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Metropolitan Police (Arrests)
Mrs. Bridget Prentice: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people were (a) arrested and (b) charged by the Metropolitan police in the latest available period; and if he will break down the figures by age group. [11856]
Mr. Maclean: The available information has been provided by the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis and is contained in the table.
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Police (Complaints)
Dr. Marek: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his answer of 16 January, Official Report, columns 484-85, what explanation has been made to him regarding the increase in complaints against the North Wales police for 1994 compared with 1993. [11874]
Mr. Maclean: This is a matter for the chief constable of North Wales, but I understand that the figures for 1995 are expected to show a fall in the number of complaints recorded.
Police (London)
Mrs. Bridget Prentice: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many police officers there were in each of the London divisions in each year since 1988-89; and how many of these officers were allocated to foot patrols. [11855]
Mr. Maclean: Information on the number of officers attached to individual divisions is not held centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
| 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall Man days (average per day) | 13,684 | 14,000 | 13,431 | 12,915 | 12,704 | 12,768 | 13,121 | 13,384 |
| Percentage of time spent on street duties | 31.1 | 31.8 | 31.9 | 31.8 | 32.3 | 34.6 | 34.9 | 35.0 |
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Mrs. Bridget Prentice:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what measures he is taking to combat crime among young people. [11857]
Mr. Maclean:
Provisions in the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 strengthened the powers of the courts to deal with the most serious and persistent juvenile offenders. The single regeneration budget supports many crime prevention activities with a youth focus. My Department also provides core funding for Crime Concern, which works closely with the business sector on a wide range of youth crime prevention programmes. The aim of the new ministerial group on juveniles, which held its first meeting on 18 January, is to strengthen measures to intervene effectively with those children who are most likely to offend.
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Mr. Mullin:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he is proposing to give a substantive response to the submission made on behalf of Mr. J. M. Roberts, J43565, following his letter of 11 July 1995, Ref. PO 11651/95. [12092]
Mr. Kirkhope:
Since receiving the letter of my hon. Friend the Member for North Dorset (Mr. Baker), my officials, in consultation with Mr. Roberts' solicitors, have acted to secure further material which may be relevant to Mr. Roberts's conviction. As a result, we expect to be in a position to take a decision about the case soon.
Ms Jowell:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the total amount spent by each
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police force area on crime prevention for each year since 1990. [10517]
Mr. Maclean:
The information requested is not available.
Mr. Jim Cunningham:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans he has to introduce legislation for the regulation and licensing of the private security industry. [11849]
Mr. Maclean:
We are currently considering the case for statutory regulation of the private security industry.
Mr. Malcolm Bruce:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is his estimate of expenditure on all forms of hospitality and entertainment by (a) his Department, (b) his Department's agencies and (c) non-departmental public bodies, for (i) 1979-80, (ii) 1989-90, (iii) 1991-92, (iv) 1993-94, (v) 1994-95, (vi) 1995-96 and (vii) 1996-97. [11443]
Mr. Howard:
Following is the information about expenditure on hospitality and entertainment by my Department:
| Department (excluding agencies and non-departmental public bodies) | Agencies | Non- departmental public bodies | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | £ | £ | £ |
| 1989-90 | 28,630 | -- | 527 |
| 1991-92 | 28,094 | - | 766 |
| 1993-94 | 15,233 | 33,784 | 2,270 |
| 1994-95 | 15,990 | 11,478 | 1,552 |
| 1995-96 (provisional) | 27,970 | 32,600 | 6,227 |
| 1996-97 (provisional) | 30,300 | 13,000 | 7,029 |
Details of expenditure in 1979-80 are not available.
Mr. Bruce:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is his estimate of departmental expenditure on administration for (a) 1979-80, (b) 1989-90, (c) 1991-92, (d) 1993-94, (e) 1994-95, (f) 1995-96 and (g) 1996-97. [11444]
Mr. Howard:
Expenditure by my Department on administration, as set out at annexe 3 to the Home Office annual report 1995, Cm 2808, is as follows:
| £ million | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1989-90 | Outturn | 1,085 |
| 1991-92 | Outturn | 1,441 |
| 1993-94 | Outturn | 1,623 |
| 1994-95 | Estimated outturn | 1,729 |
| 1995-96 | Plans | 1,746 |
| 1996-97 | Plans | 1,780 |
Comparable details of expenditure in 1979-80 are not available.
