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Criminal damage is included under “other offences”.
This information is available in table 7.2 of the Offender Management Caseload Statistics 2005, a copy of which is placed in the House of Commons Library. The 2006 volume will soon be made available.
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.
John Battle: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many prisoners in England and Wales had sentences which were of (a) under three months, (b) three to six months, (c) six months to a year, (d) one year to two years, (e) two years to three years, (f) three years to four years, (g) four years to five years, (h) five years to 10 years, (i) 10 years to less than life and (j) life and at the pleasure of the Secretary of State on the latest date for which figures are available. [159847]
Mr. Hanson: The figures requested are published as table 8.19 of the
offender management caseload statistics, 2005, and are available from the Library of the House of Commons.
The following table has been extracted from the published data. It gives the
sentenced prison population by sentence length band for all prison establishments in England and Wales as at 30 June 2005:
| Number | |
The equivalent table for 200 will be available later in 2007.
A less detailed breakdown by sentence length is available for August 2007 at table 1 of the monthly published tables available at my Department's website.
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.
Prison Service: Corruption
Mr. Bellingham: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice pursuant to the answer of 2 May 2007, Official Report, column 1684W, on the Tasker inquiry, when he expects the final report to be submitted. [159976]
Maria Eagle: The Tasker report was initially submitted to the commissioning authority, with an invitation to seek clarification if required, on 16 September 2007. Following this, a meeting look place seeking clarification on a small number of points, and the final report was submitted on 1 October 2007. This process is in accordance with Prison Service Order 1300—Investigations.
Prisoners
John Battle: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many prisoners in England and Wales are in immediate custody for offences related to (a) fine defaulting, (b) violence, (c) damage to property and (d) trafficking or possession of prohibited articles. [159849]
Mr. Hanson: At the end of August 2007 there were (a) 71 sentenced prisoners in custody in all prison establishments in England and Wales for fine defaulting; (b) there were 18,089 sentenced prisoners for all offences of violence against the person; no separate figures are available for the categories in (c) and (d); the following table gives the figures as at 31 August by standard available offence category for all prison establishments in England and Wales:
| All prisoners | Immediate custodial sentence |
These figures are available at the published monthly statistics website at:
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.
Prisoners: Children
Jon Cruddas: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many serving prisoners have children; and how many children have a parent currently serving a prison sentence. [160118]
Mr. Hanson: Information on the family responsibilities of prisoners is not collated centrally. Some information is available from a survey of 1,945 prisoners undertaken in 2003, 45 per cent. of all prisoners had dependent children (including step-children) aged 17 and under: 50 per cent. of women prisoners; 20 per cent. of young offenders (males between 18 and 20); and 48 per cent. of adult males.
Prisoners: Fingerprints
Mr. Bellingham: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what estimate he has made of the cost of determining how many prisons fingerprint inmates on reception; and if he will make a statement. [159831]
Mr. Hanson: The cost of determining how many prisons fingerprint prisoners is not held centrally and would require each prison to be contacted to detail their practices at a disproportionate cost.
Duchy of Lancaster
Conservative Party: Publications
Mr. Hoban: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many copies (a) the Cabinet Office and (b) the Prime Minister's Office holds of the Conservative party's policy review group reports. [160060]
Edward Miliband: A list of publications held by the Department is not maintained centrally.
Therefore, the information could only be provided at disproportionate cost.
Departments: Policy
Norman Baker: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what policy changes his Department has implemented since 27 June 2007. [159294]
Edward Miliband: My Department has implemented a number policy changes since 27 June 2007, including:
A public service agreement aimed at reducing social exclusion amongst the most vulnerable adults and the service transformation agreement which aims to ensure public services meet the individual needs of the citizen.
The future role of the third sector in social and economic regeneration: final report’ which sets out a new strategy for the Government’s partnership with the third sector. (24 July 2007, Official Report, column 50WS).
Revised guidance on honours aimed at increasing the number of honours going to people working at local level in the community.
