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Departmental Budget
Mr. George Osborne: To ask the Solicitor-General what the planned (a) capital and (b) resource budget for the Law Officers' Department is for 2011–12. [223436]
The Solicitor-General: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by the Financial Secretary to the Treasury on 4 April 2005, Official Report, column 1170W.
Legal Advice (Iraq)
Lynne Jones: To ask the Solicitor-General on how many occasions since 1997 law officers' advice had been presented to the Cabinet orally, prior to the Attorney-General's oral presentation to the Cabinet of his advice on the legality of the war in Iraq. [224712]
The Solicitor-General: It has not proved possible to respond to my hon. Friend in the time available before Prorogation.
Lenient Sentences
Mr. Amess: To ask the Solicitor-General, how many unduly lenient sentences for crimes committed by serving police officers have been referred to the Court of Appeal in (a) England, (b) Essex and (c) Southend in each of the last five years; and how many appeals have been upheld in each of those years. [224921]
The Solicitor-General: Records are kept by the Legal Secretariat to the Law Officers on the cases referred to Law Officers by prosecution agencies and those brought to the attention of Law Officers by direct correspondence. Records kept in the present form commenced in 2002.
Records are not organised by offenders' employment. Therefore, it is not possible to identify with certainty the number of references for the period when records commenced involving serving police officers.
Some data has been obtained by searching for references which contain the words serving police officer". The following data was obtained:
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2002—One case referred to the Court of Appeal which concerned a retired Metropolitan police officer. The sentence was unchanged.
2003—One case referred to the Court of Appeal which concerned a Kent police officer. The sentence was increased.
2004—Two cases were received by the Law Officers which involved police officers. The first concerned a retired Yorkshire constabulary officer. This was referred to the Court of Appeal which concluded the sentence was not unduly lenient. The second concerned a retired Metropolitan police officer. This was not referred to the Court of Appeal.
2005—One case has been received by the Law Officers which involved two serving police officers from the Surrey Constabulary. It was not referred to the Court of Appeal.
Ministerial Visits
Keith Vaz: To ask the Solicitor-General how many EU countries the Attorney-General has visited since his appointment. [220091]
The Solicitor-General: It has not proved possible to respond to my hon. Friend in the time available before Prorogation.
National Intelligence Database
Mr. Barnes: To ask the Solicitor-General what procedures (a) Government Departments and agencies and (b) local authorities with independent prosecuting authority for particular criminal offences use to forward details of convictions, cautions and intelligence on possible criminals to (i) the Criminal Records Bureau and (ii) the Police National Computer; what amendments to these procedures are proposed in relation to the National Intelligence Database; and if she will make a statement. [223002]
The Solicitor-General: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available for Prorogation.
Offences (Statutory Charging)
Mr. Amess: To ask the Solicitor-General pursuant to her answer of 8 March 2005, Official Report, column 1637W, on Crown Prosecution Service (Essex Pilot), how many offences have been brought to justice through statutory charging in each of the areas where statutory charging is in operation. [222418]
The Solicitor-General: Between 17 May 2004 and 9 November 2004, statutory charging became operational in 14 police/CPS Areas. The number of cases which received early advice and charging decisions, and were finalised as convictions in each area since the area's implementation of statutory charging are as follows:
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Rape/Sexual Assault
Vera Baird: To ask the Solicitor-General what research the law officers have (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the reasons for the attrition rate in rape prosecutions. [215578]
The Solicitor-General: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Vera Baird: To ask the Solicitor-General what plans she has to ask the Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate further to investigate the way in which rape is prosecuted in England and Wales. [215579]
The Solicitor-General: The Criminal Justice Chief Inspectors' Group intend to include a follow-up to the joint inspection of Investigation and Prosecution of Cases Involving Allegations of Rape" (the report of which was published by HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate and HM Inspectorate of Constabulary in April 2002) in its programme for 2005–06. Details of the programme have not been finalised, it is likely to be in the second half of the year.
EDUCATION AND SKILLS
Adult Education (Crosby)
Mrs. Curtis-Thomas: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what public funding has been spent on adult (a) literacy and (b) numeracy in Crosby in each of the last five years. [223885]
Mr. Ivan Lewis: It has not proved possible to respond in the time available before Prorogation.
Adult Learning Inspectorate
Mr. Maples: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how much has been spent in legal fees by the Adult Learning Inspectorate in contesting the unfair dismissal and sex discrimination cases brought by Mrs Lesley Virr; and who authorised this expenditure. [224744]
Mr. Ivan Lewis:
It has not proved possible to respond in the time available before Prorogation.
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Mr. Maples: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how much the Adult Learning Inspectorate spent on legal fees in the 12 months to 31 March. [224747]
Mr. Ivan Lewis: It has not proved possible to respond in the time available before Prorogation.
Child Care (York)
Hugh Bayley: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many child care places have been created in York since 1997. [224648]
Margaret Hodge: It has not proved possible to respond in the time available before Prorogation.
Child Protection
Mr. Dawson: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what action she is taking to address the issues raised by Operation Paladin Child. [224343]
Margaret Hodge: It has not proved possible to respond in the time available before Prorogation.
Mr. Dawson: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if she will make a statement on the proposed replacement of child protection measures with the integrated children's system. [224344]
Margaret Hodge [holding answer 5 April 2005]: The Integrated Children's System (ICS) has been designed to enable social services and partner agencies to achieve better outcomes for children in need.
In the longer term, as the ICS becomes widely used, its supporting IT system will enable child protection and other children's services staff to identify children on the system who have been the subject of enquiries into whether they are at risk of suffering, or have suffered, significant harm; have been the subject of a child protection conference; or who are the subject of a child protection plan.
Once the system is developed and operating, there will no longer be a need for local authorities to maintain a Child Protection Register separate from or additional to the Integrated Children's System. No date has yet been identified for this change to be completed.
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