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Hinduja Brothers

Mr. Lidington: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he personally took the decision to grant the naturalisation application for Mr. S. P. Hinduja. [151247]

Mr. Straw: I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave him, the right hon. Member for Maidstone and The Weald (Miss Widdecombe) and the hon. Member for Bury St. Edmonds (Mr. Ruffley) on 30 January 2001, Official Report, column 167W.

Trial Outcomes

Mr. Lilley: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many cases in which the defendant chose trial by jury (a) ended in terminations without a formal decision of the court and (b) resulted in a court decision in each year since 1990. [150680]

Mr. Charles Clarke: The information requested is not collected centrally.

Prison Visitors

Ms Ward: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what proportion of boards of visitors for prisons in England and Wales were serving magistrates in each of the last five years. [151494]

Mr. Boateng: The proportion of serving magistrates on Boards of Visitors for prisons in England and Wales over the last five years was as follows:

Date	Total number of Board Members	Number of Board Members who were serving Magistrates (%)
19 February 2001 31 December 2000 31 December 1999 31 December 1998 31 December 1997 31 December 1996	1,733 1,755 1,779 1,588 1,708 1,680	467 (27) 485 (28) 492 (28) 426 (27) 510 (30) 407 (24)

Ms Ward: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many people serve on each board of visitors for prisons in England and Wales; [151490]

(2) what proportion of board of visitors places in each prison establishment were not filled at the latest date for which figures are available. [151491]

Mr. Boateng: Out of a potential membership of 2,074 there was a total of 342 vacancies on Boards of Visitors in England and Wales as at 16 February 2001. A breakdown is set out in the table:

Number of vacancies on boards of visitors by prison establishment

Board	In post	Vacancies
Acklington	14	2
Albany	11	1
Altcourse	13	4
Ashfield	10	6
Ashwell	12	2
Askham Grange	10	1
Aylesbury	11	5
Bedford	14	0
Belmarsh	19	2
Birmingham	14	2
Blakenhurst	15	0
Blantyre House	8	4
Blundeston	12	2
Brinsford	10	6
Bristol	11	4
Brixton	14	4
Brockhill	11	1
Buckley Hall	13	1
Bullingdon	13	7
Bullwood Hall	9	7
Camp Hill	13	1
Canterbury	13	1
Cardiff	12	3
Castington	10	2
Channings Wood	15	0
Chelmsford	13	1
Coldingley	14	0
Cookham Wood	9	1
Dartmoor	12	4
Deerbolt	11	1
Doncaster	12	3
Dorchester	10	2
Dover	11	3
Downview	11	5
Drake Hall	11	1
Durham	16	1
East Sutton Park	8	4
Eastwood Park	15	0
Elmley	10	6
Erlestoke	11	1
Everthorpe	10	5
Exeter	15	0
Featherstone	13	1
Feltham	17	1
Ford	14	0
Forest Bank	18	2
Foston Hall	8	2
Frankland	15	1
Full Sutton	13	3
Garth	12	2
Gartree	12	2
Glen Parva	13	5
Gloucester	9	3
Grendon/Springhill	14	1
Guys Marsh	14	0
Haslar	6	4
Hatfield	11	1
Haverigg	14	1
Hewell Grange	12	0
High Down	12	7
Highpoint	15	5
Hindley	14	2
Hollesley Bay	14	0
Holloway	16	2
Holme House	15	4
Hull	13	2
Huntercombe	16	0
Kingston	10	2
Kirkham	16	0
Kirklevington	11	0
Lancaster Castle	11	2
Lancaster Farms	14	2
Latchmere House	11	3
Leeds	20	2
Leicester	11	4
Lewes	15	1
Leyhill	11	2
Lincoln	14	3
Lindholme	12	4
Littlehey	14	2
Liverpool	19	2
Long Lartin	11	5
Low Newton	8	4
Lowdham Grange	9	7
Maidstone	13	3
Manchester	20	3
Moorland	12	4
Morton Hall	10	0
New Hall	13	2
North Sea Camp	10	6
Northallerton	10	1
Norwich	15	3
Nottingham	14	4
Onley	14	2
Parc	20	0
Parkhurst	13	4
Pentonville	15	5
Portland	13	4
Preston	16	2
Ranby	12	4
Reading	12	0
Risley	15	4
Rochester	12	3
Rye Hill	6	9
Send	10	2
Shepton Mallet	8	4
Shrewsbury	13	1
Stafford	14	2
Standford Hill	9	5
Stocken	17	0
Stoke Heath	13	3
Styal	12	3
Sudbury	12	4
Swaleside	13	3
Swansea	14	2
Swinfen Hall	10	2
The Mount	16	2
The Verne	15	0
Thorn Cross	11	5
Usk	15	0
Wakefield	14	2
Wandsworth	20	1
Wayland	14	4
Wealstun	12	4
Weare	10	5
Wellingborough	12	4
Werrington	12	0
Wetherby	17	0
Whatton	10	2
Whitemoor	18	0
Winchester	14	1
Wolds	13	3
Woodhill	16	3
Wormwood Scrubs	18	6
Wymott	12	4
Total	1,732	342

