HC Deb 24 May 2002 vol 386 cc700-2W
Mr. McNamara

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the terms of reference are for the Review Committee of Anti-Terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001; to whom it reports; what its annual budget and proposed staff are in its first year; what its sphere of competence is; what immunities its members enjoy; and what powers the body has(a) to compel witnesses, (b) to seize documents, (c) to demand disclosure, (d) to initiate its own inquiries, (e) to publish its reports and address the media by other means, (f) to create its own sub-committees and (g) to consider complaints by individuals and groups. [54542]

Mr. Blunkett

Section 122 of the Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001 sets out the Parliamentary requirement for a Committee to undertake a review of the Act. The Committee will report to me when they have completed their work. The Act requires them to deliver this by 14 December 2003.

There are no powers for the Committee to compel individuals or organisations to provide information. But the Government would expect and encourage those individuals and organisations who are approached to co-operate fully with any request made to them by the Committee. All questions of procedure and staffing are

Offenders given a reparation or action plan order and those breaching an order, by police force area, 1998 to 2000
England and Wales
Reparation orders Action plan orders
Pilot areas 30 Sep 1998–30 June 20001 All areas 1 June 2000–31 Dec 20001 Pilot areas 30 Sep 1998–30 June 20001 All areas 1 June 2000–31 Dec 20001
Police Force Made Breached2.3 Discharged Made Breached3 Discharged Made Breached2.3 Discharged Made Breached3 Discharged
Avon and Somerset * * * 15 * * * * 87 ֵ
Bedfordshire * * * 16 * * * * 32 ֵ
Cambridgeshire * * * 45 * * * * 60 1 ֵ
Cheshire * * * 16 ֵ * * * 20 2 ֵ
Cleveland * * * 18 ֵ * * * 55 ֵ
Cumbria * * * 6 ֵ * * * 36 2 ֵ
Derbyshire * * * 41 2 ֵ * * * 53 4 ֵ
Devon and Cornwall * * * 55 ֵ * * * 1 ֵ
Dorset * * * 36 ֵ * * * 13 ֵ
Durham * * * 38 ֵ * * * 87 1 ֵ
Essex * * * 93 ֵ * * * 92 2 ֵ
Gloucestershire * * * 44 ֵ * * * 13 ֵ
Greater Manchester * * * 337 3 ֵ * * * 367 7 ֵ
Hampshire 822 25 1 298 ֵ 550 34 8 233 4 ֵ
Hertfordshire * * * 60 ֵ * * * 82 ֵ
Humberside * * * 40 1 ֵ * * * 39 1 ֵ
Kent * * * 77 ֵ * * * 55 1 ֵ
Lancashire4 38 1 168 3 ֵ * * * 220 2 ֵ
Leicestershire * * * 54 ֵ * * * 82 2 ֵ
Lincolnshire * * * 51 ֵ * * * 42 ֵ
London, City of * * * ֵ * * * ֵ
Merseyside * * * 63 ֵ * * * 124 ֵ
Metropolitan Police 83 8 4 302 8 ֵ 144 25 14 585 24 ֵ
Norfolk * * * 7 ֵ * * * 30 1 ֵ
Northamptonshire * * * ֵ * * * 3 ֵ
Northumbria * * * 70 ֵ * * * 108 ֵ
North Yorkshire * * * 50 ֵ * * * 36 2 ֵ
Nottinghamshire * * * 226 7 ֵ * * * 206 23 ֵ
South Yorkshire 296 20 167 4 ֵ 110 99 10 ֵ
Staffordshire(5) * * * ֵ ֵ ֵ * * * ֵ ֵ ֵ
Suffolk * * * 9 ֵ * * * 15 ֵ
Surrey * * * 110 ֵ * * * 52 ֵ
Sussex * * * 66 ֵ * * * 59 ֵ
Thames Valley * * * 92 3 ֵ * * * 162 5 ֵ
Warwickshire * * * 36 ֵ * * * 40 2 ֵ
West Mercia * * * 35 ֵ * * * 96 ֵ
West Midlands 192 3 376 4 ֵ 171 9 387 9 ֵ
West Yorkshire * * * 211 2 ֵ * * * 158 4 ֵ
Wiltshire * * * 31 ֵ * * * 14 ֵ
Dyfed-Powys * * * ֵ * * * 2 ֵ
Gwent * * * 56 ֵ * * * 18 ֵ
North Wales * * * 52 ֵ * * * 66 ֵ
South Wales * * * 107 ֵ * * * 92 ֵ
Total England and Wales 1,431 57 5 3,574 37 ֵ 975 68 22 4,021 109 ֵ
* not applicable ֵnot available
1 Persons given reparation orders or action plan orders in June 2000 are included in the pilot area figures as well as the national figures.
2 Details of breaches or discharges not available for the period April to June 2000.
3A person is counted once for each separate court appearance on which he/she is found guilty of a breach.
4Lancashire pilot area data not available for the period April to June 2000.

for the Committee themselves to decide. While no specific budget has been set, the necessary funds will be made available to the Committee to enable them to do their work.