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Police Pension Funds

Mr. McLoughlin: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what proportion of the budget of each police force in England was spent on pension funds in 2002–03. [98903]

Mr. Denham: The proportion of Net Spending Requirement of each police authority in England estimated to be spent on police pensions in 2002–03 is as follows. Information on civilian contributions is not held.

Police Pension Expenditure as Proportion of Net Spending Requirement in 2002–03

English authorities	Proportion (percentage)
Avon and Somerset	17.6
Bedfordshire	12.8
Cambridgeshire	12.8
Cheshire	14.1
Cleveland	15.6
Cumbria	16.6
Derbyshire	12.9
Devon and Cornwall	14.8
Dorset	15.2
Durham	13.3
Essex	13.4
Gloucestershire	15.5
Hampshire	12.3
Hertfordshire	10.9
Humberside	13.6
Kent	13.8
Lancashire	15.1
Leicestershire	13.6
Lincolnshire	17.5
Norfolk	12.7
Northamptonshire	10.7
North Yorkshire	17.0
Nottinghamshire	16.5
Staffordshire	14.1
Suffolk	15.0
Surrey	11.1
Sussex	15.7
Thames Valley	10.9
Warwickshire	16.7
West Mercia	13.5
Wiltshire	12.1
Greater Manchester	16.5
Merseyside	17.4
Northumbria	15.3
South Yorkshire	13.4
West Midlands	13.0
West Yorkshire	15.4
City of London	16.5
Metropolitan Police	13.1
Total	14.1

Source:

CIPFA Police Statistics 2002–03 estimates, published September 2002.

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Re-registration Fees (Foreign Nationals)

Mr. Cousins: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the re-registration fees for relevant foreign nationals are in each police authority area. [99094]

Beverley Hughes: The standard police registration fee of £34 applies to each police authority area. Relevant foreign nationals will generally only be charged a £34 fee for re-registration if they have been absent from the UK for more than one year.

Street Crime

Mr. Norman: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what proportion of street crime offenders with drug problems are fast-tracked into drug treatment services within 24 hours of their arrest or release from custody; [92111]

(2) what proportion of street crime offenders with drug problems who were fast-racked into drug treatment services within 24 hours of their arrest or release from custody have subsequently re-offended. [92115]

Mr. Bob Ainsworth: Tackling the causes of offending is an integral part of the street crime initiative. To this end, provision exists for those who are arrested for a street crime offence and who are drug dependent, whose offence is linked to their drug dependency and who are willing to access treatment to do so within 24 hours of release into the community (whether on bail, following release from custody, or on receipt of a community sentence following a custodial remand). Participation is voluntary and not all those misusing drugs make use of the scheme. Delays in accessing treatment beyond 24 hours can be explained in some cases by release occurring over a weekend or by offenders simply not keeping initial appointments.

Of those who have, to date 62 per cent. of the reported individuals entered treatment within 24 hours of release. 15 per cent. were seen within two to three days, and

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21 per cent. were seen between four to seven days. The remaining three per cent. were seen between one to two weeks after release from custody.

Information on re-offending by those accessing drug treatment under the Street Crime Initiative is not available.

Work Permits

Mr. Brazier: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to his answer of 10 February 2003, Official Report, column 535W, on permits, if he will break down the figures for 1996 to 2001 by applications granted (a) in country and (b) in the UK; and whether the dates referred to are calendar years. [99115]

Beverley Hughes [holding answer 25 February 2003]: The number of in-country and out-country work permits issued in the last seven years are given in the table:

Year	In-Country	Out-Country
1996	12,609	25,647
1997	14,219	30,739
1998	18,096	35,866
1999	21,048	39,695
2000	28,982	59,669
2001	47,755	73,072
2002	64,396	71,755

The dates referred to are calendar years.

Young Offenders

Mr. Gibb: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to his Answer of 10 February 2003, Official Report, column 542W, on the intensive supervision and surveillance programme, how many young offenders have taken part in the intensive supervision and surveillance programme since 2001; and what the re-offence rate is. [98907]

Hilary Benn: 3,570 young people have started on the programme. Reconviction rates are not yet available. The programme is being evaluated by Oxford University: the final report with reconvictions is due in March 2004.

EDUCATION AND SKILLS

Education Spending

Mr. Allen: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the spending per head on pupils in Nottingham, North was in 1997; and what the spending per head was in the latest period for which figures are available [98326]

Mr. Miliband: The information requested is submitted to the Department according to local education authority areas. The available information for Nottinghamshire and Nottingham City local education authorities is contained in the following tables.

