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Doncaster Prison
Mr. Redmond: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the disturbances that have occurred since Doncaster prison was opened; and if he will make a statement. [40955]
Miss Widdecombe: Responsibility for this matter has been delegated to the temporary Director General of the Prison Service, who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from Richard Tilt to Mr. Martin Redmond, dated 2 November 1995:
The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Question about the number of disturbances that have occurred since Doncaster prison was opened.
Doncaster prison was opened on 20 June 1994 and from that date until 30 September 1995, a total of 48 incidents of concerted indiscipline were reported to Prison Service headquarters.
Criminal Injuries Compensation
Mr. David Nicholson: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department who or what organisation initiated the litigation about the tariff scheme for criminal injuries compensation; and to what extent this litigation was funded out of public funds. [40705]
Mr. Maclean: The applicants in the application for judicial review were the Fire Brigades Union, the National Association of Schoolmasters and Women Teachers, Unison, GMB, the Royal College of Nursing, the Transport and General Workers Union, the Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen, the Prison Officers Association, the Civil and Public Services Association and the Trades Union Congress. After the House of Lords judgment, the applicants were awarded costs; these costs and the costs incurred by Government were met from public funds.
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Mr. Thurnham: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment he has made of whether the police and medical authorities are co-operating sufficiently with the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board concerning cases of the constituents of the hon. Member for Bolton, North- East. [40496]
Mr. Maclean: Under the terms of the criminal injuries compensation scheme the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board is exclusively responsible for the handling and determination of individual applications. The CICB reviews on an on-going basis the responses of the police and medical authorities to requests for reports. It advises that there are no significant problems in the Bolton, North-East area.
Gambling
Dr. Lynne Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what restrictions on the commercial promotion of gambling are currently in place; and what have been the changes in the last five years. [40750]
Mr. Kirkhope: Section 42 of the Gaming Act 1968 prohibits, with certain exceptions, advertisements which inform the public of premises on which gaming takes place or which invites them to participate in such gaming. The main exceptions are:
advertisements relating to incidental activities at non-commercial entertainments; to amusement centres and arcades; and to travelling showman's pleasure fairs;
print advertisements relating to bingo which do not contain inducements;
signs displayed on bingo premises giving information on prizes; signs outside casinos indicating that gaming takes place on premises.
Section 10 of the Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Act 1963 provides a general prohibition on advertisements relating to particular betting shops. There are exceptions for advertisements which are published inside betting shops and those which can be seen from outside the premises, provided that they comply with certain restrictions which are prescribed in regulations.
The Broadcasting Act 1990 makes the Independent Television Commission and the Radio Authority responsible for drawing up and enforcing codes governing standards and practice for advertising and programme sponsorship on television and radio respectively. There is a general prohibition on advertising of betting and gaming in the advertising codes. This prohibition does not apply to advertisements relating to lotteries permitted under National Lottery etc. Act 1993 and the Lotteries and Amusements Act 1976, or the football pools. In addition, the ITC and Radio Authority programme sponsorship codes prohibit betting and gaming companies from sponsoring television and radio programmes about certain activities related to the same form of betting or gaming as that in which the company deals.
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Changes introduced in the last five years include:the Bingo Act 1992, which introduced a partial relaxation of restrictions on print advertising of bingo;
the Licensed Betting Offices (Amendment) Regulations 1995, which gave betting shops greater freedom to advertise in their windows; changes to the ITC and Radio Authority advertising codes in December 1993 and April this year, respectively, to allow broadcast advertising of the national lottery;
changes to the ITC and Radio Authority programme sponsorship codes in January and December 1994, respectively, to allow betting and gaming companies to sponsor certain types of programmes; changes, in April this year, to the ITC and Radio Authority advertising codes to allow broadcast advertising of the football pools.
Prison Education
Mr. George Howarth : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is his estimate for spending on prison education for 1995 96, 1996 97 and 1997 98 following the Woodcock and Learmont reports. [40461]
Miss Widdecombe: Responsibility for this matter has been delegated to the temporary Director General of the Prison Service, who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from Richard Tilt to Mr. George Howarth, dated 2 November 1995:
The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Question about the estimate for spending on prison education for 1995 96, 1996 97 and 1997 98 following the Woodcock and Learmont reports.
Budgets for education services are devolved to governors who base their spending plans on local needs taking into account the number of teacher contact hours which can be purchased from their education provider at the agreed contract price.
The estimate for spending on prison education in 1995 96, including Public Library Authority library provision but excluding Vocational Training and Construction Industry Training spending, is £37,093,000.
