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Written Answers to Questions
Wednesday 11 May 2011
Attorney-General
Departmental Pensions
Steve Baker: To ask the Attorney-General what proportion of the budgets of the Law Officers' Departments he expects to be spent on staff pensions in each of the next five years. [54574]
The Solicitor-General: Pensions for staff in the Law Officers' Departments are provided through the Principal Civil Service Pension Scheme (PCSPS), which is a central arrangement covering Civil Service Departments.
In 2010-11 approximately 8.8% of total operating costs for the Treasury Solicitor's Department, Attorney-General's Office and Her Majesty's Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate were attributable to pension payments. For future planning purposes, it is currently assumed that the proportion of permanent staff costs attributable to pensions will remain the same, although it is recognised that an increase in staff pension contributions is under consideration.
As a proportion of the Crown Prosecution Service budget, payments to the PCSPS for the four years to 2014-15 are estimated to be around 8% per year.
As a proportion of the Serious Fraud Office budget, payments to the PCSPS for the four years to 2014-15 are estimated to be between 5% to 6% per year.
It is not possible to provide a comparable figure for periods beyond this as the departmental budgets are set for four years (to 2014-15) only. The budgets for the subsequent period will be set as part of the next spending review.
Defence
Armed Forces: Deployment
Mr Mike Hancock: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many armed forces personnel are deployed in (a) India, (b) China, (c) the US, (d) Russia, (e) France and (f) Germany; and at what cost to his Department in the most recent period for which figures are available. [54518]
Nick Harvey: This information is contained in Tri Service Publication 10, UK Regular Forces Stationed Location (TSP 10); A copy has been placed in the Library of the House. Copies of TSP 10 are also available at:
http://www.dasa.mod.uk/applications/newWeb/www/index.php?page=48&thiscontent=100&pubType=0&date =2011-02-10&disText=01%20Jan%202011&from=historic &topDate=2011-02-10&PublishTime=09:30:00
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Figures for 1 April 2011 should be available on the website by 12 May 2011 as per the quarterly update of the publication.
The costs for these personnel are not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Armed Forces: Recruitment
Tessa Munt: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much his Department has spent on advertising campaigns in each form of media to recruit service personnel in each month since the date of the strategic defence and security review. [54773]
Mr Robathan: The information requested is presented in the following table:
| £ | ||||
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Digital | TV and v ideo on d emand | Radio | Cinema |
| (1) This includes some £475,000 spent on the RN recruitment campaign spread over March and April 2011 but which has been placed against March 2011 as it cannot readily be split. | ||||
The armed forces depend on high-quality young people wanting to join the services for rewarding and exciting careers. Despite the reduction in the overall numbers of service personnel, the armed forces are still recruiting and training to replace those personnel who leave the services at the end of their contracts.
France: Military Alliances
Dr Julian Lewis: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what assessment he has made of the (a) practicability, (b) desirability, (c) cost-effectiveness and (d) effect on Anglo-American military relations of the creation of a joint Anglo-French nuclear deterrent. [53700]
Dr Fox [holding answer 5 May 2011]:The UK's independent nuclear deterrent is the ultimate guarantee of our national security. We do not think that a joint UK-France nuclear deterrent would be feasible or desirable and it has not been considered.
We continue to enjoy excellent co-operation with the US and France on nuclear issues, including, in the case of France, under the treaty signed on 2 November 2010. I discussed these and other issues with my French counterpart on 9 May.
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HMS Albion
Alison Seabeck: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) what the running cost of HMS Albion was in each of the last five years; [53770]
(2) what arrangements are in place for the reactivation at short notice of HMS Albion once it has been placed in extended readiness; and if he will estimate the cost of any such reactivation; [53818]
(3) what plans he has to place HMS Albion into extended readiness; and if he will estimate the running cost in its first year in extended readiness. [53819]
Nick Harvey: The information requested in respect of the running cost of HMS Albion is provided in the following table:
| Financial year | £ million |
These costs include: maintenance, ships manpower, general stores, minor equipment stores; port visits; satellite communications and fuel. Financial data prior to financial year 2007-08 is not available.
