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Race Relations Training
Mr. McDonnell: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what anti-racist training has been provided to the dedicated search team at HMP Full Sutton. [113009]
Mr. Boateng: All dedicated search team staff at Full Sutton receive training on race relations. In addition, the dedicated search team also receives training on equal opportunities and anti-bullying, both of which incorporate an element of race relations.
Mr. McDonnell: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what anti-racist training is provided to Prison Service staff. [113013]
Mr. Boateng: All Prison Service staff are trained nationally, by the Prison Service's training services, and locally by each race relations trainer who must have attended the national race relations training for trainers course. All race relations training, and associated procedures, are auditable by the national standards unit and are underpinned by the Prison Service Order on Race Relations (PSO 2800), issued in May 1997, a copy of which is available in the Library. Topics covered in the training include:
Acceptable/unacceptable terminology; prejudice, discrimination and related processes;
the definition and investigation of complaints and racist incidents;
the significance of religious artefacts/objects; and
the importance of the individual in the elimination of discrimination and the promotion of equality.
Prisoner Telephone Call Monitoring
Mr. McDonnell: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what guidelines are provided to prison officers on the recording of monitored telephone conversations of prisoners; [113011]
- (2) what monitoring is undertaken by the Prison Service of prison telephone monitoring indexes; [113010]
(3) what guidelines have been established by the Prison Service for the monitoring of prisoners' telephone calls. [113008]
Mr. Boateng: Guidelines to prison staff on the recording and monitoring of prisoners' telephone calls are contained in the Prison Service Security Manual, Prison Standing Order 5G, Circular Instruction 21-1992, Chapters 1 and 2 of Prison Service Order 4400 and Instructions to Governors 87-1995 and 73-1995, copies of which are available in the Library.
These require that all prisoners' telephone calls, other than in open establishments, are recorded and capable of being monitored contemporaneously and from playback of the recordings. Calls made by high and exceptional risk category A prisoners are contemporaneously monitored. Monitoring of other prisoners' calls takes place on a selective basis where there is justifiable suspicion of
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abuse, supplemented by random monitoring to the extent it is considered necessary for the purposes of security, control and the detection of crime.
Ms Walley:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the total expenditure in each of the past three financial years on controlling and treating rat infestations in prisons. [113043]
Mr. Boateng:
The information requested is not available.
Regular inspections take place in all prison establishments to check for infestations of pests of all types, and establishments have contracts with pest control firms for action to be taken to deal with any infestations discovered.
Mr. Wyatt:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what primates were brought into this country through Dover on 3 February having sailed on the 'Cap Afrique' from Dunkirk; what was their (a) origin and (b) destination; and what arrangements were made for their welfare during their journey. [110231]
Ms Quin:
I have been asked to reply.
According to our records, 60 primates from Mauritius came into Dover on 3 February. These were inspected by a veterinary surgeon at the quarantine premises which was their destination and were found to have travelled well with no signs of ill health or disease. According to Home Office records the ship on which they arrived was the 'Cap Afrique.'
Mr. Dismore:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will publish the terms of reference for the review which he has asked Gurbux Singh to conduct on the Global Cultural Diversity Congress. [113586]
Mr. Straw:
I have asked Gurbux Singh to conduct a review with the following terms of reference:
Mr. Corbyn:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many investigations have been undertaken to date by the Metropolitan police under the provisions of the (a) War Crimes Act 1991 and (b) International Convention on Torture. [112923]
Mr. Charles Clarke:
The Commissioner of the Metropolitan police has informed me that, between May 1991 and 2 March 2000, 381 individuals have been investigated under the War Crimes Act 1991. He also informs me that two allegations under section 134 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 (the offence of Torture) have been investigated.
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Mr. Corbyn:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many Metropolitan police officers are assigned to the investigation of cases referred to the Metropolitan police under (a) the War Crimes Act 1991 and (b) the International Convention on Torture; and if he will make a statement. [112926]
Mr. Charles Clarke:
The Commissioner of the Metropolitan police has informed me that no officers are currently assigned to the investigation of cases under the War Crimes Act 1991.
He also informs me that no officers are assigned specifically to the investigation of allegations of torture. Officers are assigned, principally from the Organised Crime Group, as and when allegations are made.
