House of Commons Hansard Written Answers for 11 Dec 2007 (pt 0008)

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Disclosure of Information: Government Departments

Jim Cousins: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what guidance has been given to Departments about the inclusion of provisions limiting freedom of information disclosures in their contracts with consultants or contractors. [172583]

Mr. Wills: The Secretary of State issues the code of practice on the Discharge of Public Authorities’ Functions under part I of the Freedom of Information Act 2000. It was laid before Parliament in November 2004. Part V sets out guidance on freedom of information and confidentiality obligations.

Further guidance on freedom of information and confidentiality obligations is available on the Ministry of Justice Freedom of Information and Office of Government Commerce websites.

Legal Representation: Armed Forces

Mrs. Humble: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what funds have been made available in each year since 2003 for legal representation of bereaved families at inquests into deaths of service personnel who have lost their lives as a result of (a) hostile action and (b) any other cause of death while serving in HM Armed Forces. [172299]

Maria Eagle: Although legal aid is not normally available for representation at inquests, it can be made available under the Access to Justice Act 1999 in certain specified circumstances. Since 2003, the following number of applications for representation of bereaved families at inquests into deaths of service personnel have been granted.

	Death as a result of hostile action	Death for other reasons
2003	0	1
2004	0	1
2005	0	1
2006	1	1
2007	4	1

Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000

Mr. Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice if he will make a statement on the operation of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000. [172424]

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Mr. Straw: It was announced in the Queen’s Speech on 6 November that the Government would bring forward proposals on the regulation of party funding and expenditure, I am happy to receive any representations from the hon. Member.

Mr. Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what (a) amendments have been made to and (b) recent representations he has received about the operation of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000; and if he will make a statement. [172426]

Mr. Straw: The Electoral Administration Act 2006 amended the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 to apply similar rules of transparency and permissibility to loans as already applied to donations. The 2006 Act also made some minor technical amendments relating to the control of donations. The Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2006 made amendments to the 2000 Act in order to align the rules for donations more closely with those that apply to the rest of the United Kingdom.

I have received no recent formal representations in my capacity as Secretary of State for Justice on the operation of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000.

It was announced in the Queen’s Speech on 6 November that the Government would bring forward proposals on the regulation of party funding and expenditure.

Mr. Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what (a) statutory instruments, (b) departmental
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circulars and (c) other documents he (i) has issued and (ii) plans to issue in the next 12 months consequential to the provisions of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000; and if he will make a statement. [172427]

Mr. Straw: I have issued no statutory instruments, departmental circulars or other documents consequential to the provisions of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000. It was announced in the Queen’s Speech on 6 November that the Government would bring forward proposals on the regulation of party funding and expenditure.

Political Parties: Finance

Richard Ottaway: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what guidance his Department has published on compliance with the law governing donations to political parties. [172658]

Bridget Prentice: The Electoral Commission is the body responsible for issuing guidance on the law governing donations to political parties.

Prisoners Release

Justine Greening: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many prisoners were granted early release under the home detention curfew scheme in each year since its introduction, broken down by prison from which the prisoners were released; and if he will make a statement. [173411]

Maria Eagle: The figures requested are in the following table.

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HOC releases by prison, 1999 to 2006
Prison name	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
Total	14,847	15,510	13,649	20,456	21,188	19,294	17,296	13,666