Estimates of expenditure for 1996 97 and 1997 98 will be determined as part of the strategic planning cycle on which negotiations are currently taking place. Final decisions will not be taken until shortly before the start of the next financial year.
Prison Service Performance Indicators
Mr. George Howarth: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans he has to make changes to the Prison Service's key performance indicators; and if he will make a statement. [40454]
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Miss Widdecombe: Responsibility for this matter has been delegated to the temporary Director General of the Prison Service, who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from Mr. Richard Tilt to Mr. George Howarth, dated 2 November 1995:
The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Question about proposed changes to the Prison Service's Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).
The Prison Service has achieved its existing targets on visits and trebling. The remaining indicators do not now fully reflect the impact of new work that the Service has taken on (for example, the mandatory drug testing programme). The Service is therefore committed to developing new indicators to reflect its performance across the range of its work.
We are now considering what changes are necessary in the light of Sir John Learmont's recommendation on performance indicators. The Prison Service Framework Document requires changes to the KPIs to be approved by Home Office, Treasury and Office of Public Service Ministers.
Mr. George Howarth: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the figures for each key performance indicator for each prison for the year 1994 95. [40453]
Miss Widdecombe: Responsibility for this matter has been delegated to the temporary Director General of the Prison Service, who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from Richard Tilt to Mr. George Howarth, dated 2 November 1995:
The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Question about figures for key performance indicators (KPIs) for the year 1994 95.
The figures are set out in the attached tables, copies of which will be placed in the Library of the House. Establishments are grouped by type to make it easier to compare performance between establishments of a similar kind.
The tables do not include data on KPIs 3, 4 or 7. The target for KPI 3 was to ensure that the average number of prisoners held three to a cell intended for one was fewer than in 1993 94. The outcome was that there was no trebling in any establishment. On KPI 4, the target was to provide 24 hour access to sanitation in at least 3,500 more cells, thus ensuring that at least 95% of prisoners have access to sanitation at all times. This target is managed nationally, not locally, and the outcome was that 4,191 more cells were provided with 24 hour access to sanitation. On KPI 7, the target was to ensure that all prisons had the opportunity to exceed the minimum visiting entitlement throughout the year. This was achieved in full at all establishments.
Performance against key targets: 1994-95-Dispersals
|Average |KPI 2: |KPI 6: |KPI 8:
|population |KPI 1: |Assaults as |KPI 5: |Time unlocked |Cost per place
|percentage of
|1994-95 |Escapes |average population|Regime hours |(weekdays) |(£)
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Frankland |418 |0 |12.2 |20.0 |10 |32,662
Full Sutton |543 |0 |13.4 |25.1 |10.5 |31,509
Long Lartin |355 |0 |9.3 |22.3 |11 |29,437
Parkhurst |226 |3 |16.8 |17.6 |11.3 |32,947
Wakefield |696 |0 |4.9 |20.1 |11.6 |23,731
Whitemoor |474 |6 |23.4 |21.4 |10.3 |32,397
Average
|452 |1.5 |13.3 |21.1 |10.8 |29,944
Category B
|Average |KPI 2: |KPI 6: |KPI 8:
|population |KPI 1: |Assaults as |KPI 5: |Time unlocked |Cost per place
|percentage of
|1994-95 |Escapes |average population|Regime hours |(weekdays) |(£)
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Albany |415 |0 |6.5 |25.3 |11 |19,725
Blundeston |381 |0 |10.5 |23.3 |12 |18,873
Dartmoor |532 |3 |7 |23.7 |10 |16,384
Garth |505 |0 |5 |20.0 |9.1 |18,750
Gartree |275 |0 |3.6 |28.3 |12.3 |21,751
Grendon (see also Spring Hill)<1> |185 |0 |1.3 |28.6 |13 |19,121
Kingston |135 |0 |2.2 |26.8 |12.5 |23,226
Maidstone |459 |0 |6.3 |22.3 |11.7 |18,051
Nottingham |207 |1 |5.3 |25.8 |12 |24,775
Swaleside |502 |1 |11.8 |22.8 |10.5 |18,359
Average |360 |0.5 |6 |24.7 |11.4 |19,092
<1> Some establishments consist of a `parent' establishment and one or more satellite establishments with different functions. Figures are shown separately except for
combined figures for KPI 2 and KPI 8 which are shown under the parent establishment.
