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DNA Genetic Fingerprinting
Mr. Cohen : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is his estimate for the number of entries in the national DNA genetic fingerprint database ; whether a DNA sample could be taken in relation to any individual convicted of a serious arrestable offence once the Criminal Justice and Public Order Bill passes into law ; and how many entries there are on the criminal names index of the police national computer that currently relate to serious arrestable offences.
Mr. Maclean : At present DNA records relating to some 3,000 offences are held by forensic science organisations in England and Wales. Under the provisions of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Bill the theoretical maximum size of the DNA database would be about the
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same as that of the fingerprint record-- about 5 million records--since the proposed power to take samples would be broadly the same as the present power to take fingerprints. Whether and how quickly the database reaches this size would depend upon the operational criteria which the police apply in taking samples for DNA analysis.Under the provisions of the Bill samples for DNA analysis may be taken from any person convicted of a recordable offence, which includes a serious arrestable offence. Amendments will be introduced to ensure that this power applies only to those convicted after the coming into force of the provisions. The number of entries on the criminal names index of the police national computer which relate to serious arrestable offences is not readily available, and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
Mr. Cohen : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans he has to seek an order making powers to prohibit the use, by the police, of a DNA genetic fingerprint relating to those who have committed no crime.
Mr. Maclean : None. There are circumstances in which the police need to take samples of DNA analysis, with consent, from people who are not suspected of any crime : an example is the husband of a rape victim, for eliminating purposes. We shall be introducing amendments in the Criminal Justice and Public Order Bill to regulate the use to which information from such analyses may be put.
Police
Mr. Redmond : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the number of police officers per 100,000 population for each year since 1979 for (a) the Humberside, (b) North Yorkshire, (c) South Yorkshire and (d) the West Yorkshire police authority areas.
Mr. Maclean : The information requested is contained in the following table.
Number of police officers per 100,000 population
Year |Humberside|North |South |West
|Yorkshire |Yorkshire |Yorkshire
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1979 |224 |205 |206 |236
1980 |233 |207 |221 |247
1981 |231 |203 |222 |252
1982 |232 |204 |223 |253
1983 |233 |203 |221 |251
1984 |227 |199 |222 |248
1985 |231 |199 |222 |249
1986 |235 |197 |222 |253
1987 |235 |201 |230 |257
1988 |237 |197 |231 |258
1989 |238 |197 |232 |258
1990 |236 |195 |234 |260
1991 |238 |194 |234 |252
1992 |235 |199 |234 |247
1993 |230 |184 |231 |238
Data Protection
Mr. Cohen : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what consideration the Data Protection Registrar has given to the definition of "record" in subsection 4 of clause 43 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Bill, in respect of each of the eight data protection principles.
Mr. Peter Lloyd : The registrar has expressed his concern that the definition used in the Bill may throw doubt on the meaning of "record" in other statutory provisions, and for that reason the Government are considering tabling an amendment to delete the definition. The registrar has not expressed a view about the implications of the definition for the data protection principles.
Crime, South Yorkshire
Mr. Redmond : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many convictions there were in (a) the Doncaster area and (b) South Yorkshire as a whole in each of the last 14 years for (i) house burglary, (ii) theft from vehicles and (iii) robbery ; and if he will give the total number of convictions for these offences for each year during this period as a proportion of all offences committed.
Mr. Maclean : Information for 1979, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990 and 1992 is given in the table. Data for other years would involve disproportionate cost.
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Number and percentage of offenders convicted for certain indictable offences at Doncaster Petty Sessional Division<1> and
South Yorkshire Police Force Area and England and Wales 1979, 80, 82, 84, 86, 88, 90 and 92
Year/Area Burglary in a Theft from Robbery Total indictable
dwelling<2> vehicles
|Number |Percentage |Number |Percentage |Number |Percentage |[=100 per cent.]
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1979
Doncaster |113 |4 |36 |1 |24 |1 |2,690
South Yorkshire |507 |4 |159 |1 |80 |1 |11,466
England and Wales |19,310 |5 |7,368 |2 |3,188 |1 |412,346
1980
Doncaster |128 |5 |32 |1 |25 |1 |2,801
South Yorkshire |524 |4 |171 |1 |61 |1 |11,704
England and Wales |22,808 |5 |8,559 |2 |3,470 |1 |455,425
1982
Doncaster |196 |6 |69 |2 |29 |1 |3,224
South Yorkshire |668 |5 |254 |2 |86 |1 |12,609
England and Wales |24,827 |5 |12,918 |3 |4,375 |1 |475,131
1984
Doncaster |165 |5 |79 |2 |29 |1 |3,439
South Yorkshire |717 |5 |276 |2 |107 |1 |13,399
England and Wales |25,842 |6 |10,970 |2 |4,282 |1 |449,449
1986
Doncaster |171 |5 |73 |2 |18 |1 |3,280
South Yorkshire |577 |5 |203 |2 |132 |1 |11,760
England and Wales |20,527 |5 |9,145 |2 |4,196 |1 |384,209
1988
Doncaster |223 |7 |107 |3 |12 |0 |3,079
South Yorkshire |677 |6 |258 |2 |100 |1 |11,484
England and Wales |19,468 |5 |8,406 |2 |4,311 |1 |386,236
1990
Doncaster |196 |8 |98 |4 |22 |1 |2,540
South Yorkshire |597 |6 |334 |3 |144 |2 |9,580
England and Wales |18,386 |5 |7,622 |2 |4,806 |1 |342,759
1992
Doncaster |152 |7 |67 |3 |27 |1 |2,180
South Yorkshire |582 |7 |259 |3 |129 |1 |8,742
England and Wales |18,637 |6 |6,257 |2 |5,082 |2 |324,910
<1> Includes cases heard at the Crown Court where the committing court was Doncaster psd.
