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Illegal Workers

Mr. Oaten: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the five most common nationalities of individuals found to be working illegally in the UK were in the last period for which figures are available. [198948]

Mr. Browne: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.

Immigration

Mr. Malins: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many illegal entrants have been (a) discovered in vehicles at Dover, (b) detained at Eurostar at Waterloo and (c) discovered within the area surrounding Dover in each of the last 12 months. [193248]

Mr. Browne: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.

Mr. Malins: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prosecutions have been brought in the last 24 months against employers for employing an illegal immigrant; and what penalties were imposed. [193249]

Mr. Browne: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.

Mr. Malins: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what proportion of vehicles arriving at Dover are searched with a view to discovering illegal immigrants. [193264]

Mr. Browne: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.

David Davis: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what use has been made of mobile task-forces as part of an intelligence-led control of immigration. [198999]

Mr. Browne: It has not proved possible to respond to the right hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.

David Davis: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) airline liaison officers and (b) immigration officials have been stationed abroad in each year since 1997, broken down by country. [199000]

 
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Mr. Browne: It has not proved possible to respond to the right hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.

Sarah Teather: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many referrals of (a) immigration, (b) asylum and (c) naturalisation cases to the Immigration and Nationality Directorate by hon. Members there have been in each year since 2001, broken down by constituency. [199016]

Mr. Browne: It has not proved possible to respond to the right hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.

Immigration Service

Mr. Oaten: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many individuals were (a) arrested and (b) removed from the country as a result of enforcement operations conducted by the Immigration Service in 2003–04. [198907]

Mr. Browne: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.

Index of Multiple Deprivation

Ms Buck: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department which funding streams have been allocated by his Department using a funding formula which includes rankings or scores on the Index of Multiple Deprivation 2000; and if he will list the amount of funding allocated in such a way (a) nationally by the Department or (b) to all Government sponsored bodies reporting to the Department. [191528]

Fiona Mactaggart: It has not proved possible to respond to my hon. Friend in the time available before Prorogation.

Indymedia

Lynne Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 11 November 2004, Official Report, column 892W, on Indymedia, under what legal provisions seizure of private property in the UK by foreign law enforcement agencies without authorisation from UK law enforcement can be carried out. [198941]

Paul Goggins: It has not proved possible to respond to my hon. Friend in the time available before Prorogation.

Infection Training

Mr. Lansley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans he has to make infection control induction training mandatory for all NHS medical staff; when this training will begin; and what the estimated cost of this training will be per year. [193452]

Mr. Hutton: National health service medical staff already receive training on infection control and trusts should provide suitable induction training for all staff.
 
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Justice and Home Affairs Council

Mr. Hood: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the outcome was of the Justice and Home Affairs Council held on 25 to 26 October; what the Government's stance was on the issues discussed, including its voting record; and if he will make a statement. [194504]

Caroline Flint: It has not proved possible to respond to my hon. Friend in the time available before Prorogation.

Juvenile Offenders

David Davis: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many crimes were committed by juvenile offenders in (a) Haltemprice and Howden, (b) the East Riding of Yorkshire and (c) the Humberside police authority area in each of the last four quarters for which figures are available; and how many cautions were issued. [194980]

Paul Goggins: It has not proved possible to respond to the right hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.

Knives

Dr. Jenny Tonge: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what discussions he has had with (a) police and (b) local authorities regarding people carrying knives. [198889]

Caroline Flint: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.

Mental Health Act

Mr. Brady: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will take steps to ensure that each police division has access to a designated place of safety as defined by the Mental Health Act 1983. [199061]

Ms Blears: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.

Methadone (Prisons)

David Davis: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many methadone-related suicides there have been in prisons in each year since 1997. [199020]

Paul Goggins: It has not proved possible to respond to the right hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.

Migrant Workers

Mr. Drew: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department into how many languages the leaflets produced for migrant workers, resulting from recommendations from the Operation Gangmaster, have been translated. [196757]

Mr. Browne: Operation Gangmaster is a Government initiative designed to bring different Departments and agencies together to tackle abuses by rogue labour providers. This initiative has not produced any specific
 
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recommendations to translate information for migrant workers. However, the Government have been active in making translated information available and has had regard to recommendations previously made on this issue by the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee, of which my hon. Friend is a member.

Earlier this year, the Home Office produced a leaflet and guidance notes for applicants to the accession worker registration scheme in relevant languages. These outlined the details of the scheme and gave advice to workers rights. The Trades Union Congress also produced their own leaflet on workers' rights and the Home Office met the cost of producing translations of this leaflet in Hungarian, Estonian, Czech, Latvian, Slovak and Polish.

In response to specific concerns about the mistreatment of workers, the Department for Trade and Industry (DTI) and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office have worked with the Portuguese community and the TUC to produce leaflets explaining the rights of workers in Portuguese. The DTI has also worked with the Polish and Lithuanian Governments to produce bilingual leaflets on employment rights for their nationals. These were launched in June.

Mr. Drew: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what discussions he has had with the National Association of Citizen Advice Bureaux on the issuing of advice to migrant workers. [196758]

Mr. Browne: It has not proved possible to respond to my hon. Friend in the time available before Prorogation.

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