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 It has emerged the Home Secretary John Reid has put the British public at risk yet again. After the fiasco of escaped prisoners and “lost” illegal immigrants and criminals, it seems that the one man master of disaster has now ensured 280 known British criminals have not been entered onto on the Police National Computer.
Mr Reid has ordered an enquiry, but yet again, what is the point of trying to shut the stable door after the horse has bolted. We can assume that any enquiry would attach no blame to the incompetents running the show, no heads will roll, and no doubt we will all sit around waiting for the inevitable next cock up by this lax mismanaged government.
This is actually no surprise to the Popular Alliance, as we asked a question to the Home Office just before Christmas about profiling of terrorist suspects.
We asked these questions to John Reid’s department, the reply we received was woeful to say the least, especially as they cannot tell the public how many were illegal immigrants plotting to blow up innocent people in the UK.
We would have thought such information would be a boon to security services operating at Airports, as such information would allow them to profile suspects and only target “high risk” individuals rather than slow down boarding and departure to the public.
Most other countries seem to adopt a common sense approach to terrorism, but if John Reid and his department cannot even be bothered to log known criminals onto the Police national computer, then the future of another atrocity by terrorists looks very likely indeed.
Full Story of Reid’s incompetence may be found HERE
Our enquiry and reply are reproduced below:
Dear Sir/Madam
Dr Reid said some 387 people in the UK have been charged with terrorism offences since September 2001.
Among those, 214 have been convicted and 98 are still due to go on trial.
Under the freedom of information act could you kindly provide the following information
1. How many of the 387 people charged with offences are British born nationals
2. How many of the 387 people charged are of the Islamic faith/Muslim and how many were Christian, other religion or of no religion 3. How many of the 387 people are British born Asian and how many are foreign born Asian
4. How many of the 387 people were illegal immigrants
5. How many of the 214 convicted are of the Islamic faith/Muslim
6. How many of the 214 convicted are British born Asian
7. How many of the 214 convicted are male and how many are female
8. How many of the foreign born convicted (if any) are to be deported after sentence is complete
I thank you very much for this information
Regards
Mr Ken Wharton
Reply from Home Office
Dear Mr Wharton, Thank you for your e-mail dated 31 October 2006 in which you ask for further information on persons charged with terrorism offences since September 2001. After a thorough search, I regret to inform you that the Home Office does not hold the information that you have requested. The Police provide statistics on a regular basis collated from 11 September 2001. However, these are supplied in a general format and are not broken down into the specific areas that you have requested. The stats available are on the Home Office website at the following link: http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/security/terrorism-and-the-law/terrorism-act/ If you are dissatisfied with this response you may request an independent internal review of our handling of your request by submitting your complaint to the below address quoting reference 4904. Information Policy Team Information and Record Management Service Home Office 4th Floor, Seacole Building
2 Marsham Street
London
SW1P 4DF
Email:
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During the independent review the department’s handling of your information request will be reassessed by staff who were not involved in providing you with this response. Should you remain dissatisfied after this internal review, you will have a right of complaint to the Information Commissioner as established by section 50 of the Freedom of Information Act.
I realise that this response may be a disappointment to you. However I would like to assure you that a thorough search was conducted and that I am confident that we do not hold the information that you asked for.
Yours sincerely
J Fanshaw |
