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Justice
Crimes of Violence: Greater London
Andrew Rosindell:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) how many convictions there were for violent crimes in (a) Romford, (b) Essex and (c) Greater London in each of the last four years; [186899]
(2) how many people under the age of 18 years were convicted of criminal offences in (a) Romford, (b) Greater London and (c) Essex in 2007. [186926]
Maria Eagle:
The number of persons convicted at all courts for violence against the person offences in (b) Essex, and (c) City of London and Metropolitan police force areas for the years 2002 to 2006 can be viewed in table 1.
The number of young persons under the age of 18 years convicted at all courts for all offences in (b) Essex, and (c) City of London and Metropolitan police force areas for the year 2006 can be viewed in table 2.
City of London and Metropolitan police force area data have been provided, and combined they make up the Greater London police force area.
It is not possible to identify those defendants in (a) Romford constituency, as the data are not collected at this level of detail.
| Table 1: the number of persons convicted at all courts of offences relating to violence against the person, in the City of London, Essex, and Metropolitan police force areas, for the years 2002 to 2006( 1,2) |
| Force | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 |
|
City of London
|
65
|
55
|
45
|
43
|
34
|
|
Essex
|
618
|
702
|
827
|
832
|
808
|
|
Metropolitan Police
|
6,394
|
5,871
|
6,080
|
6,060
|
6,168
|
(1) These data are on the principal offence basis.
(2) Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used.
Note:
Includes the following offence classes:
1 Murder
2 Attempted Murder
3 Threat or Conspiracy to Murder
4.1 Manslaughter
4.2 Infanticide
4.3 Child Destruction
4.4 Causing Death by Dangerous Driving
4.5 Manslaughter Due to Diminished Responsibility
4.6 Causing Death by Careless Driving when under the influence of Drink or Drugs
4.7 Causing Death of a child or vulnerable person
5 Wounding or other act Endangering Life
6 Endangering Railway Passenger
7 Endangering Life at Sea
8 Malicious Wounding etc.
11 Cruelty to or Neglect of Children
12 Abandoning Child aged under Two Years
13 Child Abduction
15 Concealment of Birth
37.1 Causing Death by Aggravated Vehicle Taking
Source:
Court proceedings database held by RDS Office for Criminal Justice Reform—Ministry of Justice
|
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| Table 2. The number of young persons under the age of 18 years convicted at all courts of all offences, in the City of London, Essex, and Metropolitan police force areas, for the year 2006( 1,2) |
| Force | 2006 |
|
City of London
|
5
|
|
Essex
|
2,837
|
|
Metropolitan police
|
12,185
|
(1) These data are on the principal offence basis.
(2) Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used.
Source:
Court proceedings database held by RDS Office for Criminal Justice Reform—Ministry of Justice
|
Court proceedings data for 2007 will be available in the autumn of 2008.
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Departmental Contracts
Jim Cousins:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the (a) objective and (b) value was of each contract placed with (i) Deloitte and Touche, (ii) Ernst and Young, (iii) KPMG, (iv) PricewaterhouseCoopers and (v) PA Consulting by his Department, its predecessor Department and its agencies in each year since 2004-05. [179033]
Maria Eagle:
In the financial years from 2004-05 to 2006-07, the last full year for when figures are available, the Ministry of Justice and its predecessor Department and agencies engaged the organisations named above to deliver consultancy services as outlined in the following table.
While details of expenditure on other categories of service delivered by these organisations are held by individual business managers for the period in question, they are not held centrally by my Department and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
| Financial year 2004-05 |
| Supplier | Objective | Value (£) |
|
Deloitte and Touche
|
Update of Libra business case and finance model.
|
79,529
|
|
Deloitte and Touche
|
Implementation of IT Shared Services including creation of a new DCA IT delivery organisation.
|
1,603,700
|
|
Ernst & Young
|
Independent Regulatory Review of the Regulatory Framework for Legal Services in England and Wales.
|
235,256
|
|
KPMG
|
Consultancy support connected with public register of fines and judgements.
|
101,000
|
|
KPMG
|
Consultancy support connected with corporate reorganisation of DCA centre and subsequent transition planning.
|
817,751
|
|
KPMG
|
HR review and assessment connected with post of Head of Scotland Office
|
2,816
|
|
KPMG
|
Review of Finance Division functions and roles.
|
68,750
|
|
KPMG
|
Specialist audit by independent consultants of fraud risk at Court Funds Office.
|
22,000
|
|
KPMG
|
Management review and assessment of SCS processes on behalf of Human Resources.
|
26,704
|
|
KPMG
|
Review and assessment of European Policy and Information Rights Division.
|
5,747
|
|
KPMG
|
Advising on balance sheet accounting issues, standardisation manual and project management for HMCS Estates.
|
17,137
|
|
PricewaterhouseCoopers
|
A number of projects, including Vulnerable Customers Project; Civil Justice Consumer Research & Criminal Justice Experience Project that fed into the Consumer Strategy Review.
|
2,162,000
|
|
PricewaterhouseCoopers
|
Review of Court Private Finance initiative schemes accounting treatment and review of annual reporting.
|
34,150
|
|
PA
|
Consultancy support connected with Courts Act Pilots and data / performance analysis and best practice identification.
