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Rape
John Bercow: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on the conviction rate for rape. [45742]
Paul Goggins: In 2004, the proportion of recorded rapes that resulted in a conviction was 5.29 per cent. The Rape Action Plan 2002 led to a number of changes to the legal system and to the way in which the police and Crown Prosecution Service operate. These were intended to increase the likelihood of cases getting to trial and securing convictions. We have recently undertaken a stock take of the Rape Action Plan which will be followed up by an inspection into the investigation and prosecution of allegations of rape, due to report in the summer.
Recommendation 61 Forms
Mr. Pelling: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people have been stopped and issued with a Recommendation 61 form in the London borough of Croydon since its inception. [41136]
Hazel Blears:
Information on these stops is collected for police force areas only. 2005–06 is the first year of collection, and, in line with other data for that year, it is planned to make this information available in the Section 95 publication 'Race and the Criminal Justice System', to be published in early 2007.
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Re-offending
Mr. Stewart Jackson: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the re-offending rate of offenders within the Cambridgeshire probation area was in each year between 1997–98 and 2003–04; and if he will make a statement. [48143]
Fiona Mactaggart: Re-offending rates are not available centrally on a sub-national basis.
National re-offending rates are published annually. The most recent data are published in 'Adult re-offending: results from the 2002 cohort—Home Office Statistical Bulletin 25/05'. This is available on the Home Office's website (http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/hosbpubs1.html). The report contains information on reconviction for the 1997 cohort and re-offending that results in conviction for the 2002 cohort.
Road Monitoring
Mr. Rob Wilson: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what controls and checks are in place to ensure that information gained from the new national monitoring of road journeys by CCTV is not misused; when this monitoring of road journeys was authorised; and by whom. [44182]
Hazel Blears: I refer to the reply I gave my hon. Friend the Member for South Swindon, on 24 January 2006, Official Report, column 2014.
Safeguards are in place to ensure that access to the data collected and retained by the Police using automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) technologies is strictly controlled, particularly for the purposes of investigating serious organised crime and terrorism.
Secure Establishments
Ms Keeble: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the staff turnover at (a) local authority secure accommodation, (b) Home Office youth establishments and (c) secure training centres was in each of the last three years. [33690]
Fiona Mactaggart: The information requested in respect of Prison Service young offender institutions and secure training centres is given in the following tables. No data is collected centrally on staff turnover in local authority secure children's homes.
(33) Turnover is measured as the total number of leavers during the year, excluding casual and administrative staff but including retirements, divided by staff in post at the start of the year. A number of healthcare staff transferred from the prison service to primary care trusts as part of the change of responsibility for healthcare commissioning: they are not included in the figures.
(34) Before February 2003, Warren Hill was part of HM Prison and YOI Hollesley Bay. It is not possible separately to identify staff at Warren Hill before that date.
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| Centre | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hassockfield | 36 | 25 | 27 |
| Rainsbrook | 13 | 22 | 23 |
| Medway(36) | 26 | 37 | 28 |
| Oakhill(37) | n/a | n/a | 31 |
(35) Data from the centres include staff that were provisionally appointed but did not actually start work for various reasons, including failure to pass the initial training course or receive criminal records bureau clearance. (These staff did not have contact with children.)
(36) When Medway expanded in 2003 it recruited more staff than proved to be needed. The higher turnover in that year reflects adjustment to the appropriate staffing level through natural wastage.
(37) Oakhill opened in August 2004.
Serious Organised Crime Agency
Mr. McGovern: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he estimates that the Serious Organised Crime Agency will be operational. [47507]
Paul Goggins: The Serious Organised Crime Agency will be operational on 1 April.
Sports Events (Security)
Hugh Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what discussions he has had with the Security Industry Authority about the effects on sports bodies of the implementation of the Private Security Industry Act 2001; and if he will make a statement. [46161]
Paul Goggins: Home Office Ministers and officials have regular contact with the Security Industry Authority.
Staff Discipline
David T.C. Davies: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many employees have been dismissed by his Department in each of the last five years for which figures are available. [29129]
Mr. Charles Clarke: The table contains information on the total number of dismissals from the Home Office (including Prison Service, IND and core Departments) since April 2000.
| Period | Total dismissals |
|---|---|
| 2000–01 | 179 |
| 2001–02 | 272 |
| 2002–03 | 366 |
| 2003–04 | 562 |
| 2004–05 | 469 |
| April-November 2006 | 301 |
| Total | 2,149 |
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The information includes dismissal reasons. for; inefficiency, conduct and performance.
Substance Abuse Offences
John Penrose: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) arrests, (b) convictions and (c) cautions there were in the Avon and Somerset police authority area for offences relating to (i) the possession and (ii) dealing in class (A) A, (B) B and (C) C drugs in each year since 1997. [45251]
Hazel Blears: The Home Office does not currently collate data on the number of arrests for separate classes of drug offences. We do however have data on the number of people found guilty and cautioned under the Misuse of Drugs Act.
The number of people who have been found guilty for possession and dealing offences in Avon and Somerset in each year since 1997 is shown in the following tables.
(38) Street warnings were introduced in April 2004.
Note:
Cannabis was reclassified to a class C drug in January 2004. For the purpose of this exercise.
(39) Street warnings were introduced in April 2004.
Note:
Cannabis was reclassified to a class C drug in January 2004. For the purpose of this exercise.
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