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Terrorism: Compensation
Mr. Winnick: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people claimed compensation for injuries arising from the terrorist attack in London of 7 July 2005; how many such claims have now been concluded by the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority (CICA); how many interim payments have been made; in how many cases no compensation has yet been paid; and what the highest sum is so far awarded to an individual by the CICA. [127295]
Mr. Sutcliffe [holding answer 13 March 2007]: The Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority (CICA) advise that, as at 9 March, they had received 573 applications in respect of the London bombings of 7 July 2005. 415 of these applications have been resolved (settled). Of the 158 cases outstanding, 31 have gone to review (the first tier in the two-tier appeals process) or to appeal (the second tier). Of the remaining 127 cases, 90 have had an interim payment, and three cases have been suspended because CICA are unable to contact the claimant. The highest sum awarded so far, in final settlement, was £152,050. Several interim awards have exceeded £100,000 and, once the final medical prognosis has become more certain and the final position regarding special expenses and loss of future earning capacity can be assessed, CICA expect that several final awards will exceed the highest award paid to date.
Tolls: Greater London
Mr. Heald: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether the London congestion charge cameras are connected to the National Automated Number Plate Recognition database. [125640]
Mr. McNulty: Transport for London congestion charge cameras are not connected to the National Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) Data Centre.
War Crimes
Dr. Starkey: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) pursuant to the answer of 28 February 2007, Official Report, column 1374W, on war crimes, what issues his Department is reviewing in connection with arrest warrants applications; [127389]
(2) what external advice his Department has sought in connection with the review of arrest warrant applications; [127404]
(3) whether his Department’s review of arrest warrants will involve public consultation. [127405]
Joan Ryan: We have been considering the legal and practical issues relating to the issue of arrest warrants in international cases and in particular those relating to applications by private individuals. We have not yet completed our consideration of these issues. The Government do not have plans for a public consultation and have not sought external advice on the issues under consideration, but we will take full account of all representations received on this matter. Any proposals to change the legislation would be laid before Parliament in the normal way.
Written Questions
Dr. Julian Lewis: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he will reply substantively to questions (a) 109531, (b) 109533, (c) 109534 and (d) 109535, tabled on 12 December 2006 by the hon. Member for New Forest East, on the investigation into the murder of Georgi Markov. [122368]
Mr. McNulty [holding answer 22 February 2007]: I replied to the hon. Gentleman on 8 March 2007, Official Report, column 2163W.
Young Offender Institutions: Mental Health
Dr. Cable: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate he has made of the number and percentage of prisoners (a) in the young offender institution (YOI) estate and (b) in Feltham YOI in 2006 who had been diagnosed with a (i) mental illness and (ii) personality disorder. [126886]
Mr. Sutcliffe: The information requested is not held centrally.
In the study “Mental Health Needs and Effectiveness of Provision for Young Offenders in Custody and in the Community” (Prof. Richard Harrington and Prof. Sue Bailey, Youth Justice Board for England and Wales 2005), 31 per cent. of young offenders were identified as having a mental health problem.
Young Offenders
Justine Greening: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate his Department has made of the number of young offenders in young offender institutions who are held more than 50 miles from their home; and if he will make a statement. [126091]
Mr. Sutcliffe: As of January 2007, there were 2,647 young offenders in young offender institutions who were held more than 50 miles from their home.
Where no home address is listed for a young offender the committal court is used as a proxy address.
Justine Greening: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people were working for youth offending teams at each June year-end since June 2001 in each youth offending team area; and if he will make a statement. [126108]
Mr. Sutcliffe: The information requested for 2004-05 onwards is set out in the following table. Data on YOT staff numbers are collected by the Youth Justice Board. Prior to 2004-05 YOT staff numbers were collected on a full-time equivalent basis and the data are not therefore directly comparable.
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