|
1,304,050
|
| Financial year 2005-06 |
| Supplier | Objective | Value (£) |
|
Deloitte and Touche
|
Update of Business Case to Treasury relating to Supreme Court Implementation Programme.
|
92,950
|
|
Deloitte and Touche
|
Support with implementation of the IT Shared Services Project.
|
174,570
|
|
Deloitte and Touche
|
Supported development of Libra Business Case.
|
35,227
|
|
Deloitte and Touche
|
Project/programme management connected with Gateway Review.
|
88,076
|
|
Deloitte and Touche
|
Project and programme management connected with eDG Assignment Initiation Document.
|
64,652
|
|
Deloitte and Touche
|
Finance & Project Accounting support to eDG, Costing & Charging Process Assurance, Contract Management Team Review.
|
888,688
|
|
Deloitte and Touche
|
Change management co-ordinators for implementation of Oracle 11i financial software.
|
52,370
|
|
Ernst & Young
|
Provided financial advice connected with HM Treasury Green Book analysis.
|
23,412
|
|
Ernst & Young
|
Development of policies and procedures regarding expense payments to Lord Lieutenants.
|
21,951
|
|
Ernst & Young
|
Development of a number of financial management modelling tools for use by HMCS.
|
323,000
|
|
KPMG
|
Risk management review of DCA corporate Governance structures.
|
86,160
|
|
KPMG
|
Re-shaping HQ Delivery of its 5 Year Strategy Plan.
|
173,900
|
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|
KPMG
|
Review of DCA Governance structures to highlight gaps, inconsistencies and issues.
|
73,200
|
|
KPMG
|
Review and development of Performance Management Framework.
|
86,750
|
|
KPMG
|
External recruitment campaign for senior change management personnel.
|
58,827
|
|
KPMG
|
Redesign of Assessment Centre for Senior Staffing & Talent Management.
|
10,000
|
|
KPMG
|
Analytical support and advice on existing financial systems and processes for Financial Systems Implementation (FSI) project.
|
382,073
|
|
KPMG
|
Financial management accounting assessment.
|
12,870
|
|
KPMG
|
Modelling and financial analysis on behalf of Legal Services Commission.
|
33,119
|
|
KPMG
|
Consultancy support with DCA Senior Civil Service Assessment Centres.
|
5,000
|
|
PricewaterhouseCoopers
|
Provided financial analysis to support the draft Legal Services Bill and produced an actuarial report on the Compensation Fund.
|
150,000
|
|
PricewaterhouseCoopers
|
External research, analysis and project management of major survey of public attitudes to and engagement with the Criminal Justice System
|
325,530
|
|
PricewaterhouseCoopers
|
External research and analysis of business information held across the Criminal Justice Service.
|
106,000
|
|
PricewaterhouseCoopers
|
Support connected with the cross-government Administrative Burdens Reduction project.
|
95,020
|
|
PricewaterhouseCoopers
|
HR consultancy concerning provision of Learning and Development advice and delivery of a plan for the “new” Department.
|
128,352
|
|
PricewaterhouseCoopers
|
Workforce Development Strategy, summary document and advice
|
8,852
|
|
PricewaterhouseCoopers
|
Consultancy on Performance Management
|
19,588
|
|
PricewaterhouseCoopers
|
Provided support and advice on setting up HMCS Finance plus transition of other DCA Finance functions.
|
74,025
|
|
PricewaterhouseCoopers
|
Project management connected with implementation of Oracle 11i financial software.
|
204,163
|
|
PricewaterhouseCoopers
|
External Review of DCA Internal Audit Function.
|
24,400
|
|
PricewaterhouseCoopers
|
Development and implementation of financial reporting tool.
|
167,000
|
|
PricewaterhouseCoopers
|
Development of a risk management identification and reporting format.
|
77,000
|
|
PricewaterhouseCoopers
|
Cost Benefit Analysis of Civil justice Centre, Liverpool.
|
22,090
|
|
PA
|
Embedding programme and project management techniques within Constitution Directorate.
|
13,074
|
|
PA
|
Programme & Project Management of major change programme within Constitution Directorate.
|
37,900
|
|
PA
|
Provide consultancy support to help build the evidence base to inform HM Courts Service Business Strategy
|
92,500
|
|
PA
|
Electronic Filing & Document Management (EFDM) feasibility study
|
136,300
|
|
PA
|
Expert development of the Electronic Filing & Document Management (EFDM) business case.
|
373,700
|
|
PA
|
Support with various consultancy projects associated with roll out and in support of the National Enforcement Programme whose aim was to improve enforcement performance within HMCS.
|
1,523,196
|
|
PA
|
Development of capacity modelling tool leading to improved performance by HMCS Enforcement (London) region.
|
141,900
|
|
PA
|
Development of high-level business case and implementation plan for the HMCS Business Strategy to improve operating efficiency and effectiveness.
|
482,026
|
|
PA
|
Development of a capacity modelling tool designed to improve operational performance in the magistrates courts.
|
40,373
|
|
PA
|
Strategic consultancy advice for developing supplier market. Analysed market and advised on development of supplier strategy to improve operation and process.
|
299,109
|
