IT Projects
Dr. Cable: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the expected (a) start and (b) completion date is for the (i) NOMIS, (ii) identity cards, (iii) CID, (iv) biometric residence permits, (v) CJS Exchange, (vi) IBIP, (vii) e-borders procurement, (viii) CIDTR, (ix) EDRM, (x) Adelphi, (xi) IND points-based system, (xii) Mycroft, (xiii) NSPIS Case and Custody, (xiv) WITR, (xv) WISP, (xvi) Warnings Index Portfolio, (xvii) identity management and (xviii) ePassports projects; and what the original planned completion date was in each case. [105489]
Joan Ryan: Please see the following table for a full answer to this question.
Identity cards has not been included in this table because the estimate of likely costs over the next 10 years of introducing ID cards was set out in the costs report laid before Parliament on 9 October 2006 which included the costs of issuing passports and identity cards. It is intended to start issuing identity cards to British citizens from 2009.
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| Policy/programme | Project name/ID | Project description, scope and the key elements/sublevels | Project start date/ | Original planned completion date | Current expected completion |
|
NOMS
|
NOMIS
|
Noms (National Offender Management System) for the Prison Service
|
1st quarter 2006
|
Last quarter 2008
|
Last quarter 2008
|
|
Immigration and Nationality Directorate Five Year Strategy
|
CID
|
Support and maintenance of existing casework system, and adaptation to developing business requirements
|
November 2005
|
November 2010
|
November 2010
|
|
Immigration and Nationality Directorate Five Year Strategy
|
Biometric residents permits
|
Introduction of new format EU residence permits. Part of CID project
|
November 2005
|
November 2010
|
November 2010
|
|
Immigration and Nationality Directorate Five Year Strategy
|
CID TR
|
Redesign of existing casework system to facilitate support and maintenance, and adaptation to developing business requirements
|
Project now subsumed into other CID projects
|
—
|
—
|
|
e-Borders
|
e-Borders procurement
|
Strategic aim of the programme is to "create an integrated, secure border for the 21st century". This will involve the procurement and implementation of solution to capture and analyse passenger information in advance of arrival into/departure from the UK and alert the appropriate border control agencies of high risk passengers. Also replaces the current WI system used to support clearance into the UK and watchlisting of visas applications. A fuller description can be provided if necessary.
|
September 2005
|
Summer 2007
|
Summer 2007
|
|
Immigration and Nationality Directorate Five Year Strategy
|
IBIP
|
Key enabler for introduction of biometric-based identification “documents”
|
November 2005
|
March 2010
|
March 2010
|
|
Immigration and Nationality Directorate Five Year Strategy
|
ePassports (readers)
|
Provision of readers for new format passports. Sub-project with IBIP
|
November 2005
|
March 2010
|
March 2010
|
|
Immigration and Nationality Directorate Five Year Strategy
|
Identity Management (fingerprint recognition)
|
Major expansion of capacity of existing fingerprint recognition system. Sub-project within IBIP
|
November 2005
|
March 2010
|
March 2010
|
|
Immigration and Nationality Directorate Five Year Strategy
|
Warnings Index Portfolio
|
Warnings Index Tech Refresh, Warnings Index Support Procurement
|
September 2004
|
January 2007
|
January 2007
|
|
Immigration and Nationality Directorate Five Year Strategy
|
WITR
|
Warnings Index Tech Refresh. Sub-project of Warnings Index Portfolio
|
September 2004
|
January 2007
|
January 2007
|
|
Immigration and Nationality Directorate Five Year Strategy
|
WISP
|
Warnings Index Support Procurement. Sub-project of Warnings Index Portfolio
|
September 2004
|
January 2007
|
January 2007
|
|
IND
|
Mycroft
|
A secure, networked intelligence system that delivers the provision of timely and legally compliant intelligence
|
2002
|
August 2005
|
December 2005
|
|
IND
|
Points-based system
|
Implements a rationalised managed migration system that integrates all current work and study schemes
|
November 2005
|
March 2010
|
March 2010
|
|
Corporate services
|
Adelphi
|
Finance, HR and procurement system for core HO
|
2002
|
2011
|
2011
|
|
Corporate services
|
EDRM
|
Records management
|
March 2005
|
March 2008
|
July 2007
|
|
Police ICT
|
NSPIS Case and Custody
|
Electronic custody suite and case files
|
April 2003
|
April 2006
|
April 2006
|
|
OCJR
|
CJS Exchange
|
Tri-laterally funded under OCJR. Exchange hub for data sharing across the CJS
|
April 2003
|
April 2006
|
April 2008
|
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Life Sentences
Mr. Laurence Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the average time spent in prison was for those (a) convicted of murder and (b) serving all other life sentences in each of the last 10 years. [108847]
Mr. Sutcliffe: Information on the average time served by sentenced prisoners (a) convicted of murder (mandatory life sentences) and (b) on other life
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sentences between 1995 and 2005 is provided in the following table, which is published as table 10.5 in the Offender Management Caseload Statistics 2005 a copy of which can be found in the House of Commons Library.
These figures have been drawn from administrative IT systems. Although care is taken when processing and analysing the returns, the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large scale recording system, and although shown to the last individual the figures may not be accurate to that level.
| Table 10.5 Number of first releases from prison on life licence and average time served |
| Year of first release | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 |
|
Total released
|
84
|
83
|
89
|
94
|
120
|
113
|
122
|
144
|
223
|
205
|
200
|
|
Mandatory lifers
| | | | | | | | | | | |
|
Number
|
54
|
69
|
78
|
86
|
110
|
101
|
111
|
117
|
185
|
152
|
156
|
|
Mean time served (years)
|
14
|
13
|
14
|
13
|
13
|
13
|
13
|
14
|
15
|
14
|
14
|
|
Median time served (years)
|
13
|
13
|
14
|
13
|
12
|
12
|
13
|
13
|
14
|
13
|
13
|
|
Other lifers
| | | | | | | | | | | |
|
Number
|
30
|
14
|
11
|
8
|
10
|
12
|
11
|
27
|
38
|
53
|
44
|
|
Mean time served (years)
|
14
|
17
|
14
|
14
|
16
|
11
|
9
|
9
|
12
|
9
|
6
|
|
Median time served (years)
|
12
|
17
|
13
|
14
|
15
|
10
|
10
|
5
|
10
|
6
|
6
|
This table is taken from the Offender Management Caseload Statistics 2005 to be found at:
London Olympics
Mr. Don Foster: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated research into the use of high-powered microphones on CCTV cameras at the 2012 Olympics; and if he will make a statement. [108744]
Mr. McNulty: The Home Office, in conjunction with the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) has been undertaking a review of CCTV this year, and have been assessing how it may be used more effectively in reducing and detecting crime. The review's findings are expected to be known within the next few weeks and the strategy will reflect discussions with the police and other stakeholders, and will consider the current and future technologies that may be used in conjunction with CCTV.
The Home Office is not aware of any research commissioned, or evaluation of the use of high-powered microphones on CCTV cameras at the 2012 Olympics.
Any technology used with CCTV cameras will have to comply with current legislation before it could be used operationally. This includes a requirement to observe the Information Commissioner's code of practice on the use of CCTV.
