Parliamentary Questions
Posted by News Editor
Friday, November 04, 2005
The following questions concerning investigations into alleged child abuse were asked by Claire Curtis Thomas in the UK Parliament
Written Answers — Home Department: Criminal Cases Review Commission
(2 Nov 2005) Claire Curtis-Thomas: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many process improvement projects were active in the Criminal Cases Review Commission during 2003–04; and what issues they addressed.
Written Answers — Home Department: Criminal Cases Review Commission
(2 Nov 2005) Claire Curtis-Thomas: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) complainants and (b) complaints there were to the Criminal Cases Review Commission in 2003–04; and how many cases were involved.
Written Answers — Home Department: Criminal Cases Review Commission
(2 Nov 2005) Claire Curtis-Thomas: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many complaints to the Criminal Cases Review Commission in 2004–05 concerned case review actions or decisions; and how many resulted in a change to a case decision.
Written Answers — Home Department: Criminal Cases Review Commission
(2 Nov 2005) Claire Curtis-Thomas: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much the Criminal Cases Review Commission received in grant aid in the year ending 31 March (a) 2004 and (b) 2005.
Written Answers — Home Department: Historical Sex Abuse Cases
(2 Nov 2005) Claire Curtis-Thomas: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what penalties are available for journalists who report prejudicial material which may damage an investigation into historical sex abuse; and on how many occasions in the last 10 years these penalties have been used.
Written Answers — Home Department: National Offender Management Service
(2 Nov 2005) Claire Curtis-Thomas: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how he plans to ensure that the introduction of the National Offender Management Service will achieve its aims of reducing reoffending and increasing public confidence.
Written Answers — Home Department: Sex Offenders
(2 Nov 2005) Claire Curtis-Thomas: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what research has been evaluated on (a) inmate and prison staff perceptions of sex offenders and (b) the influence of such perceptions on sex offenders' participation in and completion of sex offender treatment programmes.
Written Answers — Health: Psychotherapy
(2 Nov 2005) Claire Curtis-Thomas: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will make a statement on the regulation of the profession of psychotherapy.
Written Answers — Constitutional Affairs: Expert Witnesses
(2 Nov 2005) Claire Curtis-Thomas: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs what prerequisites are set a person needs to give evidence as an expert.