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Sir Brian Mawhinney: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) pursuant to his answer of 29 March 1999, Official Report, column 554, concerning when the Under-Secretary of State, the hon. Member for North Warwickshire (Mr. O'Brien), would reply to the letter of 3 February from the right hon. Member for North-West Cambridgeshire, for what reason the Under-Secretary did not respond in the week beginning 29 March; [83771]
- (2) when the right hon. Member for North-West Cambridgeshire can expect a reply to his letter of 3 February to the Under-Secretary, the hon. Member for North Warwickshire (Mr. O'Brien), on behalf of his constituent, Mr. Perry. [83755]
Mr. Mike O'Brien: I apologise to the right hon. Member for not having replied to his letter of 3 February. It has only been brought to my attention due to an administrative error in my Department. I have now replied to the right hon. Member.
Subordinate Legislation (Publication on Internet)
Mr. White: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he expects to be able to publish on the Internet, drafts of the subordinate legislation to be made under the Data Protection Act 1998. [83748]
Mr. George Howarth: Drafts of six of the statutory instruments being prepared under the Data Protection Act 1998 will be published on the Internet at www.homeoffice.gov.uk on Tuesday 11 May 1999. I am also placing copies in the Library. Other drafts will be made available in due course.
Special Branch (Records)
Mr. McNamara: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many individuals have their personal details recorded on the (a) data base and (b) files maintained by the National Joint Unit of the Metropolitan Police Special Branch; and how many of these individuals are (i) Irish, (ii) US and (iii) non-EU and non-US citizens. [81678]
Mr. Straw
[holding answer 29 April 1999]: None. The National Joint Unit (NJU) does not maintain its own records, but instead draws as necessary upon information held by individual Special Branches nationwide. The NJU, although situated with the Metropolitan Police
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Special Branch (MPSB) at New Scotland Yard, is not part of the Metropolitan Police Service. It is a national unit, managed by the MPSB but staffed by police officers drawn from forces around the country.
Mr. McNamara:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department by what means and on what date Mr. J. J. Rowe QC was informed that his terms of reference for review of the operation of the Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Act 1989 in 1998 did not include sections 5, 6 and 7 of the Criminal Justice (Terrorism and Conspiracy) Act 1998 relating to conspiracy; and what arrangements will be made to review the operation of these sections of the Act. [81679]
Mr. Straw
[holding answer 29 April 1999]: Mr. Rowe was advised by letter dated 17 November 1998 that the terms of reference for his annual review of the Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Act 1989 (PTA) did not include review of the conspiracy provisions in sections 5, 6 and 7 of the Criminal Justice (Terrorism and Conspiracy) Act 1998. Arrangements are now in hand for the appointment of a reviewer of the working of those sections and an announcement will be made in due course.
Ms Ward:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans he has to introduce fair trade products at (a) meetings, (b) events and (c) catering facilities within his Department. [82866]
Mr. Straw:
In purchasing goods and services for these and other purposes, my Department takes full account of the Government's policy of seeking value for money, having due regard to propriety and regularity. However, my Department has undertaken a review of the implications of offering Fair Trade products and will be issuing guidance on their use in the near future.
Mr. Beith:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will publish the results achieved by the Prison Service on each of its key performance indicators (a) in each prison and (b) on average, in the last year; and if he will make a statement. [83708]
Mr. George Howarth:
The Prison Service met five of its eleven targets for the 1998-99 year. This is based on provisional information which is subject to validation by prisons. The tables show key performance indicator (KPI) average performance for the Service as a whole and for each establishment. The overcrowding KPI is formulated in terms of overall Prison Service capacity and population levels and is not applicable to individual prisons.
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(1) Cost per place performance figures for Parc, Altcourse and Lowdham Grange prisons cannot be provided on a comparable basis because available data include an element for capital repayment.
(2) Cost per place, assaults, positive random drug testing, purposeful hours, offending behaviour programmes and training figures are provisional. Final figures are not likely to be significantly different.
(3) Purposeful activity performance figures for Lowdham Grange are not available for the financial year 1998-99.
(4) Private prison contractors are not required to supply training figures.
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