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Women Remand Prisoners
Sandra Gidley: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what percentage of women remand prisoners did not receive a custodial sentence in each of the last five years for which figures are available. [217165]
Paul Goggins: The table gives the estimated percentages of women remand prisoners who were not given a custodial sentence in each of the last five years.
| Percentage | |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 64 |
| 2000 | 62 |
| 2001 | 57 |
| 2002 | 58 |
| 2003 | 59 |
Work Permits
Mr. Laxton: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the average time taken in the last 12 months to grant further leave to remain status to a work permit extension that has already been approved is. [216654]
Mr. Browne: The information requested is not specifically identifiable on the database used to record Leave to Remain decisions.
Mr. Laxton: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the average time taken in the last 12 months to grant approval to a work permit extension application is. [216655]
Mr. Browne: The average time taken to grant an approval for a work permit extension was four working days during the calendar year 2004.
This is the time taken from receipt of the work permit application in Work Permits (UK) to dispatch of a decision.
Yukos
Malcolm Bruce: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether the Government of the Russian Federation has made representations to the UK Government regarding Yukos employees or executives currently residing in the UK; and if he will make a statement. [216474]
Mr. Browne: The UK Government have received no representations from the Government of the Russian Federation regarding Yukos employees or executives currently residing in the UK.