25,958 |3,152,268 |23.3
Essex |5,074,777 |6,292,782 |16,062 |6,308,844 |24.3
Gloucestershire |2,130,777 |2,642,188 |- |2,642,188 |24.0
Hampshire |5,015,854 |6,330,972 |38,538 |6,369,510 |27.0
Hereford and Worcester |2,536,313 |3,109,325 |45,609 |3,154,934 |24.4
Hertfordshire |3,264,506 |4,028,037 |36,275 |4,064,312 |24.5
Humberside |3,476,194 |4,310,521 |65,073 |4,375,594 |25.9
Kent |5,398,108 |6,711,112 |- |6,711,112 |24.3
Lancashire |5,061,772 |6,276,656 |26,985 |6,303,641 |24.5
Leicestershire |3,018,982 |3,743,572 |51,356 |3,794,928 |25.7
Lincolnshire |2,151,318 |2,667,659 |55,824 |2,723,483 |26.6
Greater Manchester |13,473,050 |16,706,737 |196,702 |16,903,439 |25.5
Merseyside |9,041,311 |11,037,793 |238,994 |11,276,787 |24.7
Norfolk |2,136,926 |2,686,449 |88,616 |2,775,065 |29.9
Northamptonshire |1,879,072 |2,330,071 |- |2,330,071 |24.0
Northumbria |6,861,946 |8,508,892 |118,462 |8,627,354 |25.7
Nottinghamshire |4,973,540 |6,167,247 |- |6,167,247 |24.0
Oxfordshire |2,041,161 |2,509,837 |27,632 |2,537,469 |24.3
Shropshire |1,420,021 |1,760,842 |77,842 |1,838,684 |29.5
Somerset |2,384,044 |2,892,907 |34,200 |2,927,107 |22.8
Staffordshire |4,415,682 |5,365,018 |74,289 |5,439,307 |23.2
Suffolk |2,027,942 |2,494,900 |37,461 |2,532,361 |24.9
Surrey |3,054,273 |3,839,281 |30,598 |3,869,879 |26.7
East Sussex |2,234,020 |2,816,819 |76,443 |2,893,262 |29.5
West Sussex |1,657,289 |2,092,069 |67,181 |2,159,250 |30.3
Warwickshire |1,995,645 |2,424,131 |23,928 |2,448,059 |22.7
West Midlands |14,073,724 |17,451,580 |322,184 |17,773,764 |26.3
Wiltshire |1,880,029 |2,331,258 |25,678 |2,356,936 |25.4
North Yorkshire |1,723,677 |2,165,394 |- |2,165,394 |25.6
South Yorkshire |6,922,146 |8,510,388 |99,851 |8,610,239 |24.4
West Yorkshire |10,721,366 |13,294,617 |166,907 |13,461,524 |25.6
Dyfed |1,056,002 |1,309,455 |22,265 |1,331,720 |26.1
Gwent |1,497,241 |1,874,253 |- |1,874,253 |25.2
North Wales |1,907,830 |2,386,566 |20,746 |2,407,312 |26.2
Powys |425,395 |513,721 |- |513,721 |20.8
South Glamorgan |2,130,779 |2,642,191 |36,352 |2,678,543 |25.7
Mid Glamorgan |2,274,378 |2,820,255 |- |2,820,255 |24.0
West Glamorgan |1,820,796 |2,257,808 |51,697 |2,309,505 |26.8
Inner London |21,525,437 |26,809,665 |457,172 |27,266,837 |26.7
North East London |5,081,522 |6,385,496 |27,831 |6,413,327 |26.2
South East London |3,205,182 |4,079,642 |48,283 |4,127,925 |28.8
South West London |2,480,301 |3,139,042 |14,959 |3,154,001 |27.2
Middlesex |9,123,613 |11,502,075 |111,198 |11,613,273 |27.3
|------ |------ |------ |------ |------
Total |219,647,407 |272,587,255 |3,501,133 |276,088,388 |25.7
Asylum
Mr. Allen : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what number of asylum seekers have sought judicial review of their cases in each of the past three years.
Mr. Charles Wardle : I understand from the Lord Chancellor's Department that in 1990 there were 102 asylum-related applications for leave to move for judicial review ; in 1991 the figure was 95 and in the first half of 1992, 68. The information before 1990 can be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
Mr. Allen : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what number of cases of exceptional leave to remain given to asylum applicants have been terminated in the past three years ; and under what circumstances.
Mr. Charles Wardle : The available information, which may not be fully reliable, is given in the table.
Exceptional leave is given to certain asylum applicants who are found not to be refugees under the 1951 United Nations convention if it would be unreasonable or impracticable in all the circumstances of the case to seek to enforce their return to the country of origin. Leave is usually given initially for a year but applicants may apply for extensions, and for settlement after seven years with exceptional leave status. The decision as to whether to grant an extension is based on the individual circumstances of the case including where relevant, the practicability of removal at that stage.
Refusals of
applications for an
extension of a grant
of exceptional
leave made to an
asylum applicant,
excluding dependants
|Number
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1989 |10
1990 |3
1991 |3
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Police Authorities
Mr. Michael : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what representations he has received from the Association of Metropolitan Authorities about maintaining the present composition of local police authorities ;
(2) what representations he has received from the Association of County Councils about maintaining the present composition of local police authorities ;
(3) what representations he has received from the Association of Chief Police Officers about maintaining the present composition of local police authorities ;
(4) what representations he has received from the Police Federation about maintaining the present composition of local police authorities.