Acklington	100	70	80	140	110	70	90	70
Aldington	50	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Altcourse	90	90	140	280	350	280	270	260
Ashfield	0	⁽¹⁾—	⁽¹⁾—	⁽¹⁾—	20	⁽¹⁾—	⁽¹⁾—	10
Ashwell	50	190	120	190	250	190	130	100
Askham Grange	120	110	100	120	130	100	70	80
Aylesbury	10	10	⁽¹⁾—	20	10	10	10	⁽¹⁾—
Bedford	70	60	50	100	130	190	180	120
Belmarsh	80	140	120	80	120	90	90	50
Birmingham	560	380	240	310	450	770	400	310
Blakenhurst	230	320	310	150	190	180	300	230
Blundeston	20	20	10	30	40	50	30	40
Brinsford	40	70	60	70	60	60	60	30
Bristol	50	60	30	60	50	90	40	10
Brixton	160	110	40	60	90	50	60	30
Brockhill	40	30	20	20	30	50	40	20
Bronzefield	0	0	0	0	0	30	60	40
Buckley Hall	30	40	30	150	220	250	230	70
Bullingdon	210	270	220	390	340	280	270	210
Bullwood Hall	30	40	60	80	60	60	60	30
Camp Hill	40	50	50	50	80	100	60	100
Canterbury	40	50	50	120	170	120	170	90
Cardiff	220	210	170	230	280	220	180	90
Castington	20	10	10	20	10	20	30	20
Channings Wood	80	90	80	90	80	80	90	90
Chelmsford	80	110	80	220	200	70	40	30
Coldingley	⁽¹⁾—	10	20	30	30	20	20	10
Cookham Wood	40	20	20	30	60	80	100	60
Dartmoor	20	20	10	90	70	90	50	40
Deerbolt	40	30	110	160	170	130	150	150
Doncaster	130	150	140	250	330	350	310	240
Dorchester	20	20	20	70	70	60	50	30
Dovegate	0	0	⁽¹⁾—	⁽¹⁾—	⁽¹⁾—	⁽¹⁾—	0	0
Dover	110	130	130	30	0	0	0	0
Downview	30	40	30	110	120	140	90	90
Drake Hall	320	360	400	420	260	190	160	210
Durham	160	140	80	180	110	140	210	160
East Sutton Park	110	150	110	70	80	50	20	40
Eastwood Park	110	120	40	50	80	120	150	130
Edmunds Hill	0	0	0	0	40	50	150	220
Elmley	90	120	140	210	140	140	70	60
Erlestoke	50	60	40	90	90	100	70	30
Everthorpe	120	70	60	90	210	90	120	140
Exeter	170	140	100	180	160	130	140	80
Featherstone	110	80	60	110	130	80	130	110
Feltham	60	90	60	80	50	20	20	⁽¹⁾—
Ford	320	380	350	540	660	630	570	370
Forest Bank	0	130	150	270	210	150	140	110
Foston Hall	30	40	30	110	130	90	80	70
Full Sutton	0	⁽¹⁾—	0	⁽¹⁾—	0	0	0	0
Garth	0	0	0	0	0	⁽¹⁾—	⁽¹⁾—	0
Glen Parva	150	130	190	370	390	450	350	260
Gloucester	40	70	30	90	80	50	40	30
Grendon	230	230	180	250	320	250	220	190
Guys Marsh	190	180	150	190	160	170	190	130
Haslar	⁽¹⁾—	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Haverigg	60	70	100	140	140	100	100	100
Hewell Grange	410	400	440	430	330	310	190	180
Highdown	180	190	90	110	180	130	140	120
Highpoint	190	260	250	380	280	210	140	120
Hindley	40	50	120	80	90	60	30	20
Hollesley Bay	190	210	200	350	300	290	270	220
Holloway	90	100	70	50	30	60	140	120
Holme House	150	70	80	150	160	130	140	140
Hull	70	120	90	190	220	180	110	70
Huntercombe	220	60	20	10	30	20	30	20
Kirkham	930	1110	800	1170	1030	970	760	640
Kirklevington	80	60	60	60	60	30	30	20