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Open Prisons (Male)
|Average |KPI 2: |KPI 6: |KPI 8:
|population |KPI 1: |Assaults as |KPI 5: |Time unlocked |Cost per place
|percentage of
|1994-95 |Escapes |average population|Regime hours |(weekdays) |(£)
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Ford |440 |0 |1.1 |37.3 |13.3 |10,357
Hewell Grange |164 |0 |1.2 |42.8 |24 |15,152
Hollesley Bay (see also
Warren Hill)<1> |162 |0 |12.5 |38.1 |24 |22,124
Kirkham |521 |0 |0.2 |48.7 |13.5 |10,870
Leyhill |387 |0 |0 |40.0 |24 |14,634
Morton Hall |161 |0 |1.2 |46.0 |24 |14,286
North Sea Camp |204 |0 |0 |62.7 |16.5 |15,423
Rudgate |261 |0 |0.4 |47.2 |14 |13,937
Spring Hill (see also parent
establishment Grendon)<2> |205 |0 |- |39.4 |24 |-
Stanford Hill |361 |0 |0.8 |41.8 |14.5 |15,104
Sudbury Foston |422 |0 |0.2 |46.8 |14.5 |12,308
Average |299 |0 |0.6 |44.6 |18.8 |14,847
<1> Some establishments consist of a `parent' establishment and one or more satellite establishments with different functions. Figures are shown separately
except for combined figures for KPI 2 and KIP 8 which are shown under the parent establishment.
<2> Figures for KPI 2 and KPI 8 are shown under the parent establishment.
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Female establishments
|Average |KPI 2: |KPI 6: |KPI 8:
|population |KPI 1: |Assaults as |KPI 5: |Time unlocked |Cost per place
|percentage of
|1994-95 |Escapes |average population|Regime hours |(weekdays) |(£)
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Local |503 |5 |37 |19.5 |9.8 |29,595
Holloway |64 |0 |75 |18.0 |11 |48,214
Pucklechurch |284 |2.5 |56 |18.8 |10.4 |38,904
Average
Closed
Bullwood Hall |121 |1 |16.5 |30.4 |12 |29,365
Cookham Wood |129 |1 |16.3 |29.3 |10.5 |24,167
New Hall |178 |3 |32 |29.4 |12 |26,633
Styal |235 |1 |14.5 |34.8 |13.3 |29,167
Average |166 |1.5 |19.8 |31.0 |12 |27,333
Open
Askham Grange |114 |0 |1.8 |45.4 |24 |17,647
Drake Hall |224 |0 |1.8 |36.9 |24 |14,902
East Sutton Park |89 |0 |0 |36.8 |24 |19,149
Average |142 |0 |1.2 |39.7 |24 |17,233
Average for all female
establishments |184 |1.2 |21.6 |31.2 |15.6 |25,713
Young Offender Institutions
|Average |KPI 2: |KPI 6: |KPI 8:
|population |KPI 1: |Assaults as |KPI 5: |Time unlocked |Cost per place
|percentage of
|1994-95 |Escapes |average population|Regime hours |(weekdays) |(£)
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Closed
Aylesbury |219 |0 |45.2 |26.6 |9.3 |24,399
Castington |275 |0 |24.7 |25.2 |9.3 |17,667
Deerbolt |387 |5 |17.6 |24.8 |10.8 |16,630
Dover |272 |0 |12.9 |23.6 |9.3 |18,354
Glen Parva |769 |2 |23.7 |21.9 |9 |14.769
Guys Marsh |196 |0 |8.7 |41.6 |13.4 |16,667
Warren Hill (see also parent
establishment Hollesley Bay)<1> |159 |0 |27.9 |8
Huntercombe (see also
Finnamore Wood)<2> |197 |0 |21.2 |24.9 |11 |17,009
Onley |476 |2 |33.8 |23.4 |12 |14,038
Portland |369 |0 |10.6 |29.6 |10.7 |14,098
Stoke Heath |263 |1 |28.5 |28.6 |12.5 |16,667
Swinfen Hall |182 |0 |8.2 |29.7 |10.1 |24,176
Werrington |107 |9 |69.2 |42.1 |13.5 |21,239
Wetherby |137 |8 |21.9 |38.2 |12 |18,878
Average |286 |1.9 |24.2 |29.2 |10.8 |17,344
<1> Figures for KPI 2 and KPI 8 are shown under the parent establishment.
<2> Some establishments consist of a 'parent' establishment and one or more satellite establishments with different functions. Figures are shown separately except for
combined figures for KPI 2 and KPI 8 which are shown under the parent establishment.
