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Maintenance Work
Mr. Geoffrey Robinson: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the current backlog of maintenance work in (a) prisons and (b) police stations. [2798]
Miss Widdecombe: The Prison Service has an on-going programme to identify, prioritise and carry out maintenance work. Priorities are to preserve a safe and secure environment for prisoners and staff alike and to ensure that as far as reasonably practicable accommodation is kept in use to help cope with the pressure on places resulting from the rising prison population. Because of the nature of maintenance work it is possible that during the year other maintenance schemes might have to be given a higher priority than schemes already in the programme. The situation is monitored and reviewed on a regular basis and the programme revised as necessary.
Despite financial constraints, the schemes which have been identified as having the highest priority are proceeding in 1996-97. Around 50 per cent. of schemes--worth £16 million--have been deferred until later.
Maintenance work in police stations is the responsibility of individual police forces and records are not held centrally.
Mr. Ainger:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what provisions govern a local authority's duties in respect of the prosecution of a person breeding more than two bitches for the purpose of sale without a licence. [3639]
Mr. Sackville:
Section 4 of the Breeding of Dogs Act 1973 empowers a local authority to prosecute a person who keeps an unlicensed dog breeding establishment.
Mr. Ainger:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his answer of 4 November, Official Report, columns 324-25, what are the names and addresses of the companies or individuals convicted under the Breeding of Dogs Act 1973, as amended by the Breeding of Dogs Act 1991, since 1980. [3502]
Mr. Sackville:
The information requested is not collected centrally.
Mr. Denham:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many requests for information the (a) police pension scheme and (b) fireman's pension scheme have received from pension providers undertaking reviews of pension transfers and opt-outs; in how many cases all appropriate information has been supplied; what is the average length of time taken to supply such information; and what moratorium has been introduced on supplying such information. [3348]
Mr. Maclean:
The details requested are not held centrally. It is Government policy that assisting pension providers with their review should not impose a burden on the taxpayer. We hope that the necessary amendments can be made soon to the Police Pensions Act 1976 and the Fire Services Act 1947 to enable police and fire
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authorities to deal with the inquiries of personal pension providers in return for a reasonable charge to recover the administrative costs involved.
Ms Coffey:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the number of (a) men and (b) women cautioned in each of the last five years for soliciting, broken down by age. [3650]
| Age | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 11 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 12 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 13 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 14 | -- | 2 | 3 | 1 | -- |
| 15 | 1 | 2 | -- | 1 | -- |
| 16 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | -- |
| 17 | 1 | 4 | 2 | -- | 1 |
| 18 | 4 | 3 | -- | 1 | 1 |
| 19 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 3 |
| 20 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 2 |
| 21-24 | 17 | 21 | 20 | 13 | 10 |
| 25-29 | 26 | 23 | 22 | 35 | 12 |
| 30-34 | 15 | 24 | 24 | 44 | 24 |
| 35-39 | 26 | 21 | 30 | 28 | 9 |
| 40-44 | 26 | 19 | 21 | 26 | 15 |
| 45-49 | 16 | 16 | 30 | 33 | 12 |
| 50-54 | 13 | 17 | 18 | 20 | 12 |
| 55-59 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 18 | 6 |
| 60 and over | 27 | 20 | 12 | 28 | 19 |
| All ages | 185 | 193 | 205 | 254 | 126 |
(5) An offence under the Sexual Offences Act 1956, section 32.
| Age | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 11 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 12 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 13 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 14 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 15 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 16 | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 17 | -- | -- | 1 | 1 | -- |
| 18 | 1 | 2 | -- | -- | -- |
| 19 | 3 | 1 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 20 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| 21-24 | 9 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 1 |
| 25-29 | 19 | 24 | 22 | 7 | 3 |
| 30-34 | 28 | 32 | 21 | 16 | -- |
| 35-39 | 18 | 31 | 19 | 12 | 3 |
| 40-44 | 21 | 22 | 18 | 8 | 1 |
| 45-49 | 16 | 19 | 10 | 7 | -- |
| 50-54 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| 55-59 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 3 | -- |
| 60 and over | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | -- |
| All ages | 130 | 171 | 114 | 66 | 10 |
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(6) An offence under the Street Offences Act 1859 Section 1.
1 An offence under the Sexual Offences Act 1985 Section 2.
Age 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 10 -- 1 -- -- --
11 -- -- -- -- --
12 1 1 -- 1 2
13 5 1 5 5 4
14 10 6 32 19 11
15 34 41 32 25 27
16 111 62 82 91 63
17 200 189 145 156 156
18 318 275 247 194 187
19 294 250 260 206 201
20 292 244 211 220 212
21-24 946 813 860 621 769
25-29 868 804 809 712 692
30-34 451 557 527 542 466
35-39 184 216 248 199 238
40-44 84 129 104 101 80
45-49 33 56 42 34 43
50-54 8 3 7 5 6
55-59 1 3 5 2 5
60 and over -- 2 -- -- --
All ages 3,840 3,653 3,616 3,133 3,162
Ethnic Minorities
Mr. Thomason: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans he has to issue guidance to local authorities about funding from April 1997 under section 11 of the Local Government Act 1996. [4452]
Mr. Tony Lloyd: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he expects to announce his decision regarding the continued funding of schemes in Trafford currently funded under section 11 of the Local Government Act 1966. [3823]
Mr. Kirkhope: We attach great importance to the valuable work performed by teachers and others funded under section 11 in helping members of ethnic minorities to overcome barriers of language or culture. Despite other pressures on public expenditure generally, I can now announce that the current level of section 11 grant will be maintained until August 1998. Grant recipients are being advised accordingly.
Buckley Hall Prison
Ms Lynne: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department for what reason two different figures were given in letters of 29 October from the Director General of the Prison Service to the hon. Member for Rochdale for the number of assaults at HMP Buckley Hall since 14 December 1994. [3360]
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.
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