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Paedophiles

Mr. Thurnham: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what are the average weekly costs of accommodation and what are the subsequent recidivism rates for paedophile offenders (a) in prison and (b) in the Wolvercote clinic. [9601]

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 Hugh Taylor to Mr. Peter Thurnham, dated 15 January 1997:





Mr. Thurnham: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department which Government Departments and other public bodies maintain lists of (a) convicted and (b) alleged paedophile offenders; what guidance has been issued to local authorities concerning that information on such offenders; what co-ordination there is between the different bodies concerned; and if he will make a statement. [10683]

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Mr. Maclean: Information about convicted and alleged paedophiles is held by the following Government Departments and public bodies.

The police hold information about those convicted of sexual offences against children on the Phoenix database of the police national computer and on microfiche records held by the national identification service. They may also retain information locally about alleged paedophiles.

The national criminal intelligence service--NCIS--maintains a database of known or suspected paedophiles.

The Department for Education and Employment maintains a list of persons barred from working in education and in respect of whom the Secretary of State for Education and Employment has made a direction under the Education (Teachers) Regulations 1993, as amended--"List 99".

The Department of Health consultancy index holds information on those notified to it by the police who are or were employed in child care work and who have been convicted of an offence, including sexual offences against children; the information on "List 99", and notifications from employers of the names of persons who formerly worked with children and who have been dismissed or who have resigned in circumstances where the welfare of a child has been put at risk through physical, sexual or emotional abuse or a child has suffered or was likely to suffer harm arising from the action of a member of staff or volunteer engaged to work with children.

Guidance issued to local authorities includes the Department for Education and Employment circular 11/95, "Misconduct of Teachers and Workers with Children and Young Persons", and the joint circular from the Home Office (HOC 47/93), Department for Education (DfEE 9/93), Department of Health (LAC 93(17)), and the Welsh Office (WOC 54/93) on "Protection of Children: Disclosure of Criminal Record Background of those with

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Access to Children". This includes an explanation of the information available to local authorities from police records, the Department of Health and the Department for Education and Employment.

NCIS passes on information about paedophiles to the force in whose area the paedophile is working or living. In addition to this, the police notify the Department of Health and the Department for Education and Employment of convictions of those individuals working in child care posts or as teachers or workers with children or young persons.

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Consultants

Mr. Milburn: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate he has made of the amount spent on external consultants by his Department's non-departmental public bodies in each of the last five years. [10194]

Mr. Howard [holding answer 13 January 1997]: The information requested is set out for executive non-departmental public bodies funded by the Home Office.

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£ thousands
1991-921992-931993-941994-951995-96
Commission for Racial Equality not recorded separately
89.884
Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority1152061,600746225
Gaming Board for Great Britain00000
Office of the Data Protection Registrar5005047
Police Complaints Authority01497412984
Total per year1203551,6741,014.8440

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Police Grants

Mr. Michael: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) if he will list the total external support including all police grants to be received by (a) each individual police authority, (b) each class of police authority and (c) all police authorities in (i) 1996-97 and (ii) 1997-98 and the change in each in pounds and as a percentage; [10304]

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Mr. Maclean [holding answer 13 January 1997]: The information requested is set out in the table.

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Total external support(20) including all grants Increase over 1996-97 Total external support excluding rule 2 grantIncrease over 1996-97
Police authorities1996-97 £ million1997-98 £ million£ millionPer cent.1996-97 £ million1997-98 £ million£ millionPer cent.
Avon and Somerset132.2134.82.72.0131.6133.21.61.2
Bedfordshire49.150.21.12.248.949.60.71.3
Cambridgeshire56.257.31.11.955.956.50.61.0
Cheshire83.585.11.72.083.184.00.91.1
Cleveland66.267.61.42.166.067.01.01.5
Cumbria49.950.91.02.149.750.40.71.3
Derbyshire79.281.11.92.478.880.01.21.6
Devon and Cornwall129.3133.03.72.9128.7131.22.52.0
Dorset53.154.11.01.952.953.40.51.0
Durham63.865.11.32.163.564.40.91.4
Essex127.2129.82.62.0126.6128.11.41.1
Gloucestershire49.750.61.02.049.550.00.61.1
Hampshire147.4150.53.02.0146.8148.51.71.1
Hertfordshire74.676.11.51.974.375.10.81.0
Humberside91.593.42.02.291.192.51.31.5
Kent138.7141.73.02.2138.2140.01.81.3
Lancashire143.9146.93.02.1143.4145.31.91.3
Leicestershire82.283.91.72.181.882.91.01.3
Lincolnshire50.352.31.93.950.151.61.53.0
Norfolk64.365.71.32.064.164.80.71.2
Northamptonshire49.850.81.02.049.650.10.61.2
North Yorkshire57.859.21.52.557.558.40.91.6
Nottinghamshire101.5104.83.33.3101.1103.62.52.5
Staffordshire94.296.22.02.193.895.11.21.3
Suffolk51.952.91.02.051.652.20.61.1
Surrey72.875.62.83.972.574.72.23.1
Sussex125.6128.12.62.0125.0126.51.41.2
Thames Valley168.0171.33.32.0167.2168.91.71.0
Warwickshire41.442.20.82.041.241.70.51.1
West Mercia86.287.81.61.885.886.60.80.9
Wiltshire51.152.11.01.950.951.50.51.0
Total English shire authorities2,6332,691592.22,6212,658361.4
Greater Manchester308.7315.26.52.1307.8312.34.61.5
Merseyside203.4207.74.32.1202.9206.23.31.6
Northumbria169.6173.74.12.4169.0172.13.01.8
South Yorkshire138.4141.43.02.2137.9140.02.11.5
West Midlands310.0317.47.32.4309.0314.45.41.7
West Yorkshire233.3238.24.92.1232.5235.93.41.4
Total metropolitan authorities1,3631,394302.21,3591,381221.6
Metropolitan police(21)1,518.81,548.329.51.91,515.51,538.222.81.5
City of London police(22)
Dyfed Powys40.742.21.53.740.541.71.22.9
Gwent54.656.51.93.554.455.91.52.8
North Wales58.660.72.13.658.4601.62.8
South Wales132.7137.24.53.4132.3135.93.62.7
Total Welsh authorities287297103.528629482.8
Total (all authorities)5,8015,9301292.25,7815,870891.5

(20) Includes principal police grant, additional rules 1, 2 and 3, police damping grant, revenue support grant and income from national non-domestic rates.

(21) Includes provision for services other than police functions.

(22) No separately identifiable figures exist for the City of London police.

All figures have been rounded from the original calculations. Figures for total external support were provided by the Department of the Environment.


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