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Sangatte Camp Refugees

Mr. Nigel Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what has been done to recognise the educational background of the 1,000 refugees from the Sangatte camp in 2003 in order to integrate them into the UK workplace. [157364]

Mr. Browne: JobCentre Plus interviewed the majority of arrivals and made an assessment of their skills, taking their reported educational attainments fully into account. Where appropriate, those who had not entered employment were offered English language training to assist them in their search for work.

Self-employed Tradesmen

Mr. Evans: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what criteria are used to determine whether self-employed tradesmen who are not UK nationals may enter the UK; and in what circumstances these criteria may be waived in (a) part and (b) full. [161814]

Mr. Browne: The requirements for entry under the European Community Association Agreements (ECAA) are set out in the Immigration Rules at paragraphs 211–216. The current Immigration Rules are HC395 (as amended).

Persons already legally in the UK can "switch" into the ECAA category. In these cases the above requirements do not apply. Instead, applicants must comply with the after entry requirements set out at Paragraphs 217–221 of the Immigration Rules.

Mr. Evans: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many applications for work permits from self-employed businessmen from EU accession countries were successful in each month of the last three years, broken down by country of origin. [161815]

Mr. Browne: Work permits are not issued in respect of self-employment. The work permit arrangements are employer-driven, and applications can only be made by UK-based employers on behalf of the individual they wish to employ.

Sentence Costs

Mr. Gerrard: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the average cost of administering (a) a supervision order (juvenile), (b) an action plan order (juvenile), (c) a referral order (juvenile), (d) a reparation order (juvenile), (e) a parenting order (juvenile), (f) an intensive supervision and surveillance order (juvenile), (g) a probation order with accreditated programme condition, (h) a place in an approved hostel, (i) a
 
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dispersal prison, (j) a category B prison, (k) a category C prison and (l) an open prison was in the latest year for which figures are available. [167367]

Paul Goggins: The average estimated unit costs of the juvenile and adult orders, hostel and custodial places administered by the Youth Justice Board, National Probation Directorate and Prison Service are as follows:
Average estimated unit costs of juvenile and adult orders

Juvenile Orders	Unit cost per order 2002 (£)
Action Plan Order	1,513
Parenting Order	696
Intensive Supervision and Surveillance Programme (six month programme cost)	8,500
Referral Order	982
Reparation Order	1,015
Supervision Order	2,761
Adult Orders	Unit cost per order 2004–2005 (£)
Rehabilitation Order with Accredited Programme Condition	4,900
Adult Orders	Unit cost per Hostel Place 2004–2005 (£)
Approved Premises Place	30,800
Prison Service Custodial Places	Unit cost per Custodial Place 2003–2004 (£)
Dispersal Prison	34,930
Category B Prison	15,218
Category C Prison	18,595
Open Prison	17,015

The Youth Justice Board have commissioned PA Consulting to conduct activity sampling work on Youth Offending Teams which should provide further research data on the unit costs of juvenile orders and interventions. The activity analysis report is due to be completed later this year.

Stowaways

Lembit Öpik: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many persons concealed in vehicles were detected at border control points in the UK in each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement. [160373]

Mr. Browne: Detailed figures are not kept nationally of the number of illegal immigrants detected in the UK. However locally collated management information indicates that in the Kent area the following numbers were detected at ports of entry

	Detected at port
2001	3,061
2002	3,513
2003	1,777

 
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Lembit Öpik: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many personnel are employed by his Department for the purpose of the detection of stowaways in vehicles at UK points of entry; and if he will make a statement. [160379]

Mr. Browne: During the month of January 2004 there were on average 116 staff engaged daily in the detection of clandestine entrants at UK ports of entry and at the juxtaposed controls.

Lembit Öpik: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the average inspection time spent per vehicle at UK border checkpoints was when checking for stowaways in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. [160381]

Mr. Browne: While records are kept, for vehicles travelling through Calais, Dover and Coquelles, of the number of lorries searched and the technology used, no records are routinely kept of the time taken to conduct the search. However the current average time to search a vehicle is estimated as between one and four minutes depending on the search methods.

Lembit Öpik: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate he has made of the average time that a stowaway has been in a vehicle prior to detection at a border control point in the UK; and if he will make a statement. [160382]

Mr. Browne: Persons who attempt to enter the United Kingdom illegally as clandestine entrants concealed in vehicles, will enter that vehicle at a variety of points in the journey. These can be close to the port of embarkation, or at the start of the journey perhaps in the country of origin.

While the UK Immigration Service systematically interviews clandestine entrants about their routes to the UK, no records are kept of the length of time a person claims to have remained in a vehicle.

The juxtaposed border controls now established in France at Calais, Dunkerque and Coquelles make detections of clandestines much earlier in the journey. This not only maintains the integrity of the United Kingdom border but also helps to prevent injury or death to persons concealed within vehicles while crossing the channel.

TITAN Database

Mr. Brady: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimates he has made of the (a) annual and (b) daily cost of installing, operating and maintaining the TITAN database currently being used by the National Criminal Intelligence Service. [166597]

Caroline Flint: Titan, the supplier of the Elementary system, is contracted to provide hardware, software and associated technical support at a cost of £1.75 million in 2004–05 (equivalent to a daily cost of £4,800).

Based on user numbers, the operating costs for the system are expected to amount to £935,000 in 2004–05 (equivalent to a daily cost of £2,560).

Mr. Brady: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment he has made of the operational effectiveness of the TITAN database being used by the National Criminal Intelligence Service. [166598]

 
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Caroline Flint: In January 2004, the Elementary system (which is being supplied by the Titan company) successfully passed the Office of Government Commence Gateway 4 (Readiness for Service) Review and is currently being implemented in the National Criminal Intelligence Service (NCIS). NCIS is currently running the old system, Alert, in parallel with Elementary as part of the final phase of implementation of the new system, to deal with issues that naturally arise when a system is taken into full operational use. This includes carrying out regular appraisals and performance reviews to ensure that the system delivers the expected benefits and the service performance that NCIS requires for operational effectiveness. As part of the overall assessment and evaluation strategy, a Gateway 5 Review (Benefits Evaluation) and a Post Implementation Review are also planned.

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