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(2) how many people have been (a) arrested for, (b) prosecuted for, (c) convicted for and (d) acquitted of offences of rape in each of the last 10 years. [320119]
Mr. Alan Campbell: The arrests collection held by the Home Office covers arrests for recorded crime (notifiable offences) only, broken down at a main offence group level, covering categories such as violence against the person and robbery.
The offence of arrests on suspicion of sexual assaults and offence of rape is not a notifiable offence and does not form part of this collection.
Information provided by the Ministry of Justice state the number of people proceeded against, found guilty and proceedings that did not lead to a finding of guilt at all courts for rape and sexual assault, England and Wales 1999 to 2008 (latest available) is given in the table.
Court proceedings data for 2009 are planned to be published in the autumn 2010.
| Persons proceeded against at magistrates courts, found guilty and proceedings that did not lead to a finding of guilt at all courts for rape( 1) , and sexual assault( 2) , England and Wales 1999 to 2008( 3, 4, 5) | |||
| Number | |||
| Offence | Proceeded against | Found guilty | Proceedings that did not lead to a finding of guilt(6) |
| (1) Includes: Rape of a female and male (excludes attempted rape). (2) Data include the following statutes and corresponding offence descriptions: Sexual assault on a male. Sexual assault on a female. (3) The figures given in the table on court proceedings relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been found guilty of two or more offences it 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. (4) 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. (5) Excludes convictions data for Cardiff magistrates court for April, July, and August 2008. (6) "Where proceedings did not lead to a finding of guilt" covers defendants tried and found not guilty as well as proceedings that were discontinued or cases where no evidence was offered, charges were withdrawn or the judge ruled that there was no case to answer. Source: Justice Statistics Analytical Services in the Ministry of Justice. | |||
UK Border Agency: Complaints
Anne Main: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many complaints about asylum applications submitted since March 2007 were made to the UK Border Agency in each of the last five years. [320885]
Mr. Woolas: The UK Border Agency does not hold central information to the level of detail asked for in this question. However, data are available relating to all types of complaints about the service that the Agency provides. In 2008 there were 10,835 such complaints received by the Agency and in 2009 there were 12,038.
Work and Pensions
Departmental Advertising
John Hemming: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much her Department has spent to date on each of its current radio advertising campaigns; and what the purpose is of each such campaign. [319451]
Jonathan Shaw: Please find as follows details of DWP's current radio advertising campaigns, showing spend committed so far for financial year 2009-10.
The figures represent the cost of buying media for each campaign. All media buying is done through the Central Office of Information, who show an average of a 49 per cent. saving over rate-card media costs.
supports a departmental objective or public service agreement;
has performance measures set;
is evaluated against those measures; and
has proven effectiveness against its targets.
Departmental Illegal Immigrants
Mr. Syms: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many staff her Department and its agencies have appointed who were later discovered to be illegal immigrants since 2005. [320447]
Jonathan Shaw: People employed to work in Government Departments and their agencies, either directly or through a contractor, are required to satisfy requirements on identity, nationality and immigration status prior to the offer of employment.
My Department has no record of having employed an illegal immigrant in the last five years.
Departmental Manpower
Mr. Philip Hammond: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many performance reviews were undertaken in respect of staff of (a) her Department and (b) its agencies in each of the last five years; in how many cases performance was rated as unsatisfactory or below; how many staff left as a direct result of such a rating; and what percentage of full-time equivalent staff this represented. [313821]
Jonathan Shaw: The Department for Work and Pensions performance management framework covers a range of HR procedures including attendance, discipline and performance appraisals. The Department's policy stipulates that performance discussions should take place at least quarterly but we do not hold information centrally on how many actually take place.
The following table sets out the number of staff dismissed for unsatisfactory performance covering attendance, discipline and work performance. Information on the number of staff with an unsatisfactory year-end performance rating is only available from April 2007.
| Numbers of staff who have been dismissed for 'unsatisfactory performance' (April 2007 to March 2009) | Numbers of staff with an 'unsatisfactory' year end performance rating (April 2007 to March 2009) | |
Departmental Training
Mr. Philip Hammond: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many (a) Ministers and (b) civil servants in her Department received coaching in a foreign language in the last 12 months; what expenditure her Department incurred in providing such coaching; and in what languages such coaching was provided. [320537]
Jonathan Shaw: The information requested is not retained centrally. To obtain this information would incur disproportionate cost.
Departmental Voluntary Work
Mr. Harper: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what (a) schemes and (b) programmes her Department offers to its staff to enable them to undertake volunteering work; and if she will make a statement. [320937]
Jonathan Shaw: DWP offers the following schemes and programmes to its staff to enable them to undertake volunteer work:
Community 5000: Community 5000 is the "in work" volunteering scheme open to all DWP staff at all levels. It supports individuals and teams to give practical skills and time to voluntary and community organisations that support the needs of DWP's diverse customers.
It is a free choice for the individual and is usually one day of volunteering activity, treated as a day at work as regards hours of attendance and pay and conditions etc.
In the two years the scheme has been running over 10,000 days have been given in support of over 300 organisations including the Citizens Advice Bureau, The Salvation Army, Action for Blind People, Age Concern, Crisis and many more.
Feedback has indicated that attendance on the scheme has encouraged many staff to volunteer in their own time.
Paid leave: For public and community activities paid leave is available to staff as a right with an agreed entitlement, i.e:
| Annual entitlement | |
| Activity | Maximum number of days |
| (1) As required by the court. | |
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