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Border and Immigration Agency: Visits
Damian Green: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many personnel from the Border and Immigration Agency made official overseas visits in each of the last five years; what the purpose and destination of each visit was; and what the cost of the visits was. [193211]
Mr. Byrne: The agency does not hold a central record of the number, purpose and destination of overseas visits made by personnel from the Border and Immigration Agency.
Border and Immigration Agency: Expenditure
Lynne Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much was spent on enforcement action by the Border and Immigration Agency and its predecessor in each of the last five years; and what proportion was attributed to activity against individuals involved in identity theft or identity fraud involving document abuse. [195093]
Mr. Byrne:
Enforcement action consists of many stages in the end-to-end process of resolving a case. It can include policy work, caseworking, inquiries abroad, intelligence work, legal advice, support costs, operations, detention, escorts the cost of charters and
other flights used to effect removal, and ministerial and senior officials' time. Such costs are spread across a number of cost centres within the Agency and its predecessor and are not functionally recorded on a case-by-case basis. The information requested could therefore be provided only by the detailed analysis of individual case records at disproportionate cost.
The Border and Immigration Agency's budget allocations are not made or recorded on a detailed activity basis and therefore it is not possible to give a definitive figure for the proportion of budget attributed to activity against individuals involved in identity theft or identity fraud involving document abuse. However, action against such theft or fraud is an important part of our Enforcement Strategy, published in March 2007.
Copies of the document are placed in the Libraries of both Houses. It is available to view at:
Latest published statistics on the total spend in the Home Office are set out in the Home Office report a copy of which has also been placed in both Houses. It is also available to view at:
Borders: Personal Records
Patrick Mercer: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether the FBI terrorist screening database will be among the multi-agency watchlists used as part of the e-borders programme to check persons flying into the UK. [195151]
Mr. Byrne: The e-Borders system will contain a number of agency owned watchlists against which traveller’s details will be checked to identify those of interest to UK authorities, including subjects linked to terrorism. It is a matter for the responsible agencies to identify individuals suitable for inclusion in their watchlists; this may include those identified through international liaison.
British Amusement Catering Trade Association
Mr. Ellwood: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent representations her Department has received from the British Amusement Catering Trade Association; and if she will make a statement. [186201]
Mr. Byrne [holding answer 18 February 2008]: The Department has received no recent representations from the British Amusement Catering Trade Association.
BSE Monitoring (England) Regulations 2001
Mr. Ruffley: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many offences were recorded under the BSE Monitoring (England) Regulations 2001 in each year since 2002, broken down by offence; and what percentage of these offences (a) resulted in court proceedings against suspected perpetrators, (b) led to a conviction and (c) resulted in a sanction detection. [195995]
Mr. Coaker: The information requested is not available. Offences under this legislation are recorded in the ‘Other indictable or triable either way offences’ classification and cannot be separately identified from other offences within that classification. As a result, information on the percentage which resulted in court proceedings and convictions for those offences cannot be provided.
Care Act 2000
Mr. Ruffley: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many offences were recorded under section 89 of the Care Act 2000 in each year since 2002, broken down by offence; and what percentage of these offences (a) resulted in court proceedings against suspected perpetrators, (b) led to a conviction and (c) resulted in a sanction detection. [195994]
Mr. Coaker: The information requested is not available. Offences under this legislation are recorded in the ‘other indictable or triable either way offences’ classification and cannot be separately identified from other offences within that classification. As a result, information on the percentage which resulted in court proceedings and convictions for those offences cannot be provided.
Civil Partnership Act 2004
Mr. Ruffley: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many offences were recorded under the Civil Partnership Act 2004 in each year since its entry into force, broken down by offence; and what percentage of those offences (a) resulted in court proceedings against suspected perpetrators, (b) led to a conviction and (c) resulted in a sanction detection. [196009]
Mr. Coaker: The information requested is not available. Offences under this legislation are recorded in either the ‘disclosure, obstruction, false or misleading statements’ classification or in the ‘other indictable or triable either way offences’ classification and cannot be separately identified from other offences within those classifications. As a result, information on the percentage which resulted in court proceedings and convictions for those offences cannot be provided.
Civil Service Appeal Board
Mr. Hoban: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many and what percentage of appeals by employees of (a) her Department and (b) its agencies were (i) heard and (ii) upheld by the Civil Service Appeal Board in each of the last 10 years; how much was awarded in compensation by the Board to each successful appellant in each year; what the reason was for each compensation award; how many appellants were reinstated by the Board in each year; and what the reason was for each (A) dismissal and (B) reinstatement. [192564]
Mr. Byrne: Statistics on the number of appeals heard during the last 10 financial years can be found in Appendix 2 of the Civil Service Appeal Board's Annual Reports.
These are available on the board's website at:
The further information requested is not recorded centrally and could be obtained only at a disproportionate cost to the Department.
Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Act 2005
Mr. Ruffley: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many offences were recorded under the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Act 2005 in each year since its entry into force, broken down by offence; and what percentage of these offences (a) resulted in court proceedings against suspected perpetrators, (b) led to a conviction and (c) resulted in a sanction detection. [196012]
Mr. Coaker: The information requested is not available. Offences under this legislation are recorded in the ‘other indictable or triable either way offences’ classification and cannot be separately identified from other offences within that classification. As a result, information on the percentage which resulted in court proceedings and convictions for those offences cannot be provided.
