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Domestic Violence: Arrests
Philip Davies: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what targets for arrest rates for incidents of domestic violence have been set for police forces. [295758]
Mr. Alan Campbell: No targets are set for police forces on arrest rates for incidents of domestic violence.
Driving Offences: Mobile Phones
Dr. Kumar: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many deaths have been caused by dangerous driving due to the use of a mobile telephone in (a) England, (b) Teesside and (c) Middlesbrough, South and East Cleveland constituency since 1997. [296448]
Mr. Alan Campbell: The information requested is not available centrally. While the Home Office collects statistics on the number of recorded offences of causing death by dangerous driving, no details are held on the individual circumstances surrounding each offence.
Immobilisation of Vehicles
Mr. Greg Knight: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent discussions officials of his Department have had with the British Parking Association on wheel clamping on private land. [295881]
Mr. Alan Campbell [holding answer 28 October 2009]: Officials of the Home Office and the Security Industry Authority (SIA) met with representatives of the British Parking Association (BPA) in April of this year. In addition, the SIA has met or been in contact with the BPA on a number of occasions about the emerging plans for regulation of the vehicle immobilisation industry.
Independent Safeguarding Authority: Finance
Jenny Willott: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much his Department has spent to date in (a) the establishment and (b) the operation of the Independent Safeguarding Authority in (i) total and (ii) by (A) staff, (B) information technology, (C) legal, (D) administrative and (E) other costs; and if he will make a statement. [294075]
Meg Hillier: The Home Office is responsible for the implementation of the Vetting and Barring Scheme (VBS), which includes the establishment and operation of the Independent Safeguarding Authority (ISA). However, the Department of Health and Department for Children, Schools and Families are the policy leads and provide the funding for the scheme.
The ISA was formally vested in January 2008 and began operational work in March 2008. The costs of establishing the ISA prior to vesting are £9.87 million.
ISA expenditure for 2007-08 and for 2008-09 is set out in the following table.
Establishment cost includes the development of interim IT, a proportionate cost of the full solution at March 2009, and the cost of fitting out Stephenson House, the ISA head office. IT running cost represents the cost of supporting the interim solution. The expenditure figures do not include the costs of other bodies whose functions include, but are not exclusively, support for the establishment, operation and monitoring of the ISA. They do not include estimates of expenditure in the current year which are yet to be audited.
| ISA costs | ||
| £000 | ||
| 2007-08 | 2008-09 | |
Members: Correspondence
Sir Gerald Kaufman: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he plans to reply to the letter dated 7 September 2009 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton concerning Ms Martina Palfrey. [294726]
Alan Johnson: I wrote to my right hon. Friend on 15 October 2009.
Passports: Fraud
Bob Spink: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many convictions for offences of fraud in relation to passports there were in (a) the UK, (b) the East of England region, (c) Essex and (d) Castle Point constituency in each of the last 10 years. [296072]
Meg Hillier [holding answer 27 October 2009]: The Identity and Passport Service did not separately record details on convictions for offences of fraud prior to the introduction of its Fraud Casework and Management Information system in April 2005. The number of convictions recorded by IPS from then onwards are as follows:
| Financial year | Convictions |
It is not possible to obtain any further breakdown by region or specific location. In those cases when IPS receives notification of a conviction from a court, or the police, the information provided states the name of the court only.
Proceeds of Crime: East of England
Mr. Ruffley: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the value was of assets (a) seized and (b) frozen under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 in each police force area in the East of England in each year since 2002. [296037]
Mr. Alan Campbell: Information is not available in the form requested. The value of cash forfeiture orders and confiscation orders obtained by each police force in the eastern region from 2003-04 is set out in the table. The police can obtain forfeiture orders in the magistrates courts following the seizure of cash which they have reasonable grounds for suspecting is the proceeds of crime or intended for use in crime. Confiscation orders are made in the Crown court. The enforcement of confiscation orders is essentially a matter for HM Courts Service.
| Value of cash forfeiture orders and confiscation orders obtained by police forces in the East of England | ||
| Value (£) | ||
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