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Sir Nicholas Lyell: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate he has made of the number of applicants who will seek to register with the Immigration Services Commissioner in the first year of operation. [81405]
Mr. Mike O'Brien:
It is difficult to predict with any certainty how many immigration advisers will seek to register with the Immigration Services Commissioner in
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that body's first year of operation. Our best estimate is that about 200 individuals and organisations will seek to register.
Mr. Gordon Prentice:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will introduce a ceremony to mark the award of UK citizenship. [81353]
Mr. Straw:
As I indicated in a lecture on Citizenship which I gave in Liverpool on 12 April, I am in principle in favour of such ceremonies. I have asked officials to look into the possibility of introducing them into the United Kingdom. Upon completion of their examination, I shall make a statement to the House.
Mr. Clappison:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when the scanning of existing files in the Immigration and Nationality Directorate onto computer is scheduled (a) to commence and (b) to be completed. [80771]
Mr. Mike O'Brien:
There has never been any intention of scanning onto computer all 4.5 million of the Immigration and Nationality Directorate's existing registered paper files.
Mr. Clappison:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate he has made of when the Immigration and Nationality Directorate will return to the level of casework it was achieving prior to the implementation of new work arrangements and its relocation to new offices. [80769]
Mr. Mike O'Brien:
There are positive signs of improvement in many of the business areas of the Immigration and Nationality Directorate. But before accurate projections can be made of output of casework in a team-based environment, the recovery team I have established needs to review and collect further data on productivity. Projections of output improvement will be available in June.
Mr. Clappison:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many staff employed in the Immigration and Nationality Directorate have (a) resigned and (b) requested a transfer to another department in (i) the last six months and (ii) each of the last five years. [80767]
Mr. Mike O'Brien:
A total of 112 staff resigned from the Immigration and Nationality Directorate in the six months October 1998 to March 1999. Resignations for the previous five annual years is as follows:
| Year | Number |
|---|---|
| 1998 | 363 |
| 1997 | 250 |
| 1996 | 149 |
| 1995 | 106 |
| 1994 | 110 |
The significantly higher 1998 figure can be attributed to a higher than usual number of resignations in the junior grade of Administrative Assistant. This is largely due to
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a significant increase in the number of casual staff employed during this period, a number of whom resigned during the period of their appointment.
Information on the number of staff requesting transfers to other departments for the periods specified is not available.
Mr. Field:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will place in the Library a list of all the documents (a) which have been made available for public consultation in respect of the Hillsborough disaster and (b) which have since been withdrawn. [81111]
Mr. Boateng:
Following the Home Secretary's announcement of the outcome of Lord Justice Stuart-Smith's scrutiny of the Hillsborough disaster, as much of the evidence considered by the scrutiny as possible was placed in the Library. The material is comprised of:
No documents have been withdrawn from the Library.
Dr. Kumar:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will publish for the last six months Middlesbrough's monthly crime figures. [80799]
Mr. Boateng:
The requested data are not available centrally. Recorded crime data for England and Wales for the 1998-99 year, which are collected quarterly by police force area, will be published by the Home Office in October 1999.
Mr. Matthew Taylor:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department in which scientific journals and
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other open publications staff from the Police Scientific Development Branch (Sandridge) have published papers since January 1997; and on what date the papers appeared in each of the journals and publications. [80831]
Mr. Boateng:
The Police Scientific Development Branch has published the following papers since January 1997:
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Transcripts of interviews with those who gave evidence to Lord Justice Stuart-Smith;
Other records of discussions held by Lord Justice Stuart-Smith, where transcripts were not made;
Written evidence provided to Lord Justice Stuart-Smith by witnesses;
Other written statements consulted at the request of the families;
Statements by South Yorkshire Police officers (in their original and amended forms);
Oral and written submissions made to Lord Justice Stuart-Smith by Counsel and others on behalf of the Family Support Group;
Transcripts of Lord Justice Stuart-Smith's Open Meeting on 6 October and meeting with Counsel for the Family Support Group on 30 September;
South Yorkshire Police Operational Orders for the 1988 and 1989 semi-finals;
The names of those who gave written or oral evidence to the scrutiny, and those whom Lord Justice Stuart-Smith consulted, are set out in Appendix 1 of his report.
