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Shootings
Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people have been shot in each London (a) borough and (b) constituency in each of the last 10 years. [87408]
Mr. McNulty: The total number of offences recorded by the City of London and Metropolitan police in which firearms, excluding air weapons, were reported to have caused injury between 1997 and 2004-05 are given in the tables. Data cannot be broken down to a more local level. Force breakdowns are only available since 1997. Changes in crime recording guidance has meant that data for 2004-05 cannot be directly compared to 1997-98.
| Table 1: Crimes recorded by City of London and Metropolitan police forces in which firearms were reported to have caused injury, 1997-98 to 2001-02 | |
| Total number of injuries | |
| Notes: 1. There was a change in the counting rules for recorded crime on 1
April 1998. 2. Figures for some crime categories may have
been inflated by some police forces implementing the principles of the
National Crime Recording Standard before 1 April 2002. 3.
Excludes air weapons. 4. Includes violence against the
person, sexual offences and robbery. 5. Includes slight,
serious (necessitated detention in hospital or involved fractures,
concussion, severe general shock, penetration by a bullet or multiple
shot wounds) and fatal injuries. 6. By the weapon being fired
or used as a blunt
instrument. | |
| Table 2: Crimes recorded by City of London and Metropolitan police forces in which firearms were reported to have caused injury, 2002-03 to 2004-05 | |
| Total number of Injuries | |
| Notes:
1. Data in this table take account of the introduction of the National
Crime Recording Standard in April 2002. These figures are not directly
comparable with those for earlier years. 2. Excludes air
weapons. 3. Includes violence against the person, sexual
offences and robbery. 4. Includes slight, serious
(necessitated detention in hospital or involved fractures, concussion,
severe general shock, penetration by a bullet or multiple shot wounds)
and fatal injuries. 5. By the weapon being fired or used as a
blunt
instrument. | |
Smoking
Paul Rowen: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prosecutions there have been for smoking cigarettes on buses with a no-smoking policy in each region in each year since 2001. [76149]
Mr. McNulty: This information is not available centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
SO13
Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many officers have been employed by SO13 in each of the last five years. [86793]
Mr. McNulty: The Metropolitan Police Service for operational purposes do not comment on the number of staff employed in counter-terrorism as to do so may compromise current and future operations.
Soliciting
Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people have been arrested for soliciting in each London borough in each of the last five years. [88666]
Mr. McNulty: The information requested is not available centrally.
Somalia
Martin Linton: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he expects to resume removals to Somalia. [84811]
Mr. Byrne: There are voluntary returns to Somalia. Home Office and Foreign Commonwealth Office Ministers are actively investigating options for enforced removals to the region.
Special Advisers
David
Simpson: To ask the Secretary of State for
the Home Department how much has been paid in (a) salary,
(b) travelling expenses, (c) subsistence
allowance and (d) removal expenses to special advisers in his
private office in each of the last five years.
[68967]
Mr. Byrne: Since 2003, the Government have published on an annual basis the names and overall cost of special advisers and the number in each payband. For information relating to the last financial year I refer the hon. Member to the written ministerial statement made to my right hon. Friend, the Prime Minister, on Thursday 21 July 2005, Official Report, columns 158-61 WS.
Staff Misconduct
Mr. Clegg: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many allegations of staff misconduct have been (a) received and (b) investigated in each directorate of his Department in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement. [76919]
John Reid: Pursuant to my answer of 18 July 2006, Official Report, column 422W, it has been brought to my attention that due to a data convergence error two figures contained in the answer are incorrect.
The number of internal investigations commenced under the Home Office misconduct investigation procedure in IND in 2005 was 182; and in 2006 (up until 19 June 2006) was 90.
Stephen Ayre
Philip Davies: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer dated 9 May 2006, Official Report, columns 216-17W, on Stephen Ayre, whether the Serious Further Offence review of the case of Stephen Ayre is complete; and whether it will be made public. [81173]
Mr. Sutcliffe: This review has been completed. This is an internal procedure carried out by the Probation Service to quality assure its risk assessment and risk management processes. Reviews are routinely shared with HMI Probation who are integral to the quality assurance process. Where it is assessed that an independent review is required, the findings are made public.
