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As National Statistician I have been asked to reply to your question regarding what estimate has been made of (a) the total number of people who are not on their local electoral register but are eligible to vote, (b) the total number of people who are on the local electoral register but should not be, (c) the total number of people who appear on more than one electoral register, and (d) the total number of people who appear more than once in a single electoral register. (137630)

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) does not make any regular estimates of these figures.

On occasion, the ONS has been commissioned to estimate the degree of non-registration of the eligible population. The Electoral Commission study "Understanding electoral registration" http://www.electoralcommission.org./templates/search/document.cfm/13545 reported the most recent estimate. The ONS’s best estimate for non-registration among the eligible household population in England and Wales at 15 October 2000 lies between 8% and 9%. This estimate equates to approximately 3.5 million people.

Local Child Curfew Schemes: Sandwell

Mr. Watson: To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice how many child curfew orders were issued in Sandwell metropolitan borough council area in each of the last three years. [138777]

Bridget Prentice: Figures setting out the number of young people sentenced to curfew orders in the area covered by the Sandwell youth offending team in each of the last three years are set out in the following table.

Sandwell youth offending team—curfew orders
	Number
2004	36
2005	41
2006	28

Northern Ireland

Ministerial Responsibilities

8. Tony Baldry: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what responsibilities he has following the restoration of devolved government. [137963]

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Mr. Peter Hain: I still have overall responsibility for maintaining political stability in Northern Ireland, and for a number of excepted and reserved matters, notably elections, constitutional rights and policing and justice functions.

Criminal Justice System

13. Mr. McGrady: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps he plans to take to reduce crime in Northern Ireland under the continuing modernisation and review of the criminal justice system. [137968]

Maria Eagle: Overall levels of recorded crime in Northern Ireland fell by 1.7 per cent. in 2006-07 and are down 15 per cent. on 2002-03 levels.

But we need to keep up our efforts. The reforms in policing and criminal justice have provided us with modern and effective institutions. Better partnership working has seen dramatic improvements in reducing domestic burglaries and vehicle crime. A new community safety strategy will be published this year. We are working on a strategy to reduce re-offending.

We look forward to discussing these issues in detail with elected representatives in Northern Ireland, who I hope will take over responsibility for them as soon as possible, in line with the St Andrews agreement.

Departments: Assets

Mr. Hayes: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what proportion of state assets previously administered by his Department are now under the remit of the Northern Irish Assembly; what their capital value is; and if he will make a statement. [138136]

Mr. Hain: None of the Northern Ireland Office's assets, excluding its agencies and NDPBs, are now under the remit of the Northern Ireland Assembly.

Departments: Internet

Mrs. May: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland for which Government websites he is responsible; how many visitors each received in the latest period for which figures are available; and what the cost (a) was of establishing and (b) has been of maintaining each site. [135737]

Mr. Hain: Within the Northern Ireland Office, its agencies and non-departmental public bodies, I have responsibility for the following Government websites:

