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Public Relations

Mrs. Roche: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much his Department spent on (a) advertising, (b) public relations and (c) entertainment in each of the last five financial years. [1267]

Mr. Howard: The information requested about advertising and official hospitality is provided in the following table. The Home Office does not spend money on public relations. The communication directorate is responsible for providing information about my Department's policies and activities to the public and the media; providing information and advice to the public about their rights and obligations, and the protection of themselves and their property, for example; advice on fire safety and crime prevention, and of the need to register to vote. It achieves this through a wide range of communications means including news releases; answering the media's and the public inquiries; information campaigns; briefings; exhibitions; publications; and electronic publishing.

Financial Years	Advertising £	Official hospitality £
1991-92	7,275,940	28,094
1992-93	7,334,635	55,651
1993-94	9,090,222	49,017
1994-95	10,912,008	27,468
1995-96	7,609,227	38,604

Counter-terrorist Legislation

Mr. McNamara: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he has received Lord Lloyd's report on counter-terrorist legislation; and what is his timetable for its publication. [1985]

Mr. Howard: The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland and I published Lord Lloyd's report on 31 October. Copies of the report have been placed in the Library.

Public Houses

Mr. Nicholas Winterton: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make it his policy to require the names of public houses to be included within the conditions of the licence issued by the appropriate authorities for the sale and consumption on the premises of alcoholic beverages. [1885]

Mr. Kirkhope: No. Public house names are entirely a matter for the owners and licensees.

Mr. Anthony Okere

Mr. Parry: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on the present situation relating to the proposed repatriation of Mr. Anthony Okere. [2142]

Mr. Kirkhope: If the hon. Member will provide me with more information, I will write to him.

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Detainees (Birmingham Prison)

Dr. Lynne Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many of those people detained in Birmingham prison under Immigration Act powers were deported during the months of (a) July, (b) August, and (c) September; and what were the nationalities of those deported. [1041]

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

Letter from A. J. Pearson to Dr. Lynne Jones, dated 4 November 1996:

The Home Secretary has asked me, in the absence of the Director General from the office, to reply to your recent Question asking, how many of those people detained in Birmingham Prison under Immigration Act powers were deported during the months of (a) July, (b) August, and (c) September; and what were the nationalities of those reported.
Provisional information shows that 48 people were discharged from Birmingham prison to the Immigration Service for removal under Immigration Act powers during July, August and September. A breakdown by nationality is given in the attached table.
Discharges from Birmingham prison to the Immigration Service for removal under Immigration Act powers in July, August and September 1996 by nationality(1)

Nationality	Number
July
Algeria	2
India	16
Jamaica	2
Others(2)	1
Total	21
August
Hong Kong	2
India	8
Jamaica	2
Others(2)	3
Total	15
September
India	4
Morocco	2
Others(2)	6
Total	12




(1) Provisional figures.

(2) Nationalities with only one prisoner are included in "Other".

PC Andrew Whitfield (Trials)

Mrs. Ann Taylor: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the cost to the public funds of (a) PC Andrew Whitfield's suspension from 12 February 1995 to his acquittal, (b) the trial of PC Andrew Whitfield in February, (c) the trial of PC Andrew Whitfield in October and (d) the work of the Crown Prosecution Service relating to those trials. [1945]

Mr. Maclean: This information is not held centrally.

Gun Clubs

Mr. Marlow: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate he has made of the numbers of (a) gun clubs and (b) members of gun clubs

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in (i) Germany, (ii) France, (iii) Italy and (iv) the United Kingdom; and what the security requirements for gun clubs and their members are in each country. [1666]

Miss Widdecombe [holding answer 1 November 1996]: The total number of shooting clubs approved by the Secretary of State in the United Kingdom is 2,067. The Government have no information on the number of members of approved clubs. Approved clubs must abide by published criteria which require them to store firearms and ammunition securely and to ensure that their members are of good character.

We have no information about gun clubs in Germany, France or Italy.

Asylum Seekers

Ms Roseanna Cunningham: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many women were detained in Scottish prisons under the powers contained within the Asylum and Immigration Appeals Act 1993 during 1994 and 1995 and from 1 January this year to date; and what were the nationalities of those detained; [1527]

(2) how many people detained in Scottish prisons under the powers contained within the Asylum and Immigration Appeals Act 1993 were deported during 1994 and 1995 and from 1 January this year to date; and what were the nationalities of those deported; [1524]

(3) how many women were deported from Scottish prisons under the powers contained within the Asylum and Immigration Appeals Act 1993 during 1994 and 1995 and from 1 January this year to date; and what were the nationalities of those deported; [1528]

(4) how many people in Scotland who were convicted of a criminal offence, punishable by a prison sentence, were also ordered to be deported as part of their sentence in 1992, 1993, 1994 and 1995 and from 1 January of this year to date; and what were the nationalities and genders of those deported; [1522]

(5) how many people were detained in Scottish prisons under the powers contained within the Asylum and Immigration Appeals Act 1993 during 1994 and 1995 and from 1 January this year to date; and what were the nationalities of those detained. [1523]

Mr. Kirkhope [holding answer 31 October 1996]: The information requested is not available.

Puppy Farms

Mr. Ainger: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many companies and individuals have been prosecuted for operating unlicensed puppy farms since the Breeding of Dogs Act 1991 came into force; and if he will list them and the local authority area in which they are situated; [1684]

(2) how many puppy farms are currently licensed in each local authority area in Wales; [1685]

(3) how many prosecutions have been made against licensed operators of puppy farms for breaches of the licensing regulations relating to puppy farms in the Breeding of Dogs Act 1991. [1686]

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Mr. Sackville [holding answer 1 November 1996]: Information on the number of licensed dog breeding establishments in each local authority area in Wales is not available centrally.

Information on prosecutions under the Breeding of Dogs Acts 1973 and 1991 is not collected in the form requested. Details of prosecutions in England and Wales for offences under the Breeding of Dogs Act 1973, as amended, are available as follows:

Number of prosecutions and convictions for offences under the Breeding of Dogs Act 1973, as amended by the Breeding of Dogs Act 1991, by type of defendant 1980-95

Year	Prosecutions
1980	2
1981	6
1982	0
1983	2
1984	1
1985	1
1986	5
1987	7
1988	1
1989	3
1990	11
1991	3
1992	23
1993	(3)5
1994	2
1995 (provisional)	1

Prosecutions are against persons unless stated otherwise.
(3) Includes two companies.

Child Sexual Abuse (Extradition)

Mrs. Wise: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people have been extradited for trial on charges of child sexual abuse; and to which countries. [1362]

Mr. Kirkhope: The figures for extradition to stand trial on charges of child sexual abuse from England, Wales and Northern Ireland since 1986 are:

To the United States
1986: 1
1987: 1
1993: 1
1996: 1
To Germany
1996: 1
To Holland
1995: 1.

The Home Office has three outstanding requests--two from the United States and one from Belgium--for extradition to stand trial on charges of child sexual abuse.

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