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Asylum: Housing
Mr. Streeter: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many complaints were made in each UK region against private contractors providing homes for asylum seekers in (a) 2005-06 and (b) 2006-07; how many have been made in 2007-08; and if she will make a statement. [161157]
Mr. Byrne [holding answer 29 October 2007]: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Mr. Streeter: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much her Department spent on using private contractors to provide homes for asylum seekers in (a) 2005-06 and (b) 2006-07; and how much it has spent in 2007-08. [161158]
Mr. Byrne [holding answer 29 October 2007]: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Mr. Streeter: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the value was of the largest contract made with private contractors to provide homes for asylum seekers in (a) 2005-06 and (b) 2006-07; and what the value is of the largest contract made in 2007-08. [161159]
Mr. Byrne [holding answer 29 October 2007]: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Asylum: Iraq
Mr. Hague: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many Iraqi staff (a) working and (b) who formerly worked for the Government have applied for (i) exceptional leave to enter the UK and (ii) resettlement in the UK through the UK’s Gateway Refugee Settlement Programme. [158277]
Mr. Byrne: I am advised by officials that no applications have yet been received by the Border and Immigration Agency.
BAE Systems
Norman Lamb: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department on what date her Department received the original mutual legal assistance request from the US Department of Justice on BAE Systems; what representations her Department has received from (a) the US Administration, (b) BAE Systems, (c) other Government Departments and (d) other persons about the progress of the mutual legal assistance request; and on what dates these representations were made. [161454]
Meg Hillier: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Norman Lamb: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether her Department has forwarded a copy of the US Department of Justice’s mutual legal assistance request on BAE Systems to (a) the Serious Fraud Office and (b) another law enforcement agency. [161455]
Meg Hillier: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Norman Lamb: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Edinburgh, West, of 19 July 2007, Official Report, column 504W, on the BAE Systems inquiry, what protocols are encompassed by the phrase ‘considered in the usual way’. [161594]
Meg Hillier: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Border and Immigration Agency: Disciplinary Proceedings
Damian Green: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many members of staff of the Border and Immigration Agency and those working under contract for her Department and its agencies (a) were formally warned, (b) were dismissed and (c) faced other disciplinary actions as a result of mistreating those being removed from the UK in each of the last three years. [160170]
Mr. Byrne: In each of the last three years no Border and Immigration Agency (BIA) staff were disciplined as a result of mistreating those being removed from the UK. With regards to those working under contract for BIA and its agencies, our records show that two people were formally warned, two people were dismissed and two people faced other disciplinary action during 2006 only. The figures relate to contracted staff involved in the escorting of individuals being removed from the UK.
Border and Immigration Agency: Uniforms
Damian Green: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much her Department and the Border and Immigration Agency spent on (a) the design and (b) the production of uniforms for immigration officers in the last 12 months. [156979]
Mr. Byrne: I will write to the hon. Member.
British Nationality: Fraud
Damian Green: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people were (a) charged, (b) convicted, (c) imprisoned and (d) deported because of immigration and nationality crimes involving bogus educational colleges in the latest period for which figures are available. [161031]
Mr. Byrne: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Chinese Community: Greater London
Mr. Dismore: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps she is taking to work with Chinatown employers on the issue of migrant workers; and if she will make a statement. [161730]
Mr. Byrne: It has not proved possible to respond to my hon. Friend in the time available before Prorogation.
Mr. Dismore: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department by whom and for what reasons television and other media were invited to attend the raid in Chinatown on 11 October; and if she will make a statement. [161734]
Mr. Byrne: It has not proved possible to respond to my hon. Friend in the time available before Prorogation.
Mr. Dismore: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people were detained as alleged illegal migrants as a result of the Border and Immigration Agency raid in Chinatown on 11 October; how many of those people were released, as legal workers; what the longest period was a detainee was held; how many (a) remain in detention, (b) await removal and (c) have been removed; which countries and regions the people detained were from; how many were from each country or region; and if she will make a statement. [161742]
Mr. Byrne: It has not proved possible to respond to my hon. Friend in the time available before Prorogation.
Mr. Dismore: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) Border and Immigration Agency staff and (b) police officers were involved in the Chinatown raid on 11 October; and if she will make a statement. [161745]
Mr. Byrne: It has not proved possible to respond to my hon. Friend in the time available before Prorogation.
Mr. Dismore: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what documents restaurateurs involved in the raids by the Border and Immigration Agency on 11 October were asked to sign; and if she will make a statement. [161747]
Mr. Byrne: It has not proved possible to respond to my hon. Friend in the time available before Prorogation.
