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Bob Russell: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people died as a result of being (a) shot and (b) stabbed in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available. [98445]
Mr. McNulty [holding answer 31 October 2006]: I will write to the hon. Member with the information requested.
Mike Gapes: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what his policy is on the release of violent sex offenders on parole; and if he will make a statement. [95224]
Mr. Sutcliffe [holding answer 19 October 2006]: Under the Criminal Justice Act 2003 implemented in April 2005, dangerous violent or sexual offenders must be sentenced either to an extended sentence for public protection (EPP) or an indeterminate sentence for public protection (IPP). Offenders serving an EPP can be considered for release by the Parole Board at the half-way point of the custodial element of the sentence. Offenders serving an IPP can apply to be released once they have served the minimum term set by the court.
For an offender to be released in either of these circumstances, the Parole Board must be convinced that the risk of re-offending and the risk to the public has been sufficiently reduced. In the case of IPP sentences, the offender may never be released from custody if the risk to the public cannot be managed safely in the community.
Prisoners whose offences are committed before 4 April 2005 are sentenced under the provisions of the previous legislation (Criminal Justice Act 1991). Those sentenced to a determinate prison sentence of four years or more are eligible for parole at the half way point of their sentence and will be released only if the Parole Board considers that safe. If not released at this point, they must be released at the two thirds point of their sentence and remain on licence until the three quarter point. They remain at risk of recall if they commit a further imprisonable offence during the remainder of the sentence.
Under the statutory Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements (MAPPA) introduced in April 2001, offenders who are assessed as posing a high risk of harm to others after release from a determinate sentence undergo a more comprehensive risk assessment and more robust risk management planning and implementation. MAPPA allow relevant offenders to be identified, information to be shared and risk assessments and action plans to be agreed. Work within
MAPPA may result in, for example, increased police monitoring, special provision for victim protection, the provision of information to employers, providers of children's services, close supervision and appropriate accommodation. All sex and other violent offenders are liable to be monitored and the level of supervision will depend upon the assessed level of risk posed by the offender, following the principle that resources follow risk.
Alistair Burt: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many pregnant women held at Yarls Wood are fast track cases; how many pregnant women detained there between 1 April 2004 and 31 January 2006 were fast track cases; how many of these reached 24 weeks of pregnancy while detained; and what procedures were followed in reviewing (a) the need for and (b) the conditions of their detention at this stage. [70860]
Mr. Byrne: There is at present one pregnant woman in the Fast track process who is detained at Yarls Wood. The Fast Track process has only been in existence since 9 May 2005.
We do not keep historical information purely on the basis of pregnancy and as such cannot give numbers of those detainees who were pregnant and are no longer in the fast track process.
We do not accept women into fast track who are more than 24 weeks pregnant. However, a woman would be released from detention when she reaches 32 weeks pregnant.
The detention of each woman is constantly monitored, pregnant or not, including considering the need to detain on the basis of each individuals case.
A pregnant woman has access to full healthcare facilities at Yarls Wood. This includes access to a midwife, who oversees the individuals medical requirements regarding the pregnancy.
Alistair Burt: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether any of the seven detainees who escaped from Yarls Wood following the fire on 14 February 2002, and whose whereabouts remain uncertain, are known to have committed a crime either in the United Kingdom or in another country before their escape in February 2002. [79192]
Mr. Byrne: I will write to the hon. Member with the information requested.
Dr. Kumar: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much his Department has spent on the provision of (a) counsellors, (b) psychologists and (c) support programmes in young offender institutions in each of the last five years. [99905]
Mr. Sutcliffe: I will write to my hon. Friend with the information requested.
Dr. Vis: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many times children have been released from Ashfield Young Offender Institution without their property in the last five years. [100211]
Mr. Sutcliffe: It has not proved possible to respond to my hon. Friend in the time available before Prorogation.
Dr. Vis: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many times control and restraint was used to strip search juvenile boys and girls in each young offender institution in 2005; and how many times it has been used in each month in 2006. [100212]
Mr. Sutcliffe: It has not proved possible to respond to my hon. Friend in the time available before Prorogation.