<2> Also includes 'aggravated' burglary in a dwelling.
Detainees (Self-harm)
Mr. Allen : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many acts of deliberate self-harm there have been among those held in detention for immigration or asylum reasons in each of the last four years. Mr. Charles Wardle : The number of immigration detainees who have committed acts of deliberate self-harm in immigration detention accommodation, and in Haslar holding centre, in the last four years is as follows :
|Immigration |Haslar
|Detention
|Accommodation
--------------------------------------------------------
1990 |8 |3
1991 |15 |0
1992 |10 |1
1993 |16 |2
Information about acts of self-harm in other Prison Service establishments did not identify immigration detainees separately until June 1993. Between June and December 1993 there were 13 such incidents.
Prison Numbers
Mr. Llew Smith : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the total number of people imprisoned in each year since 1979.
Mr. Peter Lloyd : Responsibility for this matter has been delegated to the Director General of the Prison Service, who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from Mr. Derek Lewis to Mr. Llew Smith, dated 17 March 1994 :
The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your Parliamentary Question asking what was the total number of people imprisoned in each year since 1979.
Information on the number of receptions into Prison Service establishments for the years 1979 to 1991 is published in the 1989 and 1991 editions of "Prison Statistics, England and Wales"
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(Table 1.14, Cm 1221 and 2157) copies of which are available in the Library of the House. The latest available provisional information for 1992 and 1993 is given in the attached table.
Receptions into Prison Service establishments,
England and Wales by
type of custody, 1992-1993<1>
Type of custody Year
|1992 |1993
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Males
Untried<2> |47,593|51,047
Convicted Unsentenced<2> |19,099|30,038
Immediate custody<2> |48,968|49,530
Fine defaulters and non-criminal |21,917|25,646
Females
Untried<2> |2,376 |2,663
Convicted Unsentenced<2> |1,178 |1,566
Immediate custody<2> |2,198 |2,382
Fine defaulters and non-criminal |1,189 |1,590
<1> Provisional figures
<2> A person initially received as untried and
subsequently received as convicted unsentenced is
counted in both sets of figures. A person
subsequently received as a sentenced prisoner is
counted separately in those figures.
Life Sentences
Mr. Cox : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) male and (b) female prison inmates were serving life sentences in prisons in England and Wales on 1 March.
Mr. Peter Lloyd : Responsibility for this matter has been delegated to the Director General of the Prison Service, who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from Derek Lewis to Mr. Tom Cox, dated 17 March 1994 : POPULATION OF LIFE SENTENCE PRISONERS
The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your Parliamentary Question about the population of life sentence prisoners in Prison Service establishments.
The latest available information is for 31 January 1994 and shows that there were 3,148 prisoners in Prison Service establishments in England and Wales serving life sentences, of whom 3,040 were men and 108 were women.
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Crime Prevention
Mr. Alan W. Williams : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will estimate the total amount of public money spent annually on crime prevention in England and Wales ; and what percentage this represents of the cost of policing.
Mr. Charles Wardle : The information available is as follows. Estimated expenditure on crime prevention in its widest sense across Government Departments in England and Wales in 1992-93 was £200 million. That figure is separate from and additional to public expenditure on the police which was £5.9 billion in 1992-93 and £6.2 billion in 1993-94, an increase of 87 per cent. in real terms since 1978-79. The prevention of crime is one of the key functions of the police. Local authorities also spend money on crime prevention, but information on this is not held centrally.
Rule 43 Prisoners
Mr. Cox : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) men and (b) women were being held on rule 43 in prisons in England and Wales on 1 March.
Mr. Peter Lloyd : Responsibility for this matter has been delegated to the Director General of the Prison Service, who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from Derek Lewis to Mr. Tom Cox, dated 17 March 1994 : The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Question about the number of prisoners held on Rule 43 in prisons in England and Wales on 1 March.
