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Prisons: Repairs and Maintenance
Mr. Hoban: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what expenditure was incurred for maintenance and repair of prisoner accommodation in 2006-07. [164782]
Maria Eagle: National Offender Management Service (NOMS) information on major maintenance is recorded under project headings and to identify work that was carried out solely on prisoner accommodation could be done only at disproportionate cost.
In the year 2006-07, £70 million was spent on major maintenance projects across the custodial estate and a further £105.5 million on major refurbishment projects. Prison establishments also have limited allocations of funding for local maintenance and repairs.
Sentencing
Philip Davies: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what guidance his Department has issued to the Crown Prosecution Service on plea bargaining. [163736]
The Solicitor-General: I have been asked to reply.
The Attorney-General issued guidelines on the acceptance of pleas and the prosecutor's role in the sentencing exercise in October 2005; these can be found on
These guidelines superceded earlier guidance on the acceptance of pleas issued by the Attorney-General in December 2000.
Sexual Offences
David Simpson: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many people have been (a) prosecuted for and (b) convicted of vice-related offences in England and Wales in each of the last five years; and how many of these have been (i) UK citizens, (ii) EU foreign nationals and (iii) non-EU foreign nationals. [163675]
Maria Eagle: There is no specific definition of a ‘vice’-related offence, however there are a number of offences which can, in some cases, relate to vice. Information on the number of people proceeded against at magistrates' courts and found guilty at all courts for these offences in England and Wales from 2001 to 2005 are provided in the following table.
Information on the nationality of those proceeded against is not held by my Department, and data for 2006 will be available shortly.
Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform
Business: Copeland
Mr. Jamie Reed: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform how many business support staff were employed by statutory agencies operating within the Copeland area in the last period for which figures are available. [163046]
Mr. Timms: Data are only available for West Cumbria Development Agency (WCDA) staff, which was the main organisation providing support in the Copeland area. According to WCDA, there were 14 people (mainly part-time) who worked on business support for WCDA. Two full-time equivalent staff ran the start-up programme.
In addition staff at Activ8 Solutions Ltd, the Business Link supplier in Cumbria, will have provided support to businesses in Copeland. The Business Link employed around 50 staff, and approximately eight of these will be attributable to the Copeland area.
Chocolate: Standards
Mr. Hancock: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform if he will bring forward measures to ensure that all chocolate manufacturers adopt minimum standards for transparency, independent inspections, fairer pricing and child welfare in their cocoa supply chains; and if he will make a statement. [162605]
Mr. Thomas: In its contacts with the industry the Government will encourage chocolate manufacturers to respond voluntarily to the growing public concern about sourcing and standards in their supply chains. The actions of consumers will also help shape manufacturers' decisions in this regard.
The Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs has regular stakeholder meetings with representatives of the food sector, including the confectionery industry.
Departmental NDPBs
Mrs. May: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what the (a) budget and (b) remit is of each non-departmental public body sponsored by his Department; who the chairman is of each; and to what salary, including bonuses and expenses, each chairman is entitled. [163614]
Mr. Thomas: Details of the budgets, remits and chairmen's salaries of the Department's non-departmental public bodies (NDPBs) are published in the Public Bodies Directory 2007 and relate to the position as at 31 March 2007. The Report can be found at:
Information on Chairmen's bonuses should be contained in each NDPB's annual report and accounts, which are normally available on the body's website. Alterations to the Department's public bodies announced during the machinery of Government changes in June 2007 are as follows:
From Cabinet Office to the Department of Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR)
Executive NDPB
Local Better Regulation Office
Advisory NDPB
Better Regulation Commission
From BERR to the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills
Executive NDPB
British Hallmarking Council
Design Council
Research Councils
Technology Strategy Board
Advisory NDPB
Council for Science and Technology
Tribunal NDPBs
Copyright Tribunal
Agencies
NWML
UK Intellectual Property Office
Departments: Disabled Access
Danny Alexander: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform with reference to the answer of 29 October 2007, Official Report, column 691W, which buildings occupied by his Department (a) are and (b) are not part of the HQ estate and which buildings not part of the HQ estate (i) are and (ii) are not fully accessible to disabled people. [163915]
Mr. Thomas: Buildings occupied by my Department and which are part of the BERR HQ estate are as follows:
| Building | Location |
All buildings occupied by my Department’s executive agencies (Companies House and The Insolvency Service) and which are not part of the BERR HQ estate are shown in the following tables. All are fully accessible to disabled people.
| Companies House | Location |
| Insolvency Service | Location |
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