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Prisons
Sandra Gidley: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many women gave birth in prison in each year since 1997. [206289]
Paul Goggins: Full information is not available for thewhole period, but the available data show that in 2004,114 women gave birth while serving a prison sentence. Further information could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
Mrs. Gillan: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what (a) actions and (b) adjustments have been made by the Prison Service Headquarters to reduce the Prison Service overspend in the current financial year; and what (i) efficiencies and (ii) savings have resulted. [214840]
Paul Goggins: In December 2004 the Director General of the Prison Service wrote to all senior managers requesting that any discretionary spending be avoided, and that recruitment be restricted to whatever is essential to maintain a safe and secure operation of prisons or the basic operation of the Service. This was done with the intention of reducing expenditure in order to ensure that the Prison Service did not exceed its delegated budget in the current financial year.
Each subsequent forecast of the spend for the year has indicated a lower overspend and the Service believes that final outturn will be close to budget.
Mr. Oaten: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what proportion of prisoners who declared themselves as Muslims in each of the last five years were (a) British nationals and (b) foreign nationals. [214999]
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Paul Goggins: The nationality of Muslim prisoners received into prison establishments in each of the last five years, as recorded on the Prison Service central IT system, is provided in the table.
(26)Information for 2004 is to 30 November only
Towards the end of 2004 the information on the religious affiliation of prisoners held on the central Prison Service IT system was comprehensively refreshed with updated information contained within the local IT systems in each prison establishment. This update had little impact on the overall population figures by religious group for most groups. However, it is estimated that the population of prisoners whose recorded religion was Buddhism or Muslim increased by around 1 per cent. each because of this data cleansing exercise.
Mr. Oaten: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prisoners declared themselves to be of a particular religion when they entered prison in each of the last five years, broken down by religion. [215000]
Paul Goggins: The religious affiliation recorded on the prison establishments IT system for prisoners first received into prison establishments in each of the last five years are shown in the table.
(27)information for 2004 is to 30 November only
Note:
Towards the end of 2004 the information on the religious affiliation of prisoners held on the central Prison Service IT system was comprehensively refreshed with updated information contained within the local IT systems in each prison establishment.
This update had little impact on the overall population figures by religious group for most groups. However, it is estimated that the population of prisoners whose recorded religion was Buddhism or Muslim increased by around one per cent each because of this data cleansing exercise.
Research and Development
Mrs. Anne Campbell: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what expenditure was made by (a) his Department and (b) agencies for which his Department is responsible on research projects by companies with headquarters in (i) the UK, (ii) other EU member states and (iii) non-EU states in each year since 2001–02. [206990]
Fiona Mactaggart:
It is not possible to provide the information requested in respect of the core Home Office and its agencies. While it is possible to provide total expenditure on third party suppliers an analysis by
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supplier or category of supplier cannot be provided without additional investigation and at disproportionate cost.
The Home Office currently sponsors the following agencies:
Only the Core Home Office and Passport Service have recorded expenditure on Research and Development within the period covered by the question and these figures have been provided in response to separate questions.
Mrs. Anne Campbell: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what expenditure (a) his Department and (b) agencies for which his Department is responsible have made on research and development by private sector companies in each financial year since 2001–02. [206993]
Fiona Mactaggart: It is not possible to provide the information requested in respect of the core Home Office and its agencies. While it is possible to provide total expenditure on third party suppliers an analysis by supplier or category of supplier cannot be provided without additional investigation and at disproportionate cost.
The Home Office currently sponsors the following agencies:
Only the Core Home Office and Passport Service have recorded expenditure on Research and Development within the period covered by the question and these figures have been provided in response to separate questions.
Mrs. Anne Campbell: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much (a) his Department and (b) each agency for which his Department is responsible spent on research and development with overseas Government laboratories or research establishments, including collaborative Government funded laboratories and research establishments, in each year between 2001–02 and 2003–04. [207002]
Fiona Mactaggart: It is not possible to provide the information requested in respect of the core Home Office and its agencies. While it is possible to provide total expenditure on third party suppliers an analysis by supplier or category of supplier cannot be provided without additional investigation and at disproportionate cost.
The Home Office currently sponsors the following agencies:
Only the Core Home Office and Passport Service have recorded expenditure on Research and Development within the period covered by the question and these figures have been provided in response to separate questions.
Mrs. Anne Campbell: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what expenditure was made by (a) the Department and (b) agencies for which the Department is responsible on research and development projects undertaken by organisations other than university departments, Government-funded research establishments and private sector companies in each year since 2001–02. [207014]
Fiona Mactaggart: The Home Office currently sponsors the following agencies:
Only the Core Home Office and Passport Service have recorded expenditure on Research and Development within the period covered by the question and these figures have been provided in response to separate questions.
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