Mr. Dismore: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department for how long those detained following the raids in Chinatown on 11 October were held before they were given (a) food and (b) drink; and if she will make a statement. [161721]
Mr. Byrne: It has not proved possible to respond to my hon. Friend in the time available before Prorogation.
Mr. Dismore: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if she will make a statement on the meeting attended by Border and Immigration Agency officials in Chinatown on 18 October. [161722]
Mr. Byrne: It has not proved possible to respond to my hon. Friend in the time available before Prorogation.
Mr. Dismore: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what representations she has received on the protest in London’s Chinatown which involved closure of several restaurants on 18 October; and if she will make a statement. [161723]
Mr. Byrne: It has not proved possible to respond to my hon. Friend in the time available before Prorogation.
Mr. Dismore: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department at what stage those detained on 11 October during the raid in London’s Chinatown by the Border and Immigration Agency were afforded access to legal advice; and if she will make a statement. [161725]
Mr. Byrne: It has not proved possible to respond to my hon. Friend in the time available before Prorogation.
Mr. Dismore: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if she will meet the London Chinatown Chinese Association to discuss immigration issues. [161726]
Mr. Byrne: It has not proved possible to respond to my hon. Friend in the time available before Prorogation.
Crime Prevention: Bedfordshire
Mrs. Dorries: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps Bedfordshire Police are taking to improve the implementation of neighbourhood policing; and if she will make a statement. [159694]
Mr. McNulty: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Crime: Drugs
Dr. Kumar: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many crack cocaine dealers were (a) prosecuted and (b) sentenced in (i) England, (ii) the North East and (iii) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland in each of the last 10 years [161672]
Mr. Coaker: It has not proved possible to respond to my hon. Friend in the time available before Prorogation.
Crime: Greater London
Mr. Pickles: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many offences were recorded for (a) violence against the person, (b) sexual offences, (c) burglary, (d) robbery and (e) theft from a vehicle in each London borough in each year since 1998; and what changes were made to the methodology for calculating the number of offences in each case in that period; [158125]
(2) what the percentage crime detection rate for (a) violence against the person, (b) sexual offences, (c) burglary, (d) robbery and (e) theft from a vehicle was in each London borough in each year since 1998; and what changes were made to the methodology for calculating the detection rate in each case in that period. [158126]
Mr. McNulty: Recorded crime data at basic command unit (BCU) level is only available from 1999-2000 onwards. BCU figures for burglary in 1999-2000 are only available for burglary in a dwelling. Figures for 2000-01 onwards are for all burglary offences i.e. burglary in a dwelling and other burglary.
The National Crime Recording Standard (NCRS) was introduced nationally across England and Wales in April 2002 to promote greater consistency between police forces in the recording of crime and to take a more victim orientated approach to crime recording. Also, from April 2002 onwards, some offence groups, including violence against the person and sexual offences, were amended to reflect a newly defined
subgroup of offences. Therefore, figures before and after this date are not directly comparable.
The available figures are given in tables placed in the House Libraries. Tables 1a and 1b provide the number of offences, and tables 2a and 2b, the percentage detection rates recorded by the two BCUs within the City of London police and the 33 BCUs within the Metropolitan police.
Crime: Hospitals
Mr. Jim Cunningham: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps the Government has taken to reduce levels of crime in hospitals and health centres since 1997. [161269]
Mr. Coaker [holding answer 29 October 2007]: It has not proved possible to respond to my hon. Friend in the time available before Prorogation.
Crime: West Midlands
Mr. Jim Cunningham: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps the Government has taken to encourage the police force to work with local communities to tackle crime in the West Midlands since 1997. [161271]
Mr. Coaker [holding answer 29 October 2007]: It has not proved possible to respond to my hon. Friend in the time available before Prorogation.
Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994: Stop and Search
Mr. Jeremy Browne: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 17 April 2007, Off icial Report, column 604W, on stop and search, what the (a) gender, (b) ethnicity and (c) age was of each person stopped under section 60 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 in each year since the relevant provisions came into force. [161181]
Mr. McNulty: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Departments: Human Rights Act
David Davis: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many civil law suits have been brought against her Department based either wholly or partially on grounds provided by the Human Rights Act 1998; how many were settled out of court, before a court judgment was delivered; and how much such settlements cost the public purse since 1998. [160698]
Jacqui Smith: The Home Office deals with several thousand cases a year, and litigants frequently rely on arguments based on the Human Rights Act in addition to their other claims. Home Office records do not distinguish cases where the Human Rights Act is invoked from cases where it is not. Consequently it is not possible to provide a detailed answer without incurring disproportionate cost.
Departments: Disabled People
Danny Alexander: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department which buildings occupied by her Department (a) are and (b) are not fully accessible to disabled people; and if she will make a statement. [161167]
Mr. Byrne: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
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