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Police Internal Investigations
Simon Hughes: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many police officers are subject to (a) internal investigations and (b) disciplinary proceedings. [131766]
Ms Blears: Information concerning the numbers of police officers subject to (a) internal investigations and (b) disciplinary proceedings is not held centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
Policing
Simon Hughes: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what (a) proportion and (b) total amount of (i) total Government spending and (ii) gross domestic product was spent on policing in each of the last five years; and what the projected proportion of total Government spending is in the next two years. [121967]
Ms Blears: The information available for the United Kingdom is set out in the table.
| Total managed expenditure (TME) | Money GDP | UK public spend on police functions | Spend on police as a proportion of TME | Spend on police as a proportion of money GDP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | £ billion | £ billion | £ billion | Percentage | Percentage |
| 1998–99 | 333.3 | 868.6 | 8.9 | 2.7 | 1.0 |
| 1999–2000 | 343.6 | 918.2 | 9.2 | 2.7 | 1.0 |
| 2000–01 | 366.8 | 962.6 | 9.7 | 2.6 | 1.0 |
| 2001–02 | 389.6 | 1,005.0 | 11.2 | 2.9 | 1.1 |
| 2002–03 | 421.0 | 1,056.2 | (4)12.1 | 2.9 | 1.1 |
| 2003–04 | 455.7 | 1,108.4 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
(4) Estimated outturn
Sources:
Public Expenditure Statistical Analyses 2003 and Treasury.
Prison Population
Mr. Grieve: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what his projection is for the prison population for mid-year 2006; and what the (a) highest and (b) lowest estimated figures are. [124854]
Paul Goggins [holding answer 10 July 2003]: The most recent projections of the prison population are presented in the April 2003 Prison Population Monthly Brief issued in September 2003. These present four scenarios (scenarios a—d) for the short term projection (up to March 2005) and two scenarios (central scenarios b and c) for the long term projection (up to 2009). There are no new higher and lower scenarios for these most recent long term projections.
The projections cover a range of possible trends in sentencing and court workloads and include estimates for policy initiatives.
The two central scenarios would lead to prison populations of between 87,200 and 88,000 by mid-year 2006.
Probation Services
Simon Hughes: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the completion rates were for offenders commencing Probation Service accredited programmes in (a) 2001–02 and (b) 2002–03, broken down by programme type. [131167]
Paul Goggins: In 2001–02 the percentage of offenders completing Probation Service accredited programmes, as a proportion of starts, was 37 per cent. This figure reached 48 per cent. in 2002–03. The proportion of starts to completions, as a percentage, per programme type is
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shown in the final two columns of the table. These are national figures and are subject to variation from area to area.
It should be noted that the nature of programmes and the delivery structure means that offenders who start a programme in a given year do not necessarily complete the programme in that year. 2001 was the first year of implementation of programmes, and the rollout of programmes is continuing through 2003–04.
| Programme | Percentage completions/starts (2001–02) | Percentage completions/starts (2002–03) |
|---|---|---|
| Think First | 39 | 55 |
| Enhanced Thinking Skills (ETS) | 33 | 55 |
| Reasoning & Rehabilitation (R&R) | 29 | 33 |
| Priestly 1:1 | 32 | 39 |
| Addressing Substance Related Offending (ASRO) | 33 | 32 |
| Programme for Addressing Substance Misuse (PRISM)(5) | 100 | 8 |
| Sex Offender Group Programme (SOGP) | 110 | 23 |
| Aggression Replacement Training (ART) | 0 | 30 |
| Drink/Drive | 17 | 43 |
| Domestic Violence | 2 | 55 |
| Focus on Violence for Males (FOVM) | 58 | 78 |
| Focus on Violence for Females (FOVF)(5) | 89 | 89 |
| Real Women(5) | n/a | 43 |
| Cognitive Skills Booster(5) | n/a | 133 |
| All | 37 | 48 |
(5) The numbers starting these programmes are very small. Real Women and Cognitive Skills Booster are still at the pilot stage.
Project Reflex
Simon Hughes: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) arrests and (b) convictions have resulted from the work of Project Reflex in each month since its inception. [131763]
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Beverley Hughes: Between April 2001 and April 2002, Reflex launched 82 operations and disrupted 14 organised crime groups. 67 facilitators were arrested, resulting in 21 convictions. Between June 2002 and April 2003, there were 98 arrests. The total number of convictions to date is not yet available, as some cases are continuing.
Arrests and convictions in this Reflex year, since April 2003, are as follows.
| Arrests | Convictions to date | |
|---|---|---|
| April | 4 | 1 |
| May | 5 | 0 |
| June | 16 | 3 |
| July | 22 | 20 |
| August | 10 | 3 |
| September | — | — |
| October | 10 | — |
| Total | 67 | 27 |
Note:
Arrests and convictions are not necessarily related to each other.
In addition, under the first phase of Maxim, a joint operation between the Metropolitan police and Immigration Services, there were 47 arrests including possessing false documents. In the second phase of Maxim, there were 23 arrests, including those holding false documents.
Publicity and Advertising
Mr. Laws: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much (a) his Department and (b) each agency and non-departmental public body sponsored by his Department spent on (i) publicity and (ii) advertising in each year from 1995–96 to 2002–03 (estimated); and if he will make a statement. [92228]
Fiona Mactaggart: Home Office expenditure, and expenditure by its sponsored bodies on advertising and publicity is made in accordance with departmental guidance.
Details of expenditure are set out in the table.
(6) NDPBs and agencies with combined advertising and publishing costs.
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| 1995–96 | 1996–97 | 1997–98 | 1998–99 | 1999–2000 | 2000–01 | 2001–02 | 2002–03 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Advertising | ||||||||
| Home Office | — | 348,000 | 199,000 | 3,760 | — | 180,000 | 1,105 | 463,000 |
| NDPBs | 1995–96 | 1996–97 | 1997–98 | 1998–99 | 1999–2000 | 2000–01 | 2001–02 | 2002–03 |
| CDF | 310 | 395 | 46 | 100 | 369 | 274 | 318 | 338 |
| CRE | 246,000 | 305,000 | 218,000 | 223,000 | 291,000 | 244,000 | 258,000 | 146,000 |
| CCRC | — | — | 145,000 | 80,000 | 67,000 | 160,000 | 142,000 | 64,000 |
| CICA | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| CICAP | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1MB | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3,000 | 10,000 |
| PB | — | — | — | — | — | 500 | 500 | 500 |
| PCA | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| YJB | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Centrex(7) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| OISC(7) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| NCIS(7) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| NCS(7) | ||||||||
| Total | 246,310 | 305,395 | 363,046 | 303,100 | 358,369 | 404,774 | 403,818 | 220,838 |
| Agencies | 1995–96 | 1996–97 | 1997–98 | 1998–99 | 1999–00 | 2000–01 | 2001–02 | 2002–03 |
| Prison Service(7) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| UKPA(7) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| CRB(7) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Total | 246,310 | 653,395 | 562,046 | 306,860 | 358,369 | 584,774 | 404,923 | 683,838 |
(7) NDPBs and agencies with combined advertising and publishing costs.
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