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12 Nov 2009 : Column 916W—continued
Up to 31 March 2009, 11 victims of trafficking were recovered by PSNI:
six were victims of sexual exploitation
two were victims of domestic servitude
three were victims of forced labour and all of these victims were adult women
The PSNI Analysis Centre is currently undertaking research into trends in the local vice trade. To date, no results are available in relation to this analysis.
Reoffenders
Mr. Gregory Campbell: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many people with previous convictions for murder received after their release a further conviction for either manslaughter or murder. [298155]
Paul Goggins: The information requested is not obtainable within the time available. I will write to the hon. Member and place a copy of the letter in the Library of the House.
Special Purchase of Evacuated Dwellings Scheme
Mr. McGrady: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will make it his policy to transfer the operation of the Special Purchase of Evacuated Dwellings scheme to his Department prior to a transfer to any new Department of Justice in the Northern Ireland Executive. [298375]
Paul Goggins: The Northern Ireland Housing Executive administer the Special Purchase of Evacuated Dwellings Scheme under the provisions of the Housing (NI) Order 1988. I have no plans to transfer the administration of the scheme to the Northern Ireland Office.
Speed Limits: Cameras
Lady Hermon: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many Police Service of Northern Ireland speed camera operations were carried out in each district command unit area in each of the last 12 months; and how much accrued from fines imposed as a result of these operations in each area. [300095]
Paul Goggins: That is an operational matter for the Chief Constable. I have asked him to reply directly to the hon. Member, and a copy of his letter will be placed in the Library of the House.
Theft: Metals
Lady Hermon: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many incidences of theft of metals were recorded in each Police Service of Northern Ireland district command unit area in each of the last 12 months; how many convictions there have been in relation to such thefts; and what penalty was imposed in each case. [300097]
Paul Goggins:
The information sought on convictions and sentencing in relation to theft of metals is not available, as the conviction and sentencing in association
with these crimes would be recorded under the general offence of theft. Such detail is not recorded in relation to theft.
Woodlands Juvenile Justice Centre
Lady Hermon: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many (a) males and (b) females are serving sentences in the Juvenile Justice Centre in Northern Ireland; and how many of those young people had been eligible for punishment or rehabilitation in the community. [300088]
Paul Goggins: As of 11 November 2009 there were (a) 10 males, including one due for release on 11 November 2009 and (b ), no females serving sentences in the Juvenile Justice Centre.
It has not been possible to collate information relating to pre-custodial sentences in the time available before Prorogation. I will write to the hon. Lady and place a copy of the letter in the Library of the House.
Lady Hermon: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many (a) males and (b) females are detained in the Juvenile Justice Centre in Northern Ireland on remand awaiting trial. [300089]
Paul Goggins: As of 11 November 2009 (a) there were 12 males and (b) no females remanded to the Juvenile Justice Centre.
Lady Hermon: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many (a) males and (b) females are detained in the Juvenile Justice Centre in Northern Ireland. [300090]
Paul Goggins: As of 11 November 2009 there were (a) 22 males, including one due for release on 1 November 2009 and (b) no females in the Juvenile Justice Centre.
Woodlands Juvenile Justice Centre: Drugs
Lady Hermon: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what his most recent assessment is of the level of drug (a) use and (b) addiction in (i) prisons and (ii) the Juvenile Justice Centre in Northern Ireland. [300092]
Paul Goggins: It has not been possible to answer this question before Prorogation. I will write to the hon. Lady and place a copy of the letter in the Library of the House.
Woodlands Juvenile Justice Centre: Per Capita Costs
Lady Hermon: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the average daily cost is of housing a young offender in the Juvenile Justice Centre in Northern Ireland; and whether he plans to seek to reduce that cost. [300091]
Paul Goggins: It has not been possible to answer this question before Prorogation. I will write to the hon. Lady and place a copy of the letter in the Library of the House.
Woodlands Juvenile Justice Centre: Prisoner Escapes
Lady Hermon: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many (a) escapes and (b) attempted escapes there have been from the Juvenile Justice Centre in Northern Ireland in each of the last three years. [300104]
Paul Goggins: There has been (a) one escape from the Juvenile Justice Centre in 2007 and (b) one attempted escape in 2009.
Home Department
101 Calls
Norman Lamb: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much has been (a) spent and (b) allocated for projects relating to the national non-emergency three-digit telephone number in each of the last three years. [299894]
Mr. Woolas: It has not been possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Norman Lamb: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many full-time equivalent members of staff in (a) his Department and (b) its associated public bodies are working on projects relating to a national non-emergency three-digit telephone number. [299895]
Mr. Woolas: It has not been possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs
Dr. Evan Harris: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department for what reasons the minutes of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs meeting from November 2008 are not available [299708]
Mr. Alan Campbell: It has not been possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Mike Wood: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when a new chair of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs will be appointed; and if he will make a statement. [299085]
Mr. Alan Campbell [holding answer 10 November 2009]: It has not been possible to respond to my hon. Friend in the time available before Prorogation.
