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Mr. Don Treshman
Mr. Blair : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on how Mr. Don Treshman was able to enter the United Kingdom on Sunday 28 March after an exclusion order had been made on Friday 26 March.
Mr. Charles Wardle : My right hon. and learned Friend decided during the evening of Friday 26 March that Mr. Treshman should be excluded from the United Kingdom on the ground that his presence was not conducive to the
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public good. The asylum and special cases division communicated the decision to the ports directorate at 10.30 am on Saturday 27 March, the expectation being that Mr. Treshman would arrive at Heathrow on 28 March. In the event, Mr. Treshman arrived at Gatwick South at 10.45 on Saturday 27 March before his details had been circulated to all ports. The failure to notify the ports of the decision on Friday evening was regrettable and arrangements have been put in place to ensure that in future there is no delay in communicating details of exclusion decisions to ports of entry.Protection of Animals Act
Mr. Morley : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) if he will introduce legislation to provide a minimum banning order of five years for those convicted under the Protection of Animals Act 1911 ;
(2) if he will conduct a study of the range of times for which banning orders have been applied by the courts under the Protection of Animals Act 1911.
Mr. Charles Wardle : Minimum sentences are not in general a feature of the criminal justice system in this country. It is for the courts, subject to the maximum penalty prescribed by Parliament and in the light of all the relevant factors, to decide upon the appropriate penalty in an individual case.
My right hon. and learned Friend has no present plans to initiate a study of the courts' use of their power under the 1911 Act to disqualify an offender from having custody of an animal.
Shotgun Certificates
Mr. William Ross : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will publish a table to show for those constabularies in England and Wales which keep such records the number of persons holding shotgun certificates who are presently 12 years, 13 years, 14 years, 15 years, 16 years, 17 years and 18 years respectively, or such age or ages definition as is convenient, or is used by police ; and what were the numbers three and five years ago for each police force.
Mr. Charles Wardle : The information which is readily available is given in the table. This shows the number of shotgun certificates which were on issue to persons aged under 16 in six police force areas in England and Wales on 1 December 1992.
Information about other police force areas and previous years is not held centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
Shotgun certificates
Police force |Number of shotgun
|certificates on
|issue to persons
|aged under 16 (see
|note)
---------------------------------------------------------
Metropolitan |46
Devon and Cornwall |80
Gwent |9
Thames Valley |59
West Yorkshire |30
Avon and Somerset |89
|-------
Total (six forces) |313
Note: Certificates on issue as at 1 December 1992 to
persons aged under 16 on that day.
Racism
Mr. Booth : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps the Government are taking to combat racism.
Mr. Peter Lloyd : The Government are committed to eliminating racism and reducing racial disadvantage. The Race Relations Act 1976 and Public Order Act 1986 provide statutory protection for ethnic minorities and are kept under review. In 1992 the inter-departmental racial attacks group published a second report on initiatives which tackled the problem of racially motivated violence and the response by police and local agencies. We are also taking steps both in European and in international forums to promote the value of anti-discrimination legislation and of non-legislative measures to increase racial harmony.
Market Testing
Mr. Michael : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will publish the Home Office scoping reports thus far completed in respect of the market testing of any Home Office function.
Mr. Kenneth Clarke : No. Scoping study reports are internal management documents made available to local management and, where practicable, to trade unions.
Refugees and Asylum Seekers
Mr. Dowd : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans he has to increase funds to London boroughs to deal with refugees and asylum seekers ; and what plans he has to implement a strategic approach in London.
Mr. Charles Wardle : The Department of the Environment is providing special financial assistance to local authorities worst affected by the influx of displaced persons from the former Yugoslavia in 1992-93. My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for the Environment announced on 3 February at col. 343 that a similar scheme will operate in 1993-94 and that assistance will also be given in respect of unaccompanied refugee children. Local authorities, including London boroughs, will be given an opportunity to make claims for financial assistance in due course.
We are conscious of the pressure on services due to the number of refugees and asylum seekers wishing to settle in London. Where refugees are being brought to the United Kingdom under
Government-sponsored schemes, every effort is made to settle these people outside London.
Prison Education Service
Mr. Harry Greenway : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the private firms involved in tendering for the prison education service.