Olympic Games: Finance
Mr. Don Foster: To ask the Minister for the Olympics what preparations have been made for handover ceremonies at Beijing 2008; how much money has been set aside for such ceremonies; and how much has so far been spent. [156944]
Tessa Jowell: The London Organising Committee of the Olympic games and Paralympic games (LOCOG) is a privately funded commercial organisation. Due to commercial sensitivities, particularly with regards to ensuring that LOCOG is in a position to ensure value for money from suppliers and contractors, the final budgets for the Cultural Olympiad have not been published.
LOCOG is currently developing plans for the Beijing handover ceremony and complementary handover events to mark the occasion within the UK.
Olympic Games: Greater London
Mr. Don Foster: To ask the Minister for the Olympics what proportion of the Cultural Olympiad budget is allocated to Tier 1 events; and how much has already been spent. [156945]
Tessa Jowell: The London Organising Committee of the Olympic games and Paralympic games (LOCOG) is a privately funded commercial organisation, and due to commercial sensitivities, particularly with regards to ensuring that LOCOG is in a position to ensure value for money from suppliers and contractors, the budgets for the handover ceremonies have not been published.
Tier 1 events, which will be paid for from within the overall £2 billion revenue budget of LOCOG, are those included in the Mandatory Ceremonies programme.
Hugh Robertson: To ask the Minister for the Olympics what the cost has been of developing the Olympic canoeing facilities at Broxbourne that have now been cancelled, broken down by main column heading. [157733]
Tessa Jowell [holding answer 15 October 2007]: Site investigations are ongoing on the planned Spitalbrook site in Broxbourne. As announced, an alternative site is now being considered due to the risk of contamination on the original site. Overall costs for the canoeing facilities will be disclosed in due course.
Mr. Crabb: To ask the Minister for the Olympics what progress has been made in constructing facilities for shooting sports at the 2012 Olympic Games. [159570]
Tessa Jowell: Construction of the temporary shooting facility at Woolwich Arsenal is not due to start before 2010.
Mr. Crabb: To ask the Minister for the Olympics to what uses the shooting facilities being constructed for the 2012 Olympic Games will be put following the games. [159571]
Tessa Jowell: The shooting facilities at Woolwich Arsenal will be temporary facilities which may be designed and constructed with a view to them being reusable and relocatable. These venues will have the potential to be re-configured for a wide range of uses. They could be used for light industry, warehousing, and storage of a wide range of goods and materials including large machinery, foodstuffs and supplies.
Decisions on the precise legacy use of the temporary venues have yet to be taken.
Mr. Crabb: To ask the Minister for the Olympics what the estimated cost is of the shooting facilities required for the 2012 Olympic Games. [159572]
Tessa Jowell: Detailed information about construction costs is commercially sensitive and cannot be issued at present.
Communities and Local Government
Departments: Accountancy
Mr. Letwin: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what accounts directions were issued by her Department in financial year (a) 2005-06 and (b) 2006-07. [156673]
Mr. Dhanda: Under the Government Resource and Accounts Act 2000 HM Treasury issue accounts directions to Departments, pension schemes and agencies and under the Government Trading Fund Act 1973 to trading funds.
For the years 2005-06 and 2006-07 the Department has issued accounts directions for the form and content of resource and other accounts to the following sponsored bodies:
Audit Commission;
Commission for the New Towns;
Housing Corporation;
Standards Board for England;
Stonebridge Housing Action Trust;
Thames Gateway Development Corporation;
Thurrock Development Corporation;
Urban Regeneration Agency;
Valuation Tribunal Service;
West Northamptonshire Development Corporation.
Audit Commission;
Commission for Equality and Human Rights;
Commission for the New Towns;
Commission for Racial Equality;
Equal Opportunities Commission;
Firebuy Ltd;
Housing Corporation;
Independent Housing Ombudsman;
Standards Board for England;
Stonebridge Housing Action Trust;
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