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Surveillance: Local Authorities

Mrs. Lait: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what her policy is on whether local authorities should use directed surveillance powers to monitor dog fouling; and if she will make a statement. [225632]

Mr. Coaker: The Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (‘RIPA’) requires that the use of any covert investigatory techniques must be necessary and proportionate to what the relevant public authority seeks to achieve. It is a matter for each authority to determine what is proportionate in the circumstances. All authorisations must on request be made available for scrutiny to the independent Commissioners established under RIPA. In the case of local authorities’ use of directed surveillance, oversight is undertaken by the Office of Surveillance Commissioners.

Mrs. Lait: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if she will instruct the Office of Surveillance Commissioners to assess whether surveillance powers have been used by local authorities to generate income from fines. [225633]

Mr. Coaker: The Office of Surveillance Commissioners was established by statute to provide independent oversight of public authorities using covert investigatory powers. It is not appropriate for Ministers to issue instructions to the Office of Surveillance Commissioners. Under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 local authorities may use directed surveillance for the purpose of preventing or detecting crime or disorder providing it is necessary and proportionate for them to do so.

Surveillance: Telecommunications

Mr. Meacher: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many requests by law enforcement agencies were made to telephone and internet companies for details of calls or internet use in each year since 2001. [225871]

Mr. Woolas [holding answer 13 October 2008]: The information is not held centrally.


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Children, Schools and Families

Child Minding

Mrs. Maria Miller: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families pursuant to the Answer of 4 June 2008, Official Report, column 949W, on children: day care, (1) how many and what proportion of daycare settings in the (a) 10 per cent. most deprived, (b) 10 per cent. least deprived, (c) five per cent. most deprived and (d) five per cent. least deprived local authority area were awarded ratings of inadequate following an Ofsted inspection in (i) 2005-06, (ii) 2006-07 and (iii) 2007-08; [223712]

(2) how many and what proportion of childminders were deemed inadequate by Ofsted in the (a) 10 per cent. most deprived and (b) 10 per cent. least deprived local authority areas in each year since such inspections began; [223745]

(3) how many and what proportion of childminders were deemed inadequate by Ofsted in each region in each year since such inspections began; [223746]

(4) how many registered childminders there were in the (a) 10 per cent. most deprived and (b) 10 per cent. least deprived local authority areas in each quarter of the last three years. [223748]

Beverley Hughes: These are matters for Ofsted. The Chief Inspector, Christine Gilbert, will write to the hon. Member and copies of her replies will be placed in the Library.

Letter from Christine Gilbert, dated 23 September 2008:

Table A: Inspection data for day care providers between 1 April 2005 and 31 March 2008
Inspections between 1 April 2005 and 31 March 2006
LA deprivation level Total day care at 1 April 2006 Total inspected 2005/06 Total inspected 2005/06 inadequate Proportion inadequate 2005/06 (%)

10 per cent. least deprived

4,740

1,109

86

7.8

10 per cent. most deprived

2,522

611

60

9.8


Inspections between 1 April 2006 and 31 March 2007
LA deprivation level Total day care at 1 April 2007 Total inspected 2006/07 Total inspected 2006/07 inadequate Proportion inadequate 2006/07 (%)

10 per cent. least deprived

4,682

1,679

101

6.0

10 per cent. most deprived

2,552

803

65

8.1


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Inspections between 1 April 2007 and 31 March 2008
LA deprivation level Total day care at 1 April 2008 Total inspected 2007/08 Total inspected 2007/08 inadequate Proportion inadequate 2007/08 (%)

10 per cent. least deprived

4,712

1,786

109

6.1

10 per cent. most deprived

2,547

908

77

8.5


Inspections between 1 April 2005 and 31 March 2006
LA deprivation level Total day care at 1 April 2004/06 Total inspected 2005/06 Total inspected 2005/06 inadequate Proportion inadequate 2005/06 (%)

5 per cent. least deprived

1,636

380

25

6.6

5 per cent. most deprived

1,078

242

22

9.1


Inspections between 1 April 2006 and 31 March 2007
LA deprivation level Total day care at 1 April 2007 Total inspected 2006/07 Total inspected 2006/07 inadequate Proportion inadequate 2006/07 (%)

5 per cent. least deprived

1,593

593

35

5.9

5 per cent. most deprived

1,096

318

21

6.6


Inspections between 1 April 2007 and 31 March 2008.
LA deprivation level Total day care at 1 April 2008 Total inspected 2007/08 Total inspected 2007/08 inadequate Proportion inadequate 2007/08 (%)

5 per cent. least deprived

1,608

570

27

4.7

5 per cent. most deprived

1,109

381

38

10.0

Notes:
1. All inspection data taken from the Regulatory Support Application (RSA) database as it was at 1 April 2008. Active provider data taken from the RSA database as it was at 6 April 2006, 30 March 2007 and 1 April 2008 respectively. LA deprivation level based on Indices of Deprivation 2007 on the government communities website (www.communities.gov.uk).The majority of the data underpinning the Indices of Deprivation 2007 represents 2005 although some data covers a number of years, for example an average of 2003-05.
2. In order to capture all inadequate ratings following an Ofsted inspection, the data provided give the number and proportion of providers that were inadequate at any time during the time period. Since a provider may receive a re-inspection and no longer be inadequate by the end of the year, these figures do not reflect our other publications which only capture the most recent inspection of a provider.

Letter from Christine Gilbert, dated 23 September 2008:

Table A: Inspection data for c hildminders between 1 April 2005 and 31 March 2008
Inspections between 1 April 2005 and 31 March 2006
LA deprivation level Total childminders at 1 April 2004/06 Total inspected 2005/06 Total inspected 2005/06 inadequate Proportion inadequate 2005/06 (%)

10 per cent. least deprived

11,550

2,880

74

2.6

10 per cent. most deprived

4,363

1,209

31

2.6


Inspections between 1 April 2006 and 31 March 2007
LA deprivation level Total childminders at 1 April 07 Total inspected 2006/07 Total inspected 2006/07 inadequate Proportion inadequate 2006/07 (%)

10 per cent. least deprived

11,215

2,844

91

3.2

10 per cent. most deprived

4,464

819

46

5.6


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Inspections between 1 April 2007 and 31 March 2008
LA deprivation level Total childminders at 1 April 2008 Total inspected 2007/08 Total inspected 2007/08 inadequate Proportion inadequate 07/08 (%)

10 per cent. least deprived

10,418

3,330

217

6.5

10 per cent. most deprived

4,114

1,216

123

10.1

Notes:
1. All inspection data taken from the Regulatory Support Application (RSA) database as it was at 1 April 2008. Active provider data taken from the RSA database as it was at 6 April 2006, 30 March 2007 and 1 April 2008 respectively. LA deprivation level based on Indices of Deprivation 2007 on the government communities website (www.communities.gov.uk).The majority of the data underpinning the Indices of Deprivation 2007 represents 2005 although some data covers a number of years, for example an average of 2003-05.
2. In order to capture all inadequate ratings following an Ofsted inspection, the data provided give the number and proportion of providers that were inadequate at any time during the time period. Since a provider may receive a re-inspection and no longer be inadequate by the end of the year, these figures do not reflect our other publications which only capture the most recent inspection of a provider.

Letter from Christine Gilbert, dated 23 September 2008:


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