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Simon Hughes: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many of his Departments employees have been (a) dismissed, (b) suspended and (c) subject to disciplinary action for criminal activity in each year since 1997; [88461]
(2) how many staff members in his Department have been (a) prosecuted and (b) convicted following fraud charges since 1997. [88446]
Mr. Byrne: The information requested is not centrally held and could be obtained only at a disproportionate cost.
Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many domestic violence cases have been brought to trial in each of the last five years in each (a) London borough and (b) constituency; and if he will make a statement. [82930]
Mr. Byrne: The CPS does not hold a historical record of domestic violence data for each London borough. During the year April 2005 to March 2006, there was a total of 4,841 prosecutions for domestic violence in the jurisdiction of the London courts. Of these, 2,503 (51.7 per cent.) were convicted, 1,882 (38.9 per cent.) were not proceeded with and 456 (9.4 per cent.) were acquitted.
Nationally, during the year April 2005 to March 2006, there was a total of 49,782 prosecutions for domestic violence. Of these, 29,719 (59.7 per cent.) were convicted, 17,311 (34.8 per cent.) were not proceeded with and 2,752 (5.5 per cent.) were acquitted.
During the year April 2004 to March 2005, there was a total of 2,807 prosecutions for domestic violence in the jurisdiction of the London courts. Of these, 1,365 (48.6 per cent.) were convicted, 1,187 (42.3 per cent.) were not proceeded with, and 255 (9.1 per cent.) were acquitted.
Nationally, during the year April 2004 to March 2005, there was a total of 34,839 prosecutions for domestic violence. Of these, 19,156 (55 per cent.) were convicted, 13,599 (39 per cent.) were not proceeded with and 2,084 (6 per cent.) were acquitted.
Comparable figures are not held for years prior to 2004-05.
Mr. Clegg: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 19 July 2006, Official Report, column 544W, on extradition, if he will break the figures down by the alleged offence. [88390]
John Reid: Details are given in the following tables, which has been updated to 24 August 2006 in order to reflect developments since the original answer. It should be noted that:
(a) an extradition request is not included in this table unless the individual has been arrested for extradition and is in custody, or on bail, or has been surrendered
(b) an individual may be arrested in a different year from that in which the request is made;
(c) the offences quoted are brief descriptions and not detailed charges e.g. "fraud" also covers "conspiracy to defraud";
(d) an individual may be wanted for more than one crimethe principal offences only are shown in the table; and
(e) more than one request may have been received for an individual, so that a surrender may be pursuant to more than one request.
US requests to England and Wales 2001 to 2005 | |
2001 | Number |
2002 | |
Number | |
2003( 1) | |
Number | |
(1) One figure for 2003 has been moved from the "Closed without surrender" column to the "Surrender" column because the individual was the subject of requests in both 2003 and 2004, and it has been confirmed that he was extradited pursuant to both of them. |
2004 | |
Number | |
2005 | |
Number | |
Mr. Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list organisations that received funding from his Department to help individuals who claim to have been falsely accused of criminal offences; and how much each organisation received in the last 10 years for which figures are available. [47402]
Mr. Sutcliffe: The Criminal Cases Review Commission has received Grant in Aid from the Home Office from its inception in 1996 to date, as shown in the following table. The Commission's role is to review and investigate possible miscarriages of justice and to refer cases to an appropriate appeal court where there is a real possibility that the conviction, finding, verdict or sentence will not be upheld.
The Citizens Advice Bureau at the Royal Courts of Justice provides free, confidential and independent advice to members of the public who have cases in the Court of Appeal. It has received funding from 2004-05 as follows:
2004-05: £97,000 grant for a pilot scheme
2005-06: grant of £108,445
2006-07: grant of £119,400.
Criminal Cases Review Commission: Grant in Aid | |
Amount (£) | |
(1) This figure includes the last three months of 1996. (2) The 2004-05 figure was reduced in comparison with the previous years because the CCRC had to use their cash reserves as required by the Treasury under the rules of Government Accounting. |
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