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Bodies, Gloucestershire
Mr. Cryer : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will ensure that Gloucestershire police have all the necessary resources to pursue inquiries relating to the identification of the nine bodies so far recovered in Gloucester, and the unearthing of any further bodies and the bringing to justice of the persons responsible.
Mr. Charles Wardle : Police grant, at the rate of 51 per cent. of final expenditure, will be paid on the costs of the investigation. It is open to Gloucestershire Police
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Authority to apply for a special payment of grant over and above this, if it considered that the financial burden would threaten the efficiency of the force.Form RPF37
Mr. Spellar : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many copies of form RPF37 his Department issued in 1993 ; and how many are held in stock.
Mr. Peter Lloyd : Information on the number of copies of form RPF37 issued to electors is not collected centrally. HMSO currently holds 135,000 copies of form RPF37 in stock. Additionally, copies of the form are held by local electoral registration officers and by British consulates abroad.
Casinos
Mr. Robert Banks : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans he has to alter the rules and regulations governing applications for casino licences.
Mr. Peter Lloyd : I have no plans to alter the rules governing how applications for casino licences are made. We have under review the Gaming Clubs (Permitted Areas) Regulations 1971 which prescribe the areas of England and Wales in which casinos are permitted.
Category A Prisoners
Mr. Cox : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the number of category A prisoners, (a) men and (b) women being held in prisons in England and Wales as of 1 March ; and if he will list the category of offence of which such inmates were convicted.
Mr. Peter Lloyd : Responsibility for this matter has been delegated to the Director General of the Prison Service, who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from Derek Lewis to Mr. Tom Cox, dated 24 March 1994 : The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Question about the number of category A prisoners, men and women, being held in prisons in England and Wales. You also requested information about the category of offence of which such inmates were convicted. The following table gives the figures for sentenced and unsentenced category A prisoners as at 1 March 1994 :
|Sentenced |Unsentenced|Total
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Male |501 |137 |638
Female |2 |1 |3
|-- |-- |--
Total |503 |138 |641
The offences of which these prisoners were convicted or stand charged include murder, attempted murder, manslaughter, serious sexual offences, robbery, firearms offences, offences involving explosions or explosives and serious drugs-related offences.
Malaysian Airlines
Mr. Redmond : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the dates Ministers, or officials from his Department, including his Department's
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agencies, have used the Malaysian airline MAS for each year since 1985 including this year to date on official business ; and what was the cost of each flight to his Department.Mr. Howard : The available record covers the period since 1991. It shows that two Home Office officials took MAS flights on three occasions between June and September 1991 at a total cost of £6,132.
Dianetics and Scientology Mission
Mr. David Atkinson : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent representations he has received about the recruitment of young people and their involvement in the activities of the Dianetics and Scientology Mission of Bournemouth ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Peter Lloyd : We have not been able to trace any recent representations on this matter.
Prison Escapes
Mr. Cox : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many inmates have escaped from prison in England and Wales during each of the last five years ; and how many of such escapees are still at large.
Mr. Peter Lloyd : Responsibility for this matter has been delegated to the Director General of the Prison Service, who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from A. J. Butler to Mr. Tom Cox, dated 24 March 1994 : The Home Secretary has asked me, in the absence of the Director General from the Office, to reply to your recent Question asking for details of the number of inmates who have escaped from prison in England and Wales during each of the last 5 years and the number of such escapees still at large.
The following table lists the number of prisoners who have escaped and the number still unlawfully at large :