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(b) migration of tender documentation to a system to issue all tender documentation electronically by 2010;
(c) work is on target for the online publication in standard format of details of contract awardees by 2010;
(d) completion of work so that the Department can clearly identify its SME suppliers and report monthly on its prompt payment performance for these suppliers. SME prompt payment
performance for June 2009 is 99 per cent. of all payments made being within agreed terms;
(e) completion of work so that the Department is able to identify its SME community. Currently there are 1,883 SME suppliers who supply 25 per cent. of total invoices received each month.
In addition to implementation of the recommendations, the Department has recognised SMEs for the second year running in its annual Supplier Value Awards Programme. Work is proceeding with several SMEs on a number of strategically important tasks such as the approach to corporate social responsibility.
Departmental Responsibilities
Mr. Gummer: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many hours the Minister of State, Borders and Immigration, spent on his Ministerial duties in the week beginning 7 June 2009. [282129]
Mr. Woolas: I had a full diary of official duties.
Deportation: Finance
Pete Wishart: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 29 June 2009, Official Report, column 72W, on immigration: deportation, what the cost to the public purse was of engaging contractors to facilitate the removal of individuals deported by the UK Border Agency in each of the last five years. [287392]
Mr. Woolas: The value of contracts between the UK Border Agency and its escorting suppliers is commercially sensitive and cannot therefore be disclosed.
Deportation: Prisoners
Chris Huhne: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much compensation has been awarded to foreign national prisoners held in custody beyond the expiry of their sentence while awaiting deportation in each month in each of the last five years. [286609]
Alan Johnson [holding answer 14 July 2009]: A breakdown of compensation paid by the UK Border Agency to foreign national prisoners held in custody beyond the expiry of their sentence made from April 2008 to June 2009 is outlined in the following table:
| Month/year | £ |
A breakdown of the monthly compensation figures of foreign national prisoners before April 2008 is unavailable.
Deportation: Zimbabwe
Chris Huhne: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what his Department's policy is on deporting people to Zimbabwe. [278556]
Alan Johnson [holding answer 10 June 2009]: We keep our policy on enforced returns to Zimbabwe under constant review. Since the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal RN-returnees-country guidance judgment last November, all cases are being reviewed on a case-by- case basis. Those asylum seekers deemed to need protection will be granted it. Where the independent courts have confirmed that it is safe for an individual to return home, we do not consider that it is right to ask the UK taxpayer to support them. Instead we expect those not at risk to return home and hundreds of Zimbabweans have done so since we halted the enforced return of failed asylum seekers in September 2006. Any failed asylum seeker who is unable to return home through no fault of their own can apply for support.
Detainees
Daniel Kawczynski: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for North Norfolk of 2 July 2009, Official Report, column 404W, on detainees, if he will make it his policy to collect information on the number of people detained on the basis of evidence which had not been disclosed to the detainee. [286241]
Mr. Hanson: The Home Office does not intend to introduce a system to collect statistics on the number of persons detained without charge on the basis of evidence which had not been disclosed to the detainee.
Driving Offences: Insurance
Mrs. Villiers: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people in each police authority area were found to be driving (a) without a licence, (b) without insurance, (c) under the influence of drink and (d) under the influence of drugs in each of the last 10 years. [279596]
Mr. Alan Campbell: Data on the number of defendants found guilty for the offences requested, covering 1998 to 2007 (latest available), are provided in tables 1 to 3 below:
| Table 1: Findings of guilt at all courts for the offence Driving, or causing or permitting another person to drive other than in accordance with licence, in England and Wales, by police force area, 1998-2007(1,2) | ||||||||||
| Number of offences | ||||||||||
| Police force area | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 |
| (1) It is known that for some police force areas, the reporting of court proceedings In particular those relating to summary motoring offences, may be less than complete. (2) Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations a are taken into account when those data are used. Source: The Office for Criminal Justice Reform - Evidence and Analysis Unit | ||||||||||
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