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Safer Parking Scheme
Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department which car parks have achieved the Safer Parking Scheme Park Mark award; and if he will make a statement. [88645]
Mr. McNulty: The British Parking Association, who manage the safer parking scheme on behalf of the Association of Chief Police Officers, advise that on 21 July 2006 there were 2,156 car parks within England and Wales holding the scheme's Park Mark award. The location of each of these is on a list which I have placed in the Library today.
The Home Office believes significant improvements should be made in car park safety. The industry is responding to this challenge and I do not think it is currently necessary for the Government to develop proposals to change the law relating to car parks so as to achieve a reduction in crime. But I will want to review the position in about 12 months’ time to ensure the industry achieves the improvements that the Government expect.
Sakchoi Macao
Mr. Carmichael: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) police officers and (b) Immigration and Nationality Directorate staff were present at the removal of Sakchoi Macao on 6 June 2006; where the officers are normally based; and what the cost was of the transportation of these officers to and from Shetland. [76868]
Mr. Byrne [holding answer 12 June 2006]: Three police officers and two Immigration and Nationality Directorate staff were present during the operation to detain the individual concerned. These officers are normally based in Shetland and Aberdeen. The costs incurred in the transportation of officers from Aberdeen to Shetland and back were £990.
Security Passes
Simon Hughes: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many security passes have been reported (a) lost and (b) stolen by staff in his Department by year since February 2004. [88562]
Mr. Byrne: The number of Home Office passes reported lost or stolen in 2004 was 321. The number reported in 2005 was 292 (lost) and 18 (stolen) and in 2006 to end of June 155 (lost) and three (stolen).
Security Services (Imprisonment)
Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) former and (b) current employees (excluding agents) of (i) MI5 and (ii) MI6 have been imprisoned in the UK in each of the last five years. [87805]
Mr. McNulty: No current employee of the Security Service or the Secret Intelligence Service has been imprisoned in the UK in the last five years.
Records are not routinely kept on former employees, but we know of two instances of former employees being imprisoned in the last five years.
Sentencing
Mr. Carmichael: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many convictions for drink driving resulted in custodial sentences in 2005, broken down by police authority; [84448]
(2) how many convictions for (a) drink driving and (b) each other motoring offence resulted in custodial sentences in each year since 1997, broken down by sex; and what percentage each figure represents of the total number of convictions resulting in custodial sentences. [84449]
Mr. Coaker: Data on convictions for drink driving resulting in custodial sentences in 2005 by police force area is not yet available.
Information taken from the Court Proceedings Database held by the Office for Criminal Justice Reform on convictions and custodial sentences for drink driving and other motoring offences as a proportion of total custodial sentences for all offences for 1997 to 2004 (latest available) is given in the following table. Data for 2005 will be available early in 2007.
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