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John Reid: This information is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Mr. Clegg: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what action is being taken to improve the speed of access to the immigration and nationality directorate website; how many complaints the IND has received about this problem; what the estimated cost is of the necessary remedial measures; and when he expects the site to be fully operational. [79019]
John Reid: The immigration and nationality directorate website was re-launched on Wednesday 7 June 2006. Visitors to the site should now find it much faster to access. During the time the site was running slowly, the IND web team received approximately 600 complaints.
CCTV
Mr. Graham Stuart: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment he has made of the impact of the installation of CCTV cameras on levels of crime in Beverley in each of the last five years. [79531]
Mr. Coaker: The scheme in Beverley was installed at a cost of £203,000. The local police in Beverley have indicated that the presence of CCTV plays an important part in their operational work to prevent and detect crime. The quality of cameras, colour images on screens, recording, storage and photographic reproduction provides the possibility of admissible evidence for court proceedings against offenders.
Compensation Claims
Mrs. Moon: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what financial support is available for people found to be not guilty during their trial to investigate the circumstances and make claims for compensation against the Crown Prosecution Service and the police. [81035]
Vera Baird: I have been asked to reply.
Any party who qualifies for legal aid under the standard means and merits criteria can obtain legal advice and information, or legal representation, for any civil proceedings which are within the scope of the legal aid scheme, including proceedings against the Crown Prosecution Service and the police.
Correspondence
Sir Gerald Kaufman: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he will reply to the letter dated 26 January from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton, with regard to Mr. Rashid Mahmood. [58113]
John Reid: I replied to my right hon. Friend on 16 March 2006.
Crime Statistics (Suffolk)
Mr. Spring: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many burglaries have been recorded in Suffolk in each of the last five years. [82107]
Mr. McNulty: The information requested is given below.
| Table 1: Recorded burglary offences in Suffolk—2000-01 and 2001-02 | |
| Number of offences | |
| Note: The data in this table is prior to the introduction of the National Crime Recording Standard. These figures are not directly comparable with those for later years. | |
| Table 2: Recorded burglary offences in Suffolk—2002-03 to 2004-05 | |
| Number of offences | |
| Note: The data in this table takes account of the introduction of the National Crime Recording Standard in April 2002. These figures are not directly comparable with those for earlier years. | |
Criminal Records Bureau
Mr. Crabb: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what total amount was paid to Capita as (a) service payments and (b) performance-related payments during each year of the Criminal Records Bureau’s operation. [75298]
Joan Ryan: Capita do not operate the Criminal Records Bureau (CRB). The disclosure service operates as a contract between the Criminal Records Bureau and Capita Business Services based upon a public private partnership agreement. Under this agreement, Capita are required to perform contractually specified services and to develop, deliver and maintain the technical infrastructure of the disclosure service. This is to enable the Home Office to discharge its responsibilities under part V of the Police Act 1997 and other supporting legislation, including the Protection of Children Act 1999, to make available to approved organisations information regarding the criminal or related background of individuals.
Other services carried out by the Criminal Records Bureau that are not undertaken by Capita are carried out by civil servants and include the sensitive matching of an applicants personal details to records held on the Police National Computer (PNC) and other lists held by the Department of Health and the Department for Education and Skills.
A contract schedule sets out the service levels for Capita to meet. A further schedule sets out the service credits that apply should Capita fail to meet the agreed service levels. There is provision within this contract for liquidated damages to be charged in the event of late delivery to agreed changes in the service.
In each year since financial year 2001-02, the following payments have been received from Capita for service credits and liquidated damages:
| Amount (£) | |
The hon. Member will appreciate that with a contract of this size and complexity, the CRB would not be able to list and explain the context of each occasion when service credits and liquidated damages have occurred without employing disproportionate resources.
However, as an illustration, between August 2001 and November 2001, liquidated damages were applied due to the delays in launching the disclosure service and some of the associated services. Subsequent service credits were also applied in 2003 for operational delays within the disclosure process. These payments relate to the early years of the service.
The contract was originally estimated at £400 million to run over 10 years. In each year since financial year 2001-02, CRB have paid Capita the following as service payments:
| £ million | |
| Amount | |
There have been no performance related-payments made in any of the above financial years.
Departmental Grants
David Davis: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department to which faith-based organisations his Department has made grants in each of the last five years, broken down by (a) the amount and (b) purpose. [74596]
John Reid: The information could be gathered only at disproportionate cost.
Departmental Legislation
David Davis: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what legislation has been introduced by his Department in each year since 1996, broken down by type; and whether Royal Assent was given in the case of each Bill. [74597]
John Reid: The following is a list of all Government Bills and Private Member's/Peer's Bills on Home Office subjects that have received Royal Assent since the beginning of the 1995-96 session.
Royal Assent received during the 1995-96 session
Wild Mammals (Protection) Act
Prevention of Terrorism (Additional Powers) Act
Law Reform (Year and a Day Rule) Act
Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act
Sexual Offences (Conspiracy and Incitement) Act
Offensive Weapons Act
Security Service Act
Civil Aviation (Amendment) Act
Hong Kong (War Wives and Widows) Act
Prisoners' Earnings Act
Asylum and Immigration Act
Royal Assent received during the 1996-97 session
Theft (Amendment) Act
Horserace Totalisator Board Act
Firearms (Amendment) Act
Knives Act
British Nationality (Hong Kong) Act
Crime (Sentences) Act
Police Act
Police and Firemen's Pensions Act
Protection from Harassment Act
Sex Offenders Act
Public Entertainments Licences (Drug Misuse) Act
Confiscation of Alcohol (Young Persons) Act
Prisons (Alcohol Testing) Act
Criminal Evidence (Amendment) Act
Police (Health and Safety) Act
Sexual Offences (Amendment) Act
Police (Property) Act
Police (Insurance of Voluntary Assistants) Act
Dangerous Dogs Amendment Act
Royal Assent received during the 1997-98 session
Firearms (Amendment) (No.2) Act
Special Immigration Appeals Commission Act
Criminal Justice (International Co-Operation) Act
Data Protection Act
Crime and Disorder Act
Criminal Justice (Terrorism and Conspiracy) Act
Human Rights Act
Registration of Political Parties Act
Royal Assent received during the 1998-99 session
European Parliamentary Elections Act
Breeding and Sale of Dogs (Welfare) Act
Football (Offences and Disorder) Act
Criminal Cases Review (Insanity) Act
Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act
Immigration and Asylum Act
Royal Assent received during the 1999-2000 session
Representation of the People Act
Terrorism Act
Football (Disorder) Act
Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act
Licensing (Young Persons) Act
Disqualifications Act
Freedom of Information Act
Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act
Race Relations (Amendment) Act
Sexual Offences (Amendment) Act
Criminal Justice and Court Services Act
Royal Assent received during the 2000-01 session
Vehicles (Crime) Act
Election Publications Act
Elections Act
Criminal Justice and Police Act
House of Commons (Removal of Clergy Disqualification) Act
Private Security Industry Act
Royal Assent received during the 2001-02 session
Anti-Terrorism, Crime and Security Act
Football Disorder (Amendment) Act
Proceeds of Crime Act
Police Reform Act
Mobile Telephones (Reprogramming) Act
Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act
Royal Assent received during the 2002-03 session
Criminal Justice Act
Sexual Offences Act
Crime (International Co-operation) Act
Extradition Act
Antisocial behaviour Act
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