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Police Complaints Commission

Lady Hermon: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the total cost of (a) salaries and (b) travel expenses for those employed in the office of the Police Complaints Commission for England and Wales has been in each of the last three years. [188651]

Ms Blears: It is assumed that the question refers to the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) which was established under the Police Reform Act 2002 and commenced operations on 1 April 2004. It replaced the Police Complaints Authority (PCA) which ceased operations on 31 March 2004.

Figures on salaries for the PCA from 2000–01 to 2002–03 are in the table. Information on travel expenses for those years is not available.

PCA salary costs
2002–03	2,985,859
2001–02	2,589,239
2000–01	2,106,788

Police Funding

Mr. Drew: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what additional funding is available to
 
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police authorities from central funds to implement (a) the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 and (b) the Freedom of Information Act 2000. [195295]

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

Mr. Drew: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what proportion of police funding in each local police authority area was provided by (a) the Government and (b) council tax in each of the last four years. [195297]

Ms Blears: I refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave to the right hon. Member for Haltemprice and Howden (David Davis) on 15 June 2004, Official Report, column 870W.

Mr. Drew: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the estimated cost to police authorities is in this financial year of increased British Medical Association recommended charges for police surgeons. [195299]

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

Mrs. Curtis-Thomas: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much the police received in funding from the Government in (a) 1997 and (b) 2003. [195551]

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

Adam Price: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much has been allocated to police funding in each year since 2001. [196814]

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

Police Recruits

Bob Russell: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what provision is made in the training schedule for new police recruits for dealing with domestic violence; whether the schedule has been changed in terms of (a) time allocation and (b) content during the past two years; and if he will make a statement. [187976]

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

Police Training

Mr. Willis: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the level of budget change for the Centrex Training Centre in Harrogate is for 2004–05; and what proposed changes in staffing and recruitment will result from the changes. [179208]

Ms Blears [holding answer 17 June 2004]: CENTREX's overall resource budget for 2004–05 is £74.8 million. Last year the budget was £91.0 million, and CENTREX are also liable to pay VAT in this year,
 
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which they did not have to pay last year. The Home Office does not provide grant-in-aid by individual centre. I understand that, in order to realise efficiency savings and cost reductions, staff numbers in Harrogate have been reduced by approximately 18, primarily through redeployment.

Helen Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on the future of the police training centre at Bruche, Warrington. [183044]

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

Policing

Helen Southworth: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the (a) level of police grant, (b) total police budget, including itemised special project funding and (c) the number of police officers and community support officers in Cheshire was in each of the last seven years. [193627]

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

Mr. Allen: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) police officers and (b) community support officers have been employed by Nottinghamshire Constabulary in each year since 1997 for which figures are available. [196503]

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

Ports

David Davis: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many weapons have been seized at ports of entry to the United Kingdom in each year since 1997, broken down by (a) type of weapon and (b) location of seizure. [198995]

Caroline Flint: 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 much has been spent on providing security at ports in each year since 1997, broken down by location. [198997]

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) immigration and (b) security officials have been based at each major port of entry to the United Kingdom, broken down by location, in each year since 1997. [198998]

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

Mr. Ruffley: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many press officers are employed in his Department; and how many were employed in each year since 1996–97. [195356]

Fiona Mactaggart [holding answer 1 November 2004]: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.

Dr. Julian Lewis: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many press officers the Department has employed in each of the past five years. [196048]

Fiona Mactaggart [holding answer 4 November 2004]: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.

Press Releases

Pete Wishart: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many press releases have been issued by his Department in each month of 2004; and if he will make a statement. [195381]

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

Prison Building Programme

Mrs. Gillan: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department on what grounds he will not publish the case he is making to the Treasury to close smaller prisons and build larger prisons. [153952]

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

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