Legal Aid Scheme
Diana Johnson: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how much the Legal Services Commission spent on legal aid in each local authority in England and Wales (a) in total and (b) per capita in each of the last 10 years. [91568]
Mr Djanogly: The information requested is not readily available and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Legal Services Commission
Diana Johnson: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what (a) mean and (b) median award was given by the Legal Services Commission to each case start (i) nationally and (ii) in each local authority area in each financial year since 2007-08. [91552]
Mr Djanogly: The information requested is not readily available and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
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Offences: Costs
Priti Patel: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of each type of offence type committed. [90789]
James Brokenshire: I have been asked to reply on behalf of the Home Department.
The Home Department’s online report 30/05 published in 2005 estimated the cost of crimes committed against individuals and households, which are broken down by offence type and into a range of cost categories, some of which cover public sector expenditure or the use of public sector resources. These estimates can be found via the following link on page 15 (Table 4.1).
http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.Uk/20100413151441/http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs05/rdsolr3005.pdf
A copy will be placed in the House Library.
Sentencing
Sadiq Khan: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what proportion of those in prison were given custodial sentences of (a) less than six months, (b) between six and 12 months, (c) between 12 months and five years, (d) between five years and 10 years and (e) over 10 years on 1 October of each year between 1995 and 2011. [90479]
Mr Blunt: Data are held centrally on the prison population on the last day of each month, so figures are not available for 1 October each year. Additionally, annual trends are typically compared using the 30 June figures for each year. The following table shows figures as at 30 June of each year from 1995 to 2011.
These figures have been drawn from administrative IT systems, which, as with any large-scale recording system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing.
Proportion of the prison population by spec ific sentence length, 1995-2011 . England and Wales 30 June | ||||||||||||||||
Less than or equal to 6 months | Greater than 6 months less than 12 months | 12 months to less than or equal to 5 years | Greater than 5 years to less than or equal to 10 years | Greater than 10 years (excl. indeterminates) | Indeterminates | Recalls | Unrecorded 4 years or more (excl. indeterminates) (1) | |||||||||
No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | |
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n/a = Not available (1) Sentence length is not recorded centrally for a small proportion of prisoners. For these cases we have estimated the broad sentence length band; however, they cannot be allocated to a more detailed sentence length band. (2) Due to the introduction of a new prison IT system the 2010 prison population data are now taken from a different source and recalls are shown separately (previously recall data were included in the relevant sentence length band). The 2009 figures from both the old and new systems have been provided to aid comparison. |
Sentencing: North Wales
Mr Hanson: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many (a) men and (b) women were sentenced to an immediate custodial sentence of less than six months for each type of offence by the courts in North Wales in each of the last five years. [91507]
Mr Blunt: Persons sentenced to immediate custody at all courts in the North Wales police force area by sex, offence type and length of sentence, from 2006 to 2010 (latest available) can be viewed in the following table.
Court proceedings data for 2011 calendar year are planned for publication in May 2012.
Persons sentenced to immediate custody in North Wales police force area by sex, offence type and sentence length, 2006-2010 (1,2) | |||||||
Sex | Offence type | Sentence length | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
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(1) 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. (2) 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. (3) Includes those cases where the defendant's sex was ‘not stated’, therefore the ‘Males’ and ‘Females’ figures may not match the ‘All Persons’ totals. Source: Justice Statistics Analytical Services within the Ministry of Justice. |
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Stalking
John McDonnell: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many (a) perpetrators and (b) victims he estimates will be referred to the National Stalking Clinic in 2012. [87529]
Lynne Featherstone: I have been asked to reply on behalf of the Home Department.
The Home Department does not hold this information.
The National Stalking Clinic is an independent clinic set up by the North London Forensic Service of the Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust.
Youth Custody: Ethnic Groups
Mr Llwyd: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many incidents of self-harm of people in each (a) age and (b) ethnic group there have been in each secure training centre in each month since 2008. [91384]
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Mr Blunt: The tables show the number of incidents of self-harm of young people (aged 10 to 17) in each age group (Table 1) and ethnic group (Table 2) for each secure training centre by month from 2008-09 to 2009-10. This information has been provided by the Youth Justice Board (YJB).
