House of Commons Hansard Written Answers for 25 Jun 2003 (pt 28)

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Death Certification

Mr. Burstow: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to his answer of 7 May 2003, Official Report, column 751W, on death certification, what progress has been made on the consideration of the review into death certification. [121079]

Paul Goggins: My colleagues and I are currently considering the Report of a Fundamental Review, published on 4 June. The next reports of the Shipman Inquiry will also comment upon the death certification system. My right hon. Friend the Home Secretary has asked Tom Luce, the Chair of the Fundamental Review, to carry out further work linking the recommendations of the Review Group and those made by Dame Janet Smith, the Chair of the Shipman Inquiry. In the autumn, when this work is complete, we will be in a position to outline a programme of reform.

Entry Clearance Posts

Simon Hughes: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans he has to ensure that entry clearance posts are promptly notified by Home Office Presenting Officer units of the outcome of family visitor appeals. [120760]

Beverley Hughes: In cases where the appellant's appeal is dismissed the Immigration Appellate Authority (IAA) sends a copy of the appeal determination (including family visit visa appeals) directly to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office for onward transmission to overseas posts. All allowed Entry Clearance and Visit Visa appeal determinations (including family visit visa appeals) are sent to the Home Office by the IAA so that the Home Office can consider whether to seek Permission to Appeal (PTA) to the Immigration Appellate Tribunal (IAT). The Home Office notify the relevant Entry Clearance post of the final appeal outcome once it has been confirmed whether the Home Office will seek PTA to the IAT. The Home Office also informs posts if an unsuccessful appellant successfully pursues PTA to the IAT. The Home Office is working closely with UK Visas to improve methods of communicating Entry Clearance and Family Visit Visa appeal information to posts.

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Extradition

Andrew Mackinlay: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to his answer of 19 June 2003, ref 118911, how many outstanding extradition requests have been made by the United Kingdom to each member of the European Union and EU accession states; and when the original extradition request was made in each case. [121557]

Caroline Flint [holding answer 24 June 2003]: The information requested is as follows:

To EU UK* extradition requests request outstanding as of31 May 2003 and year of request

countries 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003

Belgium — — — 2 4

France — 1 1 1 2

Germany — — — 1 —

Italy 1 3 1 — —

Luxembourg — — — — —

Netherlands 1 2 — 4 2

Denmark — — — 1 —

Greece — — — — —

Portugal — — — — 2

Spain 2 2 13 13 15

Austria — — — 1 —

Finland — — — — —

Sweden — — — — —

To EU	UK* extradition requests request outstanding as of31 May 2003 and year of request
countries	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003
Belgium	—	—	—	2	4
France	—	1	1	1	2
Germany	—	—	—	1	—
Italy	1	3	1	—	—
Luxembourg	—	—	—	—	—
Netherlands	1	2	—	4	2
Denmark	—	—	—	1	—
Greece	—	—	—	—	—
Portugal	—	—	—	—	2
Spain	2	2	13	13	15
Austria	—	—	—	1	—
Finland	—	—	—	—	—
Sweden	—	—	—	—	—

* The figures do not include:

UK requests made to Ireland which are not collected centrally.

requests made to EU and accession States by Scotland and Northern Ireland.

In relation to EU accession States, there is one outstanding request which the UK made in 2002 to Cyprus.

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Immigration Holding Cells

Simon Hughes: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) police and (b) immigration holding cells there are at each London airport. [120919]

Beverley Hughes: There are eight Police Holding Cells at Heathrow Airport and two detention rooms. There are three Police holding cells at Stansted Police Station which is situated within the airport perimeter. There are no Police holding cells at London City and Gatwick airports.

There are no immigration holding cells at any of the London airports. There are immigration holding rooms where passengers may be held in a secure communal room for short periods pending interview or removal. There are nine holding rooms in total. These comprise two at Gatwick (one at each Terminal), four at Heathrow (one at each Terminal), one at London City, one at Stansted, and one at Luton. Additionally, there is a removals holding room for outgoing detainees at Queen's Building at Heathrow Airport.

Local Authority Funding

Mr. Iain Coleman: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what specific or direct grants have been made by his Department to local authorities for 2003–04 (a) in England and (b) broken down by local authority, identifying whether the grant is (i) ring fenced, (ii) a specific formula grant, (iii) within aggregate external finance and (iv) outside aggregate external finance. [114920]

Ms Blears: The Home Office pays a variety of grants to local authorities. Details, first for police authorities, then for local councils, are given in the tables.