As the Secretary of State for Defence, my right hon. Friend the Member for North Somerset (Dr Fox), announced in the House on 15 December 2010, Official Report, column 102WS, following the strategic defence and security review, one of our two Landing Platforms Docks will in future be placed at extended readiness while the other is held at high readiness for operations. Our current plan is that HMS Albion will be placed at extended readiness later this year. It will cost approximately £2.5 million to place her into extended readiness and running costs while in extended readiness are estimated to be £300,000 per annum.
We have no plans to reactivate HMS Albion early and therefore no estimation has been made of the cost of such reactivation.
HMS Liverpool
Mr Kevan Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what contribution HMS Liverpool has made to Operation Ellamy; and if he will make a statement. [54992]
Nick Harvey [holding answer 10 May 2011]: HMS Liverpool has been operating as part of the NATO Operation Unified Protector, which is implementing the UN Security Council Resolutions 1970 and 1973. HMS Liverpool has been taking part in operations aimed at protecting civilians and civilian populated areas in Libya and assisting with the enforcement of the UN arms embargo.
HMS Ocean
Mr Kevan Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what plans he has for the future of HMS Ocean after HMS Illustrious returns to service. [54984]
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Nick Harvey: On current plans, HMS Ocean will be placed at low readiness in 2012 once HMS Illustrious has been returned to a fully operational state. She will then enter a period of refit before returning to high readiness in 2014 when HMS Illustrious will be finally withdrawn from service.
Libya: Armed Conflict
Heidi Alexander: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the average weekly cost of the contribution of each of the armed forces to military operations in Libya has been since the commencement of operations. [54503]
Mr Mike Hancock: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) how much his Department has spent on average on each day of operations over Libya; [54514]
(2) what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of his Department's contribution towards the no-fly zone in Libya. [54516]
Jeremy Corbyn: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of military operations in Libya since March 2011; what proportion of such expenditure has been allocated to (a) NATO and (b) UK operations; and from which of his Department's budgets such expenditure has been drawn. [55019]
Dr Fox: It is too early to give a robust estimate of the costs of the operations in Libya, but we expect they should be modest compared with other operations such as Afghanistan. As the Chancellor of the Exchequer has made clear the additional costs of operations in Libya will be fully met from the reserve.
Navy: Redundancy
Mr Kevan Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether any members of the ships' companies of (a) HMS Albion, (b) HMS Ocean and (c) HMS Liverpool are to be made redundant following their return from UK operations in the Mediterranean and the middle east. [54983]
Mr Robathan: HMS Liverpool is on operations. HMS Albion and HMS Ocean are currently not on operations but on a training exercise.
If any members of the ships' companies meet the criteria for redundancy, as published on 4 April 2011, they would be eligible for selection. If selected they will be notified on 30 September 2011.
Strategic Defence and Security Review
Mr Ainsworth: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will re-open the strategic defence and security review in response to recent developments in North Africa and the Middle East. [54142]
Dr Fox [holding answer 5 May 2011]:I refer the right hon. Member to the answer I gave on 8 March 2011, Official Report, column 949W, to the hon. Member for Wyre and Preston North (Mr Wallace).
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Syria: Iran
David Morris: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what reports he has received on the activities of Iranian troops in Syria. [54030]
Trident
Dr Julian Lewis: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) what reports he has received on the role of (a) the British American Security Information Council, (b) the Ploughshares Fund and (c) the Joseph Rowntree Foundation in promoting opposition to the continuation of the UK's independent nuclear deterrent; and if he will make a statement; [53698]
(2) what assessment he has made of the aims of (a) the British American Security Information Council, (b) the Ploughshares Fund and (c) the Joseph Rowntree Foundation in the sponsoring of a Trident Commission; and what influence he expects the conclusions of that commission to have on Government policy. [53699]
Dr Fox [holding answer 5 May 2011]: The Trident Commission, established by the British American Security Information Council, is only the most recent of a number of NGO-sponsored studies into this important issue. As with the others, the Government will look at its findings when they are published.
