HC Deb 22 January 2001 vol 361 cc475-6W
Mr. Öpik

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what key institutions have been involved in the preparations for Holocaust Memorial Day; and if he will make a statement. [145918]

Mr. Mike O'Brien

Four Government Departments— the Home Office, the Department for Education and Employment, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the Department for Culture, Media and Sport—have been involved in the preparations for the Holocaust Memorial Day. Local authorities and their representative bodies, the Local Government Association and the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities, as well as schools, have also been involved. Non-Government Organisations, particularly those with experience and expertise in Holocaust education and remembrance, including the Anne Frank Educational Trust, the Board of Deputies of British Jews, the Beth Shalom Memorial Centre, the Commission for Race Equality, the Disability Rights Commission, the '45 Aid Society, the Holocaust Educational Trust, the Imperial War Museum, the Inter Faith Network, the Local Government Association, the London Borough of Barnet, the London Jewish Cultural Centre, the Pink Triangle Coalition, Southampton University, Stonewall, the Trades Union Congress, and the Wiener Library have also been involved in the

Table 1: Police service strength as at 30 September 1999
Police force Total police officers1 Total officers per 100,000 population2 Total civilians1 Total civilians per 100,000 population2 Total specials3 Total specials per 100,000 population2
Avon and Somerset 2,989 200.8 1,468 98.6 482 32.4
Bedfordshire 1,048 188.3 491 88.3 148 26.6
Cambridgeshire 1,272 176.7 594 82.5 293 40.7
Cheshire 2,044 207.6 783 79.6 358 36.4
Cleveland 1,373 246.7 529 95.2 108 19.4
Cumbria 1,093 221.7 461 93.6 193 39.2
Derbyshire 1,764 181.8 830 85.6 303 31.2
Devon and Cornwall 2,861 183.5 1,254 80.4 908 58.3
Dorset 1,276 184.6 812 117.5 287 41.5
Durham 1,555 255.8 559 92.0 169 27.8

preparations. Community groups have also been involved through the National Association of Councils for Voluntary Service.

Mr. Öpik

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what representations he has made to trade unions about Holocaust Memorial Day; and if he will make a statement. [145915]

Mr. Mike O'Brien

None directly because the Trades Union Congress are represented on the Steering Group planning Holocaust Memorial Day and have been promoting the day within the trade union movement.