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Drugs Offences
Mr. Llwyd: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list for (a) each court circuit area in England and Wales, (b) England and (c) Wales the number of convictions secured in cases involving drugs for each of the last three available years; and if he will make a statement. [6666]
Mr. Maclean: Information for 1992 to 1994 (latest available) is given in the table.
| Area | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crown court circuit | |||
| Midland and Oxford | 777 | 872 | 954 |
| North Eastern | 778 | 894 | 903 |
| Northern | 1,126 | 1,091 | 1,051 |
| South Eastern | 3,007 | 2,488 | 2,790 |
| Wales and Chester | 406 | 462 | 488 |
| Western | 513 | 513 | 629 |
| England | 6,346 | 6,011 | 6,493 |
| Wales | 261 | 309 | 322 |
| England and Wales | 6,607 | 6,320 | 6,815 |
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Fire Service
Ms Bridget Prentice: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will review the criteria for risk categories for firefighting; and if he will make a statement. [6923]
Mr. Sackville: The criteria for risk categories are an integral part of the nationally recommended minimum standards of fire cover. In response to a recommendation in the Audit Commission report. "In the line of Fire", these standards are being reviewed by the Central Brigades Advisory Council.
Ms Prentice: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the estimated cost of rebuilding Downham fire station. [6920]
Mr. Sackville: Responsibility for the provision of fire services, including the cost of rebuilding fire stations, is a matter for the fire authority concerned--in this case, the London fire and civil defence authority.
Marchioness Disaster
Mr. Spearing: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the expected approximate length, in words and A4 pages, of the complete transcript of the re-opened inquest into the victims of the Marchioness disaster held in April 1995; and what plans
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he has for making it available to the relatives of the deceased and to other interested parties. [7121]
Mr. Sackville: I understand that the transcript is about 3,000 pages and approximately 900,000 words in length. The supply of such a document is entirely a matter for the coroner, in accordance with the Coroners Rules 1984.
Visa Applications
Mr. Henderson: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many applications for (a) single entry and (b) multiple entry visit visas were (i) received, (ii) granted and (iii) refused at each post in the Indian sub-continent, Ghana, Nigeria, the Philippines and Jamaica in each quarter of 1994 and the first quarters of 1995; and what was the delay between application and interview for those whose applications were felt to need a second or long interview at each of the above posts in
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(1) June 1994, (2) January 1995 and (3) June 1995 or the nearest available date. [7687]
Mr. Kirkhope: I will write to the hon. Member as soon as the information becomes available.
Breeding of Dogs Acts
Mr. Hardy: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prosecutions have been pursued for offences against the Breeding of Dogs Acts in the last 10 years; and what assessment he has made as to the efforts of local authorities to ensure that this measure is put into effect. [6730]
Mr. Maclean: The information is given in the table.
| 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Breeding of Dogs Act 1973 | |||||||||||
| Prosecutions | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 23 | 5 | 2 |
| Breeding of Dogs Act 1991(71) | |||||||||||
| Prosecutions | (72)-- | (72)-- | (72)-- | (72)-- | (72)-- | (72)-- | (72)-- | (73)-- | (73)-- | (73)-- | (73)-- |
(71) Came into force on 25 September 1991.
(72) Not applicable.
(73) Not available.
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Departmental Running Costs
Mr. Malcolm Bruce: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is his estimate of the cost of running his departmental office, and that of his predecessor, for each year since 1990-91 including the current year, broken down into (a) telephone bills, (b) total staff costs, (c) press and communications, (d) entertainment, (e) alcoholic drinks, (f) non-alcoholic drinks, (g) stationery, (h) office refurbishment and (i) other. [6399]
Mr. Howard: The estimated cost of running my departmental office for the current year and for the previous two years are as follows:
| 1993-94 | 1994-95 | 1995-96 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total staff costs | 1,326,343 | 1,612,746 | 1,771,631 |
| Press and communications | 11,083,793 | 14,140,920 | 10,958,900 |
| Running costs | 485,343 | 510,988 | 875,669 |
These figures exclude the cost of telephone bills which is not available as a specific cost to my departmental office.
