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personnel working on the convoys or seconded as technical experts to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. They will be joined by another 20 construction workers this week who will work on a major shelter programme designed to make existing buildings weather proof for around 20,000 people this winter in some of the worst affected areas. This is in addition to our substantial financial support for UNHCR, the World Health Organisation, the Red Cross and other non- governmental organisations. It is also in addition to the cost of providing 2,400 British troops for the UN protection force.Commonwealth
Mr. Mackinlay : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will consider raising with the Secretary-General of the Commonwealth, and the member states, the possibility of an invitation to join the Commonwealth being extended to the Irish Republic, on the same basis enjoyed by other members of the Commonwealth that are republics.
Mr. Lennox-Boyd : No. We do not intend to approach the Commonwealth Secretary-General or other Commonwealth members of this matter ; it is for the Irish Republic to apply if it wishes.
Somalia
Mr. Michael : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how much assistance was given by the United Kingdom to Somalia in each of the last 10 years (a) in humanitarian aid whether by cash grant or in kind, (b) in development aid whether by cash grant or in kind, (c) in loans and (d) in any other form.
Mr. Lennox-Boyd : The table sets out figures showing United Kingdom gross bilateral development and humanitarian assistance to Somalia for each of the past 10 years. We have made no loans or given any other form of aid to Somalia during this period.
|c|Somalia: United Kingdom bilateral aid|c|
Year |Development Aid |Humanitarian Aid
|(£,000) |(£,000)
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1981 |1,117 |1,324
1982 |1,492 |1,036
1983 |2,400 |86
1984 |2,011 |47
1985 |1,728 |9
1986 |3,686 |255
1987 |6,859 |433
1988 |6,490 |124
1989 |5,143 |152
1990 |1,678 |-
1991 |707 |1,988
Chakufwa Chihana
Mr. Kirkwood : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will arrange for an official from the United Kingdom mission in Malawi to attend the trial of Chakufwa Chihana on charges of sedition and publish a report of the proceedings.
Mr. Lennox-Boyd : Chakufwa Chihana's trail ended on 12 November. The judge has now withdrawn to consider
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the evidence. Members of the high commission staff together with representatives from other diplomatic embassies in Lilongwe took it in turns to ensure a continuous diplomatic presence at the trial. Transcripts of the proceeding are expected to be available through the high court in Blantyre. We do not propose to prepare an independent report of the proceedings.Mr. Kirkwood : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations have been made by Her Majesty's Government about the imprisonment and criminal charges brought against Chakufwa Chihana in Malawi ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Lennox-Boyd : We made formal representations in April and August this year calling on the Malawian Government to release Mr. Chihana pending formal committal proceedings. We have told them that we considered his arrest and subsequent indictment to be a flagrant violation to his right to freedom of speech.
PRIME MINISTER
Disabled People
Mr. McMaster : To ask the Prime Minister (1) what is his policy towards introducing comprehensive anti-discrimination legislation in favour of the rights of disabled people ;
(2) what plans he has to prohibit discrimination on the ground of physical disability ; and if he will make a statement.
The Prime Minister : We continue to work to eliminate discrimination against disabled people on the ground of their disability. We believe that this is best achieved by a combination of legislation targeted on clearly identified needs and a programme of education and encouragement.
Additionality and Transparency
Mr. McMaster : To ask the Prime Minister what discussions Her Majesty's Government have had with the EC in the last three years in relation to the definition, interpretation or implementation of the principles of additionality and transparency ; and if he will make a statement.
The Prime Minister : There have been a number of discussions at ministerial and official level. An announcement was made by my right hon. Friend the then Secretary of State for Trade and Industry on 17 February. I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by my right hon. Friend the Minister for Industry on 30 June at columns 525-26.
Mr. McMaster : To ask the Prime Minister how Her Majesty's Government currently define and interpret the principles of (a) additionality and (b) transparency in relation to EC funding ; in which ways these differ from those used by each of the other member states ; and if he will make a statement.
The Prime Minister : Article 9 of regulation 4253/88 requires that the structural funds have an additional economic impact in the regions concerned ; and result in at least an equivalent increase in the amount of official structural aid in the member state concerned. The
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Government fully support these principles, which are reflected in our public expenditure arrangements, details of which were set out in the answer given by my right hon. Friend the Minister for Industry on 30 June.How other member states interpret the additionality and transparency requirement is a matter for the member state concerned and the Commission.
Import and Export Control Act 1990
Mr. Llew Smith : To ask the Prime Minister what plans Her Majesty's Government have to bring forward legislation to amend the Import and Export Control Act 1990.
The Prime Minister : Her Majesty's Government have no plans to amend the Import and Export Control Act 1990 which repealed section 9(3) of the Import, Export and Customs Powers (Defence) Act 1939. The Government intend, however, to introduce a new Export of Goods (Control) Order in the near future.
China
Sir Thomas Arnold : To ask the Prime Minister if he will make a statement on his meeting with the Vice-Premier of the People's Republic of China.
The Prime Minister : My meeting with the Vice-Premier offered an important opportunity to reaffirm to the Chinese leadership the Government's strong support for the Governor's proposals for constitutional development in Hong Kong and to urge the Chinese to proceed through constructive discussion rather than confrontation. I also discussed commercial issues and human rights, including the visit of Lord Howe's delegation to China in December.
Iraq
Mr. Bendall : To ask the Prime Minister what assessment he has made of the cost of the inquiry by Lord Justice Scott into the sales of equipment to Iraq.
The Prime Minister : It is not possible at this stage to make such an assessment.
Mr. Mackinlay : To ask the Prime Minister what specific measures have been taken to prevent the unauthorised removal, destruction of and tampering with all documents relating to the sale of arms and components to Iraq, held within Government Departments and elsewhere, which might be required by Lord Justice Scott's inquiry.
The Prime Minister [holding answer 19 November 1992] : Instructions have been issued to ensure that all papers relevant to Lord Justice Scott's inquiry are kept in safe custody and are made available to the inquiry when required.
Mr. Dalyell : To ask the Prime Minister if he will make a statement about his response to firms other than Matrix Churchill about the conditions of arms sales to Iraq.
The Prime Minister [holding answer 18 November 1992] : Arms sales to Iraq were considered under Her Majesty's Government's guidelines for the sale of defence equipment to Iran and Iraq until August 1990, when the United Nations embargo on trade with Iraq, including all arms sales, came into effect.
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European Central Bank
Mr. Darling : To ask the Prime Minister what steps he has taken to pursuade his EC colleagues that the European central bank be situated in the United Kingdom ; and if he will make a statement.
The Prime Minister : I have consistently drawn the attention of my EC colleagues to the advantages for the Community in establishing the new monetary institutions in the United Kingdom. I shall continue to do so.
Child Labour, Colombia
Mr. Wareing : To ask the Prime Minister when he will be in a position to reply to the letter of 26 October from the hon. Member for Liverpool, West Derby in respect of child labour in the Colombian coal mines.
The Prime Minister : I will respond to the hon. Member's letter shortly.
Militarily Sensitive Equipment
Mr. Llew Smith : To ask the Prime Minister what armaments and military sensitive equipment, and in what quantity, were licensed by Her Majesty's Government for export to (a) Iraq and (b) Yugoslavia since 1979.
The Prime Minister [holding answer 20 November 1992] : Details of export licence applications for Iraq were included in a Department of Trade and Industry memorandum supplied to the Trade and Industry Select Committee and published in the minutes of evidence, 26 November 1991, pages 37-106. My right hon. Friend the President of the Board of Trade will write to the hon. Member about exports licensed for supply to Yugoslavia.