The table shows the number of inmates held on Prison Rule 43 and Young Offender Institution Rule 46 on 1 March 1994.
|Rule 43 and |Rule 43 and
|rule 46 (own |rule 46 (good
|protection) |order and
|discipline)
--------------------------------------------------------
Men |1,284 |248
Women |11 |3
|--- |---
Total |1,295 |251
The table does not include inmates held in vulnerable prisoner units. On 1 March, 1,773 inmates were being held in these units who were not on either Rule 43 or Rule 46.
Prisoners (Christmas Leave)
Mr. Redmond : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) if he will list by (a) HM prison, (b) HM remand prison the number of prisoners who applied for Christmas leave and the number of those who were granted Christmas leave ; and if he will make a statement ;
(2) what criteria he uses when deciding which prisoners may be granted Christmas leave ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Peter Lloyd : Responsibility for this matter has been delegated to the Director General of the Prison Service, who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.
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Letter from A. J. Butler to Mr. Martin Redmond, dated 17 March 1994 :The Home Secretary has asked me, in the absence of the Director General from the Office, to reply to your recent Questions about the criteria used to consider applications made by prisoners to be granted Christmas leave, and the number of prisoners who applied for and were granted Christmas leave last year. Figures for previous years are not available.
The criteria governing the grant of temporary release and home leave are set out in Circular Instructions 12/1988, 36/1989 and 43/1992, copies of which are in the House Library. Remand prisoners are ineligible to apply under either scheme.
In addition, specific advice was issued to governors in November last year setting out guidance on the arrangements for the grant of home leave and temporary release over the Christmas and New Year periods. A copy of this instruction (IG 29/1993) is also in the House Library.
The figures set out below show those establishments which received applications for home leave or temporary release, and the number of applications made and granted specifically to cover the Christmas period, including 25 and 26 December 1993. Some establishments have not retained records of the number of applications which were made, and these are indicated as not available (N/A) in the table.
Establishment |Release |Releases
|applications |granted
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Albany |3 |1
Aldington |13 |13
Ashwell |19 |19
Askham Grange |64 |58
Blakenhurst |0 |0
Blantyre House |18 |18
Brockhill |6 |6
Camp Hill |20 |18
Canterbury |9 |9
Dorchester |1 |1
Downview |n/a |21
Drake Hall |56 |43
East Sutton Park |14 |14
Elmley |25 |13
Feltham |59 |37
Finnamore Wood |1 |1
Ford |104 |104
Grendon |2 |2
Haslar |4 |4
Haverigg |16 |15
Howell Grange |60 |49
High Down |4 |4
Hollesley Bay |22 |22
Holloway |70 |44
Kirkham |71 |71
Kirklevington |62 |62
Lancaster Castle |76 |21
Lancaster Farms |9 |1
Latchmere House |130 |130
Leeds |10 |0
Leicester |4 |2
Littlehey |13 |13
Liverpool |5 |0
Low Newton |2 |2
The Mount |73 |36
New Hall |6 |6
North Sea Camp |n/a |92
Norwich |21 |18
Parkhurst |5 |3
Pentonville |2 |0
Risley |21 |21
Rudgate |33 |29
Send |21 |6
Spring Hill |78 |78
Standford Hill |64 |59
Stocken |13 |13
Styal |12 |10
Sudbury |79 |79
Swinfen Hall |28 |13
Thorn Cross |34 |34
Wakefield |8 |8
Wandsworth |n/a |4
Wayland |17 |17
Wellingborough |23 |19
Werrington |60 |30
Whitemoor |2 |0
Winchester |n/a |6
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Custodial Prisoners
Mr. Redmond : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people were remanded in custody in (i) Humberside, (ii) North Yorkshire, (iii) South Yorkshire, and (iv) West Yorkshire for the latest year he has figures available, broken down by (a) sex, (b) racial category, (c) aged under 17 years, (d) aged 17 to 21 years, (e) aged over 21 and under 65 years and (f) aged 65 years and over.
Mr. Peter Lloyd : Provisional information for remand receptions into Prison Service establishments in the areas specified in 1993 is given in the table.