Mr. Peter Lloyd : I refer my hon. Friend to the reply that I gave to the hon. Member for Sherwood (Mr. Tipping) on 14 January at col. 798. Responsibility for this matter has now been delegated to the director general of the prison service. I have asked him to arrange for a reply to be given.
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Letter from Mr. D. Lewis to Harry Greenway, dated 16 April 1993 :The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question about firms tendering for the Prison Education Service.
Mr. Lloyd announced on 11 February the award of the contracts for 68 prisons and young offender institutions. A list of those to whom contracts have been awarded is enclosed. Contracts for 57 prison establishments have still to be awarded.
(D) Establishments where no decision has been taken and where the existing providers have agreed to continue to provide services on current terms until August 1993. Decisions will be made after the outcome of the judicial review. Prison/Young |Existing provider offender institution --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Acklington |Northumberland County Council Aldington |Kent County Council South Kent College Askham Grange |North Yorkshire County Council York College Belmarsh |London Borough of Greenwich Birmingham |Birmingham City Council Birmingham Metropolitan Institute of Technology Blantyre House |Kent County Council Mid Kent College Brinsford |Cannock Chase Technical College Brixton |London Borough of Lambeth Brockhill |North East Worcestershire College Canterbury |Kent County Council Canterbury College Castington |Northumberland County Council Channings Wood |Devon County Council Coldingley |Surrey County Council Cookham Wood |Kent County Council Mid Kent College Dartmoor |Devon County Council Deerbolt |Durham County Council Bishop Auckland Technical College Dover |Kent County Council South Kent College Downview |Surrey County Council Drake Hall |Stoke on Trent College East Sutton Park |Kent County Council Mid Kent College Elmley |Kent County Council Mid Kent College Everthorpe |Humberside County Council Hull College of Further Education Featherstone |Cannock Chase Technical College Feltharn |London Borough of Hounslow Hounslow Borough College Gloucester |Gloucestershire County Council Gloucester College of Arts and Technology Haverigg |Cumbria County Council Furness College Hewell Grange |North East Worcestershire College Highdown |Surrey County Council Holloway |Islington Federal College Kingston |Highbury College of Technology Kirklevington |Longlands College Lancaster The Adult College, Lancaster Latchmere House |Surrey County Council Leeds |Park Lane College Lewes |University of Brighton Leyhill |Filton College Long Lartin |Evesham College Maidstone Mid Kent College Northallerton |North Yorkshire County Council Nottingham |Nottinghamshire County Council Pentonville |Islington Federal College Preston Preston College Pucklechurch |Soundwell College Ranby |Nottinghamshire County Council Rochester |Kent County Council/Mid Kent College Send |Surrey County Council Shepton Mallet |Strode College Shrewsbury |Shropshire County Council Stafford |Stafford College Standford Hill |Kent County Council/Mid Kent College Stoke Heath |Shropshire County Council Swaleside |Kent County Council/Mid Kent College Usk/Prescoed |Gwent Tertiary College Wandsworth |South Thames College Werrington |Stoke on Trent College Whatton |Nottinghamshire County Council Winchester |Eastleigh College Wormwood Scrubs |London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham
