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Stop and Search: Greater London

Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department on how many occasions police used stop and search powers contained in section 44 of the Terrorism Act 2000 in each London constituency in each of the last five years. [158785]

Mr. McNulty: Information held by the Ministry of Justice on the number of stops and searches, under section 44 of the Terrorism Act 2000, is available at police force area level only.

The latest annual HOSB “Arrests for Recorded Crime (Notifiable Offences) and the Operation of Certain Police Powers under PACE, England and Wales, 2004/05” can be found on the Home Office website: http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs05/hosb2105.pdf

The Metropolitan police has, however, published on 25 September 2007 a borough breakdown of S44 stop and searches, covering the period April to August 2007. These figures are available on the Metropolitan police website on the following link:

Prime Minister

Departments: Correspondence

Bob Spink: To ask the Prime Minister what guidance his Office follows on the maximum time taken to respond to hon. Members' correspondence; and what performance against that target was in the most recent period for which figures are available. [158587]


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The Prime Minister: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to him by my right hon. Friend the Minister for the Cabinet Office (Ed Miliband) today.

Departments: Secondment

Norman Baker: To ask the Prime Minister how many staff are seconded to his Department from outside Government; from which outside body each has been seconded; and what the length is of each secondment. [157912]

The Prime Minister: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to him by my hon. Friend the Parliamentary Secretary at the Office of the Leader of the House of Commons (Helen Goodman) on 18 October 2007, Official Report, column 1182W.

Iraq: Peacekeeping Operations

Dr. Julian Lewis: To ask the Prime Minister pursuant to his answer of 15th October 2007, Official Report,
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column 820W, on Iraq: peacekeeping operations, for what reason he has not identified any of the factors he took into account in deciding when to inform the Secretary of State for Defence of his decision to announce troop withdrawals from Iraq. [160079]

The Prime Minister: I have nothing further to add to the answer I gave the hon. Member on 15 October 2007, Official Report, column 820W.

Members: Honours

Mr. Hoyle: To ask the Prime Minister how many (a) hon. and right hon. Members and (b) Government Ministers have received honours while in post in the last 10 years. [159461]

The Prime Minister: This is a matter of public record. The Honours Lists are published in The London Gazette on the occasion of The Queen’s birthday in June and at new year.


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