Dr Julian Lewis: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what assessment he has made of the (a) consequences of and (b) risks entailed by any move away from the policy of continuous at-sea nuclear deterrence; and if he will make a statement. [53701]
Dr Fox [holding answer 5 May 2011]:I refer the hon. Member to the statement made by the Prime Minister on 19 October 2010, Official Report, column 801, and to my own, more recent remarks on 14 March 2011, Official Report, column 9.
Dr Julian Lewis: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the Government's policy is on the (a) retention and (b) full replacement of the Trident independent nuclear deterrent. [53702]
Dr Fox [holding answer 5 May 2011]:The Government have made clear in both the coalition agreement and the strategic defence and security review (SDSR) that they are committed to maintaining and renewing the UK's independent nuclear deterrent. The SDSR made it clear that this is intended to be through the continuity of a submarine-based ballistic missile system. As set out in the coalition agreement the Liberal Democrats will continue to make the case for alternatives.
Transport
Cycling
Bob Russell: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport which bodies will be responsible for the work undertaken by Cycling England following its closure; and if he will make a statement. [53776]
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Norman Baker: Cycling England ceased to exist after 31 March 2011 and the promotion of cycling now falls to the Department for Transport and local authorities. I refer my hon. Friend to my answer of 14 March 2011, Official Report, column 98W, for further information.
Large Goods Vehicle Drivers: Working Hours
Paul Flynn: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many drivers' hours offences were detected in (a) 2008, (b) 2009 and (c) 2010; and what proportion of such offences were committed by drivers of foreign registered heavy goods vehicles. [53203]
Mike Penning: In 2008, the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency issued 19,284 prohibitions to heavy goods vehicles for drivers' hours offences (51% to drivers of foreign registered heavy goods vehicles). In 2009 this dropped slightly to 19,186 (58% to drivers of foreign registered heavy goods vehicles). In 2010 this rose again to 22,358 (52% to drivers of foreign registered heavy goods vehicles).
Roads: Accidents
Anna Soubry: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many people were (a) killed and (b) injured as a result of road accidents in which a blind spot of a vehicle was found to be the primary cause in each of the last five years. [52661]
Mike Penning: It is not possible to identify accidents where the blind spot of a vehicle caused an accident.
However, the following table shows, for accidents where “vehicle blind spot” was a reported contributory factor, the number of casualties who were (a) killed and (b) injured in each of the last five years:
| Casualties | ||
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(a) Killed | (b) Injured |
| Note: Includes only accidents where a police officer attended the scene and in which a contributory factor was reported. | ||
Anna Soubry: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what steps he is taking to reduce the number of road deaths and injuries attributable to vehicle blind spots. [52665]
Mike Penning: European legislation came into effect in January 2007 requiring all new goods vehicles above 3.5 tonnes gross mass to be fitted with an enhanced “wide-angle” mirror on both sides and an enhanced “close proximity” mirror on the passenger side of the cab. For new vehicles over 7.5 tonnes gross mass a “front” mirror above the windscreen is also required. Vehicles where the “close proximity” and “front” mirrors cannot be fitted over 2 metres from the ground are exempt.
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Further European legislation came into effect in March 2009 that requires existing goods vehicles above 3.5 tonnes gross mass first registered from January 2000, to be retro-fitted with improved mirrors on the passenger side, to provide a similar field of view to that required for new vehicles. This measure applies to all member states of the EU.
The Department for Transport is completing research investigating whether more could be done to reduce vehicle blind spots. This may lead to further requirements for new vehicles in the future.
Chris Ruane: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what proportion of drivers involved in (a) fatal accidents and (b) serious non-fatal accidents did not have (i) valid motor insurance and (ii) a valid MOT test certificate in each of the last three years. [53767]
Nick de Bois: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many road traffic accidents involving drivers who did not have motoring insurance resulted in fatalities in the last three years. [53799]
Mike Penning: The information requested is not held by the Department for Transport. However, the Motor Insurance Bureau (MIB) made a press release on 22 July 2010 in which they state:
“There are 23,000 people injured and 160 killed every year by uninsured drivers”.
