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Deportation: Children
Damian Green: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many child asylum seekers were removed from the UK in (a) 2006, (b) 2007 and (c) 2008. [269168]
Mr. Woolas: The following table shows the number of child asylum seekers, including dependants, removed or voluntarily departed from the UK in 2006, 2007 and 2008.
Published statistics on immigration and asylum are available from the Library of the House and from the Home Office Research, Development and Statistics Directorate website at:
| Child( 1) asylum seekers( 2) removed or voluntarily departed from the United Kingdom( 3) , 2006 - 08 | |||
| Number of departures( 4) | |||
| 2006 | 2007( 5) | 2008( 5) | |
| (1) Persons recorded as being under 18 on the date of their departure from the UK. (2) Persons who had sought asylum at some stage, including dependants. (3) Includes persons departing voluntarily after notifying the UK Border Agency of their intention to leave prior to their departure, persons leaving under Assisted Voluntary Return Programmes run by the International Organization for Migration and persons who it has been established left the UK without informing the immigration authorities. (4) Removals and voluntary departures recorded on the system as at the dates on which the data extracts were taken. (5) Provisional figures. | |||
Deportation: Offenders
Chris Grayling: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many foreign national prisoners were deported in 2008; and how many of those had been convicted of firearms offences. [269239]
Jacqui Smith: In March 2009 the quarterly National Asylum Statistics were published and it reported that there were 5,395 foreign national prisoners who had been removed or deported in 2008. The information on the numbers of those who had previously been convicted of firearms offences, or any other offence types, can only be obtained at a disproportionate cost. In order to obtain the full criminal history of such individuals it would be necessary to examine individual case files held by the UK Border Agency and cross-reference that information with police records.
Designated Public Places Orders
Chris Grayling: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many Designated Public Place Orders have been introduced in each year for which figures are available. [269236]
Jacqui Smith: The Home Office has been informed that 707 Designated Public Place Orders (DPPO)s have been implemented throughout England and Wales. This figure is broken down by year as follows:
| Number | |
| (1 )So far. | |
A full list of the councils which have implemented the orders can be accessed at the following internet link which includes commencement date:
Detainees: Children
Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many children were held in immigration removal centres in each month during 2008; and if she will make a statement. [263891]
Mr. Woolas: The requested information is not held centrally and would be available only through the detailed examination of individual case files at disproportionate cost.
The following table shows the numbers of children detained within the UK Border Agency detention estate solely under Immigration Act powers on a snapshot basis as at the last Saturday of each quarter of 2008, broken down by length of detention (i.e. of those detained on that particular day, the numbers of whom had been detained for the lengths of time specified).
National Statistics on children detained solely under Immigration Act powers on a snapshot basis are published quarterly. This information is published in Tables 9 to 11 of the Control of Immigration: Quarterly Statistical Summary, United Kingdom bulletins which are available from the Library of the House and from the Home Office's Research, Development and Statistics website at:
| Children( 1) recorded as being in detention in the United Kingdom solely under Immigration Act powers, by length of detention as at the last Saturday of each quarter in 2008( 2, 3) | ||||
| Number of children( 1) | ||||
| Length of detention( 4, 5) | 29 March | 28 June | 27 September | 27 December |
| (1) People recorded as being under 18 on the last Saturday of each quarter. These figures will overstate if any applicants aged 18 or over claim to be younger. (2) Figures rounded to the nearest 5 (— = 0, * = 1 or 2), may not sum to the totals shown because of independent rounding and exclude persons detained in police cells, Prison Service establishments and those detained under both criminal and immigration powers. (3) Figures include dependants. (4) Relates to most recent period of sole detention. (5) 2 months is defined as 61 days; 4 months is defined as 122 days; 6 months is defined as 182 days. | ||||
Detainees: Offenders
Damian Green: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many foreign national former prisoners were held in the immigration detention estate on 12 January 2009; [251641]
(2) how many foreign national prisoners were being held in prisons awaiting deportation on 12 January 2009. [251642]
Mr. Woolas: The Chief Executive of the UK Border Agency has regularly written to the Home Affairs Committee in order to provide them with all of the most robust and accurate information available. In her letter of 23 July 2008 she advised the Committee that there were around 1,650 foreign criminals who had completed their sentence and were detained under immigration powers pending deportation action. A copy of this letter is available in the Library of the House. She also recently advised the Public Accounts Committee during her appearance before them on 5 March that, of those who are detained pending deportation action, around 1,200 are held within the UK Border Agency detention estate.
The information relating to the numbers of foreign national prisoners subject to deportation action who are either serving their sentence or are being detained
under immigration powers in prisons is not centrally held. In order to obtain the information it would be necessary to examine individual case files at disproportionate cost.
Diplomatic Service: Firearms
Tom Brake: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 26 March 2009, Official Report, column 663W, on the Diplomatic Service: security guards, how many requests to carry firearms whilst in Great Britain were received from each country in each of the last five years. [268795]
Caroline Flint: Detailed records are not kept beyond three years, and for security reasons it would be inappropriate to disclose details of protection requests received and measures provided.
Dispersal Orders
Mr. Burstow: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many authorities in each (a) London borough and (b) region have issued dispersal orders in each year since their introduction; and if she will make a statement. [269268]
Mr. Woolas: Between January 2004 and 31 March 2006, the police have used the power in section 30 of the Anti-social Behaviour Act 2003 to disperse unruly groups in over 1,000 designated areas. Figures are not available broken down by year. Figures for 1 April 2006 to 31 March 2008 by police force area are due to be published shortly.
DNA: Databases
Simon Hughes: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) when she plans to bring forward proposals for the change in Government policy necessary for the UK to comply with the European Court of Human Rights’ decision in the case of S and Marper; [265331]
(2) when she expects to make a decision on steps to be taken in response to the European Court of Human Rights’ decision on the case of S and Marper. [265894]
Mr. Alan Campbell: I intend to consult on proposals for implementing the judgment as part of a wider Forensics White Paper. This is due to be published before summer 2009.
James Brokenshire: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what proportion of the data held on the national DNA database relates to DNA samples taken by (a) police forces in Scotland, (b) police forces in England and Wales and (c) the Police Service of Northern Ireland. [266917]
Mr. Alan Campbell: The following table shows the number and proportion of all subject profiles held on the national DNA database (NDNAD) by forces in Scotland, England and Wales, and Northern Ireland as at 30 March 2009.
The number of subject profiles held on the NDNAD is not the same as the number of individuals with a profile on the database. As it is possible for a profile to
be loaded on to the NDNAD on more than one occasion, some profiles held on the NDNAD are replicates. This can occur, for example, if the person provided different names, or different versions of their name, on separate arrests, or because profiles are upgraded. The replication rate for the NDNAD is currently estimated at 13.5 per cent. although the rate may vary between forces.
| Force | Number of subject profiles | Number of individuals (Estimated) | Proportion of total subject profiles held on NDNAD |
Drugs: Crime
Dr. Gibson: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department which drugs fall into Class (a) A, (b) B and (c) C under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971; and what estimate she has made of the number of users of each drug in each class. [267858]
Mr. Woolas: A list of the most commonly encountered drugs currently controlled under the misuse of drugs legislation is available on the Home Office website at the following link:
The latest figures from the British Crime Survey, showing the estimated number of drug users for each drug covered in the survey are shown in the table.
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