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Receptions of remand prisoners into Prison Service establishments in Humberside and Yorkshire-1993<1>
Male - Ethnic Female - Ethnic
origin origin
Age at remand |Total |White |Black<2> |South |Chinese |Total |White |Black<2> |South |Chinese
|Asian<3> |and other<4> |Asian<3> |and other<4>
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Humberside
All remands
All ages |2,267 |2,154 |76 |22 |15 | - |- |- |- |-
Under 17 |1 |1 |- |- |- | - |- |- |- |-
17-21 |295 |281 |7 |7 |- | - |- |- |- |-
22-64 |1,968 |1,869 |69 |15 |15 | - |- |- |- |-
65 and over |3 |3 |- |- |- | - |- |- |- |-
All untried
All ages |1,917 |1,823 |61 |21 |12 | - |- |- |- |-
Under 17 |- |- |- |- |- | - |- |- |- |-
17-21 |245 |232 |6 |7 |- | - |- |- |- |-
22-64 |1,669 |1,588 |55 |14 |12 | - |- |- |- |-
65 and over |3 |3 |- |- |- | - |- |- |- |-
First received as untried not sub-
sequently received as convicted
unsentenced
All ages |1,285 |1,219 |40 |17 |9 | - |- |- |- |-
Under 17 |- |- |- |- |- | - |- |- |- |-
17-21 |144 |133 |5 |6 |- | - |- |- |- |-
22-64 |1,139 |1,084 |35 |11 |9 | - |- |- |- |-
65 and over |2 |2 |- |- |- | - |- |- |- |-
First received as untried
subsequently received as convicted
unsentenced
All ages |632 |604 |21 |4 |3 | - |- |- |- |-
Under 17 |- |- |- |- |- | - |- |- |- |-
17-21 |101 |99 |1 |1 |- | - |- |- |- |-
22-64 |530 |504 |20 |3 |3 | - |- |- |- |-
65 and over |1 |1 |- |- |- | - |- |- |- |-
First received as convicted
unsentenced
All ages |350 |331 |15 |1 |3 | - |- |- |- |-
Under 17 |1 |1 |- |- |- | - |- |- |- |-
17-21 |50 |49 |1 |- |- | - |- |- |- |-
22-64 |299 |281 |14 |1 |3 | - |- |- |- |-
65 and over |- |- |- |- |- | - |- |- |- |-
All convicted unsentenced
All ages |982 |935 |36 |5 |6 | - |- |- |- |-
Under 17 |1 |1 |- |- |- | - |- |- |- |-
17-21 |151 |148 |2 |1 |- | - |- |- |- |-
22-64 |829 |785 |34 |4 |6 | - |- |- |- |-
65 and over |1 |1 |- |- |- | - |- |- |- |-
North Yorkshire
All remands
All ages |143 |135 |4 |1 |3 | - |- |- |- |-
Under 17 |23 |23 |- |- |- | - |- |- |- |-
17-21 |120 |112 |4 |1 |3 | - |- |- |- |-
22-64 |- |- |- |- |- | - |- |- |- |-
65 and over |- |- |- |- |- | - |- |- |- |-
All untried
All ages |133 |125 |4 |1 |3 | - |- |- |- |-
Under 17 |20 |20 |- |- |- | - |- |- |- |-
17-21 |113 |105 |4 |1 |3 | - |- |- |- |-
22-64 |- |- |- |- |- | - |- |- |- |-
65 and over |- |- |- |- |- | - |- |- |- |-
First received as untried not
subsequently received as convicted
unsentenced
All ages |87 |81 |4 |1 |1 | - |- |- |- |-
Under 17 |12 |12 |- |- |- | - |- |- |- |-
17-21 |75 |69 |4 |1 |1 | - |- |- |- |-
22-64 |- |- |- |- |- | - |- |- |- |-
65 and over |- |- |- |- |- | - |- |- |- |-
First received as untried
subsequently received as convicted
unsentenced
All ages |46 |44 |- |- |2 | - |- |- |- |-
Under 17 |8 |8 |- |- |- | - |- |- |- |-
17-21 |38 |36 |- |- |2 | - |- |- |- |-
22-64 |- |- |- |- |- | - |- |- |- |-
65 and over |- |- |- |- |- | - |- |- |- |-
First received as convicted
unsentenced
All ages |10 |10 |- |- |- | - |- |- |- |-
Under 17 |3 |3 |- |- |- | - |- |- |- |-
17-21 |7 |7 |- |- |- | - |- |- |- |-
22-64 |- |- |- |- |- | - |- |- |- |-
65 and over |- |- |- |- |- | - |- |- |- |-
All convicted unsentenced
All ages |56 |54 |- |- |2 | - |- |- |- |-
Under 17 |11 |11 |- |- |- | - |- |- |- |-
17-21 |45 |43 |- |- |2 | - |- |- |- |-
22-64 |- |- |- |- |- | - |- |- |- |-
65 and over |- |- |- |- |- | - |- |- |- |-
West Yorkshire
All remands
All ages |2,089 |1,794 |123 |145 |27 |336 |311 |13 |2 |10
Under 17 |- |- |- |- |- | - |- |- |- |-
17-21 |273 |235 |15 |20 |3 |124 |115 |3 |1 |5
22-64 |1,804 |1,547 |108 |125 |24 |212 |196 |10 |1 |5
65 and over |12 |12 |- |- |- | - |- |- |- |-
All untried
All ages |1,706 |1,464 |107 |115 |20 |290 |269 |12 |2 |7
Under 17 |- |- |- |- |- | - |- |- |- |-
17-21 |209 |183 |12 |12 |2 |103 |95 |3 |1 |4
22-64 |1,485 |1,269 |95 |103 |18 |187 |174 |9 |1 |3
65 and over |12 |12 |- |- |- | - |- |- |- |-
First received as untried not
subsequently received as convicted
unsentenced
All ages |1,268 |1,069 |86 |98 |15 |227 |211 |11 |1 |4
