House of Commons Hansard Written Answers for 10 Nov 2004 (pt 15)

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Consultants

Mr. Cousins: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the (a) nature and (b) value was of all contracts, consultancies and other services placed with (i) Deloitte & Touche, (ii) Ernst & Young, (iii) KPMG, (iv) PricewaterhouseCoopers and (v) PA Consulting since 2000–01 by the Department and its agencies. [188714]

Fiona Mactaggart: The information held by the Home Office on the value of all contracts, consultancies and other services placed with Deloitte & Touche, Ernst & Young, KPMG, PricewaterhouseCoopers and PA Consulting since 2000–01 by the Home Office and it's agencies is as follows:
Value of all contracts, consultancies and other services placed since 2000–2001 £

Company 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–

Deloitte & Touche 262,066 33,274 438,717 67,667 0

Ernst & Young 0 0 0 1,867,782 0

KPMG 0 114,477 54,689 93,136 65,541

PricewaterhouseCoopers 2,264,239 5,578,449 1,472,817 184,429 237,000

PA Consulting 2,400,267 2,366,666 4,196,057 138,737 165,566

Company	2000–01	2001–02	2002–03	2003–04	2004–
Deloitte & Touche	262,066	33,274	438,717	67,667	0
Ernst & Young	0	0	0	1,867,782	0
KPMG	0	114,477	54,689	93,136	65,541
PricewaterhouseCoopers	2,264,239	5,578,449	1,472,817	184,429	237,000
PA Consulting	2,400,267	2,366,666	4,196,057	138,737	165,566

The nature of work carried out on behalf of named Home Office units and its executive agencies by Deloitte & Touche, Ernst & Young, KPMG, PricewaterhouseCoopers and PA Consulting is listed:

Deloitte & Touche:

To provide advice on the accounting treatment of new PFI prisons at Peterborough & Ashford. (Office of Contracts and Competitions)

Provision of consultancy services. (UK Passport Service)

Research—National Asylum Support Service: Interim Process Review—Induction Centre Briefing: A Process and Impact Evaluation. (Research, Development & Statistics)

Consultants to The National DNA Database. (Forensic Science Service)

Ernst & Young:

Provision of consultancy services on Data Exchange Project (UK Passport Service)

Consultancy and implementation of Operational Management System Phase 2—Procurement and Finance Modules, (Forensic Science Service)

Review of Operational Management System Phase 1. (Forensic Science Service)

KPMG:

Consultancy on Financial Issues. (UK Passport Service)

Consultancy Services. (HM Prison Service)

Police Performance Assessment Framework—Creation of Domains. (Research, Development & Statistics)

PricewaterhouseCoopers:

Independent Internal Auditors. (Criminal Records Bureau)

Financial Advisors for 2 Marsham Street PFI Deal. (Building and Estates Management Unit)

Advice in respect of arrangements to launch a 'Variation Bond' to provide additional funding for 2 Marsham Street. (Building and Estates Management Unit)

Provision of internal audit services. (UK Passport Service)

Consultancy on development of sampling strategy (fraudulent passports). (UK Passport Service)

Consultancy for development of Prisons Cost Model. (HM Prison Service)

Services—Requirement for recruitment and executive search and selection. (HM Prison Service)

Production of Wider Markets business case. (Forensic Science Service)

PA Consulting:

Development of model office pilot, pre-implementation review and testing. (Criminal Records Bureau)

Independent IT advice and support. (Criminal Records Bureau)

Assistance and advice in the development of a business continuity plan. (Criminal Records Bureau)

General specialist advice and support. (Criminal Records Bureau)

Programme and project management—STEPS 2 Project. (National Probation Directorate)

Structure review:

Review of court escort contracts.

Directors office requirement for review of workforce planning.

Requirement for review of finance function across prison service.

Review of Planning Group (HM Prison Service)

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Provision of Consultancy Services: Various Projects (UK Passport Service)

Research:

Diary of a police officer.

Development and piloting of a sentence information system for England and Wales.

Pathfinder study into the Government's target for persistent offenders.

Evaluation of pilot schemes for the early involvement of the Crown Prosecution Service

Bringing Repeat Young Offenders To Justice Study

Evaluation of the Crown Prosecution Service Pilot Scheme—Stage 2

Alternatives to transcripts of video taped interviews with vulnerable witnesses.

The use of external consultants has helped the Department to successfully deliver projects across the office, which has resulted in improved business processes. A further benefit has been the transfer of specialist skill and knowledge, otherwise not available in house, to staff.

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Parliamentary Questions

Mrs. Gillan: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he will reply to the question tabled by the hon. Member for Chesham and Amersham on 7 January 2004, reference 147368, on overcrowding and poor conditions in prisons. [184166]

Paul Goggins [holding answer 15 July 2004]: I replied to the hon. Member on 18 October 2004, Official Report, column 486W.