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(D) Establishments where no decision has been taken and where the existing providers have agreed to continue to provide services on current terms until August 1993. Decisions will be made after the outcome of the judicial review. Prison/Young |Existing provider offender institution --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Acklington |Northumberland County Council Aldington |Kent County Council South Kent College Askham Grange |North Yorkshire County Council York College Belmarsh |London Borough of Greenwich Birmingham |Birmingham City Council Birmingham Metropolitan Institute of Technology Blantyre House |Kent County Council Mid Kent College Brinsford |Cannock Chase Technical College Brixton |London Borough of Lambeth Brockhill |North East Worcestershire College Canterbury |Kent County Council Canterbury College Castington |Northumberland County Council Channings Wood |Devon County Council Coldingley |Surrey County Council Cookham Wood |Kent County Council Mid Kent College Dartmoor |Devon County Council Deerbolt |Durham County Council Bishop Auckland Technical College Dover |Kent County Council South Kent College Downview |Surrey County Council Drake Hall |Stoke on Trent College East Sutton Park |Kent County Council Mid Kent College Elmley |Kent County Council Mid Kent College Everthorpe |Humberside County Council Hull College of Further Education Featherstone |Cannock Chase Technical College Feltharn |London Borough of Hounslow Hounslow Borough College Gloucester |Gloucestershire County Council Gloucester College of Arts and Technology Haverigg |Cumbria County Council Furness College Hewell Grange |North East Worcestershire College Highdown |Surrey County Council Holloway |Islington Federal College Kingston |Highbury College of Technology Kirklevington |Longlands College Lancaster The Adult College, Lancaster Latchmere House |Surrey County Council Leeds |Park Lane College Lewes |University of Brighton Leyhill |Filton College Long Lartin |Evesham College Maidstone Mid Kent College Northallerton |North Yorkshire County Council Nottingham |Nottinghamshire County Council Pentonville |Islington Federal College Preston Preston College Pucklechurch |Soundwell College Ranby |Nottinghamshire County Council Rochester |Kent County Council/Mid Kent College Send |Surrey County Council Shepton Mallet |Strode College Shrewsbury |Shropshire County Council Stafford |Stafford College Standford Hill |Kent County Council/Mid Kent College Stoke Heath |Shropshire County Council Swaleside |Kent County Council/Mid Kent College Usk/Prescoed |Gwent Tertiary College Wandsworth |South Thames College Werrington |Stoke on Trent College Whatton |Nottinghamshire County Council Winchester |Eastleigh College Wormwood Scrubs |London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham
(D) Establishments where no decision has been taken and where the existing providers have agreed to continue to provide services on current terms until August 1993. Decisions will be made after the outcome of the judicial review. Prison/Young |Existing provider offender institution --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Acklington |Northumberland County Council Aldington |Kent County Council South Kent College Askham Grange |North Yorkshire County Council York College Belmarsh |London Borough of Greenwich Birmingham |Birmingham City Council Birmingham Metropolitan Institute of Technology Blantyre House |Kent County Council Mid Kent College Brinsford |Cannock Chase Technical College Brixton |London Borough of Lambeth Brockhill |North East Worcestershire College Canterbury |Kent County Council Canterbury College Castington |Northumberland County Council Channings Wood |Devon County Council Coldingley |Surrey County Council Cookham Wood |Kent County Council Mid Kent College Dartmoor |Devon County Council Deerbolt |Durham County Council Bishop Auckland Technical College Dover |Kent County Council South Kent College Downview |Surrey County Council Drake Hall |Stoke on Trent College East Sutton Park |Kent County Council Mid Kent College Elmley |Kent County Council Mid Kent College Everthorpe |Humberside County Council Hull College of Further Education Featherstone |Cannock Chase Technical College Feltharn |London Borough of Hounslow Hounslow Borough College Gloucester |Gloucestershire County Council Gloucester College of Arts and Technology Haverigg |Cumbria County Council Furness College Hewell Grange |North East