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Operation Pentameter
Mr. Steen: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to his answer of 10 July 2006, Official Report, columns 1670-71W, on Operation Pentameter, to which countries the three minors have been repatriated; from which countries the other minors originate; how long he expects them to be in the care of social services; and if he will make a statement. [85722]
Mr. Coaker [holding answer 14 July 2006]: The three minors identified in Operation Pentameter as having been repatriated were from Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia. The other minors identified were from Burundi, Cameroon, Sudan, Guinea, Ivory Coast and Kenya.
The length of time that the victims will be in the care of the local authority will be determined by an assessment of any ongoing risk of harm they face and their continuing need for care and support while they remain in this country.
Organised Crime
Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many investigations into organised crime groups have been undertaken by (a) the Serious Organised Crime Agency and (b) other police organisations in each of the last five years. [88498]
Mr. Coaker: The Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) is not a police organisation. It is an intelligence-led agency with law enforcement powers and harm reduction responsibilities. SOCA undertakes a range of operational activity in order to fulfil its functions as defined in sections two and three of the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005. As SOCA came into being only on 1 April 2006, there are no figures available for the current year. Figures for other police forces are not collated nationally.
Oxfordshire Coroner
Norman Baker: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what meetings were held between (a) Ministers and (b) officials from his Department and the Oxfordshire Coroner between 17 July 2003 and 31 March 2004. [85520]
Mr. Byrne [holding answer 13 July 2006]: No meeting occurred between the Oxfordshire Coroner and a Minister of the Home Office within the time period specified. It is not possible, within the limits on reasonable costs, to determine whether any official within the Home Office met with the Coroner. The Oxfordshire Coroner, does not believe there were any meetings with officials of the Home Office, other than the Coroners Unit (now within the Department for Constitutional Affairs), within the period specified.
Oxycodone Hydrochloride
Tony Baldry: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much oxycodone hydrochloride raw material was produced in the UK in each year since 1997; who produced it; and what estimate he has made of UK demand for oxycodone hydrochloride raw material in each year since 1997. [73804]
Mr. Coaker: The information currently available is in the following tables.
Production figures represent domestic demand and stock. The only UK manufacturer of oxycodone is Macfarlan Smith Ltd.
| Production of oxycodone hydrochloride | |
| Kilos | |
| Estimates | |
| Kilos | |
Parenting Orders
John Cummings: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many parenting orders have been issued in Easington constituency; and how many have been breached in the last two years. [42701]
Mr. Sutcliffe: Youth offending teams (YOTs) report to the Youth Justice Board the number of parenting orders related youth offending or antisocial behaviour broken down by YOT area. 36 parenting orders were made in County Durham YOT area during the year April 2004 to March 2005 and 15 during April 2005 to March 2006, which are the latest available data.
The Department for Education and Skills has collected data on parenting orders in cases of non-attendance and exclusion from school since September 2004. This data are collected at local authority level. For the Durham local authority area, in which the Easington constituency lies, no parenting
orders were reported between September 2004 and 31 December 2005, which is the latest period for which data are available.
The data reported to the Home Office on breaches of parenting orders have not been given because their accuracy cannot be guaranteed. Although care is taken in collating and analysing the returns used to compile such figures, the data are of necessity subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale recording system. We have started a programme of work in the Home Office looking at the quality of existing data on court sentencing and how this might be improved.
Mr. Ruffley: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many parenting orders have been made in each year since they were introduced, and how many have been breached in each year, broken down by local authority area. [84912]
Mr. McNulty: Parenting orders were piloted between 30 September 1998 and 31 March 2000, during which period 284 parenting orders were made but data showing the breakdown by area are not available. Parenting orders were commenced in England and Wales in June 2000.
The Youth Justice Board (YJB) has since 2000 collected the number of parenting orders by youth offending team area, as reported to it by youth offending teams including education-related orders where the YOT has been involved. A copy of a table showing the numbers of parenting orders related to youth offending or other civil orders and those related to non attendance of children at school which were made between 2000 and March 2004, has been placed in the House Libraries (Table A). The YJB is currently reviewing the numbers of parenting orders for the period 2004-05 and 2005-06. I will write to the hon. Member when the reviewed figures are available.
