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Motorcycle Nuisance
Caroline Flint: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what action his Department is taking to reduce motorcycle nuisance on estates and open spaces; [4909]
- (2) what action he proposes to curb illegal use of motorcycles by children. [4910]
Mr. Denham: In his speech to the Superintendents Association on 11 September my right hon. Friend the Home Secretary made it clear that untrained, unlicensed
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and uncontrolled off-road motorcyclists can create misery and danger in a public park or open space, and that action was needed.
Where this is a particular problem, we would expect it to be covered within the local crime and disorder strategy. There are a number of existing powers which can be brought to bear. The antisocial behaviour order provides an important tool in respect of antisocial activity by particular individuals. Other measures include provisions in the Road Traffic Acts 1988 and 1991 and, as regards excessive and avoidable noise, in the Environment Protection Act 1990. Where appropriate, local authorities can consider enacting byelaws specifically to restrict the use of motorcycles on council estates and in open public spaces. Current research is looking at aspects of unlicensed driving and motorcycle riding, and we shall consider carefully any further measures it recommends to address the issues.
Asylum Seekers
Simon Hughes: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if asylum seekers arriving at Heathrow are informed of their entitlement to receive legal advice before being interviewed substantively; and if he will make a statement. [5204]
Angela Eagle [holding answer 19 July 2001]: Asylum seekers arriving at ports of entry are informed of the availability of legal advice by way of a form (IS97E), which also explains asylum procedures. Shortly after being identified as a person applying for asylum this form is served upon the applicant by an immigration officer.
Mr. Evans: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many asylum seekers awaiting adjudication there are in prisons in Wales [7744]
Angela Eagle: The latest published information on the number of asylum seekers detained under Immigration Act 1988 powers relates to 30 June 2001. As at that date, 40 persons (to the nearest five) who were detained under Immigration Act powers in prisons in Wales are recorded as having claimed asylum at some point, all of which were being held at Her Majesty's prison Cardiff. My right hon. Friend Lord Rooker visited Her Majesty's prison Cardiff on 17 September 2001 when there were 21 detainees in the prison. Information on how many of these persons were awaiting adjudication on 30 June 2001 is not available and could be obtained only by examining individual case files at disproportionate cost.
The temporary use of Her Majesty's prison Cardiff to hold immigration detainees will end by Christmas, with the other local prisons providing temporary places following suit by the end of January.
Mr. Andrew Turner: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many applicants for asylum, broken down by country of origin, have had their applications refused in the last four years; and how many are known (a) to have left the United Kingdom and (b) to have remained within the United Kingdom. [7118]
Angela Eagle [pursuant to the reply, 16 October 2001, c.1192W]: The total numbers of known removals in each of the last four years, excluding dependants, are given in the table:
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| Year | Removed(11),(12) asylum seekers(13) |
|---|---|
| 1997 | 7,165 |
| 1998 | 6,990 |
| 1999 | 7,660 |
| 2000 | 8,980 |
(11) Includes persons departing 'voluntarily' after enforcement action was initiated against them.
(12) Figures are rounded to the nearest 5. Figure for 2000 is provisional.
(13) Persons who had sought asylum at some point, excluding dependants. Includes persons leaving under the Voluntary Assisted Returns Programme.
Departmental Staff
Annabelle Ewing: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will estimate the number of staff employed by his Department by region and nation of the UK; and if he will make a statement. [6852]
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Mr. Blunkett: I refer the hon. Member to the reply my hon. Friend, Parliamentary Secretary, Cabinet Office gave on 15 October 2001, Official Report, column 1008W, which included a table showing the number of staff in the Home Office by region and nation of the United Kingdom.
Annabelle Ewing: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many and what proportion of each civil service grade in his Department is located in each region and nation of the UK, what the average salary is for each grade; and if he will make a statement. [6856]
Mr. Blunkett: Information on Home Office staff by grade in each region and nation of the United Kingdom at 1 April 2000 is set out in the tables. Information on average salaries for the same date is not available.
