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Control Orders
Mrs. Curtis-Thomas:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment his Department has made of the effect the operation of Control Orders will have on the families of those subject to the orders. [216836]
Mr. Charles Clarke:
The implications for the family of someone subject to a Control Order will vary depending on the particular conditions imposed on the individual.
Correspondence
Mr. Webb:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he will reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Northavon dated 11 January (Home Office ref: B1020/5) regarding a constituent, Mr. Peter Tippett. [219748]
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Mr. Browne
[holding answer 4 March 2005]: The Immigration and Nationality Directorate replied to the hon. Member on 2 March 2005.
Fixed Penalty Notices
David Davis:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many fixed penalty notice offences have been issued for each basic command unit in England and Wales for (a) selling alcohol to a person under 18, (b) the purchase of alcohol for a person under 18 on licensed premises, (c) the consumption of alcohol by a person under 18 and (d) allowing delivery of alcohol to a person under 18. [209239]
Mr. Charles Clarke:
The total number of penalty notices issued for these offences for the period January to November 2004 is 61. The table details the available information for each police force area in England and Wales broken down by offence. Purchase of alcohol for a person under 18 on licensed premises has been broken down into the offence committed in a bar and that in licensed premises as the latter was only added to the scheme from 1 November to target off licence offences. Data are collected centrally at police force level only.
Penalty notice disposal provides the police with a quick and effective way of dealing with this type of minor offence without the need to prosecute. As four of these offences only became liable to disposal by penalty notice from 1 November, the number of offenders dealt with in this way will rise significantly.
The Christmas Alcohol Misuse Enforcement Campaign ran from 17 December 2004 to 3 January 2005 involving 188 Borough Command Units. Data from the campaign show that 72 penalty notices were issued for offences connected with selling alcohol to persons under 18, 32 in connection with on-licences and 40 in connection with off-licences.
Penalty notices for disorder issued relating to buying, selling etc alcohol to persons under 18 in England and Wales during January to November 2004, by police force area (Provisional figures)
Number
| Offence breakdown
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|---|
| Police force area | Selling alcohol to person under 18(8) | Purchasing alcohol in licensed premises for person under 18(8) | Delivering alcohol to person under 18(8)
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|---|
| Avon and Somerset | — | — | —
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| Bedfordshire | — | — | —
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| Cambridgeshire | — | — | —
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| Cheshire | — | 1 | —
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| Cleveland | — | 1 | —
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| Cumbria | — | | —
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| Derbyshire | — | | —
|
| Devon and Cornwall | — | | —
|
| Dorset | 5 | — | —
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| Durham | — | — | —
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| Essex | — | — | —
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| Gloucestershire | — | — | —
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| Greater Manchester | — | 1 | —
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| Hampshire | — | 1 | —
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| Hertfordshire | — | — | 1
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| Humberside | 2 | | —
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| Kent | — | — | —
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| Lancashire | — | 1 | —
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| Leicestershire | — | 1 | —
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| Lincolnshire | — | — | —
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| London, City of | — | — | —
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| Merseyside | — | — | —
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| Metropolitan police | — | — | 1
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| Norfolk | — | — | —
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| Northamptonshire | — | — | —
|
| Northumbria | 1 | — | —
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| North Yorkshire | — | — | —
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| Nottinghamshire | — | — | —
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| South Yorkshire | — | — | —
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| Staffordshire | — | 1 | —
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| Suffolk | — | — | —
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| Surrey | — | — | —
|
| Sussex | — | — | —
|
| Thames Valley(9) | — | — | —
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| Warwickshire | — | — | —
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| West Mercia | — | — | —
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| West Midlands | — | — | —
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| West Yorkshire | 2 | — | —
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| Wiltshire | — | — | —
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| Dyfed-Powys | — | — | —
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| Gwent | — | — | —
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| North Wales | — | — | —
|
| South Wales | — | — | —
|
| Total | 10 | 7 | 2
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Number
| Offence breakdown
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|---|
| Police force area | Purchasing alcohol for consumption in a bar in licensed premises for person under 18 | Allowing consumption of alcohol by a person under 18 in bar in licensed premises(8) | Total PNDs issued relating to buying, selling etc alcohol to persons under 18
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|---|
| Avon and Somerset | — | — | —
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| Bedfordshire | — | — | —
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| Cambridgeshire | — | — | —
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| Cheshire | 1 | — | 2
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| Cleveland | 2 | — | 3
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| Cumbria | — | — | —
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| Derbyshire | 1 | — | 1
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| Devon and Cornwall | — | 1 | 1
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| Dorset | — | — | 5
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| Durham | — | — | —
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| Essex | 1 | — | 1
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| Gloucestershire | — | — | —
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| Greater Manchester | 2 | 2 | 5
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| Hampshire | 3 | — | 4
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| Hertfordshire | — | — | 1
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| Humberside | — | — | 2
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| Kent | 2 | — | 2
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| Lancashire | 5 | — | 6
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| Leicestershire | 1 | — | 2
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| Lincolnshire | — | — | —
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| London, City of | — | — | —
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| Merseyside | 8 | — | 8
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| Metropolitan police | 2 | — | 3
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| Norfolk | — | — | —
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| Northamptonshire | 1 | — | 1
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| Northumbria | — | — | 1
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| North Yorkshire | — | — | —
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| Nottinghamshire | 2 | — | 2
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| South Yorkshire | 2 | — | 2
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| Staffordshire | — | — | 1
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| Suffolk | — | — | —
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| Surrey | — | — | —
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| Sussex | — | — | —
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| Thames Valley(9) | 1 | — | 1
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| Warwickshire | — | — | —
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| West Mercia | — | — | —
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| West Midlands | 2 | — | 2
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| West Yorkshire | — | — | 2
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| Wiltshire | — | — | —
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| Dyfed-Powys | — | — | —
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| Gwent | — | — | —
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| North Wales | 3 | — | 3
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| South Wales | — | — | —
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| Total | 39 | 3 | 61
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(8) New offence added to PND scheme from 1 November 2004.
