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Written Answers
Tuesday, 3rd April 2001.
Police, Probation, Crown Prosecution and Prison Services Funding
Baroness Stern asked Her Majesty's Government:
- What is the planned increase in funding (a) next year and (b) over the next three years for police, probation services, Crown Prosecution Service and Prison Service respectively, expressed in both absolute and percentage terms.[HL1364]
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Home Office (Lord Bassam of Brighton): Planned increases in funding for the period 2001-02 to 2003-04 are given in the table:
| 2001-02 | 2001-02 | 2002-03 | 2003-04 | ||||
| Provision £000s | Increase £000s | Increase % | Increase £000s | Increase % | Increase £000s | Increase % | |
| Police | 7,718,000 | 777,000 | 10.1 | 1,292,000 | 16.7 | 1,575,000 | 20.4 |
| Probation Services | 519,000 | 121,000 | 23.3 | 162,000 | 31.2 | 194,000 | 37.4 |
| Crown Prosecution Service | 314,000 | 71,300 | 22.7 | 80,600 | 25.6 | 92,600 | 29.4 |
| Prison Service | 2,401,000 | 117,000 | 4.9 | 238,000 | 9.9 | 308,000 | 12.8 |
Figures show the increase on 2001-01 provision in both absolute and percentage terms based on latest provisional allocations. (The percentage increase compares each year with 2000-01.)
Lord Lester of Herne Hill asked Her Majesty's Government:
Lord Bassam of Brighton: The number of prisoners held in excess of the in-use certified normal accommodation at the end of February 2001 was 4,362. The prisons concerned are listed in the table. These data are provisional but are not expected to alter significantly.
Baroness Buscombe asked Her Majesty's Government:
How many persons were arrested in 2000 under Section 61(5) of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994; and[HL1407]
How many vehicles appearing to belong to a trespasser or to be in a trespasser's possession or to be under a trespasser's control were seized and
Further to the Written Answer by Lord Bassam of Brighton on 16 March (WA 115), how many prisoners are currently held in excess of the in-use certified normal accommodation; and in which prisons are these conditions obtaining. [HL1396]
Prison name In Use CNA Population Difference Percentage overcrowded
Altcourse 614 799 185 30.1%
Aylesbury 348 353 5 1.4%
Bedford 352 368 16 4.5%
Belmarsh 843 850 7 0.8%
Birmingham 710 925 215 30.3%
Blakenhurst 647 846 199 30.8%
Bristol 314 545 231 73.6%
Brixton 651 755 104 16.0%
Buckley Hall 350 360 10 2.9%
Bullingdon 767 836 69 9.0%
Canterbury 196 254 58 29.6%
Cardiff 403 544 141 35.0%
Cookham Wood 120 147 27 22.5%
Doncaster 771 1,091 320 41.5%
Dorchester 172 219 47 27.3%
Downview 322 330 8 2.5%
Durham 670 703 33 4.9%
Eastwood Park 295 302 7 2.4%
Elmley 763 864 101 13.2%
Everthorpe 438 456 18 4.1%
Exeter 315 385 70 22.2%
Glen Parva 664 712 48 7.2%
Gloucester 236 277 41 17.4%
Guys Marsh 487 509 22 4.5%
High Down 649 702 53 8.2%
Holloway 477 488 11 2.3%
Leeds 770 1,236 466 60.5%
Leicester 219 358 139 63.5%
Lincoln 360 491 131 36.4%
Littlehey 624 626 2 0.3%
Liverpool 1,216 1,228 12 1.0%
Low Newton 215 234 19 8.8%
Manchester 953 1,076 123 12.9%
Moorland 740 764 24 3.2%
Mount 705 732 27 3.8%
New Hall 327 365 38 11.6%
Northallerton 135 197 62 45.9%
Norwich 561 669 108 19.3%
Parc 844 929 85 10.1%
Pentonville 897 1,098 201 22.4%
Preston 301 556 255 54.7%
Ranby 725 741 16 2.2%
Shepton Mallet 99 110 11 11.1%
Shrewsbury 185 319 134 72.4%
Stocken 556 573 17 3.1%
Styal 412 428 16 3.9%
Usk 251 321 70 27.9%
Verne 552 562 10 1.8%
Wandsworth 1,128 1,302 174 15.4%
Wayland 620 625 5 0.8%
Winchester 455 564 109 24.0%
Wolds 360 378 18 5.0%
Wormwood Scrubs 812 856 44 5.4%
How many prosecutions there were in 2000 under Section 61(4) of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 of persons who failed to leave the land on which they were believed to be trespassing after being directed to do so by a police officer; and[HL1406]
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- removed in 2000 by a constable exercising his powers under Section 62 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994.[HL1408]
Lord Bassam of Brighton: Information for 2000 is not yet available.