Communications Act 2003
Mr. Ruffley: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many offences were recorded under the Communications Act 2003 in each year since its entry into force; and what percentage of these offences (a) resulted in court proceedings against suspected perpetrators, (b) led to a conviction and (c) resulted in a sanction detection. [196007]
Mr. Coaker: The information requested is not available. Offences under this legislation are recorded in the ‘other indictable or triable either way offences’ classification and cannot be separately identified from other offences within that classification. As a result, information on the percentage which resulted in court proceedings and convictions for those offences cannot be provided.
Compensation Act 2006
Mr. Ruffley: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many offences were recorded under the Compensation Act 2006 in each year since its entry into force; and what percentage of these offences (a) resulted in court proceedings against suspected perpetrators, (b) led to a conviction and (c) resulted in a sanction detection. [196010]
Mr. Coaker: The information requested is not available. Offences under this legislation are recorded in the ‘other indictable or triable either way offences’ classification and cannot be separately identified from other offences within that classification. As a result, information on the percentage which resulted in court proceedings and convictions for those offences cannot be provided.
Corruption: Juries
Mr. Ruffley: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many offences of embracery were recorded in each year since 1997; and what percentage of these offences (a) resulted in court proceedings against suspected perpetrators, (b) led to a conviction and (c) resulted in a sanction detection. [195988]
Mr. Coaker: The information requested is not available. Offences of ‘embracery’ are recorded in the ‘attempting to pervert the course of justice’ offence classification and cannot be separately identified from other offences within that offence classification. As a result, information on the percentage which resulted in court proceedings and convictions for those offences cannot be provided.
Crimes Against Public Morality
Mr. Ruffley: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many offences of committing an act outraging public decency have been recorded in each year since 1997; and what percentage of these offences (a) resulted in court proceedings against suspected perpetrators, (b) led to a conviction and (c) resulted in a sanction detection. [195990]
Mr. Coaker: The information requested is not available. Offences of ‘committing an act outraging public decency’ are recorded in the ‘other offences against the state and public order’ offence classification and cannot be separately identified from other offences within that classification. As a result, information on the percentage which resulted in court proceedings and convictions for those offences cannot be provided.
Crimes of Violence
Mr. Ruffley: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many and what percentage of incidents of violence against the person resulted in the victim suffering (a) no injuries, (b) a minor bruise or black eye, (c) severe bruising, (d) scratches, (e) cuts, (f) broken bones, (g) a broken nose, (h) broken or lost teeth, (i) concussion and (j) facial or head injuries in each police force area in England and Wales in each year since 1997. [195599]
Mr. Coaker: The information requested is not collected centrally. It is not possible to determine the nature of the injury from the police recorded crime statistics collected by the Home Office.
Mr. Ruffley: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many and what percentage of incidents of violence against the person resulted in the victim needing (a) medical attention from a doctor, (b) another form of medical attention and (c) a hospital stay in each police force area in England and Wales in each year since 1997. [195600]
Mr. Coaker: The information requested is not available.
While the British Crime Survey asks victims of violent incidents whether or not they required medical attention or a hospital stay, it is not possible to provide robust estimates by police force area.
Criminal Proceedings
Ms Abbott: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether any criminal proceedings have been brought against (a) her Department's employees and (b) contractors’ employees including immigration removal centre staff and immigration escort staff; and if she will make a statement. [195181]
Mr. Byrne: This information is not held centrally and to search through all records would incur a disproportionate cost. However CRB checks are carried out on all prospective employees of both the BIA and its contractors prior to offers of employment being made.
Departmental Complaints
Ms Abbott: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether any complaints investigated by (a) her Department and (b) the Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration resulted in findings of wrong-doing by Home Office employees or its contractors’ employees, including immigration removal centre and immigration escort staff in each of the last five years; and if she will make a statement. [195039]
Mr. Byrne: BIA does not currently hold these data, and the cost of extracting them from records would be disproportionate. However, of the 52 serious complaints investigated since 1 October 2006 in relation to escorting contractors, only one has been substantiated and seven have been partially substantiated.
Departmental Hearing Impaired
Mr. Andy Reed: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what provision is made for deaf people to access services provided by her Department through call centres. [194948]
Mr. Byrne: The Home Office provides textphone facilities in all of its contact centres. The numbers are:
Central Home Office: Textphone 020 7035 4742.
Border Immigration Agency: Textphone 0800 389 8289.
Identity and Passport Service: Textphone 0870 240 8090. Typetalk is also available through the 24-hour Passport Adviceline 0870 521 0410
Criminal Records Bureau: Textphone 0870 909 0811.
Departmental Public Expenditure
Patrick Mercer: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if she will break down her Department's (a) main estimate, (b) winter supplementary estimate and (c) spring supplementary estimate by subhead in (i) near cash and (ii) non-cash terms for the 2007-08 financial year. [190757]
Mr. Byrne: Near cash/non cash splits relate to departmental expenditure limit resource budget controls and are not compatible with supply estimates which relate to voted resource expenditure. Voted expenditure for the Home Department at the spring supplementary estimate 2007-08 is some £1,082,543,000 higher than the resource budget departmental expenditure limit. A high level reconciliation between the different bases is provided within the estimate.
The following table assigns non-cash within resource DEL budgets to the related subhead at the main estimate 2007-08, winter supplementary estimate 2007-08 and spring supplementary estimate 2007-08. All other DEL provision is near cash.
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| Subhead | As at main estimate | As at winter supplementary estimate | As at spring supplementary estimate | |
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