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Prison Statistics

Claire Ward: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he will publish the annual prison statistics. [91414]

Hilary Benn: Prison Statistics England and Wales 2001 is currently planned for publication in February 2003. A copy will be placed in the Library when it is published.

Prison Statistics England and Wales 2002 is planned for publication in late 2003.

Prisoner Demographics

Mrs. Curtis-Thomas: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people were in prison in England and Wales in each year since 1992; how many were (a) below 18 years of age and (b) women; of the women in prison, how many were pregnant when they were convicted; how many mothers are in prison with their children; and which prisons have mother and child facilities. [89544]

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Hilary Benn [holding answer 20 January 2003]: The table provides information on the prison population, the number of females, and the number of juveniles held in England and Wales on the 30 June since 1992.

Year	Prison population	Female prison population	Juvenile prison population
1992	46,832	1,555	1,328
1993	44,246	1,580	1,304
1994	48,929	1,804	1,526
1995	51,086	1,998	1,675
1996	55,256	2,305	2,093
1997	61,467	2,672	2,479
1998	65,727	3,120	2,466
1999	64,529	3,207	2,422
2000	65,194	3,355	2,434
2001	66,403	3,713	2,563
2002	71,218	4,394	2,615

The number of women that were pregnant when convicted is not known.

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At the week beginning 6 January 2003, there were 54 mothers and 50 babies/children held in Mother and Baby Units (MBUs).

There are currently four prisons with MBUs. These are Holloway, New Hall, Styal and Askham Grange. There are also plans to build further units at Askham Grange and Eastwood Park.

Proceeds of Crime Act

Mr. Malins: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the proposed commencement date is for the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002. [91014]

Mr. Bob Ainsworth: Commencement dates for the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 are as follows:

The cash recovery provisions in Part 5 of the Act came into force on 30 December 2002. Part 1 of the Act, which formally establishes the Assets Recovery Agency, came into force on 13 January.

The provisions of the Act relating to civil recovery, taxation of the proceeds of crime, money laundering, financial investigation powers and information gateways (the rest of Part 5 and Parts 6, 7, 8 and 10 of the Act) will come into force in February. The Agency will then become operational.

We plan that the new powers of criminal confiscation (Parts 2, 3, 4 and 9) will come into force in March, along with the provisions on enforcement in different parts of the United Kingdom in Part 11. This will leave the provisions relating to international co-operation in Part 11, which we hope to commence in May.

Protection from Harassment Act

Mr. Andrew Turner: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) men and (b) women are imprisoned under the Protection from Harassment Act 1997; and how many of those are parents seeking contact with children. [90994]

Hilary Benn: The population of men and women in prison sentenced under the Protection from Harassment Act 1997 England and Wales, is not available.

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The number of persons sentenced to immediate custody in 2001 under the Protection from Harassment Act 1997 England and Wales, was 632 men and 29 women.

Information on how many of those are parents seeking contact with children is not available.

Public Service Agreements

Mr. Flight: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he expects to publish his autumn departmental reports on public service agreement targets; and if he will make a statement. [91005]

Mr. Blunkett: I expect the Autumn Performance Report for the Home Department to be published by the end of January or shortly thereafter.

Mr Liddell-Grainger: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many Public Service Agreement targets the Home Office has. [91512]

Mr. Blunkett: The Home Office has 10 targets in its Public Service Agreement.

More detail on these targets can be found on the Treasury website www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/Spending_ Review/spend_sr02/psa/spend_sr02_psahome.cfm

Road Deaths

Mr. Steinberg: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people have been killed in each of the last six years by motorists who have subsequently been charged with a motoring offence. [91549]

Mr. Peter Ainsworth [holding answer 20 January 2003]: Information on the persons charged is not collected centrally. Available information taken from the Home Office Court Proceedings Database on total number of proceedings for offences where a motorist caused death is shown in table 1. Figures for the number of people killed in these cases are not collected. Data for 2001 will be available in February.

The numbers of fatalities in road accidents in England and Wales for 1998 to 2001 are given in table 2.

Table 1: Total proceedings at magistrates' courts by offence typeEngland and Wales 1995 to 2000

	Number of offences
Offence type	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000
Causing death by dangerous driving	305	333	376	335	329	359
Causing death by careless driving under influence of drink or drugs	51	63	78	80	63	72
Causing death by aggravated vehicle taking	13	27	28	35	25	34
Total	369	423	482	450	417	465

Table 2—Road fatalities in accidents involving at least one carEngland and Wales

	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001
Number of casualties	2,630	2,674	2,666	2,492	2,552	2,458	2,484

Source:

Department for Transport

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Female Fine Defaulters

Mr. Lyons: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many women were jailed for failing to pay fines in (a) 2002 and (b) 1997. [91092]

Hilary Benn: The number of female fine defaulters received into prisons in England and Wales in 2001 (the latest complete year for which data is available) was 73, and in 1997 was 372.

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Youth Crime

Annette Brooke: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department to estimate, for each Young Offenders Institution in England and Wales, (a) the number of Youth Offending Teams that each Youth Offenders Institution links with and (b) the average distance in miles from the youth offenders institution of each of the Youth Offending Teams with which it has links. [90487]

Hilary Benn: We understand from the Youth Justice Board (a) that Young Offender Institutions have links with an average of 27 Youth Offending Teams and (b) that the average distance between them is 44 miles.

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