House of Commons Hansard Written Answers for 12 Jan 2005 (pt 7)

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Drug Testing and Treatment Orders

David Davis: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many and what percentage of drug testing and treatment orders have been breached in each year since their introduction, broken down by local authority area. [205326]

Paul Goggins: It is not possible to calculate accurately the total number or percentage of orders breached in any one year. Some orders made in one year were breached in the following year; some cases are subject to multiple breach proceedings; some breach proceedings have been instigated and not yet dealt with by the courts; and 7,640 orders (30 per cent. of the orders made since roll-out) are still running. A completion target for Drug Testing and Treatment Orders (DTTO) of 35 per cent. was introduced from April 2004. The overall completion rate between April—October 2004 was 34 per cent. and each probation area's completion rate for the same period is shown in the table.
DTTO Completion performance 2004–05

Area name: Target achieved(percentage)

Staffordshire 14

Warwickshire 36

West Mercia 34

West Midlands 40

West Midlands Region 34

County Durham 44

Northumbria 49

Teesside 34

North East Region 43

Bedfordshire 43

Cambridgeshire 47

Essex 22

Hertfordshire 25

Norfolk 19

Suffolk 37

East Region 31

Cheshire 28

Cumbria 41

Greater Manchester 35

Lancashire 34

Merseyside 47

North West Region 37

Derbyshire 42

Leicestershire and Rutland 40

Lincolnshire 48

Northamptonshire 24

Nottinghamshire 32

East Midlands Region 37

Humberside 32

North Yorkshire 15

South Yorkshire 23

West Yorkshire 23
Yorkshire and Humberside Region24

Hampshire 31

Kent 22

Surrey 26

Sussex 38

Thames Valley 26

South East Region 29

Avon and Somerset 26

Devon and Cornwall 32

Dorset 51

Gloucestershire 30

Wiltshire 21

South West Region 32

London East 21

London North 35

London South 53

London West 22

London Region 35

Dyfed/Powys 44

Gwent 41

North Wales 40

South Wales 38

Wales Region 40

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Area name:	Target achieved(percentage)
Staffordshire	14
Warwickshire	36
West Mercia	34
West Midlands	40
West Midlands Region	34

County Durham	44
Northumbria	49
Teesside	34
North East Region	43

Bedfordshire	43
Cambridgeshire	47
Essex	22
Hertfordshire	25
Norfolk	19
Suffolk	37
East Region	31

Cheshire	28
Cumbria	41
Greater Manchester	35
Lancashire	34
Merseyside	47
North West Region	37

Derbyshire	42
Leicestershire and Rutland	40
Lincolnshire	48
Northamptonshire	24
Nottinghamshire	32
East Midlands Region	37

Humberside	32
North Yorkshire	15
South Yorkshire	23
West Yorkshire	23
Yorkshire and Humberside Region24

Hampshire	31
Kent	22
Surrey	26
Sussex	38
Thames Valley	26
South East Region	29

Avon and Somerset	26
Devon and Cornwall	32
Dorset	51
Gloucestershire	30
Wiltshire	21
South West Region	32

London East	21
London North	35
London South	53
London West	22
London Region	35

Dyfed/Powys	44
Gwent	41
North Wales	40
South Wales	38
Wales Region	40

Fixed Penalty Notices

Mr. Byrne: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will set out the offences for which fixed penalty notices can be issued; and what guidance has been issued to authorities by his Department about circumstances in which such notices can be delivered. [206771]

Ms Blears: The penalty notice for disorder scheme was extended by the Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001 (Amendment) and Police Reform Act 2002 (Modification) Order 2004 (SI 2540/2004), made on 27 September this year, to add a further 10 offences to the existing 11 offences. A complete list of the offences and penalties is shown in the table.

Operational guidance is provided to the police on issuing penalty notices for disorder. This has been revised to take into account the new offences and will be published on the Home Office website shortly at: http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/crimpol/police/penalty/index.html

Copies of the revised police operational guidance will be placed in the Library at the same time.

Offence creating provision Description of offence

Offences attracting £80 penalty

Section 80 of the Explosives Act 1875(c.17)() Throwing fireworks in a thoroughfare

Section 31 of the Fire Services Act 1947 (c.41)() Knowingly giving a false alarm to a fire brigade

Section 169A of the Licensing Act 1964(c.26) Sale of alcohol to a person under 18

Section 169C(2) and (3) of the Licensing Act 1964 (c.26) Buying or attempting to buy alcohol for a person under 18

Section 169F of the Licensing Act 1964 (c.26) Delivery of alcohol to a person under 18 or allowing such delivery

Section 5(2) of the Criminal Law Act1967(c.58) Wasting police time or giving false report

Section 91 of the Criminal Justice Act 1 967 (c.80) Disorderly behaviour while drunk in a public place

Section 1 of the Theft Act 1968 (c.60) Theft

Section 1(1 ) of the Criminal Damage Act 1971 (c.48) Destroying or damaging property

Section 5 of the Public Order Act1986 (c.64) Behaviour likely to cause harassment, alarm or distress

Section 127(2) of the Communications Act 2003 (c.21) Using a public electronic communications network in order to cause annoyance, inconvenience or needless anxiety

Section 11 of the Fireworks Act 2003 (c.22) Contravention of a prohibition or failure to comply with a requirement imposed by or under fireworks regulations or making false statements

