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Children, Schools and Families
Departmental Expert Groups
Angus Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what expert groups his Department has set up since it was established. [213194]
Beverley Hughes: Details of formal, standing bodies set up by Government to provide independent, expert advice to Departments and Ministers are published annually by the Cabinet Office. These bodies, known as advisory non-departmental public bodies (NDPBs), are listed in the annual “Public Bodies” publication. “Public Bodies” also contains some details on short-term advisory groups and task forces. Copies of “Public Bodies” from 1999 to 2006 can be viewed and downloaded from:
listed under the Department’s former name Department for Education and Skills. Copies are also available in the Library for the reference of Members.
Information on the Department’s “Public Bodies” from 2003 to 2008 can be downloaded from:
Copies are also available in the Library for the reference of Members.
Departmental Information Communications Technology
Mr. Philip Hammond: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what information technology projects initiated by his Department and its predecessors have been cancelled prior to completion in the last five years; and what the cost of each such project was to the public purse. [221716]
Beverley Hughes: The information requested is not readily available centrally within the Department for Children, Schools and Families. To respond fully would involve an extensive internal information collection exercise which would exceed the recommended disproportionate cost threshold.
Justice
Offenders: Armed Forces
Mr. Garnier: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many (a) serving and (b) former armed forces personnel were (i) given custodial sentences following a plea or a finding of guilty and (ii) given a community penalty by civilian courts in England and Wales in each of last five years for which figures are available. [224014]
Derek Twigg [holding answer 17 September 2008]: I have been asked to reply.
The following table shows the number of serving personnel in the Royal Air Force (RAF) and Royal Navy (RN) who were given custodial sentences or community penalty by civilian courts in England and Wales.
| Imprisonment | Suspended imprisonment | Community sentence | In-year total | |||||
| RN | RAF | RN | RAF | RN | RAF | RN | RAF | |
| n/a = Not available. Note: This information is based on offences captured either through the individual complying with their obligation to inform their chain of command or via notification by Home Office police. | ||||||||
Only the requested sentence type has been extracted for the aforementioned table. Therefore these figures do not include fines, conditional discharge, disqualification from driving etc.
No records pertaining to the criminal activity of ex-RN or ex-RAF personnel is held.
The Army does not hold centrally the information requested and could provide information on the number of serving personnel who were given custodial sentences or community penalty by civilian courts in England and Wales only at disproportionate cost. No records pertaining to the criminal activity of ex-Army personnel are held.
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