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University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust
Keith Vaz: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when the decision was taken to require budget reductions to cover the budget deficit of the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust; what discussions he has had with members of the Trust on the recent budget reductions; and what assessment he has made of the effect on patients of the planned reductions. [98668]
Andy Burnham: I have been asked to reply.
The board of the University Hospitals of Leicester National Health Service Trust (UHL) agreed a package of savings at their board meeting on 5 October 2006. The trust board also discussed making further savings at an extraordinary board meeting on 19 October 2006.
My right hon. Friend has had no discussions with members of the trust on budget issues in her role as Secretary of State for Health. However, as a Member for a Leicester constituency, she does have a range of discussions with the trust and others on local matters. This has included meetings with the chief executive, the chairman and the director of strategic development of the trust on a number of occasions throughout the year.
Responsibility for local health services now lies with the local NHS and decisions on the configuration of local health services are taken at a local level.
Responsibility for local health services now lies with the local NHS and decisions on the configuration of local health services are taken at a local level.
US-UK Extradition Treaty
Mr. Clegg: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether there was reference to negotiations on a US-UK extradition treaty in ministerial briefing papers provided by the Department in 2002 in preparation for debates on the Extradition Bill. [99390]
John Reid: Official advice to Ministers is covered by the principle of confidentiality.
Victim Support
Chris Ruane: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what funding was given to Victim Support in each of the last 20 years at today's prices (a) in total and (b) for each police authority area. [93763]
Mr. McNulty: The following table shows the Home Office grant to Victim Support for the past 20 years, at today's prices, as deflated by the GDP deflator on the HMT website (as of 26 October 2006).
The Home Office makes the grant nationally and Victim Support distributes it locally. The Home Office does not keep records of the amounts given for each police authority area.
| £ million | ||
| Funding year | To Victim Support | Today's price |
Violent Assaults
Mr. Iain Wright: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps the police take to investigate violent assaults images of which have been posted onto the internet; how many prosecutions have resulted from such investigations in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. [97590]
Mr. Coaker: The police investigate violent assaults, images of which have been posted onto the internet, in the same way in which they undertake any criminal investigation. They have a duty to investigate any report or allegation of a criminal offence having been committed, and will seek to obtain evidence of the alleged offence. Then, in collaboration with the Crown Prosecution Service, they will decide whether they have sufficient evidence to proceed with a prosecution, and whether it is in the public interest to do so.
It is not possible to identify violent assaults, images of which have been posted onto the internet, as a separate category, and therefore not possible to provide information on how many prosecutions have resulted from such investigations in each of the last five years.
Violent Crime
Mr. Ellwood: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what offences are categorised as violent crime; and what the criteria are for such categorisation. [92312]
Mr. McNulty:
For the purposes of the recorded crime statistics, violent crime comprises of the offence groups of violence against the person, sexual offences and robbery. Broadly, the criteria used for determining if a crime is deemed to be ‘violent’ is that an offence has been committed directly against the person as opposed to offences where property is involved such as burglary, theft offences or criminal damage. Robbery is included in ‘Violent’ crime as it involves force or the
threat of force in addition to the property element. The list of offences and their standard notifiable offence codes are as follows:
1.Murder.
4.1Manslaughter.
4.2Infanticide.
2.Attempted murder.
3.Threat or conspiracy to murder.
4.3Child destruction.
4.4Causing death by dangerous driving.
4.6Causing death by careless driving when under the influence of drink or drugs
4.7Causing or allowing death of a child or vulnerable person.
5.More serious wounding or other act endangering life.
6.Endangering a railway passenger.
37.1Causing death by aggravated vehicle taking.
7.Endangering life at sea.
8A.Less serious wounding.
8B.Possession of weapons.
8C.Harassment.
8D.Racially or religiously aggravated less serious wounding.
8E.Racially or religiously aggravated harassment.
11.Cruelty to and neglect of children.
12.Abandoning a child under the age of two years.
13.Child abduction.
14.Procuring illegal abortion.
15.Concealment of birth.
104.Assault on a constable.
105A.Common assault
105B.Racially or religiously aggravated common assault.
16.Buggery—repealed with effect from May 2004.
17.IIndecent assault on a male—with effect from May 2004 split into:
17ASexual assault on a male aged 13 and over.
17B.Sexual assault on a male child under 13.
18.Gross indecency between males—repealed with effect from May 2004
19A.Rape of a female—with effect from May 2004 split into:
19C.Rape of a female aged 16 and over.
19D.Rape of a female child under 16.
19E.Rape of a female child under 13.
19B.Rape of a male—with effect from May 2004 split into:
19F.Rape of a male aged 16 and over.
19G.Rape of a male child under 16.
19H.Rape of a male child under 13.
20.Indecent assault on a female—with effect from May 2004 split into:
20A.Sexual assault on a female aged 13 and over.
20B.Sexual assault on a female child under 13.
21.Unlawful sexual intercourse with a girl under 13—up until May 2004.
21Sexual activity involving a child under 13—with effect from May 2004.
22.Unlawful sexual intercourse with a girl under 16—repealed with effect from May 2004.
22A.Causing sexual activity without consent—with effect from May 2004.
22B.Sexual activity involving a child under 16—with effect from May 2004.
23.Incest—re-titled with effect from May 2004.
23.Familial sexual offences—with effect from May 2004 (previously incest).
24.Exploitation of prostitution.
25.Abduction—repealed with effect from May 2004.
26.Bigamy.
27.Soliciting of women by men.
70.Sexual activity etc. with a person with a mental disorder—with effect from May 2004.
71.Abuse of children through prostitution and pornography—with effect from May 2004.
72.Trafficking for sexual exploitation—with effect from May 2004.
73.Abuse of position of trust.
73.Abuse of trust—with effect from May 2004.
74.Gross indecency with a child—repealed with effect from May 2004.
88A.Sexual grooming—with effect from May 2004.
88B.Other miscellaneous sexual offences—with effect from May 2004.
34A.Robbery of business property.
34B.Robbery of personal property.
Visas
Mr. Burns: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer from the Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office of 30 October 2006, Official Report, column 254W, on visas, when his Department will issue the appeal determination to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office; what the reasons are for the delay in issuing the determination to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office; and if he will make a statement. [99216]
Mr. Byrne: Determinations are normally forwarded to overseas posts as soon as appeal rights are concluded. Copies were sent on 2 November.
Young Offenders
Dr. Kumar: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) suicides, (b) attempted suicides and (c) cases of self-harm there have been in young offender institutions in each of the last five years. [99904]
Mr. Sutcliffe: The information requested with respect to apparent self-inflicted deaths is shown in table 1.
There is no definition of what constitutes an attempted suicide, as it is very difficult to measure suicidal intent.
The information requested with respect to recorded incidents of self-harm is shown in the table 2.
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