Under 17 |- |- |- |- |- | - |- |- |- |-
17-21 |149 |127 |10 |10 |2 |72 |67 |3 |- |2
22-64 |1,108 |931 |76 |88 |13 |155 |144 |8 |1 |2
65 and over |11 |11 |- |- |- | - |- |- |- |-
First received as untried
subsequently received as convicted
unsentenced
All ages |438 |395 |21 |17 |5 |63 |58 |1 |1 |3
Under 17 |- |- |- |- |- | - |- |- |- |-
17-21 |60 |56 |2 |2 |- |31 |28 |- |1 |2
22-64 |377 |338 |19 |15 |5 |32 |30 |1 |- |1
65 and over |1 |1 |- |- |- | - |- |- |- |-
First received as convicted
unsentenced
All ages |383 |330 |16 |30 |7 |46 |42 |1 |- |3
Under 17 |- |- |- |- |- | - |- |- |- |-
17-21 |64 |52 |3 |8 |1 |21 |20 |- |- |1
22-64 |319 |278 |13 |22 |6 |25 |22 |1 |- |2
65 and over |- |- |- |- |- | - |- |- |- |-
All convicted unsentenced
All ages |821 |725 |37 |47 |12 |109 |100 |2 |1 |6
Under 17 |- |- |- |- |- | - |- |- |- |-
17-21 |124 |108 |5 |10 |1 |52 |48 |- |1 |3
22-64 |696 |616 |32 |37 |11 |57 |52 |2 |- |3
65 and over |1 |1 |- |- |- | - |- |- |- |-
South Yorkshire
All remands
All ages |2,378 |2,207 |65 |91 |15 | - |- |- |- |-
Under 17 |239 |224 |9 |2 |4 | - |- |- |- |-
17-21 |2,137 |1,981 |56 |89 |11 | - |- |- |- |-
22-64 |2 |2 |- |- |- | - |- |- |- |-
65 and over |- |- |- |- |- | - |- |- |- |-
All untried
All ages |1,945 |1,808 |49 |77 |11 | - |- |- |- |-
Under 17 |205 |193 |7 |1 |4 | - |- |- |- |-
17-21 |1,738 |1,613 |42 |76 |7 | - |- |- |- |-
22-64 |2 |2 |- |- |- | - |- |- |- |-
65 and over |- |- |- |- |- | - |- |- |- |-
First received as untried not
subsequently received as convicted
unsentenced
All ages |1,136 |1,046 |32 |52 |6 | - |- |- |- |-
Under 17 |96 |90 |4 |1 |1 | - |- |- |- |-
17-21 |1,038 |954 |28 |51 |5 | - |- |- |- |-
22-64 |2 |2 |- |- |- | - |- |- |- |-
65 and over |- |- |- |- |- | - |- |- |- |-
First received as untried
subsequently received as convicted
unsentenced
All ages |809 |762 |17 |25 |5 | - |- |- |- |-
Under 17 |109 |103 |3 |- |3 | - |- |- |- |-
17-21 |700 |659 |14 |25 |2 | - |- |- |- |-
22-64 |- |- |- |- |- | - |- |- |- |-
65 and over |- |- |- |- |- | - |- |- |- |-
First received as convicted
unsentenced
All ages |433 |399 |16 |14 |4 | - |- |- |- |-
Under 17 |34 |31 |2 |1 |- | - |- |- |- |-
17-21 |399 |368 |14 |13 |4 | - |- |- |- |-
22-64 |- |- |- |- |- | - |- |- |- |-
65 and over |- |- |- |- |- | - |- |- |- |-
All convicted unsentenced
All ages |1,242 |1,161 |33 |39 |9 | - |- |- |- |-
Under 17 |143 |134 |5 |1 |3 | - |- |- |- |-
17-21 |1,099 |1,027 |28 |38 |6 | - |- |- |- |-
22-64 |- |- |- |- |- | - |- |- |- |-
65 and over |- |- |- |- |- | - |- |- |- |-
<1> Provisional figures.
<2> Black: African, Caribbean, Other.
<3> South Asian: Bangladeshi, Indian, Pakistani.
<4> Chinese and other: Asian (other), Chinese, Other.
Moorlands Prison
Mr. Redmond : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when the cell of the month bonus scheme began at HM prison Moorlands ; how much has been paid out to date ; which other HM prisons have a similar scheme ; and if he will make a statement.
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Mr. Peter Lloyd : Responsibility for this matter has been delegated to the Director General of the Prison Service, who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from Derek Lewis to Mr. Martin Redmond, dated 17 March 1994 :
The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Question about Moorland Prison and Young Offender Institution.
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The cell of the month scheme began on 19 December 1993. Since the scheme commenced, a total of £114 has been paid out. The scheme at Moorland is a local initiative. No central records of such initiatives are maintained and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.Correspondence
Mr. Wigley : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he will respond to the letter from the hon. Member for Caernarfon, dated 18 October 1993, concerning the case of the late Dewi Jones of Llanaelhaern in Gwynedd ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Maclean : I hope to respond to the hon. Member very shortly.