Since September 2004, the Department for Education and Skills has collected data on the number of parenting orders in England related to non- attendance of children at school and exclusion from school at local authority level. Between 1 September 2004 and 31 December 2005 local authorities in England did not report any applications to the courts for parenting orders in the case of exclusions. A copy of the table showing the numbers of parenting orders made following truancy prosecution between 1 September 2004 and 31 December 2005 has been placed in the House Libraries (Table B). Data for the period 1 January 2006 to 21 April 2006 will be available in September. The Welsh Assembly Government do not collect numbers of parenting orders for truancy or exclusion in Wales.
The figures reported to the Home Office on breaches of parenting orders have not been given because their accuracy cannot be guaranteed. Although care is taken in collating and analysing the returns used to compile such figures, the data are of necessity subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale recording system. RDS have started a programme of work in the Home Office looking at the quality of existing data on court sentencing and how this might be improved.
Parliamentary Questions
David T.C. Davies: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many parliamentary questions tabled in the last 12 months for answer by him on a named day (a) were transferred and (b) received a substantive answer (i) on the day named and (ii) after the day named. [49875]
Mr. McNulty: Departments aim to ensure that Members receive a substantive response to their named day question on the named day and to endeavour to answer ordinary written questions within a working week of being tabled. Unfortunately, this is not always possible but this Department makes every effort to achieve these timescales.
It is not possible to provide a breakdown of the number of transfers in respect of named day questions. The information on the number of named day parliamentary questions asked that received substantive answers, for the period 18 May 2005 to 30 April 2006, is as follows:
Parliamentary questions answered on the day named: 165;
Parliamentary questions answered after the day named: 634.
David T.C. Davies: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many ordinary written parliamentary questions tabled for answer by him in the last 12 months have been answered (a) within 14 days, (b) between 14 and 28 days, (c) between 28 days and two months and (d) in excess of two months after the date of tabling; and if he will make a statement. [49900]
Mr. McNulty: Departments aim to ensure that Members receive a substantive response to their named day question on the named day and to endeavour to answer ordinary written questions within a working week of being tabled. Unfortunately, this is not always possible but this Department makes every effort to achieve these timescales.
Information in respect of answering times for parliamentary questions, for the period 18 May 2005 to 30 April 2006, is provided in the attached table.
| Number | Percentage | |
Grant Shapps: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he will answer Question 49028 on DNA samples, tabled on 1 February 2006 by the hon. Member for Welwyn Hatfield. [56716]
Mr. McNulty: My right hon. Friend the Member for Salford (Hazel Blears), replied to the hon. Member on 2 May 2006, Official Report, column 1408W.
Mr. Andrew Turner:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he will provide a substantive reply to Question (a) 59554 on security
staff and (b) 61672 on election literature, tabled by the hon. Member for the Isle of Wight. [67930]
Mr. McNulty [holding answer 4 May 2006]: My hon. Friend, Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Police and Justice, the Member for Gedling, replied to the hon. Member on, (a) 21 June Official Report, column 2013W.
I replied to the hon. Member, (b) on 2 May, Official Report, column 1410W.
Mr. Andrew Turner: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many questions to him for written answer had on 25 May not received a reply within (a) five, (b) 10 and (c) 20 parliamentary days of being tabled; and how many named day questions had not on that date received a substantive reply (i) by the named day and (ii) within (A) 10 and (B) 20 days of being tabled. [74149]
Mr. McNulty [holding answer 5 June 2006]:
I have placed the information that you requested within the following table.
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| Named days | |
Mr. Jeremy Browne: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he will answer Question 71379, tabled by the hon. Member for Taunton on 11 May, on police restructuring in the South West. [80122]
Mr. McNulty: I replied to the hon. Member on 27 June 2006, Official Report, column 273W.
Mr. Salmond: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he will answer Question (a) 74091 and (b) 74299, on fingerprint evidence, tabled by the hon. Member for Banff and Buchan for answer on 25 May. [81464]
Joan Ryan [holding answer 3 July 2006]: I replied to the hon. Member on (a) 24 July 2006, Official Report, column 1180W and (b) 17 July 2006, Official Report, column 76W.
Mr. Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many parliamentary questions tabled to his Department were awaiting a reply on 10 July 2006; which of those had been waiting longer than (a) two and (b) three weeks for a reply; and what the reason for the delay was in each case. [85207]
Mr. McNulty: The information requested is provided in the following table. To provide the reason for the delay in individual cases would incur disproportionate costs.
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