Mr. Charles Wardle : Ministers and officials have discussed this subject on several occasions with various representatives of those bodies. My right hon. and learned Friend is due to meet the chairmen of the local authority associations on 7 December to hear their views about the future development of the police service.
Drug Traffickers (Assets)
Mr. Michael : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will provide a table showing for each police area in England and Wales for each year since the power was introduced (a) the number of applications for an order for the confiscation of the assets of drug traffickers, (b) the number of applications approved and (c) the value of assets seized in that year.
Mr. Jack : Information is not available by police area, nor in the form requested at (a) . As regards (b) , details of the confiscation orders made under the Drug Trafficking Offences Act 1986 between 1987 and 1990 are given in the table.
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Offenders ordered to pay confiscation orders under the Drug Trafficking Offences Act 1986 by
amount<1>
England and Wales
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Total<2> |3,372 |3,231 |3,665 |3,713
No order made |3,169 |2,692 |2,863 |2,842
Under £1,000 |135 |339 |528 |568
£1,000 and under £3,000 |39 |98 |133 |149
3,000 and under £10,000 |15 |47 |81 |77
£10,000 and under £30,000 |8 |18 |36 |48
£30,000 and under £100,000 |- |8 |14 |13
£100,000 and under £300,000 |6 |21 |7 |10
£300,000 and under £1 million |- |8 |1 |4
£1 million and over |- |- |2 |2
|----- |----- |----- |-----
Total amount ordered to be confiscated (£) |1,177,000 |8,096,700 |7,851,900 |10,142,500
<1> Source-"Criminal Statistics England and Wales 1990" Cm. 1935.
<2> Excludes offenders committed for sentence or where the sentence could have been awarded at
the magistrates' court.
As regards (c), the amount of money actually realised was £1.1 million in 1989-90 and £1.45 million in 1990-91. Recent estimates show that a cumulative total of£35 million had been ordered to be confiscated under the 1986 Act up to May 1992, of which £15 million has either been realised or is subject to receivership. I would also refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave my hon. Friend the Member for South Hams (Mr. Steen) on 20 October, Official Report, columns 262-63 .
Electoral Registration
Mr. Barnes : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on the shortfall between the estimated population eligible for inclusion in electoral registers and those who are on current electoral registers.
Mr. Peter Lloyd : I refer the hon. Member to the reply given to a question from the hon. Member for Coventry, North-West (Mr. Robinson) on 9 November, Official Report, column 630.
Police Overtime
Mr. Michael : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what constraints he has placed on police overtime in England and Wales during the last three months ; and what circulars or instructions have been issued to police committees on the subject of expenditure since April 1992.
Mr. Charles Wardle : It is the responsibility of a police authority to allocate its resources so as to provide an efficient service. The use of police overtime is a matter for individual police authorities.
The following Home Office circulars which bear on the subject of expenditure have been issued since April 1992 :
Circular |Title
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
41/92 |The Police (Amendment) Regulation 1990
50/92 |Capital Expenditure etc
55/92 |Amendment to Circular 41/92, The Police
| (Amendment) Regulation 1990
68/92 |Financing of the Common Police Services
77/92 |Police Pension Scheme
89/92 |Special Constables Sick Pay
92/92 |Revision of Management of Police Building
| Programme etc
97/92 |Charges for Road Traffic Reports etc
98/92 |Pay of Chief Constables etc
Prisoners
Mr. Michael : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will provide a table showing the total number of persons sentenced to custody in England and Wales during August, September and October 1992, and for the same months in 1991 ; and if he will provide the figures for each police authority in each month of 1992 to date.
Mr. Jack : Provisional 1991 sentencing data will not be available until the end of 1992. 1992 data will not be available until autumn 1993.
Immigration (Carriers Liability)
Mr. Ward : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the value of outstanding charges levied on carriers under the Immigration (Carriers' Liability) Act 1987 ; and what steps are being taken to recover this money from the carriers concerned.
Mr. Charles Wardle : On 6 November 1992, a total of £24,114,000 was unpaid. Payments are demanded as and when charges are incurred. The immigration service has recently written to 133 carriers with unpaid charges which arose before 1 July 1992 requesting payment.
Cash Limits
Sir John Wheeler : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what proposals he has for changes to the 1992-93 cash limits within his responsibilities and to his Department's running costs limit.
Mr. Kenneth Clarke : Subject to parliamentary approval of the necessary supplementary estimate, the cash limit for Home Office administration, immigration and police support services, England and Wales (class IX, vote 3) will be reduced by £1,281,000 from £1,243, 473,000 to £1,242,192,000 to reflect the following transfers of responsibility :
(i) magistrates courts to the Lord Chancellor's Department ; (
(ii) social work training to the Department of Education ; (
(iii) juvenile remand accommodation to the Welsh Office ; (
(iv) dog byelaw administration to the Department of the Environment ; and
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(v) broadcasting and sports ground safety to the Department of National Heritage.The Home Office running costs limit is similarly reduced, by £944, 000 from £1,450,020,000 to £1,449,076,000.
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