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Asylum Accommodation Centres

Tony Baldry: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the cost was of (a) investigating the suitability of and (b) the planning process, including the cost of any public inquiries or
 
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litigation when relevant, in respect of each site that Government consider for accommodation centres for asylum seekers. [5813]

Mr. McNulty: The information is not available in the form requested. It could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

Automatic Number Plate Recognition

Tom Brake: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many automatic number plate recognition readers are (a) in place and (b) planned, broken down by police authority. [3958]

Paul Goggins: The total number of current, and planned, automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) readers is not collated by the Home Office and is a matter for individual police forces and their partners.

Drugs Offences (London)

Sarah Teather: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people were charged with possession of (a) class A, (b) class B and (c) class C drugs in each London borough in each of the last five years. [5272]

Paul Goggins: The information on charging for these offences is not centrally available.

EU Presidency

Kate Hoey: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what communication activities are planned in relation to the policy areas covered by his Department during the UK presidency of the EU; and what budget has been allocated for these activities. [1645]

Andy Burnham: External communications activity for the UK presidency of the EU is being coordinated centrally by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Within the Home Office external communications activity has been provided for by existing budgets for EU work and no additional budget agreed. External communications work for the presidency will include media handling around JHA councils, the JHA informal, smaller Home Office presidency seminars and events on themes such as resettlement, new detection technology, e-borders and the safe use of the internet, and joint seminars with other agencies. The Home Office and the Department for Constitutional Affairs will join together to make a short video outlining justice and home affairs presidency priorities.

Immigration and Nationality Directorate

Sarah Teather: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many referrals of (a) immigration, (b) asylum and (c) naturalisation cases to the immigration and nationality directorate by hon. Members there have been in each year since 2001, broken down by constituency. [2522]

Mr. McNulty: During the period 1 January 2001 to 31 December 2004 the immigration and nationality directorate (IND) received 109,331 letters from Members of Parliament about case-related asylum, immigration and nationality matters. These included both letters sent for ministerial reply and those to which
 
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replies were sent by officials. The breakdown by constituency is given in a table which has been placed in the Library.

Managed Migration Directorate

Mr. Lidington: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the letter of 28 April to the hon. Member for Aylesbury from NCC5 of the managed migration directorate, whether case S1081532 has now been allocated to a caseworker; and when he expects the applicant to be notified of the decision. [4257]

Mr. McNulty: This case is under consideration in the immigration and nationality directorate (IND). The circumstances of the case are not straightforward and it is likely to be some weeks before a decision can be made.

Micro Bikes

Alison Seabeck: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many incidences of "micro" or "pocket" bikes being ridden illegally on-road there have been in each year since 2002; and how many of those incidences related to underage riders; [3886]

(2) how many successful prosecutions for the illegal riding of "pocket" or "micro" bikes there have been in each year since 2002, broken down by region. [3887]

Paul Goggins: It is not possible to identify those offences relating to the use of "pocket" or "micro" bikes from the data collected on the Home Office court proceedings database or by recorded crime.

Olufemi Ojemuyiwa

Mr. Laurence Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on the progress of the application by Olufemi Ojemuyiwa, reference A1194808, for indefinite leave to stay in the United Kingdom. [6147]

Mr. McNulty [holding answer 21 June 2005]: It is our usual practice only to disclose information about an individual's immigration case to his or her constituency MP.

Shooting

Mr. Swire: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many fatalities were caused as a result of the shooting of foxes and ground game at night in each of the past five years. [6053]

Paul Goggins: The information requested is not collected centrally.

Voluntary/Community Activity

Mr. Paul Goodman: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what progress has been made towards the public service agreement target of increasing voluntary and community activity, including increased community participation, by 5 per cent. by 2006. [3224]

Paul Goggins: Voluntary and community sector organisations have a crucial role to play in the reinvigoration of civic life and it is important that people are given more opportunities and support to become
 
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actively involved in their communities. Performance against the Home Department's targets is published in the annual report and the autumn performance report available at the House Library and on the Home Office website (www.homeoffice.gov.uk). The Home Office annual report for 2004–05 with the latest performance information was published on 20 June 2005.

NORTHERN IRELAND

Addiction

Mrs. Iris Robinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what funding has been provided for addiction (a) treatment and (b) rehabilitation in the Province in each of the last 10 years. [5333]

Mr. Woodward: The information requested on funding for drug and alcohol treatment and rehabilitation is not available centrally.

In relation to rehabilitation, this is an integral part of all drug and alcohol treatment whether community or inpatient based. The cost of this generic rehabilitation cannot be disaggregated from the total costs of such programmes. The majority of drug rehabilitation can and does take place in the community as part of an overall community care and rehabilitation programme and provision exists within each board area to refer individuals to residential rehabilitation centres outside Northern Ireland if deemed to be clinically appropriate.

I will write to the hon. Lady with the information as soon as it is received from health and social services boards.

Education and Library Board Services

Lady Hermon: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will provide additional funding to the South Eastern Education and Library Board to enable it to reverse its recent announcement of cuts to school crossing patrol services within its catchment area. [3488]

Angela E. Smith: Further to my answer about the change in funding for Education and Library Board services for 2005–06 of 20 June 2005, Official Report, column 848W, I can also advise that boards have significant flexibility in deciding how to use resources allocated to them and, therefore, the decision to reduce the number of crossing patrols in the South Eastern Board is an operational matter for the Board.

I am assured by the Board that school crossing patrols have only been removed in a small number of areas, and that, in all cases, the Board is satisfied that removal of the service does not jeopardise the safety of children.

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