§ 32. Mr. HawkinsTo ask the Attorney-General what opportunities he foresees for further expansion of the system for prosecution appeals against over-lenient sentences. [12980]
The Solicitor-GeneralThe Attorney-General's power to review a sentence was recently extended to cover cases
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§ Mr. Hague[holding answer 15 March 1995]: As at 1 January 1995, there were no staff employed on temporary 1995, there were no staff employed on temporary contracts of 51 weeeks. The available information for those employed on contracts of fewer than 51 weeks is in the table. More precise details of the positions held could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
Clerical, secretarial and support grades Executive and professional grades Department of Social Security 5,068 137 Executive Agencies 5,008 108 Notes:
1. Part-time staff are counted as half-units and totals are rounded to whole units.
2. Numbers of staff employed in the executive agencies are included in the departmental figures.
§ Ms HarmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security (1) for this year and each of the past five years, how many employees in (i) his Department and (ii) all executive agencies for which his Department is responsible who have been employed on temporary contracts of(a) 51 weeks or (b) fewer than 51 weeks duration are re-employed in the same or similar position at a later date;
(2) how many employees in (i) his Department and (ii) all executive agencies supervised by his Department have been employed on temporary contracts of (a) 51 weeks or (b) fewer than 51 weeks duration for this year and each of the past five years, in each case specifying what percentage of the respective total work force these employees constitute.
§ Mr. Hague[holding answer 15 March 1995]: The information requested for the period prior to April 1993 and concerning staff who have been re-employed is not readily available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
There were no staff employed on temporary contracts of 51 weeks as at 1 April 1993, 1 April 1994 or 1 January 1995. The available information is in the table.
of serious fraud. All the most serious offences tried in the Crown court, which are those that give rise to greatest public concern, are now covered.