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| Table C: Fixed Penalty Notices issued for the endorsable offence of ‘driving a motor vehicle while uninsured against third party risks’( 1) by police force area, England and Wales, 2003( 2) to 2005 | |||
| Police force area | 2003( 3) | 2004 | 2005 |
| 1 An offence under the Road Traffic Act 1988 s. 143 (2) 2 As from 1 June 2003, ‘driving a motor vehicle while uninsured against third party risks’ became a fixed penalty offence. Notes: 1. Offenders are subject to a £200 fixed penalty However this can be increased to a maximum of £5,000 if the matter goes to court. 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 police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their limitations are taken into account when those data are used. | |||
Education Act 2005
Mr. Ruffley: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many offences were recorded under the Education 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. [196013]
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.
Gangmasters (Licensing) Act 2004
Mr. Ruffley: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many offences were recorded under the Gangmasters (Licensing) Act 2004 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. [196008]
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.
Genetics: Databases
Jenny Willott: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the total costs were of running and maintaining the National DNA Database in each year since it began operation; and if she will make a statement. [182622]
Meg Hillier: I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for Bury St. Edmunds (Mr. Ruffley) on 19 February 2008, Official Report, column 584W.
Jenny Willott: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department which organisations and companies analyse DNA samples in order to produce profiles for the national DNA database; and if she will make a statement. [188145]
Meg Hillier: The organisations that are at present accredited to provide DNA profiling services to the police forces of England and Wales are:
Forensic Science Service Ltd;
LGC Forensics;
Orchid Cellmark; and
Forensic DNA Services Ltd.
The Channel Islands use the same suppliers as England and Wales. Northern Ireland samples are processed by Forensic Service Northern Ireland (FSNI). The forensic DNA analysis service for Scottish police forces is provided by four forensic science laboratories within the Scottish Police Services Authority (SPSA). The SPSA and FSNI laboratories are accredited to NDNAD Custodian standards, so that DNA profiles from Scotland and Northern Ireland can be loaded to the NDNAD as well as to the Scotland and Northern Ireland databases.
Grave Robbing
Mr. Ruffley: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many offences of removing corpses from graves 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. [195992]
Mr. Coaker: The information requested is not available. Offences of ‘removing corpses from graves’ 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.
Heathrow Airport: Customs Officers
Norman Baker: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many Border and Immigration Agency staff were allocated to the EU channel at Heathrow airport on average each day (a) in 2003-04, (b) in 2006-07 and (c) in 2007-08. [194541]
Mr. Byrne: Immigration Officers are not allocated a duty at a particular channel of the Primary Arrivals Control at Heathrow airport; they serve the Border Control as a whole. Shift managers decide how many of the available staff should work in the EU or non-EU channels at any particular time in order to deal with approaching passengers as quickly and effectively as possible. The only constraint is that one officer must be on duty in each channel at all times when flights are landing. This flexibility makes the best use of available resources.
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