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Surveillance

Mr. Wallace: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) whether any warrants have been granted for intrusive surveillance of (a) hon. Members and (b) Members of the House of Lords under section 32 of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 since 2001; [185730]

(2) whether any warrants have been granted for directed surveillance of (a) hon. Members and (b) Members of the House of Lords under section 28 of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 since 2001. [185731]

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Mr. McNulty: It has been the established policy of successive Governments neither to confirm nor deny allegations concerning whether or not there have been covert activities by intelligence or security agencies or the police.

Victim Support Schemes: Staffordshire

Mr. Jenkins: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many victims of crime received state-provided counselling in (a) Tamworth constituency and (b) Staffordshire in each of the last four years. [187858]

Mr. Coaker: The information requested is not centrally available.

Work Permits

Keith Vaz: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many work permits have been awarded to non-EU professional footballers since January 2007. [185003]

Mr. Byrne: The number of approved and successful work permit applications awarded to non-EU
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professional footballers for the period 1 January 2007 to 1 February 2008 is 85, this figure is rounded to the nearest five.

The figures quoted are not provided under National Statistics protocols and have been derived from local management information and are therefore provisional and subject to change.

Danny Alexander: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people from (a) Cyprus, (b) the Czech Republic, (c) Estonia, (d) Hungary, (e) Latvia, (f) Lithuania, (g) Malta, (h) Poland, (i) Slovakia and (j) Slovenia were issued with work permits in each month since 1 May 2004. [185110]

Mr. Byrne: 115 work permits were issued to employers for people from these accession states between May 2004 and January 2008. This included a number of extensions and renewals.

The number of work permits issued are broken down by month and nationality are detailed in the following table.

The figures quoted are not provided under national statistics protocols and have been derived from local management information and are therefore provisional and subject to change.

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Work permit approvals May 2004 to January 2008
	Cypru s	Czech Republic	Estonia	Hungary	Latvia	Lithuania	Malta	Poland	Slovakia	Slovenia	Total
May 2004	⁽¹⁾—	5	0	⁽¹⁾—	⁽¹⁾—	⁽¹⁾—	⁽¹⁾—	5	⁽¹⁾—	0	20
June 2004	0	0	0	0	5	⁽¹⁾—	⁽¹⁾—	⁽¹⁾—	0	0	5
July 2004	⁽¹⁾—	0	⁽¹⁾—	0	⁽¹⁾—	0	0	⁽¹⁾—	⁽¹⁾—	0	5
August 2004	0	0	0	0	⁽¹⁾—	0	0	0	0	0	⁽¹⁾—
September 2004	0	0	0	⁽¹⁾—	⁽¹⁾—	0	0	0	0	0	5
October 2004	0	⁽¹⁾—	0	0	⁽¹⁾—	0	0	0	⁽¹⁾—	0	5
November 2004	0	0	0	⁽¹⁾—	5	0	⁽¹⁾—	⁽¹⁾—	0	0	10
December 2004	_	0	0	0	⁽¹⁾—	0	0	0	0	0	⁽¹⁾—
January 2005	0	0	0	0	⁽¹⁾—	0	0	0	0	0	⁽¹⁾—
February 2005	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	⁽¹⁾—	0	5
March 2005	0	0	0	⁽¹⁾—	⁽¹⁾—	0	0	0	0	⁽¹⁾—	5
April 2005	0	0	0	⁽¹⁾—	⁽¹⁾—	0	0	0	0	0	5
May 2005	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	5
June 2005	0	0	⁽¹⁾—	0	0	0	⁽¹⁾—	0	0	0	⁽¹⁾—
July 2005	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	5
August 2005	⁽¹⁾—	0	0	0	⁽¹⁾—	0	0	0	0	0	5
September 2005	0	0	0	0	⁽¹⁾—	0	0	0	0	0	⁽¹⁾—
October 2005	0	0	0	⁽¹⁾—	0	0	0	⁽¹⁾—	⁽¹⁾—	0	5
November 2005	⁽¹⁾—	0	0	0	0	0	0	⁽¹⁾—	0	⁽¹⁾—	5
January 2006	0	0	0	0	⁽¹⁾—	0	0	0	0	⁽¹⁾—	⁽¹⁾—
February 2006	0	0	⁽¹⁾—	0	0	0	0	0	⁽¹⁾—	0	⁽¹⁾—
March 2006	0	⁽¹⁾—	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	⁽¹⁾—
April 2006	0	⁽¹⁾—	0	0	0	0	0	0	⁽¹⁾—	0	⁽¹⁾—
May 2006	0	0	0	0	⁽¹⁾—	0	0	0	0	0	⁽¹⁾—
June 2006	0	0	0	⁽¹⁾—	⁽¹⁾—	0	⁽¹⁾—	⁽¹⁾—	0	0	5
July 2006	0	⁽¹⁾—	⁽¹⁾—	⁽¹⁾—	⁽¹⁾—	0	0	⁽¹⁾—	⁽¹⁾—	0	5
October 2006	0	0	0	0	0	0	⁽¹⁾—	0	0	⁽¹⁾—	⁽¹⁾—
December 2006	0	0	0	0	⁽¹⁾—	0	⁽¹⁾—	0	0	0	⁽¹⁾—
February 2007	0	0	⁽¹⁾—	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	⁽¹⁾—
March 2007	0	0	0	0	0	0	⁽¹⁾—	0	0	⁽¹⁾—	⁽¹⁾—
April 2007	0	0	0	0	⁽¹⁾—	0	0	0	0	0	⁽¹⁾—
May 2007	0	0	0	0	⁽¹⁾—	0	0	0	0	0	⁽¹⁾—
August 2007	0	0	⁽¹⁾—	⁽¹⁾—	0	0	0	0	0	0	⁽¹⁾—
October 2007	0	⁽¹⁾—	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	⁽¹⁾—
November 2007	0	0	0	0	⁽¹⁾—	0	0	0	0	0	⁽¹⁾—
December 2007	0	0	0	0	⁽¹⁾—	0	0	0	0	0	0
January 2008	0	0	⁽¹⁾—	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	5	10	5	10	45	5	10	15	10	5	115
^{(1 )}Indicates 1 or 2. Notes: 1. Figures are rounded to nearest five. 2. Because of rounding, figures may not add up to totals shown.

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