The following specific or direct grants are being or will be paid to police authorities in 2003–04:

£ million

Police Authority Police Grant⁽²⁵⁾^,⁽²⁶⁾ Police Capital Grant Crime fighting Fund⁽²⁷⁾ Rural Policing⁽²⁷⁾ Airwave⁽²⁵⁾^,⁽²⁶⁾ Street Crime⁽²⁷⁾ Basic Command Units⁽²⁷⁾ Community Support Officers⁽²⁷⁾

Avon and Somerset 97.50 2.09 5.35 0.98 0.51 1.20 1.75 0.27

Bedfordshire 37.17 0.84 2.56 0.16 0.28 0.00 0.52 0.07

Cambridgeshire 45.70 1.02 2.28 1.10 0.34 0.00 0.58 0.26

Cheshire 65.77 1.45 3.98 0.23 4.44 0.00 0.66 0.13

City of London 32.47 0.71 1.29 0.00 0.12 0.00 0.08 0.00

Cleveland 47.52 1.04 2.04 0.00 0.56 0.00 0.64 0.12

Cumbria 34.88 0.76 2.01 1.36 0.00 0.00 0.31 0.00

Derbyshire 59.79 1.31 4.31 0.41 0.31 0.00 0.77 0.00

Devon and Cornwall 101.22 2.21 6.37 3.12 0.39 0.00 0.84 0.24

Dorset 39.69 1.05 2.31 0.44 0.16 0.00 0.47 0.00

Durham 46.76 1.03 2.63 0.24 0.18 0.00 0.51 0.13

Dyfed-Powys 30.12 0.65 2.16 2.62 0.65 0.00 0.27 0.00

Essex 94.67 2.12 5.79 0.50 2.33 0.00 1.03 0.03

Gloucestershire 36.00 0.78 2.33 0.78 0.19 0.00 0.40 0.17

Greater Manchester 219.35 4.81 16.13 0.00 1.13 2.09 3.53 0.23

Gwent 40.90 0.91 2.22 0.20 0.16 0.00 0.48 0.16

Hampshire 114.03 2.52 6.90 0.22 8.19 0.00 1.23 0.00

Hertfordshire 64.82 1.49 3.14 0.00 0.29 0.00 0.56 0.23

Humberside 64.95 1.42 3.75 0.70 0.34 0.00 0.95 0.00

Kent 106.11 2.37 7.32 0.60 7.15 0.00 1.05 0.41

Lancashire 105.22 2.29 6.19 0.06 0.54 0.44 1.15 0.30

Leicestershire 60.03 1.35 3.83 0.43 0.31 0.00 0.82 0.15

Lincolnshire 36.92 0.78 2.07 2.03 0.43 0.00 0.39 0.07

Mersevside 134.48 2.83 9.03 0.00 3.87 0.78 1.39 0.28

Metropolitan Police 1,082.40 24.40 70.46 0.00 15.02 8.01 9.91 1.47

Norfolk 49.98 1.11 3.07 2.08 3.23 0.00 0.47 0.13

Northamptonshire- 39.93 0.90 2.44 0.71 2.63 0.00 0.53 0.00

Northumbria 123.56 2.72 6.91 0.00 0.64 0.00 1.35 0.33

North Wales 44.71 0.99 2.85 1.54 0.87 0.00 0.43 0.07

North Yorkshire 44.62 0.96 1.85 2.02 0.23 0.00 0.45 0.30

Nottinghamshire- 72.42 1.56 4.32 0.00 1.13 0.85 1.31 0.30

South Wales 93.45 1.99 4.33 0.00 0.55 0.00 1.11 0.35

South Yorkshire 98.45 2.19 5.44 0.00 5.60 0.76 1.22 0.04

Staffordshire 64.44 1.38 3.99 0.27 4.36 0.00 1.01 0.05

Suffolk 40.32 0.88 2.25 1.41 0.21 0.00 0.41 0.09

Surrey 53.95 1.22 3.93 0.01 3.45 0.00 0.51 0.05

Sussex 94.85 2.06 5.86 0.54 2.06 0.00 1.17 0.34

Thames Valley 132.22 3.03 9.52 1.25 1.01 1.35 1.71 0.06

Warwickshire 30.65 0.67 1.61 0.56 2.14 0.00 0.35 0.11

West Mercia 66.71 1.47 4.13 2.34 0.34 0.00 0.88 0.21

West Midlands 231 .26 5.17 14.40 0.00 15.55 1.80 3.70 0.34

West Yorkshire 170.18 3.70 8.11 0.00 4.09 1.37 2.76 0.75

Wiltshire 37.83 0.84 2.06 1.10 0.20 0.00 0.32 0.08

Yet to be allocated 0.00 22.04 0.00 0.00 0.00 6.35 0.00 32.70

