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Illegal Immigrants
Mr. Hancock: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what has been the cost to East Sussex County Council of maintaining illegal immigrants who arrived at Newhaven Ferry Port in each of the last three years. [64755]
Mr. Mike O'Brien: I refer the hon. Member to the reply given to the question from the hon. Member for Portsmouth, South (Mr. Hancock) on 17 December 1998, Official Report, column 747.
Asylum and Immigration
Mr. Clappison: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) if asylum seekers who applied between 1 July 1993 and 31 December 1995 and who have convictions for offences resulting in a sentence of (a) imprisonment of less than 12 months and (b) a community service order will be eligible for the process of determining asylum applications set out in paragraph 8.30 of "Fairer, Faster and Firmer--A Modern Approach to Immigration and Asylum"; [64685]
- (2) what plans he has for the Immigration and Nationality Directorate to ascertain which asylum seekers whose applications were made before 31 December 1995 have convictions for offences resulting in a sentence of (a) imprisonment of less than 12 months and (b) a community service order. [64687]
Mr. Mike O'Brien: Under the procedure set out in para. 8.30 of the White Paper CM4018, every undecided application for asylum made between 1 July 1993 and 31 December 1995 will be examined individually to see whether the applicant qualifies for asylum or for leave to remain on some other ground, both in relation to the usual criteria and in relation to the presence of factors associated with the delay in deciding the case. Where there is information suggesting that the applicant's presence in the United Kingdom would not be conducive to the public good, including any information about criminal convictions, this will be taken into account when considering the application.
The arrangements by which the Immigration and Nationality Directorate (IND) is notified of criminal convictions and recommendations for deportation made by a court are those set out in the answer I gave to the hon. Member on 8 December 1998, Official Report, column 117. Officials are examining these arrangements to consider whether IND should routinely be notified where someone subject to immigration control is convicted of an offence resulting in a sentence of
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imprisonment of less than 12 months or a community service order. I have asked them to report their conclusions in due course.
Dr. Harris:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the individuals and organisations that responded to the White Paper on Asylum and Immigration; and, for those who did not indicate that they did not wish their submissions to be published, when he intends to make those responses available. [65073]
Mr. Mike O'Brien:
I refer the hon. Member to the reply given to a question from my hon. Friend the Member for Exeter (Mr. Bradshaw) on 17 December 1998, Official Report, column 726.
Mr. Jenkins:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the (a) per capital funding and (b) the standard spending assessment for each local authority's fire and rescue services in 1999-2000. [64846]
Mr. George Howarth:
The following table sets out the provisional fire standard spending assessment for 1999-2000 and the amount per head of population for local authorities responsible for fire service funding. Some of these are constituent authorities of combined fire authorities. For example, Stoke-on-Trent City Council, together with the continuing part of Staffordshire County Council, form a combined fire authority for the former county of Staffordshire.
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Speed Cameras (Gloucestershire)
Mr. Nigel Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many speed cameras have been installed in Gloucestershire; and how many prosecutions resulted from them in each of the last five years for which records are available. [64817]
Mr. Boateng: I understand from the Chief Constable of Gloucestershire Constabulary that the force has 33 sites for automatic speed cameras and that the cameras were first brought into use during 1995. There were 526 prosecutions in 1995 and 3,705 in 1996. Figures for 1997 are not yet available.
Ministerial Flights
Mr. Maples: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his answer of 9 December 1998, Official Report, column 214, if the average cost of flights, with reference to flights by Ministers in his Department, refers to the average cost per passenger. [64720]
Mr. Straw: The average cost refers to the average cost per trip and not the average cost per passenger.
Liquor Licensing
Mr. Ruane:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) late licensed premises and (b) licensed premises there are per 1,000 head of population for each county in Wales. [64653]
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Mr. George Howarth:
The number of (a) special hours certificates and (b) licensed premises per 1,000 persons for each county in Wales as at 30 June 1998 is given in the table.
| Special hours certificates per 1,000 population | Licensed premises per 1,000 population | |
|---|---|---|
| Clwyd | 0.14 | 3.09 |
| Dyfed | 0.19 | 5.36 |
| Gwent | 0.12 | 2.87 |
| Gwynedd | 0.21 | 7.86 |
| Powys | 0.08 | 6.17 |
| Mid-Glamorgan | 0.21 | 2.57 |
| South Glamorgan | 0.31 | 2.57 |
| West Glamorgan | 0.31 | 2.92 |
Note:
Counties are those before the recent reorganisation of local government in Wales
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