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Terrorism

Mr. Khan: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department in how many cases suspects detained under the Terrorism Act 2000 (Schedule 8 as amended by section 306 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003) have been released due to there being insufficient time to analyse (a) computer hard drives and (b) telephone records. [16734]

Mr. Charles Clarke: The Home Office does not hold details of individual cases. This information would only be held by individual police forces.

Mr. Khan: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people have been (a) detained, (b) released and (c) charged within the first seven days of arrest under the Terrorism Act 2000 (Schedule 8, as amended by section 306 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003) broken down by (i) year, (ii) gender, (iii) ethnicity and (iv) religion. [16742]

Mr. Charles Clarke: The maximum period of detention pre-charge was extended to 14 days with effect from 20 January 2004. From that date to 4 September
 
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2005 357 people were arrested, 321 of these were charged, released or otherwise dealt with within seven days. More detailed information is not held centrally.

Mr. Khan: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department in how many cases suspects detained under the Terrorism Act 2000 (Schedule 8, as amended by section 306 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003) have been released due to there being insufficient time to decrypt heavily-encrypted computer data. [16744]

Mr. Charles Clarke: The Home Office does not hold details of individual cases, the information would only be held by individual police forces.

Mr. Khan: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people have been detained for more than seven days under the Terrorism Act 2000 (Schedule 8, as amended by section 306 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003). [16745]

Mr. Charles Clarke: The maximum period of detention pre-charge was extended to 14 days with effect from 20 January 2004. Between 20 January 2004 and 4 September 2005, 357 people were arrested of whom 36 have been held for in excess of seven days.

Mr. Khan: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent representations he has received on the likely impact of the draft Terrorism Bill on civil liberties; and what response he has made. [16921]

Hazel Blears: Since the draft clauses of Terrorism Bill were published on 15 September a number of individuals and organisations have written to my right hon. Friend, the Home Secretary. My right hon. Friend has signed a statement under Section 19(A) of the Human Rights Act 1998 stating that in his opinion the Terrorism Bill is compatible with the Convention rights.

Mr. Khan: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what research his Department undertook in relation to the draft Terrorism Bill on the merits of extending the period permissible before charge to allow more time to analyse documentation. [16922]

Hazel Blears: We have consulted extensively with the police, Crown Prosecution Service and security and intelligence agencies. On 6 October, my right hon. Friend, the Home Secretary, published a letter from the Metropolitan Police outlining the operational imperative for extending the maximum duration for which terrorist suspects could be detained.

Mr. Khan: To ask the Secretary of State for the HomeDepartment what assessment he has made of the compatibility of (a) sections one to three, (b) sections 17 and 18, (c) section 19 and (d) section 20 of the draft Terrorism Bill with the European Convention of Human Rights. [16924]

Hazel Blears: My right hon. Friend, the Home Secretary, has signed a statement under Section 19(A) of the Human Rights Act 1998 stating that in his opinion the Terrorism Bill is compatible with the Convention rights.

Mr. Khan: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) arrests, (b) charges and (c) convictions were made for terrorist-related offences
 
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after a warrant had been executed under (i) the Terrorism Act 2000 and (ii) the Anti-Terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001. [16735]

Mr. Charles Clarke: Details of arrests under the Terrorism Act 2000 are published on the Home Office website www.homeoffice.gov.uk/security/terrorism-and-the-law/terrorism-act/. There are no arrest powers under the Anti-Terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001. To answer the other parts of the question would require details of individual cases which are not held by the Home Office.

Timber

Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the refurbishment projects that (a) are in progress and (b) that will start in the next six months; what action is being taken to ensure that these will procure timber from legal and sustainable sources; and whether guidance will be issued to contractors on each of these projects to ensure that the timber used on site during refurbishment also comes from legal and sustainable sources. [16316]

Mr. Charles Clarke: The Department's Refurbishment projects are listed in the following tables.

