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Departmental Staff Guidelines

Mr. Michael: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what guidelines his Department provides regarding employees and recent ex-employees taking up positions with companies tendering for his Department's contracts. [19677]

Mr. Howard: All staff who are offered employment within two years of leaving Crown service--or outside normal working hours while still in the service--by organisations with which they have had official dealings must apply for approval under the business appointment rules. The rules are set out in standing guidance to staff and also in the civil service management code; they are part of all civil servants' conditions of service. Staff are reminded of the rules when they join the Department and on leaving the civil service.

Buckley Hall Prison

Ms Lynne: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what procedures are currently adopted in Buckley Hall prison to stop the smuggling into the prison

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of (a) alcohol, (b) cannabis and other illegal drugs and (c) other items; and what plans there are to increase the number of searches carried out on (i) male and (ii) female prison visitors. [19793]

Miss Widdecombe: Responsibility for this matter has been delegated to the temporary Director General of the Prison Service, who has been asked to arrange a reply to be given.

Letter from A. J. Butler to Ms Liz Lynne, dated 11 March 1996:

The Home Secretary has asked me, in the absence of the Director General from the office, to reply to your recent Question about the procedures currently adopted at Buckley Hall prison to stop smuggling, and whether there are any plans to increase the number of searches carried out on both male and female prison visitors.
Every visitor to Buckley Hall prison is already searched before being allowed to visit a prisoner. In addition all visitors are required to pass through a metal detector portal. Procedures for the regular searching of staff are also in place.
Other procedures at Buckley Hall prison to prevent any attempt to smuggle alcohol, cannabis, other illegal drugs or any other items into the prison are extensive. These include the searching of all items accompanying visitors which may hold illicit items. Items taken into the visiting room are x-rayed and there is camera and video monitoring of visits.

Prevention of Terrorism Acts

Mr. Canavan: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many exclusion orders under the prevention of terrorism Acts are still in force. [20313]

Mr. Howard: There are currently 33 people subject to exclusion orders, 29 from Great Britain and four from the United Kingdom.

Mr. Canavan: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many persons have been released without charge after being (a) arrested and (b) detained under the Prevention of Terrorism Acts for each calendar year since 1974. [20315]

Mr. Howard: The figures relate to persons arrested and/or detained under section 14 or schedule 5 to the Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Act. The table additionally shows numbers for those detainees who, although not charged, were subsequently made the subject of exclusion orders, were deported, or removed under the Immigration Act 1971.

Great Britain

Year	Detained	Not charged	Excluded, deported or removed
1974 (from 29 November)	59	51	12
1975	1,067	1,004	46
1976	1,066	1,009	23
1977	853	806	17
1978	622	603	49
1979	857	749	48
1980	537	495	45
1981	274	235	10
1982	220	198	11
1983	191	160	13
1984	203	172	14
1985	266	205	12
1986	202	166	16
1987	225	200	24
1988	186	165	16
1989	181	160	12
1990	193	165	16
1991	153	146	11
1992	160	120	1
1993	152	120	4
1994	61	52	4
1995	34	21	0

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Northern Ireland

Year	Detained	Not charged
1989	1,583	1,223
1990	1,549	1,179
1991	1,680	1,294
1992	1,795	1,335
1993	1,641	1,259
1994	1,503	11,136
1995	443	335

Figures for Northern Ireland are readily available only from 1989: those prior to then could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

Mr. Canavan: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many persons have been subject to exclusion orders under the prevention of terrorism Acts for each calendar year since 1974. [20312]

Mr. Howard: Figures for exclusion orders are set out in the lists.

Great Britain
1974: 19 ¹
1975: 50
1976: 24
1977: 18
1978: 53
1979: 53
1980: 49
1981: 11
1982: 15
1983: 15
1984: 3
1985: 7
1986: 9
1987: 19
1988: 20
1989: 9
1990: 16
1991: 11
1992: 2
1993: 7
1994: 4
1995: 0
¹ From 29 November

Northern Ireland
1974: 0 ¹
1975: 1
1976: 1
1977: 0

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1978: 2
1979: 4
1980: 3
1981: 11
1982: 2
1983: 4
1984: 2
1985: 0
1986: 0
1987: 1
1988: 1
1989: 1
1990: 0
1991: 0
1992: 0
1993: 0
1994: 1
1995: 0 ¹ From 29 November.