Statements by the Police Complaints Authority;
Report produced by David Phillips of Devon and Cornwall Constabulary at request of South Yorkshire Police;
Report by Noel Burne (structural engineer) at the request of South Yorkshire Police Authority;
Police videotapes TB1, 2, 3 and 4;
Written evidence provided to Lord Justice Stuart-Smith by those whom he consulted.
"Replacements for CFC113 in the Ninhydrin Process: Parts 1". D. F. Hewlett and V. G. Sears. J. Forensic Ident., 1997, 47, 287.
"Replacements for CFC113 in the Ninhydrin Process: Parts 2". D. F. Hewlett, V. G. Sears and S. Suzuki. J. Forensic Ident., 1997, 47, 300.
"Specification for a Police Video Enhancement System". T. Collins. European Conference on Security and Detection, 28-30 April 1997.
Testing Times for Body Armour, M. J. Pettit, Police Review Magazine 1997.
Self Defence Equipment--Performance Standards and Specifications, Dr. J. Tan, APPS Police and Industry Conference Proceedings 1997.
"Low Angle X-ray Scatter for Explosives Detection: a Geometry Optimization". Luggar R. D., Horrocks J. A., Speller R. D. & Lacey R. J. Appl. Radiat. Osot, Vol 48, No.2, 1997.
"Exploitation of X-Ray Technology for the Detection of Contraband--Aviation Security Applications". Murray N. C., Lacey R. J. & Mason P. H. ECOS '97 European Conference on Security and Detection, Vol. 437, April 1997.
"Some Advances in the Use of Raman Spectroscopy in Security Screening Applications". Lacey R. J. ECOS '97 European Conference on Security and Detection, Vol. 437, April 1997.
"Developments in Contraband Detection Using X-ray Technology". Murray N. C., Lacey R. J., Mason P. M., Rushbrooke J. G. 1997 ONDCP International Symposium, Applied Counterdrug Law Enforcement Technology.
"The Police Use of CCTV at a Political Conference". R. Rodger. 13th Annual ADPA Symposium and Exhibition on Security Technology. 1997.
"The Performance Limits of Perimeter Intrusion Detection Systems". M. Thompson. 13th Annual ADPA Symposium and Exhibition on Security Technology 1997.
"AMETHYST: System for Initial Automatic Video Assessment of Perimeter Alarms". G. Leach INMM Conference 1997.
"Ergonomic Design Considerations for Public Area CCTV Safety and Security Applications". E. Wallace, C. Diffley, E. Baines and J. Aldridge. International Ergonomics Association, Tampere, Finland 1997.
"AMETHYST. Automatic Alarm Assessment: becoming a reality" Michael Horner et al. Proceedings of the International Carnahan Conference on Security Technology 1997.
"Physical Security--where are we going?" G. L. Thomas and M. J. Thompson. Proceedings of the International Carnahan Conference on Security Technology 1997.
"Specification for a police video enhancement system". T. Collins. Proceedings of the International Carnahan Conference on Security Technology 1997.
"Active fence structures and toppings" I. Wassell. Proceedings of the International Carnahan Conference on Security Technology 1997.
"Sensitivity variations in linear microphonic cables". G. Leach & M. Horner. Proceedings of the International Carnahan Conference on Security Technology 1997.
"Good practice for the management and operation of town centre CCTV". E. Wallace et al. ECOS '97 European Conference on Security & Detection April 1997.
"A single performance measure for perimeter intruder detection systems". G. J. Leach. ECOS '97 European Conference on Security & Detection April 1997.
"Enhancing the performance of fences: effects and evaluation". I. J. Wassell. ECOS '97 European Conference on Security & Detection April 1997.
"A digital fingerprint capture workstation". T. Kent & J. Rason. International Association of Investigations Conference 1998. Little Rock, USA.
"The dependence of detection system performance on fence construction and detector location". S. Tarr & G. Leach. Proceedings of the International Carnahan Conference on Security Technology 1998.
"Measuring the image quality of digital cameras". J. J. Rason. RPS Medical and Forensic Imaging Symposium. Both April 1998.
"Detection of drugs and related compounds by Raman spectroscopy". R. J. Lacey et al. ONDCP International Conference on counter-drug technology. Washington March 1999.
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