Total 4,288.00 117.11 263.52 30.01 96.18 25.00 49.98 41.00

Police Authority	Police Grant⁽²⁵⁾^,⁽²⁶⁾	Police Capital Grant	Crime fighting Fund⁽²⁷⁾	Rural Policing⁽²⁷⁾	Airwave⁽²⁵⁾^,⁽²⁶⁾	Street Crime⁽²⁷⁾	Basic Command Units⁽²⁷⁾	Community Support Officers⁽²⁷⁾


Avon and Somerset	97.50	2.09	5.35	0.98	0.51	1.20	1.75	0.27
Bedfordshire	37.17	0.84	2.56	0.16	0.28	0.00	0.52	0.07
Cambridgeshire	45.70	1.02	2.28	1.10	0.34	0.00	0.58	0.26
Cheshire	65.77	1.45	3.98	0.23	4.44	0.00	0.66	0.13
City of London	32.47	0.71	1.29	0.00	0.12	0.00	0.08	0.00
Cleveland	47.52	1.04	2.04	0.00	0.56	0.00	0.64	0.12
Cumbria	34.88	0.76	2.01	1.36	0.00	0.00	0.31	0.00
Derbyshire	59.79	1.31	4.31	0.41	0.31	0.00	0.77	0.00
Devon and Cornwall	101.22	2.21	6.37	3.12	0.39	0.00	0.84	0.24
Dorset	39.69	1.05	2.31	0.44	0.16	0.00	0.47	0.00
Durham	46.76	1.03	2.63	0.24	0.18	0.00	0.51	0.13
Dyfed-Powys	30.12	0.65	2.16	2.62	0.65	0.00	0.27	0.00
Essex	94.67	2.12	5.79	0.50	2.33	0.00	1.03	0.03
Gloucestershire	36.00	0.78	2.33	0.78	0.19	0.00	0.40	0.17
Greater Manchester	219.35	4.81	16.13	0.00	1.13	2.09	3.53	0.23
Gwent	40.90	0.91	2.22	0.20	0.16	0.00	0.48	0.16
Hampshire	114.03	2.52	6.90	0.22	8.19	0.00	1.23	0.00
Hertfordshire	64.82	1.49	3.14	0.00	0.29	0.00	0.56	0.23
Humberside	64.95	1.42	3.75	0.70	0.34	0.00	0.95	0.00
Kent	106.11	2.37	7.32	0.60	7.15	0.00	1.05	0.41
Lancashire	105.22	2.29	6.19	0.06	0.54	0.44	1.15	0.30
Leicestershire	60.03	1.35	3.83	0.43	0.31	0.00	0.82	0.15
Lincolnshire	36.92	0.78	2.07	2.03	0.43	0.00	0.39	0.07
Mersevside	134.48	2.83	9.03	0.00	3.87	0.78	1.39	0.28
Metropolitan Police	1,082.40	24.40	70.46	0.00	15.02	8.01	9.91	1.47
Norfolk	49.98	1.11	3.07	2.08	3.23	0.00	0.47	0.13
Northamptonshire-	39.93	0.90	2.44	0.71	2.63	0.00	0.53	0.00
Northumbria	123.56	2.72	6.91	0.00	0.64	0.00	1.35	0.33
North Wales	44.71	0.99	2.85	1.54	0.87	0.00	0.43	0.07
North Yorkshire	44.62	0.96	1.85	2.02	0.23	0.00	0.45	0.30
Nottinghamshire-	72.42	1.56	4.32	0.00	1.13	0.85	1.31	0.30
South Wales	93.45	1.99	4.33	0.00	0.55	0.00	1.11	0.35
South Yorkshire	98.45	2.19	5.44	0.00	5.60	0.76	1.22	0.04
Staffordshire	64.44	1.38	3.99	0.27	4.36	0.00	1.01	0.05
Suffolk	40.32	0.88	2.25	1.41	0.21	0.00	0.41	0.09
Surrey	53.95	1.22	3.93	0.01	3.45	0.00	0.51	0.05
Sussex	94.85	2.06	5.86	0.54	2.06	0.00	1.17	0.34
Thames Valley	132.22	3.03	9.52	1.25	1.01	1.35	1.71	0.06
Warwickshire	30.65	0.67	1.61	0.56	2.14	0.00	0.35	0.11
West Mercia	66.71	1.47	4.13	2.34	0.34	0.00	0.88	0.21
West Midlands	231 .26	5.17	14.40	0.00	15.55	1.80	3.70	0.34
West Yorkshire	170.18	3.70	8.11	0.00	4.09	1.37	2.76	0.75
Wiltshire	37.83	0.84	2.06	1.10	0.20	0.00	0.32	0.08
Yet to be allocated	0.00	22.04	0.00	0.00	0.00	6.35	0.00	32.70
Total	4,288.00	117.11	263.52	30.01	96.18	25.00	49.98	41.00