Mr. Canavan: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people have been (a) arrested and (b) detained under the prevention of terrorism Acts for each calendar year since 1974; and if he will give a breakdown of the lengths of detention.[20314]

Mr. Howard: The figures relate to persons arrested and/or detained under section 14 or schedule 5 to the Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Act. Detentions under 48 hours can be authorised by the police. Those over 48 hours must be authorised by the Secretary of State.

In Great Britain

	Under 48 hours	Over 48 hours
1974 (from 29 November)	13	46
1975	930	137
1976	1,006	60
1977	824	29
1978	599	23
1979	617	240
1980	411	126
1981	216	58
1982	183	37
1983	146	45
1984	163	40
1985	172	94
1986	145	57
1987	174	51
1988	161	25
1989	145	36
1990	158	35
1991	123	30
1992	143	17
1993	113	39
1994	57	4
1995	16	18

In Northern Ireland

	Under 48 hours	Over 48 hours
1974 (from 29 November)	0	0
1975	3	5
1976	44	202
1977	39	123
1978	7	144
1979	36	126
1980	36	186
1981	94	401
1982	189	639
1983	447	728
1984	375	533
1985	381	557
1986	825	484
1987	1,008	451
1988	1,175	542
1989	1,053	530
1990	1,089	460
1991	1,109	571
1992	1,354	441
1993	1,186	455
1994	1,119	384
1995	431	12

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Mr. Canavan: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what changes have taken place in the terms of reference of the Lloyd review of the prevention of terrorism acts since the resumption of violence connected with the affairs of Northern Ireland. [20316]

Mr. Howard: None.

Capita Managed Services

Mr. Morgan: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list all (a) facilities management consortia, (b) private finance initiative bids, (c) management buy-out consortia, (d) contractorisation schemes and (e) market-testing schemes in his Department in respect of which (i) Capita Managed Services and (ii) Lusis Business Solutions are currently involved in bidding. [19905]

Mr. Howard [holding answer 8 March 1996]: Neither Capita Managed Services nor Lusis Business Solutions is currently involved in bidding for any of the projects listed.

DEFENCE

Aircraft Crashes

Mr. Redmond: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when (a) the Royal Navy Sea Harrier T4 which crashed near Wellington, Somerset, on 23 February and (b) the Royal Air Force Tornado GR1 which crashed near Issam, Germany, on 26 February last has a major service; who carried it out; and if he will make a statement.[19312]

Mr. Soames: All Royal Navy and Royal Air Force aircraft are maintained in accordance with the appropriate authorised servicing cycle and approved maintenance procedures. Harrier T Mk 4 XZ445 underwent its last scheduled basic maintenance, the deepest appropriate level of maintenance, in 1994. This was carried out by the Maintenance Group Defence Agency at RAF St. Athan. The aircraft's last scheduled servicing was carried out on the parent squadron in January 1996. The servicing policy

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for RAF Tornados was explained in my answer to the hon. Member on 8 March 1996, Official Report, columns 368-69.

Tornado GR1 ZD845's last major servicing was carried out in August 1995 at the operating unit. The separate boards of inquiry into these aircraft losses are on-going; a summary of the board's findings will be placed in the Library of the House in due course.

Mr. Redmond: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what is the current damage and repair status of Tornado GR1 serial number ZD844; what repair work is schedules for this aircraft; where such repairs will be carried out; and what is the expected date of re-entry to service of this aircraft. [19756]

Mr. Soames: Tornado GR1 ZD844 was involved in a mid-air collision over Canada on 1 August 1994. The aircraft, which landed safely, sustained varying degrees of damage to the left-hand engine intake, engine bay door, main landing gear, fuselage and left wing. Repairs to the damaged wing are being carried out by the Maintenance Group Defence Agency at RAF St. Athan. Repairs to the fuselage are being undertaken using service manpower at RAF Marham. It is expected that ZD844 will re-enter service in 1997.

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