These data come from monthly returns from secure establishments to the YJB. Due to the way these data are collected it is not possible to tell if the same young people are involved in multiple incidents throughout the year. These figures have been drawn from administrative IT systems, which, as with any large-scale recording system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing and can be subject to change over time.
Data for 2010-11 will be published on 26 January 2012 in the 2010-11 Youth Justice Statistics publication, which will be available on the Ministry of Justice website.
Table 1: Number of self-harm incidents in each secure training centre (STC) by age group and month from April 2008 to March 2010 | |||||||||
2008 | |||||||||
Age g roup | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sept | Oct | Nov | Dec |
2009 | 2010 | ||||||||||||||
Age g roup | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sept | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar |
Table 2: Number of self-harm incidents in each secure training centre (STC) by ethnic group and month from April 2008 to March 2010 | |||||||||
2008 | |||||||||
Ethnic g roup | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sept | Oct | Nov | Dec |
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Ethnic g roup | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sept | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar |
Business, Innovation and Skills
Business: Government Assistance
Anne Marie Morris: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many (a) micro, (b) small and (c) medium-sized enterprises in Newton Abbott constituency have received assistance from schemes administered by his Department since May 2010. [90298]
Mr Prisk: The total number, of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises that have received assistance from Government schemes is not available. However where information is held at constituency level on the number of such businesses supported under the Government's Solutions for Business portfolio, this is set out in the following table. (The EU definition is for micro—less than 10 people; small—less than 50 people; and medium—less than 250 people).
Product | Newton Abbott | Comment |
These figures are for the Enterprise Finance Guarantee scheme only |
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For other schemes under the Solutions for Business portfolio, such as Rural Development Programme for England, Helping your Business Grow Internationally, and Work Place Training (including apprenticeships), Knowledge Transfer Networks, information is only available at national level.
In addition, the Government have funded the provision of a range of online information and assistance to small and medium-sized enterprises through Business Link, including a regional advisory service, which was managed by England's Regional Development Agencies but closed on 25 November 2011. Information on beneficiaries by constituency is not available. However, from Business Link information provided by the South West Regional Development Agency, for the reporting periods April 2010 to March 2011 and April 2011 to end November 2011, the number of small and medium-sized business assisted in the South West of England between April 2010 and end November 2011 is 91,011.
Energy: Conservation
Zac Goldsmith: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what plans UK Green Investments has to invest in non-domestic energy efficiency projects. [91803]
Mr Prisk: UK Green Investments (UKGI) will seek to drive investment in both small-scale and large-scale non-domestic energy efficiency projects, with a budget of up to £100 million for investment in this sector in 2012/13. The team is currently developing investment opportunities. In the period before state aid approval for the Green Investment Bank is received, UKGI will invest on a commercial basis or under existing programmes that already have state aid approval. The UKGI team will ensure all deals are properly scrutinised and compliant with state aid rules, with a dedicated Investment Committee assessing individual investments against the double bottom line of financial returns and green impact.
Exports
Laura Sandys: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many small and medium-sized enterprises have exported to international markets in each year since 1997. [90179]
Mr Prisk:
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figures exclude firms which export services. Until recently these figures also excluded firms whose exports to the EU were below a threshold level and firms which did not export outside the EU. Until very recently these figures were not available by firm size, so that estimates of the number of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) which exported goods were unavailable. Recent analysis by Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC) identified 101,712 SME goods exporters in 2009. This count included firms exporting below the EU threshold.
Although data on the total number of SME exporters including both goods and services are not available from HMRC, business surveys can provide a basis for estimating the number of SME employers who export. Of these, the BIS Small Business Survey is the best source of evidence about SMEs, including very small firms, and provides some evidence of trends since 2003 when the survey began. Estimates of the number of SME exporters are provided in the following table, based on results of these surveys, and figures for the number of SME employers at the time of each survey. The table focuses on SME employers only, because exporting is less frequent among firms with no employees, and is also more difficult to estimate reliably.