Dr. Vis: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what injuries were inflicted on boys inside Huntercombe Young Offender Institution during control and restraint in each month in 2005; and what injuries have been inflicted in each month in 2006. [100213]
Mr. Sutcliffe: It has not proved possible to respond to my hon. Friend in the time available before Prorogation.
Dr. Vis: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many times control and restraint was used on boys inside Huntercombe Young Offender Institution in order to strip search them in each month in 2005; and how many times it has been used for that purpose in 2006. [100214]
Mr. Sutcliffe: It has not proved possible to respond to my hon. Friend in the time available before Prorogation.
Dr. Vis: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many juveniles were received into each young offender institution in each year since 2000. [100215]
Mr. Sutcliffe: It has not proved possible to respond to my hon. Friend in the time available before Prorogation.
Dr. Vis: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many boys were subjected to a strip search in Huntercombe Young Offender Institution in each month in 2005; and how many have been subjected to such a search in each month in 2006. [100216]
Mr. Sutcliffe: It has not proved possible to respond to my hon. Friend in the time available before Prorogation.
Dr. Vis: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how often control and restraint was used on juveniles in each young offender institution in each month in 2005; how many times it has been used in each month of 2006; and how many such cases involved black and minority ethnic juveniles. [100217]
Mr. Sutcliffe: It has not proved possible to respond to my hon. Friend in the time available before Prorogation.
Dr. Vis: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many members of the Independent Monitoring Board at each young offender institution holding juveniles have qualifications in child protection. [100218]
Mr. Sutcliffe: It has not proved possible to respond to my hon. Friend in the time available before Prorogation.
Dr. Vis: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many young people serving detention and training orders and designated as vulnerable by the Youth Justice Board were transferred into the adult prison estate in each month since 2004. [100219]
Mr. Sutcliffe: It has not proved possible to respond to my hon. Friend in the time available before Prorogation.
Mr. Francois: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many people are in apprenticeship training, broken down by age. [99355]
Phil Hope: The following table shows the total number of learners who participated in apprenticeship training during 2004-05 broken down by age bands. Figures for 2005-06 will be available following the publication of the Statistical First Release (SFR) Further Education, Work-Based Learning and Adult and Community Learning.
Learner numbers in England: 2005-06 in December 2006: | ||
Advanced apprenticeship | Apprenticeship | |
Note: Figures are rounded to the nearest 100. |
Mr. Watson: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what advice his Department gives to local education authorities which are considering introducing biometric technologies in schools. [99243]
Jim Knight:
Schools and local authorities are responsible for deciding their own policies relating to information about children which they wish to hold
and use, subject to the relevant legislation on Data Protection and Freedom of Information. The Department has published guidance for schools and local authorities on implementing the legislation. Additionally Becta (British Educational Communications and Technology Agency) has published general guidance for local authorities and schools on the introduction of technology in schools and on Data Protection and Security issues. We have not issued specific guidance to schools and local authorities on the introduction of biometric technologies.
Mr. Watson: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how much was spent in schools on biometric technologies in each of the last three years, broken down by local education authority. [99250]
Jim Knight: The information requested is not collected centrally.
Sir John Stanley: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills when he will be sending the right hon. Member for Tonbridge and Malling his further letter regarding Mr. and Mrs Nick. Coote which he said in his letter of 12 May to the right hon. Member he expected to be able to send by 23 May. [97147]
Bill Rammell: My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, replied to the right hon. Members letter on 1 November 2006.
Mr. Jim Cunningham: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what plans his Department has to incorporate media and current affairs studies in secondary schools. [100376]
Jim Knight: It has not proved possible to respond in the time available before Prorogation.
Mr. Weir: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what percentage of the Department's mail is shipped using private companies; and what the cost was over the last 12 months. [95164]
Mr. Dhanda: It has not proved possible to respond in the time available before Prorogation.
Dr. Cable: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many staff in his Department received bonus payments in each of the last five years for which information is available; what proportion of the total work force they represented; what the total amount of bonuses paid has been; what the largest single payment was in each year; and if he will make a statement. [98518]
Mr. Dhanda: The information for 2005/06, 2004/05 and 2003/04 is contained in the following table.
2005/06 | 2004/05 | 2003/04 | |
Information for previous years is not held.
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