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Race Equality
Mr. Gerrard: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he will publish the basket of race equality performance indicators he has been developing. [116669]
Mr. Straw: I have today placed in the Library a copy of the document "Race Equality in Public Services--Driving Up Standards and Accounting for Progress". The document sets out performance data in a number of key areas which are of interest to ethnic minority communities, and provides a quantifiable way of demonstrating the Government's progress in promoting race equality.
Sexual Assaults
Mr. Baker: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many incidents of (a) rape of men and (b) other sexual assaults on men were reported in the last year for which figures are available; how many such incidents attracted charges; and how many convictions have resulted. [116103]
Mr. Charles Clarke: The numbers of reported incidents and charges are not collected centrally. The number of recorded rapes of men and indecent assaults on men, and the number of defendants proceeded against and offenders convicted of these offences in England and Wales for the year ending September 1999, are as follows:
| Rape of a male | Indecent assault on a male | |
|---|---|---|
| Number of offences recorded in year ended September 1999 | 571 | 3,682 |
| Number of defendants proceeded against in year ended September 1999(1) | 107 | 562 |
| Number of offenders convicted in year ended September 1999(1) | 54 | 438 |
(1) Provisional data
It should be noted that as the recorded crime figures relate to offences, and the numbers proceeded against and convicted relate to offenders, the two types of data cannot be directly compared.
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Mr. Hawkins:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he intends to publish his draft code of guidance in relation to his Freedom of Information Bill; and if he will make a statement. [116288]
Mr. Mike O'Brien:
I expect to be able to make available shortly a working draft of the code of practice for which provision is made at clause 44 of the Freedom of Information Bill.
Copies of the working draft will be placed in the Library.
Mr. Simon Hughes:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what (a) representations and (b) external legal advice he has received concerning the conformity of current contracts for the installation and operation of probation service information technology systems with public procurement regulations; and if he will make a statement. [116294]
Mr. Boateng:
The Home Office discusses the arrangements for the procurement of information technology for probation purposes with interested parties from time to time. It is not our policy to disclose details of legal advice in relation to such commercial arrangements.
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Miss Widdecombe:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list, for each of the last 10 years for which figures are available, the average number of prisoners in each prison establishment being held two in a cell in a single cell; for what reason the Prison Service does not collect data on the number of prisoners held three in a double cell; and if he will make a statement. [116473]
Mr. Boateng:
The average number of prisoners held two to a cell designed for one, in each prison establishment since 1992-93, is given in the table. Prisons that are not currently operational are excluded from the analysis.
The Prison Service has never collected centrally the number of prisoners held three to a cell designed for two. Prisons provide data on the total overcrowding level and on the numbers held two to a cell designed for one, known as "doubling". Total overcrowding includes those held three to a cell for two and those overcrowded in dormitories and larger cells. Doubling is an appropriate measure of the true impact of overcrowding on individuals.
Overcrowding, other than doubling, is not widespread. At the end of February 2000, only nine establishments reported a total overcrowding figure in excess of the numbers doubled.
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| Prison name | 1992-93 | 1993-94 | 1994-95 | 1995-96 | 1996-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-99 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Styal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sudbury | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Swaleside | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 33 | 9 |
| Swansea | 105 | 148 | 130 | 149 | 185 | 235 | 221 |
| Swinfen Hall | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 |
| Thorn Cross | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Usk | 0 | 0 | 2 | 60 | 94 | 117 | 146 |
| Verne | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 37 | 39 |
| Wakefield | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 73 | 98 | 22 |
| Wandsworth | 274 | 217 | 199 | 191 | 156 | 193 | 316 |
| Wayland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 50 | 44 |
| Wealstun | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 10 |
| Weare | -- | -- | -- | -- | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wellingborough | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Werrington | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wetherby | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Whatton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Whitemoor | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Winchester | 126 | 137 | 182 | 181 | 245 | 304 | 272 |
| Wolds | 0 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Woodhill | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 106 | 95 |
| Wormwood Scrubs | 322 | 468 | 425 | 305 | 289 | 378 | 299 |
| Wymott | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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