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Asylum Seekers (Algeria)
Ms Kingham: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many asylum applications, made by Algerians, have been decided by the Immigration and Nationality Directorate in each of the last three months; [104371]
- (2) how many asylum applications, made by Algerians, have been decided by the Immigration and Nationality Directorate in each of the last three months, where the applicant has been in detention; [104372]
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(3) how many asylum applications have been made by Algerians in the last three months. [104374]
Mrs. Roche: The available information is that in September 1999, 135 nationals of Algeria, excluding dependants, applied for asylum in the United Kingdom. This figure fell slightly to 115 in October and 90 in November.
Information on how many asylum applications, made by Algerians, have been decided by the Immigration and Nationality Directorate in each of the last three months is not currently available.
Information on Algerian asylum seekers who have had a decision and who had been detained at some point could be obtained only at disproportionate cost through the examination of individual case records.
Ms Kingham:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many Algerians have been (a) removed and (b) deported in each of the last three months; and what proportion of these had previously claimed asylum. [104373]
Mrs. Roche:
The latest available information relates to arriving passengers during the period April-June 1999. Thirty-eight Algerian passengers were refused leave to enter and removed from the United Kingdom in April 1999, 28 in May 1999 and 21 in June 1999. Those data are provisional and do not show whether or not the person concerned had claimed asylum. This additional information could be obtained only by examining the individual case files.
Data for Algerian nationals removed or departing voluntarily under illegal entry or deportation procedures during this period are not yet available.
Mr. Dismore:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assistance will be given to the Australian law enforcement authorities in their inquiries into the case of Konrad Kalejs. [104514]
Mr. Straw:
We have made it clear to the Australian authorities that any relevant details they sought would be made available to them, including those details held by the Metropolitan Police.
Mr. Dismore:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on the case of Konrad Kalejs. [104513]
Mr. Straw:
I issued a full statement on 6 January. I have placed copies of the statement in the Library and am sending my hon. Friend a copy.
Mr. Hawkins:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what representations he has received from the Direct Marketing Association on commercial and charity use of the electoral register; and what response he has given. [104646]
Mr. Mike O'Brien:
Since the publication of the summary of recommendations of the Working Party on Electoral Procedures on 13 July 1999, Home Office Ministers have received two written representations from the Direct Marketing Association, dated 23 September
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and 22 November. In response to the first of these, I held a meeting with representatives of the Association on 9 November for a full discussion of the issues that concerned them. Following consideration of the second letter, I wrote to the Association on 12 January 2000.
Mr. Simon Hughes:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans he has to introduce the Private Finance Initiative into the future development of the Probation Estate in England and Wales; and if he will make a statement. [104742]
Mr. Boateng:
No decisions have been taken about the future financing of the Probation Estate in England and Wales as a whole and a range of options, including the Private Finance Initiative (PFI), will be considered in due course. Local PFI initiatives are currently being considered for probation services in Mid Glamorgan, Avon and Essex.
Mr. Simon Hughes:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans he has to centralise the Probation Estate; and if he will make a statement. [104741]
Mr. Boateng:
The plan to centralise the Probation Estate will be developed as part of the arrangements to modernise the Probation Service in England and Wales. Details are not yet available.
Mr. Simon Hughes:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans he has to out-source clerical and administrative support for the Probation Service in England and Wales; and if he will make a statement. [104740]
Mr. Boateng:
I have no current plans for out-sourcing this work.
Mr. Simon Hughes:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will publish the report commissioned by his Department into the case for the centralisation of the Probation Service estate in England and Wales; and if he will make a statement. [104744]
Mr. Boateng:
The decision to centralise ownership and management of the Probation Service estate was not dependent on the survey of the Probation Service estate, a copy of the report on which will be placed in the Library in due course.
Mr. Simon Hughes:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans he has to introduce a revised case recording and management system for the Probation Service in England and Wales; and if he will make a statement. [104743]
Mr. Boateng:
A project is currently under way to redevelop the current case recording and management system for the Probation Services for England and Wales, involving representatives of these Services. A project board has been established; a user requirement has been produced and a specialist Information Technology project manager has been recruited.
Mr. Kidney:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what representations his Department
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has received on his plans to propose legislation on the Law Commission's recommendation of an offence of involuntary manslaughter. [103801]
Mr. Charles Clarke:
We have received written representations from hon. Members, interested groups and members of the public about the Government's response to the Law Commission's report "Legislating the Criminal Code: Involuntary Manslaughter". The issue has also been raised in a number of parliamentary Questions.
We are currently considering the recommendations of the interdepartmental working group which has been considering the Law Commission's report and will consult our colleagues shortly.
Mr. Livsey:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many court welfare officers in England and Wales received training in (a) 1997 and (b) 1998 to deal with access arrangements for children following separation and divorce; [104396]
Mr. Boateng:
The comprehensive induction programme for family court welfare officers includes modules on working with children and separating families. Available records indicate that 75 people completed the whole programme in the period April 1997 to March 1998, and 50 in the period April 1998 to March 1999. The need for any additional training is assessed by individual probation services and provided by either the service itself or an external agent. No information is collected centrally on this additional training.
Mr. McLoughlin:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will estimate (a) the percentage of prisoners who were serving a life sentence and (b) the number of prisoners in Sudbury Prison at six-monthly intervals over the last 10 years. [104644]
Mr. Boateng:
The latest available provisional information for life sentence prisoners is for 30 November 1999. On that date, 7 per cent. of the prison population in England and Wales were life sentence prisoners. Information on the population of Sudbury prison over the last 10 years is given in the table.
(2) what training courses exist for court welfare officers to deal with the problem of parental alienation. [104397]
(3) Latest available
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