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Funding has been provided to assist with the expansion and development of the Coventry Rape and Sexual Abuse Centre, set up to provide services to women (and their children) who have suffered from rape and sexual abuse.
Crimes of Violence: Females
Lynda Waltho: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what discussions she has had with (a) the Secretary of State for Health and (b) the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills on their Departments' contributions to (i) her Department's consultation on Together We Can End Violence Against Women and Girls and (ii) her Department's forthcoming national strategy on Violence Against Women and Girls. [275890]
Mr. Alan Campbell: The Home Secretary has had regular discussions with Cabinet colleagues about Government action on VAWG and has written to the Ministerial Committee on Domestic Affairs twice regarding the cross-Government consultation on ending violence against women and girls.
Departmental Data Protection
Mr. Grieve: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many private contractors have been granted access to personal data held by her Department in the last 12 months; and if she will make a statement. [241867]
Mr. Woolas: The information required is not held centrally, therefore we are unable to provide an answer because of the disproportionate cost threshold.
Departmental Dismissal
Chris Huhne: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many members of staff in her Department and its agencies were dismissed (a) for under-performance and (b) in total in each of the last 10 years. [274306]
Jacqui Smith: The number of staff dismissed (a) for under-performance and (b) in total each year within Home Office HQ, the Identity and Passport Service and the Criminal Records Bureau is shown in table 1.
| Table 1: Dismissals in Home Office HQ, IPS and CRB( 1) | ||
| Year( 2) | Dismissals for under-performance | Total dismissals |
| (1) The Criminal Records Bureau did not begin operations until March 2002. (2 )Information prior to 2005-06 is not held centrally within Home Office HQ and could be provided only at a disproportionate cost. Note: Where fewer than five members of staff were dismissed further information has been withheld on grounds of confidentiality. | ||
The number of staff dismissed within the UK Border Agency for (a) inefficiency and (b) in total each year is shown in table 2
| Table 2: Dismissals in UKBA( 1) | ||
| Year( 2) | Dismissals for inefficiency( 3) | Total dismissals |
| (1 )Figures exclude staff within UKVisas (previously FCO) and HMRC detection staff who have now transferred to UKBA. (2 )Information prior to 2005-06 is not held centrally and could be provided only at a disproportionate cost. (3 )Dismissals made under the broad category of inefficiency include dismissals made under poor performance and attendance management procedure; | ||
UKBA figures contained in the first column of table 2 include all staff dismissed under the broad category of inefficiency, which includes dismissal for under-performance and dismissal under attendance management procedures. A further breakdown of those dismissals into those dismissed for under-performance could be obtained only at a disproportionate cost.
UKBA figures exclude staff in UK Visas (previously under the Foreign and Commonwealth Office) and HM Revenue and Customs Detection staff who have now transferred to UKBA. These staff will be added to UKBA HR systems during 2009-10 as part of an ongoing improvement programme.
Departmental Official Hospitality
Bob Spink: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much her Department has spent on (a) conference services and (b) banqueting services in each of the last five years. [274503]
Mr. Woolas: The requested information is set out in the table.
| Conference costs (£) | |
The cost of banqueting services cannot be obtained without incurring disproportionate cost.
All expenditure on conference services is incurred in accordance with the principles of Managing Public Money and the Treasury handbook on Regularity and Propriety.
Departmental Opinion Polls
James Brokenshire: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department on which subjects her Department has commissioned opinion polling in each of the last two years; and at what cost. [274072]
Mr. Woolas: During the last three financial years (2006-07, 2007-08 and 2008-09) the Home Office (excluding Executive Agencies) has commissioned public opinion polling on attitudes, experiences and awareness of a broad range of crime, policing, immigration, asylum and counter-terrorism issues. Details and cost for each financial year are shown in the following table.
Details and cost for each financial year(1) are shown in table 1.
(1) These costs supersede those provided in a previous parliamentary question, where costs years 2006-07 and 2007-08 appeared incorrectly due to an administrative error.
Departmental Procurement
Mr. Ruffley: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department from which companies her Department purchased goods and services at a cost of more than £1 million in 2008-09; and how much was spent in respect of each company. [269693]
Mr. Woolas: For the period April to December 2008, the Home Office, which includes the Identity and Passport Service and the Criminal Records Bureau spent more than £1 million with 73 suppliers from our total supplier list. The actual spend by each supplier is commercially sensitive and restricted and this detail cannot be provided.
The companies from which the Department with its agencies purchased goods and services to a value greater than £1 million were as follows:
3M Co.
Alpine Resourcing Ltd.
Angel Group Ltd.
ASE Consulting Ltd.
Atkins (WS) plc.
Atos Origin
Beachcroft Wansboroughs
British Telecommunications AS
Cable and Wireless
Capita Business Services Ltd.
Capita Resourcing Ltd.
Carlson Wagonlit Travel
Computer People Ltd.
Computercenter HQ
Cozart Ltd.
Cripps Harries Hall LLP
Deloitte and Touche USA LLP
Deloitte MCS Ltd.
Detica Group plc.
Drivers Jonas Services Co.
DTZ Holdings plc.
Eamus Cork Solutions
EDF Electricite De France SA
Elan Computing Ltd.
Electra Partners Group Ltd.
Equifax plc.
Ernst and Young LLP
Field Fisher Waterhouse LLP
First Option Hotel Reservation
Fujitsu Services (Finance) Ltd.
Group 4 Securicor plc.
Harry Weeks Executive Travel
Hays Executive
Interquest Group plc.
Iron Mountain Incorporated
KPMG N.V.
Logicacmg plc.
Manpower Inc.
Mapeley Abi Provider Ltd.
Methods Holdings Ltd.
MM Teleperformance
Morse plc.
MPS Group, Inc.
Ncipher Corporation Ltd.
PA Consulting Group
PA Holdings Ltd.
Parity Group plc.
Parity Resources
Prestige Network Ltd.
Prudential Property Investment
Qinetiq Group plc.
R R Donnelley Print and Media
Raytheon Co.
Remploy Ltd.
Safran
Savvis, Inc.
Secure Mail Services Ltd.
Security Printing Systems Ltd.
Siemens AG
Siemens Business Services Ltd.
Sodexho Alliance SA
Specialist Computer Holdings plc.
Spring Technology
Tac Tps Ltd.
Thales
The Geo Group UK Ltd.
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.
Tribal Group plc.
VCCP Ltd.
Vedior N.V.
WH 101 Old Hall Street Ltd.
Workman and Partner
WPP Group plc.
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