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Departmental Electronic Equipment
Mr. Hands: To ask the Solicitor-General how many plasma screen televisions the Law Officers' Departments have purchased since 2001; and what the cost has been of purchasing and installing such screens in each such year. [306073]
The Solicitor-General: The Attorney-Generals' Office have purchased two plasma screen televisions at a total cost of £3,549.20 since 2001.
In 2007 the Serious Fraud Office purchased four plasma screen televisions for its Elm House headquarters. The total cost was £9,239.70 (Plus VAT). The total cost for installation cabling and mounting of the plasma screens are estimated to be around £6,639.36 (plus VAT).
Revenue and Customs Prosecutions Office has purchased one plasma screen television since 2001 at a cost of £1,755, which includes purchase and installation.
The Treasury Solicitor's Department has purchased the following plasma television screens since 2001, of them, five are for use in In-House Training and not for receiving television signals.
| Plasma Televisions | ||
| Number | Cost (£) | |
| (1 )Plus VAT | ||
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has purchased nine plasma screen televisions during the period in question at a total cost of £15,738.02 including installation CPS central records only hold items that cost over the capitalisation threshold of £500 and it is possible that plasma television screen(s) have been purchased by CPS Area(s) at a lower cost. To obtain this information would require local managers to review all paper procurement records and would incur disproportionate cost.
Departmental Internet
David T.C. Davies: To ask the Solicitor-General (1) what redesigns of websites operated by (a) the Law Officers' Departments and (b) its agency have taken place since 27 June 2007; and what the (i) cost to the public purse and (ii) date of completion of each such redesign was; [306173]
(2) what redesigns of websites operated by the Revenue and Customs Prosecutions Office have been carried out since 27 June 2007; and what the (a) cost to the public purse and (b) date of completion of each such redesign was; [306207]
(3) what redesigns of websites operated by the Crown Prosecution Service have taken place since 27 June 2007; and what the (a) cost to the public purse and (b) date of completion of each such redesign was; [306201]
(4) what redesigns of websites operated by the Serious Fraud Office have taken place since 27 June 2007; and what the (a) cost to the public purse and (b) date of completion of each such redesign was. [306206]
The Solicitor-General: The information requested for each Law Officers' Department is outlined.
There has only been one redesign of the sole website operated by Revenue and Customs Prosecutions Office since it was established on 18 April 2005.
The total cost for the strategy and planning, design and build, hosting and infrastructure, content provision, testing and evaluation and staff costs for the site was £58,741.20. The redevelopment of the site was completed on 12 December 2008.
The Treasury Solicitor's Department Operates Websites for Bona Vacantia, the Treasury Solicitor's Dept and the Government Legal Service. Since 27 June 2007 the only website redesign has been for Bona Vacantia. The cost of the redesign was £42,598.75 with the redesign being completed and the website available for use on 41 February 2009.
The Crown Prosecution Service has redesigned its website once since 27 June 2007. The total cost of the redesign was £60,085 and the work was completed on 31 March 2009.
The Attorney-General's Office built new websites for both itself and the National Fraud Authority earlier this year, the combined cost of both sites was £59,184.
The Serious Fraud Office has redesigned its website on one occasion since 2007. The work began in February 2009 and the completed website was launched on 2 October 2009. The final cost was £113,309.
HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate has redesigned its whole website once since 27 June 2007. (i) There was no additional cost to the public purse as work was completed internally and was part of work stream anticipated for the publication team, (ii) The new website design was launched in March 2009.
Departmental Training
Mr. Baron:
To ask the Solicitor-General how many overseas training courses were attended by civil servants in the Law Officers' Departments in the latest period for which figures are available; how many civil
servants attended each course; and what the total cost to the public purse was of each course. [305886]
The Solicitor-General: During the last full financial year, 2008-09, three overseas training courses were attended by staff from Revenue and Customs Prosecutions Office. A single member of staff attended each course, and the overall cost to the Department was £548.
The Crown Prosecution Service is a devolved organisation. Although expenditure data on overseas travel are available the Department does not keep central records of the reason for travel or how many overseas training courses have been attended by CPS staff nor the associated costs, and therefore the information requested could be provided only at a disproportionate cost.
No staff from the remaining Law Officers' Departments have attended any overseas training courses during the latest period for which figures are available.