Party Conferences (Security)
Mr. Tony Banks : To ask the Prime Minister what amounts have been claimed from central funds by each political party for security costs associated with conferences in each of the last three years.
The Prime Minister [holding answer 20 November 1992] : Claims have been made only by the Conservative and Labour parties. The figures are as follows :
|Conservative party £|Labour party £
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1989 |274,500 |70,500
1990 |270,500 |76,900
1991 |330,000 |90,500
On each occasion the expenditure was certified by the chief constable concerned as being necessary in the light of the assessed threat.
Drug and Alcohol Services
Mr. Rathbone : To ask the Prime Minister what review Ministers have made of the effects of the ending of Government funding for health education co-ordination and of ring fencing of funding for residential drug and alcohol services ; and if he will review the working of the Cabinet sub -Committee on drugs misuse.
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The Prime Minister [holding answer 20 November 1992] : Support for drugs and health education has received specific grant funding for seven years and aspects of health education are now included in the national curriculum ; schools and local education authorities now have a firm basis on which to build their provision for preventative health education.
The community care special transitional grant of £539 million in 1993- 94 will ring fence resources for the whole of community care ; within this local authorities will be expected to allocate an amount for alcohol and drug services appropriate to their needs. The establishment of a special ministerial sub-committee reflects our firm commitment to tackling drugs misuse. We will continue to co-ordinate, and keep under review, our strategy in this area.
Staff References
Mr. Morgan : To ask the Prime Minister if he will make it his policy to provide new guidelines to all Welsh non-departmental public bodies concerning the obligation to insist on a minimum of two references from previous employers for all applicants for senior appointments and for each reference to be taken up and checked before any appointee commences employment ; and if he will make a statement.
The Prime Minister [holding answer 16 November 1992] : Welsh non-departmental public bodies have been sent the "Practitioners Guide for Civil Service Recruitment" as guidance ; it includes a range of pre- appointment checks to be undertaken before a permanent appointment is made. It is the responsibility of the individual bodies to decide on the most suitable processes for making these checks.
Ministerial Appointments
Mr. Morgan : To ask the Prime Minister if he will make it his policy to amend paragraph 52 of the guidelines on public appointments set out in "Questions of Procedure" for Ministers so as to debar Ministers from appointing their own employees to be members of the boards of public bodies for which they are responsible.
The Prime Minister [holding answer 12 November 1992] : Under paragraph 52 of the guidelines set out in "Questions of Procedure", Ministers, having made such inquiries as they think appropriate, may, subject to public accountability and the requirements of the law, appoint those considered best qualified for each appointment. I have no plans to change the paragraph in question, which seems to me to be adequate and appropriate for its purpose.
HOME DEPARTMENT
Violent Crimes (Compensation)
Sir John Wheeler : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans he has to improve the arrangements for compensating the victims of violent crimes ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Kenneth Clarke : The Government are anxious to improve services to all victims of crime. For those seeking compensation under the criminal injuries compensation
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scheme we shall be making available an additional £180million to meet compensation claims over the next three years. These resources are over and above the current substantial provision of £530 million. In addition we wish to improve and speed up the service to those making claims, especially in the light of the increasing volume of applications.Some of the main barriers to progress in this area were outlined in last year's wide ranging management review of the CIB. Copies of the report entitled "Management Review of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board-- Home Office Management Advisory Services with Capita Management Consultancy : June 1991", were placed in the Library of the House. Against that background and after careful consideration we have decided that a simplified procedure based on a tariff structure offers the best prospect of providing quicker payments to claimants through a means that is fair, straightforward and understandable.
Further work is needed to develop the practical aspects of these new arrangements. This work should be completed by the first half of next year when a White Paper will be published setting out the details of the proposed new arrangements. We would expect these to come into operation early in 1994.
Claims already lodged, and those submitted before the new tariff scheme takes effect, will be dealt with by the board under the existing arrangements.
Drug-related Offences
Mr. Ronnie Campbell : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many arrests in connection with drugs-related offences were made in Blyth Valley in each year since 1981.
Mr. Jack : Information on arrests is not collected centrally. The table shows the number of prosecutions at Blyth Valley petty sessional division for drug-related offences from 1981 to 1991, which is provisional.
|c|Number of prosecutions at Blyth Valley
magistrates' court for drug|c|
|c|related offences 1981-91<1>|c|
Drug offences
|Indictable|Summary
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1981 |3 |-
1982 |3 |-
1983 |2 |-
1984 |3 |-
1985 |4 |-
1986 |3 |-
1987 |6 |-
1988 |4 |-
1989 |6 |-
1990 |14 |-
<1>1991 |23 |-
<1> Provisional.
Prison Officers' Accommodation
Mr. Cox : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the present number of prison officers working at each of the London prisons who are listed as waiting to be allocated a prison officer quarter.
Mr. Peter Lloyd : Since the introduction of the fresh start agreement in 1987, prison officers are not entitled to
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the provision of a prison service quarter. Consequently there are no records kept at any of the London prisons for officers waiting to be allocated a prison service quarter.This is because when official quarters become available, they are advertised by the governor within the establishment. All applications are considered by him, and factors such as the length of service, seniority and compassionate grounds, are taken into account in making an allocation.
Mr. Cox : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what survey has been undertaken by his Department as to how prison officers newly posted to work in London prisons find suitable affordable accommodation ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Peter Lloyd : No survey has been undertaken by the prison service as to how prison officers newly posted to London prisons find suitable accommodation. Since fresh start, prison officers are no longer quarters entitled.
However, in recognition of the difficulties experienced by new prison officers, whose first posting, like that of other newly recruited civil servants, does not constitute a public expense transfer, officers who are purchasing property in high cost areas, and those posted to establishments in the south-east of England, including London, have since 1989 been able to claim up to £5,000 relocation expenses.
Officers who are transferred to London prisons on permanent compulsory transfer terms are entitled to reimbursement of the expenses incurred in moving home. If they own a property, its sale at the current market value is guaranteed through a Home Office scheme operated by the Black Horse Relocation Company. Financial assistance to officers transferring at public expense from a cheaper to a more expensive area and whose outgoings have necessarily increased is available in the form of additional housing cost allowance. Officers may apply for an advance of salary for house purchase which is repayable, free of interest, over a 10-year period.
Mr. Cox : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what has been the total amount of revenue received by his Department from the sale of prison officers' quarters in England and Wales in each of the past 10 years.
Mr. Peter Lloyd : The total amount of receipts from the sale of prison officers quarters in England and Wales in each of the past 10 years were as follows :
|Receipts
|£ million
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1982-83 |6.8
1983-84 |16.1
1984-85 |16.6
1985-86 |11.1
1986-87 |12.1
1987-88 |6.7
1988-89 |61.0
1989-90 |44.0
1990-91 |22.0
1991-92 |16.8
<1>1992-93 |5.6
|---
Total |218.8
<1> (To date).
Mr. Cox : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prison officers' quarters have been
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purchased or built for prison officers (a) in Greater London and (b) in England and Wales in each of the last 10 years.Mr. Peter Lloyd : The numbers of quarters built or purchased in each of the last 10 years were as follows :
Year |Built |Purchased
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1982-83 |- |-
1983-84 |- |-
1984-85 |- |160
1985-86 |100 |-
1986-87 |- |-
1987-88 |80 |-
1988-89 |58 |-
1989-90 |- |13
1990-91 |- |13
1991-92 |- |16
1991-93 (to date) |- |6
|---- |----
Totals |238 |208
Following the introduction of fresh start in 1987, prison officers were no longer entitled to quarters and quarters purchased since then have been for chaplains, farm managers and agricultural workers at the new prisons. The only quarters provided in the Greater London area were seven purchased for HM prison Belmarsh, Woolwich, in 1990-91.
