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Asylum Seekers
Miss Widdecombe: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how (1) many appeals against asylum decisions were refused in (a) 1998 and (b) 1999; and what proportion this was of the total number of appeals in each year; [104042]
- (2) how many asylum seekers whose appeals were refused in (a) 1998 and (b) 1999 have been deported; and what proportion of the total number of those whose appeals were refused this was in each year. [104045]
Mrs. Roche: In 1998 a total of 25,300 asylum appeals were determined by Adjudicators of the Immigration Appellate Authority. Of this total 21,100 appeals (84 per cent.) were dismissed. Information for 1999 is not yet available.
The requested information on the number of asylum seekers whose appeals were refused and deported is available only at disproportionate cost through the examination of individual case records.
Passport Agency
Miss Widdecombe: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will place in the Library a copy of the Passport Agency document,"Blueprint for the Future". [103960]
Mrs. Roche: Yes. The Passport Agency's document "Blueprint for the Future" has been produced to inform its staff of its plans for the future as set out in the Agency's Corporate and Business Plans 1999-2002, and its separate Action Plan. Copies of these Plans were placed in the Library on 6 December, and copies of the Passport Agency's "Blueprint for the Future" have now been placed there as well.
Police (Discipline Hearings)
Mr. Peter Bottomley: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will provide guidance to police forces about allowing officers facing disciplinary hearings the assistance, if requested, of a representative of the Black Police Association. [103919]
Mr. Charles Clarke:
I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave him on 8 December 1999, Official Report, columns 533-34W. The choice of representative at a discipline hearing is a matter for the officer concerned. It would be inappropriate for me to issue guidance suggesting who he or she should be.
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Mr. Peter Bottomley:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many occasions were recorded in each prison of the (a) illegal use and (b) supply of drugs in the past year. [103913R]
Mr. Boateng:
The table gives provisional figures for the number of occasions in each establishment that all attempts of (a) the illegal use of and (b) the supply of drugs were recorded for the period January to November 1999.
(1) Provisional figures
(2) Includes attempts
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Mr. Peter Bottomley:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prison staff or officials, indicating the grades, have been charged with or convicted of allowing the supply of illegal drugs in prison in the last year. [103914R]
Mr. Boateng:
Three prison staff have been charged with or convicted of allowing the supply of illegal drugs in prison during 1999. The grades of these staff are one industrial, one instructional officer and one prison officer.
Mr. Maclean:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department for each of the buildings under his Department's control how many rooms are set aside for (a) ethnic minority religious use, (b) pregnant and nursing mothers and (c) smokers. [102340]
Mr. Straw:
Records for the Home Office estate are not held centrally. My six central London headquarters buildings have between them one room for ethnic minority religious use, two rooms for mother and baby facilities and 11 rooms for smokers. Each building also has first aid facilities. These serve a total population of about 3,900 staff, including the United Kingdom Passport Agency, Police Information Technology Organisation and Her Majesty's Prison Service.
| Building | Room number | Size (m(4)) |
|---|---|---|
| Queen Anne's Gate | ||
| Smoking rooms | ||
| 1st floor | 167 | 19.1 |
| 6th floor | 665 | 29.2 |
| 8th floor | 833 | 21.5 |
| Mother and baby facilities | ||
| 3rd floor | 301a | 7.7 |
| Clive House | ||
| Muslim prayer room | ||
| 4th floor | 407 | 25.3 |
| Smoking room | ||
| 3rd floor | 330 | 40 |
| Grenadier House | ||
| Smoking room | ||
| 4th floor | 408 | 33.2 |
| Mother and baby facilities | ||
| Ground floor | GO2 | 13.8 |
| Horseferry House | ||
| Smoking rooms | ||
| 1st floor | 124 | 24.4 |
| 2nd floor | 245 | 16.8 |
| 4th floor | 410 | 19.9 |
| 7th floor | 760 | 15.2 |
| Abell House | ||
| Muslim advisers room | ||
| 7th floor | 706 | 17 |
| Smoking room | ||
| 2nd floor | 225a | 17 |
| Cleland House | ||
| Smoking room | ||
| 3rd floor | 317 | 18 |
| Works in hand to create another in Cleland House |
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