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Terrorism
Ms Butler: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people have been (a) arrested and (b) detained under the Terrorism Acts, broken down by ethnic origin. [21566]
Hazel Blears:
Statistics on the number of arrests under the Terrorism Act 2000 and the outcomes of those arrests, are published on the Home Office website on the following link: http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/security/terrorism-and-the-law/terrorism-act/Statistics on the
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ethnic origin of those arrested, charged or convicted under the Terrorism Act 2000 are not available because this information is not centrally collated.
Under-age Drinking (Gravesham)
Mr. Holloway: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what sum in fines was imposed for the sale of alcohol to under-18s in Gravesham in 2003. [20082]
Hazel Blears: The sum of fines imposed in 2003 for the sale of alcohol to under-18s in Gravesham was £950. This figure relates to Dartford and Gravesham adult court for the offence; Selling etc. intoxicating liquor to persons under 18 for consumption on the premises".
Vandalism
Mr. Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate he has made of the cost of vandalism in each local authority in the last period for which figures are available. [20634]
Hazel Blears: Such estimates have not been made for each local authority area.
Victims Code of Practice
Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on the progress of the consultation exercise on the Victims Code of Practice. [19032]
Fiona Mactaggart: The final Code of Practice for Victims of Crime was laid before Parliament on 19 October 2005. A summary of responses to the consultation on the code, which ended on 30 May 2005, was also published on the same day. The Code of Practice for Victims of Crime will come into force in April 2006.
Visas (Poojaris)
Sarah Teather: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he expects to make a decision on the rules on granting visas to poojaris following his Department's consultation on visas for ministers of religion; and if he will make a statement. [23480]
Mr. McNulty: I refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave on 27 October 2005, Official Report, column 538W.
Young Offenders
Dr. Vis: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many temporary staff are employed in each young offenders institution. [21791]
Fiona Mactaggart:
Information on the number of casual staff, staff on fixed term contracts and agency staff within each young offender institution is contained in the following table. Figures are provided on a full-time equivalent basis for 30 September 2005.
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Dr. Vis: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the average number of days of staff sickness absense was in each young offenders institution in 2004–05. [21792]
Fiona Mactaggart: The first table shows the average number of working days, lost due to staff sickness in all young offender institutions in 2004–05.
The second table shows the average number of working days lost due to staff sickness in all public sector Prison Service juvenile establishments in 2004–05. Information on the privately operated juvenile prison Ashfield young offender institution, is not available, as this is commercial in confidence.
John Cummings: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many drug addicted young offenders from Easington constituency have been sentenced in each of the last three years. [20348]
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Fiona Mactaggart: The Court Proceedings Database that is used for Home Office sentencing statistics does not include information on whether an offender is addicted to drugs at the time of sentence.
Mr. Iain Wright: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what flexibility local magistrates have in deciding whether to publish the names of youths (a) with antisocial behaviour orders and (b) convicted of other offences. [20934]
Hazel Blears: Under the Children and Young Person's Act 1933, section 49, automatic reporting restrictions apply in all youth courts. It has been an established principle in British law since 1933 that juvenile defendants should not have their identity made public in criminal cases unless the court feels that the public interest requires it. The courts do not routinely grant such applications and each case is considered on its own merits.
There are no automatic reporting restrictions on antisocial behaviour orders (ASBOs) as they are civil orders. However, courts do have the power to impose reporting restrictions in ASBO cases and where they are imposed, they must be adhered to.
Breach of an ASBO is a criminal offence and until recently young people who breached their ASBOs were protected by the automatic reporting restrictions of the youth court. However, provisions in the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 removed these automatic restrictions which means ASBO breaches by young people can now be reported. Reporting restrictions have only been lifted on cases of Breach of ASBOs in the youth court, they remain in place for other youth court matters.
Zimbabwean Farmers
Andrew Rosindell: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many Zimbabwean farmers have been granted asylum in the UK since 2001. [22964]
Mr. McNulty:
The requested information is not available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost. Information on the occupation of asylum seekers is not routinely collected as part of the processing of asylum applications and is not centrally collated.
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Information on initial decisions and appeal outcomes is published quarterly and annually. The next publication covering the third quarter of 2005 will be available on 22 November 2005 on the Home Office Research Development and Statistics Directorate website at http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/immigration1.html.
HEALTH
Your Health, Your Care, Your Say" Consultation
Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the budget is for the Your Health, Your Care, Your Say" consultation exercise; and how much has been spent on it to date. [18819]
Mr. Byrne: The estimated central cost of the nationally organised elements of the Your Health, Your Care, Your Say" consultation, excluding Department of Health staff costs, is £1,245,000. Funding it comes from the Department's running costs budget. Under resource accounting, £975,000 has been spent, or assigned for expenditure.
Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for Health who will be formally consulted as part of the Your Health, Your Care, Your Say" consultation exercise. [18822]
Mr. Byrne: The Your Health, Your Care, Your Say" consultation is designed to consult the public on what they want from community health and social care services. Alongside this public consultation, a wide range of health and social care stakeholders and staff are being consulted.
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