Mr. Cox : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the total number of prison officers' quarters that have been sold in each of the last 10 years.
Mr. Peter Lloyd : The total number of prison officers quarters sold in each of the last 10 years were as follows :
|Number sold
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1982-83 |463
1983-84 |779
1984-85 |739
1985-86 |441
1986-87 |455
1987-88 |250
1988-89 |2,260
1989-90 |1,502
1990-91 |698
1991-92 |538
<1>1992-93 |152
|-------
Total |8,277
<1>to date
Mr. Cox : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prison officer quarters at each of the London prisons are still owned by his Department.
Mr. Peter Lloyd : The number of prison officers' quarters owned by the Department at each of the London prisons is as follows :
|Number
--------------------------------
Belmarsh |9
Brixton |172
Feltham |91
Holloway |150
Latchmere House |22
Pentonville |92
Wandsworth |144
Wormwood Scrubs |182
|-------
Total |862
Prison Chaplains
Mr. Cox : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prison chaplains were working within prisons in England and Wales on 16 November.
Mr. Peter Lloyd : On 16 November 1992 there were 397 chaplains working in prisons in England and Wales. These comprised :--
|Number
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Anglican
Full-time |109
Part-time |56
Methodist |129
Roman Catholic |103
In addition, the prison service employs 114 substitutes who stand in as required, when a full-time chaplain is on leave or undertaking training. 567 visiting ministers have also been appointed under section 10 of the Prison Act 1952 to meet the needs of prisoners of other faiths.
Genital Mutilation
Miss Lestor : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how may prosecutions were brought against medical practitioners who carried out illegal female genital mutilation operations in 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990 and 1991.
Mr. Jack : Records available centrally show no prosecutions in England and Wales from 1986 to 1991--provisional--under the Prohibition of Female Circumcision Act 1985.
Race Relations Act 1976
Mrs. Dunwoody : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on the proposals from the Commission for Racial Equality for changes to the Race Relations Act 1976.
Mr. Peter Lloyd : The Commission for Racial Equality has put forward wide-ranging recommendations in its second review of the Race Relations Act 1976. The Government are now giving these careful consideration.
Prison Officers (Assaults)
Mr. Gerrard : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many assaults on prison officers took place between June and November ; and at what prisons they occurred.
Mr. Peter Lloyd : The available information relates to offences of assault and attempted assault on a prison officer which were punished under the prison discipline system and is given in the table. Data for offences punished in October and November are not yet available.
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|c|Offences<1> of assaulting a prison officer proved at adjudications in|c|
|c|Prison Service establishments in England and Wales in June to|c|
|c|September 1992: by establishment at which punished|c|
Offence
Establishment at |Assault |Attempted assault<2>|Total
which punished
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All establishments |591 |56 |647
All male establishments |538 |53 |591
Remand Centres |59 |12 |71
Brinsford |6 |1 |7
Cardiff |1 |- |1
Dorchester |1 |- |1
Exeter |1 |1 |2
Feltham |18 |2 |20
Glen Parva |4 |1 |5
Hindley |3 |3 |6
Moorland |16 |1 |17
Stoke Heath |1 |1 |2
Swansea |1 |- |1
Local prisons |205 |17 |222
Bedford |3 |- |3
Belmarsh |23 |4 |27
Birmingham |22 |3 |25
Bristol |1 |- |1
Brixton |6 |- |6
Bullingdon |8 |- |8
Canterbury |4 |- |4
Cardiff |6 |1 |7
Chelmsford |8 |1 |9
Durham |10 |- |10
Elmley |6 |- |6
Exeter |2 |- |2
Gloucester |1 |- |1
Hull |3 |- |3
Leeds |13 |- |13
Leicester |2 |2 |4
Lincoln |8 |- |8
Liverpool |6 |- |6
Manchester |4 |- |4
Norwich |3 |- |3
Pentonville |15 |1 |16
Preston |3 |1 |4
Reading |4 |- |4
Shrewsbury |3 |- |3
Swansea |2 |- |2
Wandsworth |8 |3 |11
Winchester |16 |- |16
Wolds |4 |- |4
Wormwood Scrubs |11 |1 |12
Open Prisons |6 |1 |7
North Sea Camp |2 |- |2
Standford Hill |1 |1 |2
Sudbury |3 |- |3
Closed Training Prisons |192 |16 |208
Acklington |5 |- |5
Albany |4 |1 |5
Blundeston |17 |1 |18
Camp Hill |3 |- |3
Channings Wood |1 |- |1
Coldingley |5 |- |5
Dartmoor |10 |1 |11
Erlestoke |2 |- |2
Featherstone |1 |1 |2
Frankland |5 |1 |6
Full Sutton |33 |1 |34
Garth |13 |- |13
Haverigg |2 |- |2
Highpoint |2 |- |2
Lancaster |1 |- |1
Lindholme |3 |- |3
Littlehey |1 |- |1
Long Lartin |10 |1 |11
Maidstone |4 |- |4
Norwich (Britannia) |1 |- |1
Nottingham |4 |- |4
Parkhurst |2 |- |2
Portsmouth (Kingston) |1 |- |1
Risley |1 |- |1
Rochester |1 |- |1
Shepton Mallett |4 |- |4
Stafford |13 |1 |14
Stocken |5 |- |5
Swaleside |14 |1 |15
The Verne |1 |- |1
Wakefield |3 |1 |4
Wayland |4 |- |4
Wellingborough |1 |- |1
Whitemoor |12 |6 |18
Wymott |3 |- |3
Closed young offender institutions |71 |7 |78
Aylesbury |13 |2 |15
Castington |8 |- |8
Deeerbolt |3 |1 |4
Dover |7 |- |7
Feltham |9 |1 |10
Glen Parva |6 |1 |7
Hollesley Bay |3 |- |3
Moorland |7 |- |7
Northallerton |3 |- |3
Onley |7 |1 |8
Stoke Heath |5 |1 |6
Short sentenced institutions |3 |- |3
Hollesley Bay |1 |- |1
Werrington |2 |- |2
Juvenile institutions |2 |- |2
Onley |2 |- |2
All female establishments |53 |3 |56
Local prisons |37 |3 |40
Holloway |15 |- |15
Low Newton |1 |- |1
New Hall |2 |- |2
Pucklechurch |3 |2 |5
Risley |16 |1 |17
Closed prisons |9 |- |9
Bullwood Hall |2 |- |2
Cookham Wood |1 |- |1
Styal |6 |- |6
Closed young offender institutions |7 |- |7
Bullwood Hall |5 |- |5
Styal |2 |- |2
<1>Provisional figures.
<2>Including attempting, inciting or assisting.
Vehicle Crime
Mr. Michael : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) thefts of a motor vehicle, (b) unauthorised takings of a motor vehicle, (c) thefts from a motor vehicle and (d) total vehicle crimes were committed in each police force area in each calendar year since 1979 inclusive, and in the 12 months ending June 1992.