Young offender remand centres
|Average |KPI 2: |KPI 6: |KPI 8:
|population |KPI 1: |Assaults as |KPI 5: |Time unlocked |Cost per place
|percentage of
|1994-95 |Escapes |average population|Regime hours |(weekdays) |(£)
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Open YOI
Finnamore Wood (see also parent
establishment Huntercombe)<1> |25 |0 |38.0 |-
Hatfield |161 |0 |8.7 |38.4 |13.3 |21,111
Prescoed (see also parent
establishment USK)<1> |49 |0 |42.5 |18.8
Thorn Cross |167 |0 |13.2 |46.5 |12.5 |13,333
Average |101 |0 |11 |41.4 |12.9 |17,222
Remand Centres
Brinsford |458 |3 |27.3 |23.7 |9.1 |20,253
Feltham |805 |0 |29.7 |30.4 |10 |18,472
Hindley |268 |1 |29.1 |22.7 |8.8 |23,220
Lancaster Farms |344 |0 |22.4 |23.5 |12 |22,281
Low Newton |248 |0 |22.2 |23.1 |9 |25,253
Moorland |485 |0 |29.3 |24.9 |11.5 |17,433
Northallerton |170 |0 |25.9 |23.5 |10.3 |32,432
Reading |177 |0 |25.4 |27.1 |10.5 |29,121
Rochester |257 |2 |26.8 |25.1 |11.5 |19,487
Average |357 |0.7 |26.4 |24.9 |10.3 |23,106
Average for all YOI remand
establishments |283 |1.2 |23.9 |29.5 |10.8 |20,944
<1> Figures for KPI 2 and KPI 8 are shown under the parent establishment.
Category C
|Average |KPI 2: |KPI 6: |KPI 8:
|population |KPI 1: |Assaults as |KPI 5: |Time unlocked |Cost per place
|percentage of
|1994-95 |Escapes |average population|Regime hours |(weekdays) |(£)
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Acklington |613 |2 |4.1 |26.6 |12.1 |13,757
Aldington |118 |4 |0.8 |31.4 |12 |17,293
Ashwell |384 |4 |2.9 |35.3 |15.5 |13,861
Blantyre House |94 |2 |0 |33.2 |15.3 |22,105
Brockhill |117 |1 |1.7 |34.4 |12.3 |20,497
Camp Hill |389 |1 |4.6 |28.0 |12 |17,271
Channings Wood |568 |6 |2.1 |29.3 |11.3 |13,805
Coldingley |283 |2 |7.1 |25.4 |13.5 |20,890
Downview |277 |4 |2.9 |32.3 |11.5 |20,906
Erlestoke |250 |3 |3.2 |30.5 |12.8 |20,000
Everthorpe |217 |2 |7.8 |29.7 |11.3 |18,447
Featherstone |574 |12 |3.8 |28.5 |10.4 |14,858
Haverigg |344 |5 |1.5 |36.6 |12.5 |18,136
Highpoint |602 |3 |6 |27.9 |13 |15,169
Kirklevington |76 |0 |0 |47.3 |24 |23,457
Lancaster |243 |3 |4.9 |26.9 |12 |16,016
Latchmere House |139 |0 |0 |55.9 |24 |14,765
Lindholme |545 |6 |2.4 |29.1 |15.3 |15,722
Littlehey |555 |4 |5 |32.3 |10.8 |14,334
The Mount |476 |3 |5.9 |26.9 |12.1 |14,876
Oxford<2> |77 |0 |0 |41.5 |17 |19,303
Ranby |335 |13 |3.9 |31.7 |13.3 |17,579
Risley |725 |3 |13.1 |28.5 |10.5 |18,117
Send |119 |1 |1.7 |34.9 |12.7 |22,124
Shepton Mallet |189 |0 |5.8 |27.5 |12 |24,684
Stafford |516 |1 |11 |25.3 |9.2 |19,291
Stocken |392 |0 |5.1 |34.0 |12.5 |16,414
Thorpe Arch |164 |8 |0.6 |34.8 |11.7 |22,289
USK (see also Prescoed)<1> |179 |0 |0 |32.3 |18.8 |20,661
The Verne |533 |4 |1.5 |31.5 |14.5 |14,855
Wayland |542 |1 |3.9 |26.6 |12 |13,793
Wellingborough |306 |4 |3.3 |29.6 |12 |16,667
Whatton |213 |0 |6.6 |31.1 |12.8 |17,593
Wymott |389 |0 |3.6 |36.6 |13.3 |10,907
Average |330 |2.9 |3.7 |32.2 |13.5 |16,330
<1> Some establishments consist of a `parent' establishment and one or more satellite establishments with different functions. Figures are shown separately
expect for combined figures for KPI 2 and KPI 8 which are shown under the parent establishment.
