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Private Security Industry
Mr. Redmond: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what consultations he is undertaking, and with whom, on the statutory regulation of the private security industry; and if he will make a statement. [19353]
Mr. Maclean: We have spoken to the police, the industry, other Government Departments, and have examined evidence given to the Home Affairs Select Committee inquiry into the private security industry. We are now consulting Cabinet colleagues on the way forward.
Convicted Prisoners (Deportation)
Mr. Gerrard: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps are taken to ensure that
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forms required under the Immigration Act 1971 to be filled in by convicted prisoners liable to deportation on conclusion of their sentences are not given to prisoners to whom they do not apply. [19506]
Mr. Kirkhope: I am not aware of any form required to be completed under the Immigration Act 1971 by people in this category. A person charged with an offence punishable with imprisonment may be served by the arresting authority with a notice warning him of his liability to deportation. The notice--IM3--sets out categories of persons who are not liable to deportation and every effort is made to ensure that notices are not given to people who are not so liable.
Anabolic Steroids
Mr. Pendry: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his answer of 23 November, Official Report, columns 292-93, when the Government will lay the draft modification order to the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 to outlaw the use of anabolic steroids and other similar drugs. [19311]
Mr. Sackville: We hope to lay the draft modification order very soon.
Mr. Pendry: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what estimate he has made of the number of family break-ups caused by the abuse of anabolic steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs in each year from 1979; [19320]
- (2) what estimate he has made of the number of violent crimes caused by the abuse of anabolic steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs in each year since 1979. [19319]
Mr. Sackville: No data are available to enable any such estimates to be made.
Executive Agencies
Mr. Cummings: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department on how many occasions in each of the past five years Ministers in his Department have passed (a) hon. Members' letters and (b) hon. Members' questions to agencies for response; and what this figure is as a percentage of the total number of letters and questions received. [19422]
Mr. Howard: The information in the form requested is not available centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
Football
Mr. Pendry: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the premier league and Endsleigh league clubs giving separately the total season's attendance at (a) matches played in the premier league and football league and (b) matches played in the FA cup and Coca-Cola cup along with (i) the total number of arrests and (ii) arrests as a percentage of total attendance at each category of such matches accurate to four decimal places for the seasons (1) 1990-91, (2) 1991-92, (3) 1992-93, (4) 1993-94 and (5) 1994-95. [19309]
Mr. Maclean: The hon. Member has previously received such information for seasons 1990-91, 1991-92, 1992-93 and 1993-94. I refer the hon. Member to the
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reply given to him on 15 February 1995, Official Report, columns 691-93, for details about the 1993-94 season. Details for the other seasons referred to were provided under cover of ministerial correspondence of 31 July 1991 and 1 February 1994--copies were also placed in the Library.
Information in the requested format for season 1994-95 is not readily available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost. Arrests during season 1994-95 for premier league, Endsleigh league, FA cup and Coca-Cola cup matches is provided.
Premier League: 1,723
Endsleigh League: 2,127
FA Cup: 914
Coca-Cola Cup: 308
Computers
Mr. Miller: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list all cases since 1987 where his Department has brought computer capacity from (a) other departments and (b) the private sector, giving the value of each contract and the name of the private sector contractors. [19465]
Mr. Howard: There are no records of computer capacity in my Department having been bought from other Departments or from the private sector since 1987.
Fire Fighters (Pensions)
Mr. Hoyle: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when the next meeting will be held of the review group, to review the pension arrangements for fire fighters; and when it will conclude its studies and publish its findings. [19764]
Mr. Sackville: No such meeting has been arranged. I hope that it will soon be possible to circulate a consultation document on the review group's findings to the fire service organisations.
Fire Brigades Union
Mr. Llwyd: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what representations his Department has recently received from the Fire Brigades Union; and if he will make a statement. [19753]
Mr. Sackville: My right hon. and learned Friend has received a number of representations from the Fire Brigades Union. Issues raised in recent months have included fire service funding, fire safety, the Fire Service College and the new brigade structure in Wales. All these representations have received, or will be given, considered replies.
Fire Brigades (Standards)
Mr. Llwyd: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many fire brigades failed to meet the statutory minimum standards for their rescue and firefighting role in (a) Scotland, (b) England and (c) Northern Ireland in 1995-96; and if he will make a statement. [19758]
Mr. Sackville: I am satisfied that, in general, all brigades in England and Wales remain able to meet the nationally recommended standards of fire cover which are
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set out in terms of the response times that fire brigades are expected to maintain. Her Majesty's inspectors of fire services draw attention to any exceptions in the course of their inspections of brigades. It is for the fire authority concerned to take the appropriate action in any such case. Responsibilities for brigades in Scotland and Northern Ireland are for my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Scotland and my right hon. and learned Friend the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, respectively.
