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To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when he plans to publish Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary's year 2000 report on the Royal Ulster Constabulary. - Inc fact that Report will be published today. Copies in the Library.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when he plans to publish Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary's year 2000 report on the Royal Ulster Constabulary. - Inc fact that Report will be published today. Copies in the Library.
Asked by
Margaret Moran
(Labour)
Answered by
Adam Ingram
(Labour)
Answering body
Northern Ireland Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
25 July 2000
For answer on
26 July 2000
Answered on
26 July 2000
Ms Moran: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland when he plans to publish Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary's
year 2000 report on the Royal Ulster Constabulary. [133347]
Mr. Ingram: Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC) 1999-2000 Report will be published today Wednesday 26 July 2000.
Copies of the report have been placed in the House of Commons Library. The report will also be available to the public from today.
Subjects
HM Inspectorate of Constabulary; Northern Ireland; Police; Royal Ulster Constabulary
Date
26 July 2000
Reference
354 c672W; 133347
House
House of Commons
Statement on when he will respond to the report made by Sir Kenneth Bloomfield following his review of criminal injuries compensation in Northern Ireland, published in July 1999.
Statement on when he will respond to the report made by Sir Kenneth Bloomfield following his review of criminal injuries compensation in Northern Ireland, published in July 1999.
Asked by
Margaret Moran
(Labour)
Answered by
Lord Mandelson
(Labour)
Answering body
Northern Ireland Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
25 July 2000
For answer on
26 July 2000
Answered on
26 July 2000
Ms Moran: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland when he will respond to the report made by Sir Kenneth Bloomfield
following his review of criminal injuries compensation in Northern Ireland, published in July 1999. [133348]
Mr. Mandelson: After careful consideration of Sir Kenneth Bloomfield's detailed report on the fitness for purpose of criminal
injuries compensation arrangements in Northern Ireland, I am today able to announce the Government's broad proposals for the future
of the scheme. The detail will be published next year for consultation in the form of a draft Order in Council.
I must first place on record my gratitude and thanks to Sir Kenneth Bloomfield and his colleagues on the review for a most diligent
and thorough investigation into the legislation and workings of the current criminal injuries compensation scheme. Their terms of
reference asked them to advise the Government on: the fitness for purpose of criminal injuries compensation arrangements in Northern
Ireland in the light of the experiences of victims of terrorist violence . . .
and their research led them to consider many harrowing accounts of death and injury from victims of criminal violence, and to judge
the extent to which the compensation scheme met their needs. The review team submitted their report last July when Sir Kenneth said
that it would be difficult to argue that the statutory scheme in Northern Ireland is ungenerous, taken as a whole. As a result, the
main thrust of their recommendations is designed to re-prioritise the scheme.
Before addressing the report I must stress this Government's commitment to the provision of fair and equitable compensation for
innocent and deserving victims of violent crime, and their particular desire to ensure proper arrangements to recognise the
additional suffering of victims of terrorist violence and civil unrest in Northern Ireland.
The major structural change proposed by the review team is the introduction of a tariff-based scheme with the tariff calculated on
the average value of awards in Northern Ireland. This will provide a more transparent and straightforward system, and will allow
claims to be settled more quickly. I have decided to accept this recommendation and extend it to apply to all claims and not just to
those arising from less serious injuries, as recommended by the review. This will provide for consistency in the value of awards.
The review also recommended that a tariff approach would largely make legal assistance in the making of claims unnecessary, and I
have accepted this conclusion. Legal costs will therefore no longer be met by the scheme. Instead, Victim Support (NI) will be
funded to provide assistance along the same lines as they currently do in GB. I have also decided that the right of appeal to the
court should, in the future, no longer be necessary as part of a tariff-based scheme. The review recommended retention of court
involvement for reasons which were persuasive at the time, but which should prove less so as progress is made across a range of
issues on the wider political front. I therefore propose to replace it with an independent appeals tribunal, along the lines of the
Criminal Injuries Compensation Appeals Panel. This will allow appeals to be processed more quickly, with less formality, and with
less potential for retraumatising victims.
I have also agreed changes as recommended by the review in eligibility for awards, and in exclusion from or reduction in awards.
