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Fireworks: Prosecutions
Mr. Kemp: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many prosecutions there were for firework-related offences in (a) 2003, (b) 2004, (c) 2005 and (d) 2006. [197268]
Maria Eagle: The number of defendants proceeded against at magistrates courts for offences relating to fireworks in England and Wales for the years 2003 to 2006 can be viewed in the table as follows.
| N umber of defendants proceeded against at magistrates courts for offences relating to fireworks in England and Wales for the years 2003 to 2006( 1,2,3) | |
| Proceeded against | |
| (1) These data are on the principal offence basis. (2) The data relate to the following Statutes: Emergency Laws (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1953 S.3 orders made under. Explosives Act 1875 Explosives Act 1923 and order in council and rules thereunder. Fireworks Act 1951. Sporting Events (Control of Alcohol, etc.) Act 1985 Section 2A(1). Fireworks Act 2003 S.11 (l),(2),(3)(a)(b),(4) Manufacture and Storage of Explosives Regulations 2005 S.25(1)(a) and (b) Highways Act 1980 S.131(1)(d), S.161(2)(b) Metropolitan Police Act 1839 S.54(15) Fireworks Safety (Regulations) 1997 S.6(l) (3) 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 courts and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used. Source: Court proceedings data held by RDS—Office for Criminal Justice Reform—Ministry of Justice | |
Foreign Workers: Domestic Service
Mr. Steen: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many employers of migrant domestic workers were (a) prosecuted for and (b) convicted of psychological abuse, physical abuse or sexual abuse of their employees in each of the last three years. [197984]
Maria Eagle: Information on the number of employers of migrant domestic workers who have been (a) prosecuted and (b) convicted for psychological abuse, physical abuse or sexual abuse of their employees is not held centrally.
The Court Proceedings Database held by the Ministry of Justice does not separately identify either the category of defendant (i.e. employer etc.) the type of victim (i.e. migrant domestic worker), or the type of abuse.
Juries: Wales
Mr. Spellar: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what assessment his Department has made of the cost of providing bilingual juries in Wales. [197601]
Maria Eagle: I refer the hon. Member to Part 1 of our consultation document “The Use of Bilingual (English and Welsh-speaking) Juries in Certain Criminal Trials in Wales”, some options for bilingual juries would give rise to additional costs. A copy of the consultation document is on the CJS website at:
We have identified potential resource implications for the Jury Central Summoning Bureau (JCSB) and in moving jurors further than usual, whether in hotel fees or travel costs. These costs have not been quantified. In the event that we were to decide in principle in favour of bilingual juries, full costings would be carried out.
Labour Party: Marketing
Mr. Maude: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice pursuant to the answer of 25 January 2008, Official Report, column 2303W, on Labour Party: marketing, if he will place in the Library a copy of the Labour party's licence issued by the Office of Public Sector Information. [198087]
Mr. Wills: The Labour party has a Click-Use license, which is listed on the Office of Public Sector Information's (OPSI) Click-Use website. The licence can be viewed on the OPSI website at:
The Click-Use licence is not a traditional licence in that applicants accept the terms of a set of licence terms online. It follows that there is not a specific licence naming the Labour party as a licensee. A list of Click-Use licence holders with the terms of the Click-Use licence can be viewed on the OPSI website.
Copies of the relevant pages will also be deposited in the Library.
Legal Aid Scheme: Drugs
John Mann: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice if he will estimate expenditure on legal aid for defendants with drug addictions in 2007. [197660]
Maria Eagle: An individual applying for legal aid is not required to disclose whether he or she has a drug addiction. Moreover, an individual with a drug addiction could receive legal aid in matters not connected with the addiction. Therefore, it is not possible to provide reliable estimates of expenditure on legal aid for those with drug addictions.
Members: Correspondence
Sir Gerald Kaufman: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice when he will answer the letter of 15 January 2008 from the right hon. Member for Manchester Gorton with regard to Miss E. A. Price. [195388]
Ann Keen: I have been asked to reply.
A reply was issued to the hon. Member on 30 January 2008.