Peter Welch
Mr. Nigel Evans: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if Peter Welch was awarded compensation by the European Court of Human Rights. [20529]
Mr. Maclean: Peter Welch claimed compensation of £320,596, but this claim was rejected by the court. In its judgment dated 26 February, the court ruled that Peter Welch's alleged losses could not legitimately be said to result from the application to him of the confiscatory provisions of the Drug Trafficking Offences Act 1986. Therefore, no compensation was awarded, nor did the court grant him any costs in bringing the claim.
Scientists and Engineers
Mr. Ingram: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many professional scientists and engineers of each category were employed at each grade in the headquarters division of his Department in each year from 1991 to the current year. [19802]
Mr. Howard: The figures for the main Home Office, excluding Agencies, for 1993-96 are as follows. Figures are not available in the form requested for 1991 and 1992.
| Grade and discipline | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3: (science and physics) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Grade 5: (research: social science) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Grade 5: (science: life science: toxicology) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Grade 5: (statistics) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Grade 6 (engineering telecommunications) | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Grade 6 (research: social science) | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
| Grade 6 (science) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Grade 6 (science: chemistry) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Grade 6 (science: forensics) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Grade 6 (science: life science) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Grade 6 (science: life science: biology) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Grade 6 (science: life science: zoology) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Grade 6 (science: physics) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Grade 7 (engineering mechanical) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Grade 7 (engineering metallurgy) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Grade 7 (engineering: tele-communications) | 11 | 12 | 6 | 6 |
| Grade 7 (research: social science) | 14 | 15 | 14 | 13 |
| Grade 7 (science: chemistry)(23) | 18 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Grade 7 (science: computer science) | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| Grade 7 (science: engineering) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Grade 7 (science: life science) | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Grade 7 (science: life science: photography) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Grade 7 (science: operational research) | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| Grade 7 (science: physics) | 11 | 12 | 12 | 11 |
| Grade 7 (statistics) | 21 | 20 | 19 | 19 |
| Senior Executive Officer (engineering: civil) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Senior Executive Officer (engineering: electronic) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Senior Executive Officer (engineering: mechanical) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Senior Executive Officer (engineering: tele-communications)+ | 42 | 41 | 21 | 21 |
| Senior Executive Officer (engineering: professional and technological construction) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Senior Executive Officer (science) | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 |
| Senior Executive Officer (science: computer science) | 7 | 9 | 8 | 8 |
| Senior Executive Officer (science: electronics) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Senior Executive Officer (science: engineering) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Senior Executive Officer (science: mathematics/statistics) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Senior Executive Officer (science: meteorology) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Senior Executive Officer (science: operational research) | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| Senior Executive Officer (science: physics) | 6 | 8 | 8 | 9 |
| Senior Executive Officer (science: life sciences) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Senior Executive Officer (research: social science) | 8 | 7 | 13 | 13 |
| Higher Executive Officer (engineering) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Higher Executive Officer (engineering: building) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Higher Executive Officer (engineering: electronic) | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| Higher Executive Officer (engineering: mechanical) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Higher Executive Officer (engineering: mechanical/electrical) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Higher Executive Officer (engineering: production) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Higher Executive Officer (engineering: professional and technological construction) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Higher Executive Officer (engineering: tele-communications) + | 97 | 93 | 9 | 9 |
| Higher Executive Officer (science) | 8 | 8 | 5 | 8 |
| Higher Executive Officer (science: computer science) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Higher Executive Officer (science: forensics(23)) | 139 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Higher Executive Officer (science: operational research) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
| Higher Executive Officer (science: physics) | 15 | 12 | 13 | 11 |
| Higher Executive Officer (science: social science) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Higher Executive Officer (science: life science) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Higher Executive Officer (research: social science) | 9 | 8 | 14 | 15 |
| Higher Executive Officer (statistics) | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 |
| Executive Officer (engineering: building) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Executive Officer (engineering: civil) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Executive Officer (engineering: electronic) | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Executive Officer (engineering: mechanical) | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Executive Officer (engineering: production) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Executive Officer (engineering: tele-communications)(24) | 192 | 197 | 0 | 1 |
| Executive Officer (science) | 9 | 9 | 10 | 7 |
| Executive Officer (science: computer science) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Executive Officer (science: physics) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Executive Officer (science: life science) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Executive Officer (science: mathematics/statistics) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Executive Officer (statistics) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Administrative Officer (science) | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 |
| Administrative Officer (science: forensic)(23) | 82 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Administrative Officer (statistics) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Administrative Assistant (science: forensic)(23) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
(23)Reduction reflects establishments of the Forensic Science Service as an executive agency.
(24)Reduction reflects the privatisation of Directorate of Telecommunications.
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