The Home Office uses a standard timber procurement contract clause when tendering for construction and refurbishment projects. This stipulates that timber used in those projects must be from legal and sustainable sources. This includes timber used in performing the contracts.
Refurbishment projects currently in progress over £1 million in value⁽²⁴⁾

Agency/Area	Project Details
IND	Lunar House Restack
UKPS	Liverpool Relocation
IPCC	3 Regional Offices
Home Office	1 Besborough Gardens
NPD	Humberside Probation Area
NPD	Nottinghamshire NPS
NPD	Peninsula House Suffolk
HMPS	Canterbury—Visits/Education
HMPS	Dartmoor—Electrical Upgrade
HMPS	Downview—Multi Purpose Building
HMPS	Everthorpe—Ancillary Works
HMPS	Everthorpe—Houseblock Enabling Works
HMPS	Gartree—B Wing Modernisation
HMPS	Highdown Rewire
HMPS	Holloway—Replace Cell Windows
HMPS	Leeds—Upgrade Electrical Infrastructure
HMPS	Maidstone—Upgrade Perimeter Security
HMPS	National Privacy Screen Programme
HMPS	Norwich—Health Care Unit
HMPS	Pentonville—Electrical Infrastructure Upgrade
HMPS	Portland—Refurb of E-Hall, Raleigh, Drake and Benbow W Wings
HMPS	Preston—Re-Roof and C Wing
HMPS	Swansea—D Wing Replace Stone Cladding
HMPS	Wakefield—A Wing and Programme Units
HMPS	Wandsworth—CPIG
HMPS	Wandsworth—In-Cell Electrics
HMPS	Wealstun—Replace Accommodation Blocks
HMPS	Wellingborough—External Works and New Kitchen
HMPS	Wymott—Ancillaries to House Block
HMYOI	Onley—Phase Two Upgrade
HMYOI	Swinfen Hall Ancillaries

⁽²⁴⁾Information based on a reporting date of 31 July 2005





 
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HMPS Refurbishment projects in progress less than £1 million in value

HMPS Establishment	Project Details
All High Security	Replace Biometrics—On Site
Blundeston	Re-Roofing—On Site
Brockhill	National Gate Security Upgrade—On Site
Castington	Re-Roofing—On Site
Castington	Substance Misuse Unit—Procurement
Channings Wood	Re-Roofing—On Site
Channings Wood	Upgarde PIDS—On Site
Chelmsford	Re-Roofing—On Site
Dover	Circulation Road and Casements Stability Repairs—On Site
Downview	Re-Roof A and B Wings, Laundry, Education and RAPT Building—On Site
Edmunds Hill	RTU Ancillaries—PH Two—On Site
Everthorpe	Temporary Kitchen—On Site
Feltham	Replace Generators—On Site
Foston Hall	CPIG—On Site
Frankland	Approach Alarms—On Site
Frankland	Re-Roofing—Phase One—Let
Gloucester	Replace General Alarm System—On Site
Headquarters	Lift Refurbishment Abell And Cleland—Design
High Down	Re—Roof Gatelodge and Rainwater Goods—On Site
Hollesley Bay	In Cell Electrics—On Site
Holloway	Replace Generators—On Site
Holme House	Repairs to Perimeter Wall—On Site
Leicester	In Cell Electrics—On Site
Leyhill	Re-Roof Store, Chapel and Cit Building—On Site
Lindholme	Re-Roofing Lockstore and Works to Lockstore Office—On Site
Liverpool	Re-Roof Main Centre—On Site
Long Lartin	Additional Anti Helicopter Wires—On Site
Long Lartin	Replace Water Main—On Site
Maidstone	Re-Roof Weald Wing—On Site
Morton Hall	Connection to Mains Sewage—On Site
Onley	Flooring and Decoration B, C. D and E Wings—On Site
Pentonville	In Cell Electrics—D Wing—On Site
Portland	Repair Cit and Officers Mess Roofs—Let
Ranby	RTU Ancillaries Completion Works—On Site
Reading	Emergency Legionella Precautions Works—Design
Shrewsbury	Repairs to C Wing and Kitchen Block Roofs—Let
Stafford	CPIG—On site
Standford Hill	Repair Roof Atrium to A and B Wings—On Site
Swaleside	Re-Roofing Phase Two—On Site
Swansea	Re-Roof Admin Building—On Site
Wetherby	Substance Misuse Unit—On Site
Whatton	Replace General Alarms—On Site
Winchester	In Cell Electrics and Cell Call System—On Site
Wormwood Scrubs	Perimeter Wall—On Site

