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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:
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
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:
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:
(a) Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC)
| £ million | ||
| Total staff | Total pay | |
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 | |
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)
| £ million | ||
| Total staff | Total pay costs | |
| (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.
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.
We have been unable to locate data for 2002-03 within the timeframe available as data are stored on an old financial system.
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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