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Cash for Peerages

Mr. MacNeil: To ask the Prime Minister (1) whether legal representation was provided at public expense to Number 10 staff questioned by police officers in connection with the current Scotland Yard investigation into allegations regarding cash for peerages; [87018]

(2) whether legal representation was provided at public expense to Cabinet Office staff questioned by police officers in connection with the current Scotland Yard investigation into allegations regarding cash for peerages. [87019]

The Prime Minister: I refer the hon. Member to the press briefing given by my Official Spokesman on Friday 14 July. A transcript of this is available on the No. 10 website and a copy has been placed in the Library of the House.

G8

Mr. Amess: To ask the Prime Minister if he will make a statement on the conversation he had with the President of the US at the G8 which was broadcast by mistake. [88437]

The Prime Minister: No.

Lords Appointments

Dr. Evan Harris: To ask the Prime Minister which (a) civil servants, (b) Ministers and (c) others are entitled (i) to view and (ii) to know the contents of (A) application and (B) disclosure forms submitted by those who are to be proposed for peerages prior to such forms being received by the Lords Appointments Commission. [85866]

The Prime Minister: Different processes apply to different categories of nominations, for example, applications made direct to the House of Lords Appointments Commission, party-political nominations, and the limited number of candidates I recommend for people in high public office on their retirement.

Ministerial Holiday Deputies

Mr. Amess: To ask the Prime Minister when he will be out of the country on holiday this summer; between what dates the Deputy Prime Minister will act in his stead; and who will deputise for the Deputy Prime Minister. [88435]

The Prime Minister: For security reasons, my future engagements are announced as and when appropriate. I also refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave the right hon. Member for Witney (Mr. Cameron) at Prime Minister's questions on 12 July 2006, Official Report, columns 1384-85.

Ministerial Meetings

Mr. Clifton-Brown: To ask the Prime Minister what trade-related (a) missions he plans to undertake and (b) meetings he plans to hold during the parliamentary recess. [86764]

The Prime Minister: For security reasons, my future engagements are announced as and when appropriate.

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Public Appointments

Mr. Amess: To ask the Prime Minister which public appointments are in his gift, apart from Ministers of the Crown; what emoluments are payable; what the comparable figures were in (a) 1976, (b) 1979, (c) 1986 and (d) 1996; and if he will make a statement. [83230]

The Prime Minister: I have placed in the Libraries of the House a list of the appointments which I make.

The remainder of the information is not held centrally and to obtain it would incur disproportionate costs.

Standing Order No. 13

Mr. Amess: To ask the Prime Minister what criteria he uses to determine when to make representations to the Speaker seeking the earlier meeting of the House under Standing Order No. 13. [88436]

The Prime Minister: The criteria is set out in Part 1 of Standing Order 13.

Home Department

Burglary

Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many domestic burglaries have taken place in each year since 1997. [88518]

Mr. McNulty: The information requested is published in Table 2.04 of “Crime in England and Wales 2005/06”, Home Office Statistical Bulletin 12/06. A copy of the publication is available on the Home Office website at: http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/crimeew0506.html

Capita Group

Chris Grayling: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what meetings (a) he and (b) Ministers in his Department have held with directors and senior executives of (i) Capita Group plc and (ii) its subsidiaries since 1 January 2004; and whether (A) Capita Group plc and (B) its subsidiaries have provided input (1) in writing and (2) in person to policy discussions in his Department since 1 January 2004. [61074]

John Reid: It is not possible to answer this question without incurring disproportionate costs.

Community Support Officers

Mrs. Iris Robinson: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many police community support officers there are; and if he will make a statement. [86312]

Mr. McNulty: The most recent available information is contained in the following table.

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Police community support officer (PCSO) strength in England and Wales (full-time equivalents)( 1) as at 30 September 2005
Police force area	PCSO strength (fte)
Avon and Somerset	146
Bedfordshire	43
Cambridgeshire	92
Cheshire	77
Cleveland	86
Cumbria	19
Derbyshire	43
Devon and Cornwall	75
Dorset	56
Durham	72
Essex	193
Gloucestershire	62
Greater Manchester	264
Hampshire	23
Hertfordshire	135
Humberside	20
Kent	103
Lancashire	159
Leicestershire	119
Lincolnshire	78
London, City of	14
Merseyside	161
Metropolitan Police	2,053
Norfolk	67
Northamptonshire	38
Northumbria	143
North Yorkshire	69
Nottinghamshire	112
South Yorkshire	125
Staffordshire	62
Suffolk	33
Surrey	102
Sussex	231
Thames Valley	109
Warwickshire	56
West Mercia	86
West Midlands	247
West Yorkshire	433
Wiltshire	38
Dyfed Powys	24
Gwent	81
North Wales	61
South Wales	116
Total 43 Forces	6,324
(1) This table contains full-time equivalent figures that have been rounded to the nearest whole number. Because of rounding there may be an apparent discrepancy between totals and the sums of the constituent items. These figures include those on career breaks or maternity/paternity leave.

Convictions

Mr. Sanders: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people who reside in (a) Torbay and (b) Devon and Cornwall have been prosecuted under the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 in each year since it was enacted; and how many dangerous dogs have been destroyed in (i) Torbay and (ii) Devon and Cornwall in each year since 1999. [85512]

Mr. Coaker: The data requested on defendants proceeded against at magistrates courts in Devon and Cornwall police force area for offences under the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991, for the years 1992-2004, are provided in the following table. It is not possible to identify defendants from Torbay as their individual circumstances are not separately collected and the data is not broken down to that level of detail.

Information on the number of dangerous dogs destroyed is not collected centrally.

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Number of defendants proceeded against at magistrates courts for offences under the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991, Devon and Cornwall Police Force Area, 1992-2004( 1, 2)
Offence description	Principal statute	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997
Breeding or breeding from a fighting dog	Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 Sec 1(2)(a)	—	—	—	—	—	—
Selling, exchanging, offering, advertising or exposing for sale a fighting dog	Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 Sec 1(2)(b)	—	—	—	—	—	—
Giving or offering to give a fighting dog	Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 Sec 1(2)(c)	—	—	—	—	—	—
Allowing a fighting dog to be in a public place without a muzzle or a lead	Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 Sec 1(2)(d)	5	—-	—	—	—	—
Abandoning or allowing to stray a fighting dog	Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 Sec 1(2)(e)	—	—	2	—	—	—
Possession, without exemption, of a Pit Bull Terrier, Japanese Tosa or other designated fighting dog	Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 Sec 1(3)	2	2	2	—	—	—
Owner or person in charge allowing dog to be dangerously out of control in a public place injuring any person	Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 Sec 3(1)	5	7	5	7	6	11
Owner or person in charge allowing dog to be dangerously out of control in a public place, no injury being caused	Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 Sec 3(1)	7	5	2	7	5	5
Owner or person in charge allowing dog to enter a non-public place and injure any person	Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 Sec 3(3)	—	1	1	1	—	—
Owner or person in charge allowing dog to enter a non-public place causing reasonable apprehension of injury to a person	Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 Sec 3(3)	2	1	1	—	—	—
Failing to give up a dog for destruction or having custody of a dog while disqualified	Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 Sec 4(8)	1	1	1	—	—	—
Total all offences		22	17	14	15	11	16

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