The information on office refurbishment was given in reply to a question from the hon. Member for Newham, North-West (Mr. Banks) on 18 December 1995, Official Report, column 968.
Expenditure on the other items in each of the last three years is not collected in the format requested but is included in the running cost expenditure which is shown in the table.
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Figures for 1990-91, 1991-92 and 1992-93 can be made available only at disproportionate cost.
Mr. Redmond:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) if he will list the names, occupations and qualifications of members of the boards of visitors for HMP Lindholme and HMP Moorlands; [2233]
Miss Widdecombe:
Members of boards of visitors at each prison and young offender institution in England and Wales are appointed by my right hon. and learned Friend. Occupation is not a criterion for appointment and information about members' occupations is not held centrally and could be gathered only at disproportionate cost. There are no requirements for specific formal qualifications.
Nominations for boards of visitors come from a variety of sources. Many candidates put themselves forward as a result of seeing advertised vacancies in newspapers and other outlets or are referred from a variety of other voluntary organisations. The only criteria for applying are that the candidate should live within about 20 miles of the prison or young offender institution to which they wish to be appointed, must not have an interest in any contract for the supply of goods or services to that establishment or other close link which would affect their impartiality, and have the time, interest and commitment to undertake
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the duties of a board member. Applications to join boards of visitors are welcome from anyone who fits these criteria.
Mr. Henderson:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) decisions have been made to deport, (b) deportation orders signed and (c) deportation orders enforced against (i) British overseas citizens and (ii) other British nationals who are not British citizens in each year since 1990; to which countries it has been proposed to send these people; and how many such people against whom decisions to deport were made left the country voluntarily. [7685]
Mr. Kirkhope:
The information available is given in the table. Statistics are not available on the countries to which British nationals have been removed from the United Kingdom under the deportation process. Of the 27 British nationals removed in 1994, 26 were British dependent territories citizens or British nationals (overseas) from Hong Kong, and one was a BDTC from St. Helena.
(2) if he will list the occupations, qualifications and source of nomination of the members of the board of visitors of (a) Doncaster prison (b) Moorlands prison (c) Lindholme prison and (d) Hatfield prison. [1819]
| 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | (74)1995 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| British overseas citizens | ||||||
| Notices of intention to deport issued, and court recommendations for deportation made | -- | -- | 6 | 341 | ||
| Deportation orders made | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | 2 |
| Deportation orders enforced | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Supervised departures | -- | -- | 2 | -- | -- | -- |
| Voluntary departures | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | -- |
| Other British nationals(75) | ||||||
| Notices of intention to deport issued, and court recommendations for deportation made | 67 | 71 | 105 | 72 | 77 | 37 |
| Deportation orders made | 9 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 22 | 11 |
| Deportation orders enforced | 4 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 2 |
| Supervised departures | 31 | 41 | 57 | 30 | 16 | 11 |
| Voluntary departures | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 4 |
(74) January to June--provisional figures.
(75) British Dependent Territories Citizens, British Nationals (Overseas), British Subjects and British Protected Persons.
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Mr. Henderson: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many decisions to make a deportation order, by nationality of the potential deportee, where there is a right of appeal as provided under (a) section 5 of the Immigration Act 1988 or (b) section 8(3) of the Asylum and Immigration Appeals Act 1993 have been made in each quarter since 1 July 1993; and on what basis these decisions have been made. [7602]
Mr. Kirkhope: Information on notices of intention to deport issued up to the third quarter of 1995 is given in table A. An analysis by nationality of the person, in respect of notices issued in the whole of 1994, is given in table B; the quarterly data requested for he whole of the period from July 1993 onwards could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
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| Category of case | 1993 | 1994 | 1995(76) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd quarter | 4th quarter | 1st quarter | 2nd quarter | 3rd quarter | 4th quarter | Year | 1st quarter | 2nd quarter | 3rd quarter | |
| Breach of conditions of leave to enter or remain(77) | 987 | 954 | 1,173 | 1,285 | 1,445 | 1,383 | 5,286 | 1,343 | 1,187 | 1,412 |
| Conducive to the public good(78) | 24 | 15 | 27 | 46 | 26 | 26 | 125 | 19 | 31 | 16 |
| Dependants(79) | -- | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 43 | 58 |
| Total | 1,011 | 970 | 1,200 | 1,331 | 1,471 | 1,409 | 5,411 | 1,362 | 1,261 | 1,486 |
(76) Provisional data.
