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Anti-Terrorism, Crime and Security Act
Tom Cox: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) men and (b) women are detained under the Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001. [192618]
Mr. Blunkett: Seventeen people have been certified under Part 4 of the Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001 (the ATCS Act); 16 of them have been detained under this Act and one under other powers. Excluding those who have been released from detention, or who are detained under other powers (including criminal charges which have been brought since detention), nine people are currently held under Part 4 of the ATCS Act. All of the detainees are male. Parliament has been informed of all certifications.
From 14 December 2001 to 17 October 2003, there were 24 convictions under Part 5 of the Act (Race and Religion) for religiously aggravated crime; one
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conviction for trespass under Part 9 (Aviation Security); and one conviction for hoaxes involving noxious substances or things (Section 114). We do not have information on the sex of the individuals concerned.
Council of Ministers
Sue Doughty: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will provide a Written Ministerial Statement outlining for each meeting of the Council of Ministers at which his Department is represented as soon as is practicable following that meeting (a) the key items of discussion, (b) the positions of the Government on those items, (c) the key positions taken by other member states that Ministers consider should be noted by Members and (d) any preliminary discussion on the timing and the agenda of the following meeting. [188189]
Caroline Flint: This is a useful suggestion and HMG will consider it further, in line with its policy of keeping Parliament better informed on EU business.
Crime (Yorkshire)
Hugh Bayley: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the average period of time between arrest for a drugs-related offence in York and referral to a drug treatment agency was in (a) 1997 and (b) 2003–04. [191244]
Caroline Flint: Data is not available in the format requested. The National Treatment Agency has set national targets on maximum acceptable waiting times for all Drug Action Teams, measuring the period from referral to entry into treatment.
Waiting times for York in (a) 1997: data was not collected centrally at this time. Waiting times for (b) 2003–04 are listed against the NTA target:
| York 2003–04 | NTA target 2003 | |
|---|---|---|
| Community prescribing specialist | 12 | 6 |
| GP prescribing | 3 | 4 |
| Structured counselling | 2 | 4 |
| In-patient detox | 0 | 4 |
| Residential rehab | (1)— | 4 |
(1) Service not available
The requirement for compliance with arrest referral is for the referee to make contact with the agency within 15 days. Once the client has made that contact they are normally seen by a treatment agency within a week in York.
Deepcut Barracks
Mr. McNamara: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will release to the family of the deceased the Surrey police report into the death of Private Geoff Gray at Deepcut barracks on 17 September 2001. [174752]
Paul Goggins:
Surrey police owns the report into the death of Private Geoff Gray and it must be its decision as to whether it is released to members of his family.
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Surrey police inform me that it is negotiating the disclosure of the report into Private Gray's death with the legal representatives of his family.
Drugs
Tom Cox: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what confiscation of drugs has taken place in the Greater London area during the last 12 months. [193797]
Caroline Flint: The number of drug seizures made in the Greater London Area by the Metropolitan and City of London Police forces was 28,020 in 2002, the most recent year for which data is available. Details are given in the table.
| City of London | Metropolitan Police | City of London and Met Police | |
|---|---|---|---|
| All drugs | 640 | 27,380 | 28,020 |
| Class A drugs | |||
| Cocaine | 10 | 520 | 530 |
| "Crack" | 10 | 1,870 | 1,880 |
| Heroin | 20 | 2,030 | 2,050 |
| LSD | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Ecstasy-type | 40 | 890 | 930 |
| Methadone | 10 | 190 | 200 |
| Other | 0 | 270 | 270 |
| Total | 80 | 6,090 | 6,180 |
| Class B drugs | |||
| Cannabis | 540 | 21,570 | 22,110 |
| Amphetamines | 10 | 330 | 340 |
| Other | 0 | 70 | 70 |
| Total | 550 | 21,850 | 22,400 |
| Class C drugs | |||
| Benzodiazepines | 0 | 150 | 160 |
| Temazepam | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Anabolic steroids0 | 10 | 10 | |
| Other | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 0 | 180 | 180 |
| Unknown | 40 | 10 | 40 |
Source:
Drug seizure and offender statistics, United Kingdom 2001 and 2002—Area tables.
Homeland Security
Mr. Oaten: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department which areas of government spending relate to resilience issues and homeland security, broken down by department; what the current levels of spending are; what the projected changes in funding are over the next (a) two and (b) five years; and if he will make a statement. [190860]
Mr. Blunkett
[holding answer 14 October 2004]: For security reasons we would not wish to comment on specific departments' spending on national security or resilience programmes. However I can say the overall government spending on counter terrorism and
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resilience programmes amounted to £1.48 billion in 2004–05. Over the course of the current spending review period this spending is projected to rise to the following:
| £ billion | |
|---|---|
| 2005–06 | 1.665 |
| 2006–07 | 2.045 |
| 2007–08 | 2,115 |
The figures exclude core military and police spending. Funding for 2008–09 and 2009–10 has not been determined and falls into the next Spending Review period.
Impaired Drivers
John Thurso: To ask the Secretary of State for The Home Department how many drivers convicted of driving when under the influence of alcohol or drugs over the past 10 years had previous convictions for the same offence (a) in total and (b) broken down by police authority. [192179]
Caroline Flint: The information requested is as follows:
(a) The figures in the table are derived from the Offenders Index. Data on driving while under the influence of alcohol/drugs are only available for 1996 onwards. We have only provided data for the most recent year available (2002). Comparisons over different years will not be consistent, as the time available to build up previous convictions will vary each year.
Data are only available for a four week period (see background note for more details).
Over a four week period in 2002, 6,643 drivers were convicted of driving when under the influence of alcohol or drugs, of these 1,157 (17 per cent.) had a previous conviction for the same offence.
The numbers with a previous conviction for driving while under the influence of alcohol/drugs by police force area are shown in the following table for 2002 (again based on a four week sample).
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