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A number of London prisons participated in a pilot organised by Business in the Community (BITC), an organisation that forges links between managers in the public and private sectors to enhance the skills and knowledge of participants. Mr. Rod Eddington was the chief executive of British Airways, selected by BITC to partner the Governor of Feltham as part of this initiative. Mr. Eddington visited the prison on two occasions, helped promote the positive aspects of the work of the prison and facilitated the use of BA facilities for a training event for Feltham managers. Mr. Eddington concluded his participation in January.

Mr. Bellingham: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he (a) last visited and (b) intends next to visit HM Young Offenders Institution Feltham. [73750]

Mr. Sutcliffe: The Home Secretary has yet to visit Feltham young offender institution. A visit to Feltham would be considered as part of a programme of visits across the prison estate by Home Office Ministers.

Immigration

Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what procedures are in place to enable employers to research the immigration status of foreign nationals applying for jobs; and if he will make a statement. [73336]

Mr. Byrne: Section 8 of the Asylum and Immigration Act 1996 provides employers with a statutory defence from conviction if they check and record certain specified documents belonging to potential employees. To support employers to meet their responsibilities under section 8, detailed guidance is available in hard copy from the IND Employers' Helpline and electronically on the IND website. The Employers' Helpline offers a dedicated enquiry and information service on the prevention of illegal migrant working. The Home Office “Employing Migrant Workers” website provides employers with a step-by-step guide to the checks that they are advised to complete to ensure that a person is legally allowed to work in the UK. UKIS local enforcement offices can also provide employers with a presentation on preventing illegal working.

Dr. Murrison: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what estimate he has made of the number of immigrants with tuberculosis who entered the United Kingdom at each point of entry in each of the last 12 months for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement; [67428]

(2) how many people have been refused entry to the United Kingdom on the basis of (a) a positive test for tuberculosis and (b) other conditions with public health implications in each of the last five years. [67427]

Mr. Byrne: The Home Office will shortly conduct a survey to provide more information about the extent to which immigration officers’ decisions at points of entry, including refusal of entry, are based on the outcome of medical examinations covering all types of
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conditions. Between the introduction of pre-entry screening in autumn 2005 and 1 May 2006, nine cases of TB had been detected in approximately 12,000 visa applicants tested and entry clearance withheld until completion of treatment.

Indefinite Leave to Remain

Justine Greening: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many people living in Putney constituency applied for indefinite leave to remain in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement; [72749]

(2) how many people living in Putney constituency are awaiting a final decision on their application for indefinite leave to remain; how many people on average were awaiting a final decision in each of the previous five years; and if he will make a statement; [72750]

(3) how many people living in Putney constituency were issued a final decision, with no further right of appeal, on their application for indefinite leave to remain on average in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. [72751]

Mr. Byrne [holding answer 22 May 2006]: This information is not available on a constituency basis.

Justine Greening: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many people living in the UK were issued a final decision, with no further rights of appeal, regarding their application for indefinite leave to remain, in each year from 2001 to 2005; and if he will make a statement; [72887]

(2) how many people living in the UK were awaiting a final decision regarding their application for indefinite leave to remain in each year from 2001 to 2005; and if he will make a statement; [72888]

(3) how many people living in the UK applied for indefinite leave to remain in each year from 2001 to 2005; and if he will make a statement; [72889]

(4) how many people living in the UK are awaiting a final decision regarding their application for indefinite leave to remain; and if he will make a statement. [72890]

Mr. Byrne: The Research, Development and Statistics Directorate (RDS) produce national statistics for on entry control, asylum, after entry control, grants of settlement, removals and appeals. These are available in the publication “Control of Immigration: Statistics, United Kingdom” published by The Stationery Office.

