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Jill Dando
Mr. Paul Marsden: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much the Jill Dando murder investigation has cost to date broken down into (a) salary and (b) other costs. [96270]
Mr. Charles Clarke: The Metropolitan Police Commissioner tells me that, as of 26 October, the salary costs of the Central Crime Operational Unit investigative team were approximately £777,000; their other costs were approximately £477,000.
Mr. Paul Marsden: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) full-time police officers, (b) part-time police officers and (c) civilian police staff are currently working on the Jill Dando murder investigation. [96268]
Mr. Charles Clarke: The Metropolitan Police Commissioner tells me that, as of 26 October, the investigative team comprised 44 full-time police officers and seven full-time civilian staff; no part-time officers are on the team.
Correspondence
Dr. Godman: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when the hon. Member for Greenock and Inverclyde will receive a reply to his letter of 27 September concerning the Immigration and Asylum Bill. [96857]
Mr. Straw: I wrote to my hon. Friend on 28 October in response to his letter of 27 September concerning the Immigration and Asylum Bill. I am sorry that I was unable to do so sooner.
Mr. Sanders: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he expects to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Torbay of 1 June regarding Mr. Abie Greyvenstein's application for British citizenship. [95764]
Mrs. Roche: I wrote to the hon. Member on 1 November 1999.
Entry Clearance (Spouse)
Mr. Wood:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many persons have been refused entry clearance to join spouses in the United Kingdom for settlement purposes on the grounds that the entry clearance officer was not satisfied that the couple intended to live together permanently and that the marriage was subsisting, for each of the years 1997, 1998 and 1999 and for (a) India, (b) Pakistan and (c) Bangladesh. [95946]
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Mrs. Roche:
The available information relates to decisions taken at the entry clearance issuing posts in India and Bangladesh in 1998 and the first half of 1999 and is given in the table. There is no comprehensive data for Pakistan.
| India | Bangladesh | |
|---|---|---|
| Refusals(33) solely for this reason | ||
| 1998 | 100 | 20 |
| January-June 1999 | 70 | 10 |
| Refusals(33) partly for this reason | ||
| 1998 | 210 | 70 |
| January-June 1999 | 110 | 30 |
(33) After taking account of successful appeals
Police Complaints
Mr. Peter Bottomley: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what subjects are covered in Home Office guidance to chief police officers; when the guidance on police complaints and discipline procedures was (a) last placed in the Library and (b) last revised; and if he will make each updated version available on the web. [96466]
Mr. Charles Clarke: Home Office guidance to chief officers covers a wide range of subjects. There is no single list of all the guidance which has been given, although the Home Office library does maintain a list of Home Office Circulars to chief officers. The list covers a good deal of the guidance which has been issued since 1969. The Home Office "Guidance to Chief Officers on Police Complaints and Discipline Procedures" was last amended in 1990 and placed in the Library in 1991. This guidance has now been largely replaced by the "Guidance on Police Unsatisfactory Performance, Complaints and Misconduct Procedures", which relates to the new procedures relating to police conduct introduced on 1 April 1999. This new guidance has also been placed in the Library. It is due to be revised shortly by the addition of a section dealing with senior officer conduct. The revised version will be placed in the Library, and published on the internet, along with any subsequent revisions.
Millennium (Emergency Procedures)
Mr. Brake: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what discussions he has had with voluntary organisations delivering emergency services about their ability to provide cover over the millennium period; and what encouragement he has given to such organisations to provide such cover. [96536]
Mr. Mike O'Brien:
There have been no direct discussions because the use of voluntary organisations in emergencies is a matter for local agencies. Local authorities are aware of the need to examine their arrangements over the millennium period.
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Mr. Crausby:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prosecutions were undertaken in 1998 against able-bodied motorists misusing spaces reserved for disabled people. [96429]
Mr. Charles Clarke:
The information requested is not available.