Remand Prisoners
Mr. Redmond : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will give a breakdown, by race, for the latest date he has figures available, of the inmates held in each of the remand centres in Yorkshire and Humberside.
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Mr. Peter Lloyd : Responsibility for this matter has been delegated to the Director General of the Prison Service, who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from Derek Lewis to Mr. Martin Redmond, dated 17 March 1994 :
The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Question asking if he will give a breakdown by race, for the latest date he has figures available, of the inmates held in each of the remand centres in Yorkshire and Humberside.
The latest available information is for 31 December 1993 and is given in the table. The ethnic breakdown of the population is based on the Census of Population ethnic coding classification which was introduced in prisons in October 1992.
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Population in remand centres on 31 December 1993 in Yorkshire and Humberside by ethnic origin<1>
Ethnic origin
Establishment |White |Black, African, |Southern Asian, |Other Asian, |All persons in
|Caribbean |Bangladeshi, |other Chinese, |establishment
|Indian, Pakistani|not recorded (in-
|cluding refusal)
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Moorland |415 |23 |14 |2 |454
Northallerton |128 |3 |1 |2 |134
|-- |-- |-- |-- |--
Total |543 |26 |15 |4 |588
<1> Provisional figures.
Mandatory Life Sentences
Mr. Gunnell : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prisoners are currently serving mandatory life sentences for murder ; and how many of those have at all times denied their guilt.
Mr. Peter Lloyd : The latest available provisional information is for 31 December 1993 when there were 2,564 prisoners in Prison Service establishments serving mandatory life sentences for murder. Information on inmates who deny their guilt is not collected centrally.
Civil Servants
Mrs. Clwyd : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list for each civil service grade in his Department (a) the total number of persons employed and (b) the percentage of this figure that are women.
Mr. Michael Howard : The figures requested are given in the table, which sets out, by grade, the total number of non-industrial Home Office staff, including those in agencies, on outward secondment or on maternity or special leave, and the number and percentage of women in each grade. The information was generated from the Home Office personnel system on 15 March 1994.
|Total |Women |Per cent.
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Administrative Assistant |2,167 |1,577 |73
Administrative Officer |4,420 |3,105 |70
Administrative Trainee |9 |3 |33
Assistant Chief Officer |2 |- |-
Assistant Director |9 |- |-
Assistant Divisional Officer |4 |- |-
Assistant Immigration Officer |39 |22 |56
Assistant Information Officer |7 |3 |43
Assistant Insp. of Fire Services |29 |- |-
Assistant Librarian |13 |9 |69
Assistant Scientific Officer |91 |69 |76
Assistant Statistician |1 |1 |100
Assistant Storeperson |102 |8 |8
C. of E./R.C. Chaplain (P/T) |128 |26 |20
C. of E. Chaplain |97 |5 |5
Chief Immigration Officer |361 |52 |14
Chief Inspector-Animals S.P. Inspec. |1 |- |-
Chief Typing Manager |4 |4 |100
Commandant |1 |- |-
Comms. Officer 2 |1 |- |-
Comms. Officer 3 |15 |2 |13
Consultant Voluntary Services Unit |2 |2 |100
Divisional Officer 1 |1 |- |-
Divisional Officer 2 |2 |- |-
Executive Officer |2,122 |1,179 |56
Farm Manager |85 |1 |1
Fireground Supervisor |1 |- |-
Foreman |1 |- |-
Governor 1 |39 |- |-
Governor 2 |86 |7 |8
Governor 3 |117 |14 |12
Governor 4 |313 |38 |12
Governor 5 |440 |30 |7
Governor 5 (APS)<1> |25 |6 |24
Grade 1 (PUSS) |1 |- |-
Grade 2 (DUSS) |8 |- |-
Grade 3 |28 |7 |25
Grade 4 |3 |- |-
Grade 5 |95 |23 |24
Grade 6 |102 |13 |13
Grade 7 |615 |159 |26
Graphics Officer |14 |3 |21
Graphics Technical Grade |1 |1 |100
Head of Department 3 |1 |- |-
Head of Department 4 |1 |- |-
Head of Department 5 |1 |- |-
Head of Department 6 |1 |- |-
Head Pharmacist |1 |- |-
Higher Executive Off. (Development) |28 |10 |36
Higher Executive Officer |1,194 |491 |41
Higher Graphics Officer |1 |- |-
Higher Instructional Officer |28 |2 |7
Higher Prof. and Tech. Officer |132 |5 |4
Higher Psychologist |44 |32 |73
Higher Scientific Officer |178 |82 |46
