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Mr. Greg Knight: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what proportion of managed moves within the Prison Service for the year from 1 April 2005 to 31 March 2006 were approved by (a) the Director of Operations, (b) the Deputy Director General, (c) the Director General and (d) by other officials. [87441]
Mr. Sutcliffe: The official who approves a managed move within the Prison Service is not recorded centrally and information could be collected only at disproportionate cost. The level at which such moves are approved is set out in a Prison Service Order (number 8110).
Mr. Greg Knight: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when the Prison Service Fraud Response Plan was last updated; and if he will place a copy of the plan in the Library. [87442]
Mr. Sutcliffe: The Fraud Response Plan forms part of the Prison Service Anti-Fraud Strategy, which was last updated in September 2004 and published as a Prison Service Order (PSO) on 8 October 2004. The Prison Service Audit Committee reviews the anti-fraud strategy annually.
The Libraries of both the House of Commons and the House of Lords receive copies of PSOs shortly after their publication.
Mr. Bellingham: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what action he has taken in response to the latest report from HM chief inspector of prisons into conditions at HM Prison Lincoln. [66570]
Mr. Sutcliffe:
The Prison Service has produced an action plan, which responds to each recommendation in Her Majesty's chief inspectorate of prison’s report. The action plan details whether the Prison Service accepts the recommendation, what will be done to implement it, the person or department responsible
and a timescale. This action plan will be updated approximately 12 months after the report’s publication date of 15 February 2006.
Probation (Hertfordshire)
Anne Main: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the expenditure on staffing in the Hertfordshire probation area in 2004-05 was. [16233]
Mr. Sutcliffe: The total salary costs recorded in the accounts of Hertfordshire Probation Board for 2004-05, are £6,194,000, including employer’s national insurance and pension contributions.
Reading Training for Work Programme
Mr. Francois: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many young offenders have come into contact with the Reading Training for Work Programme in each year since 2003. [84810]
Mr. Sutcliffe: Her Majesty’s Young Offenders Institute Reading do not keep separate records of the number of young offenders who have come into contact with the National Grid Young Offender Programme.
Ritual Abuse
Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many cases of ritual abuse have (a) been reported and (b) resulted in (i) arrests and (ii) charges in each London borough in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. [87332]
Mr. McNulty: The information requested is not available centrally. Ritual abuse cannot be separately identified from offences against the person in either the recorded crime statistics or the court proceedings statistics.
Robberies/Burglaries (London)
Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) robberies and (b) burglaries were reported in each London borough in each of the last five years; and how many resulted in a conviction. [86792]
Mr. McNulty: Data collected centrally do not track individual offences to conclusion. Recorded offences are counted on the basis of crimes committed and are available by financial year for each London borough. Convictions are counted on the basis of offenders and are available by calendar year for each London court.
The available information is given in the tables.
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