Mr. Jack : The available information is for offences recorded by the police and is given in the tables. It is not possible to separate offences of unauthorised taking from thefts of a motor vehicle.
|c|Notifiable offences of vehicle crime by police force area|c|
|c|England and Wales 1979|c|
Police force area |Theft of a motor |Theft from vehicle |Total vehicle crime
|vehicle
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Avon and Somerset |7,320 |5,373 |12,693
Bedfordshire |3,701 |2,360 |6,061
Cambridgeshire |1,809 |2,620 |4,429
Cheshire |3,521 |2,909 |6,430
Cleveland |3,344 |2,932 |6,276
Cumbria |1,620 |2,060 |3,680
Derbyshire |3,253 |3,796 |7,049
Devon and Cornwall |3,726 |3,395 |7,121
Dorset |2,072 |2,613 |4,685
Durham |2,278 |3,231 |5,509
Essex |6,830 |6,838 |13,668
Gloucestershire |1,449 |1,813 |3,262
Greater Manchester |27,181 |17,613 |44,794
Hampshire |6,477 |6,567 |13,044
Hertfordshire |4,295 |4,752 |9,047
Humberside |3,261 |3,816 |7,077
Kent |8,212 |5,574 |13,786
Lancashire |6,619 |5,440 |12,059
Leicestershire |3,692 |3,031 |6,723
Lincolnshire |1,006 |1,404 |2,410
City of London |536 |623 |1,159
Merseyside |16,865 |11,283 |28,148
Metropolitan Police District |76,188 |77,402 |153,590
Norfolk |1,659 |2,662 |4,321
Northamptonshire |2,789 |2,007 |4,796
Northumbria |13,515 |11,186 |24,701
North Yorkshire |1,615 |2,190 |3,805
Nottinghamshire |6,650 |6,399 |13,049
South Yorkshire |6,368 |5,478 |11,846
Staffordshire |2,876 |4,415 |7,291
Suffolk |1,213 |1,853 |3,066
Surrey |2,270 |2,993 |5,263
Sussex |3,685 |4,144 |7,829
Thames Valley |10,244 |7,945 |18,189
Warwickshire |1,400 |1,508 |2,908
West Mercia |2,940 |3,408 |6,348
West Midlands |25,658 |15,713 |41,371
West Yorkshire |14,571 |13,619 |28,190
Wiltshire |1,709 |2,287 |3,996
Dyfed-Powys |783 |1,087 |1,870
Gwent |2,057 |2,183 |4,240
North Wales |2,161 |2,059 |4,220
South Wales |9,827 |7,768 |17,595
|------- |------- |-------
Total |309,245 |278,349 |587,594
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|c|Notifiable offences of vehicle crime by police force area|c|
|c|England and Wales 1980|c|
Police force area |Theft of a motor |Theft from vehicle |Total vehicle crime
|vehicle
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Avon and Somerset |7,950 |6,706 |14,656
Bedfordshire |3,781 |2,682 |6,463
Cambridgeshire |1,760 |2,891 |4,651
Cheshire |3,911 |3,571 |7,482
Cleveland |3,046 |3,434 |6,480
Cumbria |1,305 |2,075 |3,380
Derbyshire |3,177 |4,175 |7,352
Devon and Cornwall |3,846 |4,128 |7,974
Dorset |2,037 |2,799 |4,836
Durham |2,414 |4,004 |6,418
Essex |6,622 |7,307 |13,929
Gloucestershire |1,456 |1,901 |3,357
Greater Manchester |27,776 |21,538 |49,314
Hampshire |6,502 |6,939 |13,441
Hertfordshire |4,378 |4,115 |8,493
Humberside |3,217 |4,281 |7,498
Kent |8,652 |6,121 |14,773
Lancashire |6,042 |5,010 |11,052
Leicestershire |4,025 |3,498 |7,523
Lincolnshire |1,020 |1,639 |2,659
City of London |504 |543 |1,047
Merseyside |16,125 |12,918 |29,043
Metropolitan Police District |88,112 |69,033 |157,145
Norfolk |2,051 |2,983 |5,034
Northamptonshire |2,721 |2,216 |4,937
Northumbria |14,229 |13,955 |28,184
North Yorkshire |1,540 |2,258 |3,798
Nottinghamshire |6,850 |7,674 |14,524
South Yorkshire |7,115 |6,328 |13,443
Staffordshire |3,325 |4,186 |7,511
Suffolk |1,208 |1,757 |2,965
Surrey |2,283 |2,967 |5,250
Sussex |3,864 |4,302 |8,166
Thames Valley |9,454 |7,975 |17,429
Warwickshire |1,522 |1,740 |3,262
West Mercia |3,215 |4,245 |7,460
West Midlands |26,197 |19,308 |45,505
West Yorkshire |14,486 |15,523 |30,009
Wiltshire |1,426 |2,474 |3,900
Dyfed-Powys |823 |1,143 |1,966
Gwent |1,913 |2,330 |4,243
North Wales |2,164 |2,243 |4,407
South Wales |10,310 |8,033 |18,343
|------- |------- |-------
Total |324,354 |294,948 |619,302
|c|Notifiable offences of vehicle crime by police force area|c|
|c|England and Wales 1981|c|
Police force area |Theft of a motor |Theft from vehicle |Total vehicle crime
|vehicle
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Avon and Somerset |7,874 |9,216 |17,090
Bedfordshire |3,765 |3,560 |7,325
Cambridgeshire |1,863 |3,678 |5,541
Cheshire |4,021 |4,872 |8,893
Cleveland |2,887 |4,694 |7,581
Cumbria |1,314 |2,764 |4,078
Derbyshire |3,387 |5,869 |9,256
Devon and Cornwall |3,901 |6,415 |10,316
Dorset |2,150 |3,206 |5,356
Durham |2,173 |4,810 |6,983
Essex |6,269 |8,810 |15,079
Gloucestershire |1,548 |2,412 |3,960
Greater Manchester |28,203 |26,610 |54,813
Hampshire |6,950 |9,626 |16,576
Hertfordshire |4,190 |5,331 |9,521
Humberside |3,203 |5,965 |9,168
Kent |7,449 |6,632 |14,081
Lancashire |5,909 |7,200 |13,109
Leicestershire |4,103 |4,761 |8,864
Lincolnshire |960 |2,503 |3,463
City of London |498 |641 |1,139
Merseyside |18,308 |16,897 |35,205
Metropolitan Police District |94,064 |84,258 |178,322
Norfolk |2,377 |4,260 |6,637
Northamptonshire |2,538 |2,897 |5,435
Northumbria |15,069 |16,442 |31,511
North Yorkshire |1,530 |3,317 |4,847
Nottinghamshire |7,252 |10,548 |17,800
South Yorkshire |6,634 |8,305 |14,939
Staffordshire |3,248 |5,968 |9,216
Suffolk |1,188 |2,333 |3,521
Surrey |2,222 |3,192 |5,414
Sussex |3,717 |5,162 |8,879
Thames Valley |8,848 |11,093 |19,941
Warwickshire |1,495 |2,367 |3,862
West Mercia |3,182 |6,038 |9,220
West Midlands |28,191 |25,951 |54,142
West Yorkshire |14,753 |19,651 |34,404
Wiltshire |1,626 |3,114 |4,740
Dyfed-Powys |626 |1,479 |2,105
Gwent |1,813 |2,798 |4,602
North Wales |2,144 |3,698 |5,842
South Wales |9,148 |10,306 |19,454
Total |332,590 |379,640 |712,230
|c|Notifiable offences of vehicle crime by police force area|c|
|c|England and Wales 1982|c|
Police force area |Theft of a motor |Theft from vehicle |Total vehicle crime
|vehicle
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Avon and Somerset |8,994 |10,353 |19,347
Bedfordshire |4,149 |4,084 |8,233
Cambridgeshire |2,234 |4,210 |6,444
Cheshire |3,962 |4,968 |8,930
Cleveland |3,162 |5,732 |8,894
Cumbria |1,379 |2,769 |4,148
Derbyshire |3,415 |6,399 |9,814
Devon and Cornwall |3,785 |8,337 |12,122