Bob Russell: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether he has had recent discussions with the Secretary of State for Health on any potential effect on the number of casualties requiring treatment of his proposed changes to (a) speed limit enforcement and (b) regulations relating to the MOT vehicle test. [53782]
Mike Penning: I am not introducing changes to speed limit enforcement. These are matters for local police forces.
I expect to make an announcement soon about the timing and scope of the MOT test review. The scope will include, but not be limited to, a review of MOT test frequency. I have no preconceptions about the outcome of a review; the aim will be to strike the right balance between vehicle safety and the burden imposed on motorists by MOT test requirements. There will be an opportunity for anyone with an interest to contribute to the debate.
Nick de Bois: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) how many road traffic accidents involving drivers who did not have a driving licence in the last three years involved drivers who had already been convicted of a motoring offence; [53794]
(2) how many road traffic accidents involving drivers who did not have a driving licence there were in the last three years; [53795]
(3) how many road traffic accidents involving drivers who did not have a valid motoring insurance in the last three years involved drivers who had already been convicted of a motoring offence; [53796]
(4) how many road traffic accidents involving drivers who did not have a driving licence resulted in fatalities in the last three years; [53797]
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(5) how many road traffic accidents involving drivers who did not have valid motor insurance there were in the last three years. [53798]
Mike Penning [holding answer 4 May 2011]:The information requested is not held by the Department for Transport. However, the Motor Insurance Bureau (MIB) made a press release on the 22 July, 2010 in which they state:
“There are 23,000 people injured and 160 killed every year by uninsured drivers”.
Mr Evennett: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many road traffic accidents were reported on (a) the A2 in Bexley borough, (b) the A20 in Bexley borough, (c) Brampton Road, Bexleyheath, (d) Okehampton Crescent, Welling, (e) Gravel Hill, Bexley, (f) Upper Wickham Lane, Welling, (g) Knee Hill, Abbey Wood, (h) Park View Road, Bexleyheath, (i) Broadway, Bexleyheath, (j) Avenue Road, Bexleyheath, (k) Pickford Lane, Bexleyheath, (l) Long Lane, Bexleyheath, (m) Colyers Lane, Erith, (n) Thames Road, Crayford, (o) North End Road, Erith and (p) Erith Road, Bexleyheath in (i) 2009 and (ii) 2010. [54846]
Mike Penning: The information requested is given in the following table covering reported personal injury road accidents only. Data from 2010 will be available in late June 2011.
| Reported personal injury road accidents on selected roads: 2009 | ||
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Road name | Number of accidents |
| (1) It is not possible to distinguish between Avenue Road and Pickford Lane Source: Transport for London | ||
Roads: Finance
Ian Austin: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to the contribution by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport of 30 March 2011, Official Report, column 144WH, on motor sport (public highways), what his most recent estimate is of the proportion of public funds spent on roads that is raised from general taxation. [53989]
Danny Alexander: I have been asked to reply.
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Funding for roads comes from a number of different sources not just general taxation. As well as funding from the Treasury raised from taxation, the DfT has a number of income streams such as from tolls and the European Union. The DfT does not attribute specific revenue streams to the Highways Agency. Similarly local authorities have a number of revenue streams and it is not possible to say which of these they use to fund their road networks alongside the funding they receive from central Government.
Public Expenditure Statistics and Analysis sets out how much is spent on national and local roads:
http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/d/pesa_2010_chapter5.pdf
Roads: Safety
Jim Fitzpatrick: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what recent progress his Department has made in developing a new road safety framework; and when he expects that framework to be published. [54943]
Mike Penning: The Department has today published its Strategic Framework for Road Safety.
Jim Fitzpatrick: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what measures his Department plans to use to assess performance against its road safety strategy. [54949]
Mike Penning: The Department has today published a Road Safety Outcomes Framework, as a part of its Strategic Framework for Road Safety, that it will use to assess progress in this area.
Jim Fitzpatrick: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether his Department plans to set targets for reductions in deaths and serious injuries from road crashes following the expiry of the Road Safety Strategy in 2010; and if he will make a statement. [54950]
Mike Penning: The Government's approach to road safety is set out in the Strategic Framework for Road Safety, published today.
