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Mrs. Curtis-Thomas: To ask the Solicitor-General how many (a) complaints and (b) items of correspondence have been received by (a) the Attorney General, (b) the Solicitor-General and (c) the Crown Prosecution Service in relation to historical sex abuse investigations in the United Kingdom in (i) 1999, (ii) 2000 and (iii) 2001. [49830]
The Solicitor-General: Correspondence and complaints sent to the Law Officers are recorded primarily by the name of the sender. They are not categorised by recipient nor by subject in the manner set out in the question. The CPS has no central records of complaints or correspondence. The information requested could only be obtained by examining all correspondence received since 1998. This would incur disproportionate costs.
Mr. Bercow: To ask the Solicitor-General when the 2002 Departmental report will be published. [49594]
The Solicitor-General [holding reply 17 April 2002]: The 2002 Departmental Reports will be published by 31 May 2002.
Mr. Bercow: To ask the Solicitor-General, pursuant to her answer of 11 February, Official Report, column 1112W, on mobile phones, how many staff of the Crown Prosecution Service were provided with mobile telephones and other associated equipment in (a) 199899, (b) 19992000, (c) 200001 and (d) 200102. [50552]
The Solicitor-General [holding answer 18 April 2002]: The Crown Prosecution Service provided the following numbers of mobile phones with associated equipment in 19989, and subsequent financial years.
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Phones In Circulation Throughout Year | |
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19981999 | 131 |
19992000 | 336 |
20002001 | 404 |
20012002 | 507 |
Mr. Burns: To ask the Solicitor-General how many special advisers there were in her Department; and what their salaries were in each of the last five years. [46956]
The Solicitor-General: [holding answer 9 April 2002]: None of the departments for which the Attorney General is responsible employ special advisers or have done so in the last five years.
Norman Baker: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many (a) audits and (b) investigations have been conducted by the Inland Revenue of taxpayers with a gross annual income of (a) £15,000 or less, (b) £15,001 to £25,000, (c) £25,001 to £50,000, (d) £50,001 to £100,000, (e) £100,001 to £200,000, (f) £200,001 to £500,000, (g) £500,001 to £1,000,000 and (h) more than £1,000,000, for the most recent available accounting period. [49297]
Dawn Primarolo: [holding answer 15 April 2002]: The Inland Revenue does not have figures analysed in this way. The Board of Inland Revenue publishes the results of its work tackling non-compliance in its annual report, which is available in the Library. The latest figures are in Appendix 2 and cover the year to 31 March 2001.
Norman Baker: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the estimated annual total cost of non-compliance with Inland Revenue laws and rules in each of the last five years. [49294]
Dawn Primarolo [holding answer 15 April 2002]: There is no reliable measure of the total income tax and national insurance contributions lost to evasion. In his report, published in March 2000, Lord Grabiner QC commented on the scale of the hidden economy and said:
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Norman Baker: To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department what his duties are in relation to Royal issues. [49938]
Mr. Wills: None of the Parliamentary Secretaries in the Lord Chancellor's Department has delegated responsibility for Royal matters.
Mr. Bercow: To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department if he will make a statement on energy costs incurred by his Department in each of the last 10 years. [42434]
Mr. Wills: I apologise for the delay in answering this question. I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by my right hon. Friend the Minister of State for Rural Affairs on 19 March 2002, Official Report, column 268W.
Mr. Bercow: To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department (1) what the difference was between the price offered in reaching preferred bidder stage and the final contract price for the five largest PFI contracts let by his Department in each of the last four years; and if he will make a statement; [45598]
Mr. Wills: The only private finance initiative (PFI) or public private partnership contract signed by this Department in the last four years to have gone through a preferred bidder stage was the PFI contract for the Probate Records Centre. There was no change in contract value between the preferred bidder stage and contract signature in July 1999. PFI contracts for magistrates' courts have not been included in this reply because they are let by local authorities.
Mr. Bercow: To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department if he will list the public service agreement targets which have been revised and those which have been introduced since the publication of the 2001 departmental report. [43260]
Mr. Wills: The 2001 departmental report provides details of progress against Public Service Agreement targets developed under the Comprehensive Spending Review 1998 and lists the published Public Service Agreement targets for Spending Review 2000. From 1 April 2001 the Spending Review 2000 Public Service Agreement, which covers the work of the Lord Chancellor's Department until March 2004, replaced the Comprehensive Spending Review targets.
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Since the publication of the 2001 departmental report, no further Public Service Agreement targets have been introduced. In the first year of Spending Review 2000, one Public Service Agreement target has been updated (WA 349, 8 May 2001).
Mr. Webb: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what plans he has to seek compensation from the Affinity Consortium for the delay to the Child Support Reforms New Rules Implementation IT project. [46316]
Malcolm Wicks [holding answer 26 March 2002]: The administration of the Child Support Agency is a matter for the Chief Executive, Mr. Doug Smith. He will write to the hon. Member.
Letter from Doug Smith to Mr. Steve Webb, dated 18 April 2002:
Malcolm Wicks: The administration of the Child Support Agency is a matter for the Chief Executive, Mr. Doug Smith. He will write to the hon. Member.
Letter from Doug Smith to Mr. Michael Weir, dated 18 April 2002:
Source:
Parliamentary Ombudsman's Office and the Child Support Agency's
Parliamentary Ombudsman Office Focal Point.
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Malcolm Wicks: The administration of the Child Support Agency is a matter for the Chief Executive, Mr. Doug Smith. He will write to the hon. Member.
Letter from Doug Smith to Mr. Nigel Evans, dated 18 April 2002:
Malcolm Wicks: The administration of the Child Support Agency is a matter for the Chief Executive, Mr. Doug Smith. He will write to the hon. Member.
Letter from Doug Smith to Mr. Mark Todd, dated 18 April 2002:
Malcolm Wicks: The administration of the Child Support Agency is a matter for the Chief Executive, Mr. Doug Smith. He will write to the hon. Member.
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Letter from Doug Smith to Mr. Andrew Turner, dated 18 April 2002:
Year ending | December 1996 to March 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | April 2001 to February 2002 | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Departure Applied for | 3,648 | 21,918 | 14,889 | 14,853 | 17,100 | 11,840 | 84,248 |
Departure Awarded | 114 | 2,360 | 3,162 | 6,393 | 7,049 | 6,116 | 25,194 |
Source:
CSA Performance Management Team
Since April 2000 the Agency has been recording figures of departure applications through the computer system. Figures prior to April 2000 were recorded manually and may be less accurate.
I hope this is helpful.
Malcolm Wicks: The administration of the Child Support Agency is a matter for the Chief Executive, Mr. Doug Smith. He will write to the hon. Member.
Letter from Doug Smith to Mr. Andrew Turner, dated 18 April 2002:
2000 | 2001 | 2002 | |
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Full Compliance | 165,820 (49.3%) | 185,900 (52.9%) | 211,000 (60.9%) |
Partial Compliance | 56,340 (16.7%) | 52,060 (14.8%) | 30,600 (8.8%) |
Nil Compliance | 114,500 (34%) | 113,720 (32.3%) | 104,800 (30.3%) |
Source:
CSA Performance Management Team
I hope this is helpful.
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Malcolm Wicks [holding reply 26 March 2002]: The administration of the Child Support Agency is a matter for the Chief Executive, Mr. Doug Smith. He will write to the hon. Member.
Letter from Doug Smith to Mr. Steve Webb, dated 18 April 2002:
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