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Indymedia
John McDonnell: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what representations he has received from foreign governments with regard to the seizure of computer equipment from the independent news agency Indymedia on 7 October. [193714]
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Caroline Flint: The Secretary of State did not receive any representations from foreign governments in this matter.
Magistrates Courts (Environmental Offences)
Norman Baker: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many defendants have been proceeded against at magistrates courts in each year since 1997 under (a) section 1, (b) section 5, (c) section 6, (d) section 7 and (e) any section of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981; [192325]
(2) how many defendants have been proceeded against at magistrates courts in each year since 1997 under (a) section 60, (b) section 61, (c) section 62, (d) section 93 and (e) any section of the Control of Pollution Act 1974; [192326]
(3) how many defendants have been proceeded against at magistrates courts in each year since 1997 under (a) section 110(2)(a), (b) section 110(2)(b), (c) section 110(2)(c), (d) section 110(4)(a), (e) section 110(4)(b) and (f) any section of the Environment Act 1995; [192327]
(4) how many defendants have been proceeded against at magistrates courts in each year since 1997 under the Clean Air Act 1993. [192328]
Paul Goggins: Statistics for defendants proceeded against at the magistrates' courts 1997 to 2002, for offences under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, Control of Pollution Act 1974, Environmental 1995 and the Clean Air Act 1993 are shown in the attached table.
Statistics for 2003 will be published in November.
n/a = Information is not available
(2) These data are on the principal offence basis
(3) These offences are coded with a number of other offences, and cannot be separately identified
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Organised Crime
Mr. Oaten: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment he has made of the number of organised criminal gangs operating in the UK. [194018]
Caroline Flint: There is no current estimate of the number of organised criminal groups that operate in the UK. Organised criminal groups can range from a collection of people with distinct roles and a hierarchy with clear chains of command and communication, to loose networks where the members coalesce around one or more prominent criminals to undertake particular criminal ventures. And in the latter, the individuals may be involved with a number of sub-groups within the network and therefore be involved in a number of separate criminal ventures at any one time.
Parenting
Mr. Goodman: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what research he has recently (a) published and (b) commissioned on the effects of parenting on life chances for children. [193594]
Paul Goggins [holding answer 25 October 2004]: The Home Office has not commissioned or published research specifically into the effect of parenting on life chances but has sponsored research which has included the impact of parenting programmes on the behaviour of children, particularly in relation to preventing offending and anti-social behaviour and the use of drugs.
In 2002 the Youth Justice Board published "Positive Parenting: the effectiveness of the Youth Justice Board's Parenting Programme". The Home Office commissioned research published this year by the Department for Education and Skills "What Works in Parenting Support? A Review of the International Evidence".
Home Office commissioned research which is under way is as follows:
(i) The Trust for the Study of Adolescence is researching the
(ii) effect of residential parenting courses into the behaviour of children (Report due 2005);
(iii) Oxford Brookes University is researching a programme to strengthen family communications and conflict resolution skills to reduce drug and alcohol use in young people. (Report due 2006).
(iv) The Centre for Social Marketing is researching the Blueprint drug education research programme which aims to maximise the involvement of parents in school drug education and to improve communication between young people and their parents on drug issues. (Report due 2007);
Police
Mr. Rosindell: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many police officers are employed in (a) Havering and (b) other London boroughs. [192645]
Ms Blears: To the nearest full-time equivalent, the number of police officers allocated directly to Borough Command Units on 30 September 2004 was as follows:
| Strength | |
|---|---|
| Barking and Dagenham | 411 |
| Barnet | 534 |
| Bexley | 365 |
| Brent | 691 |
| Bromley | 464 |
| Camden | 830 |
| Croydon | 662 |
| Ealing | 702 |
| Enfield | 563 |
| Greenwich | 584 |
| Hackney | 808 |
| Hammersmith and Fulham | 523 |
| Haringey | 663 |
| Harrow | 327 |
| Havering | 362 |
| Hillingdon | 495 |
| Hounslow | 476 |
| Islington | 668 |
| Kensington and Chelsea | 562 |
| Kingston upon Thames | 283 |
| Lambeth | 986 |
| Lewisham | 629 |
| Merton | 342 |
| Newham | 775 |
| Redbridge | 448 |
| Richmond upon Thames | 272 |
| Southwark | 864 |
| Sutton | 280 |
| Tower Hamlets | 749 |
| Waltham Forest | 533 |
| Wandsworth | 572 |
| Westminster | 1,579 |
| All boroughs | 19,000 |
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