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Probation Service
Mr. Gerrard: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he plans to introduce legislation to abolish probation boards and replace them with trusts. [48192]
Fiona Mactaggart: We intend to bring forward legislation to restructure probation services as soon as the parliamentary timetable allows.
Mr. Garnier: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many staff were employed in information technology by the National Probation Service in England and Wales at the end of the past five financial years. [48450]
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Fiona Mactaggart: Information is not available for the full period requested. Data collected prior to 1 April 2003 is unreliable, and is not directly comparable with the more accurate figures collected since that time. The figures presented show staff in post, expressed in full time equivalent value, at the close of each quarter from 1 April 2003 to 30 September 2005.
Work force information is not collected in sufficient detail to allow reporting of only those staff working specifically in information technology. The following table shows the number of staff in post in the closest equivalent grouping which includes research, information, and information technology staff.
| FTE in post | |
|---|---|
| 2003–04 | |
| Quarter 1 | 447.50 |
| Quarter 2 | 445.45 |
| Quarter 3 | 455.46 |
| Quarter 4 | 449.63 |
| 2004–05 | |
| Quarter 1 | 441.89 |
| Quarter 2 | 438.34 |
| Quarter 3 | 474.01 |
| Quarter 4 | 466.25 |
| 2005–06 | |
| Quarter 1 | 467.08 |
| Quarter 2 | 476.07 |
Prostitution
Andrew Rosindell: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate he has made of the number of illegal brothels operating in (a) Romford and (b) England and Wales. [50029]
Fiona Mactaggart: No estimate is made centrally of the numbers of brothels in particular localities. As part of the recently published prostitution strategy this will be a first task for local partnerships in areas where prostitution is a problem.
Rape Crisis Organisations
Sandra Gidley: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many rape crisis organisations received funding from his Department in each of the last five years; and how much each organisation received. [51346]
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Paul Goggins: The Home Office funded the Rape Crisis Federation, an umbrella body for local rape crisis groups, from April 2001 until its closure in November 2003.
Funding in the financial years between 2001 and 2004 was as follows:
| Amount (£) | ||
|---|---|---|
| (a) | 2001–02 | 406,000 |
| (b) | 2002–03 | 432,000 |
| (c) | 2003–04 | 209,800 |
In 2004, £4 million was placed in the victims fund to support the development of services for victims of sexual offending, over two financial years. The following table sets out the grant awards for the rape crisis organisations that have been successful in securing funding from the victims fund.
Regulatory Reform Orders
Mr. Prisk: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many regulatory reform orders his Department has laid before Parliament in each of the last five calendar years. [46805]
Fiona Mactaggart: The Home Office laid one regulatory reform order before Parliament in 2004, which was the Regulatory Reform (Prison Officers) (Industrial Action) Order 2005. It was first laid in draft on 18 October 2004, made on 21 March 2005 and came into force on 22 March 2005. No other regulatory reform order has been laid during the specified period.
Reoffending
Mr. Randall: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people who had been placed in custody have re-offended in (a) Uxbridge constituency, (b) the London borough of Hillingdon, (c) Greater London and (d) England in each year since 1997. [48522]
Fiona Mactaggart:
Re-offending rates are not currently available on a sub-national basis.
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The most recent re-offending data for adults were published in 'Re- offending of adults: results from the 2002 cohort' which is available through the Home Office's website (http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/index.htm). The report shows the proportion of offenders who re-offended within two years and were subsequently convicted, and separately identifies offenders given custodial and community sentences. The report shows the re-offending rate of offenders released from prison for 2002 and 2000.
Reconviction data for 1997 through 2000 were published in 'Prison statistics England and Wales 2002' and data for 2001 were published in 'Offender Management Caseload Statistics 2003'. Both of these are publications are available on the Home Office website.
Mr. Stewart Jackson: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the recidivism rate was among prisoners in the Cambridgeshire Probation Service area within two years of release in each year since 1997. [48666]
Fiona Mactaggart: Re-offending rates are not currently available 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 shows the re-offending rate of offenders released from prison for 2002 and 2000.
Reconviction data for 1997 through 2000 were published in 'Prison statistics England and Wales 2002' and data for 2001 were published in 'Offender Management Caseload Statistics 2003'. Both of these are publications are available on the Home Office website.
Respect
Mrs. Cryer: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he expects to announce the pilot local authorities for the intensive family support projects outlined in the Respect action plan. [49952]
Hazel Blears [holding answer 9 February 2006]: The Respect Action Plan sets out the Government's plans to establish a national network of family support projects in the areas where they are needed. The Respect Task Force is currently discussing this with local authorities. A further announcement on the projects will be made shortly.
Safer Neighbourhood Teams
Mr. Hands: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many hours a week on average the Safer Neighbourhood Teams in the borough of Hammersmith and Fulham worked in the last period for which figures are available, broken down by ward. [44293]
Hazel Blears:
The following table shows the number of hours per week, on average, that the Safer Neighbourhood Teams worked in the borough of
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Hammersmith and Fulham in November and December 2005. The figures for December are affected by public holidays and annual leave.
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