Worcestershire College Highdown |Surrey County Council Holloway |Islington Federal College Kingston |Highbury College of Technology Kirklevington |Longlands College Lancaster The Adult College, Lancaster Latchmere House |Surrey County Council Leeds |Park Lane College Lewes |University of Brighton Leyhill |Filton College Long Lartin |Evesham College Maidstone Mid Kent College Northallerton |North Yorkshire County Council Nottingham |Nottinghamshire County Council Pentonville |Islington Federal College Preston Preston College Pucklechurch |Soundwell College Ranby |Nottinghamshire County Council Rochester |Kent County Council/Mid Kent College Send |Surrey County Council Shepton Mallet |Strode College Shrewsbury |Shropshire County Council Stafford |Stafford College Standford Hill |Kent County Council/Mid Kent College Stoke Heath |Shropshire County Council Swaleside |Kent County Council/Mid Kent College Usk/Prescoed |Gwent Tertiary College Wandsworth |South Thames College Werrington |Stoke on Trent College Whatton |Nottinghamshire County Council Winchester |Eastleigh College Wormwood Scrubs |London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham
(D) Establishments where no decision has been taken and where the existing providers have agreed to continue to provide services on current terms until August 1993. Decisions will be made after the outcome of the judicial review. Prison/Young |Existing provider offender institution --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Acklington |Northumberland County Council Aldington |Kent County Council South Kent College Askham Grange |North Yorkshire County Council York College Belmarsh |London Borough of Greenwich Birmingham |Birmingham City Council Birmingham Metropolitan Institute of Technology Blantyre House |Kent County Council Mid Kent College Brinsford |Cannock Chase Technical College Brixton |London Borough of Lambeth Brockhill |North East Worcestershire College Canterbury |Kent County Council Canterbury College Castington |Northumberland County Council Channings Wood |Devon County Council Coldingley |Surrey County Council Cookham Wood |Kent County Council Mid Kent College Dartmoor |Devon County Council Deerbolt |Durham County Council Bishop Auckland Technical College Dover |Kent County Council South Kent College Downview |Surrey County Council Drake Hall |Stoke on Trent College East Sutton Park |Kent County Council Mid Kent College Elmley |Kent County Council Mid Kent College Everthorpe |Humberside County Council Hull College of Further Education Featherstone |Cannock Chase Technical College Feltharn |London Borough of Hounslow Hounslow Borough College Gloucester |Gloucestershire County Council Gloucester College of Arts and Technology Haverigg |Cumbria County Council Furness College Hewell Grange |North East Worcestershire College Highdown |Surrey County Council Holloway |Islington Federal College Kingston |Highbury College of Technology Kirklevington |Longlands College Lancaster The Adult College, Lancaster Latchmere House |Surrey County Council Leeds |Park Lane College Lewes |University of Brighton Leyhill |Filton College Long Lartin |Evesham College Maidstone Mid Kent College Northallerton |North Yorkshire County Council Nottingham |Nottinghamshire County Council Pentonville |Islington Federal College Preston Preston College Pucklechurch |Soundwell College Ranby |Nottinghamshire County Council Rochester |Kent County Council/Mid Kent College Send |Surrey County Council Shepton Mallet |Strode College Shrewsbury |Shropshire County Council Stafford |Stafford College Standford Hill |Kent County Council/Mid Kent College Stoke Heath |Shropshire County Council Swaleside |Kent County Council/Mid Kent College Usk/Prescoed |Gwent Tertiary College Wandsworth |South Thames College Werrington |Stoke on Trent College Whatton |Nottinghamshire County Council Winchester |Eastleigh College Wormwood Scrubs |London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham
Crime Statistics
