To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he expects the model charter for coroners courts to be made available. [82175]
We expect to be in a position to issue the model charter as a framework guide to coroners and their Councils later in the summer.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the average age of (a) full-time and (b) part-time coroners. [82177]
According to the survey of the coroner service conducted by the Home Office in 1996, the average age of all coroners was then 58. Such information is not collected or updated routinely.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the relevant qualifications held by coroners and their job descriptions. [82176]
Coroners must have a five year general qualification within the meaning of section 71 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990, or be a legally qualified practitioner of not less than five years' standing.
| Probation Service resources | |||||||||
| £million1 | |||||||||
| 1993–94 outturn | 1994–95 outturn | 1995–96 outturn | 1996–97 outturn | 1997–98 outturn | 1998–99 estimated outturn | 1999–2000 plans | 2000–01 plans | 2001–02 plans | |
| Expenditure2 | 381·6 | 405·3 | 420·2 | 435·7 | 428·9 | 435·1 | 453·4 | 480·2 | 502·7 |
| (420·8) | (440·7) | (443·9) | (446·6) | (423·5) | (430·5) | (444·8) | (454·3) | ||
| Central government | 308·1 | 328·1 | 339·9 | 352·4 | 346·3 | 352·2 | 363·1 | 384·6 | 402·6 |
| support3 | (339·8) | (356·8) | (359·1) | (361·2) | (342·8) | (344·8) | (356·2) | (363·8) | |
| Capital grant and | 19·6 | 18·5 | 17·2 | 17·2 | 13·6 | 13·6 | (17·1 | 13·6 | 13·6 |
| credit approvals4 | (21·6) | (20·1) | (18·1) | (17·6) | (13·2) | (16·2) | (12·6) | (12·3) | |
| Capital | 3·1 | 4·1 | 3 | 2·4 | 3·4 | 2·4 | 2·4 | 2·4 | 2·4 |
| expenditure— | (3·4) | (4·5) | (3·1) | (2·5) | (2·3) | (2·3) | (2·2) | (2·2) | |
| hostels5 | |||||||||
| Current | 26·2 | 23·7 | 26 | 23·9 | 24·5 | 25·7 | 26·5 | 30·7 | 30·7 |
| expenditure— | (28·9) | (25·8) | (27·5) | (24·5 | (25) | (25·1) | (28·4) | (27·7) | |
| hostels | |||||||||
| 1Figures in brackets at 1997–98 prices | |||||||||
| 2Local Government expenditure (current and capital only) excludes local authority contribution for probation and bail hostels | |||||||||
| 3Current and capital grants and credit approvals to local authorities. Figures from 1995–96 include devolved moneys from supervision and accommodation grants provision | |||||||||
| 4Disaggregated from Central Government support from the start of the new capital financing system | |||||||||
| 5Net Central Government provision. The Home Office pays 100 per cent. grant on hostel capital expenditure and 80 per cent. grant on running costs. The remaining 20 per cent. of running costs is provided by, and 20 per cent. of capital expenditure recouped from, local authorities which make flat payments for each hostel resident. | |||||||||