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Electorate
Justine Greening: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many voters were eligible to vote in the (a) 2009 elections to the European Parliament and (b) 2005 General Election. [281759]
Mr. Wills: Figures in relation to the number of people eligible to vote in the (a) 2009 elections to the European Parliament and (b) 2005 general election are not available. This is because the Office for National Statistics (ONS) does not hold data for the population eligible to vote in parliamentary elections, which includes British citizens resident overseas and excludes foreign citizens (from outside the British Commonwealth and Republic of Ireland) resident within England and Wales. Indeed, there is no central database that holds this information.
The ONS state that the closest available approximation to the number of people registered to vote in the 2009 European election is 45,226,650. This figure refers to the number of people who were registered in the UK to vote in the European election on 1 December 2008 and is based on a qualifying date of 15 October 2008. That was the most recent date for which data on the electorate are collated. The cut off date for registration, as enacted by the Electoral Administration Act 2006 is 11 days before the poll, so the actual number of people registered to vote in the 2009 European election may be different from this figure.
ONS figures show that the number of people who were registered to vote in the UK parliamentary elections for Westminster on 1 December 2004 was 44,180,464. This figure is based on a qualifying date of 15 October 2004 and is the closest available approximation to the number of people who were registered to vote in the 2005 general election when registration closed some six to eight weeks before the poll.
National Offender Management Information System
John McDonnell: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how much his Department and its agencies have spent on C-NOMIS. [280182]
Maria Eagle: The cost of the C-NOMIS project from inception to December 2007 was £160.7 million (which excludes depreciation and cost of capital). On 8 January 2008, the C-NOMIS project was revised and became part of the new NOMIS Programme, which is delivering five projects. Expenditure on the NOMIS Programme to 31 March 2009 was £75 million. This sum includes costs incurred in financial year 2008-09 which are still subject to audit.
Prison Service: Pay
Bob Spink: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how much was paid in bonuses to (a) directors, (b) senior managers, (c) specialist and delivery managers and (d) executive support and administration staff in HM Prison Service in each of the last five years. [280609]
Mr. Straw: Information on the amount paid in Special Bonuses and non-consolidated performance payments to the staff specified is provided in the following tables.
| Table 1: Recorded Special Bonuses 2004-05 to 2008-09 | |||||
| Special Bonuses Recorded | |||||
| Grade | 2004-05 | 2005-06 | 2006-07 | 2007-08 | 2008-09 |
| Table 2: Non-Consolidated Performance Payments 2005-06 to 2008-09 | |||||
| Non-consolidated performance payments | |||||
| Grade | 2004-05 | 2005-06 | 2006-07 | 2007-08 | 2008-09 |
| (1) It is not possible to separate payments to Senior Managers and Specialist and Delivery Managers without incurring disproportionate cost. | |||||
The two tables above are derived from different sources and the data for table 2 cannot be disaggregated. Special Bonuses are reported on Oracle HR and the Non-Consolidated Performance Payments information comes from payroll.
| Table 3: Combined special bonus and non-consolidated performance payments | |||||
| Non-consolidated performance payments and special bonuses | |||||
| Grade | 2004-05( 2) | 2005-06 | 2006-07 | 2007-08 | 2008-09 |
| 1 Information on non-consolidated performance payments not available for 2004-05 | |||||
Prisoners
Mr. Garnier: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many prisoners aged over 70 are being held in each prison in England and Wales. [281576]
Maria Eagle: The number of prisoners aged 70 and over in each prison establishment in England and Wales as at the end of April 2009 can be found in the following table:
| 70+ population | |
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