Speed Limits
Bob Russell: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what discussions (a) he and (b) his Ministerial colleagues had with representatives of (i) road safety and (ii) other organisations before issuing the new police framework for dealing with drivers exceeding speed limits. [53780]
Mike Penning: I have not issued or developed the new police framework for dealing with drivers exceeding speed limits. The advice to police forces about the use of education as an alternative to prosecution in some cases has been developed and issued by the Association of Chief Police Officers.
Transport for London: Finance
Zac Goldsmith: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what progress has been made by the Independent Investment Programme Advisory Group in assessing the economy and efficiency of Transport for London's investment programme. [54272]
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Mrs Villiers: The Independent Investment Programme Advisory Group (IIPAG) began its work in May 2010 and its remit was expanded as part of the recent spending review in October 2010. The IIPAG plans to report on and publish the overall findings of its first year's work this summer. This will include the first full results from its newly-acquired benchmarking role.
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Human Rights: Export Controls
John Cryer: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills on the consideration given to human rights concerns in the processing of applications for export control licences. [54826]
Alistair Burt: Human Rights concerns are considered in any Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) advice we give to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) concerning export licence applications. In response to events in the Middle East and North Africa, the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my right hon. Friend the Member for Richmond (Yorks) (Mr Hague) commissioned a review of Government policy and practice with regard to the export of equipment that might be used for internal repression, in particular crowd control goods. The FCO is leading this internal review in close consultation with BIS and the Ministry of Defence.
Libya: Armed Conflict
Mr Andrew Turner: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs which countries participating in the coalition to enforce UN Security Council Resolution 1973 (a) are and (b) are not contributing to the armed forces in and over Libya. [53654]
Alistair Burt: 18 nations are contributing aircraft or maritime assets to the region under UN Security Council Resolution 1973: UK, US, France, Italy, Denmark, Spain, Belgium, Norway, Netherlands, Canada, Qatar, Turkey, Greece, United Arab Emirates, Sweden, Jordan, Bulgaria, Romania. In total, 34 nations are either providing or offering various kinds of support including military, allowing overflights, logistical or financial support and humanitarian relief.
Libya: Politics and Government
Jeremy Corbyn: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what the level of UK diplomatic representation is to the Transitional Council of Libya in Benghazi; what roles such representatives carry out; and what estimate he has made to the cost of such representation in the latest period for which figures are available. [55012]
Alistair Burt:
The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs appointed Christopher Prentice as his Special Representative in Benghazi in
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early March 2011. John Jenkins will replace Christopher Prentice in Benghazi shortly. The Special Representative leads a team of diplomats, development and stabilisation advisers, defence attaches and military mentors. Their role is to monitor developments in the East of Libya and to provide advice and assistance to ensure that the Interim Transitional National Council is able to protect and support the population living in areas under its control. Other governments and the United Nations maintain similar teams in Benghazi. We work closely with them. The cost of maintaining the team in Benghazi for their first full month was approximately £400,000.
Osama bin Laden
Neil Parish: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he has received reports on the source of funding for the purchase and maintenance of the compound in Abbottabad which housed Osama bin Laden. [54941]
Alistair Burt: It is not our practice to comment on operational matters.
The Government are working hard both at national and international level to counter terrorist financing. Our aim is to deprive terrorists of the financial resources and systems needed for terrorist related activity.
Sri Lanka: Internally Displaced Persons
Stella Creasy: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what reports he has received on voter registration amongst displaced civilians in the north of Sri Lanka during recent local elections in that country; and what assessment he has made of such reports. [54700]
Alistair Burt: I refer the hon. Lady to my response to the hon. Member for Portsmouth South (Mr Hancock) of 3 May 2011, Official Report, column 618W.
Western Sahara: Self-determination of States
Jeremy Corbyn:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent discussions
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he has had with the government of
(a)
Morocco,
(b)
Algeria and
(c)
Mauritania on the future status of the Saharwi people; and if he will make a statement. [55016]
Alistair Burt: The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs met the Moroccan Foreign Minister, Taieb Fassi Fihri, in London on 10 March and discussed a wide range of foreign policy issues.