(9) January to October only.
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Immigration (Illegal Working)
Mr. Leigh:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many employers (a) were investigated between 27 January and 10 February 2003 and (b) have been investigated since 10 February 2003 for offences related to alleged intended or actual employment of illegal workers or facilitation of illegal immigration or other immigration-related offences (i) under the Asylum and Immigration Act 1996, (ii) under the Nationality, Asylum and Immigration Act 2002 and (iii) under other legislation; how many were prosecuted; how many were convicted; and what the (A) minimum, (B) average and (C) maximum sentences imposed were, broken down by offence. [220877]
Mr. Browne:
Internal management information shows that in the financial year 2002–03 301 illegal working operations were reported as having taken place; as a result of these, 1,099 offenders were detected. In the year 2003–04, 697 operations were reported and 2,304 offenders were detected. It is not possible to break down this information into the periods requested.
The latest available information on the number of persons proceeded against for offences under Immigration Acts 1971 to 2002 in England and Wales in the periods requested, together with the penalties imposed, is shown in the table.
Official statistics on the number of people proceeded against during 2004 will be published in autumn 2005 in the Home Office Command Paper "Control of Immigration: Statistics United Kingdom 2004". This will be available from the Home Office Research, Development and Statistics website at http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/immigration1.html
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Number of persons proceeded against at magistrates courts, convicted at all courts and sentence breakdown for offences of facilitation under Immigration Acts 1971 to 1996 in England and Wales, 27 January to 10 February 2003 and 11 February to 31 December 2003(10)
| | 27 January to 10 February 2003
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| | Sentence type
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|---|
Offence description |
Principal statute |
Proceeded against |
Found guilty |
Total sentenced | Absolute/
condition
discharge |
Fine |
Community sentence
|
|---|
| Knowingly facilitating the entry of an illegal entrant | Immigration Act 1971 S.25(1)(a) as amended by Asylum & Immigration Act 1996 S.5 | 13 | 5 | 17 | — | — | —
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| Knowingly facilitating the entry of an asylum claimant | Immigration Act 1971 S.25(1)(b) as amended by Asylum & Immigration Act 1996 S.5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | —
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| Knowingly facilitating leave to remain of persons by means of deception | Immigration Act 1971 S.25(1)(c) as amended by Asylum & Immigration Act 1996 S.5 | — | — | — | — | — | —
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| Employing a person subject to immigration control | Asylum and Immigration Act 1996 S.8 | — | — | — | — | — | —
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| | 27 January to 10 February 2003
|
|---|
| | Sentence type
| Custody length (months)
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|---|
Offence description |
Principal statute | Suspended sentence | Immediate custody |
Minimum |
Average |
Maximum
|
|---|
| Knowingly facilitating the entry of an illegal entrant | Immigration Act 1971 S.25(1)(a) as amended by Asylum & Immigration Act 1996 S.5 | 2 | 15 | 4 | 11.7 | 18
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| Knowingly facilitating the entry of an asylum claimant | Immigration Act 1971 S.25(1)(b) as amended by Asylum & Immigration Act 1996 S.5 | — | — | — | — | —
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| Knowingly facilitating leave to remain of persons by means of deception | Immigration Act 1971 S.25(1)(c) as amended by Asylum & Immigration Act 1996 S.5 | — | — | — | — | —
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| Employing a person subject to immigration control | Asylum and Immigration Act 1996 S.8 | — | — | — | — | —
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| | 11 February to 31 December 2003
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| | Sentence type
|
|---|
Offence description |
Principal statute |
Proceeded against |
Found guilty |
Total sentenced | Absolute/
condition discharge |
Fine |
Community sentence
|
|---|
| Knowingly facilitating the entry of an illegal entrant | Immigration Act 1971 S.25(1)(a) as amended by Asylum & Immigration Act 1996 S.5 | 192 | 138 | 186 | 4 | 1 | 3
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| Knowingly facilitating the entry of an asylum claimant | Immigration Act 1971 S.25(1)(b) as amended by Asylum & Immigration Act 1996 S.5 | 10 | 5 | 4 | — | — | 1
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| Knowingly facilitating leave to remain of persons by means of deception | Immigration Act 1971 S.25(1)(c) as amended by Asylum & Immigration Act 1996 S.5 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 1 | — | 1
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| Employing a person subject to immigration control | Asylum and Immigration Act 1996 S.8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | —
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| | 11 February to 31 December 2003
|
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| | Sentence type
| Custody length (months)
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|---|
Offence description |
Principal statute | Suspended sentence | Immediate custody |
Minimum |
Average |
Maximum
|
|---|
| Knowingly facilitating the entry of an illegal entrant | Immigration Act 1971 S.25(1)(a) as amended by Asylum & Immigration Act 1996 S.5 | 9 | 169 | 2 | 16.3 | 84
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| Knowingly facilitating the entry of an asylum claimant | Immigration Act 1971 S.25(1)(b) as amended by Asylum & Immigration Act 1996 S.5 | — | 3 | 9 | 19 | 36
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| Knowingly facilitating leave to remain of persons by means of deception | Immigration Act 1971 S.25(1)(c) as amended by Asylum & Immigration Act 1996 S.5 | — | 7 | 3 | 13.7 | 42
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| Employing a person subject to immigration control | Asylum and Immigration Act 1996 S.8 | — | — | — | — | —
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(10) Principal immigration offence.
