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Connexions services, which have responsibility for supporting young people and tracking their progress, record the main activity of 16 to 18-year-olds who are known to them in each local authority area. These estimates include young people who are resident elsewhere and travel into the area to study. Furthermore, the denominator for these estimates includes a small number of young people whose main activity is not known.
| Proportion of 16 to 18-year-olds in education, training or employment (percentage) | |
| 1 2006 estimate excludes young people in part-time employment. 2 2007 and 2008 estimates include young people in part-time employment. | |
Claimant count data is available via the Office for National Statistics Nomis website:
https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/
The following table shows the average number of young people aged 16 to 19 claiming job seeker's allowance and thereby registered unemployed in the Torbay constituency in each year from 1996, the first year available. Because population estimates for 16 to 19-year-olds are not routinely available by parliamentary constituency, it is not possible to express these figures as percentages.
| Average 16-19 year old claimant count in Torbay | |
| Average claimant count | |
It should be noted that 16 and 17-year-olds do not have access to job seeker's allowance except in cases of severe hardship.
Home Department
Animal Experiments: Primates
Mr. Drew: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many primates imported into the UK for the purposes of scientific research during 2008 and 2009 were reported to be sick or dead on arrival. [316437]
Meg Hillier: During 2008, no non-human primates imported into the UK for the purposes of scientific research were reported to be sick or dead on arrival.
During 2009, no non-human primates were reported to be dead on arrival. Two showed clinical signs leading to euthanasia after arrival and two had minor injuries requiring treatment.
Mr. Drew: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many overseas primate suppliers are accredited by his Department to export non-human primates to the UK; and in which country each is based. [316439]
Meg Hillier: The Home Office has no remit to accredit overseas primate suppliers. However, the use of any non-human primate from an overseas source under the authority of a project licence issued under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 requires prior approval which is given only if the conditions at the supplying centre, and at the breeding centre where the animals originate if different, are acceptable to the Home Office at the time of the supply.
There are a total of 10 overseas centres currently considered accepted to provide non-human primates to
UK designated user establishments. They are based in Cambodia, China, Israel, Mauritius, Netherlands, Spain and Vietnam.
Antisocial Behaviour Orders
Paul Holmes: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many anti-social behaviour orders were issued in respect of people (a) under the age of 16 years, (b) aged between 17 and 18 years, (c) aged between 19 and 25 years and (d) over the age of 25 years in (i) 2008 and (ii) 2009. [317699]
Mr. Alan Campbell: Information collected centrally by the Ministry of Justice on the number of antisocial behaviour orders (ASBOs) issued currently covers the period up to 31 December 2007.
During 2007, a total of 920 ASBOs were issued to young people (defined as being aged 10 to 17 at the date of appearance in court) at all courts in England and Wales. The corresponding figure for adults (defined as being aged 18 or over at the date of appearance in court) is 1,362. During 2007, an additional 17 persons whose age was not reported to the Ministry of Justice were issued with an ASBO.
Antisocial Behaviour: Hemsworth
Jon Trickett: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much his Department spent on programmes to tackle anti-social behaviour in Hemsworth in (a) 1997-98 and (b) 2008-09. [316634]
Mr. Alan Campbell: Funding data for 1997-98 are not readily available.
The Home Office did not provide direct funding for programmes to tackle antisocial behaviour in Hemsworth or Wakefield Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnership (CDRP) in 2008-09.
A number of specific and individual Home Office grants have now been combined into Area Based Grant (ABG), which is allocated to local authorities on a three-year basis to maximise stability and certainty. The receiving authorities have flexibility to use ABG as they see fit to deliver local, regional and national priorities in their respective areas.
Home Office-led activities also act to tackle antisocial behaviour, for example the introduction of community support officers. Funding for neighbourhood policing (NP) (including police community support officers (PCSOs) has been provided to police authorities since 2002-03. For England and Wales the total funding for 2008-09 was £324 million. Hemsworth is within the West Yorkshire police area. Funding for West Yorkshire for 2008-09 NP/PCSOs was £13.6 million. It is for police authorities to allocate resources, and for chief constables to deploy personnel (including PCSOs) within each police force area.
Anti-terrorism Control Orders
Mr. Blunt:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department which police forces have had responsibility for the enforcement of a control order upon an individual since 2005; how many control orders each such force has been responsible for
enforcing in that period; and what estimate he has made of the cost to each such force of discharging such responsibilities. [316105]
Mr. Hanson: Between March 2005 and 10 December 2009 (the date at which the last written ministerial statement in relation to control orders reported on), the Metropolitan Police Service was responsible for 25 control orders. 13 other police forces were responsible for the enforcement of 28 control orders. The total number of control orders each police force has been responsible for is greater than the 45 individuals who have ever been subject to control orders because some controlled individuals have moved between police force areas. I would also refer the hon. Member to written ministerial statements in relation to control orders published on 11 December 2006, 16 January 2007, 22 March 2007, 24 May 2007, 21 June 2007 (two statements), 17 September 2007, 13 March 2008, 12 June 2008, 15 September 2008, 15 December 2008, 12 March 2009, 15 June 2009, 16 September 2009 and 15 December 2009 which provide the total number of controlled individuals in and outside of the Metropolitan Police Service area. This is as much information as we can provide about the police forces responsible for controlled individuals given the national security sensitivities of these cases and the need to avoid publishing any information that could lead to the identification of an individual who is subject to an anonymity order.