I also discussed the issue of Western Sahara in my meetings with Fassi Fihri during my visit to Morocco in April 2011.
I visited Algeria in April 2011 where I raised the issue of Western Sahara with the government of Algeria. I reiterated our commitment to the United Nations Security Council position, calling for a just, lasting and mutually acceptable political solution, which provides for the self-determination of the people of Western Sahara.
As Mauritania is a member of the Arab Maghreb Union, officials have regular discussions with the Mauritanian Government about issues of regional stability and integration.
There are no plans to make a statement at this time.
Home Department
Asylum: Grants
Nicholas Soames: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much funding her Department has allocated in grants to charities and non-governmental bodies involved in asylum matters in each of the last five years. [54504]
Damian Green: The amount of funding allocated in grants to charities and non-governmental bodies involved in asylum matters for each of the last five years is shown in the following table. The figures for 2010-11 are provisional and unaudited and may be subject to revision as a result of the statutory audit of the UK Border Agency. Some of the Assisted Voluntary Returns schemes whose costs are included in these figures apply to other migrants as well as asylum-seekers.
| £ | ||||||
| Grant recipients | Nature of grant/project | 2006-07 | 2007-08 | 2008-09 | 2009-10 | 2010-11 |
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| Note: Figures for 2010-11 are provisional, unaudited and subject to adjustment. Figures for 2009-10 are derived from the audited accounts of the UK Border Agency. Figures for 2006-09 are derived from the audited accounts of the Home Office. | ||||||
Business Crime Reduction Initiative
Mr Sheerman: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if she will take further steps to develop the Business Crime Reduction initiative in Huddersfield and Kirklees. [54912]
James Brokenshire: It is for local areas to develop their own business crime reduction partnerships in order to respond to local business crime priorities, engaging where appropriate with other local partnerships such as Community Safety Partnerships and Neighbourhood Policing Teams. The Home Office, through the National Retail Crime Steering Group, are looking to strengthen local partnerships including supporting their development, identifying and tackling barriers to their operation, and defining minimum standards.
Crime: Design
Mr Sheerman: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if she will discuss with representatives of (a) the Design Council and (b) other organisations with design expertise the potential of design to reduce the incidence of crime. [54914]
James Brokenshire: As the Government made clear in A New Approach to Fighting Crime (March 2011), we recognise the important role that design has to play in preventing crime and are establishing a new forum for innovation in crime prevention that will bring together experts drawn from science, design, business and industry, policing and law enforcement to identify major opportunities for preventing crime through innovative design, technology and behavioural change.
Greater Manchester
Mr Rob Wilson: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what payments her Department and its agencies have made to (a) Manchester College, (b) Manchester College for Arts and Technology and (c) City College, Manchester since 1997; and for what purpose in each case. [54808]
Damian Green: The totals of payments made by the Home Department inclusive of its Executive agencies to (a) Manchester College and (b) Manchester College for Arts and Technology since 2004 are as follows:
| £ | ||
| FY | (a) Manchester College | (b) Manchester College for Arts and Technology |
The Department has not made payments to (c) City College, Manchester in the period from 2004.
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Information on any payments to the colleges prior to 2004 could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
The purpose of the payments in each case was for tuition, training or examination fees for Home Office staff. In the case of (a) for Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development fees and (b) for fees for the Certificate in Training Practice under the Qualifications and Curriculum Framework.
Human Trafficking
Mr Ruffley: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many instances of human trafficking for sexual purposes were detected in each of the last three years; from which countries the persons had been trafficked; and how many prosecutions resulting in a conviction there were as a result. [53453]
Damian Green: The National Referral Mechanism (NRM) started on the 1 April 2009 and data are only available from this date onwards.
