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Police Custody
Mr. Ruffley: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if she will make a statement on the development of police investigation and detainee handling centres. [176300]
Mr. McNulty: The provision of Police Investigation and Detainee Handling Centres in each force area is an operational matter for the chief officer of the force concerned.
Police National Computer
David T.C. Davies: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department which organisations have access to the police national computer. [188453]
Mr. McNulty: The following organisations have access to the police national computer:
All Police Forces in England and Wales
All Police Forces in Scotland
Police Service of Northern Ireland
Isle of Man Constabulary
States of Jersey Police
Guernsey Police
British Transport Police
Security Service
Secret Intelligence Service
The Civil Nuclear Constabulary
Serious and Organised Crime Agency
Ministry of Defence Police
Service Police Crime Bureau
Disclosure Scotland
Access Northern Ireland
National Identification Service
Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency
Royal Mail Consignia Security and Investigation Service
Home Office Departmental Security Unit
Home Office Immigration Managed Migration Directorate
Department for Transport
Department for Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform
H.M. Prison Service
Defence Vetting Agency
Criminal Cases Review Commission
National Air Traffic Services
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Ministry of Justice Department for Constitutional Affairs—Crown Court
Jury Service
Ministry of Justice Department for Constitutional Affairs—Warrants
The Office of Fair Trading
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Border and Immigration Agency
Department of Works and Pensions Solicitors
Office for Civil Nuclear Security
Financial Services Authority
Health and Safety Executive
Scottish Police Services Authority
Scottish Crime Drug Enforcement Agency
Charity Commission for England and Wales
Assets Recovery Agency
NHS Counter Fraud Services
The Pensions Regulator
Mersey Tunnels Police
H.M. Inspectorate of Constabulary
The Environment Agency
Independent Police Complaints Commission
The Highways Agency
Vehicle and Operator Services Agency
NPIA National DNA Database Custodian
NPIA Bramshill Police College
Police Stations
Mr. Hoban: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the Answer of 30 January 2008, Official Report, column 389W, on police stations, how many police buildings have been (a) opened and (b) closed in each year since 1997, broken down by police authority area. [189368]
Mr. McNulty: The management of the police estate and allocation of resources are matters for each police authority and the chief officer, who are responsible for assessing local needs.
Mr. Hoban: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the Answer of 30 January 2008, Official Report, column 389W, on police stations, what changes in the use of police buildings have taken place in the last five years. [189369]
Mr. McNulty: The use of police stations has changed in recent years to reflect more modern policing. Many forces have now devised innovative ways of increasing their accessibility to members of the public by using other more modern methods of interaction, such as police shops in high streets, police kiosks and by use of mobile police stations—particularly in rural areas.
The management of the police estate and allocation of resources are matters for each police authority and the chief officer, who are responsible for assessing local needs.
Mr. Hoban: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the Answer of 30 January 2008, Official Report, column 389W, on police stations, how many police buildings there were in each police authority area in each year since 1997. [189370]
Mr. McNulty: The management of the police estate and allocation of resources are matters for each police authority and the chief officer, who are responsible for assessing local needs.
Police: Ethnic Groups
Mr. Spellar: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many of the participants at the review of policing event on 31 July 2007 were (a) Afro-Caribbean, (b) Muslim, (c) Sikh and (d) Jewish. [190824]
Mr. McNulty: The event, held on 31 July 2007, sought the views of an invited audience on a number of key issues relating to Sir Ronnie Flanagan’s Review of Policing, but specifically with regards to equality and diversity issues. The groups and organisations represented at the event included:
1990 Trust—Promotes the interests of Britain’s black communities
Action Aid—Global anti-poverty agency
a: gender—Transgender group
British Association of Women in Policing
Calderdale Race Equality Council
Carisma—Black and Minority Ethnic group
Commission for Racial Equality
Committee for Protection of Turkish Rights
Galop—Transgender group
Gay Police Association
GIRES—Transgender group
Henna Foundation—Asian Women’s Group
Latin Front
Metropolitan Police Service Independent Advisory Group
National Association of Muslim Police
National Black Police Association
National Travellers Action Group
Peace Alliance
Police Superintendents Association
Stephen Lawrence Charitable Trust
Stonewall
and a number of independent community members representing the black and minority ethnic community.
Individual participants were not monitored by religion or ethnicity on the day.
Police: Eyesight
Dr. Murrison: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if she will make a cost-benefit analysis of offering corrective laser eye surgery to firearms officers. [185241]
Mr. McNulty: The consideration of privately funding corrective laser eye surgery is a matter for individual Chief Officers of Police.
Police: Finance
Mr. Jenkins: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much central Government funding is being provided to each police authority in the 2007-08 financial year; how much each authority is raising through local precepts; and how much the combined figure for both funding streams represents per head of population in each authority area. [189604]
Mr. McNulty: Information is set out in the following table.
We do not distribute grant to police authorities purely on the basis of population. The police funding formula uses a range of data relating to demographic and social characteristics to reflect the relative needs of each authority. Grant allocations also take into account the relative tax base of each authority. Grant allocations are stabilised by damping to limit year-on-year variations.
| Police authority total Government grant allocations 2006-07 and 200708 | |||
| 2007-08 | |||
| Government grant ( 1, 2, 3) | Council tax requirement | Resident population | |
| (1) Revenue funding includes all grants inside Aggregate External Finance (AEF) (i.e. revenue grants paid for councils' core services), and includes formula grant and ail specific grants. (2) Welsh Government Grant includes Home Office Police Grant, floor funding and additional support provided to ensure Welsh Police Authorities receive at least a minimum increase in grant in line with English Authorities. (3) The data for Metropolitan Police Authority from 2000-01 onwards is not available from DCLG as they are collected as consolidated data from GLA. Data used is compiled from Home Office data for allocated grants. (4) 2007-08 Government grant figures are budget figures. Source: Government grant and council tax requirement figures: DCLG - from English police authorities/WAG - from Welsh police authorities. Population data supplied by DCLG from ONS. | |||
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