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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
1997–9825,77933
1998–9930,11929
1999–200035,11633
2000–0139,95634
2001–0248,57328
2002–0358,56336
2003–0456,77636
2004–0558,70937

 
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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.
New appointmentsRe-appointmentsTotal
1997–981,1867441,930
1998–99(11)1,6961,5493,245
1999–20002,1177232,840
2000–2001(12)2,7931,0633,856
2001–20021,8491,6573,506
2002–2003(13)2,5109703,480
2003–20041,7651,1132,878
2004–20051,9591,3633,322


(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:
(A) Scotland(B)England Excluding GL(C) Greater London(D) Wales(E) Northern Ireland(F) OverseasNo location(14)
(a) Department
CORE Home Office0681.063,781.302.80214
Percentage15.2084.400.050.040.31
Prison Service040,4185,725980000
Percentage086122
UKPS2891,58167337015300
Percentage95222125
IND277.056,484.7010,369.0890.311675.12218.64
Percentage237590.500.100.401
(b)(i) NDPBs
Criminal Case Review Commission (CCRC)09700000
Percentage100
Community Development Foundation (CDF)1714292000
Percentage2723473
Central Police Training and Development (CENREX)01,1395572000
Percentage9046
Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority (CICA)36001550000
Percentage7030
Criminal Injuries Compensation Appeals Panel (CICAP)290350000
Percentage4555
Commission for Racial Equality (CRE)113217511000
Percentage514765
Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC)012022441000
Percentage315811
National Criminal Intelligence Service (NCIS)(15)(15)(15)(15)(15)(15)(15)1,087
National Crime Squad (NCS)(15)(15)(15)(15)(15)(15)(15)1,850
Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner (OISC)00620000
Percentage100
Parole Board00690000
Percentage100
Police Information Technology Organisation (PITO)2 0.637540000
Percentage0.307.7092
Security Industry Authority (SIA)026703000
Percentage26713
Youth Justice Board (YJB)0381704000
Percentage18802
(ii) Executive agencies
Criminal Records Bureau (CRB)039610000
Percentage99.700.30
(iii) Public Bodies
Forensic Science Services (FSS)01,886455212000
Percentage74188


(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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