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Core funding to international institutions (amounts given are annual allocations for 2006-07)
Annual cost (£ million)Completion date

Core funding

Bioiversity International

0.955

31 March 2007

Core funding

Center for International Forestry Research

0.63

31 March 2007

Core funding

International Center of Tropical Agriculture

0.755

31 March 2007

Core funding

International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas

0.82

31 March 2007

Core funding

International Center for Research in Agroforestry

0.63

31 March 2007

Core funding

International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics

1.26

31 March 2007

Core funding

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

0.5

31 March 2007

Core funding

International Institute of Tropical Agriculture

0.63

31 March 2007

Core funding

International Livestock Research Institute

0.795

31 March 2007

Core funding

International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center

0.9

31 March 2007

Core funding

International Potato Center

0.67

31 March 2007

Core funding

International Rice Research Institute

1.175

31 March 2007

Core funding

International Service for National Agricultural Research (part of IFPRI)

0.305

31 March 2007

Core funding

International Water Management Institute

0.63

31 March 2007

Core funding

West Africa Rice Development Association

0.5

31 March 2007

Core funding

World Fish Center

0.46

31 March 2007

Core funding

World Vegetable Center

0.7

31 March 2007

Core funding

International Centre for Development Orientated Research in Agriculture

0.25

31 March 2007

Partnership facility

Commonwealth Agricultural Bureau International

0.4

31 March 2007

Note:
DFID's strategy for research on sustainable agriculture was launched by the Secretary of State in March 2006. The strategy comprises four components: support to international agricultural research institutions; programmes to get existing research into use; support to regional programmes; and, programmes with UK research councils. Details of projects and programmes to date launched under the strategy are detailed together with core funding to organisations.

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Temporary International Mechanism

Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what his most recent estimate is of the likely duration of the Temporary International Mechanism. [110621]

Hilary Benn: The Temporary International Mechanism (TIM) was most recently extended by the Quartet (EU, US, UN, Russia) until March 2007. The TIM is expected to remain in place for long as it is needed or until the situation in the Palestinian territory changes significantly.

UNICEF: Food Spoilage

Mr. Hayes: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what the total amount of food spoilage from UNICEF stocks was in 2006. [117110]

Mr. Thomas: UNICEF does not hold food stocks.

World Trade Talks

Mr. Bone: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what steps he is taking to seek progress on productive negotiations on the development aspects of world trade talks. [110873]

Hilary Benn: We welcome the recently renewed discussions on Doha and are working closely with EU member states, the US and other World Trade Organisation (WTO) members at all levels to help break the deadlock in negotiations. We continue to encourage all parties to show flexibility in their approach and are continuing to push for progress on the issues of greatest concern to developing countries, especially improved market access and a reduction in trade-distorting subsidies.

Home Department

Bail

Mr. Hayes: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people arrested in 2005-06 were on bail. [115305]

Mr. Sutcliffe: The information requested is not available centrally.

This information is held locally however and is one of the factors that can be considered by the courts when deciding whether or not to grant bail in a particular case.

British Citizens: Convictions Abroad

David Davis: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many referrals to the Serious Organised Crime Agency of British prisoners (a) released and (b) deported from abroad have been made by the Consular Division of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in each of the last five years. [116275]

Dr. Howells: I have been asked to reply.


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I refer the hon. Member to the replies I gave to the hon. Member for Sheffield, Hallam (Mr. Clegg) on 15 January 2007, Official Report, column 830W, and 19 January 2007, Official Report, column 1405W.

Community Support Officers

Geraldine Smith: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many community support officers there are in Morecambe and Lunesdale constituency. [110465]

Mr. McNulty: Data for police strength by constituency area are not collected centrally as part of the police statistics series. Data for police community support officer (PCSO) strength by Basic Command Unit (BCD) are available. As at 30 June 2005 there were 32 PCSOs in the Northern Division BCD of Lancashire police.

These data are published by the Police Human Resources Unit and can be downloaded from the following link:

Criminal Investigation Department Officers

Mr. Vara: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many fully qualified and substantive Criminal Investigation Department (CID) officers completed CID training courses in each police force in each of the last 10 years. [117178]

Mr. McNulty [holding answer 23 January 2007]: This information is not collected by the Home Office. The training of officers for particular duties is a matter for chief officers.

Deaf People: Interpreters

Mrs. Gillan: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps he is taking to ensure that the national guidance laid down by his Department on language service professionals for deaf people in the criminal justice system results in access to the justice system for deaf people. [115954]

Mr. McNulty: The revised national agreement on the use of interpreters in the Criminal Justice System will give clear guidance on identifying the right mode of access and communication for a deaf person and on finding an appropriate language service professional. The text will be sent to all criminal justice agencies, and it is their responsibility to ensure that the guidance is implemented appropriately.

Mrs. Gillan: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will take steps to create a national single contact register of language service professionals for deaf people available to police constabularies on a 24-hour basis. [115955]

Mr. McNulty: The Council for the Advancement of Communication with Deaf People already provides a searchable register of language service professionals. The database is available to subscribers on a 24-hour basis. The revised national agreement will provide additional guidance on other sources of language
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services professionals to assist in communication with deaf people in the criminal justice system.