Refurbishment projects that will start in the next six months over £1 million in value⁽²⁵⁾

Agency/Area	Project Details
IND	Lunar House Lifts
Centrex	Ryton—Aston/Graham En-Suites
NPD	Merseyside Probation Area
NPD	Reading Replacement
HMPS	Birmingham—Decentralise Boiler House
HMPS	Brockhill—Healthcare and Detox
HMPS	Full Sutton—Phase One Switchgear and Boilers
HMPS	Liverpool Health Care Unit
HMPS	Lincoln—A Wing Refurbishment

⁽²⁵⁾Information based on a reporting date of 31 July 2005



Refurbishment projects that will start in the next six months under £1 million in value⁽²⁶⁾

HMPS Establishment	Project Details
Acklington	Replace Cell Call System—Design
Brinsford	Substance Misuse Unit—Design
Bristol	Re-Roof D Wing—Design
Canterbury	Replace Roof to Multi-Skills, Chapel and CES— Design
Channings Wood	Replace Kitchen Flooring—Design
Edmunds Hill	Re-Role Female to Cat C Male—Design
Exeter	Replacement Water Main—Let
Featherstone	Renew Cold Water Supply Network—Design
Feltham	Substance Misuse Unit—Design
Glen Parva	Catering Academy Development Option A Main Kitchen only—Procurement
Gloucester	Re-Roof Works Department—Design
Guys Marsh	Re-Roof Shared Services Building—Design
Guys Marsh	Sewer Requisition and Repairs to Existing Drainage—Procurement
Guys Marsh	National Gate Security Upgrade—Let
Guys Marsh	Upgrade Electrical Supply—Design
Guys Marsh	Mezzanine Floor to New Workship—Design
Hewell Grange	Silage and Manure Store—Procurement
Hindley	Substance Misuse Unit—Procurement
Huntercombe	Substance Misuse Unit—Design
Kirkham	Ductile Gas main—Design
Kirklevington	Replace Generator—Design
Lancaster	A Wing Roof Repairs QMU and BOV Roofs— Design
Lancaster Farms	Substance Misuse Unit—Procurement
Leeds	Renew Fire Main—Design
Liverpool	Remedial Work to H Wing Showers—Design
Liverpool	National Gate Security Upgrade—Procurement
Long Lartin	Upgrade Night Sanitation System—Design
Long Lartin	CPIG Fire Requirements—Design
Low Newton	Re-Roofing—A, B and HCC—Procurement
Mount	Remedial Works to Existing Surface Water Balancing Pond—Design
Northallerton	Replace General Alarms—Let
Onley	Re-Role Works—Design
Preston	Replace Emergency Generator—Design
Preston	HES2 Additional Works—Design
Stoke Heath	Substance Misuse Unit—Design
Sudbury	Replace Water Tanks and Potable Water Cisterns—Design
Warren Hill	Substance Misuse Unit—Design
Warren Hill	Standby Generator—Procurement
Wayland	Re-Roofing—Procurement
Werrington	Substance Misuse Unit—Design
Winchester	Separate Entrances—Design
Winchester	Re-Roof Officers Mess/Guymer Unit—Design

⁽²⁶⁾Information based on a reporting date of 31 July 2005



 
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