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Police
Keith Vaz: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what estimate he has made of the proportion of time spent by police officers in each police force (a) on front-line duties and (b) in completing (i) all administrative, (ii) incident-related administrative and (iii) stop and search forms in the latest period for which figures are available; [286930]
(2) what estimate he has made of the proportion of the working day spent by police officers, (a) on front-line duties and (b) in completing (i) all administrative forms and (ii) stop and search forms in the latest period for which figures are available. [286931]
Mr. Hanson: Figures for all forces for front-line policing and for paperwork at a national level are given in the following tables. Figures for paperwork for individual forces should be sought from those forces, as it is not possible for the Home Office to release them without incurring disproportionate cost. The Home Office does not collect data on time spent on stop and search routinely, but we estimate that hand written completion of stop and search forms on the street takes on average three to seven minutes. The time spent on completing the form depends on the circumstances of the individual stop.
Figures are not available on a force by force basis.
| Table A: Paperwork and frontline activity for all officers 2007-08( 1,2) | |
| Percentage | |
| (1) The information is taken from activity analysis, which is collected by all forces over a two-week period in each year and provides a snapshot of how officers are deployed. (2) Excluding Staffordshire. (3) Includes officers on foot/car/beat patrol, CID and traffic officers. (4) The frontline policing measure includes activities other than those shown in the table such as dealing with crimes and non-crime incidents. | |
| Table B: Frontline activity by force 2007-98 | |
| Force | Frontline policing measure (percentage) |
Keith Vaz: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what methodology his Department uses to collate figures on the amount of time spent by police officers on administrative tasks; and who in his Department has responsibility for the collection of such figures. [286932]
Mr. Hanson: The frontline policing measure and other measures of time spent on patrol and paperwork have been discontinued as part of the Government's commitment to reduce the burden on police forces imposed by statistical and other data. This will allow police officers to concentrate their efforts on fighting crime and being more visible.
The decision to discontinue the measure is based on the maturing relationship which exists between the police service and the Home Office around performance management. Over time a performance management culture has been embedded, and following the success that forces have had in reducing crime and the move to one centrally set target around public confidence, we believe that this approach is the right one.
Police Community Support Officers: Lancashire
Geraldine Smith: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many police community support officers are employed in Lancashire. [287837]
Mr. Hanson: There were 400 police community support officers in Lancashire constabulary as at 30 September 2008. This figure is calculated on a full-time equivalent basis.
This and other related data are published annually as part of the annual Police Service Strength Home Office Statistical Bulletin. The latest bulletin can be found at:
and bulletins for this and previous years are deposited in the Library of the House.
Annual 30 September figures are provided as interim figures to the more detailed 31 March figures which can also be found at the above link. 31 March 2009 figures are due to be published on 23 July 2009 on the same webpage.
Police: Cybercrime
Mrs. Curtis-Thomas: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he expects the regional police squads established to tackle cyber crime to be operational; and what (a) budget and (b) personnel will be provided for those squads. [286944]
Mr. Hanson: The work of the Association of Chief Police Officers e-crime Committee includes a project to set up regional cyber crime teams. Chief constables have a budget which they are able to use on the priorities for their forces. Any decision on funding or staffing for regional teams is a matter for the chief constables for that region.
Mrs. Curtis-Thomas: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what mechanisms are in place to co-ordinate the work of police forces in reducing levels of cybercrime. [286943]
Mr. Hanson: The Government have provided £3.5 million over three years to support the work of the police central e-crime unit (PCeU). One of the roles that the PCeU has been given is to develop the response to e-crime across the police service. The co-ordination of that work is a matter for the police and for ACPO.
Police: Training
Mrs. May: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 19 November 2008, Official Report, column 602W, on police training, what progress the National Police Improvement Agency has made in refreshing its training modules on domestic abuse to include (a) female genital mutilation, (b) stalking and harassment and (c) honour-based violence. [283731]
Mr. Alan Campbell: The National Policing Improvement Agency has reviewed the existing training materials for domestic abuse and has begun developing a new learning programme. Part 1 of this training relates to risk identification, assessment and management which will be available from end July 2009.
Further training material is to be launched in Q3 2009 and will include general awareness training for all police officers and staff and specialist training for all experienced specialist domestic abuse officers and all investigators.
All of the new training materials incorporate (a) female genital mutilation, (b) stalking and harassment and (c) honour-based violence.
Prisoners Release: Foreigners
Mr. Grieve: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people are unlawfully at large having been removed from prison to an immigration removal centre and subsequently released into the community. [278329]
Mr. Woolas: The UK Border Agency and its partners are currently pursuing for the deportation of 64 individuals who breached the conditions of the parole license and have not yet been recalled.
Refugees: Iraq
Dr. Starkey: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many of the 28,000 Iraqi refugees in Syria submitted by the UN for resettlement since 2007 have been accepted by the UK. [279640]
Mr. Woolas: I wrote to my hon. Friend on 17 July 2009.
Serious and Organised Crime Agency
Chris Grayling: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department on how many occasions the Serious and Organised Crime Agency has provided information to support prosecutions in each of the last 24 months. [285946]
Alan Johnson: The information is not readily available and could be recovered only at disproportionate cost.
Chris Grayling: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many staff from the Serious and Organised Crime Agency provided evidence in person or in writing during trials in each of the last 24 months. [285947]
Alan Johnson: The information is not readily available and could be recovered only at disproportionate cost.
Serious Crime Prevention Orders: Antisocial Behaviour Orders
Sammy Wilson: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many (a) serious crime prevention orders and (b) antisocial behaviour orders have been issued in England and Wales since their introduction; [284645]
(2) how many antisocial behaviour orders are in force in England and Wales. [284646]
Mr. Alan Campbell: Antisocial behaviour orders (ASBOs) became available from 1 April 1999. The number of ASBOs issued at all courts in England and Wales between 1 April 1999 and 31 December 2007 (latest available) was 14,972.
ASBOs can be of a fixed duration (minimum two years) or made until further order. It is therefore not possible to determine from centrally collected data how many ASBOs are in force at a particular point in time.
Serious crime prevention orders became available on 6 April 2009. Up to 31 May 2009 the Serious Organised Crime Agency had secured 19 such orders and we understand that three further orders had been secured by other law enforcement authorities.
Serious Organised Crime Agency: Travel
Chris Grayling: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much was spent on travel and accommodation by the Serious and Organised Crime Agency in each of the last three years. [278441]
Alan Johnson: The Serious Organised Crime Agency's expenditure on all its travel and accommodation in the UK and overseas for each of the last three years was:
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