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Foreign Workers

Mr. Clappison: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what her estimate is of the number of non-EU citizens who have been given (a) the right to work and (b) the right to remain in the UK in each year since 1977. [167738]

Mr. Byrne: The available information can be found in the yearly Command Paper “Control of Immigration: Statistics United Kingdom”. This publication may be obtained from the Library of the House and from the Home Office Research, Development and Statistics website:


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Frontiers: Security

Mr. Paterson: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what progress has been made on procurement for the e-borders system; and what the planned extent of the system is. [168440]

Mr. Byrne: A contract to deliver e-Borders was awarded to the Trusted Borders consortium led by Raytheon Systems Ltd on 14 November 2007. e-Borders is a multi-agency programme, led by the Border and Immigration Agency in partnership with HM Revenue and Customs, UKvisas and the police service, working with the security and intelligence agencies. Its main purpose is the collection and analysis of passenger, service and crew data provided by carriers (air, sea and rail), in respect of all journeys to and from the United Kingdom in advance of travel, supporting an intelligence led approach to operating border controls.

Information gathered by e-Borders will provide crucial aid to security and counter-terrorist work, providing the capability to risk assess all passengers and allowing the authorities to intervene, where necessary, against those considered to be high risk.

Illegal Encampments

David Taylor: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent representations she has received on the adequacy of police powers to tackle illegal encampments; and if she will make a statement. [167849]

Mr. Coaker [holding answer 26 November 2007]: The Government are working with a number of key stakeholders to address public concerns about
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problems relating to unauthorised encampments through the Task Group on Site Provision and Enforcement for Gypsies and Travellers set up in 2006, chaired by Sir Brian Briscoe. The Task Group is currently finalising its report to Ministers, which is expected to be published before the end of the year. The Interim Task Group report published in March 2007 was clear that effective enforcement against unauthorised sites will only be possible when there is appropriate provision of authorised sites.

Immigration Controls: Football

Mr. Betts: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if she will assess the likely effect of the proposed new points system for working migrants on professional footballers. [168132]

Mr. Byrne: Detailed impact assessments of the new points based system, including on professional sportspeople, will be made available as detailed proposals are brought forward.

Opinion Leader Research

Mrs. May: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many contracts were awarded by her Department to Opinion Leader Research in each year since 1997; and what was (a) the title and purpose, (b) the cost to the public purse and (c) the dates of (i) tender, (ii) award (iii) operation and (iv) completion and report to the Department in each case. [165273]

Mr. Byrne: Since 2003 the Department has let two contracts to Opinion Leader Research. The details of the contracts are as follows:

(a) Title and purpose of the project (b) The cost to the public purse (c)(i) Date project was put to tender (c) (ii) Date awarded to Opinion Leader Research (c)(iii) Date project carried out (c)(iv) Date completed and findings put to the Department

Factors influencing decision to apply for naturalisation in the UK

11,750

n/k

14 March 2003

17 March 2003 to 11 April 2003

25 April 2003

An exploration of factors that contribute to successful dispersal of asylum seekers

12,000

n/k

9 April 2004

16 April 2004 to 20 May 2004

20 May 2004


To carry out a full search of all individual contracts prior to 2003 across Home Office headquarters and the executive agencies would incur disproportionate cost.

Passport: Interviews

Mr. Wallace: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many passport interviews have been conducted since 1 June 2007. [167874]

Meg Hillier: The total number of interviews conducted up to Friday 16 November is 9,702. This includes 623 from the live trial, which was running before 1 June 2007.

Police: Manpower

Mr. Ruffley: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the total pay costs were of (a) Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary, (b) the National Police Improvement Agency, (c) the Police Standards Unit and (d) the Independent Police Complaints Commission in each year since their inception; and how many staff worked in each organisation in each year. [165651]

Mr. McNulty: The total pay costs are as follows:


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(a) Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC)

£ million
Total staff Total pay

2006-07

137

8.9

2005-06

129

7.1

2004-05

128

7.0

2003-04

128

6.1

2002-03

5.8

2001-02

5.6

2000-01

4.5

1999-2000

3.7

1998-99

3.7

1997-98

3.9


The first HMIs were appointed under the provisions of the County and Borough Police Act 1856. However, numbers prior to 1997-98 are not readily available.

