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967W  At the end of June 2012, a total of 23,497, cases in the WIP were subject to removal action. A copy of the full publication can be found at:

The asylum work in progress publication will be updated at the beginning of September 2013, providing figures on the WIP as at the end of June 2013.

James Brokenshire: The details of how many of the Home Department’s creditors remained unpaid for the quoted time periods can be found in the following table:

James Brokenshire [holding answer 4 July 2013]:

Since 2006 the Government has provided funding for the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (CEOP) of:

From April 2013 to October 2013 CEOP has a budget of £3.2 million. From October 2013 CEOP will form a command within the National Crime Agency (NCA). The budget for the NCA will be announced in due course.

CEOP obtains additional funding from industry and charities.

Mr Harper: It is Home Office policy not to detain under 18s in adult immigration removal centres other than in the specific event of their having been stopped at the border as part of a family group because enquiries are necessary as to whether the family can be safely admitted or, if not, pending a flight home. In these circumstances, families stay together in accommodation specially designed for families and separate from the other detainees. There are occasions when evidence emerges to indicate that a person who has been detained in other circumstances and as an adult is under 18. In those circumstances, the individual will be released from detention as soon as the local authority can make appropriate arrangements for them in the community. If the case meets the criteria for an age dispute case as set out in the following published criteria, the individual will be the subject of a formal local authority age assessment and will be treated as under 18 pending the outcome of the assessment.

Mr Harper [holding answer 12 July 2013]: The position varies across EU member states and, in some situations, depends upon the seriousness and complexity of the crime. According to the information received from member states, the following table sets out which of them requires the physical presence of the requested person in order for decisions to charge that person to be taken.

Overall, the reforms we are proposing will introduce much needed safeguards for persons subject to a European Arrest Warrant (EAW) in the UK. In addition to the provisions relating to decisions to charge and try, the Extradition Act 2003 will be amended to allow for the temporary transfer of the person to the issuing state. We also propose to make provision for the person to speak with the authorities in that state while he or she remains in the UK (e.g. by video link). We will work to ensure the European Investigation Order is agreed as quickly as possible in order that this may be used as an alternative to the EAW in appropriate circumstances.