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Surveillance
Mr. Watson: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when the Minister for Policing, Security and Community Safety will write to the hon. Member for West Bromwich, East as promised in the answer of 8 November 2006, Official Report, column 1658W, on covert surveillance. [106420]
Mr. McNulty [holding answer 5 December 2006]: I replied to the hon. Member on 11 December.
Telephone Intercept Evidence
Mr. Clegg: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what representations he has received on the admissibility in court of telephone intercept evidence collected by foreign law enforcement agencies. [109671]
Terrorism
Mr. Waterson: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many persons are being detained without charge under suspicion of terrorist activities. [103627]
Mr. McNulty: We have taken the use of the word detained to include those individuals arrested under the Terrorism Act 2000, those arrested under other legislation where the investigation is treated as terrorist- related, detentions under the Anti-Terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001 Part 4 powers and detentions under Schedule 7 of the Terrorism Act 2000.
Statistics on arrests under the Terrorism Act 2000 are compiled from 11 September 2001. From this date to 30 September 2006, there have been 1,113 arrests under the Terrorism Act 2000. There were also 27 arrests under legislation other than the Terrorism Act, where the investigation was conducted as a terrorist investigation.
It should be noted that some individuals arrested under the Terrorism Act are subsequently released without charge or are subject to further action which is not connected with suspicion of involvement in terrorism. It would therefore be inaccurate to state that all those arrested remain ‘terrorist suspects’.
17 people were certified under part 4 of the Anti-Terrorism, Crime and Security Act (ATCSA) 2001. Of these, 16 were certified and detained, and one was certified but detained under other powers.
In addition there are detention powers under schedule 7 of the Terrorism Act 2000, but statistics on persons detained under these powers are not held in the form requested.
Patrick Mercer: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people were convicted of terrorist crimes in the last 10-year period for which information is available. [103637]
Mr. McNulty: The Home Office does not have figures for individuals convicted under the Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Acts broken down into years. However, between 22 March 1984 and 18 February 2001, 312 individuals were convicted under the Act and 241 were convicted under other legislation.
Statistics compiled from police records show that from 11 September 2001 to 30 September 2006, 38 people were convicted under the Terrorism Act and 176 individuals were convicted under other legislation.
| Terrorism Act 2000 | ||
| Number of persons convicted under the Act | Number of persons convicted under other legislation | |
| (1) This is from 11 September 2001. (2) This is up to 30 September 2006. | ||
Together Action Areas
Mr. Clegg: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what funding has been provided to the Together Action Areas designated in October 2004; and what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the project in each of the designated areas. [109678]
John Reid: Since 2004, £7.8 million has been allocated to the 60 ‘Together’ Trailblazer and Action Areas to use as an extra front-line resource to tackle antisocial behaviour.
This is in addition to the £25,000 per annum which has been provided to every Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnership in England and Wales for an antisocial behaviour co-ordinator to prioritise and drive forward action on local issues.
The National Audit Office’s Value for Money Report, ‘Tackling Antisocial Behaviour’ published on 7 December 2006, considered the effectiveness of this Government’s strategy to tackle antisocial behaviour, including that pursued in Trailblazer and Action Areas. We welcome the National Audit Office’s conclusions that our twin-track approach of support and sanction is effective. The findings show that the majority of people surveyed who have received an antisocial behaviour intervention have not re-engaged in antisocial behaviour.
The effectiveness of action in Trailblazer and Action Areas has also been identified through the British Crime Survey (2002-03 and 2004-05) which shows that between 2002 and 2005, the percentage of people perceiving there to be high levels of antisocial behaviour in their area fell at a greater rate in Trailblazer and Action Areas (from 25 per cent. to 19 per cent.) than in other areas (from 19 per cent. to 16 per cent.) over the same period. Similarly, the Recorded Crime Statistics for 2003-04 and 2004-05 also show that the fall in antisocial behaviour-related forms of criminal damage in the 60 areas, for example graffiti, was above the national average.
VAT Fraud
Mr. Francois: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department on what date he signed the treaty with Dubai on co-operation in combating VAT fraud. [109993]
Joan Ryan: The Home Secretary signed Treaties on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters and Extradition between the UK and the United Arab Emirates on 6 December 2006. The treaties will provide the necessary legal basis for closer co-operation between our states in the fight against terrorism and organised crime, including VAT fraud.
Visa Information Service
Mr. Hayes: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on the proposed EU legislation for the development of the Visa Information Service; and what its legal base is. [108173]
Joan Ryan: A draft EU regulation (Com (2004) 835 Final) further developing the Visa Information System (VIS) is currently under negotiation. Once adopted, it will define the detailed operation of the VIS system, including the categories of data that will be stored and the purposes for which data should be entered.
Consistent with its Schengen position, the UK will not participate in this regulation.
The draft regulation is based on Article 62 (2)(b)(ii) and Article 66 of the treaty establishing the European Community.
Wheel Clamping
Martin Horwood: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent estimate he has made of the number of individuals (including operators and managers) (a) operating as wheel clampers and (b) holding a valid Security Industry Authority vehicle immobiliser’s licence; and if he will make a statement. [108842]
Mr. Coaker: The information is as follows:
(a) The SIA’s estimates, based on the best available information, suggested the total licensable Vehicle Immobilising (VI) population to be 1,200. The SIA publishes full statistical details of licensable sectors on its website at
http://www.the-sia.org.uk/home/licensing/stats_2.htm.
(b) As of 6 December the SIA had received 2,366 applications for VI licences. 1,928 licences have been granted and 119 refused. The number of granted licences also includes renewals.
Young Offenders
Jenny Willott: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) juvenile and (b) young adult offenders were in sustainable employment (i) three months, (ii) six months and (iii) 12 months after being released from secure accommodation in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement. [106973]
Mr. Sutcliffe: The Home Office does not collect any data on numbers of juvenile and young adult offenders in sustainable employment following release from secure accommodation, and we are therefore unable to supply data in answer to this question.
Youth Crime
Bob Spink: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many recorded incidents of each type of crime committed by youths between 16 and 21 years there were in Essex in each of the last five years. [109767]
Mr. McNulty: The information requested is not collected centrally in the recorded crime statistics.
Health
Adolescent Mental Health Units
Tim Loughton:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the average cost is per night of a stay in an
(a) NHS inpatient adolescent mental health unit and (b) independent sector inpatient adolescent mental health unit. [104931]
Mr. Ivan Lewis: The information requested is not collected centrally.
Agency Staff
Dr. Kumar: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) doctors and (b) nurses from agencies were used by the NHS in each English region in each year since 2000; and what the costs were for each region in each year. [107675]
Ms Rosie Winterton: The Department does not collect agency staff numbers. However, spend data for trusts and primary care trusts are available in the table. Data for 2004-05 excludes foundation trusts.
| Non-NHS medical spend and spend on nursing, midwifery and health visiting by SHA and financial year | |||||||
| 2000-01 | 2001-02 | 2002-03 | |||||
| SHA code | SHA name | Medical | Nursing, midwifery and health visiting | Medical | Nursing, midwifery and health visiting | Medical | Nursing, midwifery and health visiting |
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