Higher Telecoms Tech. Off. |18 |- |-
HM Chief Insp. of Fire Services |1 |- |-
HM Chief Inspector of Constabulary |1 |- |-
HM Insp. of Fire Services 1 |2 |- |-
Hm Insp. of Fire Services 2 |7 |- |-
HM Inspector of Constabulary |5 |- |-
Immigration Officer |2,209 |824 |37
Information Officer |19 |13 |68
Inspector (Immigration Service) |70 |1 |1
Inspector-Animals S. P. Insp. |17 |2 |9
Instructional Officer I |1,031 |145 |14
Instructional Officer II |2 |- |-
Interpreter |7 |2 |29
Lecturer 2 |24 |6 |25
Legal Officer |4 |3 |75
Librarian |7 |5 |71
Matron Housekeeper |1 |1 |100
Medical Officer |86 |8 |9
Medical Officer (P/T) |108 |4 |4
Night Patrol |929 |81 |9
Nursing Grade A |4 |3 |75
Nursing Grade C |53 |49 |92
Nursing Grade D |117 |95 |81
Nursing Grade E |127 |87 |69
Nursing Grade F |109 |89 |82
Nursing Grade G |28 |20 |71
Nursing Grade H |6 |5 |83
Personal Secretary |495 |492 |99
Pharmacist |18 |13 |72
Pharmacy Technician |23 |21 |91
Principal Lecturer |3 |- |-
Principal Medical Officer |5 |- |-
Principal Officer |1,348 |44 |3
Principal Officer (APS)<1> |33 |9 |27
Principal RC Chaplain |1 |- |-
Prison Auxiliary |1,593 |314 |20
Prison Officer |18,847 |1,800 |10
Prison Officer (APS)<1> |37 |19 |51
Professional & Technology Off. |98 |11 |11
Psychological Assistant |42 |28 |67
Psychologist |1 |- |-
Psychologist-Graduate Trainee |28 |20 |71
R.C. Chaplain |16 |1 |6
Regional Catering Manager |5 |- |-
Research Officer (Social Sci.) |16 |9 |56
Scientific Officer |115 |64 |56
Senior Assistant Statistician |8 |2 |25
Senior Divisional Officer |1 |- |-
Senior Executive Officer |432 |135 |31
Senior Information Officer |9 |4 |44
Senior Inspector-Animals S.P. Insp. |3 |- |-
Senior Instructional Officer |2 |1 |50
Senior Lecturer |3 |- |-
Senior Legal Assistant |2 |1 |50
Senior Librarian |2 |1 |50
Senior Medical Officer |40 |5 |13
Senior Officer |3,509 |116 |5
Senior Personal Secretary |42 |42 |100
Senior Pharmacist |1 |- |-
Senior Prof. and Tech. Officer |147 |1 |-
Senior Psychologist |48 |29 |60
Senior Research Off. (Social Sci.) |11 |6 |55
Senior Scientific Officer |197 |31 |16
Senior Telecoms Tech. Off. |2 |- |-
Shop Assistant |1 |1 |100
Shop Manager |1 |- |-
Staff Principal Pharmacist |5 |- |-
Storeperson |465 |21 |5
Stores Officer Grade A |1 |- |-
Stores Officer Grade B |4 |- |-
Stores Officer Grade C |1 |- |-
Stores Officer Grade D |5 |1 |20
Support Grade Band 1 |150 |103 |69
Support Grade Band 2 |718 |435 |61
Support Manager 1 |1 |- |-
Support Manager 2 |4 |3 |75
Support Manager 3 |12 |11 |92
Technical Grade 1 |14 |3 |21
Technical Grade 2 |7 |3 |43
Telecom Engineering Technician |4 |- |-
Telecom Technical Engineer II |4 |- |-
Telecoms Technical Officer |1 |- |-
Temporary Prison Officer |4 |4 |100
Territorial Inspector |4 |- |-
Trainee Graphics Officer |1 |1 |100
Trainee Typist |1 |1 |100
Typing Manager |32 |32 |100
Typist |749 |748 |100
|------- |------- |-------
Total |47,584 |13,071 |27
<1>APS-Accelerated Promotion Scheme
Campsfield House
Mr. Allen : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many individuals are currently detained at Campsfield ; and of these how many are (a) on hunger strike and (b) being force fed.
Mr. Winnick : To ask the Secretary of State being for the Home Department how many people are currently being held at Campsfield house ; and how many have refused food ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Charles Wardle : On Tuesday 15 March there were 191 people detained at Campsfield house ; 118 were refusing food ; none has been force -fed.
Mr Winnick : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department who is responsible for the management of Campsfield house ; who previously held such responsibility ; how frequently Home Office officials visit Campsfield ; and how reports on its management are made to Ministers.
Mr. Charles Wardle : Since its opening on 29 November 1993 the Campsfield house immigration detention centre has been managed on behalf of the Immigration Service by Group 4 Total Security Ltd. under a total management contract. Home Office officials are based permanently at Campsfield house to oversee the management of the contract and report, through senior headquarters staff, to Ministers.
Mr. Winnick : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department on what date a Minister in his Department most recently visited Campsfield house.
Mr. Charles Wardle : I visited Campsfield house today.
