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Police Officers (Hours of Work)
Mr. David Marshall: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many police officer hours have been spent on road traffic duties in each of the last three years. [224259]
Caroline Flint: This information is not available.
Police Salaries
David Davis: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the average salary of (a) a newly trained police constable and (b) a community support officer is, broken down by police force. [210019]
Mr. Charles Clarke: Average salary information is not available.
The table shows the salary of a police constable on completion of initial training and the relevant regional allowance, and community support officers' salaries and allowances, as provided by forces for funding purposes for community support officers to be recruited January to March 2005.
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The pay scales for police constables range from £19,803 for a newly recruited officer, rising to £31,092 for an officer with 11 year's service. Additionally, a constable who has served at the top of the pay scale for one year has access to a competence-related threshold payment of £1,032 per year.
There is no national pay scale for community support officers.
(16)Shift allowance is included in basic salary.
(17)This figure is when the higher of one of two Kent location allowances is paid, the salary plus allowance figure when the lower location allowance is paid is £165 less.
Police Stations/Cell Blocks
Mr. Brady: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list (a) all newly built police stations which have not been used and (b) all newly built police cell blocks which have not been used which are not in use due to staff resource constraints; giving the full construction cost of each. [218895]
Ms Blears: We do not keep central records of when newly built police buildings are completed or brought into use.
Mr. Brady:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate he has made of the number of (a) newly built police stations and (b) newly built
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police cell blocks for which private finance initiative contracts were agreed and which do not meet the Home Office guidelines. [218896]
Ms Blears: As far as I am aware there are no newly built police stations or cell blocks for which private finance initiative (PFI) contracts were agreed and which do not meet the principles of the Home Office guidelines that were in operation at the time contracts were let.
Prevention of Terrorism Bill
Mr. Dalyell: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what provisions of the Prevention of Terrorism Bill will be subject to Sewel motions. [212318]
Mr. Charles Clarke: Terrorism is a reserved matter. A Sewel motion is not necessary in respect of any of the provisions of the Prevention of Terrorism Act 2005.
Prisons
Mrs. Gillan: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what assessment his Department has made of the likely effects of the programme of mothballing prison places; [218146]
(2) how many prison places have been mothballed at each (a) public and (b) privately operated prison establishment. [218150]
Paul Goggins: The National Offender Management Service (NOMS) has implemented a plan to reduce overcrowding levels in some establishments and take out of use some accommodation due for refurbishment slightly earlier than planned. Both these measures will improve prison conditions.
The prison population will be carefully monitored and the accommodation brought back into use should this be necessary.
Sexual Abuse (Historical Cases)
Mrs. Curtis-Thomas: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many and what percentage of prisoners interviewed by the police in relation to historical sex abuse cases were taken to (a) an external location and (b) a specially equipped suite for their interview in each of the last five years; [218790]
(2) how many and what percentage of prisoners interviewed by the police in relation to historical sex abuse cases were taken to (a) an external location and (b) a specially equipped suite for their interview in each of the last five years. [210004]
Ms Blears: This information is not available.
Special Constables (Cheshire)
Mr. George Osborne: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many special constables there were in Cheshire in (a) 1997 and (b) 2005. [224233]
Ms Blears:
At 31 March 1997 there were 475 special constables in Cheshire. Figures for 2005 are not yet available.
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Targets
Mr. Bercow: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent assessment he has made of whether the public service agreement target to reduce robbery in the 10 Street Crime Initiative areas by 14 per cent. from 1999–2000 levels by 2005 will be met. [219103]
Ms Blears: Performance against the Home Office targets is published in the Annual Report and the Autumn Performance Report available in the Library and on the Home Office website (www.homeoffice.gov.uk).
Terrorist Suspects (False Identity)
Lynne Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will publish the information he has received on the use of false identities by terrorist suspects. [216004]
Mr. Charles Clarke: The Home Office receives information from a variety of sources on the use of false identities by terrorists and those suspected of terrorism. Due to the nature of the information much of it is classified and cannot be published.
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