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Street Crime Action Group
Dr. Kumar: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on the role of the Street Crime Action Group. [48575]
Mr. Denham: I will write to my hon. Friend and place a copy of my letter in the Library.
Street Crime Initiative
Mr. Grieve: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the figures for burglary and violence against the person were for (a) April, (b) September and (c) in four week periods in the intervening months, for each of the ten force areas in the Street Crime Initiative; and what the figures were for the corresponding period last year. [76168]
Mr. Denham: I will write to the hon. Member and place a copy of my letter in the Library.
Superintendent Ali Dizaei
Mr. Salter: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many members of the Independent Advisory Group were consulted by the Metropolitan Police Service when investigating Superintendent Ali Dizaei. [42742]
Mr. Denham: I will write to my hon. Friend and place a copy of my letter in the Library.
Targets
Simon Hughes: : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the non-public service agreement targets for his Department. [79614]
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Hilary Benn: [holding answer 6 November 2002]: The Home Department's current targets are set out in the Home Office Annual Report 2001–02 (CM 5106), and in the relevant business plans of the Department's executive agencies and Non-Departmental Public Bodies.
Television Purchases
Mr. Yeo: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) integrated digital and (b) analogue television sets have been bought by his Department in each of the last 24 months; and if he will publish the guidance given to officials making decisions on television purchases. [33229]
Beverley Hughes: I will write to the hon. Member and place a copy of my letter in the Library.
Thames Valley Police
Mr. Lidington: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many police officers transferred out of Thames Valley Police in each year from 1998–99 to date. [7914]
Mr. Denham: I will write to the hon. Member and place a copy of my letter in the Library.
Mr. Lidington : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) police officers and (b) civilian police employees were recruited by Thames Valley Police in the most recent period for which figures are available; how many left Thames Valley Police during that period; and if he will make a statement. [79141]
Mr. Denham : I will write to the hon. Member and place a copy of my letter in the Library.
Throckmorton
Mr. Luff : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department for what reason he has delayed submitting the notification of the proposed development of an asylum accommodation centre at Throckmorton to Wychavon District Council; and if he will make a statement. [79483]
Beverley Hughes: I announced on 5 November 2002, Official Report, column 151W, that we have decided not to pursue our proposal for an accommodation centre at Throckmorton airfield in Worcestershire as part of the trial. While we consider that the site itself is suitable, we have not been able to settle the necessary land acquisition arrangements to allow us to develop the site within the time frame of the trial.
Treatment Programmes (Prisons)
Simon Hughes: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many treatment programmes operate in prisons in England and Wales for (a) drug dependency, (b) alcohol dependency and (c) self-harm; and how many of them have been evaluated. [79611]
Hilary Benn: I will write to the hon. Member and place a copy of my letter in the Library.
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Turnberry Bilderberg Meeting
Mr. Rosindell: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many arrests were made in connection with security arrangements for the Turnberry Bilderberg meeting; if the status of one arrested individual as special constable was consequently revoked; what the costs of policing this event were; what arrangements were made for the use of military transport for security of attendees; how many Bilderberg events have taken place in the UK requiring notification of his Department; when the next such is planned; and if he will make a statement. [78119]
Mr. Blunkett: This is a matter for the Scottish Executive.
Vacancies (Probation Service)
Simon Hughes: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many vacancies there are in the (a) London, (b) Sussex and (c) Kent probation services. [79629]
Hilary Benn: I will write to the hon. Member and place a copy of my letter in the Library.
Women's Prison, Wales
Dr. Francis: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans she has to build a women's prison in Wales. [78684]
Hilary Benn: The Prison Service currently has no plans to build a prison for women in Wales. The Prison Service view is that new prison development should primarily be concentrated in areas of the greatest shortage of places. Currently these are the north west, the Midlands and London.
The number of women prisoners from Wales, currently around 170, does not justify the building of a female prison. However the Prison Service is well aware of the geographical difficulties being posed for some small sections of the prison population, and their needs would certainly be a consideration in any future plans for the development of the prison estate.
Work Permit Initiative
Mr. Sheerman: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment he has made of the impact on the Work Permit Initiative for teachers on the shortage of teachers in the United Kingdom. [53640]
Beverley Hughes: I will write to my hon. Friend and place a copy of my letter in the Library.
Young Offender Institutions
Dr. Fox: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many young offender institutions do not possess in-house child protection protocols and committees. [78016]
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Hilary Benn: All young offender institutions in the juvenile estate have developed child protection policies in line with a centrally produced protocol. Each establishment has also appointed child protection co-ordinator (and deputy) and has established a child protection committee.
Dr. Fox: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department which agency is responsible for investigating deaths in custody which take place while in young offender institutions. [78058]
Hilary Benn: All deaths in prison custody are investigated by the police who assess any criminal culpability and are subject to a coroner's request, which is held before a jury.
The Prison Service investigates all self-inflicted deaths in custody and conducts a clinical review of the treatment provided to a prisoner dying in prison from natural causes. These procedures apply in respect of adult prisoners, young offenders (18 to 20-year-olds) and juveniles (15 to 17-year-olds).
In addition, juvenile deaths give rise to a serious incident inquiry by the Youth Justice Board, which has responsibility for the placement of juvenile offenders and the appropriate Child Protection Committee may commission a XPart 8" case review, pursuant to Part 8 of XWorking Together to Safeguard Children".
Dr. Fox: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many assaults on children under the age of 16 have occurred at each young offender institution in each of the past five years; [78062]
- (2) what percentage of (a) boys and (b) girls under the age of 16 in young offender institutions in each of the past five years have been children in local authority care; [78064]
(3) what percentage of children under 16 who left young offender institutions to return to the community in each of the past five years has had residential accommodation arranged prior to discharge; [78063]
(4) how many of those resident in each young offender institution have been referred, whilst resident, to child protection services in each of the last five years. [78061]
Hilary Benn: I will write to the hon. Member and place a copy of my letter in the Library.
Payment by Giro Order Book
Mr. Webb: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment he has made of the implications for crime rates of the phased reduction in use by the Department of Work and Pensions of payment by giro order book. [74851]
Mr. Denham: I will write to the hon Member and place a copy of my letter in the Library.
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