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Detention Centres: Young People
Chris Huhne: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) males and (b) females aged (i) under 18 years and (ii) 18 years old or over were returned after absconding from each immigration detention centre in each year since 1997. [291596]
Alan Johnson: Information on the number of detainees who have escaped from each immigration removal centre and have been re-captured is taken from local management information. These data are normally used for management information only and are not subject to the detailed checks that apply for National Statistics publications. Data on the number of individuals re-captured are available from 2006. The information is provisional and subject to change.
There have been no escapes by females or by detained individuals under the age of 18 years.
In 2006 there were 20 escapes, 19 from Oakington and one from Dungavel. Four individuals have been re-captured.
In 2007 there were 90 escapes, 63 from Oakington, 26 from Campsfield and one from Yarl's Wood. 19 have been re-captured.
In 2008 there were 35 escapes, 25 from Oakington, seven from Campsfield, two from Haslar and one from Lindholme. Nine have been re-captured.
The UK Border Agency takes all escapes very seriously. Procedures are in place to seek to recover individuals who escape from detention. The police are informed immediately and the individuals' details are recorded on the police national computer (PNC) as an absconder should the individual be apprehended at a later date.
Chris Huhne: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) males and (b) females aged (i) under 18 years and (ii) 18 years old or over absconded from immigration detention centres in each year since 1997. [291597]
Alan Johnson: Information on the number of detainees who have escaped from each immigration removal centre is taken from local management information. These data are normally used for management information only and are not subject to the detailed checks that apply for National Statistics publications. Data are available from 2004.
There have been no escapes by females or by detained individuals under the age of 18 years.
In 2004, there were 12 escapes;
In 2005, there were five escapes;
In 2006, there were 20 escapes;
In 2007, there were 90 escapes;
In 2008, there were 35 escapes.
DNA: Databases
Jenny Willott: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps he has taken to provide information on the exceptional case removal procedure for the National DNA Database in each year since the procedure became operational; how much he has spent on such steps; and if he will make a statement. [290828]
Mr. Alan Campbell [holding answer 9 September 2009]: In January 2006, the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) issued guidelines for Chief Officers on the retention of police national computer, DNA and fingerprint records in England and Wales. The guidelines included an "Exceptional Case Procedure" covering consideration of requests for the removal of DNA profiles from the National DNA Database (NDNAD). The guidelines were published on the Home Office and ACPO websites in 2006, where they remain.
Information on the Exceptional Case Procedure was also published in the NDNAD annual report 2006-07 on pages 23-24. This report was published on the website of the National Policing Improvement Agency in 2008 and remains there.
Information will also be included in the NDNAD annual report for 2007-09, which will be published shortly.
In addition, information on the Exceptional Case Procedure was published in the Official Report in answer to parliamentary questions on three occasions in 2006, three in 2008 and three in 2009:
9 October 2006, Official Report, column 494W
11 October 2006, Official Report, column 788W
12 October 2006, Official Report, column 866W
4 February 2008, Official Report, column 805W
2 July 2008, Official Report, columns 908-09W
6 November 2008, Official Report, column 637W
13 January 2009, Official Report, column 709W
3 February 2009, Official Report, column 1048W
6 May 2009, Official Report, column 278W
In addition, information was published on three occasions in another place in the period January-February 2008.
It is not possible to disaggregate the cost of publishing this information from other costs incurred in running the NDNAD and publishing the NDNAD annual reports.
Domestic Violence
Margaret Moran: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the percentage change in the number of domestic violence incidents in each police force area in each of the last five years was. [291747]
Mr. Alan Campbell: The available data are given in the following table.
| Number of domestic violence incidents by police force area and annual percentage changes | ||||||
| Incidents | ||||||
| 2003-04 | 2004-05 | 2005-06 | 2006-07 | 2007-08 | 2008-09 | |
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