Mr. McWilliam : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list by English police authority (a) the population covered by that authority, (b) the authorised police establishment for that authority, (c) the actual police establishment for that authority, (d) the total arrests made in that authority, (e) the number of arrests made per actual police officer, (f) the total number of reported crimes, (g) the number of crimes per officer, (h) the total number of crimes per thousand population and (i) the total number of reported crimes unsolved per thousand population for the last 10 years for which figures are available and for 1978-79.
Mr. Charles Wardle [holding answer 15 April 1993] : The information for items (a) to (c) can be found in the appendix to the annual report of Her Majesty's chief inspector of constabulary and information for items (f) and (h) are published annually in chapter 2 of "Criminal Statistics, England and Wales" ; copies of these publications are available in the Library. The other information requested is given in the tables, with the exception of item (i) which is available only at disproportionate cost.
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Recorded crimes per police officer Police force area |1978 |1979 |1980 |1981 |1982 |1983 |1984 |1985 |1986 |1987 |1988 |1989 |1990 |1991 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Avon and Somerset |19 |17 |18 |20 |22 |22 |24 |26 |30 |32 |31 |31 |40 |48 Bedfordshire |27 |28 |27 |29 |30 |31 |34 |34 |38 |39 |37 |38 |48 |51 Cambridgeshire |27 |21 |26 |28 |26 |26 |26 |27 |27 |28 |28 |30 |36 |45 Cheshire |15 |15 |17 |19 |21 |22 |23 |23 |24 |26 |24 |23 |27 |32 Cleveland |25 |23 |23 |26 |29 |28 |32 |32 |36 |38 |37 |38 |47 |49 Cumbria |18 |17 |15 |16 |18 |19 |21 |22 |25 |23 |22 |23 |26 |35 Derbyshire |23 |20 |19 |23 |25 |24 |26 |25 |24 |24 |22 |25 |32 |41 Devon and Cornwall |16 |15 |17 |19 |20 |21 |22 |23 |25 |25 |25 |26 |31 |37 Dorset |22 |18 |20 |21 |24 |25 |26 |27 |29 |30 |28 |30 |36 |39 Durham |19 |18 |20 |22 |25 |26 |30 |30 |30 |30 |29 |30 |36 |43 Essex |21 |20 |20 |21 |23 |23 |23 |24 |26 |26 |25 |26 |32 |36 Gloucestershire |15 |14 |16 |18 |20 |19 |21 |23 |24 |28 |28 |29 |35 |46 Greater Manchester |24 |24 |26 |30 |32 |33 |37 |39 |43 |41 |39 |38 |44 |50 Hampshire |21 |21 |20 |23 |25 |25 |27 |28 |30 |30 |28 |30 |36 |43 Hertfordshire |24 |24 |21 |22 |24 |22 |24 |24 |26 |25 |24 |24 |27 |32 Humberside |23 |23 |17 |27 |30 |29 |32 |36 |39 |43 |41 |43 |50 |57 Kent |19 |18 |17 |18 |21 |21 |23 |24 |24 |25 |25 |26 |32 |43 Lancashire |16 |16 |16 |18 |20 |20 |22 |22 |24 |25 |26 |24 |29 |33 Leicestershire |17 |17 |19 |21 |24 |24 |25 |26 |27 |28 |28 |30 |40 |48 Lincolnshire |14 |14 |15 |17 |20 |20 |22 |25 |25 |28 |26 |28 |31 |36 London, City of |7 |8 |7 |7 |8 |8 |8 |8 |10 |9 |8 |9 |9 |9 Merseyside |24 |23 |24 |27 |29 |29 |32 |32 |35 |33 |29 |27 |27 |31 Metropolitan Police |24 |23 |23 |24 |25 |24 |26 |26 |28 |26 |25 |26 |29 |31 Norfolk |18 |17 |19 |23 |26 |26 |26 |28 |30 |30 |30 |32 |38 |44 Northamptonshire |24 |23 |24 |25 |29 |29 |31 |34 |35 |36 |33 |34 |41 |49 Northumbria |28 |28 |30 |33 |38 |38 |43 |45 |46 |47 |43 |48 |53 |59 North Yorkshire |16 |15 |15 |18 |20 |20 |22 |25 |25 |25 |24 |24 |32 |35 Nottinghamshire |32 |32 |33 |37 |37 |36 |38 |38 |40 |40 |39 |43 |54 |61 South Yorkshire |21 |20 |20 |22 |25 |26 |30 |28 |30 |31 |28 |30 |34 |39 Staffordshire |17 |17 |17 |19 |20 |22 |23 |24 |26 |25 |25 |26 |32 |38 Suffolk |17 |17 |16 |18 |19 |20 |21 |23 |25 |25 |24 |26 |30 |32 Surrey |17 |17 |14 |15 |17 |17 |17 |17 |19 |19 |19 |20 |25 |29 Sussex |16 |16 |16 |17 |20 |21 |22 |23 |23 |22 |22 |25 |31 |37 Thames Valley |27 |26 |23 |25 |28 |28 |30 |31 |33 |32 |29 |32 |39 |49 Warwickshire |16 |15 |15 |18 |20 |21 |23 |22 |23 |25 |23 |25 |31 |39 West Mercia |19 |17 |17 |20 |23 |23 |24 |24 |25 |24 |23 |24 |29 |35 West Midlands |25 |23 |25 |28 |31 |31 |34 |35 |38 |38 |33 |32 |37 |42 West Yorkshire |26 |24 |25 |27 |29 |28 |31 |31 |32 |33 |31 |34 |42 |55 Wiltshire |20 |18 |18 |20 |22 |22 |24 |25 |25 |23 |22 |23 |27 |31 <1> Excluding offences of criminal damage value £20 and under.
