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Prison Administration Expenditure
Mr. George Howarth: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what proportion of headquarters administration expenditure is included in the cost per certified normal accommodation place in public prisons. [18938]
Miss Widdecombe [holding answer 5 March 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 A. J. Pearson to Mr. George Howarth, dated 6 March 1996:
The Home Secretary has asked me, in the absence of the Director General from the office, to reply to your recent Question asking what proportion of headquarters administration expenditure is included in the cost per certified normal accommodation place in public prisons.
The costs per baseline certified normal accommodation place quoted in the annual report for individual public sector prisons do not include any element of headquarters administration expenditure.
The cost per place figure for the Service does include headquarters expenditure.
Prison Assaults
Mr. George Howarth: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department which local prison in England and Wales had the highest assault rate during the period April to September 1995. [18940]
Miss Widdecombe [holding answer 5 March 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 A. J. Pearson to Mr. George Howarth, dated 6 March 1996:
The Home Secretary has asked me, in the absence of the Director General from the office, to reply to your recent Question asking, which local prison in England and Wales had the highest assault rate between April and September 1995.
Provisional information shows that the female section of Risley prison, a multi purpose prison in Warrington, had the highest assault rate among all local establishments at 48 per 100 population, between April and September 1995.
Visa Restrictions (Hong Kong)
Mr. Renton: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will ensure that holders of the new Hong Kong Special Administrative region passport will be able to enter the United Kingdom without visa restrictions; and if he will make a statement. [18941]
Mr. Kirkhope [holding answer 5 March 1996]: I refer my right hon. Friend to the reply given to my hon. Friend the Member for Worcester (Mr. Luff) on 4 March 1996, Official Report, column 62.
Standard Spending Assessment (Fire Services)
Mr. Jim Cunningham: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department on what factors the standard spending assessment for fire services is decided; and what plans he has to change them. [19052]
Mr. Sackville [holding answer 5 March 1996]: The fire standard spending assessment is distributed in England by means of a formula which takes into account
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a number of factors including population, population density and fire calls. From 1996-97 it has been adjusted to include factors for firefighters' pensions and fire safety enforcement.
The formula is reviewed each year in consultation with local authority representatives and this process is about to start for 1997-98.
Census Questions
Mr. Robert McCartney: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Kingston upon Hull, North (Mr. McNamara) of 18 December, Official Report, column 940, what consideration is being given to the classification of people from Northern Ireland within a possible Irish category in the next census. [18527]
Mr. Horam: I have been asked to reply.
It has now been decided to test various changes to the ethnic origin question, including incorporating a separate Irish category. To date no case has been made by users to classify people from Northern Ireland separately and therefore this is currently not being considered.
Young Offenders
Mr. Michael: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many young people aged (a) 15 and (b) 16 years were remanded into prison custody in 1995 and in each of the last 10 years; and how many in each age group and in each year subsequently received a custodial sentence. [18376]
Miss Widdecombe [holding answer 5 March 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 A. J. Pearson to Mr. Alun Michael, dated 6 March 1996:
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(2) Provisional.
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 15 and 16 year olds who were remanded into prison custody in 1995 and in each of the last 10 years; and how many subsequently received a custodial sentence.
The available information is given in the attached tables. The remand receptions include those received either as untried prisoners or as convicted unsentenced prisoners; those received both as untried and convicted unsentenced are counted once.
For 1994, separate figures for untried and convicted unsentenced receptions are given in table 3.10 of "Prison statistics England and Wales 1994" Cm. 3087, a copy of which is in the Library.
The information on the proportion of young remand prisoners in England and Wales subsequently receiving a custodial sentence is given in table 2.9 of "Prison statistics England and Wales 1991", a copy of which is also in the Library. This has been extended to include 1992 and 1993 data; later results are not available.
Males Females
Aged 14 to 16 Aged 14 to 16
1986 1,702 5
1987 1,861 3
1988 1,604 12
1989 1,459 6
Males Females
Aged 15 Aged 16 Aged 15 Aged 16
1990 380 883 0 3
1991 412 752 2 2
1992 377 720 0 1
1993 453 906 1 1
1994 635 1,100 0 3
1995(2) 640 1,242 2 5
First received as untried and not subsequently received as convicted unsentenced First received as untried and subsequently received as convicted unsentenced First received as convicted unsentenced
Males
1986 55 73 58
1987 50 68 62
1988 43 63 46
1989 32 53 31
1990 32 48 47
1991 28 60 50
Females
1986 -- -- 67
1987 -- -- --
1988 -- 50 60
1989 50 -- 100
1990 -- -- 50
1991 -- -- 100
Proportion of male remand receptions subsequently received under sentence Proportion of female remand receptions subsequently received under sentence
Aged 15 Aged 16 Aged 15 Aged 16
1992 37 42 -- 100
1993 42 49 100 --
DUCHY OF LANCASTER
House of Commons (Cars)
Mr. Cox: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will instruct drivers working in the Government car pool that car engines are not to be kept running while the car is parked within the precincts of the House. [18264]
Mr. Freeman: This is an operational matter on which I have asked the chief executive of the Security Facilities Executive--SAFE--to write to the hon. Member direct.
Letter from J. C. King to Mr. Tom Cox, dated 5 March 1996:
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I have been asked by Mr Freeman, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (who now has Ministerial responsibility for the Government Car Service (GCS), to let you have a response to your Parliamentary Question concerning the running of GCS car engines within the precincts of the Palace of Westminster. I am the Chief Executive of the Agency with operational responsibility for the GCS.
Government Car Service drivers remain under clear instructions, while parked with in the precincts of the Palace of Westminster, to keep their vehicle engines running to a minimum consistent with passenger and security requirements. To reinforce this, I have arranged for GCS Management to issue a fresh notice to all GCS drivers.
"Guidance on Guidance"
Sir Thomas Arnold: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will place a copy of "Guidance on Guidance": "An Index of Useful Documents", in the Library. [18617]
Mr. Freeman: Yes. As soon as the current version of "Guidance on Guidance: An Index of Useful Documents" has been printed, copies will be placed in the Library.
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