Terrorism
Mr. Garnier: To ask the Solicitor-General what the (a) longest, (b) shortest and (c) average time taken from charge to final disposal was in each case prosecuted under terrorism legislation in respect of which legal proceedings have been completed in each of the last five years. [305453]
The Solicitor-General: The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not capture management information about the time taken from charge to disposal in cases prosecuted under terrorism, or any other legislation. The information requested could be obtained only by the individual analysis of case files, which would incur disproportionate cost.
Mr. Garnier: To ask the Solicitor-General what the outcome was of each case in respect of which legal proceedings have been completed which was prosecuted under terrorism legislation in each of the last five years. [305454]
The Solicitor-General: The data requested can be found in the Home Office Statistical Bulletin 2009-09: Operation of police powers under the Terrorism Act 2000 and Subsequent Legislation-arrest, outcomes and stops and searches Great Britain 2008-09, published on 26 November 2009. This is available on the Home Office website at
This bulletin brings together information on terrorism arrests, outcomes, and stop and searches previously published in separate statistical bulletins.
Written Answers to Questions
Monday 14 December 2009
Communities and Local Government
Affordable Housing: Construction
Damian Green: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many affordable homes have been built in (a) Ashford constituency and (b) Kent in each of the last 12 months. [304927]
Mr. Ian Austin: Information on new affordable homes is not available by constituency.
In 2008-09, 250 affordable homes were built in Ashford local authority and 1,940 in Kent.
These figures are from the Homes and Communities Agency Investment Management System (IMS), and local authority returns to CLG.
Figures are only available on a monthly basis from the IMS data, they are not available monthly from local authority returns. The monthly IMS figures are shown in the following table:
| New Build affordable homes provided with funding by the HCA | ||
| Ashford LA | Kent | |
| Note: The figures have been rounded to the nearest 10, so the totals may not sum due to rounding. | ||
Total affordable housing supply includes social rent, intermediate rent and low cost home ownership. Not all affordable housing is provided by new build completions, as some supply can come from acquisitions; in 2008-09, a total of 260 additional affordable homes were provided in Ashford, and 2,370 were provided in England (new build and acquisitions).
Affordable Housing: Rural Areas
Grant Shapps:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many homes were available in rural areas through the (a)
HomeBuy Direct, (b) New Build HomeBuy, (c) First Time Buyers Initiative, (d) Open Market HomeBuy and (e) Social HomeBuy schemes on the latest date for which figures are available. [305037]
John Healey: For (a), 259 homes were available in rural areas with less than 10,000 inhabitants under HomeBuy Direct in 2009-10, as at end September 2009:
For (b), 408 homes were completed in rural areas with less than 10,000 inhabitants under New Build HomeBuy in 2009-10, as at end September 2009:
For (c), (d) and (e) First Time Buyers Initiative, Open Market HomeBuy and Social HomeBuy; we do not hold data centrally on the number of homes available in rural areas.
Data source:
Homes and Communities Agency
Grant Shapps: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many homes in rural areas were built on exception sites in each year since 1989. [305041]
Mr. Ian Austin: The number of affordable homes provided on rural exception sites was 1,219 in 2008-09. This estimate is as reported by local authorities in the Housing Strategy Statistical Appendix. Figures are not available for earlier years.
Grant Shapps: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many homes in rural areas were (a) available and (b) purchased through the (i) HomeBuy Direct, (ii) New Build HomeBuy, (iii) First-Time Buyer's Initiative, (iv) Open Market HomeBuy and (v) Social HomeBuy scheme in each of the last three years. [305273]
John Healey: For (i), HomeBuy Direct only became operational in February 2009.
For (ii), the number of New Build HomeBuy homes available and purchased in rural areas with less than 10,000 inhabitants in the last three years is as follows (separate information on homes available and purchased is not held centrally):
2008-09: 1,114
2007-08: 829
2006-07: 200
For (iii), the First Time Buyer's Initiative; the availability of homes and purchases in rural areas is not recorded separately.
For (iv), Open Market HomeBuy homes are purchased on the open market, so no data are held on properties available. The number of purchases in rural areas with less than 10,000 inhabitants in the last three years is as follows:
2008-09: Information not held centrally following changes to data collection.
2007-08: Five.
2006-07: Three.
For (v), Social HomeBuy, we do not hold data centrally on homes available from landlords participating in the scheme.
Data source:
Homes and Communities Agency
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