<2> Re-opened April 1994. Cost per place figure includes Bullingdon.
Local prisons adult remands
|Average |KPI 2: |KPI 6: |KPI 8:
|population |KPI 1: |Assaults as |KPI 5: |Time unlocked |Cost per place
|percentage of
|1994-95 |Escapes |average population|Regime hours |(weekdays) |(£)
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Bedford |296 |2 |9.5 |22.9 |10.5 |24,422
Belmarsh |724 |0 |14.2 |15.7 |11.2 |26,397
Birmingham |778 |1 |12.2 |20.5 |6.9 |21,816
Bristol |456 |0 |7.2 |23.1 |11.8 |23,896
Brixton |605 |1 |14.9 |18.3 |8.6 |31,366
Bullingdon<1> |622 |0 |19.2 |24.2 |11.5 |19,303
Canterbury |259 |0 |5 |24.9 |12 |34,783
Cardiff |421 |0 |13.3 |23.3 |11.9 |28,399
Chelmsford |371 |1 |10.8 |16.1 |7.2 |33,068
Dorchester |202 |0 |3 |21.2 |10.3 |30,714
Durham |612 |4 |6.5 |19.0 |10.5 |22,446
Elmley |609 |1 |10.5 |22.5 |10.5 |18,009
Exeter |391 |1 |9.5 |22.6 |9 |27,660
Gloucester |248 |1 |16.1 |23.2 |9.5 |29,858
Haslar |126 |7 |0 |31.8 |12.3 |16,327
Highdown |584 |0 |12.2 |21.0 |11.5 |19,260
Holme House |613 |2 |8.6 |16.2 |9 |18,336
Hull |394 |1 |25.4 |21.0 |12 |34,146
Leeds |1,042 |0 |14.3 |15.5 |7 |19,675
Leicester |339 |1 |14.2 |22.7 |10 |42,784
Lewes |325 |1 |10.5 |18.6 |8.9 |22,572
Lincoln |609 |2 |6.7 |19.9 |11.2 |23,210
Liverpool |1,222 |3 |6.2 |17.5 |7.2 |18,371
Manchester |843 |1 |8.4 |20.3 |12.8 |20,188
Norwich |362 |2 |14.4 |23.1 |10.9 |30,584
Pentonville |720 |2 |12.8 |27.9 |10.5 |19,336
Preston |492 |1 |12.6 |18.4 |6.8 |28,180
Shrewsbury |276 |1 |11.2 |21.8 |10 |33,523
Swansea |211 |4 |16.6 |21.9 |12 |27,273
Wandsworth |907 |1 |16.3 |23.5 |10 |18,288
Winchester |385 |0 |9.6 |23.0 |8.8 |24,675
Woodhill |518 |0 |20.3 |24.0 |12 |24,735
Wormwood Scrubs |804 |0 |7.5 |15.2 |9.6 |29,132
Average |524 |1.2 |12.4 |21.2 |10.4 |23,408
<1> Cost per place figure includes Oxford
Contracted out prisons
|Average |KPI 2: |KPI 6: |KPI 8:
|population |KPI 1: |Assaults as |KPI 5: |Time unlocked |Cost per place
|percentage of
|1994-95 |Escapes |average population|Regime hours |(weekdays) |(£)
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Blakenhurst |629 |0 |17.5 |-<1> |14 |17,874
Buckley Hall<2> |24 |0 |4.2 |-<1> |13.5 |86,667
Doncaster<3> |557 |1 |33.8 |-<1> |12 |18,040
Wolds |320 |0 |15.3 |-<1> |13.8 |20,059
Average |382.5 |0.25 |17.7 |-<1> |13.3 |19,627
<1> Regime hours not available in comparative form.
<2> Opened in December 1994. The KPI 8 figure reflects the general build up of population.
<3> Opened in June 1994.
Public Appointments, South Yorkshire
Mr. Redmond: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the public appointments for which his Department is responsible in the county of South Yorkshire, indicating in each case the duration of the appointment, the date when a new appointment is due, and the salary. [39461]
Mr. Howard: My Department is responsible for the following appointments in South Yorkshire:
one member of the selection panel on appointments of independent members to the South Yorkshire police authority;
the board of visitors at the following prison establishments: Doncaster
Lindholme
Moorland Young Offenders Institution
Hatfield Young Offenders Institution.
