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Theft: Lead
Mr. Jeremy Browne: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate she has made of the number of thefts of lead from roofs in the last 12 months; and if she will make a statement. [168606]
Mr. McNulty: Statistics concerning the number of thefts of lead from roofs are not available. Such offences would be recorded under the ‘other theft’ classification and cannot be separately identified from other offences recorded within that classification.
Touting: Tickets
Mr. Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many criminal proceedings involving alleged ticket touting at football matches under section 166 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 have been pursued since the Act came into force; and how many convictions have been secured. [169533]
Mr. Coaker: Detailed information on football-related arrests has been collated by the Football Banning Orders Authority since the football season 2001-2002, when the existing banning order framework was introduced. The table provides details of prosecutions, convictions and cautions in respect of ticket touting offences during the previous six football seasons.
UK Passport Agency
Mr. Wallace: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department where the 69 local offices to be opened by the UK Passport Agency for the purpose of interviews are. [167873]
Meg Hillier: The UK Passport Agency became the Identity and Passport Service in April 2006.
The locations of the passport interview offices are as follows:
Belfast
Newcastle
Peterborough
Liverpool
Swansea
Sheffield
Stoke on Trent
Reading
Lincoln
London
Oban
Cheltenham
Newport IOW
Northampton
Abertystwyth
Sleaford
Bury St. Edmunds
Armagh
Berwick Upon Tweed
Omagh
Exeter
Derby
Brighton/Hastings(1)
Glasgow
Leicester
Leeds
Crawley
Birmingham
Wrexham
Bristol
Portsmouth
Scarborough
Yeovil
Kingston Upon Hull
Carlisle
Dover
Shrewsbury
Coleraine
Ripon
Warwick
Kendal
Bournemouth
Selkirk
Kilmarnock(2)
Dumfries
Kings Lynn
Plymouth
Newport
Chelmsford
Edinburgh
Manchester
Luton
Middlesbrough
Ipswich
Blackburn
Stirling
Norwich
Inverness
Aberdeen
York
Redruth
Wick
Andover
South Molton
Swindon
Oxford
St. Austell
Dundee
Maidstone
(1)( )We are unable to acquire premises in Hastings and are currently searching for premises in Brighton
(2) We are in the process of acquiring a lease for premises in Kilmarnock.
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Workers Registration Scheme
Mr. Clappison: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate she has made of the number of A8 workers (a) working in the UK and (b) who have come to work in the UK since May 2004 who have not registered with the worker registration scheme because of (i) self-employment and (ii) another reason. [166977]
Mr. Byrne: The number of approved initial registrations under the Worker Registration Scheme between May 2004 and September 2007 was 715,000. The Accession (Immigration and Worker Registration) Regulations 2004 do not require Accession state nationals to notify the Home Office when they cease employment or leave the UK. As such the aforementioned figure is cumulative and shows the number of Accession state nationals who have registered their initial employment since May 2004.
The Home Office does not monitor the number of Accession state nationals exempt from the Worker Registration Scheme who come to the UK to work. This includes individuals who are working as self-employed and others covered by an exemption in the Accession (Immigration and Worker Registration) Regulations 2004.
Figures stated in this response are taken from the Accession Monitoring Report (May 2004—September 2007) which was published 20 November 2007.
Youth Justice Board
James Brokenshire: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of Youth Justice Board projects to prevent youth crime and antisocial behaviour as part of the commitments under the Respect Action Plan. [167534]
Mr. Coaker: Since 2004, the Government have invested over £45 million in youth offending teams to fund targeted youth crime and antisocial behaviour prevention activities for young people at most risk.
By November 2007 there were over 500 Safer Schools Partnerships (SSPs), 200 Youth Inclusion and Support Panels (YISPs), 110 Youth Inclusion Programmes (YIPs) and 120 Parenting Programmes. We estimate that over 25,000 children and young people received targeted support from these programmes during 2007.
An evaluation by the university of Newcastle, published in October 2007, concluded that YISPs improved the mental health and school results of the young participants. A recent interim evaluation of YIPs concluded that they were responsible for a substantial reduction in offending and arrest rates for the most at risk. Evaluations of SSPs have shown they reduce truancy rates in comparison with non-SSP schools.
A full independent evaluation of the YJB's prevention programmes by the university of York is due to be presented in an interim report by March 2008.
Justice
Departmental Computers
Mr. Gauke:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many of his Department's (a) computers and (b)
laptops have been stolen in 2007; and what the value of those items was. [168591]
Mr. Hanson: One office desktop computer and 26 laptops have been stolen from the Ministry of Justice in 2007. The total replacement value of these items is approximately £50,000.
The losses were from a variety of locations across England and Wales. There have been no reported security breaches.
Departmental Public Participation
Nick Herbert: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how much his Department has spent on (a) citizens' juries, (b) focus groups and (c) other deliberative forms of public opinion research in each month since January 2006. [166587]
Mr. Wills: The following table gives the details of focus groups and other deliberative forms of public opinion research carried out by the Ministry of Justice since January 2006, including the month of the fieldwork and the total cost of the project. The Ministry of Justice has undertaken 18 projects involving focus groups, and two projects involving other deliberative forms of public opinion research. There have been no citizens' juries in this period.
The Department undertakes research including focus groups and deliberative research on various subjects when this is the most effective and appropriate means of building up an evidence base to support the development and delivery of policy and public services. We particularly use focus groups and deliberative research when the issues considered are complex and require a more in-depth engagement with respondents to understand their perspective and views.
These cost £256,488 for work contracted in 2005-06; £611,822 for work contracted in 2006-07; and £49,811 in work contracted in 2007 to the present day.
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