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Ms Ward: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the (a) gender and (b) ethnic breakdown was for members of boards of visitors for prisons in England and Wales in each of the last five years. [151492]

Mr. Boateng: The information requested is published in the Annual Report of the National Advisory Council

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for the Boards of Visitors of England and Wales copies of which are available in the Library. The current position and in 1996-2000 are shown in the tables.

Gender and Ethnic Breakdown for Members of Boards of Visitors for Prisons in England and Wales in Each of the Last Five Years.As at 19 February 2001

	Ethnicity
Gender	White	Black	Asian	Other	Total
Female	795	28	15	2	840
Male	804	46	41	2	893
Total	1,599	74	56	4	1,733

Year ending 31 December 2000

	Ethnicity
Gender	White	Black	Asian	Other	Total
Female	797	31	13	4	845
Male	826	41	40	3	910
Total	1,623	72	53	7	1,755

Year ending 31 December 1999

	Ethnicity
Gender	White	Black	Asian	Other	Total
Female	796	23	15	3	837
Male	864	36	40	2	942
Total	1,660	59	55	5	1,779

Year ending 31 December 1998

	Ethnicity
Gender	White	Black	Asian	Unknown	Other	Total
Female	629	18	13	60	8	728
Male	714	28	37	74	7	860
Total	1,343	46	50	134	15	1,588

Year ending 31 December 1997

	Ethnicity
Gender	White	Black	Asian	Unknown	Other	Total
Female	663	20	13	77	9	782
Male	764	30	37	90	5	926
Total	1,427	50	50	167	14	1,708

Year ending 31 December 1996

	Ethnicity
Gender	White	Black	Asian	Unknown	Other	Total
Female	639	22	12	83	6	762
Male	749	31	34	98	6	918
Total	1,388	53	46	181	12	1,680

Ms Ward: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what proportion of members of boards of visitors in England and Wales were aged (a) under 30 years, (b) between 30 and 39 years, (c) between 40 and 49 years, (d) between 50 and 59 years and (e) over 60 years in each of the last five years. [151493]

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Mr. Boateng: The information requested is published in the Annual Report of the National Advisory Council for the Boards of Visitors of England and Wales, copies of which are placed in the Library. The position over the last five years and more recently was as follows:

	Male	Female	Grand total
	(i) Age Distribution of existing members as at 21 February 2001
Under 31 years	10	17	27
31 to 35 years	18	22	40
36 to 40 years	34	29	63
41 to 45 years	45	49	94
46 to 50 years	80	96	176
51 to 55 years	145	205	350
56 to 60 years	140	168	308
Over 60 years	427	256	683
Total	899	842	1,741
	(ii) Age distribution of existing members as at 31 December 2000
Under 31 years	8	16	24
31 to 35 years	17	23	40
36 to 40 years	35	29	64
41 to 45 years	44	46	90
46 to 50 years	77	97	174
51 to 55 years	145	201	346
56 to 60 years	142	167	309
Over 60 years	443	265	708
Total	911	844	1,755
	(iii) Age distribution of existing members as at 31 December 1999
Under 31 years	15	15	30
31 to 35 years	17	29	46
36 to 40 years	28	30	58
41 to 45 years	59	58	117
46 to 50 years	90	112	202
51 to 55 years	173	213	386
56 to 60 years	184	188	372
Over 60 years	376	192	568
Total	942	837	1,779
	(iii) Age distribution of existing members as at 31 December 1998
Under 31 years	10	14	24
31 to 35 years	19	18	37
36 to 40 years	30	24	54
41 to 45 years	56	53	109
46 to 50 years	76	110	186
51 to 55 years	164	200	364
56 to 60 years	165	153	318
Over 60 years	340	156	496
Total	860	728	1,588
	(ii) Age distribution of existing members as at 31 December 1997
Under 31 years	13	15	28
31 to 35 years	21	26	47
36 to 40 years	32	22	54
41 to 45 years	61	53	114
46 to 50 years	114	121	235
51 to 55 years	170	209	379
56 to 60 years	180	178	358
Over 60 years	334	159	493
Total	925	783	1,708
	(iii) Age distribution of existing members as at 31 December 1996
Under 31 years	10	11	21
31 to 40 years	54	49	103
41 to 50 years	195	223	418
51 to 60 years	343	331	674
Over 60 years	316	148	464
Total	918	762	1,680

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