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Home Department

Alexander Litvinenko

Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what recent discussions his Department had with the Crown Prosecution Service on the case of Alexander Litvinenko; [139194]

(2) what discussions his Department has had with the Russian authorities on the case of Alexander Litvinenko in the last three months. [139195]

Joan Ryan: Discussions have taken place between the Home Office and the CPS about mutual legal assistance issues including mutual legal assistance requests that were made, via the UK Central Authority at the Home Office, to a number of other countries during the course of the domestic police investigation into the death of Alexander Litvinenko. Home Office officials also spoke with the Crown Prosecution Service concerning the transmission of the extradition request for the person alleged to have murdered Mr. Litvinenko.

Home Office officials have also been in contact with the Russian Prosecutor General's office, by both letter and telephone to provide updates on progress being made with the Russian request for assistance in their investigation into the case, and concerning the documentation of the extradition request.

Animal Experiments: EC Law

Norman Baker: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what steps his Department is taking to ensure that all British animal research and breeding establishments will be compliant with the new Europe-wide guidelines on laboratory animal housing and care as set out in the revised Appendix A to the Council of Europe Convention ETS 123 which will come into force on 15 June; [141326]

(2) by what date he estimates that all British animal research and breeding establishments will be compliant with the revised Appendix A to the Council of Europe Convention ETS 123. [141327]

Joan Ryan: Council of Europe Convention ETS 123 makes provision for the protection of vertebrate animals used for experimental and other scientific purposes. The UK Government have signed and ratified the Convention.

In implementing the Convention, parties are required to have regard to the guidelines for the accommodation and care of protected animals set out in Appendix A to the Convention. A revised Appendix A, to which the UK Government made a significant contribution, was adopted in June 2006.

The Home Office has actively advised those seeking to commission, refurbish, operate and equip animal facilities to have regard to the revised Appendix A guidelines in their planning, policies and practices both as the new provisions emerged during the revision process and following their formal adoption. In addition, we have widely circulated a note for users, prepared by the Animal Procedures Committee, explaining the key features of the revised Appendix. Work has also begun on amending the current Home Office Codes of Practice to take account of its revised provisions.

As a result of the actions we have taken so far, we are already seeing the revised guidelines reflected in United Kingdom practice. However, it is not possible to estimate by what precise date all animal research and breeding establishments will be fully compliant. Further information on the relevant transitional arrangements and timescales will be set out in the revised Codes of Practice which we aim to publish in 2008 after the requirements for consultation and Parliamentary scrutiny, set out in sections 21(3) and 21(5), respectively, of the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986, have been met.

Antisocial Behaviour Orders

Mr. Laurence Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many antisocial behaviour orders were breached in (a) England and Wales and (b) Gloucestershire in each year since the introduction of the penalty; and if he will make a statement. [125680]

Mr. Coaker [holding answer 6 March 2007]: Antisocial behaviour order (ASBO) breach data are currently available up to 31 December 2005 for ASBOs issued since 1 June 2000. The available information is given in the following table.

N umber of persons proven in court to have breached their ASBO in England and Wales and in the Gloucestershire criminal justice system (CJS) area( 1) in each year
Area 2000( 2) 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

England and Wales

13

124

254

715

1,864

3,390

Gloucestershire

1

1

5

13

36

(1)( )ASBOs may be issued in one area and breached in another. In this table ASBOs breached in Gloucestershire are counted irrespective of whether issued in Gloucestershire or not.
(2) From 1 June 2000. No ASBO breach data are available prior to this date.
Notes:
1. It is possible for an individual to breach their ASBO in more than one year, so persons may be counted more than once in this table.
2. Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used.
Source:
OCJR Court Proceedings Database

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Mr. Jeremy Browne: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to his answer of 23 February 2007, Official Report, column 985W, on antisocial behaviour orders, how many and what percentage of antisocial behaviour orders included (a) an individual support order and (b) an intervention order in the last 12 months for which figures are available. [133347]

Mr. Coaker: Information is given in the table on the number of individual support orders given in 2005 (latest available). This pre-dates the joint campaign by the Home Office, Youth Justice Board and her Majesty’s Court Service to increase take up which began early in 2006 and is continuing. Data for subsequent periods will be published in due course.

