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Criminal Record Checks
Mr. Gibb: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many criminal record checks were carried out in each year since 2002; and how many of these were (a) standard disclosure and (b) enhanced disclosure. [42570]
Andy Burnham: The total number of standard and enhanced CRB checks issued in each year since 2002 is broken down as follows:
The information requested by the hon. Member for Bognor Regis and Littlehampton regarding CRB checks issued specifically for positions within schools is not available. However, details of the total number of disclosures issued for the education sector are as follows:
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| Financial year | Number disclosures |
|---|---|
| 2002–03 | 439,000 |
| 2003–04 | 553,000 |
| 2004–05 | 596,000 |
| 2005–31 December | 516,000 |
On average, 93 percent. of disclosures issued to the education sector are at the enhanced level.
Mr. Gibb: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many requests for criminal record checks were made by schools in each year since 2002; and how many of these requests were for (a) standard disclosure and (b) enhanced disclosure. [42571]
Andy Burnham: The total number of standard and enhanced CRB checks issued in each year since 2002 is broken down as follows:
The information requested by the hon. Member for Bognor Regis and Littlehampton regarding CRB checks issued specifically for positions within schools is not available. However, details of the total number of disclosures issued for the education sector are as follows:
| Financial year | Number disclosures |
|---|---|
| 2002–03 | 439,000 |
| 2003–04 | 553,000 |
| 2004–05 | 596,000 |
| 31 December 2005 | 516,000 |
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On average, 93 per cent. of disclosures issued to the education sector are at the enhanced level.
Criminal Records Bureau
Steve McCabe: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) basic, (b) standard and (c) enhanced disclosures have been issued by the Criminal Records Bureau in the last year for which figures are available. [42787]
Andy Burnham: The Criminal Records Bureau issued 298,315 Standard Disclosures and 2,391,694 Enhanced Disclosures between 1 January 2005 and 31 December 2005. In that time no Basic Disclosures were issued because this product has not yet been launched.
Annette Brooke: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the current average time is that a school may expect to wait for an enhanced disclosure from the Criminal Records Bureau for a prospective member of its teaching staff. [44411]
Andy Burnham [holding answer 20 January 2006]: Information is not available to provide an answer to the hon. Member for Mid-Dorset and North Poole in the specific format requested. However, during the 12 month period up to 31 December 2005, the average time for completion of all Enhanced Disclosures is 31.5 days, excluding any time an application has to be returned to a customer.
Animal Welfare
Anne Snelgrove: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people were convicted of cruelty towards animals in Swindon in each year since 1997. [42169]
Paul Goggins: Persons found guilty for various offences connected with animal cruelty are shown in the table for Swindon petty sessional area, 1998 to 2004.
(18) Principal offence basis.
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Departmental Estate (Castle Point)
Bob Spink: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what (a) land and (b) property is owned by his Department in Castle Point. [42892]
Mr. Charles Clarke: The Home Department does not own land or property in the borough of Castle Point, Essex.
Departmental Expenditure
Kerry McCarthy: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment he has made of the effects on re-offending rates on release of prisoners having maintained family ties during periods in custody. [41593]
Fiona Mactaggart: No analysis is currently possible on the direct association between the maintenance of family ties during custody and reconviction rates as statistical information is not routinely collected on the family ties of prisoners.
However, the Government recognise the importance of family ties to prisoners and the Resettlement Survey 2003 indicated that over a third (37 per cent.) of prisoners who had at least one visit from family members or a partner reported having employment, training or education (ETE) arranged on release compared with 16 percent of those not receiving any visits. ETE is an important factor in successful resettlement and reducing reoffending.
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The findings from this survey (and equivalent surveys for 2001 and 2004) form the basis of a reconviction study which is currently being undertaken. This will include an analysis of any association between family or partner visits (and other factors) and subsequent proven reoffending. Our aim is to publish later in the year.
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