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Coroners and Justice Bill: Authorisations of covert human intelligence sources: conditions (12 Nov 2009)

David Ruffley: Clauses 6, 7 and 9 make certain procedural amendments to the Police Act 1997 and the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 in order to streamline the authorisation process for matters such as surveillance and, in particular, covert human intelligence sources or CHISs. Where collaboration is necessary, amendments to the RIPA authorisation are required. The Government anticipate greater...

Coroners and Justice Bill: Clause 13 — Paying for sexual services of a prostitute subjected to force etc: England and Wales (12 Nov 2009)

David Ruffley: Amendments 6 to 15 are important, and we had a fruitful debate on that subject in Committee. They seek to achieve a better definition of coercion. It will be an offence if an individual engages in exploitative conduct, the definition of which is if someone uses "force, threats (whether or not relating to violence) or any other form of coercion, or...practises any form of deception". That is...

Written Answers — Home Department: Police: Internet (12 Nov 2009)

David Ruffley: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much was spent on the development of the website maps.police.uk; what the budget for the website is for (a) 2009-10 and (b) 2010-11; and how many staff are employed to maintain the website.

Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Local Government: Pensions (10 Nov 2009)

David Ruffley: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government which local authority pension funds in the East of England are (a) in surplus and (b) in deficit; and how much the surplus or deficit is in each case.

Written Answers — Business, Innovation and Skills: Students: Finance (5 Nov 2009)

David Ruffley: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what proportion of students who applied for (a) student loans and (b) grants from Suffolk local education authority for the (i) 2008-09 and (ii) 2009-10 academic year received them in time for the start of that year.

Written Answers — Home Department: Community Policing (4 Nov 2009)

David Ruffley: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much the Neighbourhood Policing Fund was in each year since 2002-03; and what proportion of funding from the Fund was allocated for police community support officers in each of those years.

Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Council Tax: East of England (3 Nov 2009)

David Ruffley: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the average change in the level of council tax from one year to the next has been in each county in the East of England in each year since 1999.

Written Answers — Home Department: Police Cautions (3 Nov 2009)

David Ruffley: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many offenders have received a police caution in each year since 1997; (2) how many offenders received (a) one, (b) two, (c) three and (d) four or more police cautions between 1997 and 2009; (3) how many offenders received (a) one, (b) two, (c) three and (d) four or more police cautions in each year since 1997.

Written Answers — Justice: Driving Under Influence (3 Nov 2009)

David Ruffley: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many drivers convicted of driving in each police authority when under the influence of alcohol or drugs in the East of England in each year since 1999 had previous convictions for the same offence.