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Union Duties
Mr. Bercow: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he intends to answer the question of 13 February from the hon. Member for Buckingham regarding staff involvement in union duties. [41578]
Beverley Hughes: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to him on 15 April 2002, Official Report, column 757W.
Regional Organisation
Mr. Andrew Turner: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department which of the agencies and NDPBs sponsored by his Department have a regional organisation; and if he will list the counties and unitary authorities in each region in (a) 1997 and (b) 2002. [58937]
Beverley Hughes: The majority of Home Office sponsored Executive Non-Departmental Public Bodies (NDPB's) do not have regional organisations. Some do have offices outside London, but these are not for regional organisational purposes.
The three Executive NDPB's with regional organisation are:
— The Commission for Racial Equality (CRE);
— The National Crime Squad (NCS); and
— The National Criminal Intelligence Service (NCIS).
Both Home Offices Agencies have regional organisations.
Since April 2000, the Prison Service has operated an area manager structure that is based on the Government regions. Two regions are divided between two area managers: the South East (one for Thames Valley, Hampshire and the Isle of Wight and one for Kent, Surrey and Sussex) and East Midlands North (Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire, Derby and Nottingham) and South (Leicestershire and Northamptonshire, Leicester and Rutland). Previously area managers had been based in London.
The United Kingdom Passport Service (UKPS) had five regional catchment areas in 1997, and has six in 2002, not including London, which is now a drop in centre. Details of the organisational structure are in the table.
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| Commission for Racial Equality (2002) | |
|---|---|
| London and the South (London) | 33 London Boroughs Bucks, Oxfordshire, Surrey, Sussex, Hampshire, Berks., Kent, Bedfordshire, Gloucestershire, Wiltshire, Somerset, Dorset, Devon, Cornwall, Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, Essex and Hertfordshire. |
| Midlands (Birmingham) | Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Leicestershire, plus Cambridgeshire (Eastern Region), Shropshire. Northamptonshire. Staffordshire, West Midlands County, Warwickshire, Worcestershire and Herefordshire. |
| North of England (Manchester and Leeds) | Cumbria, Lancashire, Cheshire, Manchester, West Yorkshire and Merseyside. |
| Inclusive Boundaries—Northumberland, Durham, North Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, North Lincolnshire, North East Lincolnshire and East Riding. | |
| Scotland (Edinburgh) | Scotland |
| Wales (Cardiff) | Wales |
Details of the CRE's 1997 organisation structure is not available, although it is believed to have been similar to the 2002 structure.
| National Crime Squad (Only became an NDPB in April 2002) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Northern | Eastern | Western |
| Cheshire | Bedfordshire | Avon and Somerset |
| Cleveland | Cambridgeshire | Derbyshire |
| Cumbria | City of London | Devon and Cornwall |
| Durham | Essex | Dorset |
| Greater Manchester | Hampshire | Dyfed-Powys |
| Humberside | Hertfordshire | Gloucestershire |
| Lancashire | Kent | Gwent |
| Merseyside | Metropolitan Police | Leicestershire |
| Northumbria | Norfolk | Lincolnshire |
| North Yorkshire | Suffolk | Northamptonshire |
| South Yorkshire | Surrey | North Wales |
| West Yorkshire | Sussex | Nottinghamshire |
| Thames Valley | South Wales | |
| Staffordshire | ||
| Warwickshire | ||
| West Mercia | ||
| West Midlands | ||
| Wiltshire |
| National Criminal Intelligence Service (Only became an NDPB in April 2002) | |
|---|---|
| South East Area Office (London) | Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, Cambridgeshire, Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, Greater London, Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey, West Sussex, East Sussex, Kent and Isle of Wight. |
| South West Regional Office | |
| (Bristol) | Gloucestershire, Avon, Wiltshire, Somerset, Dorset, Devon, Cornwall, Gwent, South Glamorgan, Mid Glamorgan, West Glamorgan and Dyfed, Powys. |
| Midlands Regional Office | |
| (Birmingham) | |
| Northamptonshire, Warwickshire, Hereford and Worcester, West Midlands, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Leicestershire, (Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire) 1 . | |
| North East Regional Office | |
| (Wakefield) | South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, Humberside, North Yorkshire, Durham, Cleveland, Tyne and Wear, Northumberland, (Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire) 1 . |
| North West Regional Office | |
| (Manchester) | Cheshire, Merseyside, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, Cumbria, Isle of Man, Anglesey, Gwynedd and Clwyd. |
| Scotland Office (Paisley) | Has responsibility for the whole of Scotland. |
| Northern Ireland (Belfast) | Has responsibility for Northern Ireland. |
1 Since 1 April 2002, the Midlands Regional Office has extended its responsibilities to include Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and Lincolnshire police forces as well as the regional National Crime Squad (NCS) and Her Majesty's Custom's and Excise (HMC&E) offices. These areas of responsibility were previously held by North East Regional Office.
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Asylum Accommodation
Linda Perham: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if asylum-seeking families with dependent children may have their support removed if they (a) refuse the offer of a place in an accommodation centre, (b) voluntarily cease to reside there and (c) breach conditions set on their residence. [59992]
Beverley Hughes: I will write to my hon. Friend.
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