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Community Court Orders

Simon Hughes: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many community court orders were not allocated to probation officers in England and Wales in the last 12 months. [79628]

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Hilary Benn: I will write to the hon. Member and place a copy of my letter in the Library.

Community Orders

Simon Hughes: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many persons have been imprisoned following breach proceedings in respect of criminal community orders (a) during 2001–02 and (b) during the first quarter of the current financial year. [79692]

Hilary Benn: I will write to the hon. Member and place a copy of my letter in the Library.

Computers

Dr. Kumar: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many computers were replaced in his Department, including those used by regional staff outside the central departmental offices in each of the past three years; how the replaced units were disposed of and by which companies; and at what cost. [60754]

Beverley Hughes: I will write to my hon. Friend and place a copy of my letter in the Library.

Constabulary (Sussex)

Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many police officers have left Sussex constabulary in the last 12 months because of (a) retirement, (b) early retirement, (c) injury and (d) other employment; [75555]

Mr. Denham: I will write to the hon. Member and place a copy of my letter in the Library.

Cookham Ward Secure Training Centre

Mr. Bercow: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate he has made of the total savings to public funds of the private finance initiative contract for Cookham Ward (Medway) Secure Training Centre by comparison with a non-private finance initiative alternative. [49654]

Hilary Benn: I will write to the hon. Member and place a copy of my letter in the Library.

Corporate Killing

Mr. Dismore: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on progress towards the introduction of an offence of corporate killing. [78898]

Hilary Benn: I will write to my hon. Friend and place a copy of my letter in the Library.

Corporate Manslaughter

Mr. Dismore: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans he has to introduce an offence of corporate manslaughter; and if he will make a statement. [77918]

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Hilary Benn: The Government are committed to extending criminal liability for involuntary manslaughter to corporations, and will legislate when parliamentary time allows.

Correspondence

Mr. Sanders: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he will reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Torbay of 18 June concerning Mr. Elias Massif Bousaleh. [74856]

Beverley Hughes: I wrote to the hon. Member on 7 November. I apologise for the delay in replying.

Virginia Bottomley: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when his Department will send a full response regarding a constituent, Miss Barker; and if he will make a statement on his handling of the correspondence. [72405]

Mr. Denham: I will write to the right hon. Member and place a copy of my letter in the Library.

CRB and Capita

Mr. Burstow: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he expects to receive the report from Patrick Carter on the strategy and operations of CRB and Capita. [79810]

Hilary Benn: I will write to the hon. Member and place a copy of my letter in the Library.

Crime Reduction (Portsmouth, South)

Mr Hancock: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list (a) those schemes which have received funding under the targeted policing initiative, (b) the amount received and (c) the targets set to reduce crime under the schemes in Portsmouth South; and if he will make a statement. [78962]

Mr. Denham: We did not receive any bids for funding for targeted policing projects in the Portsmouth South area.

Crime Reduction Strategy

Jeremy Corbyn: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on the participation by the London borough of Islington and the police in a crime reduction strategy. [53233]

Mr. Denham: I will write to my hon. Friend and place a copy of my letter in the Library.

Crimestoppers

Mr. Rosindell: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment he has made of the number of crimes which have been solved as a direct result of Crimestoppers in the last 12 months. [12014]

Mr. Denham: I will write to the hon. Member and place a copy of my letter in the Library.

Criminal Convictions

Mr. Pickles : To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many convictions there were of those prosecuted in magistrates courts in England and Wales, broken down by local authority area since 1997. [79663]

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Hilary Benn: I will write to the hon. Member and place a copy of my letter in the Library.

Criminal Justice

Mr. Laws: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many criminals have been brought to justice in each of the last 20 years; and if he will make a statement. [77499]

Hilary Benn [holding answer 28 October 2002]: Information on offences brought to justice in England and Wales is only available on a consistent basis for the years 1998–99, 1999–2000 and 2000–01 and is shown in the table.

Notifiable offences and those brought to justice in England and Wales, 1998–99, 1999–2000 and 2000–01

1998–991999–20002000–01
Notifiable offences5,109,1165,301,1715,170,196
Offences convicted755,705756,629706,277
Offences cautioned260,264249,486228,814
Offences taken into consideration105,32397,64088,657
Total offences brought to justice1,121,2921,103,7551,023,748

Criminal Justice White Paper

Mr. Allen: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will propose that any bill arising from the Criminal Justice White Paper is subject to pre-legislative scrutiny on-line. [77783]

Hilary Benn: I refer my hon. Friend to the reply I gave him on 30 October 2002, Official Report, column 844W.

Simon Hughes: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will publish the responses to his Department on the consultation on the Criminal Justice White Paper, and place them in the Library. [79610]

Hilary Benn: I will write to the hon. Member and place a copy of my letter in the Library.

CS Spray

Rachel Squire: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if the follow-up studies into the long-term effects on persons sprayed with CS spray have been commissioned; what the specification for these will be; and if the studies will look at susceptible groups including those being treated with neuroleptic drugs. [77691]

Mr. Denham [holding answer 4 November 2002]: The follow-up studies into the longer-term effects on persons sprayed with CS spray commenced in February 2002.

The specification for the study is to evaluate the longer-term medical effects of CS spray, if any, and to produce a report detailing the findings. The study will include susceptible groups and those being treated with neuroleptic medication.

Television Licences (Non-payment)

Mr. Mark Field : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people received a custodial sentence in 2001 for non-payment of the BBC licence fee. [80335]

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Hilary Benn: I will write to the hon. Member and place a copy of my letter in the Library.

Daniel Bishop

Simon Hughes: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what form the investigation into the case of Daniel Bishop, who was released in error from Cardiff prison in March, is taking; and if he will make a statement. [79807]

Hilary Benn: I will write to the hon. Member and place a copy of my letter in the Library.

Day Prison Release

Mr. Wray: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department which types of criminal he proposes should be eligible for day release from prison; what sort of work inmates will carry out if they are on day prison release; and what measures will be put in place to ensure that prisoners on day release do not abscond. [35723]

Hilary Benn: I will write to my hon. Friend and place a copy of my letter in the Library.


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