Justine Greening: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many people living in each London borough were issued a final decision, with no further rights of appeal, regarding their application for indefinite leave to remain in each year between 2001 and 2005; and if he will make a statement; [72891]

(2) how many people living in each London borough are awaiting a final decision regarding their application for indefinite leave to remain; and if he will make a statement; [72892]


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(3) how many people living in each London borough applied for indefinite leave to remain in each year from 2001 to 2005, broken down by London borough; and if he will make a statement; [72893]

(4) how many people living in each London borough were awaiting a final decision regarding their application for indefinite leave to remain on average in (a) 2001, (b) 2002, (c) 2003, (d) 2004 and (e) 2005; and if he will make a statement. [72900]

Mr. Byrne: This information is not collated on a local authority basis.

Mr. Evennett: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) many people living in Bexleyheath and Crayford constituency are awaiting a final decision on their application for indefinite leave to remain; how many people were awaiting a final decision in each of the previous five years; and if he will make a statement; [73452]

(2) how many people living in Bexleyheath and Crayford constituency were issued a final decision with no further right of appeal on their application for indefinite leave to remain in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. [73453]

Mr. McNulty: This information is not collated on a constituency basis.

Iraq (Alleged Stolen Cultural Property)

Robert Key: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) prosecutions and (b) convictions there have been in connection with alleged stolen cultural property originating in Iraq in each police force area since January 2004; and if he will make a statement. [73431]

Mr. Sutcliffe: The Dealing in Cultural Objects (Offences) Act 2003 came into effect on 30 December 2003. The Court Proceedings Database held by the Office for Criminal Justice Reform shows that in 2004 there were no prosecutions or convictions for dishonestly dealing in cultural objects in England and Wales. Statistics on court proceedings for 2005 will be available in the autumn of 2006.

The Iraq (United Nations Sanctions) Order 2003 came into force on 14 June 2003. The data held by the Office for Criminal Justice Reform do not separately identify the offence under this order of dealing in cultural property originating in Iraq.

London Bombings

Patrick Mercer: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to his oral statement of 11 May 2006, Official Report, column 522, on the London bombings, when, and in what form, the Government plan to release details of the lessons learned exercise addressing aspects of the emergency response to the 7 July 2005 attacks. [72928]


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Mr. McNulty: A document summarising progress in addressing the multi-agency lessons learned from the emergency response to the 7 July attacks is being compiled, and will be published before the summer recess. Copies will be placed in the Library.

Magistrates Courts

Mr. Burrowes: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much in respect of compensation orders made by magistrates courts remained unpaid to the end of 2005-06. [74133]

Ms Harman: I have been asked to reply.

Information on total financial penalty impositions and collections are provided by the 42 HMCS areas in England and Wales, but does not specifically and separately identify compensation from other impositions (fines and costs). The information could therefore be obtained only at a disproportionate cost.

MI5 Files

Norman Baker: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many MI5 files were extant at 31 December 2005; how many were categorised as (a) green, (b) amber and (c) red; and how many were (i) held on microfiche, (ii) held as hard copy and (iii) held on computer in each category. [68479]

Mr. Byrne [holding answer 8 May 2006]: The available information is that the Security Service held approximately 325,000 files in January 2005. The categorisations of these files were, on this date, as follows: 10 per cent. green, 46 per cent. amber and 44 per cent. red. 60,000 of these files were held on microfiche or microfilm, with the remaining paper based. No files at this date were held on computer.

National DNA Database

Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many requests for information on the national DNA database his Department has received from other countries in each year since its inception. [73347]

Joan Ryan [holding answer 24 May 2006]: From the inception of the National DNA database in 1995 until comparatively recently, requests for international profiles were rare and therefore no data was collated by the NDNAD until 2004. Since 2004 here have been 519 such requests.

Pathologists

Norman Baker: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the qualified pathologists his Department (a) uses and (b) used in July 2003; and for how long (i) each pathologist who is on the list has been on the list and (ii) each pathologist on the list in July 2003 had been on the list at that time. (73993)


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Joan Ryan: The Home Office does not employ or instruct forensic pathologists but does maintain a register of forensic pathologists who have sufficient qualifications, training and experience to be instructed in cases of suspicious or violent death.

The following list shows those forensic pathologists who are on the Home Office Register (updated April 2006) and those that were on the register in July 2003. In each case the year in which they were added to the Register is also listed.

April 2006

July 2003


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