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Mr. Djanogly: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how much has been raised by the surcharge on fines, pursuant to the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Surcharge) (No. 2) Order 2007 in (a) 2007, (b) 2008 and (c) 2009. [291429]
Claire Ward: The following table shows the total annual receipts from the Victim Surcharge from 1 April 2007. Receipts for 2009 are not yet available.
| £ million | |
| Date | Receipts |
Magistrates: Diversity
Andrew Rosindell: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how much his Department has spent to increase diversity among magistrates in each of the last three years. [287961]
Mr. Straw: 101 local advisory committees recruit and select magistrates in England and Wales. Recruitment funding is provided on the basis of local need and the committees are encouraged to target recruitment at under-represented groups in their areas. The Ministry of Justice also funds the Magistrates' Shadowing Scheme, run by Operation Black Vote, which aims to promote ethnic diversity among Magistrates. The following amounts have been spent on recruitment funding and the Shadowing Scheme in each of the last three financial years:
2006-07 Recruitment: £89,945 Shadowing Scheme £90,000
2007-08 Recruitment: £214,738 Shadowing Scheme £70,000
2008-09 Recruitment: £187,677 Shadowing Scheme £70,000
National Offender Management Service
Mr. Gerrard: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what timetable he has now set for the appointment of directors of offender management in (a) the regions of England and (b) in Wales. [288803]
Maria Eagle: HM Prison Service has had 13 area managers who have been responsible for the prisons within those areas and then regional offender managers were appointed in 11 areas who dealt with both prisons and probation areas. In 2008, two areas, London and Wales, piloted the new approach of a director of offender management.
It was decided to extend this to the other areas and an advert for the remaining nine director level posts was launched in November 2008. Appointments were made in eight of the nine regions in England and the one in Wales. The successful candidates took up post in late March and during April 2009.
There is currently an interim appointment in place in the North East. This post is due to be advertised in September with a view to filling it substantively by the end of the calendar year.
Prison Sentences
Andrew Stunell: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many indeterminate sentences for public protection have been handed down in each (a) region and (b) police force area in each year since their inception. [291308]
Claire Ward: The requested information is shown in the following tables.
| Persons sentenced to IPP's by region and year, 2005-07, England and Wales | |||
| Number of persons | |||
| Region | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 |
| Note: These figures have been drawn from administrative data systems. Although care is taken when processing and analysing the returns, the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large scale recording system. Source: OMS Analytical Services, Ministry of Justice | |||
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