Information taken from the Home Office's Court Proceedings Database, however, shows that three persons were prosecuted for offences under Section 61(4) of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 in England and Wales in 1999. There were no prosecutions in Scotland and data for Northern Ireland for 1999 are not yet available.
Details of persons arrested under Section 61(5) and vehicles seized under Section 62 of the Act are not available centrally.
Clandestine Entrants: Civil Penalties
Lord Berkeley asked Her Majesty's Government:
- Since the Carriers Liability (Clandestine Entrants and Sale of Transporters) Regulations 2000 came into effect:
(a) how many clandestine entrants have been detected;
(b) what is the number and total value of penalties imposed;
(c) what is the number and total value of penalties paid; and
(d) how many appeals against the penalties are outstanding. [HL1438]
Lord Bassam of Brighton: Since 3 April 2000 when the civil penalty provisions of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 were introduced, and as at 27 March 2001, a total of 4,650 clandestine entrants have been detected in road vehicles arriving in the United Kingdom. Eight hundred and thirty-four penalties with a combined value of £9,240,000, have been imposed, of which 102, with a total value of £854,000, have been paid in full. Agreement has been reached for the settlement by instalments of a further 53 penalties together valued at £596,000, of which part payment amounting to £155,000 has been received.
There are currently 210 notices of objection against the imposition of a penalty under consideration.
Lord Berkeley asked Her Majesty's Government:
Lord Bassam of Brighton: Since 3 April 2000 when the civil penalty provisions of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 were introduced and as at 27 March 2001, a total of 209 vehicles have been detained. Of these, 152 have subsequently been released upon
payment of the penalty imposed or of a satisfactory alternative security.
In all cases, detention of the vehicle took place following the serving of the notice of liability to civil penalty.
Lord Berkeley asked Her Majesty's Government:
Lord Bassam of Brighton: The civil penalty provisions of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999, which were introduced on 3rd April 2000, provide that a relevant vehicle may be detained following the giving of a notice of liability to civil penalty.
The power to detain a vehicle may be exercised only if in the opinion of the senior officer concerned there is a significant risk that the penalty (or one or more of the penalties) will not be paid before the end of the prescribed period if the transporter is not detained. The Carriers' Liability (Clandestine Entrants and Sale of Transporters) Regulations 2000 prescribe the period in which payment must be made as being 60 days from the date of the giving of the notice of liability to civil penalty.
In determining whether or not it is appropriate to detain a vehicle, the senior officer will consider all factors that may indicate a significant risk that the penalty will not be paid within the prescribed period. These will include the amount of the penalty imposed, the financial standing of the company or individual involved, their willingness to pay and any history of late or non-payment of previous penalties they may have incurred. The senior officer will also take account of any alternative security that may be put forward.
Since the Carriers Liability (Clandestine Entrants and Sale of Transporters) Regulations 2000 came into effect, how many lorries have been impounded:
(a) at the time of serving of the notice of liability to civil penalty; and
(b) after loss of appeal. [HL1439]Since the Carriers Liability (Clandestine Entrants and Sale of Transporters) Regulations 2000 came into effect, what criteria are used by the Chief Immigration Officer in deciding that a lorry should be impounded at the time of entry into the United Kingdom because "there is a significant risk that the penalty will not be paid . . . before the end of the prescribed period" (Immigration Service--Notice of Detention of Transporter).[HL1440]
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