Mrs. Gillan: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will seek to amend the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 to define interpreters as regards deaf people to mean those as appropriate to the communication needs of a deaf person, to include language service professionals who are BSL/English interpreters, lipspeakers, deaf blind interpreters and speech to text reporters. [114913]

Mr. McNulty: Section 13 of PACE Code C states that wherever possible, interpreters for the deaf are drawn from the Directory of BSL/English interpreters.

However, we are content to consider amending this Section of PACE Code C in any future revision of the Codes of Practice, and lipspeakers, deaf blind interpreters and speech to text reporters will be added to the Register of Changes which is found on the Home Office PACE Codes web page.

Mrs. Gillan: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what steps police constabularies are taking to meet their duties to deaf people under the Disability Discrimination Acts and the Disability Equality Duty; [114915]

(2) what assessment he has made of the extent to which delays take place in police stations when a deaf detainee is being processed because of the time taken to find a British Sign Language/English interpreter or lipspeaker; [114917]

(3) if he will take steps to ensure that all language service professionals attending police stations are provided with (a) the Police and Criminal Evidence Act guidelines Code of Practice A-G and (b) other essential documents of police procedure; [114922]


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(4) how many people (a) with and (b) without a hearing disability were processed at police stations in the last 12 months. [115956]

Mr. McNulty: This information is not held centrally and is a matter for individual chief police officers.

PACE is available online at:

Deportations

Mr. Clegg: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the 20 countries to which the largest numbers of people have been deported from the UK in each of the last five years. [116212]

John Reid: The information requested is not currently available and could be obtained by an examination of individual case records only at disproportionate cost.

DNA Database

Mr. Vaizey: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what percentage of the population have their details stored on the national DNA database, broken down by region. [115988]

Joan Ryan: The following table contains details of the individuals from each police force area, held on the National DNA Database as at 31 October 2006, grouped into ACPO regions. It should be noted that the Database shows which force took a DNA sample from the individual concerned, not which force area the person resides in.


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Police force areas by ACPO region Number of individuals on the database Number of residents Percentage of individuals from each police force area whose DNA is held on the NDNAD

South West

Devon and Cornwall

76,975

1,601,300

4.81

Avon and Somerset

68,549

1,511,600

4.53

Wiltshire

36,336

610,323

5.95

Dorset

35,346

677,500

5.22

Gloucestershire

31,740

564,559

5.62

Total for South West

248,946

4,965,282

5.01

South East

Thames Valley

100,301

1,918,600

5.23

Surrey

42,395

1,080,644

3.92

Sussex

77,828

1,259,130

6.18

Hampshire

101,194

1,797,500

5.63

Kent

101,132

1,599,912

6.32

Total for South East

422,850

7,655,786

5.52

London

City of London police

16,717

8,000

208.96

Metropolitan police

578,238

7,200,000

8.03

Total for London

594,955

7,208,000

8.25

Eastern

Bedfordshire

32,002

493,800

6.48

Cambridgeshire

36,893

729,800

5.06

Essex

85,791

1,622,403

5.29

Hertfordshire

52,235

1,043,000

5.01

Norfolk

47,036

783,000

6.01

Suffolk

33,152

679,900

4.88

Total for Eastern

287,109

5,351,903

5.36

East Midlands

Derbyshire

60,085

986,000

6.09

Leicestershire

47,935

974,000

4.92

Lincolnshire

32,657

634,200

5.15

Northamptonshire

31,461

638,238

4.93

Nottinghamshire

71,937

1,031,687

6.97

Total for East Midlands

244,075

4,264,125

5.72

West Midlands

Staffordshire

68,131

1,047,380

6.50

Warwickshire Police

21,396

507,900

4.21

West Mercia

53,799

1,158,476

4.64

West Midlands

205,541

2,648,939

7.76

Total for West Midlands

348,867

5,362,695

6.51

Wales

Dyfed-Powys/Haverford West

36,279

476,000

7.62

Gwent

37,694

565,000

6.67

North Wales

42,104

629,000

6.69

South Wales Constabulary

85,952

1,225,900

7.01

Total for Wales

202,029

2,895,900

6.98

North West

Cheshire

56,508

983,076

5.75

Cumbria

31,890

487,038

6.55

Greater Manchester police

176,319

2,571,800

6.86

Lancashire

98,199

1,429,450

6.87

Merseyside

89,704

1,409,372

6.36

Total for North West

452,620

6,880,736

6.58

North East

Cleveland

36,068

541,000

6.67

Durham

37,474

591,300

6.34

Humberside

59,571

900,000

6.62

Northumbria

118,929

1,438,300

8.27

North Yorkshire

39,228

737,600

5.32

South Yorkshire

83,159

1,291,200

6.44

West Yorkshire

151,337

2,110,100

7.17

Total for North East

525,766

7,609,500

6.91

Note:
The number of residents in each police force area is taken from the Police Almanac (2006). The figures from the database are those at 31 October 2006. The number of profiles shown for each force and region relates to the number of people sampled by each force, not the number of those sampled who live in the force area. This explains the figure for the City of London police — the force has a very small resident population and almost all those sampled live elsewhere. Previous statistics on the number of individuals on the Database were calculated on the basis that 11 per cent. of the profiles were replicates, i.e. the number of individuals was 11 per cent. less than the number of profiles. The Database has recently advised that the replication rate is now 13.7 per cent. so the figures have now been calculated on this basis.

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