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Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many deaths occurred in prisons in each police district in each year since 2000. [95289]

Mr. Sutcliffe: This information is not collated centrally in the requested format and could be obtained only at a disproportionate cost.

Probation Officers

Julie Morgan: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans he has for the future training of probation staff. [89883]

Mr. Sutcliffe: The Diploma in Probation Studies is under review with the final intake due in October 2007.

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Plans for revised training are under way with significant progress made in the last few weeks. Skills for Justice, NPD, NOMs the Prison Service, Unions and other key stakeholders are actively involved in exploring suitable options to skill the Probation workforce for the future. By the end of year, a preferred option should have been identified; a project group convened and progress made to ensure a robust qualification is in place for 2008.

Proscribed Terrorist List

Mr. Jim Cunningham: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the process is for selecting groups for consideration for his Department's proscribed terrorist list. [95770]

Mr. McNulty: Under part II of the Terrorism Act 2000 the Secretary of State may proscribe an organisation if he believes it to be concerned in terrorism. That is if it commits or participates in terrorist acts or if it prepares, promotes or encourages terrorism or is otherwise concerned in terrorism. The Terrorism Act 2006 added glorification of the commission or preparation of acts of terrorism to these criteria.

If these criteria are reached there are other factors which the Secretary of State can take into account when deciding which groups should be added to the Schedule two list. These include the nature and scale of an organisation's activities, the specific threat that it poses to the UK or to British nationals and interests overseas, the extent of the organisation's presence in the UK and the need to support other members of the international community in the global fight against terrorism.

The Secretary of State receives advice from a number of sources when making a decision including from a working group chaired by the Home Office and comprising representatives from the FCO, security and intelligence agencies, police, Cabinet Office and HM Treasury.

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Surrey and Sussex Police

Mr. Malins: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what representations he has received on (a) current and (b) future funding levels for Surrey police; and if he will make a statement. [94998]

Mr. McNulty: We received representations from one local MP, on behalf of 10 other Surrey MPs, in February about funding. My predecessor, the right hon. member for Salford (Hazel Blears), replied on 14 March.

Under-age Drinking

Mr. Swire: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate he has made of the extent of under-age drinking. [92248]

Mr. McNulty: Findings from the 2004 Offending, Crime and Justice survey revealed that 56 per cent. of 10 to 17-year-olds reported having had an alcoholic drink in the previous 12 months. This figure was highest among 16 to 17-year-olds (88 per cent.) and lowest among 10 to 13-year-olds (29 per cent).

Wildlife Crime

Chris Ruane: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people were (a) prosecuted and (b) imprisoned for wildlife crimes in each of the last 20 years, broken down by police authority area and in descending order. [93873]

Mr. McNulty: Data from the Court Proceedings Database held by the Office for Criminal Justice for the number of people who were (a) prosecuted and (b) imprisoned for wildlife crimes in each of the last 20 years, broken down by police authority area and in descending order can be found in the following tables.

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Number of persons proceeded against at magistrates courts, for offences relating to wildlife crime, by police force area, England and Wales, 1984 to 2004( 1, )( 2, 3)
Force	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1995
Lancashire	296	271	523	749	473	478	520	439	350	255	203
North Yorkshire	481	363	365	357	307	324	198	434	302	245	156
Metropolitan Police	143	269	163	179	190	147	223	206	536	464	245
West Yorkshire	197	197	163	152	165	232	180	192	239	213	161
Northumbria	112	155	202	189	158	188	175	171	174	192	156
Greater Manchester	143	130	116	136	136	148	187	138	178	137	89
South Wales	243	192	184	195	195	130	106	97	176	125	91
North Wales	198	139	130	171	176	152	101	125	112	99	125
West Midlands	151	145	123	105	115	135	202	197	174	116	70
Cumbria	292	269	309	231	196	127	130	100	104	62	57
Avon and Somerset	173	202	161	147	143	121	143	144	158	128	82
Hampshire	180	136	134	156	121	132	182	126	156	149	79
Devon and Cornwall	125	91	85	77	101	116	101	136	197	104	117
Derbyshire	209	180	194	183	161	155	107	75	81	72	35
South Yorkshire	138	207	155	125	144	158	139	105	115	106	50
Staffordshire	154	147	144	137	99	224	184	151	123	136	120
Lincolnshire	127	100	84	96	130	150	180	89	80	82	22
West Mercia	174	131	139	134	152	186	121	118	116	97	80
Essex	132	114	90	105	102	140	196	142	117	100	57
Nottinghamshire	135	120	132	120	106	158	339	202	87	85	43
Humberside	226	125	138	126	132	121	136	83	86	66	57
Sussex	106	99	99	76	80	136	105	115	103	115	48
Durham	179	196	168	108	111	126	124	167	115	97	57
Thames Valley	86	47	86	91	92	91	168	220	126	59	62
Cleveland	94	95	99	111	180	154	230	100	142	82	48
Gwent	135	117	113	91	112	77	94	136	150	68	55
Dyfed-Powys	74	76	98	94	66	99	149	89	82	76	72
Cheshire	102	105	145	156	131	161	108	78	86	63	38
Merseyside	72	94	58	65	51	70	98	122	170	83	62
Cambridgeshire	85	75	104	156	86	104	99	87	81	115	68
Leicestershire	97	64	81	124	109	118	147	101	69	71	36
Wiltshire	71	50	70	67	78	72	63	84	51	42	55
Gloucestershire	48	60	56	78	63	66	81	115	113	73	41
Suffolk	48	65	53	55	34	47	75	59	56	68	57
Kent	133	87	99	67	57	48	47	37	18	46	34
Norfolk	73	90	73	68	40	25	33	36	37	26	20
Northamptonshire	46	31	64	60	50	77	76	68	49	41	17
Hertfordshire	73	42	63	67	52	77	35	44	64	31	27
Surrey	62	36	45	37	37	42	50	62	55	48	32
Dorset	76	39	33	35	34	27	33	28	32	32	35
Bedfordshire	35	48	26	37	46	52	24	36	63	47	35
Warwickshire	49	36	39	40	43	28	36	14	20	15	22
City of London	0	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
Total	5,773	5,236	5,409	5,553	5,054	5,419	5,726	5,268	5,343	4,331	3,017

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