Lancaster	30	20	30	60	70	50	50	30
Lancaster Farms	100	130	150	90	60	120	100	50
Latchmere House	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	⁽¹⁾—
Leeds	150	150	140	260	330	190	270	130
Leicester	20	20	90	170	150	100	50	70
Lewes	120	100	100	110	100	60	50	30
Leyhill	210	380	380	450	400	310	280	220
Lincoln	70	70	70	160	100	80	60	60
Lindholme	240	110	80	130	210	200	180	210
Littlehey	40	50	40	50	70	50	30	10
Liverpool	220	150	170	290	320	490	260	390
Low Newton	100	150	200	230	290	270	150	100
Lowdham Grange	0	0	0	0	⁽¹⁾—	0	0	0
Maidstone	10	⁽¹⁾—	⁽¹⁾—	10	20	20	⁽¹⁾—	0
Manchester	60	120	130	310	240	210	170	90
Moorland	340	360	370	450	450	380	440	330
Morton Hall	280	240	40	80	130	120	90	120
Mount	90	150	90	130	90	60	80	⁽¹⁾—
New Hall	90	130	130	120	160	200	160	120
No Establishment Stated	30	40	30	40	40	30	30	20
North Sea Camp	340	330	330	480	490	480	380	310
Northallerton	80	90	50	480	650	490	390	250
Norwich	410	360	260	340	270	200	120	70
Nottingham	⁽¹⁾—	50	30	90	20	40	30	30
Onley	230	210	200	280	310	300	340	260
Parc	80	140	20	60	220	230	210	190
Parkhurst	⁽¹⁾—	⁽¹⁾—	⁽¹⁾—	⁽¹⁾—	⁽¹⁾—	0	0	0
Pentonville	180	180	130	210	260	240	160	40
Peterborough	0	0	0	0	0	0	200	290
Portland	100	140	110	160	160	160	120	150
Preston	60	30	30	70	90	40	70	20
Ranby	160	120	100	460	390	240	280	200
Reading	40	60	70	110	140	150	110	70
Risley	80	50	40	50	140	140	140	150
Rochester	30	20	40	90	100	150	160	140
Rye Hill	0	0	0	0	⁽¹⁾—	⁽¹⁾—	0	0
Send	20	30	60	60	110	100	90	40
Shepton Mallet	50	20	20	30	⁽¹⁾—	0	0	0
Shrewsbury	170	160	140	230	170	160	90	90
Stafford	80	150	130	190	130	50	60	60
Stanford Hill	490	610	610	600	580	550	430	350
Stocken	80	60	70	150	150	70	80	100
Stoke Heath	70	100	140	250	280	180	160	190
Styal	120	110	110	110	120	170	140	80
Sudbury	200	130	150	300	260	200	350	250
Swaleside	⁽¹⁾—	⁽¹⁾—	0	0	⁽¹⁾—	⁽¹⁾—	⁽¹⁾—	⁽¹⁾—
Swansea	40	60	30	80	80	50	100	70
Swinfen Hall	10	⁽¹⁾—	20	⁽¹⁾—	10	⁽¹⁾—	10	20
Thorn Cross	240	240	180	300	200	280	300	180
Usk	190	230	230	260	300	250	200	150
Verne	30	20	20	30	60	40	30	20
Wandsworth	170	30	110	150	160	110	90	40
Warren Hill	0	0	0	0	⁽¹⁾—	⁽¹⁾—	⁽¹⁾—	⁽¹⁾—
Wayland	100	70	50	100	100	70	60	90
Wealstun	260	320	350	430	410	390	330	280
Weare	180	210	140	250	220	230	160	0
Wellingborough	90	120	90	150	190	110	90	50
Werrington	⁽¹⁾—	10	0	0	⁽¹⁾—	⁽¹⁾—	⁽¹⁾—	⁽¹⁾—
Wetherby	80	30	⁽¹⁾—	⁽¹⁾—	20	10	20	⁽¹⁾—
Whatton	⁽¹⁾—	⁽¹⁾—	0	0	0	0	0	0
Winchester	170	150	150	240	230	240	300	210
Wolds	30	90	60	100	60	30	30	40
Woodhill	150	90	40	90	200	170	110	70
Wormwood Scrubs	170	90	50	130	190	250	270	210
Wymott	30	60	30	60	50	60	70	40
⁽¹⁾ Number of cases less than 10. Note: Figures rounded to the nearest 10.

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