Mike Wood: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will in future publish a Government response to each recommendation from the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs. [299086]
Mr. Alan Campbell [h olding answer 10 November 2009]: It has not been possible to respond to my hon. Friend in the time available before Prorogation.
Mike Wood: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what factors he takes into consideration when taking decisions on recommendations from the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs. [299087]
Mr. Alan Campbell [holding answer 10 November 2009]: It has not been possible to respond to my hon. Friend in the time available before Prorogation.
Mike Wood: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether there is a code of practice for members of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs. [299088]
Mr. Alan Campbell [holding answer 10 November 2009]: It has not been possible to respond to my hon. Friend in the time available before Prorogation.
Mike Wood: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department for what reasons he rejected the recommendation of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs that cannabis should remain a class C drug. [299089]
Mr. Alan Campbell [holding answer 10 November 2009]: It has not been possible to respond to my hon. Friend in the time available before Prorogation.
Alcoholic Drinks: Designated Public Places Orders
Robert Neill: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what guidance his Department has issued to local authorities on implementing designated public places orders that cover an entire local authority area. [298436]
Mr. Alan Campbell: I will write to the hon. Member.
Animal Experiments
Chris Huhne: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department with reference to the answer to the hon. Member for Stroud (Mr. Drew) of 1 September 2008, Official Report, column 1518W, on animal experiments, what recent representations he has received on the practice of using death as an experimental endpoint in projects licensed under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986; and if he will make a statement. [298645]
Alan Johnson [holding answer 9 November 2009]: The Home Office received on 2 November 2009 a report from the British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection (BUAV) which included representations on death as an experimental endpoint in animals used on projects licensed under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986. We are considering those representations and will respond accordingly in due course.
Antisocial Behaviour
Chris Grayling: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) pursuant to the answer of 21 January 2009, Official Report, columns 1484-86W, on crime: statistics, what the breakdown by category of incident is of the 3,868,002 incidents of anti-social behaviour recorded in 2007-08; [298162]
(2) pursuant to the answer of 13 October 2009, Official Report, columns 835-40W, what the equivalent figures for anti-social behaviour incidents in the same category were for 2007-08. [298164]
Mr. Alan Campbell: I will write to the hon. Member.
Antisocial Behaviour Orders
Caroline Flint: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many anti-social behaviour orders have been issued in (a) Doncaster, (b) South Yorkshire and (c) England since their introduction. [298632]
Mr. Alan Campbell: Antisocial behaviour orders (ASBOs) became available from 1 April 1999 and data on the number issued currently cover the period to the end of 2007.
Between 1 April 1999 and 31 December 2007, a total of 14,189 ASBOs were issued at all courts in England and 380 were issued at all courts in the South Yorkshire Criminal Justice System area.
Data collected centrally by the Ministry of Justice on the numbers of ASBOs issued are not available below Criminal Justice System area level.
Caroline Flint: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department in which local authority area the most (a) anti-social behaviour orders and (b) parenting orders have been issued since their introduction; and how many such orders were issued in each of those areas. [298634]
Mr. Alan Campbell: Data centrally collected by the Ministry of Justice on the number antisocial behaviour orders (ASBOs) issued cover all courts in England and Wales and are not available below Criminal Justice System (CJS) area level. ASBOs became available from 1 April 1999. Between 1 April 1999 and 31 December 2007 (latest available) courts within the Greater London CJS area issued the highest number of ASBOs of any CJS area; a total of 1,808.
Parenting orders which can be attached to ASBOs were introduced through the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 and implemented nationally on 1 June 2000.
Parenting order data covering the period 2000-08 provided by the Youth Justice Board below show that Sunderland has issued the most parenting orders with a total of 474. This figure includes all categories of parenting orders as set out above which the youth offending teams were aware of. Court data are not comprehensively available for parenting orders. The Department for Children, Schools and Families also collects data on school attendance-related parenting orders.
Antisocial Behaviour Orders: Bedfordshire
Nadine Dorries: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people aged between 16 and 18 have (a) been given and (b) breached an anti-social behaviour order in Mid Bedfordshire constituency in each year since their inception. [299183]
Mr. Alan Campbell: It has not been possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Asylum
Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the average time for processing (a) asylum applications and (b) applications for leave to remain was in the latest period for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. [293061]
Mr. Woolas: In December 2008 we met our targets to conclude 60 per cent. of new cases within six months. That means not only that decisions were taken early but that in a significant proportion of refusals, removal from the UK was effected within six months of application. In 1997 it took on average 22 months merely to reach an initial decision.
There is no leave to remain category that forms an identifiable subset of asylum applications.
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