Mr. Winnick : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how long on average it takes his Department to reach a decision on individual cases of those held at Campsfield house ; and if he will make a statement.
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Mr. Charles Wardle : The information is not readily available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
Mr. Winnick : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps he has taken to ensure that those held at Campsfield house are fully able to put their reasons to his officials for wishing to stay in the United Kingdom ; what percentage of those held at Campsfield have been able to have qualified representatives to argue their case at the Home Office ; and if he will make a statement. Mr. Charles Wardle : All those detained under the powers contained in the Immigration Act 1971 have the reasons for that detention explained to them and they are informed of their right to legal advice and assistance, in a language which they understand. In addition, at Campsfield house there are posters advertising the free services available from the Immigration Advisory Service and the refugee legal centre and detainees are free to make and receive telephone calls. Legal representation may visit detainees between 9 am and 9 pm every day. Others may visit between 2 pm and 9 pm, every day. The permanent Immigration Service staff at the centre are also available to provide advice and assistance as necessary.
General Pinochet Mr. Tony Banks : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what were the total policing costs associated with the recent visit to London of General Augusto Pinochet.
Mr. Charles Wardle : It is a long-standing practice not to disclose the costs of security operations.
Mr. Paul Bennett
Mr. Mackinlay : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) if he will make a statement on the circumstances surrounding the procedural impropriety referred to by presiding Lord Justice Mann in the case of Mr. Paul Bennett and the subsequent discontinuance of the committal proceedings ;
(2) if the services of Mr. Paul Bennett were used or employed by any of the United Kingdom's police or Government agencies prior to committal proceedings being undertaken against him.
Mr. Charles Wardle [holding answer 16 March 1994] : Operational matters are entirely the responsibility of the chief officer of the police force concerned. Furthermore, it would not be appropriate to make any comment at this stage on the actions of the police since the case may be considered further by the courts. I understand that a formal complaint has been lodged with the Metropolitan police.
SOCIAL SECURITY
Management Systems
Ms Lynne Jones : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how much his Department's computer-aided facilities management systems cost ; from whom they were purchased ; how many person hours were required to commission them ; what the estimated and actual saving has been from their operation ; and to what extent the use
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of such systems accounts for the apparent rise in theft noted in his answer to the hon. and learned Member for Fife, North (Mr. Campbell) of 16 February, Official Report, column 771.Mr. Hague : Computers are used by those employed in facilities management as part of their day-to-day work. There is no reason to suppose any link between this and the number of thefts from the Department.
Disability, Working Allowance
Ms Corston : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will review the reasons for the current level of take-up of the disability working allowance.
Mr. Scott : We have commissioned research from the Policy Studies Institute as part of the evaluation of disability working allowance. The evaluation will examine take-up issues. The final report from the Policy Studies Institute is due in 1995. The final evaluation is due for completion in October 1996.
Independent Living Fund
Mr. Rowlands : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what is the value of the independent living fund 1993 ; what proportion has been allocated to date ; and what proportion has been allocated to claimants in Wales.
Mr. Scott : Financial provision of £4 million was made for the Independent Living (1993) Fund in 1993-94. I am informed by the director of the fund that, as at 1 March, 17 per cent. of this amount had been spent.
I am further informed that the total weekly payments to all United Kingdom clients stood at the same date at around £31,000, representing an ongoing commitment equivalent to 40 per cent. of this year's financial provision.
Around 10.5 per cent. of the amount so far in payment to disabled people is being paid to applicants in Wales.
Cold Weather Payments
Mr. Cousins : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will list the assessment points for the cold weather payments trigger and the days on which the temperature fell below the trigger point in each case over the last calendar year.
Mr. Scott : A list of the Meterological Office weather stations used by the cold weather payment scheme, together with the temperature information used to determine triggers is held in the Library. Information is held only for the mean temperature over periods of seven days and is not available on a daily basis.
Invalidity Benefit
Mr. Redmond : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many recipients currently in receipt of invalidity benefit are over the age of 58 years in the Doncaster area.
Mr. Scott : The information is not readily available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
Mr. Redmond : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what is his current estimate of the average value of benefit to those in receipt of invalidity benefit in the Doncaster area.
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Mr. Scott : The information is not readily available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
Mr. Redmond : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what is his estimate of the number of people in receipt of invalidity benefit in the Doncaster area for each of the last 10 years.
Mr. Scott : I understand from Mr. Michael Bichard, the chief executive of the Benefits Agency, that the full range of information requested is not available. For that information which is available I refer the hon. Member to the reply given to him by Mr. Bichard on 3 December 1993 at columns 121-22.
Correspondence
Mr. Austin Mitchell : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many letters were received from, and written to, hon. Members by him and his ministerial colleagues in February.
Mr. Hague : This Department received 2,522 letters from hon. Members during February. Of these, 259 were passed to chief executives of the Department's agencies for reply. A total of 1,656 replies, mostly to correspondence received in January, were sent by Ministers.
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