The appointment to the selection panel is for two years. A new appointment is due on 8 August 1996. There is no salary but members are entitled to be paid allowances; the rates to be determined at the police authority's discretion. The Home Office recommends the allowances should be consistent with those paid to police authority members, that is £15 per hour up to a maximum of £120 per day and £3, 000 per year.
Members are appointed to the boards of visitors for a maximum period of three years to coincide with the triennial review date of that board. Appointments are made for varying periods of up to three years and new appointments are made as and when vacancies arise. Members are unpaid volunteers though they can claim for expenses they have incurred as a result of the performance of their official duties.
Mr. Redmond: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list all the non-departmental public bodies to which his Department makes appointments in the county of South Yorkshire, with the total annual budget for each body and the number of appointments made or renewed for each body in each of the last four years. [39571]
Mr. Howard: The only such bodies in South Yorkshire to which my Department makes appointments are the boards of visitors at the following prison and young offender establishments:
HMP Doncaster;
HMP Lindholme;
HMP and Young Offenders Institution Moorland;
HMYOI Hatfield
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The national boards of visitors budgets for the financial years 1991 92 to 1994 95 were as follows:£ thousands Year |Budget<1> ------------------------------ 1991-92 |378,000 1992-93 |507,000 1993-94 |734,000 1994-95 |764,000 <1> These figures include the liaison section, which manages the administration of boards of visitors, and all local board expenses.
The total number of national appointments to the boards of visitors were as follows:
Year |Appointments
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1991 |346
1992 |350
1993 |344
1994 |243
Total |1,283
The following table illustrates the appointments/reappointments during the last four years--1 January 1991 to 31 December 1994--in the South Yorkshire area.
|Total
|1991 |1992 |1993 |1994 |appointments
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Doncaster |- |- |- |11 |11
Lindholme |2 |2 |2 |16 |22
Moorland |4 |- |15 |- |19
Hatfield |- |- |15 |- |15
Total |6 |2 |32 |27 |67
Ministerial Meetings
Mr. Gordon Prentice: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many times in each month of the current year he has met personally the heads of the agencies which report to him to discuss the work of those agencies. [39859]
Mr. Howard: I met the former Director General of the Prison Service 11 times in January, four times in both February and October, 10 times in March, once each in April, August and September, three times in both May and July and five times in June, an average of one meeting a week over the 10-month period. I met the chief
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executive of the Passport Agency once in April. I had no meetings with the chief executives of the Forensic Science Service and the Fire Service College--the other Home Office agencies-- during that period. I receive quarterly reports from the chief executives on the performance of their agencies.Military Corrective Training Centre, Colchester
Mr. Redmond: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) when he last visited the military corrective training centre at Colchester; [39515]
(2) on what dates during the last 12 months his Ministers have visited the military corrective training centre at Colchester. [39514]
Miss Widdecombe: My right hon. and learned Friend last visited the military corrective training centre at Colchester on 3 March this year. The right hon. Member for Stirling (Mr. Forsyth) visited the centre on 3 May.
Fire Services, Wales
Mr. Murphy: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he is prepared to receive further representations on the re-structuring of the fire services in Wales. [39579]
Mr. Kirkhope: The consultation period has ended and drafts of the orders containing the schemes which will establish the three combined fire authorities in Wales were laid in Parliament on 24 October. This stage could not have been postponed without putting the timetable for reorganisation at risk. For the future, if representations are made we shall consider them.
Camden Hopscotch Asian Women's Group
Mr. Llwyd: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list all grants given, and any future grants planned, by his Department to the Camden Hopscotch Asian women's group, indicating the amount and dates. [38131]
Mr. Kirkhope: From April 1992 to March 1995, the Home Office supported a project entitled training and employment opportunities for Bangladeshi women, which was run by the Hopscotch Asian women's centre. Payments of some £19,000, £32,000 and £38,000 in the three financial years were made under the ethnic minority grant to the Central London training and enterprise council, which acted on behalf of the Home Office in relation to the project.
The Home Office has agreed to pay grant to Kingsway college, under section 11 of the Local Government Act 1966, in respect of a project to be run by the college for two years in association with the Hopscotch Asian women's centre. The maximum potential grant cost is £25,000 in 1995 96, and £50,000 in 1996 97.