⁽²⁵⁾ Police grant is a specific formula grant within Aggregate External Finance (AEF), which includes the Special Payment to the Metropolitan Police, but does not include grants the Home Secretary pays to Dyfed Powys [£0.5 million] and South Wales [£4.7 million] to bring them up to the general grant

"floor". It is not ring-fenced.

⁽²⁶⁾ From time to time the Home Secretary may pay special grants to police authorities to assist with extraordinary pressures. These grants may be allocated at any time during the year. They are not within AEF.

⁽²⁷⁾ These grants are ring-fenced and inside AEF.

⁽²⁸⁾ The Airwave grant includes £0 million of capital provision.

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In addition, Home Office funding totalling £61.5 million is being made available to the police service in England and Wales for specific counter terrorist operations and other counter terrorist measures. Of this sum, some £47 million is allocated to the Metropolitan Police and £14.5 million to other forces to counter the increased threat from international terrorism since the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001. For security reasons it is not possible to disclose details of the grants made to individual police authorities for these activities.

The individual allocations for the following specific grants to police authorities have yet to be finalised:

£ million

Outer London Pay 29

Lead and Free Travel⁽²⁹⁾

London and SE Allowance⁽²⁹⁾ 13

PNB⁽²⁹⁾ 38

DMA⁽²⁹⁾ 55

Retention of officers over 30 years⁽²⁹⁾ 1

Special Constables⁽²⁹⁾ 8

Occupational Health⁽²⁹⁾ 5

Reform Deal⁽²⁹⁾ 8

National Non-Emergency Number⁽²⁹⁾ 3

Model⁽²⁹⁾ 2

Total 162

	£ million


Outer London Pay	29
Lead and Free Travel⁽²⁹⁾
London and SE Allowance⁽²⁹⁾	13
PNB⁽²⁹⁾	38
DMA⁽²⁹⁾	55
Retention of officers over 30 years⁽²⁹⁾	1
Special Constables⁽²⁹⁾	8
Occupational Health⁽²⁹⁾	5
Reform Deal⁽²⁹⁾	8
National Non-Emergency Number⁽²⁹⁾	3
Model⁽²⁹⁾	2
Total	162

⁽²⁹⁾ Notes:These grants are ring-fenced and inside AEF

The following grants are being, or will be, paid to local councils.

Councils that receive asylum seekers are eligible for the Adult and Family Asylum Seekers Grant and/or the Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children Grant. The amounts payable are dependent on the number of asylum seekers received and are not known at this stage. The grants are outside AEF.

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Community Cohesion Pathfinder grant will be paid to the following local authorities, who will each receive £75,000 in 2003–04.

Bury Metropolitan Borough Council

Charnwood Borough Council

East Lancashire Partnership ¹

Kirklees Metropolitan Council

Leicester Qty Council

Mansfield District Council

Middlesbrough Council

Peterborough Qty Council

Plymouth Qty Council

Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council

Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council

Stoke-on-Trent Qty Council

London Borough of Southwark

West London Alliance ²

The grant is outside AEF.

Notes:

¹ Lancashire County Council and Burnley, Hyndburn, Pendle and Rossendale Borough Councils. The grant is paid to Pendle.

² The London Boroughs of Brent, Ealing, Hammersmith and Fulham, Harrow, Hillingdon and Hounslow. The grant is paid to Ealing.

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