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Deportations

Mr. Sanders: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people have been deported from the UK in each of the last five years for which figures are available. [116485]

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Mrs. Roche: The numbers of people removed or departing voluntarily from the United Kingdom under port, illegal entry or deportation procedures between 1995 and 1999 are shown in the table.

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Passengers refused entry and removed and persons removed or departing voluntarily as a result of illegal entry or deportation action (47), 1995 to 1999

1995(48)199619971998(48)(49)1999
Passengers refused entry and removed18,95021,43024,54027,60031,300
Removals and voluntary departures under illegal entry procedures(47)3,1603,4604,5405,5805,220
Removals and voluntary departures under deportation procedures(47)1,9202,0002,0701,7201,150
Total24,03026,88031,14034,90037,660

(47) Includes only those voluntary departures taking place after the initiation of such action

(48) Data are revised

(49) 1999 data are provisional

Note:

Data are rounded to 10


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Animal Experiments

Mr. Hancock: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what experiments took place under licence at Wickham Research Laboratories, Wickham, Hampshire, in each of the last two years; what animals were involved; and if he will make a statement; [116939]

Mr. Mike O'Brien: Section 24 of the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 prevents disclosure of detailed information about individual establishments licensed under the Act that has been given in confidence.

Wickham Laboratories Ltd. has agreed to release the following information about its work. Wickham Laboratories Ltd. has applied for three project licences under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 during the last five years and currently holds three licences under the 1986 Act. The establishment undertakes mandatory safety testing of pharmaceutical and medical products. The animals used are rabbits, guinea pigs and mice.

We are reviewing section 24 in the context of the Freedom of Information legislation.

Mr. Hancock: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many laboratory rodents were killed in each of the last four years as a result of scientific procedures; and if he will make a statement. [116715]

Mr. Mike O'Brien: Information on the number of rodents killed as a result of their use in scientific procedures is not collected centrally by the Home Office. The number of rodents used in scientific procedures is set out in Table 1a of the Statistics of Scientific Procedures on Living Animals Great Britain published annually. Figures for 1999 are being collected now and will be published in July. Figures for the four years up to 1998 are as follows:

Number
19952,270,097
19962,304,483
19972,248,094
19982,243,377

These figures represent the number of rodents on which scientific procedures were started during the reporting year. Almost all of these animals would have been killed when the procedures were completed, but this would not necessarily have been in the same year.

Mr. Hancock: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many scientific procedures were started on laboratory animals in 1999-2000 and in each of the previous three years. [116718]

Mr. Mike O'Brien: The number of scientific procedures carried out by species of animal and primary purpose of procedure is set out in Table 1 of the Statistics of Scientific Procedures on Living Animals Great Britain

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published annually. Figures for 1999 are not yet available and will be published in July. Those for the previous three years are as follows:

Number
19962,716,587
19972,635,969
19982,659,662

Prisons (Drug Free Units)

Mr. Cox: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many drug free units there were in (a) men's and (b) women's prisons, and how many (i) male and (ii) female inmates there were in such units, in England and Wales on 1 February. [116827]

Mr. Boateng: The table shows the latest available figures for voluntary testing units sub-divided by male/female prisons.

Voluntary testing units in prison establishments

Prisons with unitCapacity
Male566,350
Female5223
Mixed--Male/Female256
Total636,629

Prisons (Segregation Units)

Mr. Cox: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what his policy is on who should adjudicate on breaches of prison rules by inmates held in a segregation unit in a prison in England and Wales; and if he will make a statement. [116828]

Mr. Boateng: The Prison Rules and Young Offender Institution Rules give authority to conduct adjudications to the governor of the establishment, or the controller in the case of contracted out prisons. Any governor, or controller who conducts an adjudication must have been specifically trained for the purpose.

Speeding Fines

Mr. Gibb: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the revenue from speeding fines (i) nationally and (ii) in each police area in (a) 1992-93, (b) 1993-94, (c) 1994-95, (d) 1995-96, (e) 1996-97, (f) 1997-98 and (g) 1998-99. [116947]

Mr. Charles Clarke: Information on the revenue raised from speeding fines is not available.

However, the table shows the total amount of fines ordered to be paid following conviction for speeding offences. As the majority of such offences are dealt with by the issue of a fixed penalty, the table also shows the total amount of fixed penalties ordered to be paid. The readily available information relates to the calendar years 1992 to 1997. Information for 1998 and 1999 is not yet available.

Not all fines and fixed penalties will have been paid.

Total amount of fines and fixed penalties ordered to be paid for speeding offences--England and Wales 1992 to 1997
£000

199219931994199519961997
Fines
Avon and Somerset532408376621479798
Bedfordshire13989758973177
Cambridgeshire127233131135463453
Cheshire1751481004999400
Cleveland794830435851
Cumbria478494245197223240
Derbyshire251226226241317318
Devon and Cornwall343258399395377496
Dorset9411513110111595
Durham908269504147
Essex1,121965793608627644
Gloucestershire284317254266304185
Greater Manchester7258079251,1411,017942
Hampshire693631686 820778610
Hertfordshire169150172243179352
Humberside11713582105129122
Kent239444491296233255
Lancashire476269234268395438
Leicestershire220329238186137152
Lincolnshire26422311023164234
City of London1466171417
Merseyside128116247541331285
Metropolitan Police1,0531,3191,2541,2611,3101,403
Norfolk308191113 100137193
Northamptonshire14613885642219
Northumbria322282275254151216
North Yorkshire197135127137170313
Nottinghamshire523230 364975
South Yorkshire251192174211252294
Staffordshire206195161233174387
Suffolk198216154168133178
Surrey203173131115162227
Sussex299282333281338477
Thames Valley5325747789599811,325
Warwickshire214230127201200198
West Mercia304453347334337382
West Midlands366413407651586580
West Yorkshire455422451416418499
Wiltshire363272274261323582
Dyfed-Powys695454609095
Gwent108175148120258372
North Wales211148154142166163
South Wales8184797195233
Total12,69712,47511,67612,51212,90415,523
Fixed penalties
Avon and Somerset574298237211240292
Bedfordshire919799142225348
Cambridgeshire422324221293255593
Cheshire541255132165333431
Cleveland286118105181158130
Cumbria282287203226185195
Derbyshire348283402469624698
Devon and Cornwall3445621,0371,0431,1631,446
Dorset378416497546399447
Durham196156171167125129
Essex8506239111,2279021,925
Gloucestershire263162224191182250
Greater Manchester1,0511,2001,2612,2241,9472,188
Hampshire6327951,2541,1961,0851,098
Hertfordshire162188404452474704
Humberside307194156222365389
Kent4954384615006901,148
Lancashire405322318515821953
Leicestershire226262210165184224
Lincolnshire372307183295278264
City of London24625171521
Merseyside398345755748692472
Metropolitan Police1,7291,6121,6681,8762,0301,820
Norfolk342162150146195196
Northamptonshire16492714681149
Northumbria4913953504137381,028
North Yorkshire270227245250387467
Nottinghamshire51355870159185
South Yorkshire6925586497458961,562
Staffordshire357355496430699902
Suffolk208211212295283291
Surrey344245136266520214
Sussex5126797425148621,005
Thames Valley5518602,0552,0031,9882,131
Warwickshire15610611612314674
West Mercia497485486507677616
West Midlands453382413445573375
West Yorkshire752602530524594964
Wiltshire465388524529434453
Dyfed-Powys200187211233227268
Gwent10413690104171211
North Wales290252262326353366
South Wales212182166168446889
Total17,48515,79018,89921,20723,80228,510

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