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CABINET OFFICE
Buncefield Depot Fire
Miss McIntosh: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what assessment the Civil Contingency Secretariat has made of the responses to the Buncefield Depot fire; and if he will make a statement. [42411]
Mr. Jim Murphy: The Health and Safety Executive is leading the investigation into the cause of the accident and the implications for operations at similar sites elsewhere. The Civil Contingencies Secretariat has been in close contact with other Government Departments, and through the Government Office for the East of England with local responders—both during the response and the ongoing recovery phase—to ensure wider issues with applicability to national disaster response arrangements are captured. The results of this work will feed into the on-going process for assessing issues arising from major emergencies and exercises so that lessons are identified, addressed and applied in the future.
Departmental Expenditure
Mrs. Villiers: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many (a) laptops and (b) mobile phones his Department bought in each year since 1997; and what the cost of each category of equipment was in each year. [41271]
Mr. Jim Murphy: Statistics on the quantities and costs of laptops and mobile phones bought in each year since 1997 are available only at disproportionate cost.
Mrs. Villiers: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how much his Department has spent on IT systems in each year since 1997; what the purpose of each system is; what the outturn against planned expenditure of each system was; and what the outturn time for implementation against planned time was. [41312]
Mr. Jim Murphy: The information requested can be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Mr. Francois: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how much has been spent in each year since 1997 by his Department on salaries paid to civil servants. [41578]
Mr. Jim Murphy: The table shows Cabinet Office expenditure on civil servants' salaries each year since 1997–98 to 2004–05.
National pay (£000) | National pay as a percentage of total expenditure | |
|---|---|---|
| 1997–98 | 25,779 | 33 |
| 1998–99 | 30,119 | 29 |
| 1999–2000 | 35,116 | 33 |
| 2000–01 | 39,956 | 34 |
| 2001–02 | 48,573 | 28 |
| 2002–03 | 58,563 | 36 |
| 2003–04 | 56,776 | 36 |
| 2004–05 | 58,709 | 37 |
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Public Appointments
Mr. Gordon Prentice: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many people on renewable public appointments since 1997 did not have their contract renewed. [44199]
Mr. Jim Murphy: Precise figures are not available for the number of people whose appointments have not been renewed. Statistics on the number of new appointments and re-appointments to public bodies within the Commissioner for Public Appointments' remit are published in her annual report. Summary details of appointments made each year since 1997 are shown in the table. During this time, the number of bodies within the Commissioner's remit has changed and explanations are given where this has had a significant impact on the figures.
(11) On 1 October 1998, the Commissioner's remit was extended to advisory bodies, public corporations, nationalised industries and the utility regulators.
(12) Increase in appointments largely due to new primary care trusts.
(13) Increase in appointments largely due to new primary care trusts and new strategic health authorities.
Source:
Commissioner for Public Appointments Annual Reports
HOME DEPARTMENT
Asylum Seekers
Philip Davies: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people claiming asylum have requested that their case be referred to judicial review in each of the last eight years; and what proportion of those cases were found in favour of the asylum seeker in each year. [42796]
Mr. McNulty: Information on applications for judicial review and outcomes is published in the annual statistical bulletin Asylum Statistics United Kingdom.
Mr. Kidney: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how long Tirth Singh Malhi (reference number S835998) has been waiting for the outcome of his application for leave to remain in the United Kingdom; what the reasons are for the length of wait; and when he expects a decision to be made. [43339]
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Mr. McNulty: Mr. Tirth Singh Malhi has been waiting for the outcome of his application for leave to remain in the United Kingdom for approximately three years and ten months. The reason for this length of wait is administrative error. The immigration and nationality directorate wrote to Mr. Tirth Singh Malhi's solicitors on 17 January 2006 and refused his application. However, Mr. Tirth Singh Malhi has been granted a right of appeal.
Bicester Accommodation Centre
Tony Baldry: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the subcontractors instructed by GSL UK Ltd. on the project to build an accommodation centre for asylum seekers at Bicester. [43505]
Mr. McNulty: Carillion is the subcontractor named in the contract between immigration and nationality directorate (IND) and GSL (UK) Ltd.
Control Orders
Mr. Dismore: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the nationalities are of the non-British subjects of control orders. [41339]
Mr. Charles Clarke:
I cannot comment on individual cases.
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There are anonymity orders in place protecting the identity of the individuals subject to control orders. The anonymity orders do not in themselves prevent disclosure of nationality, but in certain cases this may allow their identity to be determined. The Home Secretary has therefore made the decision not to reveal the nationalities of foreign nationals who have been made the subject of control orders.
Departmental Staff
Mr. Weir: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many and what percentage of jobs in (a) his Department and (b) each (i) non-departmental public body, (ii) executive agency and (iii) other public body for which his Department is responsible are located in (A) Scotland, (B) England, excluding Greater London, (C) Greater London, (D) Wales, (E) Northern Ireland and (F) overseas. [39933]
Mr. Charles Clarke: The number and percentage of jobs in (a) Home Office, (b) each (i) non-departmental public body, (ii) executive agency and (iii) other public body for which the Home Office is responsible are located in (A) Scotland, (B) England, excluding Greater London, (c) Greater England, (D) Wales, (E) Northern Ireland and (F) overseas, are listed in the following table:
(14) Staff on long term leave, or in transit between posts where no location is centrally recorded, or where location is withheld for reasons of security, such as in respect of animal inspectorate.
(15) For operational reasons it would not be appropriate to disclose geographical allocation of staff in respect of NCS and NCIS.
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