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Olympic Games (Shooting)

Mr. Bone: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what plans there are for the use of the facility being built in London for indoor and outdoor shooting activities after the 2012 Olympic Games has ended. [65428]

Mr. Caborn: The shooting hall for the 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games is one of a number of temporary venues that will be relocated after the Games has finished.
 
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Decisions on the future use and location of all of the temporary venues will be made on a needs basis, in close consultation with the Home Country Sports Councils and UK Sport, closer to 2012.

Olympic Levy (Bexley)

Mr. Evennett: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what representations she has received on the Olympic Levy from residents in the London Borough of Bexley. [65691]

Mr. Caborn: Since 1 April 2005, DCMS has received around 60 letters concerning the Olympic element of the London council tax. Of these, two are from addresses in the London Borough of Bexley.

Smoking

Mr. Don Foster: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (1) what representations her Department has received from the (a) theatre, (b) film and (c) television industry regarding possible exemptions to the ban on smoking in public places for the purposes of artistic productions; and if she will make a statement; [65733]

(2) what discussions her Department has had with the Secretary of State for Health regarding possible exemptions to the ban on smoking in public places for the purposes of (a) theatre, (b) film and (c) television productions; and if she will make a statement. [65734]

Mr. Lammy: I have discussed smoking in public places for the purposes of artistic productions with the Theatrical Management Association/Society for London Theatre. I have received no other representations from the film, broadcasting and theatre industries and I have not discussed this particular point with my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health.

However, my officials have been kept fully informed of the progress of discussions between the Department of Health, Equity and the Theatrical Management Association regarding possible exemptions from the workplace smoking ban.

Sport Funding (South-east London)

Mr. Evennett: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what central Government funding has been allocated to sport in South East London during the past eight years. [65692]

Mr. Caborn: Financial support for sport from public sources is primarily channelled through Sport England and UK Sport, the two DCMS sponsored bodies which award Lottery grants and dispense Exchequer funds for sport from DCMS.

Sport England

Since 1997, Sport England has awarded Exchequer funding of approximately £157,000 to South East London ¹ boroughs. This is in addition to Lottery funding of £33.5 million ² which Sport England has awarded to this area for the same period.

UK Sport

It is not possible for UK Sport to determine an amount of Lottery or Exchequer funding allocated to South East London as its funding is not directed to
 
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specific regions. However, UK Sport has identified 18 athletes with a declared address in South East London who have benefited from Lottery funded Athlete Personal Awards of approximately £487,000 ³ .

¹ For the purposes of this question, Sport England has included funding awarded to the London boroughs of Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark in its definition of South East London.

² This figure includes Lottery awards of approximately £25 million made through programmes such as: Community Capital, Community Investment Fund, Active Communities Development Fund, Active Sports, Active England, Community Athletics Refurbishment Programme, Sport Action Zones and Green Spaces. This also includes mixed Lottery and Exchequer awards of approximately £8.5 million made through programmes such as: School Sports Partnerships and Space for Sport and Arts.

³ This figure shows the funding awarded since January 2001, the date which UK Sport took over management of Athlete Personal Awards from Sport England.

HOME DEPARTMENT

Asylum Seekers

Mr. Carswell: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what measures exist to deal with asylum seekers who leave the UK under the voluntary return scheme but return to the UK subsequently. [64000]

Mr. McNulty: I refer the hon. Member to the reply given on 10 April 2006, Official Report, column 281W.

Carlile Report

Ms Keeble: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps he plans to take concerning the problems with the use of restraint and isolation in secure training centres identified in the Carlile Report. [63422]

Fiona Mactaggart: I refer my hon. Friend to the reply given on 10 April 2006, Official Report, column 284W.

Criminal Justice Act

Mr. Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on the operation of section 118 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003. [64697]

Fiona Mactaggart: I see no need to do so, but if the hon. Member has a particular concern about the operation of the law in this area perhaps he will write to me.

Drug Treatment Programmes

David Davis: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many Class A drug users who are in treatment have committed an offence in the last three months. [47722]

Paul Goggins: The information is not available in the format requested.

Forensic Science Service

Mr. Austin Mitchell: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether spending by the Forensic Science Service on DNA tests in murder cases is subject to a cash limit. [64685]

 
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Andy Burnham: Decisions relating to the costs involved in commissioning the Forensic Science Service to carry out a scientific examination of evidence in a criminal investigation are made by individual police forces, who have responsibility for determining the levels of spending appropriate to each investigation.

Mr. Austin Mitchell: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department in how many cases in which proceedings are complete the Forensic Science Service has (a) lost and (b) misinterpreted evidence since 2000; and how many cases were not proceeded with as a result. [64689]

Andy Burnham: The Forensic Science Service (FSS) has reviewed its records and has not identified any completed cases since 2000, in which evidence was lost or misinterpreted. Differences in opinion can arise between expert witnesses providing evidence, based on their interpretation of the information available. The FSS has identified two cases within this time period where timeliness of the identification of evidence could have been improved. Decisions as to whether cases are proceeded with are made by individual police forces and the Crown Prosecution Service.

Prisons

Mr. Drew: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people under 18 years are detained in each adult prison. [64935]

Fiona Mactaggart: On 30 June 2005 two such persons were held in Eastwood Park.

These young prisoners were female and held in female prisons, in accommodation specially set aside for juveniles on young offender wings. Under 17 year old girls are no longer placed within the Prison Service estate, unless exceptional circumstances apply in an individual case; and four dedicated units, within the Prison Service estate, have now been created for 17 year old girls; a fifth is due to open later this year.

John Bercow: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans he has to build medium-secure units within the prison infrastructure to provide support for prisoners who have mental health concerns. [55576]

Fiona Mactaggart: We have no such plans. Low, medium and high secure units are health-care facilities that are part of the hospital system rather than the Prison Service.

Where prisoners require treatment in a medium secure psychiatric setting for a mental disorder, they should be transferred to hospital rather than being treated in prison.

Mr. Bellingham: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment he has made of inmates' (a) access to and (b) use of acupuncture at each London prison. [62780]

Fiona Mactaggart: None. The provision of therapies for prisoners is a matter for the PCT responsible for commissioning the primary health service at the establishment concerned.

Mr. Andrew Turner: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much time is allowed for meetings between inmates and their families, including
 
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children, in (a) men's and (b) women's prisons; and to what extent arrangements for such visits differ between the two types of prison. [65490]

Fiona Mactaggart [holding answer 24 April 2006]: The statutory allowance for visits is the same for both men and women and is audited. For convicted prisoners, the statutory minimum is one hour. In exceptional circumstances, the establishment can apply for a temporary reduction to 30 minutes. For unconvicted prisoners, the minimum is one and a half hours a week where the establishment offers visits on a daily basis, or a minimum of one hour in prisons where visits are allowed three days a week as opposed to daily. Visiting arrangements are administered locally at the discretion of governors and directors, taking into account operational requirements. The actual duration of visits is not recorded centrally.

Many prisons offer more than the prescribed minima and the length of the visit may also be linked to the incentives and earned privileges scheme, which is managed by each establishment. An increasing number of establishments also offer extended family or children's visits, typically lasting a half or full day, as well as focussed visits which are structured around the needs of the child and imprisoned parent.

John Bercow: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on progress in delivering an electronic system for the transfer of records between prisons. [65798]

Fiona Mactaggart: An electronic case management system enabling both the prisons and probations services to share information in real time (C-NOMIS) will be introduced in July 2006 and rolled out across the services over a period of 24 months.

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