Dorset |2,620 |4,263 |6,883
Durham |2,473 |4,833 |7,306
Essex |6,618 |10,779 |17,397
Gloucestershire |1,664 |3,269 |4,933
Greater Manchester |28,979 |28,790 |57,769
Hampshire |7,333 |11,801 |19,134
Hertfordshire |4,134 |6,134 |10,268
Humberside |3,828 |6,660 |10,488
Kent |8,267 |9,631 |17,898
Lancashire |6,122 |8,051 |14,173
Leicestershire |4,107 |5,168 |9,275
Lincolnshire |1,140 |2,736 |3,876
City of London |476 |679 |1,155
Merseyside |18,472 |18,260 |36,732
Metropolitan Police District |98,099 |104,504 |202,603
Norfolk |2,807 |5,604 |8,411
Northamptonshire |3,082 |4,219 |7,301
Northumbria |17,867 |19,079 |36,946
North Yorkshire |2,070 |3,874 |5,944
Nottinghamshire |6,765 |10,261 |17,026
South Yorkshire |7,083 |9,548 |16,631
Staffordshire |3,130 |5,842 |8,972
Suffolk |1,351 |2,944 |4,295
Surrey |2,477 |3,850 |6,327
Sussex |4,157 |7,278 |11,435
Thames Valley |9,583 |13,831 |23,414
Warwickshire |1,703 |3,010 |4,713
West Mercia |3,457 |7,260 |10,717
West Midlands |28,262 |31,423 |59,685
West Yorkshire |15,894 |22,958 |38,852
Wiltshire |1,485 |3,874 |5,359
Dyfed-Powys |790 |1,675 |2,465
Gwent |1,783 |3,163 |4,946
North Wales |2,074 |3,832 |5,906
South Wales |9,998 |13,102 |23,100
|------- |------- |-------
Total |351,230 |449,037 |800,267
|c|Notifiable offences of vehicle crime by police force area|c|
|c|England and Wales 1983|c|
Police force area |Theft of a motor |Theft from vehicle |Total vehicle crime
|vehicle
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Avon and Somerset |7,723 |9,688 |17,411
Bedfordshire |4,187 |3,924 |8,111
Cambridgeshire |2,210 |4,034 |6,244
Cheshire |3,774 |5,107 |8,881
Cleveland |2,832 |5,539 |8,371
Cumbria |1,363 |3,080 |4,443
Derbyshire |2,887 |5,925 |8,812
Devon and Cornwall |3,873 |7,637 |11,510
Dorset |2,557 |4,212 |6,769
Durham |2,296 |4,456 |6,752
Essex |6,178 |10,132 |16,310
Gloucestershire |1,583 |3,168 |4,751
Greater Manchester |29,451 |27,430 |56,881
Hampshire |7,276 |11,478 |18,754
Hertfordshire |3,598 |5,100 |8,698
Humberside |3,265 |6,415 |9,680
Kent |7,544 |8,694 |16,238
Lancashire |5,745 |8,063 |13,808
Leicestershire |3,784 |4,981 |8,765
Lincolnshire |1,160 |2,726 |3,886
City of London |451 |714 |1,165
Merseyside |15,737 |17,283 |33,020
Metropolitan Police District |86,465 |96,342 |182,807
Norfolk |2,473 |5,023 |7,496
Northamptonshire |3,145 |3,981 |7,126
Northumbria |17,572 |18,559 |36,131
North Yorkshire |1,998 |3,522 |5,520
Nottinghamshire |5,785 |9,812 |15,597
South Yorkshire |6,784 |9,933 |16,717
Staffordshire |3,224 |6,082 |9,306
Suffolk |1,338 |3,184 |4,522
Surrey |2,527 |3,932 |6,459
Sussex |3,729 |7,363 |11,092
Thames Valley |9,451 |13,576 |23,027
Warwickshire |1,711 |2,893 |4,604
West Mercia |2,803 |6,506 |9,309
West Midlands |27,343 |29,405 |56,748
West Yorkshire |14,398 |19,740 |34,138
Wiltshire |1,638 |3,616 |5,254
Dyfed-Powys |694 |1,478 |2,172
Gwent |1,793 |3,139 |4,932
North Wales |1,724 |3,864 |5,588
South Wales |9,630 |12,502 |22,132
|---- |---- |----
Total |325,699 |424,238 |749,937
|c|Notifiable offences of vehicle crime by police force area|c|
|c|England and Wales 1984|c|
Police force area |Theft of a motor |Theft from vehicle |Total vehicle crime
|vehicle
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Avon and Somerset |8,244 |10,640 |18,884
Bedfordshire |4,415 |3,960 |8,375
Cambridgeshire |1,950 |4,302 |6,252
Cheshire |3,696 |4,849 |8,545
Cleveland |3,390 |6,707 |10,097
Cumbria |1,265 |3,237 |4,502
Derbyhire |2,853 |5,964 |8,817
Devon and Cornwall |4,231 |7,642 |11,873
Dorset |2,831 |4,422 |7,253
Durham |2,447 |5,370 |7,817
Essex |6,394 |9,784 |16,178
Gloucestershire |1,673 |3,416 |5,089
Greater Manchester |32,424 |30,006 |62,430
Hampshire |7,316 |12,263 |19,579
Hertfordshire |4,183 |4,645 |8,828
Humberside |3,323 |6,139 |9,462
Kent |8,112 |8,962 |17,074
Lancashire |5,614 |7,527 |13,141
Leicestershire |4,046 |5,473 |9,519
Lincolnshire |1,212 |2,982 |4,194
City of London |413 |762 |1,175
Merseyside |17,253 |19,631 |36,884
Metropolitan Police District |87,563 |105,637 |193,200
Norfolk |2,640 |5,235 |7,875
Northamptonshire |3,078 |4,287 |7,365
Northumbria |19,379 |20,893 |40,272
North Yorkshire |1,972 |3,570 |5,542
Nottinghamshire |6,399 |11,785 |18,184
South Yorkshire |7,905 |11,611 |19,516
Staffordshire |3,081 |6,181 |9,262
Suffolk |1,284 |3,255 |4,539
Surrey |2,508 |3,932 |6,440
Sussex |4,686 |7,716 |12,402
Thames Valley |10,004 |15,113 |25,117
Warwickshire |1,946 |3,025 |4,971
West Mercia |3,073 |6,293 |9,366
West Midlands |29,745 |30,009 |59,754
West Yorkshire |15,475 |21,622 |37,097
Wiltshire |1,654 |3,756 |5,410
Dyfed-Powys |621 |1,758 |2,379
Gwent |1,845 |3,190 |5,035
North Wales |1,969 |3,660 |5,629
South Wales |10,694 |13,732 |24,426
|------- |------- |-------
Total |344,806 |454,943 |799,749
|c|Notifiable offences of vehicle crime by police force area|c|
|c|England and Wales 1985|c|
Police force area |Theft of a motor |Theft from vehicle |Total vehicle crime
|vehicle
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Avon and Somerset |8,972 |11,753 |20,725
Bedfordshire |4,143 |4,433 |8,576
Cambridgeshire |2,328 |4,310 |6,638
Cheshire |4,241 |5,307 |9,548
Cleveland |3,520 |6,304 |9,824
Cumbria |1,387 |3,000 |4,387
Derbyshire |2,927 |5,873 |8,800
Devon and Cornwall |4,477 |8,566 |13,043
Dorset |3,193 |4,491 |7,684
Durham |2,911 |5,748 |8,659
Essex |7,028 |9,395 |16,423
Gloucestershire |2,131 |3,734 |5,865
Greater Manchester |37,703 |32,921 |70,624
Hampshire |7,636 |12,521 |20,157
Hertfordshire |3,725 |4,920 |8,645
Humberside |4,229 |7,398 |11,627
Kent |8,966 |9,472 |18,438
Lancashire |6,429 |7,564 |13,993
Leicestershire |4,991 |6,509 |11,500
Lincolnshire |1,492 |3,376 |4,868
City of London |420 |660 |1,080
Merseyside |18,131 |20,178 |38,309
Metropolitan Police District |88,076 |111,701 |199,777
Norfolk |3,127 |5,570 |8,697
Northamptonshire |3,937 |5,264 |9,201
Northumbria |19,310 |22,213 |41,523
North Yorkshire |2,103 |4,431 |6,534
Nottinghamshire |6,282 |11,829 |18,111