Street Crime
Mr. Clegg: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many crimes were committed on average per day in the Street Crime Initiative hot spot areas during (a) each quarter of 2005 and (b) the first quarter of 2006. [88482]
John Reid: The number of crimes recorded in the 10 Street Crime Initiative areas is given for each quarter in the following table.
Tagging/Control Orders (London)
Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people are subject to (a) tagging and (b) control orders in each London borough. [86857]
Mr. Sutcliffe: Information is not collected about the borough in which people subject to electronic monitoring are located. However, information is available on their location by postcode. In the postcode areas which most closely correspond to the London boroughs, a total of 1,594 people were subject to electronic monitoring at 30 June 2006.
We are not in a position to provide information about the location of individuals subject to control orders as there are anonymity orders in place protecting the identity of these individuals.
Taking a Stand Awards
Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department which individuals have received a Taking a Stand award. [88652]
Mr. McNulty: The information is given in a table which will be placed in the Library.
Talk to Frank
Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the cost has been of the Talk to Frank programme; and if he will make a statement. [88650]
Mr. McNulty: The FRANK drugs information and advice campaign was launched in May 2003 and the total cost for the programme over three years to 200506 is £14.7 million.
It is a joint campaign between the Home Office, Department of Health and Department for Education and Skills.
The campaign offers an all year round confidential service for young people and their parents on any aspect of drugs. Since launch, the FRANK helpline has answered over one million calls and made over 40,000 referrals to treatment and support services. The website talktofrank.com has received over 11 million hits and replied to over 80,000 emails.
There has also been a successful information campaign using advertising and leaflets to educate young people and parents of drug harms, and stakeholder support to encourage targeted interventions with the most vulnerable young people.
Taser Stun Guns
Mr. Burstow: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many times the Metropolitan police has (a) deployed and (b) used Taser stun guns since October 2005; and if he will make a statement. [88552]
Mr. McNulty: The Commissioner for the Metropolitan Police tells me that Taser was deployed 2,349 times and fired on 19 occasions between 1 October 2005 and 30 June 2006.
Tasker Investigation
Susan Kramer: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when the Tasker investigation commissioned by the Prison Service London area office is expected to report; and whether its findings will be published. [88935]
Mr. Sutcliffe: The investigation is not due to report back until the end of August. It is not Prison Service policy to publish any internal investigation report. Such reports are confidential, covered by the Data Protection Act 1998.
Tech Clean
Damian Green: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on his investigations into Tech Clean and their supply of temporary workers to the Home Office. [78945]
Mr. Byrne: The investigation into Tech Clean Plc and their employment of the cleaners at Becket House has been concluded. The immigration and nationality directorate is satisfied that the company have acted in accordance with the requirements of section eight of the Asylum and Immigration Act 1996.
Television Licence Evasion (London)
Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people have been prosecuted for television licence evasion in each London borough in each of the last five years. [86794]
Mr. McNulty: The requested data cannot be provided for individual London boroughs as the accuracy of the data at this level of detail cannot be guaranteed.
Terrorism
Mr. Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many terrorist attacks have been thwarted in (a) the Metropolitan Police and City of London Police areas of London, (b) Manchester, (c) Liverpool, (d) Newcastle and (e) the United Kingdom since 11 September 2001; how many (i) males and (ii) females were subsequently (A) prosecuted and (B) convicted of terrorist offences; and if he will make a statement. [85145]
Mr.
McNulty: It is not our policy to comment on particular
alleged terrorist attacks as these are
operational matters for the Police and Security Service. However
"Countering International Terrorism: The United Kingdom's Strategy" (Cm
6888), published on 10 July 2006, stated that the police and the
security and intelligence agencies have disrupted many attacks against
the UK since November 2000, including four since last July alone.
Statistics compiled from police records show that, between 11 September
2001 and 31 March 2006, 997 people were arrested under the
Terrorism Act 2000 (TACT). Of those people, 154 were charged with
offences under TACT and 79 of these were also charged with offences
under other legislation. A further 175 were charged under different
legislation. A total of 25 people were convicted under TACT during this
period.
Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many sites the security service has identified as primary investigative targets in domestic terrorism investigations in the UK in each of the last five years. [88885]
Mr. McNulty: We do not comment on specific investigations whether related to international or domestic terrorism.
Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people have been arrested since the coming into force of the Terrorism Act 2003; and how long each was held without being charged in each case in which all proceedings are complete. [86804]
John Reid: Statistics compiled from police records show that between 11 September 2001 and 31 March 2006 997 people were arrested under the Terrorism Act 2000 (TACT). The Home Office does not collate information about the length of detention of those arrested in the particular format requested.
Terrorist Deportation
Michael Gove: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many terrorist suspects detained on national security grounds have been deported since control orders were introduced. [69174]
Mr. McNulty: Since the introduction of the Prevention of Terrorism Act on 11 March 2005, two individuals who had been detained under immigration powers have been deported on national security grounds.
In a number of other cases, an appeal against a decision to deport remains outstanding.
Thomas Curtis
Mr. Waterson: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he knows the whereabouts of Thomas Curtis, who was convicted of murder in 1985 and may have absconded from HMP Leyhill in 1998. [79479]
Mr.
Sutcliffe: The whereabouts of Thomas Curtis is unknown. He
absconded from Leyhill open prison in 1998 and as at 19 July 2006
remains unlawfully at large.
He is listed on the Police National Computer as being unlawfully at
large and is subject to immediate arrest when traced by the
police.
Unaccompanied Children
Mr. Steen: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many children born abroad have been placed on the National Register for Unaccompanied Children since it was established; what steps are taken to identify whether these children are the victims of trafficking; and how many children on the register are estimated to be the victims of trafficking. [82623]
Mr. Coaker [holding answer 5 July 2006]: The National Register of Unaccompanied Children (NRUC), which is not a Home Office system, is operated by the London borough of Westminster on behalf of the London Asylum Seekers Consortium.
It is difficult to quantify the number of child victims of trafficking because traffickers go to great lengths to conceal their exploitation of children. We have no centrally collated data on the numbers of children trafficked into the UK. To help to assess the nature and extent of child trafficking we have commissioned the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre to undertake a study, which we anticipate being completed by the autumn.
The Immigration Nationality Directorate takes its responsibilities towards children very seriously. We are looking at ways to improve the specialist services these children require, including the additional needs of those who may have been trafficked.
Mr. Steen: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many unaccompanied minors were admitted to the UK in each of the last three years at (a) Heathrow, (b) Gatwick, (c) Stansted, (d) Birmingham, (e) Manchester and (f) other UK airports; and how many unaccompanied minors were admitted through UK ports in each year. [86876]
Mr. Byrne [holding answer 20 July 2006]: The information requested is not held centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
Under-age Drinking
Mr. Burstow: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prosecutions have taken place for under-age drinking in the London borough of Sutton in each year since 1990. [88902]
Mr. Sutcliffe: Data from the court proceedings database held by the Office for Criminal Justice Reform for the number of persons aged 10-17 proceeded against for drunkenness offences in the London borough of Sutton in each year since 1990 can be found in the following table.
Court proceedings statistics for 2005 will be available in the autumn of 2006.
In addition to
this, the penalty notice for disorder (PND) scheme, brought into effect
in all police forces in England and Wales in 2004, gives the police
powers to issue persons aged 16-17 believed to be committing
offences of under-age drinking with a fixed penalty notice. No admission
of guilt is required and payment of the penalty discharges all
liability for conviction for the offence. It is not possible to provide
identify the number of PNDs issued in Sutton as the data is not
collected at that level of detail centrally.
| Number of people aged 10-17 proceeded against at Sutton magistrates court for offences relating to drunkenness( 1) ,1990 to 2004( 2,3) | |
| Proceeded against | |
| (1)
Includes offences: drunkenness, simple; drunkenness, with aggravation;
person under 18 buying or attempting to buy or consuming intoxicating
liquor in licensed
premises. (2) These data are provided on the principal offence basis. (3) Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts, and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used. | |
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