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Probation Services

Mrs. Gillan: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he will bring forward legislation to devolve the commissioning of probation services. [51187]

Fiona Mactaggart: We intend to bring forward legislation to restructure the probation service as soon as parliamentary time allows. This will not devolve the commissioning of probation services. As set out in our consultation paper Restructuring Probation to Reduce Re-offending, we propose to alter the statutory framework to enable the regional offender managers, including the director of offender management service Wales, to commission services in their area from a range of providers

Mrs. Gillan: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when the national probation service in Wales will conclude its restructuring process. [51192]

Fiona Mactaggart: Restructuring of the probation service is dependent on legislation and may be affected by other structural changes in the criminal justice system, for example to police force boundaries. We cannot at this stage be certain about when these processes will conclude.

Reoffending

Mr. Garnier: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many adult offenders were reconvicted (a) in 1997 and (b) in 2005. [43590]

Fiona Mactaggart: Reoffending rates are published annually. The most recent data are published in 'Adult reoffending: 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 reoffending that results in conviction for the 2002 cohort.

Stolen Pets

Dr. Kumar: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people have been prosecuted for holding a stolen pet as ransom in each year since 1997; and what punishments have been imposed. [49437]

Fiona Mactaggart: It is not possible, from the information held on the court proceedings database by the Office for Criminal Justice Reform, to identify instances of holding a stolen pet as ransom.

Tackling Drugs, Changing Lives

Paul Flynn: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what events are planned as part of the Tackling Drugs, Changing Lives strategy in (a) February and (b) March. [44193]

Paul Goggins: No events are planned to take place in February as part of the Tackling Drugs Changing Lives series of events. In March, events have been planned to take place in Portsmouth and Peterborough.
 
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Terrorism

Patrick Mercer: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what the cost is of the anti-terrorist poster campaign in London; [50844]

(2) for how long the anti-terrorist poster campaign in London will run; [50845]

(3) how many sites are covered by the anti-terrorist poster campaign in London. [50846]

Mr. Charles Clarke: The posters in question were produced by the Metropolitan Police Service, for which the Metropolitan Police Commissioner has operational responsibility. I will ensure that he receives a copy of your questions and ask him to reply direct to you.

Patrick Mercer: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans he has to extend the anti-terrorist poster campaign in London to other cities. [50847]

Mr. Charles Clarke: The posters in question were produced by the Metropolitan Police Service, for which the Metropolitan Police Commissioner has operational responsibility. I will ensure that he receives a copy of your questions and ask him to reply direct to you.

Patrick Mercer: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans he has for further poster campaigns once the one in London finishes. [50848]

Mr. Charles Clarke: The posters in question were produced by the Metropolitan Police Service, for which the Metropolitan Police Commissioner has operational responsibility. I will ensure that he receives a copy of your questions and ask him to reply direct to you.

Terrorism Act

Anne Main: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many stop and searches have been made under the Terrorism Act 2000, broken down by (a) ethnicity and (b) age group. [50225]

Mr. Charles Clarke: Statistics on the number of stop and searches under the Terrorism Act 2000 are published annually by the Home Office. The Home Office Report—'Statistics on Race and the Criminal Justice System 2004' details the number of stop-searches under Section 44 of the Terrorism Act 2000, by force and ethnicity. It is available via the following link: http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs05/s95race04.pdf.

Statistics do not include a breakdown of age groups because they are not collated in this way.

Anne Main: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many arrests have been made as a result of stop and searches under the Terrorism Act 2000. [50226]

Mr. Charles Clarke: The Home Office Statistical Bulletin—'Arrests for Recorded Crime (Notifiable Offences) and the Operation of Certain Police Powers under PACE 2004–05', provides information on the number of stop-searches by force area, under section 44 of the Terrorism Act 2000. It also details resulting arrests under both the Terrorism Act and other
 
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legislation, and can be accessed via the following link http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs05/hosb2105.pdf.

Traffic Offences

Mr. Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) males and (b) females were (i) prosecuted and (ii) convicted in (A)
 
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Southend, (B) Essex, (C) the Metropolitan police area of London and (D) England and Wales of driving the wrong way down one-way streets in each of the last five years for which information is available. [39748]

Paul Goggins: The information requested has been taken from the court proceedings database held by the Office for Criminal Justice Reform and is contained in the table.
Number of males and females proceeded against and found guilty at all courts for offences under S36(1) Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 1994 S.2(10) at South-east Essex petty sessional area (PSA), Essex and Metropolitan police force areas(PFA) and England and Wales, 2000–04 ⁽³⁴⁾

Offence description: Failing to comply with traffic light signals/signs—offences not detected by camera devices
Principal statute: Road Traffic Act 1988 S.36 (1); Traffic Signs Regulations and General Regulations 1994 S.2(10)
Area/Gender		2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
South East Essex PSA
Males	Proceeded against	5	1	3	3	2
	Found guilty	3	1	2	3	2
Females	Proceeded against	1	0	0	1	0
	Found guilty	1	0	0	1	0
Essex PFA 2
Males	Proceeded against	115	81	39	n/a	17
	Found guilty	103	73	33	n/a	14
Females	Proceeded against	29	14	10	n/a	2
	Found guilty	27	14	9	n/a	0
Metropolitan police force 3
Males	Proceeded against	1,503	1,161	1,311	1,441	1,811
	Found guilty	1,285	992	1,112	1,214	1,475
Females	Proceeded against	203	156	149	172	281
	Found guilty	187	135	133	152	249
England and Wales
Males	Proceeded against	9,306	7,682	7,252	7,724	6,768
	Found guilty	8,247	6,735	6,462	6,791	5,827
Females	Proceeded against	1,525	1,246	1,228	1,408	1,122
	Found guilty	1,401	1,147	1,136	1,278	1,008

n/a—not available
⁽³⁴⁾ These data are provided on the principal offence basis
⁽³⁵⁾ Data for Essex PFA for 2003 has not been provided as inconsistent with previous years
⁽³⁶⁾ Includes City of London

Work Permits

Damian Green: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many work permit holders were granted permanent settlement in the UK in each of the last five years. [50652]

Mr. McNulty: The latest published information on work permit holders granted permanent settlement in the UK in each of the last five years is shown in the annual Command Paper Control of Immigration: Statistics, United Kingdom, 2004". Copies are available from the Library of the House and on the stationery office website: http://www.official- documents.co.uk/document/cm66/6690/6690.asp.

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