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1275W Written Answers 6 JUNE 2013 Written Answers 1276W Hugh Robertson: The question was answered on 3 June 2013, Official Report, column 802W. DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER Lord Heseltine Review Mr Ward: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what progress he has made on the implementation of the Heseltine Review. [158435] The Deputy Prime Minister: I refer my hon. Friend to the answer I gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Redcar (Ian Swales), and the Member for Lancaster and Fleetwood (Eric Ollerenshaw), at oral questions on 4 June 2013, Official Report, column 1097W. CABINET OFFICE Government Departments: Procurement Mr Umunna: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office with reference to the answer of 25 April 2013, Official Report, column 1096W, on Government Departments: procurement, what proportion of Government contracts were awarded to small and mediumsized businesses (a) directly and (b) through supply chains in 2012-13. [156999] Miss Chloe Smith: Departments publish details of their spend with SMEs on a quarterly basis. Legal Costs Sadiq Khan: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office (1) what the 20 highest amounts paid for external legal advice by the Deputy Prime Minister’s Office were in (a) 2010, (b) 2011 and (c) 2012; to whom such sums were paid; and for what reasons the legal advice was sought; [158629] (2) how much the Deputy Prime Minister’s Office spent on external legal advice from Queen’s Counsel (a) between 7 May 2010 and 4 September 2012 and (b) since 4 September 2012; [158636] (3) how much the Deputy Prime Minister’s Office spent on external legal advice (a) between 7 May 2010 and 4 September 2012 and (b) since 4 September 2012; [158654] (4) what the highest day rate paid for external legal advice by the Deputy Prime Minister’s Office since 7 May 2010 was; [158671] (5) what the 20 highest amounts paid for external legal advice by No. 10 Downing Street were in (a) 2010, (b) 2011 and (c) 2012; to whom such payments were paid; and for what reasons the legal advice was sought; [158624] (6) how much No. 10 Downing Street spent on external legal advice from Queen’s Counsel (a) between 7 May 2010 and 4 September 2012 and (b) since 4 September 2012; [158648] (7) how much No. 10 Downing Street spent on external legal advice (a) between 7 May 2010 and 4 September 2012 and (b) since 4 September 2012; [158666] (8) what the highest day rate paid for external legal advice by No. 10 Downing Street since 7 May 2010 was. [158683] Mr Maude: The Prime Minister’s Office and the Deputy Prime Minister’s Office are an integral part of the Cabinet Office. I refer the right hon. Member to the answers I gave on 3 June 2013, Official Report, column 960W, and 20 May 2013, Official Report, column 474W. National Identity Margaret Curran: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many people in England and Wales described their national identity in their 2011 Census return as (a) Scottish, (b) British and (c) Scottish and British. [158320] Mr Hurd: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply. Letter from Glen Watson, dated June 2013: As Director General for the Office for National Statistics, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question on how many people in England and Wales described their national identity in their 2011 Census return as (a) Scottish, (b) British and (c) Scottish and British. 158320 The figures below have been extracted from 2011 Census table KS202EW National identity Number of people All usual residents 56,075,912 Scottish only 434,951 British only 10,690,999 Scottish and British only 83,412 Roads: Accidents Chris Ruane: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office if he will consider counting in crime statistics road traffic accident victims, including victims of law breaking drivers. [157715] Mr Hurd: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply. Letter from Glen Watson, dated June 2013: As Director General for the Office for National Statistics (ONS), I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question about whether road traffic accident victims, including victims of law breaking drivers, will be counted in crime statistics. 157715 Responsibility for the publication of the National Statistics on crime for England and Wales transferred from the Home Office to the ONS on 1 April 2012 and so it is now for ONS to decide on the coverage of such statistics. Victims of law breaking drivers who are involved in road traffic accidents should already be covered by the main recorded crime collection if the incident comes to the attention of the police, but the number of offences is not separately identifiable. The basis of crime statistics is to record incidents which are criminal on an offence type basis according to criminal law. Thus the police will record what offence has been committed rather than by the means by which it was committed. As such, there is no way of identifying all road traffic accident victims of law breaking drivers as they will be included in a range of offence types.
