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ASBOs
Mr. Flello: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many antisocial behaviour orders have been issued by (a) Stoke-on-Trent, (b) Birmingham and (c) Nottingham city council in each of the last three years. [82303]
Mr. McNulty: Antisocial behaviour orders are issued by the courts. Relevant authorities may apply for an order to be issued at the magistrates court, acting in its civil capacity, or the county court, where there are existing proceedings. The available information is given in the table.
| Number of ASBOs issued at all courts, as reported to the Home Office by the Court Service, where prohibitions have been imposed in specified local government authority (lga) areas, by applicant, where applicable( 1) , and period | ||||
| Lga area/type of applicant | 2003 | 2004 | 2005( 2) | Total |
| (1)
Applicant details are collected on those orders issued in the civil
courts on application. (2) From 1 January to 30
September 2005 (latest
available). | ||||
Sarah Teather: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many anti-social behaviour orders were issued in each London borough in each of the last five years to (a) under 12 year olds, (b) 12 year olds, (c) 13 year olds, (d) 14 year olds, (e) 15 year olds, (f) 16 year olds, (g) 17 year olds and (h) 18 years and over, broken down by (i) sex and (ii) ethnicity. [87706]
Mr. McNulty: The information requested is given in the table, a copy of which will be placed in the Library. Ethnicity is not collected centrally as part of the data collection of antisocial behaviour orders issued.
Anti-terrorism Plan
Mr. Holloway: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment he has made of his Department's progress in implementing the 12-point anti-terrorism plan announced by the Prime Minister on 5 August 2005. [54923]
Mr. McNulty: I refer the hon. Member to the written ministerial statement which I made on 15 December 2005, Official Report, column 167-171WS which gave a full progress report on the 12-point plan outlined by my right hon. Friend, the Prime Minister, on 5 August 2005.
There
has been significant progress in the period since 15 December 2005. A
Memorandum of Understanding has been signed with Lebanon and the
Terrorism and Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Bills, which will
enable us to give effect to a number of elements of the plan, are well
advanced in their parliamentary
passage.
As indicated in my written ministerial statement, a further comprehensive report on progress will be given before the summer recess
Application Registration Cards
Damian Green: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people given conditional temporary admissions to the UK had their Application Registration Card removed because of failure to meet the specified conditions between 1 January and 30 June. [85346]
Mr. Byrne: Current policy is that an ARC should only be taken from an applicant upon a grant of leave, prior to removal, or where there are grounds to suspect that the card has been falsified. Data on impounded Application Registration Cards (ARC) is not routinely kept.
Approved Premises
Mr. Dismore: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many approved premises there are in England and Wales; and how many places there are in such premises. [87793]
Mr. Sutcliffe: There are 104 Approved Premises in England and Wales. On 28 February, the latest date for which figures are available, 2,273 bed spaces were approved by the Secretary of State under Section 9 of the Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000 for use by residents.
Arabic Interpreters
Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many Arabic interpreters are available to the police, broken down by police authority area. [86812]
Mr. McNulty: We do not hold information on the supply of interpreters in particular languages to individual police forces. Code C issued under the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 states (at paragraph 13.1) that chief officers of police are responsible for ensuring appropriate arrangements are in place for people who cannot speak English and provides that interpreters should be drawn from the National Register of Public Service Interpreters. There exists more detailed national guidance regarding interpreters in the criminal justice system and this is currently under review by the Office for Criminal Justice Reform, with the Association of Chief Police Officers and other interested parties. The National Register of Public Service Interpreters is maintained by a not-for-profit limited company, which is a subsidiary of the Chartered Institute of Linguists. I understand that there are 120 Arabic interpreters on the current Register and that many of these are available to work in more than one police area.
Arrests (Firearm Smuggling)
Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people have been arrested for attempting to smuggle a firearm into the UK in each of the last five years; and what average sentence was imposed on those convicted. [86790]
Mr. Sutcliffe: Information on arrests collected centrally in England and Wales is based on persons arrested for “notifiable” offences by main offence group only and does not identify individual offences.
It is not possible to identify from the Home Office Court Proceedings Database (which relates to England and Wales) the offence of attempting to smuggle a firearm into the country.
Information relating to Northern Ireland and Scotland is a matter for the Northern Ireland Office and the Scottish Executive respectively.
Assaults
David Davis: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many attacks there have been on (a) prison officers and (b) probation officers in each (i) prison and (ii) probation service area in each of the last five years. [89149]
John Reid: The following table details the number of assaults on staff by prisoners for the last five years as reported on the central incident reporting system for prisons in England Wales. It is not possible to differentiate the grades of staff assaulted from these central records. There are no central records on the number of assaults that take place on probation officers in probation service areas.
| Number of assaults on staff by prisoners for the last five years in prisons in England and Wales | |
| Prisoner on prison staff assaults | |
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