(77) Under section 3(5)(a) of Immigration Act 1971.
(78) Under section 3(5)(b).
(79) Under section 3(5)(c).
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| Geographical region and nationality | Number of persons |
|---|---|
| European Economic Area | |
| Austria | -- |
| Belgium | 3 |
| Denmark | -- |
| Finland | -- |
| France | 3 |
| Germany | 5 |
| Greece | 1 |
| Iceland | -- |
| Ireland | 1 |
| Italy | 8 |
| Luxembourg | -- |
| Netherlands | 15 |
| Norway | -- |
| Portugal | 7 |
| Spain | 3 |
| Sweden | 1 |
| Total EEA | 47 |
| Europe | |
| Bulgaria | 26 |
| Cyprus | 33 |
| Former Czechoslovakia | 10 |
| Hungary | 3 |
| Malta | 1 |
| Poland | 199 |
| Romania | 33 |
| Russia | 16 |
| Other former USSR | 21 |
| Switzerland | -- |
| Turkey | 130 |
| Former Yugoslavia | 51 |
| Other Europe | -- |
| Total Europe | 523 |
| Americas | - |
| Argentina | - |
| Barbados | 8 |
| Brazil | 53 |
| Canada | 6 |
| Chile | 2 |
| Colombia | 47 |
| Guyana | 31 |
| Jamaica | 225 |
| Mexico | 1 |
| Peru | 8 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 25 |
| USA | 39 |
| Venezuela | - |
| Other Americas | 49 |
| Total Americas | 494 |
| Africa | |
| Algeria | 127 |
| Angola | 1 |
| Egypt | 38 |
| Ethiopia | 25 |
| Ghana | 529 |
| Kenya | 52 |
| Libya | 10 |
| Mauritius | 42 |
| Morocco | 106 |
| Nigeria | 1,038 |
| Sierra Leone | 176 |
| Somalia | - |
| South Africa | 41 |
| Sudan | 23 |
| Tanzania | 24 |
| Tunisia | 11 |
| Uganda | 47 |
| Zaire | 2 |
| Zambia | 26 |
| Zimbabwe | 49 |
| Other Africa | 107 |
| Total Africa | 2,474 |
| Asia | |
| Indian sub-continent | |
| Bangladesh | 124 |
| India | 536 |
| Pakistan | 617 |
| Total Indian sub-continent | 1,277 |
| Middle East | |
| Iran | 29 |
| Iraq | 6 |
| Israel | 14 |
| Jordan | 8 |
| Kuwait | - |
| Lebanon | 6 |
| Saudi Arabia | -- |
| Syria | 9 |
| Yemen | 9 |
| Other Middle East | 6 |
| Total Middle East | 87 |
| Remainder of Asia | |
| China | 30 |
| Hong Kong(80) | 69 |
| Indonesia | -- |
| Japan | 18 |
| Malaysia | 97 |
| Phillippines | 116 |
| Singapore | 4 |
| South Korea | 13 |
| Sri Lanka | 49 |
| Taiwan | 1 |
| Thailand | 22 |
| Other Asia | 23 |
| Total Remainder of Asia | 442 |
| Oceania | |
| Australia | 25 |
| New Zealand | 26 |
| Other Oceania | 3 |
| Total Oceania | 54 |
| British Overseas citizens | 7 |
| Stateless(81) | 6 |
| All nationalities | 5,411 |
(80) Includes Hong Kong stateless persons.
(81) Excluding Palestine and Hong Kong stateless persons.
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