HMIC has been unable to provide complete staff numbers because changes in IT systems have meant data are not readily available prior to 2003-04.

Total staff numbers include HO and seconded staff.

(b) National Policing Improvement Agency (NPIA)

£ million
Total staff Total pay budget

2007-08

1,834

89.9


The NPIA was established by the Police and Justice Act 2006 and began its work in April 2007.

As NPIA only commenced operations this financial year no annual cost information is yet available; we have therefore provided an indicative budget for the year.

NPIA pay budget includes NPIA civilian employees, police and other secondees, along with agency staff.

(c) Police Standards Unit (PSU)


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£ million
Total staff Total pay costs

2006-07

22

2.5

2005-06

58

3.1

2004-05

59

3.6

2003-04

66

2.8

2002-03

(1)

(1)

2001-02

29

0.645

(1) Unavailable

The budget and staffing data for PSU is managed at directorate level along with a number of other Home Office units. Only the figure for 2006-07 is disaggregated, all the rest include the other units.

In July 2007 the Police Standards Unit merged with the Partnership Performance Support Unit to form the Police and Partnership Standards Unit. The complement for the new unit is 33. The rationale for the merger is explained in the PCSD Director's Report 2006-07.

2001 - 02

In response to a parliamentary question on 17 June 2002, Official Report, column 108W, we stated that the costs from 1 July 01 to the 17 June 02 were £709,000. So an estimate for the financial year 2001-02 would be £645,000.

2002- 03

We have been unable to locate data for 2002-03 within the timeframe available as data are stored on an old financial system.

2003-04 to 2005-06

These figures include the Police Performance and Framework Team including iQuanta, and the policy team, which from 2006-07 were counted as separate units.

(d) Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC)

Total pay costs for the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) is a matter for them.

Racial Violence

Mr. Jeremy Browne: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many incidents of religious hate crime were recorded in each police force area in each of the last five years. [168643]

Mr. McNulty: The available information relates to racially or religiously aggravated offences recorded by the police and is given in the table. It is not possible to identify separately those offences of a religious nature from those of a racial nature.


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Racially or religiously aggravated offences
Number of offences
Police force area 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07

Avon and Somerset

900

1,256

1,431

1,326

1,337

Bedfordshire

169

207

266

339

308

British Transport Police

402

652

946

1088

1188

Cambridgeshire

410

384

398

322

351

Cheshire

376

400

438

569

557

Cleveland

145

251

288

528

464

Cumbria

69

116

186

232

219

Derbyshire

560

600

474

494

492

Devon and Cornwall

496

588

694

818

801

Dorset

177

166

254

214

291

Durham

371

138

154

258

304

Dyfed-Powys

96

126

154

118

167

Essex

558

760

807

796

922

Gloucestershire

210

167

215

283

326

Greater Manchester

2,353

2,864

3,203

3,398

3,677

Gwent

193

240

233

289

269

Hampshire

317

415

570

1,120

1,326

Hertfordshire

343

730

859

985

954

Humberside

302

438

488

417

655

Kent

547

480

609

798

935

Lancashire

860

1,085

1,183

1,363

1,238

Leicestershire

809

809

980

1,007

1,055

Lincolnshire

136

179

169

200

143

London, City of

71

60

48

75

83

Merseyside

734

943

1,061

1,420

1,423

Metropolitan Police

9,853

9,468

9,444

8,769

8,226

Norfolk

203

268

333

343

340

Northamptonshire

303

413

389

455

422

Northumbria

934

974

886

834

924

North Wales

288

278

331

396

356

North Yorkshire

80

54

133

205

234

Nottinghamshire

635

619

551

566

715

South Wales

737

794

735

713

555

South Yorkshire

242

259

471

1,032

1,037

Staffordshire

466

600

646

805

889

Suffolk

246

297

244

240

329

Surrey

407

482

510

845

588

Sussex

443

552

575

710

991

Thames valley

948

1,104

1,154

1,128

1,483

Warwickshire

159

187

222

293

375

West Mercia

527

674

609

527

499

West Midlands

2,422

2,479

2,413

3,071

3,338

West Yorkshire

707

1,874

2,140

2,898

2,91

Wiltshire

232

244

220

260

253

England and Wales

31,436

35,674

38,114

42,547

43,730

(1) Racially or religiously aggravated less serious wounding, harassment, assault without injury and criminal damage.

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