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Departmental Websites
Charles Hendry: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many websites there are within his responsibilities; and what the total cost of maintaining such websites was in the last year for which figures are available. [79058]
Mr. Byrne: As of 19 June 2006, the Home Office operates 41 websites. This does not include approximately 20 non-departmental public body (NDPB) sites, which are affiliated with, but independent of the Home Office. The core Home Office website also has a number of sub-domains, such as police.homeoffice.gov.uk, which act as portal sites for practitioners around policy issues. The Home Office does not keep a central record of costs for all departmental websites, and would not be able to collect this information without incurring disproportionate cost.
Domestic Violence
Margaret Moran: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department in how many domestic violence cases prosecuted in the last five years perpetrators were charged with other crimes. [76727]
The Solicitor-General: I have been asked to respond to this question.
The records held by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) identify the number of defendants proceeded against for offences of domestic violence, but provide no information on other offences committed by the same defendants. This information could only be obtained by locating and examining every relevant file in each CPS office, which would involve disproportionate costs (Code of Practice on access to Government information, part 2, clause 9).
Margaret Moran: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department for which other crimes domestic violence perpetrators have been (a) investigated, (b) charged and (c) sentenced in the last five years. [76732]
Mr. McNulty: The Home Office does not routinely keep this type of data centrally. However, a study conducted in 2005-06, using data from by the Offender Management system (OASys), found that there was a correlation between offenders who were physically violent towards their partner and a wide range of other offences. The table lists the types of co-related offences that were identified by the study.
| Offence category by domestic violence indicators | ||||||
| Offender sub-groups | ||||||
| Offence involved physical violence towards partner | Other evidence of domestic violence | All other offenders | ||||
| Current offence category | Number | Percentage | Number | Percentage | Number | Percentage |
Drunk and Disorderly Fines
Mr. Carswell: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much his Department has spent on publicity to inform people that they can be fined £80 for being drunk and disorderly. [79169]
Mr. Byrne: Since 2005 the Home Office has spent £323,345 on outdoor posters explaining the consequences of being drunk and disorderly and the fixed penalty notice.
Fingerprints
Sarah Teather: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what Government policy is on the collection of minors’ fingerprints. [79567]
Joan Ryan: Under the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984, as amended, the police may take, without consent, fingerprints from all persons, including juveniles, who have been arrested for, informed they will be reported for or charged with a recordable offence and detained in a police station. The police may also take fingerprints from persons convicted of a recordable offence. Fingerprints which have been lawfully taken may be retained whether or not the person is charged with an offence or subsequently acquitted.
Foreign Prisoners
Mr. Baron: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) whether Tawanda Machingura, a Zimbabwean foreign national imprisoned for sexual assault of a vulnerable patient, has been deported; [69926]
(2) when he will reply to question 69926, on Tawanda Machingura, tabled by the hon. Member for Billericay on 8 May for named day answer on 11 May. [72163]
Mr. Byrne: I refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave him on 19 June 2006, Official Report, column 1047.
Immigration and Nationality Directorate
Mr. Stewart Jackson: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many letters of complaint were received by his Department relating to the Immigration and Nationality Directorate where the individual writing normally resides in (a) Peterborough constituency and (b) Peterborough city council area in each year since 1997. [77924]
Mr. Byrne: Details of complaints received from June 2005 to May 2006 where the complainant (either an organisation or individual) has given a Peterborough postcode in the reply address are presented in the table.
| Organisations | Individuals | Total | |
| Note: PE8 is not included as no complaints have been recorded from addresses with that postcode. | |||
This information relates to all Peterborough postcodes as central data is not broken down by city council area or constituency.
Prior to June 2005 this information was not recorded centrally therefore to provide the information requested as specified would incur disproportionate costs.
IT Projects
Dr. Cable: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many of the IT projects costing over £1 million in use in his Department and introduced since 1997 have been scrutinised by the Public Accounts Committee; and if he will list them. [26610]
Mr. Byrne: I am advised that the IT projects costing over £1 million in use in the Home Department that were introduced since 1997 and have been scrutinised by the Public Accounts Committee are in the following table:
MI5 (Northern Ireland)
Mark Durkan: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland on the possibility of establishing MI5’s handling of threat information on the Omagh bombing prior to 15 August 1998. [66529]
Mr. McNulty: There have been no discussions for the reasons set out by my hon. Friend the Under-Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (Mr. Woodward) in his answer of 2 May 2006, Official Report, column 1490W, with reference to the chief constable’s statement of 1 March 2006.
Operation Reproof
Mr. Streeter: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what lessons have been learned by his Department from Operation Reproof in Devon and Cornwall; and if he will make a statement. [74677]
Mr. McNulty [holding answer 5 June 2006]: The investigation into Operation Reproof was undertaken under the supervision of the former Police Complaints Authority and the recommendations were passed to the chief officer for consideration. The chief officer is responsible for the day to day management of the force and use of its resources. I will ensure that the chief constable receives a copy of the question and replies to the hon. Member directly. Copies of the letter containing the response from Devon and Cornwall police will be placed in the House Libraries.
Parliamentary Questions
Bill Wiggin: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he will provide a substantive reply to Question 69968, tabled by the hon. Member for Leominster for named day answer on 11 May; and what the reason was for the time taken to reply. [78395]
Mr. McNulty: I apologise to the hon. Member for the delay in answering his question, which was the result of the change in ministerial responsibilities at the Home Office at the beginning of May.
Police
Sandra Gidley: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what estimate he has made of the potential change in the number of civilian posts resulting from (a) a Hampshire, Dorset and Wiltshire combined police force, (b) a Hampshire and Thames Valley combined police force and (c) a Hampshire, Sussex and Surrey combined police force; [51553]
(2) what estimate he has made of the potential start-up costs of (a) a Hampshire, Dorset and Wiltshire combined police force, (b) a Hampshire and Thames Valley combined police force, (c) a Hampshire, Sussex and Surrey combined police force and (d) one stand-alone Hampshire force; [51568]
(3) what representations he has received from the Hampshire police force on the proposed merger of police forces in the area; [51623]
(4) whether additional funding will be available from his Department to the Hampshire constabulary in the event of its merger with other forces; [51643]
(5) what estimate his Department has made of the likely change in the Hampshire police precept to the council tax which would arise from a merger of the Hampshire constabulary; [51750]
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