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Crimes of Violence: Cambridgeshire

Mr. Stewart Jackson: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many offenders received a police caution for grievous bodily harm in each of the Cambridgeshire Constabulary basic command units in each year since 1997. [299928]

Mr. Alan Campbell: It has not been possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.

Cybercrime

Chris Grayling: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many offences of unauthorised access to computer material with intent to commit or facilitate commission of further offences have been recorded in the last four years; and how many convictions have resulted. [298077]

Alan Johnson: Information is not available in the form requested. The relevant offences are those under section 2 of the Computer Misuse Act 1990. In terms of police recorded crime, such offences are recorded under Home Office offence classification 53B 'Preserved other fraud and repealed fraud offences (pre Fraud Act 2006)'. Section 2 offences cannot be separately identified from other offences recorded within that classification.

Information showing the number of defendants found guilty at all courts for offences under Section 2 has been provided by the Ministry of Justice for 2004 to 2007. Data for 2008 are planned for publication on 28 January 2010.

The statistics relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offence for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been found guilty of two or more offences the principal offence is the offence for which the heaviest penalty is imposed. Where the same disposal is imposed for two or more offences, the offence selected is the offence for which the statutory maximum penalty is the most severe.

The recorded crime and courts proceedings datasets are not directly comparable. The police recorded crime data are based on the number of offences recorded in each financial year. Prosecutions and convictions data are collected by the Ministry of Justice and are based on the number of offenders. These data are published on a calendar year basis and are counts of persons.

Number of defendants found guilty at all courts for "unauthorised access with intent to commit or facilitate commission of further offences", under Section 2 of the Computer Misuse Act 1990, England and Wales, 2003 to 2007( 1,2)
Offence: Unauthorised access to computer material with intent to commit or facilitate commission of further offences

Number

2004

2

2005

7

2006

4

2007

-

(1) The number of defendants found guilty in a particular year may exceed those proceeded against, as it may be the case that the proceedings in the magistrates court took place in the preceding year and they were found guilty at the Crown Court in the following year, or the defendant was found guilty for a different offence to the original offence proceeded against.
(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 and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used.

Chris Grayling: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many offences of unauthorised access to computer material have been recorded in the last five years; and how many convictions have resulted. [298078]

Alan Johnson: Information is not available in the form requested. The relevant offences are those under section 1 of the Computer Misuse Act 1990 as amended by the Police and Justice Act 2006. In terms of police recorded crime, such offences are recorded under Home Office offence classification 53B 'Preserved other fraud and repealed fraud offences (pre Fraud Act 2006)'. Section 1 offences cannot be separately identified from other offences recorded within that classification.

The Ministry of Justice are responsible for the collection of data on those found guilty of offences under section 1 of the Act. However, I understand that convictions data for this offence are not available prior to 2008. Data for 2008 are planned for publication on 28 January 2010.

The statistics relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offence for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been found guilty of two or more offences the principal offence is the offence for which the heaviest penalty is imposed. Where the same disposal is imposed for two or more offences, the offence selected is the offence for which the statutory maximum penalty is the most severe.

The recorded crime and courts proceedings datasets are not directly comparable. The police recorded crime data are based on the number of offences recorded in each financial year. Prosecutions and convictions data
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collected by the Ministry of Justice are based on the number of offenders. These data are published on a calendar year basis and are counts of persons.

Chris Grayling: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many offences of unauthorised modification of computer material have been recorded in the last four years; and how many convictions have resulted; [298080]

(2) how many offences of directly or indirectly impairing access to any programme or data held in a computer to which their access is unauthorised have been recorded in the last four years; and how many convictions have resulted. [298081]

Alan Johnson: Information is not available in the form requested. The relevant offences are those under section 3 of the Computer Misuse Act 1990 as amended by the Police and Justice Act 2006. In terms of police recorded crime, such offences are recorded under Home Office offence classification 53B 'Preserved other fraud and repealed fraud offences (pre Fraud Act 2006)'.
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Section 3 offences cannot be separately identified from other offences recorded within that classification.

Information showing the number of defendants found guilty at all courts for offences under section 3 has been provided by the Ministry of Justice for 2004 to 2007. Data for 2008 are planned for publication on 28 January 2010.

The statistics relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offence for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been found guilty of two or more offences the principal offence is the offence for which the heaviest penalty is imposed. Where the same disposal is imposed for two or more offences, the offence selected is the offence for which the statutory maximum penalty is the most severe.