South Yorkshire |7,384 |10,407 |17,791
Staffordshire |3,394 |6,423 |9,817
Suffolk |1,440 |3,273 |4,713
Surrey |2,613 |4,239 |6,852
Sussex |5,009 |8,238 |13,247
Thames Valley |11,178 |15,986 |27,164
Warwickshire |1,845 |3,062 |4,907
West Mercia |3,244 |6,924 |10,168
West Midlands |32,954 |33,966 |66,920
West Yorkshire |16,099 |21,000 |37,099
Wiltshire |1,833 |3,481 |5,314
Dyfed-Powys |773 |1,777 |2,550
Gwent |1,894 |3,365 |5,259
North Wales |2,040 |3,667 |5,707
South Wales |11,911 |13,719 |25,630
|---- |---- |----
Total |367,426 |478,968 |846,394
|c|Notifiable offences of vehicle crime by police force area|c|
|c|England and Wales 1986|c|
Police force area |Theft of a motor |Theft from vehicle |Total vehicle crime
|vehicle
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Avon and Somerset |11,244 |16,444 |27,688
Bedfordshire |5,352 |6,403 |11,755
Cambridgeshire |2,439 |4,299 |6,738
Cheshire |4,725 |6,756 |11,481
Cleveland |5,549 |7,238 |12,787
Cumbria |1,728 |4,037 |5,765
Derbyshire |3,171 |5,795 |8,966
Devon and Cornwall |5,400 |10,674 |16,074
Dorset |3,838 |5,111 |8,949
Durham |3,874 |5,114 |8,988
Essex |8,579 |11,762 |20,341
Gloucestershire |2,348 |4,646 |6,994
Greater Manchester |43,200 |47,277 |90,477
Hampshire |8,566 |14,270 |22,836
Hertfordshire |4,303 |5,875 |10,178
Humberside |4,762 |8,242 |13,004
Kent |9,959 |10,116 |20,075
Lancashire |7,868 |9,145 |17,013
Leicestershire |5,325 |6,915 |12,240
Lincolnshire |1,790 |3,659 |5,449
City of London |351 |1,033 |1,384
Merseyside |18,312 |27,416 |45,728
Metropolitan Police District |91,331 |134,458 |225,789
Norfolk |3,605 |6,037 |9,642
Northamptonshire |4,931 |5,597 |10,528
Northumbria |19,693 |27,105 |46,798
North Yorkshire |2,599 |4,486 |7,085
Nottinghamshire |6,638 |12,892 |19,530
South Yorkshire |9,477 |12,230 |21,707
Staffordshire |4,640 |7,386 |12,026
Suffolk |1,629 |4,028 |5,657
Surrey |2,854 |5,119 |7,973
Sussex |5,290 |8,870 |14,160
Thames Valley |13,365 |18,065 |31,430
Warwickshire |2,149 |3,449 |5,598
West Mercia |3,982 |7,385 |11,367
West Midlands |37,322 |42,537 |79,859
West Yorkshire |16,727 |25,059 |41,786
Wiltshire |1,991 |3,911 |5,902
Dyfed-Powys |888 |1,803 |2,691
Gwent |2,012 |3,336 |5,348
North Wales |2,526 |4,315 |6,841
South Wales |14,728 |17,119 |31,847
|------- |------- |-------
Total |411,060 |577,414 |988,474
|c|Notifiable offences of vehicle crime by police force area|c|
|c|England and Wales 1987|c|
Police force area |Theft of a motor |Theft from vehicle |Total vehicle crime
|vehicle
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Avon and Somerset |10,945 |21,457 |32,402
Bedfordshire |5,068 |7,996 |13,064
Cambridgeshire |2,512 |4,746 |7,258
Cheshire |5,441 |7,818 |13,259
Cleveland |5,832 |7,247 |13,079
Cumbria |1,603 |4,062 |5,665
Derbyshire |2,967 |6,731 |9,698
Devon and Cornwall |5,073 |11,356 |16,429
Dorset |4,037 |6,091 |10,128
Durham |4,311 |5,260 |9,571
Essex |8,404 |14,125 |22,529
Gloucestershire |2,539 |5,443 |7,982
Greater Manchester |37,936 |57,319 |95,255
Hampshire |8,453 |16,074 |24,527
Hertfordshire |4,017 |6,904 |10,921
Humberside |5,396 |9,902 |15,298
Kent |9,248 |11,887 |21,135
Lancashire |7,867 |12,906 |20,773
Leicestershire |4,931 |8,318 |13,249
Lincolnshire |1,929 |4,322 |6,251
City of London |296 |807 |1,103
Merseyside |18,873 |28,735 |47,608
Metropolitan Police District |77,642 |133,033 |210,675
Norfolk |3,964 |6,896 |10,860
Northamptonshire |4,821 |6,582 |11,403
Northumbria |19,488 |31,961 |51,449
North Yorkshire |2,817 |5,278 |8,095
Nottinghamshire |7,038 |15,885 |22,923
South Yorkshire |9,312 |13,821 |23,133
Staffordshire |4,376 |8,333 |12,709
Suffolk |1,863 |4,455 |6,318
Surrey |2,922 |5,485 |8,407
Sussex |5,262 |9,167 |14,429
Thames Valley |13,996 |20,785 |34,781
Warwickshire |2,638 |4,899 |7,537
West Mercia |3,875 |8,340 |12,215
West Midlands |34,206 |57,461 |91,667
West Yorkshire |16,363 |31,268 |47,631
Wiltshire |1,916 |4,011 |5,927
Dyfed-Powys |994 |2,122 |3,116
Gwent |2,134 |4,212 |6,346
North Wales |2,275 |4,845 |7,120
South Wales |13,996 |20,232 |34,228
|---- |---- |-----
Total |389,576 |658,577 |1,048,153
|c|Notifiable offences of vehicle crime by by police force area|c|
|c|England and Wales 1988|c|
Police force area |Theft of a motor |Theft from vehicle |Total vehicle crime
|vehicle
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Avon and Somerset |10,189 |18,653 |28,842
Bedfordshire |5,046 |7,379 |12,425
Cambridgeshire |2,812 |4,911 |7,723
Cheshire |5,342 |6,548 |11,890
Cleveland |5,846 |8,701 |14,547
Cumbria |1,372 |4,050 |5,422
Derbyshire |2,851 |6,822 |9,673
Devon and Cornwall |5,318 |11,574 |16,892
Dorset |3,261 |5,672 |8,933
Durham |4,091 |5,931 |10,022
Essex |7,607 |13,095 |20,702
Gloucestershire |2,388 |6,225 |8,613
Greater Manchester |38,196 |48,171 |86,367
Hampshire |7,543 |15,038 |22,581
Hertfordshire |4,103 |6,407 |10,510
Humberside |5,565 |10,950 |16,515
Kent |8,919 |12,233 |21,152
Lancashire |8,100 |13,178 |21,278
Leicestershire |4,745 |8,979 |13,724
Lincolnshire |2,055 |3,949 |6,004
City of London |217 |634 |851
Merseyside |17,033 |22,260 |39,293
Metropolitan Police District |67,968 |124,575 |192,543
Norfolk |3,955 |7,682 |11,637
Northamptonshire |4,816 |6,210 |11,026
Northumbria |18,726 |29,261 |47,987
North Yorkshire |2,615 |5,342 |7,957
Nottinghamshire |6,739 |15,849 |22,588
South Yorkshire |8,503 |14,033 |22,536
Staffordshire |4,859 |9,287 |14,146
Suffolk |1,779 |3,965 |5,744
Surrey |2,493 |5,002 |7,495
Sussex |5,497 |10,065 |15,562
Thames Valley |11,659 |19,310 |30,969
Warwickshire |2,525 |3,679 |6,204
West mercia |3,933 |7,859 |11,792
West Midlands |28,802 |48,007 |76,809
West Yorkshire |16,058 |29,597 |45,655
Wiltshire |1,919 |3,886 |5,805
Dyfed-Powys |1,119 |2,260 |3,379
Gwent |1,864 |3,856 |5,720
North Wales |2,260 |4,360 |6,620
South Wales |16,025 |25,178 |41,203
|------- |------- |-------
Total |366,713 |620,623 |987,336
|c|Notifiable offences of vehicle crime by police force area|c|
|c|England and Wales 1989|c|
