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Offenders: Deportation
Mr. Garnier: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many prisoners held in HM Prison Bullwood Hall and HM Prison Canterbury on 18 February 2008 had completed their custodial sentences and were awaiting deportation; and how many of those who remain in custody are up to (a) one month, ( b) three months, (c) six months, (d) 12 months and (e) more than 12 months beyond the date of sentence completion. [187110]
Mr. Hanson: As at 18 February 2008, nine detainees at Bullwood Hall had completed their custodial sentences and were awaiting deportation. Eight of these were less than one month beyond sentence completion and one was more than three months but less than six months beyond the date of sentence completion. As at the same date, one detainee at Canterbury had completed his sentence and was awaiting deportation. He had completed his sentence less than one month earlier. All are being held under immigration act powers.
Over 4,200 foreign national prisoners were removed or deported from the UK in 2007. This means that the Border and Immigration Agency has removed over 80 per cent. more foreign national prisoners than in 2006.
Prisoners: Foreigners
Mr. Garnier: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what proportion of those foreign national prisoners released from a custodial sentence had served more than half of their sentence in each of the last 10 years. [187104]
Mr. Hanson: To establish the information requested would entail the manual inspection of all the relevant prisoner files which would involve disproportionate cost.
Mr. Garnier: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many foreign national prisoners are (a) serving sentences of (i) six months or less, (ii) six to 12 months, (iii) 12 to 24 months, (iv) two to four years, (v) four to eight years, (vi) determinate sentences of more than eight years, (vii) indeterminate sentences for public protection with minimum tariffs of categories set out in (i) to (vi) and (b) serving life sentences, broken down by those who have minimum tariffs of (A) under five, (B) five to 10 and (C) more than 10 years. [187108]
Mr. Hanson: The following table gives information on the numbers of foreign national prisoners held in all prison establishments in England and Wales at the end of December 2007 showing sentence length as recorded on the prison service system.
| Number | |
Information on the lengths of tariffs of individual prisoners is not available and could not be provided without disproportionate cost.
For the proportion of total prisoners who are foreign nationals, Council of Europe data on foreign national prisoners held in other major western countries reveal much higher proportions, for example in Austria (43 per cent.), Spain (33 per cent.), Germany (28 per cent.) and France (21 per cent.) than the figure for England and Wales (14 per cent.), based on 2006 population data.
These figures have been drawn from administrative IT systems, which, as with any large scale recording system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing.
Rape: Sentencing
Mr. Spring: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many of those convicted of rape in (a) the East of England and (b) Suffolk were given (i) an immediate custodial sentence, (ii) a community sentence and (iii) a (A) conditional and (B) absolute discharge in each of the last five years. [187114]
Mr. Hanson: The requested information is contained in the following table.
The East of England has been defined by police force area, and includes:
Derbyshire
Nottinghamshire
Lincolnshire
Leicestershire
Northamptonshire
Cambridgeshire
Norfolk
Suffolk
| Offender sentenced to immediate custody, community sentences or discharge for rape( 1, 2 ) in Eastern England and Suffolk, 2002-2006 | |||||
| Area | Discharge | Community sentence | Immediate custody | Grand t otal | |
| (1) Principal offence basis. (2) Classified under the offence class of rape, which include rape of a male and a female. Source: RDS-NOMS, Ministry of Justice | |||||
These figures have been drawn from administrative data systems. Although care is taken when processing and analysing the returns, the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large scale recording system.
Travelling People
Philip Davies: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the cost was to his Department of each of the five annual Developing Services for Gypsies and Travellers conferences. [188291]
Mr. Iain Wright: I have been asked to reply.
I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 18 February 2008, Official Report, columns 55-56W.
Young Offenders: Lancashire
Dr. Tony Wright: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice when the evaluation of the peer panels in Lancashire will be published; and when a decision will be made on the extension of the project. [186951]
Mr. Hanson: The peer panel project in Lancashire is in its very early stages and evaluation of it has not yet begun. Expressions of Interest to carry out the evaluation have been invited and the deadline for responses is 4 March. At this moment it is not possible to say when the evaluation will be completed. In the light of that no decision about extending the project has been considered or made.
Prime Minister
10 Downing Street: Operating Costs
Mr. Laws: To ask the Prime Minister what the running costs were of 10 Downing street in (a) 2005-06 and (b) 2006-07; and how much they are expected to be in 2007-08. [172784]
The Prime Minister: As a result of accounting changes it is not possible to provide comparable figures for the financial year 2005-06.
The figure for the financial year 1 April 2006 to 31 March 2007 are set out in the table as follows:
| Running costs | £ million |
The figure includes for the first time the full costs of security, Information and Communications Technology and part of the Government News Network budget previously held by the Cabinet Office.
Figures for 2007-08 will be available when the Cabinet Office Annual Resource accounts have been audited.
Banking (Special Provisions) Bill (Draft)
Mrs. May: To ask the Prime Minister (1) on what dates meetings were held between officials in his Office and HM Treasury to discuss (a) proposals for and (b) drafting of the Banking (Special Provisions) Bill; [188405]
(2) when he first received a draft of the Banking (Special Provisions) Bill. [188407]
The Prime Minister: The Banking (Special Provisions) Bill was published on 18 February 2008. My officials and I have regular meetings and discussions with ministerial colleagues and others on a wide range of subjects.
Departmental Advertising
Mr. Jeremy Browne: To ask the Prime Minister what percentage of No. 10 Downing street's expenditure was on advertising in each of the last 10 years. [183000]
The Prime Minister: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to him by my hon. Friend the Parliamentary Secretary for the Cabinet Office (Mr. Watson) on 19 February 2008, Official Report, column 685W.
Departmental Communication
Mr. Laws: To ask the Prime Minister what the cost was of the Downing Street Press Office in each quarter since 31 March 1997; and if he will make a statement. [163573]
Mr. Hoban: To ask the Prime Minister what the communications budget was for No. 10 Downing street and his Office for (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08. [164768]
The Prime Minister: As a result of changes to the Press Office budget since the start of the financial year 2006-07 it is not possible to provide the information requested. The budget includes, for the first time, part of the budget for the Government News Network, which was previously held centrally by Cabinet Office and the costs associated with Strategic Communications Unit.
The communications budget for No. 10 for the financial year ending 31 March 2007 was £2.5 million.
Figures for the financial year 2007-08 will be available after the end of the financial year.
Departmental Contracts
Jim Cousins: To ask the Prime Minister 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 Office in each year since 2004-05. [179038]
The Prime Minister: I refer my hon. Friend to the answer given by my hon. Friend the Parliamentary Secretary at the Cabinet Office (Tom Watson) on 19 February 2008, Official Report, column 687W.
Departmental Official Hospitality
Mr. Philip Hammond: To ask the Prime Minister how much was spent by his Office on (a) alcohol and (b) entertaining in the last 12 months. [187957]
The Prime Minister: I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave my hon. Friend the Member for Cleethorpes (Shona McIsaac) on 25 July 2007, Official Report , column 1108W. Figures for the financial year 2007-08 will be published in the usual way after the end of the financial year.
Ministers: Pay
Andrew Mackinlay: To ask the Prime Minister which Ministers of the Crown do not receive a ministerial salary. [187900]
The Prime Minister: The information requested can be found on the No. 10 website at: http://www.number-10.gov.uk/output/Page2988.asp. A copy of this webpage has been placed in the Library of the House.
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