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Departmental Staff

Mike Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many staff in his Department were (a) civil servants, (b) contractors and (c) other staff in each year since 1997. [27446]

Mr. Charles Clarke: The number of staff who were (a) civil servants, (b) contractors, (c) other staff in each year since 1997 is as in the following table:
Home Office
Prison Service
Civil servantContractorsOthersCivil servantContractors
19979,30940,208
19988,02942,101
19997,67543,108
20009,23043,931
200112,98044,163
200213,57345,586
200319,58947,247
-19,233
200419,72948,620466.1
-19,267
200519,6301532,50348,501394.9
-19,317









 
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FSC
FSS
UKPS
Civil servantContractors and othersCivil servantContractors and othersStaff at end of year
1997177n/a1,1571042,125
1998213n/a1,2091592,199
1999148n/a1,4812281,970
2000140n/a1,7601752,326
2001150n/a2,0422652,757(76)
2002(31)(31)2,4132673,128(303)
2003(31)(31)2,5212082,656
2004(31)(31)2,5791183,100
2005(31)(31)2,5311113,190


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Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many civilian staff employed by his Department have been made redundant in each year since 1995; and if he will make a statement. [34329]


 
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Mr. Charles Clarke: The number of civilian staff employed by the Home Office Department who have been made redundant in each year since 1995 are as follows:
Home OfficePrison ServiceUnited Kingdom Passport ServiceForensic Science ServiceFire Service College
199522Not available008
199626Not available080
199712Not available0470
1998312000
1999216010
2000214 00
200128 01
2002614 100
200335 84 Ceases to be HO agency
200403 52
200504 4

Direct Mail Contracts

Norman Baker: To ask the Secretary of State for theHome Department how many contracts for direct mail were signed by his Department in (a) 2005–06 to date and (b) 2004–05; and what the value was in each case. [27783]

Mr. Charles Clarke: The Department has awarded one contract for direct mail in 2005–06. The value of the spend to date is £17,200. The Department did not award any contracts for direct mail in 2004–05.

DNA Profiles

Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people who have not been charged or cautioned for an offence have DNA profiles stored in the police national database; and if he will make a statement. [34330]

Andy Burnham: There are 139,463 people who have a DNA profile on the national DNA database (NDNAD) who have not been charged or cautioned with an offence.

This figure comprises: 124,347 people who have a DNA profile on the NDNAD who have been arrested and subsequently not been charged or cautioned with an offence. This information was provided by the Police Information Technology Organisation (PITO) and obtained from the police national computer (PNC) which is linked to the NDNAD; and 15,116 volunteer sample profile records retained on the NDNAD.

A volunteer sample is a DNA sample taken from an individual in relation to the investigation of an offence for elimination purposes and not as a result of the individual having been arrested in connection with an offence. The volunteer must give written consent to provide the sample; and can also volunteer to have their DNA profile held on the database by providing separate written consent for this. Volunteer samples may be taken from, for example, the victim of a crime, a third party, a member of a population identified for an intelligence-led screen or from an individual at their request.

Grant Shapps: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many children under the age of 18 years have been added to the national DNA database in each year since 1996. [38505]

Andy Burnham: The estimated number of records of individuals aged 10–17 years added to the national DNA database in each year since 1995 is shown in the following table. The figures take account of replicate sample records on the database.
 
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Estimated number of 10 to 17-year-olds added to the database
19953,163
199611,719
199718,387
199832,810
199942,631
200070,627
200195,471
200296,359
200386,291
2004101,503
2005 to date126,787

Domestic Violence

Mr. Burstow: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 3 November 2005, Official Report, column 1253W, on domestic violence, what surveys on child and elder abuse have been undertaken by his Department in each of the last five years. [29559]

Hazel Blears: The Home Office has not undertaken any dedicated surveys on child and elder abuse.

Drug Testing (Drivers)

Miss McIntosh: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the (a) unit cost per test and (b) cost of the necessary equipment for testing for drugs while driving is using the latest methods of testing saliva; whether he plans to make these tests available for roadside testing; and if he will make a statement. [28590]

Paul Goggins: The Railways and Transport Safety Act 2003 amends the Road Traffic Act 1988 to authorise the police to conduct compulsory roadside test for impairment and for the presence of drugs. Any equipment used to test for drugs by testing a specimen of sweat or saliva must be of a type approved by the Secretary of State. Since there is as yet no such equipment, tests cannot at present be conducted. It is therefore not possible to give the unit cost per test or the cost of the equipment necessary to conduct the test.
 
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A detailed device specification is currently in preparation. We hope this will be available in early 2006. Manufacturers will then be able to submit to the rigorous type approval process any device they have developed which complies with the specification.

