Between March 2005 and 10 December 2009 (the date at which the last written ministerial statement in relation to control orders reported on), the Metropolitan Police Service was responsible for 25 control orders. 13 other police forces were responsible for the enforcement of 28 control orders. The total number of control orders each police force has been responsible for is greater than the 45 individuals who have ever been subject to control orders because some controlled individuals have moved between police force areas. I would also refer the hon. Member to written ministerial statements in relation to control orders published on 11 December 2006, 16 January 2007, 22 March 2007, 24 May 2007, 21 June 2007 (two statements), 17 September 2007, 13 March 2008, 12 June 2008, 15 September 2008, 15 December 2008, 12 March 2009, 15 June 2009, 16 September 2009 and 15 December 2009 which provide the total number of controlled individuals in and outside of the Metropolitan Police Service area. This is as much information as we can provide about the police forces responsible for controlled individuals given the national security sensitivities of these cases and the need to avoid publishing any information that could lead to the identification of an individual who is subject to an anonymity order.
The enforcement of control orders is managed from within each police force's overall budget, which includes ring-fenced counter-terrorism funding. The Home Office does not have an estimated cost of managing control orders for each police force. I would refer the hon. Member to the written ministerial statements on the allocation of counter-terrorism grants for police authorities for 2005-06; 2006-07; 2007-08; 2008-09; 2009-10 which were published on, respectively, 2 December 2004; 5 December 2005; 28 November 2006; 6 December 2007; 26 November 2008 and 26 November 2009.
The Secretary of State is not aware that any expenditure has been incurred on private security firms engaged by police forces for the enforcement of control orders.
The electronic monitoring of controlled individuals is delivered by private security companies under contract with the Ministry of Justice.
The cost of establishing the Home Office’s total expenditure for the Control Order Review Group for 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009 could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
The amount spent by the Home Office on legal action associated with control orders in each financial year starting from April 2006 is set out in the following table. These figures include the costs of the Home Office's own legal representation and advice, the costs of the special advocates and the Special Advocates Support Office and meeting the legal costs of the controlled persons where this has been ordered by the court. The figure for the financial year 2006-07 is based partially on estimates.
The figure for 2009-10 will not be fully audited until the end of the financial year and may therefore be subject to change. All figures are rounded to the nearest £100.
Financial year £ 2006-07 1,530,900 2007-08 3,766,200 2008-09 1,837,300 2009-10 (to end January) 1,453,300
The amount attributed by the Legal Service Commission (LSC) to control order legal proceedings is set out in the following table. The LSC cannot be certain that all costs have been paid in a given case until it is closed. The great majority of control order cases in which LSC funding certificates have been issued remain open. The figures provided should therefore not be taken to reflect the full extent of the legal costs of controlled person's open legal representation. Similarly, the LSC will only usually be made aware that the Home Office has been ordered to pay all or part of the legal costs of a controlled person at the point that is the case is closed. Whilst an exact figure cannot be provided, the LSC figures may include some costs already paid by the Home Office that are yet to be recouped.
Financial year £ 2006-07 391,000 2007-08 476,300 2008-09 554,400 2009-10 (to end December) 524,300
The Home Office does not hold information on the cost to Her Majesty's Court Service, the Supreme Court or the House of Lords of legal action associated with control orders.
When the courts award costs against the Secretary of State, they do not determine the amount that the Government must pay. This will normally be determined by negotiation between the parties.
No records are held in relation to the amount paid in relation to awards for costs in control order cases made in the financial year 2006-2007.
Informal records not subject to Home Office accounting and audit processes indicate that the Home Office has paid £1,101,100 in relation to awards for costs in control order cases made in the financial year 2007-2008. (All figures are rounded to the nearest £100.)
£61,000 has been paid to date in relation to awards for costs made in the financial year 2008-2009. As settlement has not yet been reached in most cases, this represents an interim figure.
£341,400 has been paid to date in relation to awards for costs made in the financial year 2009-2010. This represents an interim figure as most claims for costs relating to awards made in this financial year have not yet been received and settlement has not yet been reached in those cases where claims have been received.