Most of the fluctuation year to year observed in the table is due simply to statistical variation in the survey estimates of the percentages which export, and is therefore not significant. However, there is some evidence that the number of SME employers who export has risen over the period. This is consistent with findings from evidence reviewed in recent BIS Economics Paper No 5—“Internationalisation of Innovative and High Growth SMEs” (2010) available at:
http://www.bis.gov.uk/assets/biscore/economics-and-statistics/docs/10-804-bis-economics-paper-05
Small Business survey | ||
Date of f ieldwork | Number of SMEs with employees (1) | Estimated number of SME employer exporters |
(1 )Business population estimates (BIS) available at: http://www.bis.gov.uk/analysis/statistics/business-population-estimates |
Green Investment Bank
John Thurso: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (1) what form of support will be provided by the Green Investment Bank for the commercial development of wave and tidal technology; [91707]
(2) for what reason innovative energy projects such as wave and tidal technology were not identified as a priority sector for the Green Investment Bank over the Comprehensive Spending Review period; and what consideration he has given to identifying this as such; [91708]
(3) whether he plans to issue guidance to the Green Investment Bank identifying specific products, such as debt finance, designed to de-risk investments in wave and tidal technology. [91711]
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Mr Prisk: The selection of the initial five priority sectors was made against the criteria of green impact, additionality and commercial investability in mature infrastructure over the period to 2015 as well as complementing and not duplicating other Government policies including other financial support. As a relatively early-stage technology compared with other green sectors, marine energy displayed relatively low commercial investability in mature infrastructure within the time frame considered. Other Government policies and finance initiatives are focused on prioritising financial support for marine energy at its current stage of development. Government and the GIB board will reconsider priority sectors periodically.
While at least 80% of the funds committed by the bank over the spending review period will be invested in the priority sectors, the intention is for the bank to be given an overall broad remit to focus on green infrastructure. This would include the marine energy sector. All potential investments will be assessed by the bank against green impact, sound finances and additionality.
The bank will be given the freedom to develop and deploy a wide range of products within the parameters set by the terms of its state aid approval.
Green Investment Bank: Fossil Fuel Levy
John Thurso: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (1) what the £103 million of funding from the Scottish Fossil Fuel Levy, which his Department announced in November 2011 would be made available to the Green Investment Bank, will be spent on; [91709]
(2) whether he has given consideration to vary the £103 million of funding from the Scottish Fossil Fuel Obligation Levy, which his Department announced in November 2011 would be made available to the Green Investment Bank, to support the commercialisation of wave and tidal technology. [91710]
Mr Prisk: The £103 million from the Scottish Fossil Fuel Levy will contribute towards the total of £3 billion of funds for the Green Investment Bank (GIB) and it will not be directed towards any particular sector.
The statement by the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, my right hon. Friend the Member for Twickenham (Vince Cable), to the House in December 2011 set out the initial priority areas in which the GIB would invest.
Our intention is for the bank to be given a broad remit, which would include the marine energy sector, with Ministers and the board agreeing priority sectors periodically and the bank making individual investment decisions.
The bank will be given the operational freedom to make individual investments designed to maximise returns against the double bottom line of green impact and financial return.
Higher Education: Student Numbers
John Mann: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many students were registered as being in higher education in each parliamentary constituency in 2011. [88823]
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Mr Willetts: Information on the number of English-domicile enrolments to UK higher education institutions is shown in the following table. Equivalent figures for enrolments to higher education courses at further education colleges are not available. Figures are provided for the academic year 2010/11. Information for the 2011/12 academic year will become available from January 2013.
English-domicile (1) enrolments by parliamentary constituency (2) —UK higher education institutions, academic year 2010/11 | |
Parliamentary constituency | Total |
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(1) Domicile refers to the country of a student's permanent or home address prior to entry to their course. (2) The figures in the answer do not include enrolments where the constituency of the student cannot be established due to missing or invalid postcode information. Notes: Figures are based on a HESA standard registration population and have been rounded up or down to the nearest five, so components may not sum to totals. Source: Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) Student Record. |