The enforcement of control orders is managed from within each police force's overall budget, which includes ring-fenced counter-terrorism funding. The Home Office does not have an estimated cost of managing control orders for each police force. I would refer the hon. Member to the written ministerial statements on the allocation of counter-terrorism grants for police authorities for 2005-06; 2006-07; 2007-08; 2008-09; 2009-10 which were published on, respectively, 2 December 2004; 5 December 2005; 28 November 2006; 6 December 2007; 26 November 2008 and 26 November 2009.
Mr. Blunt: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what expenditure was incurred on private security firms engaged by police forces for the enforcement of control orders in (a) 2006, (b) 2007, (c) 2008 and (d) 2009. [316106]
Mr. Hanson: The Secretary of State is not aware that any expenditure has been incurred on private security firms engaged by police forces for the enforcement of control orders.
The electronic monitoring of controlled individuals is delivered by private security companies under contract with the Ministry of Justice.
Mr. Blunt: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what his Department's total expenditure incurred in respect of the Control Order Review Group was in (a) 2006, (b) 2007, (c) 2008 and (d) 2009. [316107]
Mr. Hanson: The cost of establishing the Home Office's total expenditure for the Control Order Review Group for 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009 could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
Mr. Blunt: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of legal action associated with control orders in (a) 2006, (b) 2007, (c) 2008 and (d) 2009. [316108]
Mr. Hanson: The amount spent by the Home Office on legal action associated with control orders in each financial year starting from April 2006 is set out in the following table. These figures include the costs of the Home Office's own legal representation and advice, the costs of the special advocates and the Special Advocates Support Office and meeting the legal costs of the controlled persons where this has been ordered by the court. The figure for the financial year 2006-07 is based partially on estimates.
The figure for 2009-10 will not be fully audited until the end of the financial year and may therefore be subject to change. All figures are rounded to the nearest £100.
| Amount spent by Home Office on legal action associated with control orders | |
| Financial year | £ |
The amount attributed by the Legal Service Commission (LSC) to control order legal proceedings is set out in the following table. The LSC cannot be certain that all costs have been paid in a given case until it is closed. The great majority of control order cases in which LSC funding certificates have been issued remain open. The figures provided should therefore not be taken to reflect the full extent of the legal costs of controlled person's open legal representation. Similarly, the LSC will only usually be made aware that the Home Office has been ordered to pay all or part of the legal costs of a controlled person at the point that is the case is closed. Whilst an exact figure cannot be provided, the LSC figures may include some costs already paid by the Home Office that are yet to be recouped.
| Amount attributed to control order proceedings by the LSC | |
| Financial year | £ |
The Home Office does not hold information on the cost to Her Majesty's Court Service, the Supreme Court or the House of Lords of legal action associated with control orders.
Mr. Blunt: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what awards for costs were made against the Government in respect of individuals appealing against control orders put upon them in (a) 2006, (b) 2007, (c) 2008 and (d) 2009. [316109]
Mr. Hanson: When the courts award costs against the Secretary of State, they do not determine the amount that the Government must pay. This will normally be determined by negotiation between the parties.
No records are held in relation to the amount paid in relation to awards for costs in control order cases made in the financial year 2006-2007.
Informal records not subject to Home Office accounting and audit processes indicate that the Home Office has paid £1,101,100 in relation to awards for costs in control order cases made in the financial year 2007-2008. (All figures are rounded to the nearest £100.)
£61,000 has been paid to date in relation to awards for costs made in the financial year 2008-2009. As settlement has not yet been reached in most cases, this represents an interim figure.
£341,400 has been paid to date in relation to awards for costs made in the financial year 2009-2010. This represents an interim figure as most claims for costs relating to awards made in this financial year have not yet been received and settlement has not yet been reached in those cases where claims have been received.
Arrests
Chris Grayling: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many arrests were made by police officers in each year since 1999; and what the average number of arrests per police officer was in each such year. [317641]
Alan Johnson: The requested data are published annually in the Home Office Statistical Bulletins "Police Powers and Procedures" and "Police Service Strength". The latest editions are available online and all editions are available in the Library of the House. A table is, however, provided for the Member's convenience.
It should be noted that the data provided on arrests covers arrests for notifiable offences only, which account for only a proportion of arrests made by police officers. Information on all arrests is not collected centrally.
| Number of arrests for notifiable offences and officer strength 1999-2000 to 2007-08 | |||
| Year( 1) | Number of arrests for notifiable offences( 2) | Number of police officers( 3) | Number of arrests for notifiable offences per police officer |
| (1) Arrests data are not available prior to 1999-2000. Data for arrests in 2008-09 will be published in April 2010. (2 )The Home Office Arrests collection only covers arrests for notifiable offences only, data on arrests for non-notifiable offences are not reported to the Home Office. Data are rounded to the nearest hundred. (3 )Full-time equivalent officer strength figures are provided, including officers on central service secondments. In order to make like-for-like comparisons with earlier years data excludes officers on career breaks, maternity and paternity leave. Strength at the end of each given financial year is provided. | |||
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