Prosecutions for disabled parking space infringements cannot be separately identified in the statistics of other waiting and parking offences held centrally, nor is it likely that the police or the courts would be able to identify them separately.
Mr. Clappison:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment he has made of the extent to which the police make use of their powers under (a) section 61 and (b) section 77 of the Criminal Justice Act 1994 in respect of trespassers and unauthorised campers. [96666]
Mr. Charles Clarke:
The use of police powers under section 61 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 is kept under review and meetings have been held between Ministers, officials and representatives of the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) about this issue. Revised operational guidance on the use of police powers was issued by ACPO in April this year. Powers under section 77 of the 1994 Act are exercised by local authorities.
Mr. Evans:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many police officers there were in each police authority area in Wales in each of the past three years. [96552]
Mr. Charles Clarke:
The information requested is set out in the table.
| 31 March 1997 | 31 March 1998 | 31 March 1999 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dyfed Powys | 1,005 | 1,002 | 1,026 |
| Gwent | 1,243 | 1,233 | 1,247 |
| North Wales | 1,369 | 1,396 | 1,391 |
| South Wales | 2,976 | 2,986 | 2,981 |
Cleveland Police
Dr. Kumar: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his answer of 23 March 1999, Official Report, column 173, on the Lancet inquiry, what is the name of the base from which the inquiry is being carried out; what is the breakdown of the costs of using these premises and if these costs were included in the costs given in his answer; and if he will make a statement. [96393]
Mr. Charles Clarke:
The Lancet inquiry is being run from rented premises acquired for the purpose. The cost of these premises is £2,623 per month. These costs were included in the costs of the inquiry given in a reply to my hon. Friend by my right hon. Friend the Member for
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Brent, South (Mr. Boateng), 23 March 1999, Official Report, column 173. For operational reasons, it would not be appropriate to state the location of the premises.
Dr. Kumar:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his answer of 20 April 1999, Official Report 1999, column 484, on Cleveland Police, what proportion of serving CID officers in Cleveland Police Force are under investigation in the Lancet inquiry in the boroughs of (a) Middlesbrough, (b) Stockton, (c) Langbaurgh and (d) Hartlepool; and if he will make a statement. [96394]
Mr. Charles Clarke:
Operation Lancet is currently investigating 30 Criminal Investigation Department (CID) officers. Eight of these are suspended from duty. The remaining 22 officers are currently serving as follows:
Dr. Kumar:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many police officers are working on the (a) Lancet and (b) Redwood inquiries into Cleveland Police; and if he will make a statement. [96272]
Mr. Charles Clarke:
There are 17 officers from Cleveland and six officers from Northamptonshire currently working on Operation Lancet. For operational reasons, it would be inappropriate to comment on Operation Redwood.
Dr. Kumar:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his answer of 20 April 1999, Official Report, column 484, if he will make a statement on the progress of the Redwood inquiry into the Cleveland Police Force. [96395]
Mr. Charles Clarke:
The Redwood inquiry is an on-going investigation and, for operational reasons, it would be inappropriate at this stage to make any further comment.
Dr. Kumar:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many police officers in Cleveland have been served with a regulation 7 disciplinary notice in connection with Operation Lancet. [96678]
Mr. Charles Clarke:
Sixty officers in Cleveland Police have been served with a regulation 7 notice arising from Operation Lancet.
In a reply given to a question by my hon. Friend, by my right hon. Friend the Member for Brent, South (Mr. Boateng) on 20 April 1999, Official Report, column 484, he should have referred to six officers subject to investigation out of a total of 24 CID officers at Langbaurgh, rather than out of a total of 32 as stated. I am sorry that this mistake was not noticed earlier.
(a) 11 at Middlesbrough out of a total strength of 39 CID officers;
(b) one at Stockton out of a total strength of 29 CID officers;
(c) seven at Langbaurgh out of a total strength of 17 CID officers;
(d) zero at Hartlepool; and
(e) three at Headquarters out of a total strength of 111 CID officers.
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