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ASBOs
Jon Trickett: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many offenders in the Wakefield district area were (a) found to be in breach of their anti-social behaviour orders and (b) given custodial sentences. [20741]
Fiona Mactaggart: The Court Proceedings Database held by my Department holds breach proceedings only where there has been a conviction.
Data on convictions for breach of an anti-social behaviour order (ASBO) are currently available from 1 June 2000 to 31 December 2003. During this period my Department received notification of 1,892 persons receiving ASBOs in England and Wales. Of these, 793 were convicted of breaching their ASBO on one or more occasions. 437 received a custodial sentence for at least one of the breaches. The proportion of persons (356) who did not receive a custodial sentence is 45 per cent.
Data on convictions for breach of an ASBO are available at Criminal Justice System level only. As such data for Wakefield metropolitan district council are not available.
Criminal Injuries Compensation
Dr. Cable: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many applicants to the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme who have unspent convictions under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 were categorised under each of the penalty point categories listed in section 13e of the scheme in each of the last five years for which figures are available. [21211]
Fiona Mactaggart: The Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority advise that penalty point data are not held centrally.
Dr. Cable:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many applicants to the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme who do not have unspent convictions under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 applying for compensation for a murder have (a) been refused or (b) received reduced compensation because the victim had unspent convictions under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 in each of the last five years for which records are available; [21213]
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(2) how many applicants to the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme who have unspent convictions under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 applying for compensation for a murder have (a) been refused and (b) received reduced compensation although the victim did not have any unspent convictions under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 in each of the last five years for which records are available. [21214]
Fiona Mactaggart: The Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority advise that the data they record centrally do not distinguish between refusals and reductions for the victim's convictions and the applicant's convictions, but merely records refusals and reductions on account of convictions. The available data are given in the table.
| Refused | Reduced | |
|---|---|---|
| 2000–01 | 132 | 60 |
| 2001–02 | 209 | 88 |
| 2002–03 | 246 | 105 |
| 2003–04 | 204 | 122 |
| 2004–05 | 236 | 124 |
Dr. Cable: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what percentage of applications for compensation under the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme 2001 have been successful in each year of its operation; [21258]
(2) what percentage of applicants, under the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme 2001, have received compensation for each year of its operation. [21263]
Fiona Mactaggart: The success rate (percentage of applications attracting a monetary award) in the four years 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04 and 2004–05 was 57 per cent., 55 per cent., 55 per cent. and 54 per cent. respectively.
Domestic Violence
Andrew Selous: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what funding has been made available to support the victims of domestic violence and their children in (a) South Bedfordshire district and (b) Dacorum borough in each of the last three years. [20289]
Fiona Mactaggart [holding answer 20 October 2005]: The table shows the allocations of funding which has been made available from the Home Office Building Safer Communities Fund and Domestic Violence Funding, to provide for a range of services for victims of domestic violence and their children in (a) South Bedfordshire district and (b) Dacorum borough in each of the last three years.
The support services provided for include; Mother and Child Drug Abuse outreach work; District and Countywide Domestic Violence Co-ordinators; Refuge worker and Counselling services for Women's Aid Federation of England; Sunflower Centre-Multi-agency support centre victims of sexual assault; and Training and Support for victims of Domestic Violence.
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| South Bedfordshire | Dacorum | |
|---|---|---|
| 2003–04 | 22,000 | 32,380 |
| 2004–05 | 61,631 | 62,590 |
| 2005–06 | 60,000 | 39,000 |
Double-seated Embrace Restraint
Ms Keeble: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many times the double-seated embrace restraint was used in each secure training centre in (a) 2001, (b) 2002 and (c) 2003. [22304]
Fiona Mactaggart: The information requested is not collected centrally.
Drug Smuggling
Andrew Rosindell: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many arrests of people carrying illegal drugs from Jamaica there have been since 2001. [19384]
Dawn Primarolo: I have been asked to reply.
There have been a total of 2,351 arrests by HM Revenue and Customs (formerly HM Customs and Excise) of people carrying illegal drugs from Jamaica since 2001.
Feltham Young Offenders Institution
Dr. Vis: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment he has made of staffing levels at Feltham Young Offenders Institution. [21785]
Fiona Mactaggart: Administrative staffing levels at Feltham are stable with relatively slow turnover. Within officer grades turnover is greater, particularly within the first 12 months that staff are in post. Historically, Feltham has experienced recruitment difficulties but this situation has improved, with more staff being recruited from the local area and a proactive approach ensuring that high numbers of vacancies do not occur. Sickness levels have also drastically improved over the last three years
Kamel Bourgass
Mr. Meacher: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 27 June 2005, Official Report, column 1243W, on Kamel Bourgass, if he will estimate the approximate date when the information was passed from the police to the Home Office and Ministers; and when Porton Down passed this information to Ministers. [11813]
Mr. Charles Clarke:
Following the police raid on 5 January 2003, a pestle and mortar was found in the flat on 6 January 2003 and sent for analysis. An e-mail sent at 06:02 am on 7 January 2003 from the Terrorism and Protection Unit (TPU) to the Home Secretary's Office confirmed a notification received earlier that morning (no time, medium, source or recipient recorded) that the powder found inside the mortar was ricin—enough for one lethal dose.
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Under the Freedom of Information Act 2005, we have a legal obligation to search for any relevant information before making the decision whether to disclose or apply an exemption.
After a very thorough search I can confirm that the Home Office does not hold any other information relevant to the question.
Mental Health (Prisons)
Dr. Vis: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prisoners have been transferred under sections 47 and 48 of the Mental Health Act 1983 from the dangerous and severe personality disorder units at HMP Whitemoor and Frankland. [21556]
Fiona Mactaggart: A total of 26 prisoners that have been in contact with the prison based DSPD units at HMP Whitemoor and Frankland have been transferred under section 47 of the Mental Health Act 1983, to high secure hospitals. No prisoners were transferred under section 48.
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