Daniel Morgan

Mr Watson: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) if she will place a copy of each submission to the Daniel Morgan inquiry from the Metropolitan police in the Library; [191022]

(2) how many documents have been submitted to the Daniel Morgan inquiry for review to date. [191023]

Damian Green: The Daniel Morgan Independent Panel has held 10 meetings since its formation.

The first meeting was held on 17 September. The Independent Panel will present its final report to the Secretary of State for the Home Department, my right hon. Friend the Member for Maidenhead (Mrs May), who will make arrangements for its publication to Parliament. The terms of reference provide that the

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panel will brief members of the family through a final report which is to be made available first to the family and then to the public at large. It is not envisaged that the panel will make material public until that point.

The Independent Panel has received around 700 documents from relevant organisations to date. This is a very small proportion of the anticipated number of documents that the panel will review. The vast bulk of the material will be made available to the panel for review following agreement of protocols with relevant organisations. In the meantime, the relevant organisations have provided schedules of documents.

Dogs: Imports

Huw Irranca-Davies: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent discussions her Department has had with ferry companies operating out of the UK on the illegal transportation of dogs into the UK from continental Europe; and what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of such measures. [190490]

George Eustice: I have been asked to reply on behalf of the Department of Environment and Rural Affairs.

Ferry, rail and air operators are approved to carry pets (dogs, cats and ferrets) on the basis that they check every declared pet travelling with its owner (or authorised person) for compliance with the rules of the EU Pet Travel Scheme. These approvals are issued by the Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency (AHVLA) on the basis that the carriers are properly equipped, staffed and have the facilities available to carry out the checks and deal with any instances of non-compliance. AHVLA liaise regularly with approved carriers. In 2012 AHVLA carried out audit checks on 7,700 pets checked by carriers and found only 1.6% of these to be non-compliant. DEFRA officials met with representatives from the ferry and rail companies in summer 2013. The discussion included sharing of best practice for dealing with instances where pets are suspected of being concealed. Concealed pets found by UK Border Force are reported to Trading Standards.

Immigrants: Detainees

Richard Fuller: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many of those detained in each of the last 12 months at (a) Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal Centre and (b) all immigration detention centres were considered to have been a victim

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of torture; and how many of those were released from detention as a consequence; [182893]

(2) how many of those detained at Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal Centre were the subject of a Rule 35 report in each of the last 12 months; and how many were released from detention as a consequence. [182898]

James Brokenshire: Rule 35 of the Detention Centre Rules 2001 sets out requirements for doctors at immigration removal centres to report on:

(1) any detained person whose health is likely to be injuriously affected by continued detention or any conditions of detention;

(2) any detained person suspected of having suicidal intentions; and

(3) any detained person for whom there are concerns that they may have been a victim of torture.

Reports made under Rule 35(3) are based on concerns that the detainees in question may have been victims of torture, rather than findings that they have been. The issue of a Rule 35 report does not mean that the detainee concerned will be released automatically from detention, or even necessarily that the doctor making the report will have recommended release. It provides a mechanism for information to be brought to the attention of Home Office caseworkers so that it may be considered and the person's detention reviewed in light of it, in line with detention policy.

Whether or not an individual is released will depend on the specific facts of the case. If a report is considered to amount to independent evidence of torture, Home Office published detention policy states that detention should only be maintained under exceptional circumstances.

The information provided in the following tables is based on management information only and has not been subject to the detailed checks that apply for National Statistics publications. These figures are provisional and are subject to change.

Table 1 provides information for each of the last 12 months for Rule 35(3), ie persons for whom there are concerns that they may have been victims of torture, for Yarl's Wood and then all immigration removal centres.

Table 2 provides information for each of the last 12 months for all three categories of Rule 35 report for Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal Centre.

It is not possible to provide the numbers of individuals released from detention as a consequence of the diagnosis of any illness without examination of individual records at disproportionate cost.

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Immigration

Emily Thornberry: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many pre-action protocols (PAPs) relating to immigration cases were received in 2013; how many of those PAPs her Department responded to within 14 days; how many of those PAPs her Department failed to respond to within three months; and of the cases where there was a failure to respond to a PAP within three months, how many applicants made applications for judicial review. [182438]

James Brokenshire: The following table provides the data requested for 2013 (to 30 September).

Pre-action protocol letters and judicial review receipts have increased significantly in the past year. This increase, which has primarily been driven by increased decision making, has affected our ability to respond to PAPs in a timely way. Although not legally required to do so, we aim to act in accordance with best practice set out in the protocol. We are working to improve our response rates by increasing staff resources in this area. We already have a dedicated team solely working on temporary migration pre-action protocol letters which currently account for the majority of those received and we will continue to recruit more staff in to this area throughout 2014.

Emily Thornberry: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many applicants have made an in-time application for judicial review since 2010 following immigration cases where her Department failed to respond to a pre-action protocol within three months; [190760]

(2) how many pre-action protocols relating to immigration cases which were received in 2013 her Department (a) responded to within 14 days and (b) failed to respond to within three months; [190761]

(3) how many pre-action protocols relating to immigration cases were received in 2013. [190762]

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James Brokenshire: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given on 5 March 2014, Official Report, columns 819-20W, to the hon. Member for Brent Central (Sarah Teather).

Immigration: ICT

Philip Davies: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent progress has been made on the immigration casework system; and what the cost of the system has been to date. [190588]

James Brokenshire: The immigration casework programme closed in August 2013. The total programme spend was £347 million against an approved financial envelope of £385 million.

Three core components delivered by the programme are now in use:

A caseworking tool allowing paperless decision making and delivering productivity improvements for a particular category of student application.

A comprehensive immigration search engine allowing caseworkers across the world to view identity details across 14 current systems, which greatly aids accurate and timely decision making.

A customer website which allows digital application for certain immigration products.

Internet: Young People

Mark Tami: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prosecutions there have been of retailers and couriers for the online sale of (a) age-restricted products and (b) alcohol to minors in each of the last five years. [191027]

Jeremy Wright: I have been asked to reply on behalf of the Ministry of Justice.

The Ministry of Justice court proceedings database holds information on defendants proceeded against, found guilty and sentenced for criminal offences in England and Wales. This database holds information on offences provided by the statutes under which proceedings are brought but not the specific circumstances of each case. This centrally held information does not include details of the means through which an offence proceeded against was committed—for example, whether the accused offence was committed through online activity using the internet or otherwise.

As such, it is not possible to identify from centrally held data cases where a prosecution for the online sale of age-restricted products and alcohol to minors was brought against a retailer or a courier. This detailed information may be held on the court record but due to the size and complexity is not reported centrally to the MOJ. As such, the information requested can be obtained only at disproportionate cost.

Offenders: Autism

Vernon Coaker: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if she will estimate the number and age profile of offenders dealt with by the police in (a) Nottinghamshire and (b) England who were on the autistic spectrum in each of the last five years. [191069]

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Damian Green: The Home Office does not hold data on whether offenders dealt with by the police are on the autism spectrum or not, and so cannot provide details of these offenders.

Police: Offenders

Andrew Stephenson: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department with reference to the answer of

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13 December 2010,

Official Report

, columns 546-7W, on police: offenders, if she will reconsider bringing forward proposals to record the number of police officers convicted of a criminal offence. [191049]

Damian Green: I have no plans to bring forward such proposals.