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Mr. Corbyn:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many accidents involving police vehicles there were in each police area in each of the past three years; and what was the severity of the injuries incurred in each case. [112924]
Mr. Charles Clarke:
The information set out in the table has been provided by Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary, to which forces submit statistical returns. The statistics collect all incidents in which a police vehicle sustains damage, including those where no other vehicle is involved. Figures for the injury classifications are available only for collisions where the police vehicle was responding to an emergency call or in pursuit of another vehicle.
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To review the events leading up to the cancellation of the Global Cultural Diversity Congress, including possible implications for corporate governance of the Commission for Racial Equality, and to make recommendations.
The findings of the review will be laid in the Library.
| Total police vehicle accidents | No immediate response/ pursuit | Immediate/ pursuit | Fatal RTAs immediate/ pursuits | Police serious injury immediate/ pursuits | Police other injuries immediate/ pursuits | Civilian fatal PVAs immediate/ pursuits | Civilian serious injury immediate/ pursuits | Civilian other injuries immediate/ pursuits | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avon and Somerset | 507 | 229 | 82 | 0 | 1 | 45 | 2 | 13 | 21 |
| Bedfordshire | 205 | 93 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 11 |
| Cambridgeshire | 256 | 107 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| Cheshire | 194 | 102 | 28 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 5 | 16 |
| City of London | 80 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Cleveland | 75 | 22 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Cumbria | 116 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Derbyshire | 320 | 96 | 27 | 0 | 7 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 14 |
| Devon and Cornwall | 250 | 64 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 20 |
| Dorset | 119 | 56 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| Durham | 159 | 73 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| Dyfed-Powys | 75 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Essex | 391 | 93 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 16 |
| Gloucestershire | 196 | 91 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Greater Manchester | 957 | (32)n/a | (32)n/a | 0 | 7 | 61 | 2 | 7 | 30 |
| Gwent | 195 | 38 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Hampshire | 555 | 161 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| Hertfordshire | 223 | 75 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Humberside | 188 | 37 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| Kent | 423 | 180 | 27 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| Lancashire | 449 | 85 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 17 |
| Leicestershire | 214 | 78 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| Lincolnshire | 71 | 36 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Merseyside | 320 | 135 | 139 | 0 | 3 | 101 | 2 | 3 | 139 |
| Metropolitan Police | 3,783 | 1,308 | 320 | 0 | 43 | 352 | 1 | 27 | 189 |
| Norfolk | 192 | 45 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| North Wales | 95 | 22 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| North Yorkshire | 131 | 48 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| Northamptonshire | 134 | 68 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 14 |
| Northumbria | (32)n/a | (32)n/a | (32)n/a | (32)n/a | (32)n/a | (32)n/a | (32)n/a | (32)n/a | (32)n/a |
| Nottinghamshire | 298 | 135 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 4 | 12 |
| South Wales | 597 | 79 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| South Yorkshire | 292 | 98 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 33 | 0 | 2 | 21 |
| Staffordshire | 557 | 156 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Suffolk | 136 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Surrey | 270 | 125 | 26 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| Sussex | 401 | 140 | 35 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 8 | 33 |
| Thames Valley | 888 | 398 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| Warwickshire | 137 | 46 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| West Mercia | 175 | 55 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| West Midlands | 1,503 | 295 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 1 | 1 | 35 |
| West Yorkshire | 728 | 15 | (32)n/a | (32)n/a | (32)n/a | (32)n/a | (32)n/a | (32)n/a | (32)n/a |
| Wiltshire | 53 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Provincial total | 13,125 | 3,664 | 850 | 0 | 57 | 627 | 14 | 80 | 555 |
| England and Wales Total | (33)16,908 | (34)4,972 | (35)1,170 | (36)0 | (36)100 | (36)979 | (36)15 | (36)107 | (36)744 |
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(32) n/a appears where the force was unable to supply the data
(33) Covers all collisions involving police vehicles
(34) Collisions occurring where the police vehicle is on an immediate response or in pursuit of a vehicle
(35) Collisions where injury occurred
(36) Classification only for collisions where the police vehicle is on an immediate response or in pursuit
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