National Identity
Andrew George: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) what assessment he has made of the likely effect of devolving further powers to local communities on attitudes towards British citizenship and national identity; [198384]
(2) when his Department plans to take forward the proposals in the report of Lord Goldsmith's Citizenship Review; [198385]
(3) what consideration he has given to the report of the recommendation in Lord Goldsmith's Citizenship Review on a national day focused on ideas about shared citizenship. [198386]
Mr. Wills: A robust sense of citizenship and national identity is reinforced by a democracy which is healthy and engages citizens at all levels. The Government believe that devolving power to Parliament, to citizens and to local communities, as included in the Governance of Britain Green Paper and the 2006 Local Government White Paper, will help revitalise our democracy.
The Government welcome Lord Goldsmith's Review of Citizenship and its contribution to the current debate about legal and social rights and responsibilities.
We have already announced many measures as part of the earned citizenship document which are consonant with Lord Goldsmith's proposals on acquiring citizenship and we are also interested in his thoughts on supporting and encouraging volunteering, which we will study closely.
Prison Officers: Housing
Jenny Willott: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice whether prison officers' accommodation will be sold in order to avoid the costs that would be incurred in upgrading properties to meet the 2010 Decent Housing standard. [197990]
Prison Service: Location
John McDonnell: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice whether his Department has conducted a sustainability appraisal in the light of the recent relocation announcements regarding the Prison Service. [198036]
Maria Eagle: It is unclear from the question which relocation announcement the hon. Member refers to. However, since 1999 the Prison Service has actively pursued the Government’s environmental and sustainability agenda.
Details of progress made by the Service in addressing its commitments, aims and targets regarding sustainable development are contained in its recently published Annual Sustainable Development Report 2006-07 and which can be found on its website:
Prisons: MRSA
Norman Lamb: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many cases of (a) MRSA and (b) clostridium difficile were recorded in each prison in each of the last five years. [197926]
Maria Eagle: The information requested is not held centrally.
The Prison Service’s Performance Standard, Health Services for Prisoners (May 2004), requires every prison establishment to have in place effective arrangements for the prevention, control and management of communicable diseases. These must include arrangements for the notification of all incidents of notifiable disease, such as tuberculosis, to the local Health Protection Agency’s Consultant in Communicable Disease Control (CCDC) and an action plan in the event of an outbreak of a communicable disease.
Upon the detection of any infection in a prison establishment, appropriate health care and infection control procedures should be instituted in partnership with infection control teams in primary care trusts and health protection units.
Probation: Foreigners
Mr. Llwyd: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice whether there are any restrictions on the ability of probation service staff to recommend supervision of foreign nationals in Wales where interpreters would be required. [197800]
Maria Eagle: There is no policy restriction on the ability of probation staff to recommend supervision, delivered with the assistance of an interpreter, for foreign national offenders in Wales. As with any other offender, a recommendation would be based on the individual’s risks, particular needs, eligibility and suitability.
Probation: Manpower
Mr. Llwyd: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many qualified probation officers were employed in Wales on (a) 31 December 1997 and (b) 31 December 2007. [197798]
Maria Eagle: Information is not available for the period requested. Data collected prior to April 2003 were collated by a different source and were incomplete in some categories and therefore are not directly comparable with the figures collected since that time.
The following table shows the staff in post in probation officer grades in Wales from 2003 onwards. It also shows the number of trainee probation officers at the same period.
| 2003( 1) | 2004( 1) | 2005( 1) | 2006( 1) | 2007( 2) | ||||||
| Staff in post | PO | TPO | PO | TPO | PO | TPO | PO | TPO | PO | TPO |
| (1) Figures provided are as at 31 December. (2) Figures provided are as at 30 June and are about to be published. | ||||||||||
Mr. Llwyd: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many probation staff managers were employed in Wales on (a) 31 December 1997 and (b) 31 December 1998. [197799]
Maria Eagle: Information is not available for the period requested. Data collected prior to April 2003 were collated by a different source and were incomplete in some categories and therefore are not directly comparable with the figures collected since that time.
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