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Frontiers: Personal Records
Mr. Brazier: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) whether the e-borders programme will continue to have passenger name record data as an integrated part of that programme; [150833]
(2) what criteria are used to determine suitable consortia to deliver the full e-borders programme. [150834]
Mr. Byrne [holding answer 23 July 2007]: The collection of Advanced Passenger Information and Passenger Name Record (PNR) data is part of the e-Borders model, and the programme is committed to integrating these elements as part of the long term solution. In the short-term, the e-Borders pilot Project Semaphore is trialling the collection of PNR data from carriers from selected routes. This will enable us to build the most robust long term solution for full capture of PNR data that meets the requirements of the border agencies and is sustainable by the industry.
The e-Borders programme will appoint the successful service provider following a comprehensive and detailed evaluation of the bidders responses. Qualitative criteria, combined with an assessment of cost will determine the most economically advantageous bid from the point of view of the Home Office. The qualitative criteria include the ability to meet the authority's business, technical and implementation requirements, while also being commercially acceptable to the Home Office.
In addition the successful consortia will be required to cross a number of financial capacity and robustness thresholds to ensure that they can meet their financial obligations over the lifetime of the contract.
Immigration Controls: EU Countries
Mr. Frank Field: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate her Department has made of the cost of reinstituting border controls for people moving into the UK from EU countries. [155089]
Mr. Byrne: Border controls between the United Kingdom, European Union (EU) and European economic area (EEA) have never been withdrawn, and there are no current plans to do so.
Offenders: British Nationality
Damian Green: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many people with convictions for (a) murder and (b) manslaughter were granted British citizenship in each of the last 10 years; [149697]
(2) how many people who had been convicted of (a) drug dealing, (b) possession with intent to supply and (c) other drugs-related offences were granted British citizenship in each of the last 10 years; [149698]
(3) how many people who had been convicted of benefit fraud were granted British citizenship in each of the last 10 years; [149708]
(4) how many people convicted of racist or racially aggravated crimes were granted British citizenship in each of the last 10 years; [149709]
(5) how many people convicted of crimes relating to religious extremism were granted British citizenship in each of the last 10 years; [149710]
(6) how many people convicted of violent or sexual crimes involving children were granted British citizenship in each of the last 10 years; [149711]
(7) how many foreign nationals with convictions for (a) rape and (b) other sexual assaults were awarded British citizenship in each of the last 10 years; [149712]
(8) how many people convicted of (a) reckless driving, (b) dangerous driving, (c) causing death by dangerous driving and (d) offences related to driving under the influence of alcohol were granted British citizenship in each of the last 10 years; [149739]
(9) on how many occasions she and her predecessors used their powers of discretion to disregard unspent convictions when foreign nationals have applied for British citizenship in each of the last 10 years. [149611]
Mr. Byrne [holding answers 16 and 17 July 2007]: It would only be possible to answer these questions by reference to the individual files, which would involve disproportionate cost.
Police: Crimes of Violence
Bob Spink: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many assaults against (a) police community support officers and (b) regular police officers on frontline duty there were in (i) Essex and (ii) England and Wales in each of the last five years; and what percentage of all officers in each category these figures represented. [154911]
Mr. McNulty: The numbers of serious and other assaults on police officers and operational police staff are published each year in the HMIC Annual Report and have been given in the table.
These data are not available by individual rank and therefore have been provided for police officers and operational staff as combined figure.
| Serious and other assaults( 1) on police officers and operational police staff from 2001-02 to 2004-05( 2, 3) | ||
| Force | ||
| Essex | England and Wales( 4) | |
| (1) Data collated on behalf of and published by HMIC. Serious assaults are those for which the charge would be under Sections 18 and 20 of the Offences Against the Person Act 1861. Recording practices may vary between forces. (2 )Financial year runs 1 April to 31 March inclusive. (3 )Data for 2005-06 have been collated but not yet validated. Figures will be available in the HMIC Annual Report 2005-06. (4 )Greater Manchester was unable to provide data for 2003-04. Lancashire and West Midlands were not able to provide breakdowns of numbers for different assaults in 2003-04, however the number of overall assaults was 462 and 1,112 respectively. Lancashire and West Midlands were not able to provide breakdowns of numbers for different assaults in 2004-05, however the number of overall assaults was 521 and 910 respectively. | ||
| Percentage of police and operational staff being assaulted( 1) from 2001-02 to 2004-05( 2, 3) | ||
| Percentage | ||
| Force | ||
| Essex | England and Wales( 4) | |
| (1 )Data collated on behalf of and published by HMIC. Serious assaults are those for which the charge would be under Sections 18 and 20 of the Offences Against the Person Act 1861. Recording practices may vary between forces. (2 )Financial year runs 1 April to 31 March inclusive. (3 )Data for 2005-06 have been collated but not yet validated. Figures will be available in the HMIC Annual Report 2005-06. (4 )Greater Manchester was unable to provide data for 2003-04. Lancashire and West Midlands were not able to provide breakdowns of numbers for different assaults in 2003-04 or 2004-05. (5 )Staff strength by headcount is not available for 2001-02. | ||
Police: Criminal Records
Dan Rogerson: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many serving police officers have criminal convictions in each police force. [155084]
Mr. McNulty: Responsibility for the collation and publication of statistics relating to police discipline and misconduct rests with the Independent Police Complaints Commission.
Police: Ports
Andrew Mackinlay: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if she will ensure consultation is held with the federations and representative bodies of the constables and other ranks of (a) Port of Tilbury police, (b) Port of Dover police, (c) Belfast Harbour police, (d) Northern Ireland airport police and (e) all other port and harbour police prior to the publication of the legislation creating a police or border force outlined in the Prime Minister's statement on proposed legislation; and if she will make a statement. [154884]
Mr. Byrne: I wrote to the hon. Member on 7 September. I will ensure that copy of this letter is placed in the Library of the House.
Security: Tony Blair
Mr. Hands: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much has been spent by the Government on providing security for the right hon. Tony Blair in his capacity as the Envoy of the Quartet on the Middle East. [155118]
Mr. McNulty: It is our long-established policy not to comment on protective security arrangements (and their associated costs) for any individual.
Work Permits: Health Professions
Mr. Clappison: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department further to the answer of 1 August 2007 to Question 149262 on work permits, how many work permits were issued to doctors and nurses from other African countries, broken down by country. [155103]
Mr. Byrne: The following table shows the number of African work permit applications which were approved for overseas nationals in 2006. There have been no approvals for auxiliary nurses.
The figures quoted are not provided under national statistics protocols and have been derived from local management information and are therefore provisional and subject to change.
| 2006 | |||
| Doctor | Nurse | Total | |
| (1) Indicates 1 or 2 Notes: 1. Figures are rounded to nearest 5. 2. Because of rounding, figures may not add up to totals shown. | |||
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