Number of individual support orders( 1) given at the magistrates court, in addition to an antisocial behaviour order, as reported to the Home Office by the Court Service, 2005—England and Wales
Number/percentage

Individual support orders

42

ASBOs issued on application (age 10-17)

633

Percentage of ASBOs with an ISO attached

7

(1) Available at the magistrates courts only with ASBOs issued, on application, to juveniles (age 10-17).
Note:
Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used.

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Antisocial Behaviour Orders: Greater London

Mr. Burstow: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many antisocial behaviour orders were (a) issued and (b) breached in each month of the last five years in (i) each region and (ii) each London borough. [132639]

Mr. Coaker: Data collected centrally on the number of antisocial behaviour orders (ASBOs) issued are compiled on a quarterly basis. Data, up to 31 December 2005 (latest available), broken down by Criminal Justice System (CJS) area are given in table A.

Information on the number of ASBOs issued by the local authority area within which prohibitions have been imposed is published annually. It can be found on the crime reduction website at: http://www.crime reduction.gov.uk/asbos/asbos2.htm and is given in table B.

ASBO breach data are available annually by CJS area only. Information is given in table C.


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Table A: Number of antisocial behaviour orders issued at all courts as reported to the Home Office by the Court Service, by Criminal Justice System area, year and quarter, 2001 to 2005, England and Wales
2001 2002
CJS area Total issued Jan-Mar Apr-Jun Jul-Sep Oct-Dec Total Jan-Mar Apr-Jun Jul-Sep Oct-Dec Total

Avon and Somerset

210

3

8

3

5

19

1

4

2

3

10

Bedfordshire

82

2

0

0

2

4

0

3

1

0

4

Cambridgeshire

95

2

0

0

0

2

0

1

0

1

2

Cheshire

208

0

0

0

2

2

0

5

7

1

13

Cleveland

111

0

2

2

0

4

0

1

1

3

5

Cumbria

114

0

0

0

1

1

0

3

5

5

13

Derbyshire

118

1

1

0

4

6

2

0

0

0

2

Devon and Cornwall

177

3

4

3

0

10

0

1

0

2

3

Dorset

75

0

2

1

0

3

0

0

0

0

0

Durham

91

3

2

1

3

9

2

2

1

3

8

Essex

149

0

0

0

0

0

1

1

0

0

2

Gloucestershire

66

0

0

1

1

2

0

0

0

1

1

Greater London

1,144

4

4

4

3

15

5

2

2

12

21

Greater Manchester

1,225

3

1

7

14

25

8

15

23

32

78

Hampshire

270

1

1

1

3

6

1

2

3

4

10

Hertfordshire

144

4

1

2

2

9

1

1

2

2

6

Humberside

227

1

0

1

2

4

1

2

1

0

4

Kent

156

10

1

1

5

17

1

0

0

15

16

Lancashire

352

4

3

1

3

11

4

6

2

1

13

Leicestershire

116

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

1

Lincolnshire

43

0

1

0

1

2

0

0

2

0

2

Merseyside

297

2

4

0

1

7

3

6

4

9

22

Norfolk

117

7

0

4

1

12

9

0

0

0

9

Northamptonshire

82

0

0

0

5

5

0

0

1

0

1

Northumbria

297

0

2

0

7

9

9

1

3

3

16

North Yorkshire

91

0

1

6

0

7

0

0

0

0

0

Nottinghamshire

251

0

8

3

0

11

1

0

1

0

2

South Yorkshire

244

1

0

4

2

7

2

4

6

7

19

Staffordshire

166

2

2

2

0

6

2

9

1

0

12

Suffolk

165

0

2

0

2

4

1

0

0

4

5

Surrey

108

0

0

2

0

2

2

0

0

0

2

Sussex

241

0

0

0

3

3

0

0

10

6

16

Thames Valley

161

2

3

0

2

7

2

1

3

0

6

Warwickshire

86

1

0

1

0

2

3

3

4

5

15

West Mercia

223

10

21

4

4

39

13

4

5

8

30

West Midlands

748

10

22

12

14

58

2

10

5

13

30

West Yorkshire

690

4

1

5

4

14

2

6

1

5

14

Wiltshire

52

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

1

England

9,192

80

97

71

96

344

78

93

97

146

414

Dyfed Powys

35

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Gwent

72

1

0

0

1

2

2

0

0

0

2

North Wales

167

0

0

0

0

0

2

0

3

2

7

South Wales

146

0

0

1

3

4

0

3

0

0

3

Wales

420

1

0

1

4

6

4

3

3

2

12

Total E and W

9,612

81

97

72

100

350

82

96

100

148

426


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