Police force area |Theft of a motor |Theft from vehicle |Total vehicle crime
|vehicle
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Avon and Somerset |12,373 |16,891 |29,264
Bedfordshire |5,360 |7,190 |12,550
Cambridgeshire |3,007 |4,920 |7,927
Cheshire |5,840 |6,131 |11,971
Cleveland |7,190 |9,135 |16,325
Cumbria |1,815 |3,877 |5,692
Derbyshire |3,690 |8,035 |11,725
Devon and Cornwall |5,250 |12,424 |17,674
Dorset |3,886 |6,527 |10,413
Durham |4,678 |5,680 |10,358
Essex |8,209 |13,885 |22,094
Gloucestershire |2,756 |6,451 |9,207
Greater Manchester |39,933 |48,202 |88,135
Hampshire |8,206 |15,305 |23,511
Hertfordshire |4,022 |5,709 |9,731
Humberside |6,144 |11,825 |17,969
Kent |10,418 |12,216 |22,634
Lancashire |8,229 |14,202 |22,431
Leicestershire |5,933 |9,386 |15,319
Lincolnshire |2,035 |4,124 |6,159
City of London |214 |794 |1,008
Merseyside |15,915 |20,850 |36,765
Metropolitan Police District |66,895 |126,578 |193,473
Norfolk |4,136 |7,694 |11,830
Northamptonshire |4,604 |6,618 |11,222
Northumbria |21,475 |33,117 |54,592
North Yorkshire |2,798 |5,066 |7,864
Nottinghamshire |9,116 |17,855 |26,971
South Yorkshire |9,418 |16,055 |25,473
Staffordshire |5,960 |8,946 |14,906
Suffolk |1,938 |3,820 |5,758
Surrey |2,779 |5,185 |7,964
Sussex |6,226 |11,051 |17,277
Thames Valley |14,905 |19,764 |34,669
Warwickshire |2,895 |4,464 |7,359
West Mercia |4,516 |7,624 |12,140
West Midlands |28,794 |42,497 |71,291
West Yorkshire |19,006 |32,878 |51,884
Wiltshire |2,006 |3,524 |5,530
Dyfed-Powys |966 |1,772 |2,738
Gwent |2,026 |4,078 |6,104
North Wales |2,161 |4,026 |6,187
South Wales |15,676 |22,541 |38,217
|------- |------- |-------
Total |393,399 |628,912 |1,022,311
|c|Notifiable offences of vehicle crime by police force area|c|
|c|England and Wales 1990|c|
Police force area |Theft of a motor |Theft from vehicle |Total vehicle crime
|vehicle
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Avon and Somerset |16,435 |23,366 |39,801
Bedfordshire |8,378 |11,470 |19,848
Cambridgeshire |3,630 |6,199 |9,829
Cheshire |6,817 |7,789 |14,606
Cleveland |10,219 |13,362 |23,581
Cumbria |2,254 |4,900 |7,154
Derbyshire |5,559 |10,470 |16,029
Devon and Cornwall |6,703 |15,785 |22,488
Dorset |4,728 |8,359 |13,087
Durham |6,944 |7,355 |14,299
Essex |10,926 |17,907 |28,833
Gloucestershire |3,077 |8,215 |11,292
Greater Manchester |48,735 |55,139 |103,874
Hampshire |9,875 |20,298 |30,173
Hertfordshire |4,933 |7,857 |12,790
Humberside |7,516 |15,544 |23,060
Kent |13,898 |16,568 |30,466
Lancashire |10,294 |18,675 |28,969
Leicestershire |8,499 |13,687 |22,186
Lincolnshire |2,638 |4,781 |7,419
City of London |200 |803 |1,003
Merseyside |16,702 |21,003 |37,705
Metropolitan Police District |73,936 |135,447 |209,383
Norfolk |4,798 |10,823 |15,621
Northamptonshire |5,630 |8,103 |13,733
Northumbria |27,981 |34,452 |62,433
North Yorkshire |3,992 |6,976 |10,968
Nottinghamshire |15,074 |24,922 |39,996
South Yorkshire |12,499 |19,315 |31,814
Staffordshire |7,077 |12,601 |19,678
Suffolk |2,709 |4,842 |7,551
Surrey |3,874 |6,832 |10,706
Sussex |7,210 |15,465 |22,675
Thames Valley |18,266 |28,000 |46,266
Warwickshire |3,950 |6,557 |10,507
West Mercia |5,933 |9,453 |15,386
West Midlands |34,236 |50,085 |84,321
West Yorkshire |29,045 |44,587 |73,632
Wiltshire |2,496 |4,804 |7,300
Dyfed-Powys |1,254 |2,405 |3,659
Gwent |2,622 |5,430 |8,052
North Wales |2,534 |5,702 |8,236
South Wales |20,133 |26,746 |46,879
|------- |------- |-------
Total |494,209 |773,079 |1,267,288
|c|Notifiable offences of vehicle crime by police force area|c|
|c|England and Wales|c|
|c|1991|c|
Police force area |Theft of a motor |Theft from vehicle |Total vehicle crime
|vehicle
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Avon and Somerset |19,903 |30,181 |50,084
Bedfordshire |8,292 |12,035 |20,327
Cambridgeshire |4,655 |8,998 |13,653
Cheshire |8,289 |9,485 |17,774
Cleveland |11,712 |12,369 |24,081
Cumbria |3,632 |6,627 |10,259
Derbyshire |7,410 |13,621 |21,031
Devon and Cornwall |7,923 |19,526 |27,449
Dorset |4,560 |8,618 |13,178
Durham |8,640 |10,053 |18,693
Essex |11,377 |20,610 |31,987
Gloucestershire |3,927 |11,432 |15,359
Greater Manchester |55,338 |60,461 |115,799
Hampshire |11,919 |26,720 |38,639
Hertfordshire |6,149 |10,548 |16,697
Humberside |8,506 |17,909 |26,415
Kent |17,962 |23,558 |41,520
Lancashire |11,042 |21,687 |32,729
Leicestershire |10,751 |16,104 |26,855
Lincolnshire |2,779 |4,958 |7,737
City of London |239 |839 |1,078
Merseyside |16,983 |22,156 |39,139
Metropolitan Police District |81,173 |154,453 |235,626
Norfolk |5,510 |12,780 |18,290
Northamptonshire |6,514 |10,466 |16,980
Northumbria |30,356 |32,680 |63,036
North Yorkshire |4,999 |8,312 |13,311
Nottinghamshire |17,603 |27,884 |45,487
South Yorkshire |16,323 |21,848 |38,171
Staffordshire |9,290 |15,382 |24,672
Suffolk |2,721 |6,037 |8,758
Surrey |4,860 |9,851 |14,711
Sussex |9,251 |21,020 |30,271
Thames Valley |22,556 |40,302 |62,858
Warwickshire |4,700 |8,244 |12,944
West Mercia |8,652 |11,937 |20,589
West Midlands |41,415 |54,360 |95,775
West Yorkshire |40,235 |55,425 |95,660
Wiltshire |2,967 |5,900 |8,867
Dyfed-Powys |1,476 |3,029 |4,505
Gwent |3,240 |6,786 |10,026
North Wales |3,102 |6,970 |10,072
South Wales |22,970 |31,115 |54,085
|------- |------- |-------
Total |581,901 |913,276 |1,495,177
|c|Notifiable offences of vehicle crime by by police force area|c|
|c|England and Wales-12 months ending June 1992|c|
Police force area |Theft of a motor |Theft from vehicle |Total vehicle crime
|vehicle
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Avon and Somerset |17,907 |30,590 |48,497
Bedfordshire |7,586 |10,630 |18,216
Cambridgeshire |5,096 |9,621 |14,717
Cheshire |8,488 |10,913 |19,401
Cleveland |12,002 |12,394 |24,396
Cumbria |3,371 |6,989 |10,360
Derbyshire |8,205 |16,408 |24,613
Devon and Cornwall |7,427 |20,362 |27,789
Dorset |3,972 |7,935 |11,907
Durham |8,164 |10,030 |18,194
Essex |11,429 |21,020 |32,449
Gloucestershire |4,708 |13,294 |18,002