Recorded crimes per police officer Police force area |1978 |1979 |1980 |1981 |1982 |1983 |1984 |1985 |1986 |1987 |1988 |1989 |1990 |1991 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Avon and Somerset |19 |17 |18 |20 |22 |22 |24 |26 |30 |32 |31 |31 |40 |48 Bedfordshire |27 |28 |27 |29 |30 |31 |34 |34 |38 |39 |37 |38 |48 |51 Cambridgeshire |27 |21 |26 |28 |26 |26 |26 |27 |27 |28 |28 |30 |36 |45 Cheshire |15 |15 |17 |19 |21 |22 |23 |23 |24 |26 |24 |23 |27 |32 Cleveland |25 |23 |23 |26 |29 |28 |32 |32 |36 |38 |37 |38 |47 |49 Cumbria |18 |17 |15 |16 |18 |19 |21 |22 |25 |23 |22 |23 |26 |35 Derbyshire |23 |20 |19 |23 |25 |24 |26 |25 |24 |24 |22 |25 |32 |41 Devon and Cornwall |16 |15 |17 |19 |20 |21 |22 |23 |25 |25 |25 |26 |31 |37 Dorset |22 |18 |20 |21 |24 |25 |26 |27 |29 |30 |28 |30 |36 |39 Durham |19 |18 |20 |22 |25 |26 |30 |30 |30 |30 |29 |30 |36 |43 Essex |21 |20 |20 |21 |23 |23 |23 |24 |26 |26 |25 |26 |32 |36 Gloucestershire |15 |14 |16 |18 |20 |19 |21 |23 |24 |28 |28 |29 |35 |46 Greater Manchester |24 |24 |26 |30 |32 |33 |37 |39 |43 |41 |39 |38 |44 |50 Hampshire |21 |21 |20 |23 |25 |25 |27 |28 |30 |30 |28 |30 |36 |43 Hertfordshire |24 |24 |21 |22 |24 |22 |24 |24 |26 |25 |24 |24 |27 |32 Humberside |23 |23 |17 |27 |30 |29 |32 |36 |39 |43 |41 |43 |50 |57 Kent |19 |18 |17 |18 |21 |21 |23 |24 |24 |25 |25 |26 |32 |43 Lancashire |16 |16 |16 |18 |20 |20 |22 |22 |24 |25 |26 |24 |29 |33 Leicestershire |17 |17 |19 |21 |24 |24 |25 |26 |27 |28 |28 |30 |40 |48 Lincolnshire |14 |14 |15 |17 |20 |20 |22 |25 |25 |28 |26 |28 |31 |36 London, City of |7 |8 |7 |7 |8 |8 |8 |8 |10 |9 |8 |9 |9 |9 Merseyside |24 |23 |24 |27 |29 |29 |32 |32 |35 |33 |29 |27 |27 |31 Metropolitan Police |24 |23 |23 |24 |25 |24 |26 |26 |28 |26 |25 |26 |29 |31 Norfolk |18 |17 |19 |23 |26 |26 |26 |28 |30 |30 |30 |32 |38 |44 Northamptonshire |24 |23 |24 |25 |29 |29 |31 |34 |35 |36 |33 |34 |41 |49 Northumbria |28 |28 |30 |33 |38 |38 |43 |45 |46 |47 |43 |48 |53 |59 North Yorkshire |16 |15 |15 |18 |20 |20 |22 |25 |25 |25 |24 |24 |32 |35 Nottinghamshire |32 |32 |33 |37 |37 |36 |38 |38 |40 |40 |39 |43 |54 |61 South Yorkshire |21 |20 |20 |22 |25 |26 |30 |28 |30 |31 |28 |30 |34 |39 Staffordshire |17 |17 |17 |19 |20 |22 |23 |24 |26 |25 |25 |26 |32 |38 Suffolk |17 |17 |16 |18 |19 |20 |21 |23 |25 |25 |24 |26 |30 |32 Surrey |17 |17 |14 |15 |17 |17 |17 |17 |19 |19 |19 |20 |25 |29 Sussex |16 |16 |16 |17 |20 |21 |22 |23 |23 |22 |22 |25 |31 |37 Thames Valley |27 |26 |23 |25 |28 |28 |30 |31 |33 |32 |29 |32 |39 |49 Warwickshire |16 |15 |15 |18 |20 |21 |23 |22 |23 |25 |23 |25 |31 |39 West Mercia |19 |17 |17 |20 |23 |23 |24 |24 |25 |24 |23 |24 |29 |35 West Midlands |25 |23 |25 |28 |31 |31 |34 |35 |38 |38 |33 |32 |37 |42 West Yorkshire |26 |24 |25 |27 |29 |28 |31 |31 |32 |33 |31 |34 |42 |55 Wiltshire |20 |18 |18 |20 |22 |22 |24 |25 |25 |23 |22 |23 |27 |31 <1> Excluding offences of criminal damage value £20 and under.