| Number of staff by grade level and region (full-time equivalent) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Government office region | All grades | SCS level | Level 6/7 | SEO/HEO level | EO level | AO/AA level | Industrial/ other grades |
| London | 6,951.3 | 161.5 | 463.5 | 1,577.4 | 2,191.1 | 2,548.8 | 9 |
| South East | 1,058 | 3 | 22.9 | 166.1 | 628.4 | 229.6 | 8 |
| South West | 240.7 | 3 | 15.6 | 68.7 | 56.4 | 57.5 | 39.5 |
| West Midlands | 686.5 | 1 | 57 | 169.8 | 204.4 | 250.3 | 4 |
| North West | 336 | — | 27 | 94.3 | 134.5 | 75.2 | 5 |
| North East | 51 | — | 2 | 8.1 | 29.8 | 10.1 | 1 |
| Merseyside | 955.7 | — | 8.8 | 77.3 | 217.5 | 652.1 | — |
| Yorkshire and Humberside | 350.7 | 3 | 22 | 127.8 | 83.2 | 111.7 | 3 |
| East Midlands | 40 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 18 | 5 | — |
| Eastern | 609.4 | 2 | 31.7 | 110.7 | 211.9 | 249.1 | 4 |
| England total | 11,279.3 | 174.5 | 653.5 | 2,413.2 | 3,775.2 | 4,189.4 | 73.5 |
| Wales | 428.3 | — | 26.8 | 47.4 | 62.6 | 288.5 | 3 |
| Scotland | 240.6 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 58.2 | 160.4 | — |
| Northern Ireland | 132.3 | — | — | 5 | 20.4 | 106.9 | — |
| Grand total(15) | 12,080.5 | 176.5 | 684.3 | 2,481.6 | 3,916.4 | 4,745.2 | 76.5 |
| Percentage of staff by grade level and region | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Government office region | All grades | SCS level | Level 6/7 | SEO/HEO level | EO level | AO/AA level | Industrial/ other grades |
| London | 57.5 | 91.5 | 67.7 | 63.6 | 55.9 | 53.7 | 11.8 |
| South East | 8.8 | 1.7 | 3.3 | 6.7 | 16.0 | 4.8 | 10.5 |
| South West | 2.0 | 1.7 | 2.3 | 2.8 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 51.6 |
| West Midlands | 5.7 | 0.6 | 8.3 | 6.8 | 5.2 | 5.3 | 5.2 |
| North West | 2.8 | 0.0 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 1.6 | 6.5 |
| North East | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 1.3 |
| Merseyside | 7.9 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 3.1 | 5.6 | 13.7 | 0.0 |
| Yorkshire and Humberside | 2.9 | 1.7 | 3.2 | 5.1 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 3.9 |
| East Midlands | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Eastern | 5.0 | 1.1 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 5.4 | 5.2 | 5.2 |
| England total | 93.4 | 98.9 | 95.5 | 97.2 | 96.4 | 88.3 | 96.1 |
| Wales | 3.5 | 0.0 | 3.9 | 1.9 | 1.6 | 6.1 | 3.9 |
| Scotland | 2.0 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 1.5 | 3.4 | 0.0 |
| Northern Ireland | 1.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 2.3 | 0.0 |
| Grand total(15) | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
(14) Includes staff in UKPA, Forensic Science Service and Fire Service College
(15) Excluded 426 seconded non-industrial civil servants whose data are not centrally recorded
Note:
Responsibility for Fire Service College transferred to DTLR as part of the machinery of Government changes in June 2001.
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| Percentage of staff by grade level and region | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Government office region | All grades | SCS level | Level 6/7 | SEO/HEO level | EO level | AO/AA level | Industrial/ other grades |
| London | 15.6 | 56.6 | 37.8 | 34.8 | 17.0 | 14.3 | 7.9 |
| South East | 15.8 | 12.4 | 12.9 | 12.7 | 14.0 | 16.3 | 15.9 |
| South West | 8.0 | 4.0 | 6.7 | 5.7 | 7.9 | 8.0 | 10.3 |
| West Midlands | 9.5 | 1.3 | 7.1 | 8.5 | 10.3 | 9.3 | 12.0 |
| North West | 10.5 | 5.4 | 5.9 | 7.8 | 10.7 | 10.7 | 12.1 |
| North East | 7.5 | 0.0 | 4.7 | 5.1 | 6.2 | 8.0 | 6.2 |
| Merseyside | 1.9 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 2.2 | 0.8 |
| Yorkshire and Humberside | 11.2 | 6.7 | 7.2 | 7.3 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 11.4 |
| East Midlands | 8.6 | 4.0 | 7.4 | 8.4 | 9.9 | 8.4 | 10.4 |
| Eastern | 9.2 | 6.7 | 6.9 | 7.2 | 9.3 | 9.3 | 10.5 |
| England total | 97.9 | 98.7 | 97.6 | 98.7 | 98.4 | 97.8 | 97.5 |
| Wales | 1.9 | 1.3 | 2.2 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.9 | 2.4 |
| Scotland | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Northern Ireland | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| Grand total | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| Number of staff by grade level and region (full-time equivalent) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Government office region | All grades | SCS level | Level 6/7 | SEO/HEO level | EO level | AO/AA level | Industrial/ other grades |
| London | 13,270.7 | 203.5 | 718.4 | 2,230.2 | 2,878.6 | 7,021.6 | 218.4 |
| South East | 7,475.1 | 12.2 | 110 | 405.2 | 1,193.1 | 5,322.4 | 432.2 |
| South West | 3,475.3 | 6 | 60.7 | 176 | 374 | 2,546.4 | 312.2 |
| West Midlands | 4,518.9 | 2 | 104.8 | 328.7 | 622.7 | 3,137.9 | 323.3 |
| North West | 4,607.7 | 4 | 66.9 | 240.7 | 567.2 | 3,401.9 | 327 |
| North East | 3,089.9 | 0 | 33.5 | 103.8 | 282 | 2,504.2 | 166.2 |
| Merseyside | 1,740.2 | 1 | 14.8 | 99.3 | 279.5 | 1,323.6 | 22 |
| Yorkshire and Humberside | 4,896 | 8 | 70.8 | 265.6 | 548.6 | 3,698.1 | 304.9 |
| East Midlands | 3,534.2 | 4 | 52.6 | 170.8 | 417.6 | 2,612.7 | 276.5 |
| Eastern | 4,355.4 | 7 | 78.2 | 245.6 | 587.2 | 3,153.1 | 284.3 |
| England total | 50,963.4 | 247.7 | 1,310.7 | 4,265.9 | 7,750 | 34,721.9 | 2,667.2 |
| Wales | 1,181.5 | 1 | 41.3 | 71.7 | 123.6 | 875.9 | 68 |
| Scotland | 241.6 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 58.2 | 161.4 | 0 |
| Northern Ireland | 235.3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 25.4 | 200.9 | 1 |
| Grand total | 52,621.8 | 250.7 | 1,358 | 4,359.6 | 7,957.2 | 35,960.1 | 2,736.2 |
| Home office overseas staff | 31.6 | 1 | — | 22 | 8.6 | — | — |
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