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Mr. Jeremy Browne: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many information communication technology systems are being used by police forces in England and Wales, broken down by force. [127309]
Mr. McNulty [holding answer 15 March 2007]: The day-to-day operational management of a force and therefore the systems used to support it are the responsibility of the force chief constable and their police authority.
Mr. Watson: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what guidance he has given to police chief constables on the (a) design, (b) maintenance and (c) availability of information held on their websites. [127424]
Mr. McNulty [holding answer 14 March 2007]: These decisions are for chief constables who are responsible for the day-to-day operational management of their force.
Kate Hoey: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what guidance is given to police car drivers on the use of their sirens at night-time; and whether the guidance (a) is kept under review and (b) has been amended in the past two years; [128398]
(2) what monitoring is undertaken of the adherence of police car drivers to guidance on the use of their sirens at night-time. [128436]
Mr. McNulty: Regulation 37 of the Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986 restricts the fitting of sirens and other devices to specific emergency vehicles. Regulation 99 allows use of a siren only to indicate to other road users the urgency of the purposes for which a vehicle is being used, or to warn other road users of the presence of the vehicle on the road.
Subject to compliance with construction and use regulations, the use of sirens is according to police discretion. It is for individual chief officers to decide on whether to issue local guidance and on monitoring of adherence to such guidance.
Mr. Gerrard: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prison officers were employed (a) in total and (b) full-time (i) as at 31 March in each year since 1997 and (ii) on 31 January 2007. [127082]
Mr. Sutcliffe: Information on the number of officer grade staff employed within the public sector Prison Service and the contracted estate each year since 1997 is contained in the following table.
Mr. Gerrard: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the percentage change in the prison population was in each year since 1997. [127083]
Mr. Sutcliffe: The numbers of prisoners held in all prison establishments in England and Wales in each year since 1997 with the percentage annual increase can be seen in the table.
These figures have been drawn from administrative data 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.
Prison population in England and Wales 1997-2005, with percentage annual (as at 30 June each year) | ||
Total prison population | Percentage increase since previous year | |
Source: Offender Management Caseload Statistics 2005, table 8.1 at http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs07/hosb1806section8.xls |
Mr. Clegg: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what information his Department collects about civil claims made by (a) current and (b) former prisoners against the prison service. [127878]
John Reid: The Prison Service currently collates sufficient information to monitor the progress of civil claims brought against it. The majority of that information is legally privileged and cannot be disclosed.
Mr. Rooney: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) male and (b) female prisoners are aged (i) 60 to 64 and (ii) over 65 years. [126418]
Mr. Sutcliffe
[holding answer 9 March 2007]: The figures requested in the question for all prison
establishments in England and Wales as at the end of January 2007 are in the following table:
Age band | Male | Female | Total |
These figures have been drawn from administrative IT systems, which, as with any large scale recording system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing.
Mr. Paul Goodman: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much was paid from public funds to prison imams in each year since 2001. [127952]
Mr. Sutcliffe [holding answer 19 March 2007]: Imams are employed both on a full-time and sessional basis. Payments being made are from both the overall chaplaincy budget and sessional budgets held by Governors at establishments. Therefore the information requested is not held centrally or is readily available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
Mr. Paul Goodman: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department which prisons (a) employed and (b) used an imam in each year since 2001. [127953]
Mr. Sutcliffe [holding answer 19 March 2007]: The prisons recorded as having a directly employed Muslim chaplain on 31 March each year since 2002 are shown in the following list. All establishments (unless the post is vacant) have one or more Muslim chaplain either employed or fee paid. Muslim chaplains have been coming in to prisons for many years on a fee paid basis. Central records are not maintained of how often these services are used.
Establishments directly employing Muslim chaplains by date
Altcourse
Brixton
Doncaster
Dovegate
Feltham
Forest Bank
Lowdham Grange
Rye Hill
Wolds
Altcourse
Brixton
Buckley Hall
Channings Wood(1)
Doncaster
Dovegate
Feltham
Forest Bank
Lowdham Grange
Portland(1)
Rye Hill
The Verne(1)
Wandsworth
Wolds
Altcourse
Bedford
Belmarsh
Birmingham
Bronzefield
Buckley Hall
Channings Wood(1)
Doncaster
Dovegate
Dover
Feltham
Forest Bank
Lowdham Grange
Manchester
Pentonville
Portland(1)
Risley
Rye Hill
The Mount
The Verne(1)
Wandsworth
Whitemoor
Wolds
Altcourse
Bedford
Belmarsh
Birmingham
Blakenhurst
Bronzefield
Buckley Hall
Bullingdon
Channings Wood(1)
Coldingley
Doncaster
Dovegate
Dover
Featherstone
Feltham
Forest Bank
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