NATIONAL HERITAGE
Meeting Heads of Agencies
Mr. Gordan Prentice: To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage how many times in each month of the current year she has met personally the heads of the
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agencies which report to her to discuss the work of those agencies. [39860]Mr. Sproat: My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State has met the chief executive of the Royal Parks Agency once, in September. No such formal meetings have been held with the chief executive of the Historic Royal Palaces Agency although one is planned for November.
Executive Agencies
Mr. Redmond: To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage if she will list by grade the numbers of staff and their cost for (a) the financial year 1994 95 and (b) the estimated figures for the financial year 1995 96, for each executive agency for which she is responsible. [39466]
Mr. Sproat: I have responsibility for two executive agencies: the Historic Royal Palaces Agency and the Royal Parks Agency. The information in respect of both agencies is as follows:
Historic Royal Palaces Agency
Grade |(a) Number 1994-95|(b) Number
|1995-96<1>
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Grade 3 |1 |1
Grade 5 |6 |6
Grade 6 |1 |1
Grade 7 |15 |17
SEO and equivalent |18 |20
HEO and equivalent |26 |30
EO and equivalent |47 |47
AO and equivalent |146 |144
AA and equivalent |209 |138
Industrials |55 |55
Totals |524 |459
Notes:
<1> Estimate.
1. Information on the cost of staff by grade is not held.
2. In 1994-95, the payroll cost of the staff listed above was £10,400,000 (
as recorded HRPA Annual Report).
3. In 1995-96, the estimated payroll cost for the staff listed above is £9,
047,000 (as recorded in HRPA Sixth Corporate Plan).
Royal Parks Agency
List by grade of number and cost of staff
1994-95 Actual 1995-96 Estimate
|Number |Number
|of staff |Cost |of staff |Cost
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Grade 5 |1.0 |56,250 |1.0 |60,483
Grade 7 |2.1 |95,003 |2.0 |88,493
SEO |4.2 |133,561 |4.0 |139,244
HEO |9.1 |215,834 |9.8 |262,792
EO |14.2 |279,927 |14.9 |292,752
AO |23.8 |347,219 |26.8 |355,803
AA |5.4 |56,775 |2.3 |22,305
Typist |1.4 |21,315 |1.5 |23,339
Principle Park Manager |1.0 |50,374 |1.0 |51,348
Park Superintendent II |3.0 |113,012 |3.0 |115,253
Park Superintendent III |8.0 |250,998 |8.0 |254,164
Park Supervisor |12.5 |306,345 |12.0 |311,265
SPTO |2.0 |34,078 |2.0 |35,355
PTO |0.5 |12,555 |3.0 |64,436
HMCO |1.0 |26,861 |1.0 |27,606
BAND 14 (Gamekeeper) |3.0 |64,009 |3.0 |65,124
Chief Officer |1.0 |51,779 |1.0 |81,215
Deputy Chief Officer |1.3 |53,129 |1.0 |37,470
Inspector |6.8 |243,121 |7.5 |277,080
Sergeant |22.8 |735,901 |20.3 |693,144
Constable |143.4 |3,830,672|139.4 |3,682,061
Groom |5.6 |48,283 |5.3 |54,380
Total |273 |7,027,001|270 |6,995,112
ENVIRONMENT
Fair Rents
Mr. Chris Davies: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the number of tenants with registered fair rents at the end of each of the past five years. [40687]
Mr. Clappison: The estimates available for tenants in England are as follows:
P
|Private rented |Housing Association
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1990 |<1>320,000 |-
1992 |- |<4>405,000
1993 |<2>220,000 |<4>385,000
1994 |<3>170,000 |<4>330,000
<1> Summer 1990.
<2> Average for financial year 1993-94.
<3> Average for financial year 1994-95.
<4> At 31 March.
The estimates for private renters are from the 1990 private renters survey and, from 1993 94, the survey of English housing. Like all estimates from sample surveys, they are subject to sampling error. The estimates for Housing Association tenants are based on returns to the Housing Corporation.
Living-over-the-shop Grant, Newcastle
Mr. Cousins: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment when the applications for living-over-the-shop grant support was received for Clayton street and High Bridge, Newcastle upon Tyne; how many dwellings units are proposed for these projects; and when he expects to make a decision on them. [40495]
Mr. Clappison: An SRB challenge fund plan to regenerate the Grainger Town area of Newcastle upon Tyne was received in the Government office for the nort-east on 27 October 1995. This plan includes a living-over-the-shop programme to bring city centre disused upper floors back into the use for residential purposes. A decision will be issued by the Government Office for the north-east as soon as possible. Approval of individual projects within the programme is subject to delegated arrangements which do not normally involve Ministers.
