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Miss Elaine Connolly

Ms Janet Anderson: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will instruct the acting Director General of the Prison Service to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Rossendale and Darwen of 4 December 1995 about the case of Miss Elaine Connolly. [11315]

Miss Widdecombe: The temporary Director General replied to the letter from the hon. Member for Rossendale and Darwen on 24 January.

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Community Officers

Mrs. Bridget Prentice: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department which areas are currently covered by a community officer; and how many of these officers are currently operating in each area of the country. [11853]

Mr. Maclean: All police forces in England and Wales have community liaison departments and deploy community police officers.

Mrs. Prentice: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department in what ways he is monitoring the effectiveness of the community officer programme. [11854]

Mr. Maclean: Community liaison activities in police forces are monitored by Her Majesty's inspectorate of constabulary.

Holloway Prison

Ms Janet Anderson: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many pregnant women are currently in custody at Holloway prison. [11682]

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 Ms Janet Anderson, dated 29 January 1996:

The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent question about the number of pregnant women currently in custody at Holloway prison.
The number of women known to be pregnant at Holloway on 24 January 1996 was 18.

Mr. Corbyn: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the total expenditure each year since 1990 on education at HMP Holloway; and if he will make a statement. [11641]

Miss Widdecombe [holding answer 24 January 1996]: 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. Jeremy Corbyn, dated 29 January 1996:

The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Question about the expenditure on education at Holloway prison.
The total expenditure each year since 1990 on education at Holloway is given in the attached table.

	Salaries £	Materials (VT, CIT, Pre-release) £	Education capital £
1990-91	285,525	53,122	7,535
1991-92	403,129	87,634	32,534
1992-93	343,837	67,553	18,136
1993-94	321,817	68,406	nil
1994-95	383,871	47,967	9,967
1995-96	348,000	58,900	2,000

Homicide Convictions

Mr. William Powell: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) males and

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(b) females are currently serving in Her Majesty's prisons following conviction for (i) murder, (ii) manslaughter and (iii) other homicide convictions. [11719]

Miss Widdecombe: Responsibility for this matter has been delegated to 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. William Powell, dated 29 January 1996:

The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Question asking, how many (a) males and (b) females are currently serving in Her Majesty's prisons following convictions for (i) murder, (ii) manslaughter, and (iii) other homicide convictions.
The latest available information is for 31 December 1995 and is given in the attached table.
Population under sentence in Prison Service establishments in England and Wales for murder, manslaughter and other homicide, by sex, on 31 December 1995(7)

Offence	Males	Females
Murder	2,705	110
Manslaughter	210	13
Other homicide and attempted homicide	997	35
Total	3,912	158




(7) Provisional figures.

Positive about Disabled People Symbol

Mr. Barnes: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list for his Department and each of the agencies for which he is responsible if it uses the Employment Service's positive about disabled people symbol for (a) external recruitment and (b) internal recruitment and promotion. [11912]

Mr. Howard: The Home Office and all its agencies use the Employment Service's disability symbol both for external recruitment and for internal selection and promotion.

Departmental Expenditure

Mr. Malcolm Bruce: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment he has made of the total expenditure of his Department, its agencies and non-departmental public bodies on publicity for each of the years (a) 1979-80, (b) 1989-90, (c) 1991-92, (d) 1993-94, (e) 1994-95 and (f) 1995-96 (i) to date and (ii) as estimated for the whole year; what estimate he has made of such expenditure for 1996-97; and if he will break these figures down to indicate expenditure on (1) advertising and (2) press and public relations. [11384]

Mr. Howard: Publicity expenditure is committed when there is a need to advise the public or inform them of their rights. Assessment takes account of policy objectives and prioritisation within available resources.

Advertising and press office staff, accommodation and administration costs for my Department are as follows for 1979-80 to 1988-89:

Year	Advertising	Press
1979-80	2,904,671	283,140
1980-81	1,649,605	392,532
1981-82	1,834,476	381,799
1982-83	1,957,304	424,290
1983-84	2,760,681	516,632
1984-85	3,262,700	560,512
1985-86	3,306,391	606,996
1986-87	5,000,000	548,136
1987-88	4,700,000	599,282
1988-89	5,400,000	674,945

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From 1989-90 onwards, recording systems were improved to identify advertising and other publicity material such as publications, videos, exhibitions and posters:

Year	Advertising	Other publicity material	Press
1989-90	5,500,000	3,088,065	715,646
1990-91	5,728,000	4,323,476	786,519
1991-92	7,275,940	3,600,288	792,125
1992-93	7,334,635	5,638,982	835,441
1993-94	9,090,222	5,062,327	847,632
1994-95	10,912,008	3,190,350	899,084
1995-96(8)	7,398,629	1,387,550	727,169
1995-96(9)	7,398,629	3,387,550	969,560
1996-97(9)	4,150,000	3,750,000	993,799

(8) Year to date

(9) Forecast

Press and publicity expenditure by my Department's Agencies was as follows:

Agency/Year	Advertising and publicity material	Press
Prison Service
1993-94	206,900	304,800
1994-95	200,500	594,900
1995-96 forecast	228,400	319,900
1996-97 forecast	213,300	318,200
Fire Service College
1992-93	89,300	--
1993-94	55,700	--
1994-95	34,600	--
1995-96 forecast	24,370	6,000
1996-97 forecast	30,000	6,000
Passport Agency
1991-92	70,357	62,492
1992-93	67,454	56,880
1993-94	70,945	68,981
1994-95	127,040	256,693
1995-96 forecast	94,814	160,701
1996-97	Budgets not yet decided
Forensic Science Service
Under the Forensic Science Service agency's framework, document, press and publicity services are provided by the Home Office. These are marginal and are included in the Departmental spend.

It has not been possible in the time available for agencies to provide precise 1995-96 year to date figures, but they expect no substantial divergence from forecast.

I shall write to the hon. Member concerning publicity and press expenditure by my Department's non-departmental public bodies.

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Frankland Prison

Mr. Steinberg: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his answer of 22 January, Official Report, column 54, what steps have been taken to recover the cell key lost at Frankland prison. [12023]

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. Gerry Steinberg, dated 29 January 1996:

The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Question about the loss of a cell key at Frankland prison.

Following the loss of the cell key, an investigation was mounted and this is still continuing. The replacement of the locks at the prison has rendered the lost key ineffective.

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