House of Commons Hansard Written Answers for 28 Jan 2009 (pt 0011)

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Reparation by Offenders

John Hemming: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many reparation orders have been issued by each court in each year since 2005. [251228]

Mr. Hanson: The repatriation of a foreign national prisoner from the UK does not require the production of a court order; under the Repatriation of Prisoners Act 1984 a warrant is issued on behalf of the Secretary of State which enables the transfer of a prisoner into the custody of a foreign jurisdiction.

The following number of prisoners were repatriated by England and Wales to a foreign jurisdiction each year since 2005:

	Number
2005	136
2006	111
2007	111
2008	68

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The United Kingdom currently has prisoner transfer agreements with over 100 countries and territories.

Repatriation requires the consent of the sentencing state, the receiving state and the prisoners themselves. A prisoner cannot be forcibly repatriated.

Repossession Orders: Uxbridge

Mr. Randall: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many court orders have been issued for the repossession of homes in Uxbridge constituency in each year since 2001. [250782]

Bridget Prentice: Although figures for the Uxbridge constituency are not available, the following tables show the number of mortgage and landlord possession claims issued and orders made in Uxbridge and Staines county courts since 2001.

The civil procedure rules state that all claims for the repossession of land must be commenced in the district in which the land is situated. However, Uxbridge and Staines county courts cover areas other than Uxbridge and therefore not all possession actions at these courts will relate to this constituency.

Court level statistics on mortgage and landlord repossession actions from 1987 to 2007 are available on the Ministry of Justice website at:

http://www.justice.gov.uk/publications/mortgatelandlordpossession.htm

These figures do not indicate how many homes have actually been repossessed. Repossessions can occur without a court order being made, while not all court orders result in repossession.

Table 1: Mortgage^{( 1)} possession claims issued and orders^{( 4,)}^{( )}^{( 5)} made in Uxbridge and Staines county courts, 2001- 08
	Uxbridge		Staines
	Claims issued	Orders made	Claims issued	Orders made^{( 6)}
2001	414	265	233	149
2002	405	254	285,	153
2003	500	265	268	150
2004	601	356	365	219
2005	827	521	547	301
2006	881	604	501	412
2007	885	555	457	—
2008⁽⁷⁾	718	490	428	—

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Table 2: Landlord^{( 2,)}^{( )}^{( 3)} possession claims issued and orders made4,5 in Uxbridge and Staines county courts, 2001- 08
	Uxbridge		Staines
	Claims issued	Orders made	Claims issued	Orders made^{( 6)}
2001	1,827	1,109	589	407
2002	2,153	1,036	593	362
2003	2,014	971	592	344
2004	1,633	953	580	391
2005	1,622	848	531	308
2006	1,766	894	569	332
2007	1,566	830	612	—
2008⁽⁷⁾	1,231	722	445	—
⁽¹⁾ Mortgage possession data include all types of lenders whether local authority or private. ⁽²⁾ Landlord possession data include all types of landlord whether social or private. ⁽³⁾ Landlord actions include those made under both standard and accelerated procedures. Landlord actions via the accelerated procedure enables the orders to be made solely on the basis of written evidence and shorthold tenancies, when the fixed period of tenancy has come to an end. ⁽⁴⁾ Includes outright and suspended orders, the latter being where the court grants the claimant possession but suspends the operation of the order. Provided the defendant complies with the terms of suspension, which usually require the defendant to pay the current mortgage or rent instalments plus some of the accrued arrears, the possession order cannot be enforced. ⁽⁵⁾ The court, following a judicial hearing, may grant an order for possession immediately. This entitles the claimant to apply for a warrant to have the defendant evicted. However, even where a warrant for possession is issued, the parties can still negotiate a compromise to prevent eviction. ⁽⁶⁾ The rollout of the Possession Claim On-Line (PCOL) system in late 2006 has affected the availability of court-level data Only those county courts who do not have direct on site access to PCOL were affected. Staines county court does not have direct on site access to this system and figures for ‘orders made’ are not available for this court from 2007 onwards. ⁽⁷⁾ January to September. Figures for the latest year are provisional. Source. Ministry of Justice

Speed Limits: South West

Mr. Drew: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many people were (a) cautioned and (b) fined for speeding in (i) Stroud, (ii) Gloucestershire and (iii) south west England in each of the last five years. [250784]

Maria Eagle: Speeding offences, under the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 and Motor Vehicles (Speed Limit on Motorways) Regulations 1973, can be dealt with by way of written warnings, court proceedings or the issuing of a fixed penalty notice.