At 3 May 2011 the number of decisions relating to referrals for human trafficking for sexual exploitation was as follows:
| Period | Potential victims of human trafficking for sexual exploitation (reasonable grounds decision) | Confirmed victims of human trafficking (positive conclusive decisions) |
The number of potential victims of trafficking for sexual exploitation that have been referred to the NRM since April 2009 broken down by nationality is as follows:
| 2009-10 | 2010-11 | |||
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Reasonable grounds: Potential victims of human trafficking | Of which the following have positive conclusive decisions: Victims of human trafficking | Reasonable grounds: Potential victims of human trafficking | Of which the following have positive conclusive decisions: Victims of human trafficking |
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Figures from the UK Human Trafficking Centre for convictions for trafficking for sexual exploitation are set out in the following table. These figures cover the period up to the end of January 2011.
The figures do not include a number of trafficking cases still pending.
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Convictions including trafficking offences (and in some cases additional offences) | Convictions not for trafficking but related to the original trafficking offence |
| 1 Three of these convictions were for conspiracy to traffick | ||
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Lord Wasserman
Mr Love: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) if she will place in the Library a copy of each submission made to her by Lord Wasserman in his capacity as adviser on policy and criminal parties; [52342]
(2) what the terms of reference are for the work of Lord Wasserman in her Department; [52343]
(3) what meetings Ministers in her Department have had with Lord Wasserman since his appointment; and if she will place in the Library a copy of the minutes of each meeting; [52344]
(4) what written correspondence her Department has received from (a) Lord Wasserman and (b) the Gordon Wasserman Group since his appointment; on what date each items was received; and if she will publish each item of correspondence. [52352]
Nick Herbert: Lord Wasserman is not employed by the Home Office and is appointed in an unpaid capacity. He reports directly to Ministers and advises on crime, policing and criminal justice matters. Lord Wasserman has regular meetings with Ministers and officials in his capacity as advisor in order to help formulate and shape Government policy. Any documentation arising out of this would be for that purpose, in line with his role.
Prince William: Marriage
John Robertson:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much (a) funding and (b)
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resources her Department has allocated for security at the Royal wedding. [52739]
Nick Herbert: Funding and resources for security at the royal wedding were met from Metropolitan Police Service budgets. The costings of policing the event are not available at present and will be released by the Metropolitan Police Service in due course.
Police: Assaults
Mr Ruffley: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many days sickness after an assault were taken by police officers in each police force in England and Wales in each year since 1997; and what the (a) average number of days lost per police officer following an assault and (b) cost was to each such force in each such year. [53435]
Nick Herbert: The data provided here are a supplementary series collected on behalf and released with the approval of Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC). These data are normally used for inspection purposes only.
It is therefore important to note that these provisional data have not undergone the usual data quality assurance practices (including validation with individual police forces) and are therefore supplied for information purposes only.
The requested data have been collected since 2002-03 and are given in the table.
For parts (a) and (b), the requested information is not collected centrally.
| Number of police officer working days lost due to assaults (1) : 2002-03 to 2009-10 | ||||||||
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2002-03 | 2003-04 | 2004-05 | 2005-06 | 2006-07 | 2007-08 | 2008-09 | 2009-10 |
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| * = Data not available. Force was not able to supply data at the time of collection. (1) Provisional data taken from a supplementary series collected on behalf of HMIC and used for inspection purposes only. Data has not undergone usual quality assurance practices (including validation with individual police forces) and are therefore supplied for information purposes only. | ||||||||
Police: Manpower
Mr Ruffley: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many and what proportion of police officers left the police service in each police force area (a) within two to five years, (b) within five to 10 years and (c) after more than 10 years of joining in each year since 2007. [53391]
Nick Herbert: Available data relates to 2006-07 to 2009-10 and are given in tables.
The number of transfers between forces has been separately identified as these officers, while leaving individual police forces, have not left the police service.
| N umber of police officers leaving (1) the force (with the number of transfers separately identified) and the percentage of total police officer leavers that this figure represents, from 2006-07 to 2009-10 | ||||||
| (a) Officers leaving with two to less than five years' service | ||||||
| 2006-07 | 2007-08 | |||||
| Police force area | Number of transfers (included as part of overall officers leaving the service) | Number of police officers leaving the force with two to less than five years' service | Percentage of police officers leaving with two to less than five years' service | Number of transfers (included as part of overall officers leaving the service | Number of police officers leaving the force with two to less than five years' service | Percentage of police officers leaving with two to less than five years' service |
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