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Recorded crimes per police officer Police force area |1978 |1979 |1980 |1981 |1982 |1983 |1984 |1985 |1986 |1987 |1988 |1989 |1990 |1991 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Avon and Somerset |19 |17 |18 |20 |22 |22 |24 |26 |30 |32 |31 |31 |40 |48 Bedfordshire |27 |28 |27 |29 |30 |31 |34 |34 |38 |39 |37 |38 |48 |51 Cambridgeshire |27 |21 |26 |28 |26 |26 |26 |27 |27 |28 |28 |30 |36 |45 Cheshire |15 |15 |17 |19 |21 |22 |23 |23 |24 |26 |24 |23 |27 |32 Cleveland |25 |23 |23 |26 |29 |28 |32 |32 |36 |38 |37 |38 |47 |49 Cumbria |18 |17 |15 |16 |18 |19 |21 |22 |25 |23 |22 |23 |26 |35 Derbyshire |23 |20 |19 |23 |25 |24 |26 |25 |24 |24 |22 |25 |32 |41 Devon and Cornwall |16 |15 |17 |19 |20 |21 |22 |23 |25 |25 |25 |26 |31 |37 Dorset |22 |18 |20 |21 |24 |25 |26 |27 |29 |30 |28 |30 |36 |39 Durham |19 |18 |20 |22 |25 |26 |30 |30 |30 |30 |29 |30 |36 |43 Essex |21 |20 |20 |21 |23 |23 |23 |24 |26 |26 |25 |26 |32 |36 Gloucestershire |15 |14 |16 |18 |20 |19 |21 |23 |24 |28 |28 |29 |35 |46 Greater Manchester |24 |24 |26 |30 |32 |33 |37 |39 |43 |41 |39 |38 |44 |50 Hampshire |21 |21 |20 |23 |25 |25 |27 |28 |30 |30 |28 |30 |36 |43 Hertfordshire |24 |24 |21 |22 |24 |22 |24 |24 |26 |25 |24 |24 |27 |32 Humberside |23 |23 |17 |27 |30 |29 |32 |36 |39 |43 |41 |43 |50 |57 Kent |19 |18 |17 |18 |21 |21 |23 |24 |24 |25 |25 |26 |32 |43 Lancashire |16 |16 |16 |18 |20 |20 |22 |22 |24 |25 |26 |24 |29 |33 Leicestershire |17 |17 |19 |21 |24 |24 |25 |26 |27 |28 |28 |30 |40 |48 Lincolnshire |14 |14 |15 |17 |20 |20 |22 |25 |25 |28 |26 |28 |31 |36 London, City of |7 |8 |7 |7 |8 |8 |8 |8 |10 |9 |8 |9 |9 |9 Merseyside |24 |23 |24 |27 |29 |29 |32 |32 |35 |33 |29 |27 |27 |31 Metropolitan Police |24 |23 |23 |24 |25 |24 |26 |26 |28 |26 |25 |26 |29 |31 Norfolk |18 |17 |19 |23 |26 |26 |26 |28 |30 |30 |30 |32 |38 |44 Northamptonshire |24 |23 |24 |25 |29 |29 |31 |34 |35 |36 |33 |34 |41 |49 Northumbria |28 |28 |30 |33 |38 |38 |43 |45 |46 |47 |43 |48 |53 |59 North Yorkshire |16 |15 |15 |18 |20 |20 |22 |25 |25 |25 |24 |24 |32 |35 Nottinghamshire |32 |32 |33 |37 |37 |36 |38 |38 |40 |40 |39 |43 |54 |61 South Yorkshire |21 |20 |20 |22 |25 |26 |30 |28 |30 |31 |28 |30 |34 |39 Staffordshire |17 |17 |17 |19 |20 |22 |23 |24 |26 |25 |25 |26 |32 |38 Suffolk |17 |17 |16 |18 |19 |20 |21 |23 |25 |25 |24 |26 |30 |32 Surrey |17 |17 |14 |15 |17 |17 |17 |17 |19 |19 |19 |20 |25 |29 Sussex |16 |16 |16 |17 |20 |21 |22 |23 |23 |22 |22 |25 |31 |37 Thames Valley |27 |26 |23 |25 |28 |28 |30 |31 |33 |32 |29 |32 |39 |49 Warwickshire |16 |15 |15 |18 |20 |21 |23 |22 |23 |25 |23 |25 |31 |39 West Mercia |19 |17 |17 |20 |23 |23 |24 |24 |25 |24 |23 |24 |29 |35 West Midlands |25 |23 |25 |28 |31 |31 |34 |35 |38 |38 |33 |32 |37 |42 West Yorkshire |26 |24 |25 |27 |29 |28 |31 |31 |32 |33 |31 |34 |42 |55 Wiltshire |20 |18 |18 |20 |22 |22 |24 |25 |25 |23 |22 |23 |27 |31 <1> Excluding offences of criminal damage value £20 and under.