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Website	Number of visitors	Cost of establishing site (£)	Cost of maintaining site (£)
www.cicapni.org	1,370 visitors since May 2004	2,072.70	300.00 since January 2004
www.nicscommissioners.org	7,339 per year	6,869.00	221.00 per annum
www.Rucgcfoundation.org	329,025 (average per day -291)	1,057.50	235. 00 per annum (approx)
www.nipolicefund.org	On average 784 per month	1,556.00	575.00 per annum
www.cjini.org	46,103 since March. 2005	6,895.00	2,425.33 since March. 2005
www.octf.gov.uk	63,356 (January . 2005 to April 2007)	27,150.60	2,605.40 since Sept. 2002
www.independentmonitoringcommission.org	24,317 since 2004	4,756.50	2,075.43 since 2004
www.paradescommission.org	n/a	16,000.00	2,000.00 per annum
www.youthjusticeagencyni.gov.uk	32,319 since 2005 (figures not available for 2004)	11,338.75 for initial website. 10, 824.46 for enhancements.	2,185.50 per annum
www. youthconferenceserviceni. gov.uk	69,052 since 2004	7,637.50 for initial website. 193.88 for enhancements.	nil
www.niprisonservice. gov.uk	75,000 since November 2005 to date	21,000.00	11,205.60 since 2002
www.reportinghate.org	1,112 between June 2006 and December 2006	5,430.00	47.00 per annum
www.communitysafetyunitni.gov.uk	56,930 between August 2002 and May 2007	3,760.00	Nil
www.howsecureismyhome.com	1,121 between September 06 and April 07	2,145.00	Nil
www.cjsni.gov.uk	41,711 between June 2005 and April 2007	Not known	4,386.00-2005-06 3,646.2000 -2006-07
www. causeway.gOv.uk	7,278 since January 2003	1,487.13	4,614.00 since January 2003
www.ppsni.gov.uk	25,064 since June 2005	6,545.00	4,803. 00 per annum
www.fsni.gov.uk	397,683	7,740.00	Nil
www. Compensationni.gov.uk	31,600 since May 2002	27,398.00	Nil
www.imb-ni.org.uk	n/a	10,516.25	Nil
www .policeombudsman. org	341,954 since 2004	7,720.00	1,494.00 per annum
www.sentencereview.org.uk	n/a	n/a	3,713.00 since 2002
www.lsrcni.org.uk	n/a	n/a	2,632.00 since 2002
www .niprisonerombudsman. gov.uk	n/a	1,566.25	1,500.00 per annum
www.oversightcommissioner.org	3, 000 per month (average)	n/a	4,717.53 since 2003
www.psni.police.uk	11,408,813 between 30 April 2006 and 30 April 2007	46,000.00	30,000.00 per annum
www.districtpolicing.com	115,000 between January and July 2006	140,000.00	3 0,000.00 per annum
www.nipolicingboard.org.uk relates to original website March 2002 to April 2007	161,000 from June 2004 to April 2007	20,000.00	2,500.00 per annum
relates to revised website which went live on 27 April 2007	(1)—	99,000.00	5,500.00 per annum
www.nio.gov.uk	611,283 since January. 2004 to December. 2006	49,290.00	613,198.00 since January. 2004
n/a = not available (1) Not available—too early.

Driving Under Influence: Convictions

Malcolm Bruce: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many convictions there were in Northern Ireland for the offence of drink driving in each year since 2001; and how many resulted in (a) a prison sentence, (b) mandatory disqualification from driving and (c) the maximum fine. [138819]

Maria Eagle: The following table gives the total number of convictions for drink driving offences and the method of disposal.

It is not possible to determine the total number who were disqualified from driving due to drink driving offences, as this information is not broken down separately. The figures provided in the table, therefore, relate to those sentenced to a fine and/or disqualification.

Data cover the calendar years 2001 to 2005 and during this period, the maximum fine was not imposed.

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Number of convictions for drink driving offences, the number sentenced to immediate custody, the number sentenced to a fine and/or disqualification and number given other disposals 2001-05( 1,2,3)
	Total number convicted	Number sentenced to immediate custody	Number sentenced to fine and/or disqualification	Number of other disposals
2001	1,890	20	1,808	62
2002	2,037	10	1,949	78
2003	2,278	24	2,159	95
2004	2,438	12	2,331	95
2005	2,536	21	2,394	121
(1) Includes offences of ‘driving with excess alcohol in breath’, ‘attempting to drive with excess alcohol in breath’, ‘in charge with excess alcohol in breath’, ‘driving with excess alcohol in blood’, ‘attempting to drive with excess alcohol in blood’, ‘in charge with excess alcohol in blood’, ‘driving with excess alcohol in urine’, ‘in charge with excess alcohol in urine’, ‘driving when unfit through drink or drugs’, ‘attempting to drive when unfit through drink or drugs’, ‘in charge when unfit through drink or drugs’. For the three latter offences which refer to drink or drugs it is not possible to determine from the dataset whether the offender was under the influence of drink or drugs. (2) Other disposals include suspended custody, supervision in the community and conditional discharge. (3) Data are collated on the principal offence rule; thus only the most serious offence with which an offender is charged is included.

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