Section 49 of the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004 (C.21K) Knowingly giving a false alarm to a person acting on behalf of a fire and rescue authority

Offences attracting £50 penalty

Section 12 of the Licensing Act 1872 (c.94) Being drunk in a highway, other public place or licensed premises

Section 55 of the British Transport Commission Act 1949 (c.xxix) Trespassing on a railway

Section 56 of the British Transport Commission Act 1949 (c.xxix) Throwing stones etc. at trains or other things on railways

Section 168E of the Licensing Act 1964 (c.26) Consumption of alcohol by a person under 18 or allowing such consumption

Section 87 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 (c.43) Depositing and leaving litter

Section 12 of the Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001 (c.16) Consumption of alcohol in designated public place

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Offence creating provision	Description of offence
Offences attracting £80 penalty
Section 80 of the Explosives Act 1875(c.17)()	Throwing fireworks in a thoroughfare
Section 31 of the Fire Services Act 1947 (c.41)()	Knowingly giving a false alarm to a fire brigade
Section 169A of the Licensing Act 1964(c.26)	Sale of alcohol to a person under 18
Section 169C(2) and (3) of the Licensing Act 1964 (c.26)	Buying or attempting to buy alcohol for a person under 18
Section 169F of the Licensing Act 1964 (c.26)	Delivery of alcohol to a person under 18 or allowing such delivery
Section 5(2) of the Criminal Law Act1967(c.58)	Wasting police time or giving false report
Section 91 of the Criminal Justice Act 1 967 (c.80)	Disorderly behaviour while drunk in a public place
Section 1 of the Theft Act 1968 (c.60)	Theft
Section 1(1 ) of the Criminal Damage Act 1971 (c.48)	Destroying or damaging property
Section 5 of the Public Order Act1986 (c.64)	Behaviour likely to cause harassment, alarm or distress
Section 127(2) of the Communications Act 2003 (c.21)	Using a public electronic communications network in order to cause annoyance, inconvenience or needless anxiety
Section 11 of the Fireworks Act 2003 (c.22)	Contravention of a prohibition or failure to comply with a requirement imposed by or under fireworks regulations or making false statements
Section 49 of the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004 (C.21K)	Knowingly giving a false alarm to a person acting on behalf of a fire and rescue authority
Offences attracting £50 penalty
Section 12 of the Licensing Act 1872 (c.94)	Being drunk in a highway, other public place or licensed premises
Section 55 of the British Transport Commission Act 1949 (c.xxix)	Trespassing on a railway
Section 56 of the British Transport Commission Act 1949 (c.xxix)	Throwing stones etc. at trains or other things on railways
Section 168E of the Licensing Act 1964 (c.26)	Consumption of alcohol by a person under 18 or allowing such consumption
Section 87 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 (c.43)	Depositing and leaving litter
Section 12 of the Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001 (c.16)	Consumption of alcohol in designated public place

Identity Cards

Mr. Lilley: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the source is of the figure that about 35 per cent. of terrorists use false or multiple identities, as referred to in the answer of 17 May 2004, Official Report, column 773W, to the hon. Member for Bognor Regis and Littlehampton (Mr. Gibb). [207467]

Mr. Browne [holding answer 10 January 2005]: During an oral evidence session to the Home Affairs Select Committee on 4 May 2004, the then Home Secretary my right hon. Friend, the Member for Sheffield, Brightside (Mr. Blunkett) said:

"I have been very circumspect and I have indicated what the security services have said to me, which is they believe that in excess of a third of those who are engaged in supporting terrorism use multiple identities in order to be able to evade detection and to evade us being able to disrupt their activities."

Mr. Oaten: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate he has made of the likely size of the national identity register in (a) 2010, (b) 2020 and (c) 2030. [207623]

Mr. Browne: The current working assumption is that the following number of enrolments will be recorded on the National Identity Register at the end of the financial year which begins in:

Number (million)

(a) 2010 11.3

(b) 2020 70.0

(c) 2030 111.3

	Number (million)
(a) 2010	11.3
(b) 2020	70.0
(c) 2030	111.3

The National Identity Register will continue to hold records of deceased persons and those who have registered and then left the country, to avoid fraudulent use of these identities.

Motoring Offences

John Thurso: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many convictions which have resulted in custodial sentences there have been for (a) drink-driving and (b) other motoring offences, broken down by (i) type and (ii) gender in each year since 1997; and what each figure represents as a percentage of the total. [204719]

Paul Goggins: Information taken from the Home Office court proceedings database on convictions and custodial sentences for drink-driving and other motoring offences by gender 1997 to 2002 (latest

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available) is given in tables, which have been placed in the Library. Data for 2003 will be available early in 2005.

National Offender Management Service

Mr. Drew: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what representation the relevant trade unions have on the National Offender Management Service Board. [204892]

Paul Goggins: Having initially agreed to accept my invitation to join the National Offender Management Service (NOMS) Board, Ms Judy McKnight (General Secretary of NAPO) and Mr. Colin Moses (National Chairman of POA) recently announced their resignation.

I have made it clear that I strongly support regular and open dialogue with Trade Unions as part of the development of NOMS. The NOMS Joint Consultative Council (JCC) provides a forum for communication, discussion, consultation and information sharing between the NOMS and the Trade Unions representing staff within the National Probation Service, Her Majesty's Prison Service and the core Home Office on those issues that fall outside the remits of the existing service-specific consultation frameworks.

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