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Jamaican Prisoners
Paul Flynn: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what percentage of female Jamaican nationals in prison in the UK have (a) attempted suicide and (b) committed suicide in each of the last five years. [132318]
Paul Goggins: I will write to my hon. Friend and place a copy of my letter in the Library.
Justice and Home Affairs Council
Mr. Hood: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the outcome was of the Justice and Home Affairs Council held on 6 November; what the Government's stance was on the issues discussed, including its voting record; and if he will make a statement. [139090]
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Caroline Flint: I will write to my hon. Friend and place a copy of my letter in the Library.
Market Research
Matthew Taylor: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list each item of market and opinion research commissioned since May 1997 by (a) his Department and (b) agencies and non-departmental public bodies for which his Department is responsible; what the purpose of each item was; and whether the results were published. [137016]
Paul Goggins: I will write to the hon. Member and place a copy of my letter in the Library.
Missing Persons
Mr. Paul Marsden: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what proportion of children who ran away from home since 1997 had (a) alcohol and (b) drug abuse problems. [88192]
Ms Blears: I will write to my hon. Friend and place a copy of my letter in the Library.
National Alcohol Strategy
Mr. Bercow: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on his Department's contribution to the development of a national alcohol strategy; and what assessment he has made of its effectiveness. [130490]
Ms Blears: I will write to the hon. Member and place a copy of my letter in the Library.
National Probation Service
Mr. Oaten: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many probation areas have suffered a financial penalty this financial year for failing to meet their targets; and what penalty was imposed in each case. [136001]
Paul Goggins: I will write to the hon. Member and place a copy of my letter in the Library.
Ombudsmen
Mr. Clifton-Brown: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many cases were considered by the (a) Police Ombudsman and (b) Prison and Probation Ombudsman in the last year for which figures are available; how many cases were (i) upheld or (ii) rejected; what the average time taken was to consider cases; and what the average cost per case was. [137196]
Ms Blears: I will write to the hon. Member and place a copy of my letter in the Library.
Overseas Pupils
Mr. Brady: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the total amount of visa charges that will be levied on overseas pupils attending boarding schools in the United Kingdom in this financial year. [133937]
Beverley Hughes: I will write to the hon. Member and place a copy of my letter in the Library.
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Parliamentary Questions
Mr. Malins: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he will reply to the questions tabled by the hon. Member for Woking on 23 October 2003, references (a) 134049, (b) 135434, (c) 135433, (d) 135431, (e) 135429 and (f) 135430. [139809]
Beverley Hughes: I replied to all the hon. Member's questions on 17 November 2003.
Passports
Mr. Terry Davis: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the target period of time is for the passport service to deal with applications for passports; and what their performance was in the most recent period for which this information is available. [139297]
Beverley Hughes: I will write to the right hon. Member and place a copy of my letter in the Library.
Mr. Goodman: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what consultations he carried out before introducing fees for (a) applications for variation of leave and (b) endorsing passports. [136963]
Beverley Hughes: I will write to the hon. Member and place a copy of my letter in the Library.
Mr. Hancock: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on the progress his Department is making in dealing with (a) passport fraud and (b) duplicate or false national insurance numbers. [137345]
Beverley Hughes: I will write to the hon. Member and place a copy of my letter in the Library.
Mr. Oaten: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for Ribble Valley (Mr. Evans), Official Report, 30 October 2003, column 321W, what the projected administrative expenditure on passports is in (a) 2003–04, (b) 2004–05 and (c) 2005–06. [138529]
Beverley Hughes: I will write to the hon. Member and place a copy of my letter in the Library.
Payroll Contracts
Mr. Davey: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his answer of 30 June 2003, Official Report, column 14W, on payroll contracts, what period the £13.94 million contract relates to; and what estimate he has made of the amount of the reduction in the price paid in each year. [139561]
Mr. Blunkett: I will write to the hon. Member and place a copy of my letter in the Library.
Penal System
Mr. Oaten: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to his answer of 1 May 2003, Official Report, column 527W, on the penal system, if he will make a statement on the conclusions and recommendations of the second phase of the review of correctional services led by Patrick Carter; and if he will place a copy in the Library. [138477]
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Paul Goggins: I will write to the hon. Member and place a copy of my letter in the Library.
Police
Dr. Kumar: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many police officers have taken early retirement (a) prior to and (b) during investigation for misconduct or other work-related offences in each of the past five years for which figures are available, broken down by (i) grade and (ii) force. [139572]
Ms Blears: I will write to my hon. Friend and place a copy of my letter in the Library.
Mr. Simmonds: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much funding per head of population Lincolnshire Police received in each year since 1995 from the Government. [138229]
Ms Blears: I will write to the hon. Member and place a copy of my letter in the Library.
Mr. Simmonds: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much funding per head of population each police authority in England and Wales received in 2002–03. [138230]
Ms Blears: I will write to the hon. Member and place a copy of my letter in the Library.
Mr. Tyrie: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make it his policy to guarantee compensation payments to police officers for illnesses caused by continuous long-term low level occupational exposure to radio frequency radiation. [132515]
Ms Blears: I will write to the hon. Member and place a copy of my letter in the Library.
