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Recordable Offences
Huw Irranca-Davies: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) acceptable behaviour certificates, (b) interim antisocial behaviour orders and (c) full antisocial behaviour orders have been issued in (i) Wales, (ii) the South Wales Police Authority region, (iii) the Bridgend Division of the South Wales police and (iv) the Ogmore constituency. [176579]
Ms Blears: Acceptable Behaviour Contracts (ABCs)—data on numbers of ABCs are not collected centrally.
Interim antisocial behaviour orders—available information shows that interim orders have been issued for two offenders within South Wales between introduction (2 December 2002) and 31 December 2003 (latest available).
Antisocial behaviour orders (ASBOs)—introduced under the Crime and Disorder Act (1998) ASBOs have been available to the courts since 1 April 1999. Since commencement, and up to 31 December 2003, the number of ASBOs issued in Wales, as reported to the Home Office, is 77. Data on numbers of ASBOs issued within South Wales (in which the South Wales Police Authority and the Ogmore constituency are located), are given in the table, by local authority area.
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| Local authority area | Total issued |
|---|---|
| South Wales | 36 |
| Of which: | |
| From 1 April 1999 to 31 May 2000 by pfa | 0 |
| From 1 June 2000 to 31 December 2003 by unitary authority area: | 36 |
| Cardiff CC | 13 |
| Merthyr Tydfil CBC | 8 |
| Neath Port Talbot County BC | 10 |
| Rhondda Cynon Taff County BC | 4 |
| Vale of Glamorgan Council | 1 |
Note:
Between 1 April 1999 to 31 May 2000 data available by police force area (pfa) only.
Reducing Crime/Changing Lives
Mrs. Curtis-Thomas: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on the work of the implementation team for the Reducing Crime-Changing Lives reform programme. [170440]
Paul Goggins: Implementing the reforms set out in "Reducing Crime-Changing Lives" is a complex and long-term programme. Full implementation will take several years to be fully concluded. We are currently consulting key stakeholders on our preferred model for the organisational structure of the National Offender Management Service.
Security Patrols
Lynne Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will implement the recommendation on oversight arrangements in relation to visible security patrols in residential areas set out in the recent Joseph Rowntree Foundation study. [176393]
Ms Blears: Responsibility for co-ordinating the deployment of the extended police family at a local level is a matter for local employers, such as individual chief officers or local authorities, in partnership with other local community safety related organisations. We shall continue to work closely with stakeholders to ensure maximum clarity on how these roles can be best used while not restricting local flexibility. The pending report of the Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC) Thematic on Civilianisation and the evaluation findings from the £13 million suite of workforce modernisation pilots launched in March 2004 will add to our evidence-base of effective practice.
Sentencing
Tom Cox: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many women were serving a prison sentence of more than five years in prisons in England and Wales on 1 May 2004. [173531]
Paul Goggins: On 31 March 2004 there were 844 females serving sentences of more than five years in Prison Service establishments in England and Wales. This is the latest date for which information is available.
Tom Cox: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) men and (b) women were serving a life sentence in prisons in England and Wales on 1 May 2004. [173532]
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Paul Goggins: The total number of prisoners serving life sentences in prison in England and Wales on 31 March 2004 was 5,553, of which 5,378 were male and 175 female.
Tom Cox: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) men and (b) women were serving prison sentences in England and Wales for sexual offences on 1 May 2004. [173533]
Paul Goggins: On 31 March 2004 there were 5,665 males and 23 females held under sentence in Prison Service establishments in England and Wales for sexual offences. This is the latest date for which information is available.
Tom Cox: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) male and (b) female foreign nationals were serving prison sentences in prisons in England and Wales on 1 May 2004. [173577]
Paul Goggins: On 31 March 2004 there were 5,784 male and 673 female foreign nationals held under sentence in Prison Service establishments in England and Wales. This is the latest date for which information is available.
Sex Offenders
Mrs. Gillan: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether people convicted of sex offences abroad are supervised or monitored on their return to the UK. [172354]
Paul Goggins [holding answer 11 May 2004]: The Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements (MAPPA) which we placed on a statutory basis in 2001, provide a robust framework within which sexual and violent offenders are managed on a multi-agency basis in the community. The scope of the MAPPA includes those who were convicted of sexual offences abroad and have returned to the UK.
The Sexual Offences Act 2003 introduced a new civil order—the notification order. This order enables offenders who have been convicted or cautioned for a sexual offence overseas to be made subject to the notification requirements of Part 2 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003. The notification order is an important new tool which will help the police and probation services manage offenders who have committed sexual offences overseas.
The police can also apply to the courts for a sexual offences prevention order (SOPO) to be made against an offender convicted of a sexual offence overseas who is living in the UK and who poses a risk of serious sexual harm. A SOPO can set prohibitions on an offender and will also make him subject to the notification requirements for the duration of the order.
Shrewsbury Prison
Mr. Paul Marsden: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) if he will estimate the cost of replacing the gymnasium at HM Prison Shrewsbury; [171375]
(2) what the expected completion date is for building a new gymnasium at HM Prison Shrewsbury; [171378]
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(3) when he expects the design for a new gymnasium at HM Prison Shrewsbury to be completed. [171379]
Paul Goggins: The existing gymnasium at Shrewsbury prison needs to be demolished for health and safety reasons. A business case for the re-development of the site has not yet been completed.
Solvent Abuse
Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prosecutions were made of retailers selling restricted solvents to children in each of the last seven years. [169065]
Paul Goggins: The available information is contained in the table.
| 1996 | 4 |
| 1997 | 11 |
| 1998 | 4 |
| 1999 | 9 |
| 2000 | — |
| 2001 | 1 |
| 2002 | — |
(15)These data are on the principal offence basis.
(16) The offence is to supply or offer to supply any intoxicating substances to a person under the age of 18 where the retailer may reasonably believe that the product will be used for intoxication.
Statistics on court proceedings for 2003 will be published in the autumn.
Statistics (London)
Simon Hughes: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many racially aggravated incidents were recorded in each of the last seven years by the Metropolitan police, broken down by local authority area. [173250]
Ms Blears: The available information has been provided by the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis and relates to the number of recorded racially aggravated offences. These data are available only for the last four years.
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