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Prosecutions of Police Officers
Mr. Meacher:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many private prosecutions against
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police officers have been brought in each year since 1970; how many of these cases each year the police officers (a) won and (b) lost; how many they settled out of court; and how much they paid out each year (i) in damages and (ii) in legal costs. [14962]
Mr. Maclean:
This information is not collected centrally.
Mr. George:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he proposes to publish the response to the first report of the Home Affairs Committee of Session 1994-95, HC17, on the private security industry. [15134]
Mr. Maclean:
We have responded to many of the recommendations made by the Select Committee; a copy of my right hon. and learned Friend's reply has been placed in the Library. We will answer the Committee's recommendations on regulation for part of the industry as soon as possible.
Mr. Hawkins:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans he has to extend to the Immigration Service decisions regarding the removal of illegal entrants. [15311]
Mr. Kirkhope:
At present, designated senior officers in the immigration service may authorise the removal of certain categories of people who have entered the United Kingdom illegally while other cases are referred to Ministers for authority to remove. In future, designated senior officers will be responsible for authorising removal in all cases other than those in which special features, such as Parliamentary interest or a high level of public concern about a case, indicate that they should be referred to Ministers for decision.
The existing arrangements under which Ministers personally authorise and sign orders requiring a person's deportation from the United Kingdom are unaffected by these changes.
Mr. Spearing:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the professional bodies consulted by (a) Ministers, (b) officials in his Department and (c) officers of the Prison Service in respect of its rules and practices concerning use of chains and similar equipment for (i) pregnant women, (ii) those in or approaching labour and (iii) those giving birth that applied prior to his oral statement of 18 January; and if he will place a copy of those rules in the Library. [11543]
Miss Widdecombe
[holding answer 23 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. Nigel Spearing, dated 13 February 1996:
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Mr. George Howarth:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will give staff figures for each prison establishment showing the number of (a) unified grade staff, (b) governor grade staff, (c) auxiliary grades and (d) civilian staff. [12767]
Miss Widdecombe
[holding answer 30 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. George Howarth, dated 13 February 1996:
(10) Privately managed prison/remand centre: Prison Service staff monitor the contract.
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The instructions which applied before the Home Secretary's announcement on 18 January are contained in sections 53 and 60 of the Manual on Security, copies of which are already held in the Library of the House. They were last amended in April 1995.
No formal external consultation took place prior to the drawing up of the April 1995 instructions. In the context of the changes made and announced on 18 January I had extensive consultation with the Royal College of Midwives.
On the basis of their advice, and after consultation with Ministers, I made the changes which were announced by the Home Secretary on 18 January.
The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Question about the grade breakdown of staff in each prison establishment.
The information requested, as at 26 January 1996 is shown in the attached table. Prison Service staff at privately managed prisons have been included. Unified grade totals include officers working within the various specialisms, for example healthcare. Auxiliary grades include night patrols, prison auxiliaries and temporary officers. Civilian grades include all other staff working in establishments.
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