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Chris Grayling: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate he has made of the proportion of police officer time spent (a) inside police stations and (b) on the street in each year since 1997. [319532]
Alan Johnson: No such estimate has been made centrally.
Police: Manpower
Mrs. Spelman: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department with reference to the answer of 12 October 2009, Official Report, column 591W, on travelling people, if he will place in the Library a copy of the guidance document on local employment targets for under-represented groups published by the Association of Police Authorities. [324530]
Mr. Hanson: I will arrange for a copy of the guidance to be placed in the Library.
Grant Shapps: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department with reference to the answer of 12 October 2009, Official Report, column 591W, on travelling people, what information his Department holds on those police forces which have adopted targets or policies to recruit Travellers. [324532]
Mr. Hanson: Following the Policing Green Paper: Cm 7448 "From the Neighbourhood to National: Policing Our Communities Together", Police Authorities are now responsible for setting local employment targets in agreement with forces and in consultation with communities. The Home Office does not hold information on police forces which have adopted targets or policies to recruit Travellers.
Prisoner Escapes
Lembit Öpik: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) escapes and (b) attempted escapes there have been from prisons in each year since 2007; and if he will make a statement. [325307]
Maria Eagle: I have been asked to reply.
The number of escapes from custody has been falling since 1995 when the current central recording system for this type of incident began; this is against the backdrop of an increasing prison population. Despite these successes in reducing escapes, work continues to identify and remove risks which could lead to escapes.
The following table shows the number of escapes and attempted escapes by year from April 2007. There have been no escapes of category A prisoners from prison since 1995.
| Prisoners escaping from prison in England and Wales between 1 April 2007 and end of February 2010 | ||
| Escapes | Attempted escape | |
| Notes: 1. All figures shown are for key performance indicator escapes recorded as part of the National Offender Management Service performance management system. 2. Attempted escapes include any attempt to breach the perimeter or incidents that are indicative of advanced planning for an escape or finds of equipment that could be used for an escape. 3. These figures have been drawn from live administrative data systems which may be amended at any time. Although care is taken when processing and analysing the returns, the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large scale recording system. | ||
Serious and Organised Crime Agency: Benefit Fraud
Mark Durkan: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what proportion of investigations by the Serious and Organised Crime Agency concerned benefit fraud in the last 12 months; [324763]
(2) whether the Serious and Organised Crime Agency routinely investigates cases of benefit fraud convictions for links to organised criminal activity. [324764]
Mr. Hanson [holding answer 29 March 2010]: The Serious Organised Crime Agency was set up to tackle serious organised crime and to reduce the harm it causes to the UK. SOCA's priorities are determined by the Home Secretary and set out in the SOCA Annual Plan. They include class A drugs, organised immigration crime and fraud as well as cross-cutting priorities such as firearms and criminal finances and profits.
SOCA's operational activity is aligned to the UK Control Strategy for Organised Crime. While SOCA has not led operational activity which primarily focuses on benefit fraud, in the last 12 months, instances of benefit fraud may be uncovered as part of a wider investigation.
Work and Pensions
Children: Maintenance
Mr. Vara: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many court orders the Child Support Agency has sought for the recovery of outstanding payments from non-resident parents in each of the last 10 years. [324689]
Helen Goodman: The Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission is responsible for the child maintenance system. I have asked the Child Maintenance Commissioner to write to the hon. Member with the information requested and I have seen the response.
In reply to your recent Parliamentary Question about the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission, the Secretary of State promised a substantive reply from the Child Maintenance Commissioner.
You asked the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many court orders the Child Support Agency has sought for the recovery of outstanding payments from non-resident parents in each of the last 10 years. (324689)
The table below provides information on the number of liability orders granted in England, Wales and Scotland in each financial year from 2004/5 to 2009/10. Information prior to 2004 is unavailable as this was not recorded for management information purposes.
The tables below show other Enforcement Actions, some of which include court action, that have been taken in England, Wales and Scotland in each financial year from 2004/5 to 2009/10. Information prior to 2004 is unavailable as this was not recorded for management information purposes.
| England and Wales | ||||||
| April 2004 to March 2005 | April 2005 to March 2006 | April 2006 to March 2007 | April 2007 to March 2008 | April 2008 to March 2009 | April 2009 to October 2009( 1) | |
| (1) Latest available information | ||||||
| Scotland | ||||||
| April 2004 to March 2005 | April 2005 to March 2006 | April 2006 to March 2007 | April 2007 to March 2008 | April 2008 to March 2009 | April 2009 to October 2009( 1) | |
| (1) Latest available information | ||||||
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