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Police Accidents
Mr. Gale: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many accidents involving Kent police (a) pursuit and (b) patrol vehicles and drivers and members of the public resulting in serious injuries or death there were in each of the last five years for which figures are available. [223807]
Ms Blears [holding answer 24 march 2005]: It has not been possible to provide an answer in the time available before Prorogation.
Mr. Gale: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many accidents involving Metropolitan police (a) pursuit and (b) patrol vehicles and drivers and members of the public resulting in serious injuries or death there were in each of the last five years for which figures are available. [223808]
Ms Blears [holding answer 25 March 2005]: It has not been possible to provide an answer in the time available before Prorogation.
Mr. Gale: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many accidents involving police (a) pursuit and (b) patrol cars and drivers and members of the public resulting in serious injuries or death there were in each of the last five years for which figures are available. [223809]
Ms Blears [holding answer 24 March 2005]: It has not been possible to provide an answer in the time available before Prorogation.
Police and Crime Statistics (Nottinghamshire)
Mr. Allen: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment he has made of the trends in crime in (a) Nottinghamshire and (b) the City Division of Nottinghamshire police area since 2000; and if he will make a statement. [223206]
Ms Blears: It has not been possible to provide an answer in the time available before Prorogation.
Police Funding
David Davis: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list (a) the ring-fenced sources of funding his Department currently makes available to police forces in England and Wales and (b) the ring-fenced sources of funding his Department has made available to police forces in England and Wales since 1997. [223182]
Ms Blears: Most grant to police authorities in England and Wales was made available to be spent at the discretion of individual authorities and chief officers.
A range of specific grants have also been made available that have enabled us to target funds where they are particularly needed. The Crime Fighting Fund, for example, has enabled us to reach and maintain record police officer numbers of over 140,000 at the end of September 2004. Other major ring-fenced funds include:
In addition to these, some forces will have received non-ring fenced grants such as the Rural Policing Fund and smaller grants to help with exceptionally incurred costs or to pilot new initiatives.
A definitive list of all grants paid to police authorities in England and Wales since 1996–97 is not available and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.
Police Staff Council Handbook
Mr. Oaten: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what representations he has received from the Association of Chief Police Officers regarding mandatory adoption of the Police Staff Council handbook; [223875]
(2) whether he plans to require police forces to adopt as standard the Police Staff Council handbook; [223876]
(3) how many police forces in England and Wales have adopted in full the pay and conditions set out in the Police Staff Council handbook. [223877]
Ms Blears [holding answer 4 April 2005]: It has not been possible to provide an answer in the time available before Prorogation.
Police Stop Forms
Mr. Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what research he has commissioned into the administration of stop forms by police forces. [223470]
Ms Blears: It has not been possible to provide an answer in the time available before Prorogation.
Police Superintendents
Mr. Brady: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate he has made of the number of police officers of superintendent rank in England and Wales with one or more staff officers attached to them in each of the last three years for which figures are available. [218878]
Ms Blears: It has not been possible to provide an answer in the time available before Prorogation.
Police Training
Mr. Oaten: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what training new police officers receive in (a) typing and (b) IT skills. [208276]
Ms Blears: It has not been possible to provide an answer in the time available before Prorogation.
Pre-trial Procedures
Mrs. Curtis-Thomas: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the aim is of the direct communication with victims initiative; and what effect he expects it will have on pre-trial procedures between prosecutors and witnesses. [218868]
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Paul Goggins: It has not been possible to provide an answer in the time available before Prorogation.
Prevention of Terrorism (Control Orders)
Mr. Oaten: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many individuals are subject to control orders. [224132]
Ms Blears: 10 people are currently the subject of non-derogating control orders under the Prevention of Terrorism Act 2005.
Mr. Oaten: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many staff are employed to run the helpline for individuals subject to control orders; what its hours of operation are; how many calls have been received; and what budget has been allocated to the running of the helpline. [224133]
Mr. Charles Clarke: The control order contact number is manned by a dedicated team of three staff who administer the Control Orders. It is manned during office hours Monday-Friday. Running costs are being met from existing budgets. Separate arrangements exist for emergency out of hours contact. In relation to the number of telephone calls received, it is not departmental policy to comment on the detailed operation of Control Orders.
Mr. Oaten: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what mechanisms are in place to ensure that individuals subject to control orders comply with the conditions of the order. [224147]
Mr. Charles Clarke: There are a range of measures in place to monitor compliance with the obligation imposed. Any suspected breach of the obligations will be investigated by the police.
Mr. Oaten: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what arrangements are in place to inform local social services when a control order is imposed on an individual. [224148]
Mr. Charles Clarke: It has not been possible to provide an answer in the time available before Prorogation.
Mr. Oaten: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he plans to provide financial assistance to cover household costs for individuals subject to control orders which prevent them from working; and if he will make a statement. [224227]
Ms Blears: The Government stated within the House of Lords Committee stages of this Act that nothing within this legislation will alter the entitlement for a person in this country to receive benefits.
Control Orders are designed to address the threat posed by an individual's terrorist related activity, not to prevent individuals from gaining access to everyday living expenses.
If a control order imposed restrictions on an individual's ability to work then appropriate arrangements would be made for that individual to receive the state benefits to which s/he is legally entitled.
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Mr. Oaten: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what arrangements are in place to provide assistance to individuals subject to control orders preventing them from visiting shops; and if he will make a statement. [224228]
Ms Blears: As was made clear within parliamentary debates surrounding this Act arrangements are and will continue to be put in place to meet the specific requirements of individual control order cases.
When deciding on the obligations to be placed on the individual proper consideration is given to ensuring that the individual has access to essential services and facilities, while restricting that individuals ability to engage in terrorism related activity.
Mr. Oaten: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department which contractors are providing electronic tagging services for the purposes of control orders. [224229]
Ms Blears: There are two contractors, Premier Monitoring and Group4Securicor, that have five year contracts to provide electronic tagging services. The tagging services for the existing control orders are provided by Premier Monitoring.
Mr. Oaten: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps will be taken to inform police and probation officers responsible for local multi-agency public protection arrangements when a control order is imposed on an individual in that area. [224230]
Ms Blears: A multi-agency approach has been adopted both before and after a control order is made. The police are fully involved in this process. Probation officers would be involved where appropriate, for example, if the subject of the order was on probation.
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