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Driving Offences: Speed Limits
Mr. Evans: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many written warnings for speeding offences were issued in (a) Lancashire and (b) England in each of the last five years; and if she will make a statement. [270543]
Mr. Alan Campbell [holding answer 27 April 2009]: Available information on written warnings for speeding offences in Lancashire police force and England in from 2002 to 2006 (latest available) is provided in the table.
Information on written warnings given in 2007 is due to be published on 30 April 2008 as a part of the Home Office publication, “Statistics on Police Powers and Procedures 2007-08”.
| Written warnings for speed limit offences, Lancashire and England and Wales 2002 to 2006 | ||
| Number of warnings | ||
| Police force area | Lancashire | England |
Driving Under Influence
Norman Baker: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 5 February 2009, Official Report, column 1519W, on driving under influence, what factors underlie the period of time elapsed between the collection of statistics on the number of breathalyser tests by month and region and the publication of those data; and by what date she expects the 2008 data to be published. [271052]
Mr. Alan Campbell: [holding answer 24 April 2009]: Until 2006, breath tests data had been collected and published by the Ministry of Justice as a part of the ‘Motoring offences and Breath Tests Statistics’ publication. The Home Office has taken over this work, and data for 2007 are due to be published on 30 April 2009 as a part of the Home Office National Statistics bulletin “Statistics on Police Powers and Procedures—England and Wales 2007”. This bulletin contains a wide-range of statistics, all of which require data to be submitted from police forces. Data then has to be quality assured before publication.
From 2008 onwards, statistics on breath tests will be reported to the Home office annually (broken down by month) to ease the burden on police forces.
Previously, they had reported monthly for an annual publication.
The publication date for 2008 breath tests data has yet to be announced.
Drugs: Misuse
Paul Flynn: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many deaths and serious injuries following the use of gamma hydroxybutyrate have been recorded in each of the last five years; and if she will make a statement. [270936]
Kevin Brennan: I have been asked to reply.
The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.
Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated April 2009:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent question asking how many deaths and serious injuries following the use of gamma hydroxybutyrate have been recorded in each of the last five years. (270936)
The table attached provides the number of deaths where the underlying cause was drug poisoning and gamma hydroxybutyrate was mentioned anywhere on the death certificate, in England and Wales, for 2003 to 2007 (the latest year available). Figures for serious injuries following the use of gamma hydroxybutyrate are not available.
| Table 1. Number of deaths attributed to drug poisoning( 1) where gamma hydroxybutyrate was mentioned on the death certificate, England and Wales,( 2) 2003 - 07 | |
| Deaths | |
| (1 )Cause of death was defined using the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10). Deaths were included where the underlying cause was due to drug poisoning (shown in the box below) and where gamma hydroxybutyrate was mentioned on the death certificate. (2) Figures for England and Wales include deaths of non-residents. (3) Figures are for deaths registered in each calendar year. | |
Entry Clearances
Mr. Vaizey: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if she will take steps to ensure that artists visiting the country for cultural events under the new points-based system of immigration have easy and affordable access to biometric data collection points. [270410]
Mr. Woolas [holding answer 23 April 2009]: When we introduced the requirement for all visa applicants to submit their biometric data we extended the number of collection points through the arrangements provided by our commercial partners. In some cases mobile collection is also possible. We do keep the arrangements under review and recently, for example, opened new visa application centres in Russia.
G20: Greater London
Mrs. Lait: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many police officers assigned to police the protests associated with the G20 summit were injured in the course of their duties. [270920]
Mr. Coaker: The Metropolitan police are still collating accurate figures on injuries which will take time given the large numbers of officers and forces involved in the policing operation. I will write to the hon. Member when this information is available.
Hezbollah
Mr. Hague: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 2 April 2009, Official Report, column 1319W, on Hezbollah, if she will place in the Library a copy of the review of Hezbollah. [270466]
Mr. Coaker: Reviews for the purposes of proscription draw on sensitive intelligence material. It is therefore not possible to place a copy of the review of Hezbollah in the Library.
Hillsborough Stadium: Disclosure of Information
Derek Twigg: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when full public disclosure of all documents relating to the Hillsborough disaster will take place; and if she will make a statement. [270458]
Mr. Coaker: The Government are committed to helping those who lost loved ones in the Hillsborough tragedy. A number of national and local agencies hold a great deal of documentation on the Hillsborough disaster. Copies of the documents examined by Lord Justice Stuart-Smith as part of his review of Hillsborough papers were placed in the House Library when the then Home Secretary reported on the review in February 1998. The Home Secretary has been working with colleagues across Government, in the Ministry of Justice, the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, and the Attorney-General’s Office to put out any information that could shed light on the disaster and its aftermath in the public domain as soon as possible. In doing so, we are working closely with South Yorkshire police.
Immigration Controls
Mr. Oaten: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate she has made of the (a) resources required by the UK Border Agency (UKBA) to implement the requirements of Tier 4 of the points-based immigration system and (b) cost to UKBA of administering the requirements of Tier 4 in each of the next three years. [271292]
Mr. Woolas [holding answer 27 April 2009]: While the UK Border Agency continues to work with its supplier, the information requested is, at present, commercially sensitive.
Mr. Oaten:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department which nominated stakeholders have been selected to participate in the trial of the
Sponsorship Management System under Tier 4 of the points-based immigration system; and what criteria were used to select those stakeholders. [271293]
Mr. Woolas [holding answer 27 April 2009]: The sponsorship management system (SMS) will be available from autumn 2009 for all sponsors to trial the gradual roll-out of issuing confirmations of acceptance for studies (CAS) and the associated reporting duties across migrant application types.
Independent Police Complaints Commission
Mr. Jim Cunningham: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what mechanisms exist to monitor the work of the Independent Police Complaints Commission. [270383]
Mr. Coaker: The IPCC is a non-departmental public body sponsored by the Home Office and its work is monitored by the Department as part of its sponsorship responsibilities. The IPCC is also required to lay its annual report before Parliament and its work is scrutinised by Parliament through the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) and the Home Affairs Select Committee (HASC).
National Policing Improvement Agency: Recruitment
Mr. Maude: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 29 January 2009, Official Report, column 822W, on the National Policing Improvement Agency: vacancies, how many of the vacancies were advertised on the public part of the Civil Service Recruitment Gateway. [269929]
Mr. Coaker: 164 vacancies were advertised on the Civil Service Gateway.
Mr. Maude: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 29 January 2009, Official Report, column 822W, on the National Policing Improvement Agency: vacancies, what the (a) job title and (b) salary range of each of the vacancies was. [269930]
Mr. Coaker: It is not possible to recapture the data as at 21 January 2009, which were provided in the answer of 29 January 2009, Official Report, column 822W. It is estimated that there were 344 vacancies around the end of January 2009. The job title and salary range for the 344 vacancies is provided in the table.
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