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written question – answered on 19 December 2005.

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  • Asylum Seekers

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many of those detained under (a) the Terrorism Act 2000 and (b) the Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001 (i) were seeking asylum...

  • Asylum Seekers

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many asylum seeking families have (a) applied for and (b) been awarded indefinite leave to remain since 24 October 2003 under the family...

  • Bail Hostel (Aldridge)

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps (a) the West Midlands probation service and (b) the National Offender Management Service have taken to identify an alternative...

  • British Citizenship (1 annotation)

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 19 October 2005, Official Report, column 1032W, on British citizenship, how many of the 760,886 applicants who were...

  • British Citizenship

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many applications for British naturalisation there were from people resident in Northern Ireland in each of the last five years.

  • Cheque Fraud

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what discussions he has had with the British Bankers' Association about methods to reduce cheque fraud.

  • Child Deaths (Custody) (2 annotations)

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many child deaths in custody there have been in each year since 1990.

  • Citygate Public Affairs Ltd

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what meetings his Department has held with Citygate Public Affairs Ltd. since July.

  • Correspondence

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he expects to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Walsall North of 1 November regarding a constituent, reference M26613/5.

  • Correspondence

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when his Department will reply to the letters from the hon. Member for Warley of (a) 27 October regarding Mr. Munye, Jordan Close, Smethwick,...

  • Correspondence

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when his Department will reply to the letter of 15 September from the right hon. Member for Warley regarding (a) Mr. Rolando March, Priory...

  • Correspondence

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when his Department will reply to the letter of 14 September from the right hon. Member for Warley regarding (a) Mr. Kushnau, Woodlands...

  • Correspondence

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he will reply to the letter of 4 October 2005 from the right hon. Member for Birmingham, Ladywood, regarding Neville Harding, reference...

  • Correspondence

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he will reply to the letter of 25 October from the right hon. Member for Birmingham, Ladywood, regarding Claudia Velvalee Love James,...

  • Criminal Records Bureau

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the national targets are for the Criminal Records Bureau; and what the performance of its offices in South Devon has been against those...

  • Custodial Sentences (Mothers)

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department for what offences custodial sentences were imposed on mothers in the last 12 months for which information is available; and how many mothers...

  • Deportation

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps he takes if a deportee is discovered to have suffered an unfair trial, torture or ill treatment, in contravention of the UK's...

  • Deportation

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list those countries where there are substantial grounds to believe that a person deported would be subject to torture with which...

  • Detention Centres (Medical Services)

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department for what reasons his Department is responsible for the provision of medical services in detention centres for asylum seekers; and what the...

  • Detention Centres (Medical Services)

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department which companies have been contracted to provide medical services to each detention centre for asylum seekers in England.

  • DNA Database

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether there is provision to remove from the National DNA Database details of a DNA sample of a minor who has never been charged or cautioned.

  • EU Maritime Border Guard Corps

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what discussions he has had with his EU counterparts on the creation of an EU maritime border guard corps to tackle illegal immigration in...

  • Fraud Trials (Juries)

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what progress has been made in developing the Government's proposals in relation to the use of juries in fraud trials.

  • HM Prison Brixton

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what the cost was over the last 12 months of additional (a) overtime and (b) staff needed to replace officers suspended at HM Prison...

  • Leave to Remain

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 24 November 2005, Official Report, column 2317W, on leave to remain, what percentage of postal applications was...

  • National Lottery

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many businesses were prosecuted for selling lottery tickets and scratch cards to under 16s in Tamworth constituency in the last five years.

  • Parliamentary Questions

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what his Department's target is for the time taken to answer written parliamentary questions.

  • Passport Applications

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) new and (b) renewed UK passport applications were processed at the Belfast passport office in (i) 2003 and (ii) 2004.

  • Police Numbers

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the ratio of police officers to inhabitants in (a) each London borough and (b) each county has been in each year since 1997.

  • Prison Population

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate he has made of the future prison population; and what plans he has to meet these projections.

  • Prisons

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) when telephone charge rates for BT telephones in prisons were last reviewed; (2) for what reasons the cost of telephone calls from BT...

  • Prisons

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 1 December 2005, Official Report, column 762W, on prisons, what plans he has to conduct a further survey of the...

  • Prisons

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he expects to announce his decision on the contestability bid for the three prisons on the Isle of Sheppey; and if he will make a statement.

  • Probation Officers

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many probation officers were employed in (a) Southend, (b) Essex, (c) Hertfordshire and (d) the Metropolitan area of London in each of...

  • Probation Officers

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people have been employed in the Probation Service in (a) Southend, (b) Essex, (c) the Metropolitan Police area of London and (d)...

  • Returned Detainees

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent discussions he has had with foreign Governments on returning to secure detention in those countries of their nationals held in...

  • Secure Establishments

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) assaults and (b) violent offences there have been in (i) home office youth establishments, (ii) local authority secure...

  • Secure Establishments

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how often the Home Office monitors review videos of (a) movement of children around and (b) restraint of children in secure training centres.

  • Sentencing Policy

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what measures he has put in place to monitor the effectiveness of sentencing policy.

  • Sex Offenders

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the performance indicators are for the monitoring of sex offenders for each police authority area in England and Wales.

  • Skilled Migrants

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many (a) teachers, (b) IT specialists and (c) engineers from (i) Sierra Leone, (ii) Malawi, (iii) Tanzania, (iv) Ghana, (v) Zambia,...

  • Video Games

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment has been made of the effectiveness of controls on the sale of violent video games; and what recent discussions he has had...

  • Women Prisoners

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the women who have taken their own lives in prisons since 1975 in cases where all proceedings are complete.

  • Youth Crime

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent discussions he has had with the (a) Secretary of State for Wales, (b) Secretary of State for Scotland, (c) Secretary of State for...