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Real Terms: net current expenditure (after recharges)⁽⁵⁾ per pupil⁽⁶⁾ in the pre-primary sector, maintained primary schools and maintained secondary schools in Nottingham City and Nottinghamshire local education authority areas, financial years 1996–97 to 2001–02(real terms)⁽⁷⁾

	Local educationauthority areas	Pre-primary and primary(8) per pupil spend (£)	Secondary per pupil spend (£)	Total spend (£000s)	Total per pupil spend (£)
Pre-LGR(9)
1996–97	Nottinghamshire	2,210	2,960	384,590	2,520
1997–98	Nottinghamshire	2,160	2,890	376,180	2,460
Post-LGR(9)
1998–99	NottinghamshireNottingham City	2,250
2,440	2,820
3,520	289,770
104,730	2,510
2,770
1999–2000	NottinghamshireCity of Nottingham	2,320
2,610	2,810
3,160	299,410
111,020	2,540
2,800
2000–01	NottinghamshireNottingham City	2,580
2,740	2,890
3,510	322,400
117,920	2,720
3,010
2001–02	NottinghamshireNottingham City	2,710
3,200	3,170
3,880	345,802
132,837	2,920
3,450

⁽⁵⁾ NCE includes expenditure within schools and also that incurred centrally by LEAs.

⁽⁶⁾ Financial year pupils are used. These are calculated from Annual Schools' Census data.

⁽⁷⁾ The real terms figures have been calculated at 2001–02 prices, using December 2002 gross domestic product deflators.

⁽⁸⁾ The spend per pupil figures for pre-primary/primary relates the net current expenditure (after recharges) in the pre-primary sector and maintained primary schools to the total number of financial year pupils who are educated in the maintained nursery and primary schools sector.

⁽⁹⁾ Nottinghamshire LEA was subject to the Local Government Re-organisation in April 1998, and therefore, pre-LGR and post-LGR Nottinghamshire are not directly comparable.

Note:

Figures have been rounded to the nearest £10.

Source: 1996–97 to 1998–99 data were drawn from the education Revenue Outturn statements submitted to the Department of Transport, Local Government and the Regions. 1999–2000 and 2000–01 data were drawn from Section 52 (Table 3) outturn statements, which LEAs submitted to the DfES.

Cash Terms: net current expenditure (after recharges)⁽¹⁰⁾ per pupil⁽¹¹⁾ in the pre-primary sector, maintained primary schools and maintained secondary schools in Nottingham City and Nottinghamshire local education authority areas, financial years 1996–97 to 2001–02(cash terms)

	Local educationauthority areas	Pre-primary and primary(12) per pupil spend (£)	Secondary per pupil spend (£)	Total spend (£000s)	Total per pupil spend (£)
Pre-LGR(13)
1996–97	Nottinghamshire	1,950	2,610	339,210	2,220
1997–98	Nottinghamshire	1,960	2,630	342,040	2,240
Post-LGR(13)
1998–99	NottinghamshireCity of Nottingham	2,110
2,280	2,630
3,290	270,710
97,840	2,340
2,580
1999–2000	NottinghamshireCity of Nottingham	2,220
2,490	2,690
3,020	286,481
106,224	2,430
2,680
2000–01	NottinghamshireCity of Nottingham	2,520
2,680	2,830
3,440	315,307
115,330	2,660
2,950
2001–02	NottinghamshireCity of Nottingham	2,710
3,200	3,170
3,880	345,802
132,837	2,920
3,450

⁽¹⁰⁾ NCE includes expenditure within schools and also that incurred centrally by LEAs.

⁽¹¹⁾ Financial year pupils are used. These are calculated from Annual Schools' Census data.

⁽¹²⁾ The spend per pupil figures for pre-primary/primary relates the net current expenditure (after recharges) in the pre-primary sector and maintained primary schools to the total number of financial year pupils who are educated in the maintained nursery and primary schools sector.

⁽¹³⁾ Nottinghamshire LEA was subject to the Local Government Re-organisation (LGR) in April 1998, and therefore, pre-LGR and post-LGR and post-LGR Nottinghamshire are not directly comparable.

Note:

Figures have been rounded to the nearest £10.

Source:

1996–97 to 1998–99 data were drawn from the education Revenue Outturn statements submitted to the Department of Transport, Local Government and the Regions. 1999–2000 and 2000–01 data were drawn from Section 52 (Table 3) outturn statements which LEAs submitted to the DfES.

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