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Drunk Driving
Tom Cox: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many convictions for drunk driving resulted in a custodial sentence by courts in the Greater London area in each of the last five years. [197706]
Caroline Flint: Information taken from the Home Office Court Proceedings Database on convictions and custodial sentences for offences of driving etc. after consuming alcohol or taking drugs 1998 to 2002 is given in the table. Data for 2003 will be available early in 2005.
(49) Metropolitan and City of London police force areas combined.
(50) Immediate custody includes sentences of secure training order, detention and training order, young offender institution and unsuspended sentence of imprisonment.
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Driving Offences
Tom Cox: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many drivers convicted of driving while under the influence of alcohol or drugs in each of the last five year had a previous conviction for the same offence. [197720]
Caroline Flint: I would refer my hon. Friend to the reply given to a question from the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross (John Thurso) on 14 October 2004.
Drug Abuse Treatment
Adam Price: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much money has been allocated to the treatment of drug abuse among offenders in each of the last five years. [196805]
Caroline Flint: Total community treatment budgets, comprising ring-fenced and local funds, that benefit problematic drug users with a history of offending are estimated as follows:
| Allocation | |
|---|---|
| 2001–02 | 287 |
| 2002–03 | 322 |
| 2003–04 | 436 |
| 2004–05 | (51)457 |
| 2005–06 | (51)508 |
(51) Estimated
Drug Treatment and Testing Orders (DTTOs), which are community sentences with a drug treatment requirement, have been allocated the following funding:
| Allocation | |
|---|---|
| 2000–01(52) | 20 |
| 2001–02 | 40 |
| 2002–03 | 36 |
| 2003–04 | 53.7 |
| 2004–05 | 76 |
(52) Six months only
In addition, Her Majesty's Prison Services also fund the treatment of drug misusers in prison.
Of further note, the Drug Intervention Programme (formerly known as the Criminal Justice Interventions Programme) provides improved access to treatment for drug misusing offenders, as well as supporting their positive reintegration into society. The following table shows the estimated annual central funding figures for the programme:
| £ million | |
|---|---|
| 2003–04(53) | 55 |
| 2004–05(54) | 188 |
| 2005–06(55) | 250 |
(53) Estimated out-turn
(54) Estimated figure
(55) Provisional allocation
Note:
This does not include some of the resources used by local partnerships to assist in delivering the programme.
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EU Visitors (Northern Ireland)
Mrs. Iris Robinson: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will estimate the change in number of citizens from EU accession countries travelling to Northern Ireland since the expansion of the European Union in May. [197612]
Mr. Timms: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Colin Mowl to Mrs. Iris Robinson, dated 16 November 2004:
The National Statistician has been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question asking about the change in number of citizens from EU Accession Countries travelling to Northern Ireland since the expansion of the EU in May. I am replying in his absence. (197612)
Visits to the UK by overseas residents are estimated from data collected on the International Passenger Survey (IPS). The survey is conducted at major airports, and on major sea and tunnel routes, and the data collected is weighted up to national passenger figures provided by the Civil Aviation Authority, British Airports Authority, Department for Transport, Eurotunnel and Eurostar. Although this provides estimates of visits to the UK, it should be noted that interviewing is not carried out in Northern Ireland.
Because of the small number of interviews carried out with nationals of the EU Accession Countries, as well as the factor that interviewing is not carried out in Northern Ireland, the IPS is unable to provide reliable information for visits to Northern Ireland by nationals of the EU Accession Countries.
Drug Seizures
Hugh Bayley: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what quantity of illegal drugs were seized by the police in (a) 1997 and (b) the most recent year for which figures are available. [191246]
Caroline Flint: The quantity of illegal drugs seized by the police in 1997 and 2002 is detailed in the table. The 2002 data is currently the latest published data.
(56) Seizures from joint operations involving H M Customs and Excise and the police are generally recorded against H M Customs and Excise.
(57) Seizures of LSD and Ecstasy-type are in thousands of doses. These include dots, tablets and squares.
(58) Number of plants.
Note:
Quantity seized divided by the number of seizures where the quantity seized was not unknown.
Source:
Home Office Statistical Bulletins on Drug Seizures and Offender statistics
Extradition
Tom Cox: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many requests are pending for extradition of United Kingdom citizens (a) to the United States and (b) from the United States to the United Kingdom. [194225]
Caroline Flint: As at 25 October 2004, there are 21 British citizens who are the subject of US requests for their extradition from the UK to the US, whose cases have been placed before the courts. These figures include some British citizens who are dual nationals. We do not have complete information on nationality for outgoing requests but there are eight UK requests pending for extradition of persons from the US to the UK.
Tom Cox:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many requests for extradition of United Kingdom citizens were made by the Government to the United States Administration in (a) 2001, (b) 2002, (c) 2003 and (d) 2004 to date; for what reason the extradition was sought; how many of these requests have been granted to date; and if he will make a statement; [194226]
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(2) how many requests for extradition of United Kingdom citizens were made by the United States to the United Kingdom in (a) 2001, (b) 2002, (c) 2003 and (d) 2004 to date; how many of these requests for extradition have been granted to date; and if he will make a statement. [194227]
Caroline Flint: We do not retain records of nationality or of the types of offences after cases are closed. I therefore set out, for those years, the total number of requests made by the US which resulted in arrests for extradition from the UK to the US, as follows:
| Individuals | |
|---|---|
| 2001 | 14 |
| 2002 | 8 |
| 2003 | 9 |
| 2004 (to date) | 18 |
Because extradition cases are of varying duration, those returned to the US in those years are not necessarily the same individuals as those who were the subjects of the above requests. The total numbers returned, of all nationalities, are as follows:
| Individuals | |
|---|---|
| 2001 | 8 |
| 2002 | 12 |
| 2003 | 6 |
| 2004 (to date) | 6 |
Tom Cox: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many requests have been made by the United States Administration to the United Kingdom for extradition of British citizens since the Government introduced the existing extradition laws; and if he will make a statement. [194228]
Caroline Flint: Since the introduction of the Extradition Act 2003 the US has requested the extradition of 12 British citizens, whose cases have been placed before the courts.
Tom Cox: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many United Kingdom citizens who are subject to extradition orders have consented to their removal to the United States; and how many of these requests have been granted in each of the last four years. [194229]
Caroline Flint: We do not retain records of nationality after cases are closed, two individuals have consented to their extradition to the US in the last four years.
Tom Cox: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what discussions he has had with the United States Administration on ensuring that British citizens extradited to the United States are not subject to the death penalty; and if he will make a statement. [194747]
Caroline Flint:
Whenever the UK receives an extradition request from the United States, or any other country, where the subject of the request has been, will be, or could be sentenced to death, extradition will not be ordered unless the Secretary of State receives strict written assurances from the requesting state that the death sentence, if imposed, would not be carried out.
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