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Prisons: Dagenham
Jon Cruddas: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) what plans there are for providing emergency service access to the proposed prison at Beam Park West; [276047]
(2) how many prison service vehicles will require access to the Beam Park West site on a daily basis. [276049]
Mr. Straw: Emergency service access to the proposed prison at Beam Park West will be considered during the design process.
This prison would be a closed prison, holding category B or C prisoners. It is not intended that it should hold any category A (high security) prisoners, nor category D prisoners (low security, open prison). However, no decisions have yet been made on the function of the proposed prison. We are therefore currently unable to estimate how many HMPS vehicles will require access to the site each day.
Prior to the submission of planning permission, a public exhibition will be held detailing the proposals.
Remand Centres
Lynne Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice which premises in each primary care trust area have been approved for holding those on remand. [276019]
Mr. Hanson: The following table shows those prisons in England and Wales that hold prisoners on remand and their corresponding Primary Care Trusts and in Wales their Local Health Boards.
| Prison with Remand Function | PCT/Local Health Board |
Stannary Law
Andrew George: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice with reference to the answer of 29 March 2007, Official Report, column 1673, on politics and government: South West region, whether any parts of Stannary Law still exist as part of the law of England and Wales. [276568]
Mr. Wills: The body of Stannary customary law has not been systematically repealed. It is likely however that such customary law has been superseded by modern legislation. There were also provisions in 19th century primary legislation relating to the stannaries, but these have largely been repealed.
Voting Methods
Mr. Greg Knight: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what discussions he has had with (a) the European Commission and (b) his European counterparts in other EU member states on voting methods for Parliamentary and local government elections in the UK; and if he will make a statement. [276176]
Mr. Wills: Neither the Secretary of State nor I have held any discussions with either the European Commission or our counterparts in other EU member states on methods of voting for parliamentary and local government elections in the UK.
Young Offenders
Mr. Grieve: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many of those aged under 18 years were sentenced for (a) drug offences and (b) criminal damage in each year since 1997. [276228]
Mr. Straw: The information requested is shown in the table:
Data held by the Ministry of Justice record the age of the offender at the point of sentencing the answer given shows all those aged under 18 at that point.
Young Offenders: Crime Prevention
Mr. Grieve: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how much the Youth Justice Board allocated to preventive programmes in each year since 1999. [276227]
Mr. Straw: Information from the Youth Justice Board shows that they allocated the following sums for programmes working to prevent offending and antisocial behaviour by young people.
| £ million | |
| Note: Figures are all rounded to the nearest million pounds | |
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