Greater Manchester |54,716 |58,640 |113,356
Hampshire |11,579 |27,669 |39,248
Hertfordshire |6,512 |11,299 |17,811
Humberside |8,618 |18,444 |27,062
Kent |18,289 |24,604 |42,893
Lancashire |11,272 |22,432 |33,704
Leicestershire |10,495 |16,756 |27,251
Lincolnshire |2,991 |5,650 |8,641
City of London |203 |877 |1,080
Merseyside |16,425 |22,124 |38,549
Metropolitan Police District |80,837 |157,463 |238,300
Norfolk |5,145 |13,215 |18,360
Northamptonshire |6,645 |9,425 |16,070
Northumbria |28,149 |30,063 |58,212
North Yorkshire |4,758 |8,806 |13,564
Nottinghamshire |17,025 |27,213 |44,238
South Yorkshire |17,220 |22,473 |39,693
Staffordshire |9,854 |15,816 |25,670
Suffolk |2,593 |6,406 |8,999
Surrey |4,816 |10,771 |15,587
Sussex |9,214 |21,561 |30,775
Thames Valley |22,531 |44,527 |67,058
Warwickshire |4,604 |8,381 |12,985
West Mercia |8,536 |13,004 |21,540
West Midlands |38,905 |55,362 |94,267
West Yorkshire |37,691 |54,241 |91,932
Wiltshire |2,889 |6,177 |9,066
Dyfed-Powys |1,591 |3,434 |5,025
Gwent |3,465 |6,574 |10,039
North Wales |3,418 |7,452 |10,870
South Wales |22,855 |30,242 |53,097
|------- |------- |-------
Total 572,196 931,287
Gambling
Mr. Wilson : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is his policy on stimulating the demand for gambling.
Mr. Peter Lloyd : It is the Government's policy that the demand for gambling should not be unduly encouraged, because of the damage it can cause if taken to excess. This principle is applied in different degrees to different forms of gambling. The greater the scope for abuse and commercial exploitation the more rigorously it is applied.
Bail
Ms. Ruddock : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many non-United Kingdom (a) men and (b) women were granted bail and how many remanded in custody for each of the last five years ; and of those, how many were from (i) Nigeria, (ii) other West African countries, (iii) Colombia and (iv) Pakistan.
Mr. Peter Lloyd : The nationality of persons remanded on bail is not recorded centrally. Information for prisoners remanded into prison service establishments in each of the years 1989-91 is given in the table. Data for earlier years are not readily available.
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|c|Receptions of untried and convicted unsentenced prisoners into|c|
|c|prison service establishments in England and Wales:|c|
|c|by nationality, sex and year of initial reception, 1989-91|c|
Number of persons
Nationality 1989 1990 <1>1991
|Male |Female |Male |Female |Male |Female
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United Kingdom |27,559 |1,039 |32,986 |1,630 |48,762 |2,541
Nigeria |305 |64 |180 |65 |256 |67
Other West African |46 |13 |59 |6 |72 |10
Colombian |20 |6 |19 |2 |50 |5
Pakistani |118 |2 |138 |3 |219 |7
Other |1,359 |134 |1,784 |178 |2,983 |229
Not recorded/refused |32,863 |2,377 |21,801 |1,323 |7,080 |323
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------
All nationalities |62,270 |3,635 |56,967 |3,207 |59,422 |3,182
<1> Provisional.
Prison Education Services
Ms. Ruddock : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department who will make the decision to award a contract for prison education services after tenders have been submitted ; and what is his policy in respect of treating each prison on a case by case basis.
Mr. Peter Lloyd : The contracts for the provision of education services to inmates in prisons in England and Wales from 1 April 1993 will be let between the Secretary of State for the Home Department and the successful tenderers. As with other contracts of this value, the responsible organisation--in this case, the prison service--will make recommendations to the Home Office procurement unit. Decisions on which contractor to recommend will be made in the operational line by the governor, or, if appropriate, by the responsible area manager, operational director or by the director-general.
In each case, the governor has prepared a specification of the educational services which the prison or young offender institution will require. Some contracts may be let for individual prisons on the recommendation of the governor. In other cases, tenderers are bidding to provide educational services for a number of prisons. In these circumstances, recommendations will be made at the appropriate operational level to accept those bids which represent the best combination of quality and price to meet the needs of the prison service.
Dr. Wright : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will reconsider the decision to put the prison education service out to competitive tender ; and if he will make it his policy that the prison education service should continue to be provided by its current staff.
Mr. Peter Lloyd : No. The present arrangements cannot be continued because of the changes in local education authorities'
responsibilities for further education from 1 April 1993. Competition is the best means of ensuring quality and value for money in the future provision of education services to prisoners.
Mr. Byers : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will place in the Library a copy of the report from the staff college at Coombe Lodge on the prison education service.
Mr. Peter Lloyd [holding answer 20 November 1992] : The staff college at Coombe Lodge was asked to provide advice to the prison service on the implications for the provision of education in prisons in England and Wales of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992. The report contained commercially sensitive material and, in consequence, the prison service prepared and distributed widely in September 1992 a full summary of the report, together with comments on its findings. The text of the summary was agreed with the staff college and incorporated all of the report's principal
recommendations. I am placing copies of this summary in the Library of the House.
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