1277W Written Answers 6 JUNE 2013 Written Answers 1278W The recorded crime collection has the specific following offences: Causing death by dangerous driving Causing death by careless driving when under the influence of drink or drugs Causing death by careless or inconsiderate driving. In addition, the police recorded crime collection also includes the offence of ’dangerous driving’. Within that category it is not possible to separately identify those incidents involving a victim of a road accident from those where there was no accident (for example reckless driving that did not result in an accident or injury to a specific victim). It is also possible that a small number of victims of road traffic accidents will be included within other categories of recorded crime, such as ’assault with injury’ where the police decide that the intent of a driver was to inflict injury on a victim. However, it is not possible to separately identify such incidents as these are aggregated with other assaults. It would not be possible to count separately the number of victims of law breaking drivers who are involved in road traffic accidents without fundamentally changing the basis of crime statistics. Our users place great value on having a consistent time series and so we have no plans to change the basis upon which crime statistics are collected. The Department of Transport publishes a regular set of statistics on the full range of road traffic accidents including, for example, where an injury results as well as data on traffic incidents involving alcohol and breath tests. Sexual Offences Stella Creasy: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office if he will publish in full the data on which table 2.7, Prevalence of being a victim of a sexual offence in the last 12 months among females aged 16 to 59 in An Overview of Sexual Offending in England and Wales, published on 10 January 2013, was based. [158392] Mr Hurd: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply. Letter from Glen Watson, dated June 2013: As Director General for the Office for National Statistics (ONS), I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question to the Secretary of State for the Home Department asking whether the data upon which Table 2.7 in the publication ’An Overview of Sexual Offending in England and Wales’, is based, will be published in full. (158392) The Table in question is based on analysis of the Crime Survey for England and Wales, a sample survey of the population resident in households. The level of detail at which results are published depends on a range of factors including demand from users and sample size. For example, the survey is not designed to provide estimates at sub-national level and so the sample is not large enough to produce reliable estimates at police force area or lower geographical levels. In line with the Code of Practice for Official Statistics, ONS releases anonymised record level data to the UK Data Archive, so that others can undertake their own analyses. ONS also provide an ad hoc tabulation service where we are able to respond to requests for additional breakdowns of data where the costs in responding are proportionate and respondent confidentiality can be preserved. Social Action Fund Mr Thomas: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what discussions (a) he and (b) officials in his Department had with the Social Investment Business Group about the funding of the Big Society Network via the Social Action Fund; and if he will make a statement. [158314] Mr Hurd: Details of ministerial meetings with external organisations are published on a quarterly basis on the Cabinet Office website at: http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/content/ministerstransparency-publications Cabinet Office officials have held various discussions with the Social Investment Business Group. In line with the practice of previous Administrations, details of discussions are not normally disclosed. DEFENCE Afghanistan Paul Flynn: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what detention facilities exist under United Kingdom control at Camp Bastion in Afghanistan; how many non-UK national detainees are held at that facility; and what the longest period any single individual has been detained without charge is at that facility. [157814] Mr Philip Hammond: The precise number of detainees held at these facilities fluctuates. However, I can confirm there are approximately 90 individuals currently being held pending transfer to the Afghan authorities. We do not comment on the details of individual cases. However, since November 2012 transfers to the Afghan authorities have been suspended due to concerns about potential treatment of detainees. The suspension has led to a significant increase in the number of detainees held at the Temporary Holding Facilities at Camp Bastion. I can inform the hon. Member that the Ministry of Defence has now established a safe route of transfer to the Afghan National Detention Facility at Parwan and accordingly these concerns have been resolved with a new pathway for transfer now in place. I have agreed to restart the transfer of detainees captured by British forces into the Afghan judicial system at that facility and have notified interested parties of the intention to resume transfers after 21 days. Provided no judicial intervention prevents the resumption of transfers, I would expect the number of detainees held at the Temporary Holding Facilities at Camp Bastion to fall rapidly over the next few weeks. Air Force: Officers Angus Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many (a) air commodores, (b) air vice marshals, (c) air marshals and (d) air chief marshals are posted in (i) Scotland, (ii) Wales, (iii) Northern Ireland and (iv) England. [156871] Dr Murrison: Senior military personnel are distributed across the UK according to military capability requirements, not on a proportional basis. The numbers of UK regular Royal Air Force officers at the rank of air commodore, air vice marshal, air marshal and air chief marshal, by location as at 1 April 2013 are provided in the following table. There are no RAF officers in the rank of air commodore or above permanently based in Wales or Northern Ireland.
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