Prisons
Simon Hughes: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans he has to combine the prison and probation services into a single correctional service; and if he will make a statement. [125418]
Paul Goggins: I will write to the hon. Member and place a copy of my letter in the Library.
Mrs. Curtis-Thomas: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the prisons which offer paid employment and the nature of the employment; which prisons have contracts with the (a) private and (b) public sector; what services and products are produced; and whether the services are profitable. [131242]
Paul Goggins: I will write to my hon. Friend and place a copy of my letter in the Library.
Mr. Gibb: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his answer of 8 September, references 128559 and 129219, on prisons, for what reason he chose scenario C as the basis for the projection; and if he will provide similar projections on the basis of scenarios (a) A, (b) B and (c) D. [132218]
Paul Goggins: I will write to the hon. Member and place a copy of my letter in the Library.
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Mr. Blunt: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many members of staff at (a) High Down and (b) Downview Prisons are not receiving the pay to which they are entitled within one month; and what proportion of staff this represents. [133264]
Paul Goggins: I will write to the hon. Member and place a copy of my letter in the Library.
Mr. Gibb: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to his answer of 6 March 2003, Official Report, column 1244W, on prisons, on which (a) assumptions about future sentencing trends and (b) new policy initiatives with an agreed timetable the forecast average prison population for 2003 to 2006 is based. [128559]
Paul Goggins: The projected prison population for 2003–06 in the answer given by the Secretary of State for International Development, the right hon. Member for Leeds, Central (Hilary Benn) on 6 March 2003, Official Report, column 1244W, was scenario C published in Home Office Statistical Bulletin 14/02 in December 2002. It assumes that custody rates increase by 1.25 per cent. per year for males and 2.5 per cent. for females to 2005, with the increase halving thereafter.
The legislative and other changes that are included in the projection are given as follows:
- 'Narrowing the Justice Gap'—one of the delivery targets for the Criminal Justice System.
Crime (Sentences) Act 1997—automatic life sentences for serious repeat offenders; minimum custodial sentences of three years for third-time domestic burglars.
Crime and Disorder Act 1998—the recall of short sentence prisoners released on licence; the extension of secure remands.
Early release from Detention and Training Orders (DTOs).
Intensive Supervision and Surveillance Programmes (ISSPs).
Added days—effect of a decision by the European Court of Human Rights.
The number of Immigration Act detainees.
Extension of Home Detention Curfew (HDC)—the maximum period of HDC to be increased to 90 days for those prisoners eligible from 16 December 2002.
Mrs. Brooke: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many juvenile girls being held in prison are pregnant. [132160]
Paul Goggins: I will write to the hon. Member and place a copy of my letter in the Library.
Mr. Gibb: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his answer of 24 February 2003, Official Report, column 116W, what his assessment is of the change in (a) criminal convictions and (b) the custodial population between 1980 and 2000. [99962]
Paul Goggins: I will write to the hon. Member and place a copy of my letter in the Library.
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Mr. Oaten: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prisoners in each of the last 15 years tested positive for (a) heroin and (b) crack cocaine; what proportion of the total prison population these represented; and if he will make a statement. [133905]
Paul Goggins: I will write to the hon. Member and place a copy of my letter in the Library.
Mrs. Curtis-Thomas: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether it is necessary for the Chief Inspector of Prisons to seek the permission of the Home Secretary to enter prison at any time; and what plans he has to change the rules governing the Chief Inspector's access to prisons. [137075]
Caroline Flint: I will write to my hon. Friend and place a copy of my letter in the Library.
Mr. Hancock: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement about his strategy for dealing with changes in the prison population. [137551]
Paul Goggins: I will write to the hon. Member and place a copy of my letter in the Library.
Mrs. Curtis-Thomas: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the populations of each (a) prison and (b) young offenders institute; whether each institution is overcrowded, giving (i) the definition of overcrowding used, (ii) by how much and (iii) for how long the institution has been overcrowded; and for each institution, how many prisoners (A) in absolute terms and (B) as a percentage of the total population (1) are serving 0 to three months, (2) are serving three to six months, (3) are serving six to nine months, (4) are serving nine to 12 months, (5) are serving 12 to 24 months, (6) are young offenders, (7) are elderly, (8) have mental health problems, (9) have learning difficulties and (10) are illiterate. [131351]
Paul Goggins: I will write to my hon. Friend and place a copy of my letter in the Library.
Mrs. Curtis-Thomas: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department which prisons offer rehabilitation programmes, giving the nature of the programmes; how many prisoners participated in rehabilitation programmes in (a) absolute terms and (b) as a percentage of total population in 2003; and how many hours they spent on average in rehabilitation programmes on a weekly basis. [131352]
Paul Goggins: I will write to my hon. Friend and place a copy of my letter in the Library.
David Davis: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the population of each prison in Haltemprice and Howden was in the last quarter for which figures are available; and what the figures were for the preceding four quarters. [132328]
Paul Goggins: I will write to the right hon. Member and place a copy of my letter in the Library.
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