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Ramsar Convention
Mr. Matthew Taylor: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list candidate wetlands of international importance in the United Kingdom proposed for listing under the Ramsar convention. [40753]
Mr. Clappison: The Government are considering the sites listed which have been proposed for Ramsar listing by the statutory conservation agencies.
|County or |County or
Site |region |Site |region
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Avon Valley |Hampshire |Greenlaw Moor |Borders
|Dorset |and Hule
|Moss
Breydon Water |Norfolk |Westwater |Borders
Deben Estuary |Suffolk |Lake of |Central
| Menteith
Duddon Estuary |Cumbria |Castle Loch, |Dumfries and
| Lochmaben | Galloway
Dungeness-Pett |Kent, East |Loch Inch and |Dumfries and
Levels | Sussex | Torrs Warren | Galloway
Foulness |Essex |Loch of |Grampian
| Strathbeg
Humber Flats, |Humberside |Muir of Dinnet |Grampian
Marshes and | Lincs
Coast Phase
2
Mersey Estuary |Merseyside |Ythan Estuary, |Grampian
| Chesire | Sands of
| Forvie and
| Meikle Lochs
Midland Meres |Chesire |Loch Ruthven |Highland
and Mosses | Shropshire,
Phase 2 | Staffs and
| Clwyd
Morecambe Bay |Cumbria Lancs |Moray Basin, |Highland
| Firths and
| Bays
Northumberland |Northumberland |River Spey/Insh|Highland
Coast | Marshes
Pevensey |East Sussex |Firth of Forth |Lothian
Levels
Poole Harbour |Dorset |East Sanday |Orkney
Somerset Levels |Somerset |North Roe and |Shetland
| Tingon
Southampton |Hampshire, Isle|Inner Clyde |Strathclyde
Water and | of Wight | Estuary
Solent
Thames Estuary |Kent |Rhinns of Islay|Strathclyde
and Marshes
Mr. Taylor: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what percentage of the United Kingdom is designated under the Ramsar convention; and what percentage areas of their territories other EU member status have designated. [40752]
Mr. Clappison: Approximately 1.3 per cent. of the United Kingdom is listed under the Ramsar convention on wetlands of international importance. Similar information is not readily available for other EU member states.
Mr. Taylor: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if there is a timetable for the designation of candidate Ramsar wetlands included on the United Kingdom's shadow list. [40754]
Mr. Clappison: Including three sites in dependent territories, the United Kingdom has already listed 95 wetlands of international importance under the Ramsar
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convention--far more than any other country in the world. A number of additional proposed sites are under consideration, but there is no firm timetable for future listings.Planning Permission
Mr. Barron: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what powers are available to development corporations in respect of (a) short- cutting or avoiding standard procedures for planning permission and (b) extending their spheres of influence beyond their recognised boundaries. [40709]
Sir Paul Beresford: Urban development corporations are bound by the planning powers which are set out in sections 148 and 149 of the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980. A corporation cannot use these powers outside its designated area.
Charter Trustees
Mr. Cran: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment when he will establish charter trustees to preserve the office of mayor of Beverley and the civic regalia; and if he will set out their duties and the manner of their appointment. [40595]
Sir Paul Beresford: It is our intention that charter trustees for Beverley will be established on 1 April 1996.
The charter trustees will be the district councillors elected for wards wholly or partly comprised in the area for which charter trustees are established.
As charter trustees, they will be required to hold an annual meeting at which the first business would be to elect one of their number as mayor and another as deputy mayor. They may also exercise powers to appoint local officers of dignity and may acquire and maintain historic or ceremonial property, except land, of the area for which they are established.
Mr. Cran: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if the appointment of charter trustees to preserve the office of major of Beverley will allow the post to be held as in the past in the absence of the establishment of a town or parish council; and what powers the major will have. [40596]
Sir Paul Beresford: The charter trustees for Beverley may elect one of their number as town major and another as deputy mayor: it is not necessary for there to be a town or parish council in existence. The mayor presides at the meetings of the charter trustees but has no formal statutory functions. His role is representative or ceremonial.
Local Government Reviews
Mr. Cran: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if it is his intention to direct the Local Government Commission to conduct reviews to establish the case for or against new parishes. [40597]
Sir Paul Beresford: The Local Government Commission is devoting its attention to the structure reviews of individual districts which we have directed it to carry out. When these have been completed, its next priority must be the periodic electoral reviews that it has
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