More flexible arrangements will apply under the new scheme to those claiming as a result of psychiatric illness, there will be more
generous bereavement support payments to a wider group of relatives, and the current statutory time limits for lodging a claim will
be replaced by a flexible approach which will allow claims to be made, in certain circumstances, long after the incident. Future
cases will also be capable of being reopened for a limited period on strict medical grounds. It is also proposed to introduce a
penalty points system to regulate the effect of previous criminal convictions on awards. The same provisions will also apply to
convictions for terrorist offences.
Finally, to address the concerns raised by Sir Kenneth in his report over inadequate financial assistance to past victims of the
Troubles, I am also promising a further commitment of funds from next April to take forward the implementation of his report into
victims of the Troubles "We Will Remember Them". In total this will represent a substantial package aimed at alleviating the
financial hardships and other suffering inflicted on many by violence during the Troubles. Details of how this money will be
dispersed will be announced in due course.
In conclusion, I have accepted some two thirds of the 64 recommendations made by Sir Kenneth and his team. I believe these
decisions, which were arrived at only after lengthy consideration, represent the best way to ensure for the future a fair and
equitable system of criminal injuries compensation which will recognise the suffering of innocent victims of violent crime.
Subjects
Compensation; Appeals; Applications; Crimes of violence; Criminal injuries compensation; Expenditure; Mental illness; Northern Ireland; Recipients; Terrorism; Victims; Time limits
Date
26 July 2000
Reference
354 c672-4W; 133348
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when the Northern Ireland Prison Service intends to publish its 2000 to 2003 Corporate and Business Plan; and what performance targets have been set for 2000 to 2003. - Includes figures.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when the Northern Ireland Prison Service intends to publish its 2000 to 2003 Corporate and Business Plan; and what performance targets have been set for 2000 to 2003. - Includes figures.
Asked by
Margaret Moran
(Labour)
Answered by
Adam Ingram
(Labour)
Answering body
Northern Ireland Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
3 May 2000
For answer on
4 May 2000
Answered on
4 May 2000
Ms Moran: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland when the Northern Ireland Prison Service intends to publish its 2000 to
2003 Corporate and Business Plan; and what performance targets have been set for 2000 to 2001. [121115]
Mr. Ingram: The Northern Ireland Prison Service's Corporate and Business Plan for 2000-03 was published today. The following key
performance targets have been set for 2000-01:
1. To ensure 100 per cent. security for prisoners in high and top risk categories.
2. To ensure at least 99.5 per cent. security for prisoners in medium and low risk categories.
3. To ensure that the number of assaults by prisoners on staff is less than the 1999-2000 level of 9.4 per 100 prisoners.
4. To ensure that the number of assaults by prisoners on prisoners is less than the 1999-2000 level of 9.5 per 100 prisoners.
5. To achieve an 80 per cent. utilisation of available places in education, and training and employment workshops.
6. To ensure that an average of at least 50 per cent. of the eligible prison population is working to a sentence plan.
7. To evaluate the system of booked visits and, if appropriate, introduce to a second establishment by March 2001.
8. To achieve an average of at least five days development and training per member of staff.
9. To ensure that the average cost per prisoner place does not exceed the range £76,000-£81,000.
Subjects
Standards; Northern Ireland Prison Service; Business plans
Date
4 May 2000
Reference
121115; 349 c199W
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, What action is being taken to reduce crimes of domestic violence in Northern Ireland. (Failed OPQ).
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, What action is being taken to reduce crimes of domestic violence in Northern Ireland. (Failed OPQ).
Asked by
Margaret Moran
(Labour)
Answered by
Adam Ingram
(Labour)
Answering body
Northern Ireland Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
26 January 2000
For answer on
9 February 2000
Answered on
9 February 2000
Mrs. Irene Adams: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what action he is taking to reduce crimes of domestic violence
in Northern Ireland. [107686]
Ms Moran: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what action is being taken to reduce crimes of domestic violence in
Northern Ireland. [107701]
Mr. Ingram: Domestic violence is an abuse of human rights and cannot be tolerated in a civilised society. Our policy in this area
aspires to the eradication of domestic violence in all its forms. The Northern Ireland Regional Forum on Domestic Violence was
established in 1995 to bring together Government Departments, other public bodies and voluntary organisations to promote co-
operation and liaison in this area. The forum has four main policy aims: to heighten awareness of domestic violence, highlighting
domestic assault as a crime, to improve services to victims to challenge perpetrators' attitudes and behaviour and to improve the
information base.
Subjects
Domestic abuse; Northern Ireland
Date
9 February 2000
Reference
344 c187-8W; 107701
House
House of Commons