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Mr. Bruce:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is his estimate of the expenditure of his Department, his Department's agencies and non-departmental public bodies on all forms of overseas travel, overseas accommodation and other associated expenses for (a) 1979-80, (b) 1989-90, (c) 1991-92, (d) 1993-94, (e) 1994-95, (f) 1995-96 and (g) 1996-97. [11446]
Mr. Howard:
The estimate of expenditure for my Department on all forms of overseas travel, overseas accommodation and other associated expenses is as follows:
(a) 1979-80: not available.
Mr. Bruce:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is his estimate of his Department's expenditure on newspapers and magazines in (a) 1993-94, (b) 1994-95 and (c) 1995-96, to date; and if he will list the publications purchased for the latest year for which information is available. [11447]
(b) 1989-90: this information could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.
(c) 1991-92: this information could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.
(d) 1993-94: this information could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.
(e) 1994-95: £1,758,692.
(f) 1995-96: expenditure to date £2,055,439. An estimate of the total for the year can only be obtained at disproportionate cost.
(g) 1996-97: an estimate for the year can only be obtained at disproportionate cost.
Mr. Howard: The information requested is as follows:
1993-94: £232,800
1994-95: £226,154
1995-96: £110,338 (to date).
My Department purchases or obtains free of charge a wide range of newspapers and periodical publications. A list of their titles has been placed in the Library.
Mr. Bruce:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate he has made of the annual telephone costs to (a) his Department, (b) his Department's agencies and (c) his Department's non-departmental public bodies staff for each of the years (i) 1979-80, (ii) 1989-90, (iii) 1991-92, (iv) 1993-94, (v) 1994-95, (vi) 1995-96 and (vii) 1996-97; and if internal telephone directories are available to staff in all areas of (a) to (c). [11386]
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Mr. Howard
[holding answer 25 January 1996]: The annual telephone costs to my Department are as follows:
| £ thousands | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Department (excluding agencies and non-departmental public bodies) | Agencies | Non- departmental public bodies |
| 1993-94 | 4,706 | 8,400 | 392 |
| 1994-95 | 4,577 | 8,995 | 381 |
| 1995-96 (provisional) | 5,019 | (27)647 | 406 |
| 1996-97 (provisional) | 4,816 | (27)1,055 | 455 |
(27) Details of the provisional expenditure by the Prison Service executive agency in 1995-96 and 1996-97 are not yet available.
Details of expenditure prior to 1993-94 are not available.
Staff of my Department in central London offices make use of CCTA's metropolitan telephone service--MTS--which provides fully managed telephone and directory services. The MTS requires the Department to maintain a current directory of staff, location and telephone extensions to enable the MTS operators to provide a directory inquiry service to internal and external callers. All offices on the MTS are connected to the Government telephone network--GTN--as are many other offices of my Department outside the central London area. The GTN dialling codes booklet is available to all staff in these offices. It enables them to identify the operator in any other Government building for inquiry services.
The Home Office staff telephone directory is available to all staff in my Department and its agencies, and to staff in certain Home Office sponsored non-departmental public bodies. Other non-departmental public bodies produce their own internal telephone directories.
Mr. Bruce:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is his estimate of the annual cost to his Department and his Department's agencies and non-departmental public bodies of their empty and under-utilised properties for (a) 1979-80, (b) 1989-90, (c) 1991-92, (d) 1993-94, (e) 1994-95, (f) 1995-96 and (g) 1996-97. [11445]
Mr. Howard:
The Home Office, its agencies and non-departmental public bodies assume accountability for all the offices in which they have occupations, including any vacant space therein, from 1 April 1996 only. Up to that date, responsibility for the whole of the Government common user office estate--CUE--in which Government Departments were housed, rests with Property Holdings, and, prior to 1 April 1990, rested with the Property Services Agency. That part of the question covering previous years is, therefore, a matter for my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for the Environment.
For 1996-97, the Home Office received a transfer of £1.4 million from Property Holdings to cover the costs of vacant space in offices occupied by the Department, its agencies and non-departmental public bodies.
For future years, efficiency plans being prepared within the Department are expected to lead to a reduced requirement for office accommodation, and the resultant
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rationalisation of the estate will enable the Home Office to deliver greater value for money across the range of services it provides.
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