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British Dependent Territory Passport Holders
Mr. Robert McCartney: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make the requirements for entry by British dependent territory passport holders from Montserrat to the United Kingdom, the same as for such people from Gibraltar and the Falklands. [3167]
Executive Agencies (Overseas Travel)
Mr. Redmond: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list for each of his executive agencies for the last financial year in respect of overseas travel by staff of the agency (a) the cost, (b) the countries visited and (c) the posts held by the staff involved. [2363]
Mr. Howard: The available information is as follows:
In the cases of the Prison Service and the Forensic Science Service, some of the overseas visits listed were funded by bodies other than these agencies, and for these visits, costs are not available:
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Prison Service
cost: £62,106
Countries visited: Albania, Belarus, Croatia, Denmark, Poland, Holland, Hungary, Czech Republic, Germany, USA, Israel, Sweden, Russia, Romania, Spain, France, Italy, Belgium, Cambodia.
Posts: Senior staff from Prison Service Headquarters, Area Managers, Governors and Prison Officers.
United Kingdom Passport Agency
cost: £6,295
Countries visited: Canada, Zimbabwe, Australia.
Posts: Chief Executive, Director of Systems and Director of Operations.
Fire Service College
cost: £98,432
Countries visited: Portugal, Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg, Bahrain, Azerbaijan, Norway, West Indies, Abu Dhabi, France, Oman, Spain, USA, Hong Kong, China, Hungary, South Africa, Mauritius, India, Brunei, Malaysia, Austria, Indonesia, Vietnam, Thailand, Singapore, Australia, Philippines, Taiwan, Macau.
Posts: Chief Executive, Commandant, Dean, Sales and Marketing Director, International Sales and Marketing Manager, International Marketing Sales Executive, Teaching staff (Civil Service), Teaching staff (Fir Brigade seconded).
Forensic Science Service
Costs: £25,397
Countries visited: Sweden, USA, Germany, France, Portugal, Italy, Taiwan, India, Eire, Spain, Holland, South Africa, Singapore.
Posts: Chief Executive, Director of Operations, Director of Service Development, Drug Intelligence Unit, Research Scientists, caseworkers and team leaders.
Doncaster Prison
Mr. Redmond: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if the population in Doncaster prison will reach its design maximum within the next 12 months; and if he will make a statement. [2398]
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 Alan Walker to Mr. Martin Redmond, dated 30 November 1995.
The Home Secretary has asked me, in the absence of the Director General from the office, to reply to your recent Question about whether the population in Doncaster prison will reach its design maximum within the next twelve months.
Doncaster prison has a certified normal accommodation level of 771 prisoners. This was reached within three months of it opening on 20 June 1995.
Prison Populations
Mr. Bennett: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people were in prison for the latest date for which figures are available. [1359]
Miss Widdecombe: On Monday 20 November, a total of 52,297 prisoners were in custody in England and Wales.
Mr Redmond: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prisoners in (a) category A and (b) each sub-category of category A are currently held in prisons in England and Wales. [2472]
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.
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Letter from Alan Walker to Mr. Martin Redmond, dated 30 November 1995:
The Home Secretary has asked me, in the absence of the Director General from the office, to reply to your recent Question about the number of prisoners in category A and each sub-category of category A held in prisons in England and Wales.
On 24 November 1995 there were 823 category A prisoners held in prisons in England and Wales with the following escape risk classifications:
Classification Number of prisoners
Exceptional risk 16
High risk 157
Standard risk 650
Sex Offences (Tourism)
Mr. Alton: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what intention Her Majesty's Government have of introducing extra-territorial legislation for sex crimes against children abroad, along the lines of that introduced by other western countries. [2002]
Mr. Maclean: We have made clear on previous occasions--12 July, Official Report, column 600--that we do not believe that legislation which extended the jurisdiction of our courts to enable them to deal with sexual offences committed against children abroad would be an effective way to tackle the problem of sex tourism.
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Accordingly, we have no plans to introduce such legislation although we continue to keep the matter under review.
Prisoners (Home Leave Offences)
Mr. Steinberg: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prisoners are known to have committed further offences when on home leave. [185]
Miss Widdecome: 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.