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Anti-terrorism Legislation
Tim Loughton:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people were detained by the police under anti-terrorism legislation during the (a) Labour party conference in Brighton,
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(b) Conservative party conference in Blackpool and (c) Liberal Democrats conference in Blackpool. [18987]
Hazel Blears: The only detention power exercised under anti-terrorism legislation at any of the party conferences was the power to detain a person while conducting a search authorised by Section 44 of the Terrorism Act 2000. The power to detain a person under this provision relates only to the amount of time reasonably required to conduct a search. Numbers of stops and searches under Section 44 of the Terrorism Act 2000 are not collected centrally below police force area level.
Statistics on stop and search are available on the Research, Development and Statistics page of the Home Office website.
The Home Office Statistical Bulletin: 'Arrests for Notifiable Offences and the Operation of Certain Police Powers under PACE; England andWales,' details stops and searches under the Terrorism Act 2000, broken down by police force over financial years. The bulletin also shows subsequent arrests. The most recently available figures can be found on the Home Office website at:
Arrest Warrants
Dr. Starkey: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether the police have the power to effect an arrest warrant in respect of a person while he is in an aeroplane on a runway at Heathrow. [17120]
Hazel Blears: Under section 17(1)(a) of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (PACE) a constable may enter and search any premises for the purpose of executing a search warrant of arrest issued in connection with or arising out of criminal proceedings. An aircraft is specified under the meaning of 'premises' through section 23(a) of PACE.
Asylum Seekers
Mr. Clegg: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many Iraqi asylum seekers were receiving section 4 support from the National Asylum Support Service as at 31 July (a) 2005 and (b) 2004. [18984]
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Mr. McNulty [holding answer 17 October 2005]: Information on the number supported under section four for 31 July 2004 is not available. On 31 July 2005 there were 6115 1 nationals of Iraq in receipt of section four support.
Mr. Clegg: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate he has made of the number of refused asylum seekers who did not make section four declarations in each of the last five years. [20444]
Mr. McNulty [holding answer 21 October 2005]: The information requested is not available.
Available information on the number of failed asylum seekers that have been granted section four support is published quarterly. The next publication covering the third quarter of 2005 (July to September) will be available on 22 November on the Home Office Research Development and Statistics Directorate website at http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/immigration1.html
Bruche Police Training Centre
Helen Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department on what information the Minister of State based his statement in a letter dated 13 July to the hon. Member for Warrington, North that there are currently no immediate plans to close the Bruche Police Training Centre. [16893]
Hazel Blears: Bruche is the property of the Central Police Training and Development Agency (Centrex) and, as such, the decision to sell the site is the responsibility of the Centrex board, based on advice from the Centrex chief executive.
When I wrote to you on 13 July, no decision had been taken to close any Centrex site. Centrex were, however, considering various plans that involved closure of sites. At the Centrex board meeting on 21 July, the decision was taken to close three of Centrex's sites at the end of May 2006 when they cease providing foundation training to the police service.
Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act
Dr. Whitehead: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he expects the process of enabling agencies to comment on the draft regulations required under section 2 of the Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005 to be completed. [19209]
Hazel Blears: Opportunity to comment on the draft Gating Order regulations made under section two of the Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005 ended on 14 October 2005. Responses are currently being evaluated and the Home Office will consider commencement in light of these comments.
Community Legal Service (Scope) Regulations
Mr. Andrew Smith: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what research his Department has commissioned on the effects of the Community Legal Service (Scope) Regulations 2004. [19484]
Bridget Prentice:
I have been asked to reply.
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The asylum legal aid reforms introduced in April 2004, including the withdrawal of funding for the interview stage, were subject to a review in July 2004 by the Secretary of State.
This review included meetings with the Legal Services Commission (LSC), the Law Society and immigration legal practitioners, including representatives of the Immigration Law Practitioners' Association and the Legal Aid Practitioners Group. The agreed way forward included consideration of options for providing greater certainty over costs to suppliers without any increase in average cost.
The Government have given a public commitment to evaluate these reforms and work towards this is in hand.
Correspondence
Mr. Lidington: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when his Department will reply to the letter of 1 July from the hon. Member for Aylesbury to the Secretary of the Immigration and Nationality Directorate about the case of Mr. A.M., husband of Mrs. F.R. of Aylesbury, case reference LR 1476013470/1. [20372]
Mr. McNulty [holding answer 21 October 2005]: I wrote to the hon. Member on 21 October 2005.
Clare Short: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when the Minister for Immigration will reply to the letters from the right hon. Member for Birmingham, Ladywood, of 29 July and 26 September regarding Mrs. Basma Rahman, Home Office Reference Number K1149709. [21058]
Mr. McNulty: I replied to my right hon. Friend on 24 October 2005.
Crime and Disorder Statistics
Mr. Hands: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the areas within the London borough of Hammersmith and Fulham that have been designated under section 30 of the Anti-social Behaviour Act 2003. [3426]
Hazel Blears: The Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis tells me that three areas in the London borough of Hammersmith and Fulham have been designated under section 30 of the Anti-social Behaviour Act.
These are the Cleverley Estate in Shepherds Bush from July 2004 to October 2004, Sanford Manor Estate, Cambria Road, Fulham from October 2004 to April 2005 and Sulivan Court, Peterborough Road, Fulham from November 2004 to May 2005.
Dr. Kumar: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many offences of (a) violence against the person, (b) sexual crime (c) robberies, (d) burglaries and (e) theft of a vehicle were recorded in the Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency. [18706]
Hazel Blears:
The Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency comes within the Middlesbrough crime and disorder reduction partnership area. The number of recorded offences for the crimes requested are given in the table.
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(41) The Sexual Offences Act 2003, introduced in May 2004, altered the definition and coverage of sexual offences.
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