The recorded crime and courts proceedings datasets are not directly comparable. The police recorded crime data are based on the number of offences recorded in each financial year. Prosecutions and convictions data are collected by the Ministry of Justice and are based on the number of offenders. These data are published on a calendar year basis and are counts of persons.

Defendants found guilty at all courts for "unauthorised modification of computer material( 1) ," under section 3 of the Computer Misuse Act 1990, England and Wales, 2003 to 2007( 2, 3)
Number
Offence 2004 2005 2006 2007

Unauthorised modification of computer equipment(1)

3

4

4

3

(1) With effect from October 2007, this offence was revised under the Police and Justice Act 2006 to "unauthorised acts with intent to impair, or with recklessness as to impairing, operation of computer, etc". (2) The number of defendants found guilty in a particular year may exceed those proceeded against, as it may be the case that the proceedings in the magistrates court took place in the preceding year and they were found guilty at the Crown court in the following year, or the defendant was found guilty for a different offence to the original offence proceeded against. (3) 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 and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used.

Departmental Air Travel

Mr. Heald: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many first-class flights were taken by each Minister in his Department in 2008-09; and what the (a) origin, (b) destination and (c) cost was of each such flight. [298750]

Mr. Woolas: A list of all first class flights taken overseas which cost more than £500 can be accessed at

Departmental Billing

Mr. Weir: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what percentage of invoices from suppliers his Department paid within 10 days of receipt in (a) September and (b) October 2009. [299548]

Mr. Woolas: It has not been possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.

Departmental Data Protection

Mrs. Laing: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether his Department's information assurance procedures have been subject to an independent audit. [299378]

Mr. Woolas: It has not been possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.

Departmental Energy

Grant Shapps: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the (a) energy rating and (b) energy band of each building occupied by his Department and its agencies was in each year for which figures are available. [299311]

Mr. Woolas [holding answer 11 November 2009]: It has not been possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.

Departmental Freedom of Information

Mrs. Laing: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many staff in his Department were employed on the management of freedom of information requests submitted to his Department in each year since 2005; and how much his Department spent on the management of such requests in each such year. [299124]


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Mr. Woolas: It has not been possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.

Departmental ICT

James Brokenshire: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the (a) start date, (b) original planned completion date, (c) current expected
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completion date, (d) planned cost and (e) current estimated cost is for each information technology project being undertaken by his Department and its agencies; and if he will make a statement. [287912]

Mr. Woolas: The information is in the following table:

Business owner Programme Start date Original panned completion date Expected completion date Planned cost Current estimated cost

IPS

National Identity Service-IPS element

April 2007

2015(1)

2015(1)

£5.550 billion (10 years April 2007 to April 2017 May 2007 Cost Report)

£4.575 billion (10 years October 2009 to October 2019 October 2009 Cost Report)

UK Border Agency

Identity Cards for Foreign Nationals

April 2007

March 2009

August 2010

£9.6 million (for IT costs only-high level estimate at start of project)

£12.4 million

UK Border Agency

Immigration Casework (ICW)

April 2008

June 2015

June 2015

£370 million

£366 million

UK Border Agency

Points Based System (PBS)

April 2005

July 2009

March 2010

£39.8 million

£39.3 million

UK Border Agency

e-Borders

November 2007

March 2014

March 2014

£849.5 million

£827.1 million

Shared Services

SBS Programme

2005

2011

2011

£32 million

£36 million (Scope of programme widened, including enhanced technology and establishment of Procurement Centre of Excellence)

Home Office

Next Generation IST Transformation Programme (NGISTT)

August 2008

Strategic infrastructure programme currently in planning, completion date yet to be determined, but post 2015.

Strategic infrastructure programme currently in planning, completion date yet to be determined, but post 2015.

Planned investment (Extend and Blend Project) is £90 million cost, offset against savings of £198 million over six years. Future programme spend on additional projects is yet to be determined.

Planned investment (Extend and Blend Project) is £90 million cost, offset against savings of £198 million over six years. Future programme spend on additional projects is yet to be determined.

Home Office

Interception Modernisation Programme

April 2006

2016

2016

Up to £2 billion

Initial estimates of the implementation costs are up to £2 billion over a ten year rollout period. The running costs will be offset by the phasing out of the costs of current systems.

Home Office

OSCTNet

December 2008-Full Business Case sign off

September 2009

March 2010

£16.2 million

£18.9 million for original scope, plus £2 million to cover additional users

(1) 2008 Delivery Plan includes a Scheme Release in 2015 as above.

The scope of this answer includes only those projects valued at more than £5 million and has been limited to those in the Home Office Core and its Executive Agencies.


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