Available information collected centrally on the Court Proceedings Database, held by the Ministry of Justice, on the number of persons given a court fine for speed limit offences within the Gloucestershire police force area and the South West region from 2003 to 2007 (latest available) is provided in table 1.

Information collected centrally by the Home Office on the number of Fixed Penalty Notices issued for speeding offences, by area, for the period 2002 to 2006 (latest available) is given in table 2. Data for 2007 are due to be published in the spring of 2009.

Formal cautions are not given for motoring offences.

Data are collected centrally by police force area and therefore information for Stroud is not available.

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Table 1: Number of magistrates courts imposed fines^{( 1)} for speed limit offences^{( 2)} within the Gloucestershire police force area, and the South West region^{( 3)} , 2003-07^{( 4,5)}
Number of offences
	Area	Number of fines^{( 1)}
2003	Gloucestershire	800
	South West Region	18,000

2004	Gloucestershire	786
	South West Region	18,266

2005	Gloucestershire	750
	South West Region	19,448

2006	Gloucestershire	1,398
	South West Region	21,976

2007	Gloucestershire	1,111
	South West Region	18,157
⁽¹⁾ Magistrates courts data only. Fines given at the Crown Court total nationally (England and Wales) less than 10 each year. ⁽²⁾ Offences under the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 ss. 16, 81, 84, 86, 88 and 89; Motor Vehicles (Speed Limit on Motorways) Regs 1973; Parks Regulation (Amendment) Act 1926—byelaws made thereunder. ⁽³⁾ Includes, Avon and Somerset, Devon and Cornwall, Dorset, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire police force areas. ⁽⁴⁾ It is known that for some police force areas, the reporting of court proceedings in particular those relating to summary motoring offences, may be less than complete. ⁽⁵⁾ 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: Office for Criminal Justice Reform—Evidence and Analysis unit.

Table 2: Fixed penalty notices issued^{( 1)} for speed limit offences^{( 2)} in Gloucestershire police force area and the South West local government office region, 2002-06
Number of offences
Police force area	2002^{( 3)}	2003^{( 3)}	2004	2005	2006
Gloucestershire	3,898	3,139	4,913	10,849	13,406
South West Region⁽⁴⁾	135,549	272,383	304,379	264,190	211,536
⁽¹⁾ Only covers notices paid where there is no further action. ⁽²⁾ Offences under the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 and the Motor Vehicles (Speed Limits on Motorways) Regulations 1973. ⁽³⁾ Revised since original publication following amendments received from forces. ⁽⁴⁾ Includes following police force areas: Avon and Somerset, Devon and Cornwall, Dorset, Gloucestershire, and Wiltshire. Note: 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 systems generated by 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.

Young Offender Institutions: Mental Health Services

Mrs. Moon: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many young offender institutions have an in-reach mental health team providing tier 2 and 3 Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) in England; how many such institutions are without an in-reach CAMHS tier 2 and 3 service; and what estimate he has made of the annual cost of providing an in-reach CAMHS tier 2 and 3 service for a young offender institution. [251230]

Mr. Hanson: All young offender institutions (YOIs) in England have access to in-reach Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS). YOIs in Wales are the responsibility of the Welsh Assembly Government.

Transfer of the responsibility for commissioning health services in YOIs, and adult prisons in England, began in 2003 and was fully devolved to the national health service by April 2006. Primary care trusts (PCTs) work with their partner establishments to develop a comprehensive health needs assessment of the population and commission on the basis of that need.

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Since 2006 all funding including mental health forms part of the wider health care allocation and is paid out as part of the NHS Bundle and part of PCT main allocation. The NHS bundle includes the strategic health authority. All health funding is allocated to NHS bundle and they distribute this to the PCTs.

The Department of Health has provided £1.5 million additional funding for 2007-08, repeated in 2008-09, to extend the range of CAMHS in the secure estate for children and young people.

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