Crime

Mr. David Atkinson: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many occurrences of each category of crime there have been in Bournemouth in each year since 1997. [195536]

Ms Blears: Bournemouth is a Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnership

(CDRP) area. The data available centrally is for six key offences and is available only from 1999–2000. See attached tables.
Table 1: Recorded offences in Bournemouth CDRP—1997–98 to 2001–02

Period Violence against the person Sexual offences Robbery Burglary in a dwelling Theft of a vehicle Theft from a vehicle

1997–98 ⁽¹²⁾— ⁽¹²⁾— ⁽¹²⁾— ⁽¹²⁾— ⁽¹²⁾— ⁽¹²⁾—

1998–99 ⁽¹²⁾— ⁽¹²⁾— ⁽¹²⁾— ⁽¹²⁾— ⁽¹²⁾— ⁽¹²⁾—

1999–00 1,271 118 143 1,391 1,386 3,082

2000–01 1,456 113 188 1,216 1,089 2,584

2001–02 1,732 168 959 2,955

⁽¹²⁾ Not available.
Note: The data in this table is prior to the introduction of the National Crime Recording Standard in April 2002. These figures are not directly comparable with those for later years.

Table 2: Recorded offences in Bournemouth CDRP—2002–03 and 2003–04

Period Violence against the person Sexual offences Robbery Burglary in a dwelling Theft of a vehicle Theft from a vehicle

2002–03 2,991 200 275 1,227 923 2,954

2003–04 3,294 256 284 1,463 952 2,565

Note: The data in this table takes account of the introduction of the National Crime Recording Standard in April 2002. These figures are not directly comparable with those for earlier years.

Period	Violence against the person	Sexual offences	Robbery	Burglary in a dwelling	Theft of a vehicle	Theft from a vehicle
1997–98	⁽¹²⁾—	⁽¹²⁾—	⁽¹²⁾—	⁽¹²⁾—	⁽¹²⁾—	⁽¹²⁾—
1998–99	⁽¹²⁾—	⁽¹²⁾—	⁽¹²⁾—	⁽¹²⁾—	⁽¹²⁾—	⁽¹²⁾—
1999–00	1,271	118	143	1,391	1,386	3,082
2000–01	1,456	113	188	1,216	1,089	2,584
2001–02	1,732	168			959	2,955

Period	Violence against the person	Sexual offences	Robbery	Burglary in a dwelling	Theft of a vehicle	Theft from a vehicle
2002–03	2,991	200	275	1,227	923	2,954
2003–04	3,294	256	284	1,463	952	2,565

Hugh Bayley: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the average time taken from arrest to trial for young offenders was in (a) Yorkshire and the Humber and (b) York in (i) 1997 and (ii) 2003–04. [191234]

Paul Goggins: The figures we collect are the average number of days from arrest to sentence for persistent young offenders, by police force area. The figures for the years concerned are:

1997 2003–04

Humberside 129 68

North Yorkshire 125 57

South Yorkshire 134 66

West Yorkshire 149 73

	1997	2003–04
Humberside	129	68
North Yorkshire	125	57
South Yorkshire	134	66
West Yorkshire	149	73

Miss McIntosh: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many crimes were committed in (a) North Yorkshire and (b) England and Wales in 2003; and what percentage resulted in (i) an arrest, (ii) an individual being charged, (iii) a conviction and (iv) a custodial sentence in each case. [190448]

Paul Goggins: Recorded crime data is published on a financial year basis. The latest information relates to 2003/04 and shows that there were 71,473 recorded crimes in North Yorkshire, and 5,934,580 such crimes in England and Wales as a whole.

Arrests and court proceedings data relate to offenders. They are not directly comparable with the recorded crime statistics and it is not therefore possible to provide comparable percentage figures.

Table 1 gives the available information for those arrested in 2002 and Table 2 gives details of the numbers of defendants proceeded against, found guilty and sentenced to immediate imprisonment.
Table 1: Persons arrested for notifiable offences as recorded by the police for 2002

Police force area Persons

North Yorkshire 20,443

England and Wales (estimated) 1,308,800

Note: Not all forces have been able to supply the information to the detail required and in a few cases no information at all. Estimates have therefore been made to provide a national figure.
Source:
OCJG/RDS (M&SDC 299A-04) 12 October 2004

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Table 2: Number of defendants proceeded against at the magistrates' courts and found guilty and sentenced to immediate custody at all courts for all offences, North Yorkshire police force area and England and Wales 2002⁽¹³⁾

Proceeded against Found guilty Sentenced to immediate custody

North Yorkshire PFA 19,170 13,834 1,010

England and Wales 1,924,828 1,421,285 111,607

⁽¹³⁾ These data are on the principal offence basis.

Police force area	Persons
North Yorkshire	20,443
England and Wales (estimated)	1,308,800

	Proceeded against	Found guilty	Sentenced to immediate custody
North Yorkshire PFA	19,170	13,834	1,010
England and Wales	1,924,828	1,421,285	111,607

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