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Serious Organised Crime Agency: Northern Ireland
Mr. Paterson: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the budget of the Serious and Organised Crime Agency for its work on assets recovery in Northern Ireland is in 2008-09. [243921]
Mr. Alan Campbell: SOCA is a UK-wide organisation and does not set budgets on a regional basis. No separate budget, therefore, exists for asset recovery in Northern Ireland.
Stop and Search
David Howarth: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many stop-and-searches were carried out under (a) section 1 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 and (b) section 60 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 on the Hoo Peninsula in Kent between 30 July and 14 August 2008: [244294]
(2) how many stop-and-searches were carried out under (a) section 1 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 and (b) section 60 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 in Deansgate Golf Course Car Park in Kent between 30 July and 14 August 2008. [244295]
Mr. Alan Campbell: The information requested on arrests is not collected centrally.
Data on arrests reported to the Home Office are not broken down below police force area level.
Surveillance: Local Authorities
Mr. Pickles: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department with reference to the answer of 22 July 2008, Official Report, column 1374W, on surveillance: local authorities, how many of the determinations made in relation to the 554 complaints resulted in the complaint being upheld (a) wholly and (b) in part. [245935]
Mr. Coaker: Information on the number of complaints made and upheld is given in the published annual reports of the Interception of Communications Commissioner and the Intelligences Services Commissioner. These published reports show that since 2005 the Investigatory Powers Tribunal has made a determination in favour of two complainants who lodged a joint complaint.
UK Border Agency: Manpower
Mr. Paul Goodman: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many staff at the UK Border Agency are engaged in delivering the Agency's third strategic objective; where such staff are based; and what forecast she has made of the costs that will be incurred by the Agency in working towards this objective in (a) 2008-09, (b) 2009-10 and (c) 2010-11. [245579]
Mr. Woolas:
UKBA objective 3 “We will implement fast and fair decisions” is substantially delivered by the Immigration Group within UKBA. It is not possible to provide the costs of delivering this objective in isolation
as the group also contributes significantly to the other strategic objectives of the agency. The total number of staff employed within the group at the end of November 2008 was 10,200 and these are based throughout the UK.
Forecasts for 2009-10 and 2010-11 are not yet available. UKBA is currently reviewing plans and forecast for 2009-10 and 2010-11 and we are unable to provide this information until these plans have been finalised by the UKBA Board.
The operating cost budget for the financial year 2008-09 is as follows:
| Expenditure | Budget 2008-09 (£ million) |
Mr. Paul Goodman: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many UK Border Agency staff are responsible for managing the Gateway resettlement programme; what estimate she has made of the cost of the Gateway project in (a) 2008-09, (b) 2009-10 and (c) 2010-11; and if she will make a statement. [245685]
Mr. Woolas: 17.5 FTE UK Border Agency staff are responsible for managing the Gateway Protection Programme.
As of November 2008, UKBA has spent approximately £3.7 million on the project during 2008-09. The budget for 2008-09 stands at £9.48 million. This programme is currently match-funded under the European Refugee Fund 2008.
UKBA is currently reviewing plans and forecasts for 2009-10 and 2010-11 and we are unable to provide this information until these plans have been finalised and agreed by the UKBA Board.
Mr. Paul Goodman: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many UK Border Agency staff are responsible for (a) managing citizenship applications and (b) developing citizenship policy; and what estimate she has made of the cost of employing these staff in (i) 2008-09, (ii) 2009-10 and (iii) 2010-11. [245686]
Mr. Woolas: The Nationality Group deals with citizenship applications and is based in Liverpool, north-west region.
(a) The number of staff responsible for managing citizenship applications are currently the full-time equivalent of 333.68 (as at 30 November).
(b) The number of staff responsible for developing citizenship policy is six, and they are not included in the number above.
(c) The estimated costs of employing these staff in 2008.09 are £6.74 million. For 2009-10 and 2010-11 UKBA is currently reviewing plans and forecasts for these years and is therefore unable to provide this information until these plans have been finalised and agreed by the UKBA Board.
Mr. Paul Goodman:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many UK Border Agency staff are employed in the Case Resolution Directorate; and what estimate she has made of the Directorate's
running costs in (a) 2008-09, (b) 2009-10 and (c) 2010-11. [245687]
Mr. Woolas: The Case Resolution Directorate currently employs 940 staff at a cost in 2008-09 of £28.2 million. Estimates of running costs for the years 2009-10 and 2010-11 are not available because the UK Border Agency is currently finalising its business plan for next year.
Mr. Paul Goodman: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many UK Border Agency staff are employed in processing asylum applications; and what estimate she has made of the costs of employing these staff in (a) 2008-09, (b) 2009-10 and (c) 2010-11. [245688]
Mr. Woolas: There are currently 354 full-time equivalent case owners who are responsible for the end to end processing of new asylum applications in regional teams. An additional 173 full-time equivalent presenting officers are involved in asylum appeals. These figures do not include staff in screening units, or other staff connected with elements of asylum processing such as support team staff, managers, senior caseworkers, immigration officers and those working in the non-suspensive appeal process. They also exclude staff working in the Case Resolution Directorate, for which a separate answer has been prepared.
We do not collate cost information relating to asylum process staff on the level required. UKBA is currently reviewing plans and forecasts for 2009-10 and 2010-11 for consideration by the UK Border Agency Board.
Mr. Paul Goodman: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many UK Border Agency staff are involved in running the Family Naturalisation Process; and what estimate she has made of the running costs of the programme in (a) 2008-09, (b) 2009-10 and (c) 2010-11. [245689]
Mr. Woolas: The British Nationality Act makes provision for the acquisition of British citizenship through naturalisation or registration. All applications for British citizenship are considered by the UKBA Nationality Group and there is no separate process for naturalising families.
Workers Registration Scheme: North East
Jim Cousins: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people have registered under the workers registration scheme in each local authority area in the North East. [246365]
Mr. Woolas: The Worker Registration Scheme (WRS) publish the information requested on the local government website:
Local Government Association Analysis and Research (LGAAR) has negotiated and secured access to local authority level WRS data from the UK Border Agency. Access to the local authority data is restricted to local authorities and other Government users who register on this site with a ‘.gov.uk’ email address.
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