Drugs

Mr. Oaten: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he will publish drug seizure and offender statistics for England and Wales for 2003; and what the reasons are for the delay in publication. [37900]

Paul Goggins: These statistics have been published within Drug offenders in England and Wales 2003" (findings 256, 1 March 2005) and Seizures of drugs in England and Wales, 2003" (findings 265, 25 August 2005). Both of these publications, along with respective supplementary tables, are available online at http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/rfpubs1.htm.

Mr. Oaten: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many individuals were sentenced to immediate custody for unlawful possession of cannabis in 2004 in cases where that was the most serious offence for which the individual was sentenced. [37901]

Paul Goggins: There were 161 persons sentenced to immediate custody for possession of cannabis, out of 13,302 sentenced for this offence in 2004. These figures relate to cases where the possession offence attracted the highest penalty.

Mr. Ruffley: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) arrests, (b) convictions and (c) cautions for offences relating to (i) possession and (ii) dealing in class (A) A, (B) B and (C) C drugs there were in each police authority area in 2004. [35467]

Paul Goggins: Data from the court proceedings database held by the Office for Criminal Justice Reform on the number of cautions and convictions for possession of and dealing in drugs in 2004, broken down by class of drug, is provided in the following table.

The information requested on arrests is not collected centrally.
Number of offenders cautioned for selected drug offences, by police force area: England and Wales, 2004

Offence: Supplying or offering to supply (or being concerned in supplying or offering to supply a controlled drug)
Statute: Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 S4(3)
Police force areaClass A drugsClass B drugsClass C drugs
Avon and Somerset11
Cheshire2
Cumbria1
Cambridgeshire13
Cleveland1
Cumbria2
Derbyshire1
Devon and Cornwall147
Dorset11
Durham1
Essex134
Gloucestershire21
Greater Manchester2210
Hampshire23
Hertfordshire2
Humberside131
Kent233
Lancashire214
Leicestershire14
Lincolnshire14
London141728
Merseyside4
Norfolk3
North Yorkshire225
Northamptonshire3
Northumbria345
Nottinghamshire21
South Yorkshire11
Staffordshire33
Suffolk264
Surrey518
Sussex222
Thames Valley442
Warwickshire431
West Mercia535
West Midlands518
West Yorkshire1124
Dyfed-Powys28
Gwent12
North Wales16
South Wales322
England and Wales9496122

 
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Number of offenders cautioned for selected drug offences, by police force area: England and Wales, 2004

Offence: Having possession of a controlled drug
Statute: Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 S.5(2)
Police force areaClass A drugsClass B drugsClass C drugs
Avon and Somerset233189188
Bedfordshire22625
Cambridgeshire5972160
Cheshire772019
Cleveland4980131
Cumbria7479171
Derbyshire184470
Devon and Cornwall8421239
Dorset6881171
Durham5766104
Essex3425256
Gloucestershire77213234
Greater Manchester192230835
Hampshire171193546
Hertfordshire6260219
Humberside56207126
Kent99292227
Lancashire260406540
Leicestershire29445119
Lincolnshire151355
London7692,6743,373
Merseyside174100733
Norfolk8946189
North Yorkshire7917
Northamptonshire5167290
Northumbria761778634
Nottinghamshire433271
South Yorkshire8163216
Staffordshire1984675
Suffolk4782201
Surrey8190356
Sussex176291313
Thames Valley235150647
Warwickshire846192
West Mercia130116415
West Midlands2293101,246
West Yorkshire242389660
Wiltshire2730167
Dyfed-Powys9049415
Gwent713172
North Wales135162289
South Wales204139399
England and Wales5,57610,11414,605

 
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Number of offenders cautioned for selected drug offences, by police force area: England and Wales, 2004

Offence: Having possession of a controlled drug with intent to supply
Statute: Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 S.5(3)
Police force areaClass A drugsClass B drugsClass C drugs
Avon and Somerset52
Bedfordshire12
Cambridgeshire15
Cheshire411
Cleveland662
Cumbria211
Devon and Cornwall12
Dorset111
Durham1
Essex12
Gloucestershire614
Greater Manchester3410
Hampshire13
Hertfordshire317
Humberside2
Kent397
Lancashire263
Leicestershire1
Lincolnshire4
London3057108
Merseyside12
Norfolk46
Northamptonshire2
Northumbria5102
Nottinghamshire417
South Yorkshire324
Staffordshire321
Suffolk545
Surrey31227
Sussex147
Thames Valley233
Warwickshire121
West Mercia144
West Midlands7623
West Yorkshire301637
Wiltshire11
Dyfed-Powys32
North Wales1
South Wales123
England and Wales137207280




Notes:
1. These data are on the principal offence basis.
2. Includes City of London police force area.
Source:
RDS—Office for Criminal Justice Reform.





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