TRADE AND INDUSTRY
Nuclear Energy
Mr. Simon Hughes : To ask the President of the Board of Trade what form the planned review of the nuclear power industry will take.
Mr. Eggar : As stated in the White Paper, "The Prospects for Coal", a further announcement about the review of the future prospects for nuclear power will be made later this year.
Mr. Corbyn : To ask the President of the Board of Trade (1) what are the current delays in the installation of security systems at Trawsfwynnd, Haysham, Oldbury and Dungeness nuclear power stations ; and if he will make a statement ;
(2) what Government scrutiny there has been in the awarding of security contracts by Nuclear Electric ; and what complaints have been received concerning the completion of the contracts ; (3) what tendering arrangements were made for security systems at Britain's nuclear power stations ; and to whom the contract was awarded.
Mr. Eggar [holding answer 14 April 1993] : Security schemes at nuclear power stations are subject to agreement with the Government. The awarding of contracts in relation to security schemes is a commercial matter for the operator concerned.
er to the hon. Member for Waveney (Mr. Porter) of 31 March, Official Report, column 212, if he will make a statement on the relationship between his Department's export control office and his export intelligence system under the contract extension for Prelink Ltd.
Mr. Needham : The export intelligence system con-tracted to Pre-Link publishes information about overseas sales opportunities. It does not remove the requirement, where that exists, for a seller to obtain an export licence.
Direct Selling
Mr. Nigel Griffiths : To ask the President of the Board of Trade how many complaints about illegal direct selling schemes were received by trading standards officers in (a) 1989, (b) 1990, (c) 1991 and (d) 1992.
Mr. Leigh : There is no obligation for trading standards officers to keep statistics on matters such as this, for which they have no powers or obligations.
Export Credits Guarantee Department
Mr. Austin Mitchell : To ask the President of the Board of Trade how much in existing guarantees by the ECGD was (a) at risk, (b) in default, (c) written off and (d) still being used in each year from 1985 to privatisation ; and what is the extent of Government liability for such accumulated and risks.
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Mr. Needham : The information requested has been published in ECGD's trading accounts from 1985-86, copies of which can be found in the Library. For convenience the relevant details are brought together in the following table :
|Amount at risk<1> |Amount in default<1>|Amount written off |Total provision<1>
|(paid claims and |(annual)
|interest)
|£ million |£ million |£ million |£ million
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1985-86 |27,770 |2,107.6 |35.8 |976.4
1986-87 |23,794 |2,623.6 |25.5 |1,481.9
1987-88 |23,154 |4,017.0 |25.2 |3,147.5
1988-89 |21,584 |5,103.4 |66.2 |4,176.1
1989-90 |20,717 |6,364.8 |59.9 |7,916.5
1990-91 |19,533 |7,071.3 |38.5 |8,511.9
1991-92 |17,958 |8,118.5 |47.9 |8,539.5
<1> Balance as at 31 March.
Amounts at risk
These amounts represent ECGD's gross contingent liability under extant guarantees excluding unrecovered claims payments.
Amounts in default
These comprise gross paid claims, plus interest, which have not been recovered or written off.
Amounts written off
These sums relate to the amounts in relation to which recovery action has been abandoned during the year in question.
In order to give a more rounded picture the table also includes the total provision in respect of losses on unrecovered claims and amounts at risk. This represents the cumulative amounts which have been charged to ECGD's trading accounts.
Relocation
Mr. Janner : To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will list the criteria on which decisions on his Department's relocations are based.
Mr. Eggar [holding answer 14 April 1993] : The key factors in deciding whether and where to relocate the work of the various parts of my Department are achieving the best value for money and operational efficiency.
Mixed Oxide Fuel
Mr. Hood : To ask the President of the Board of Trade what the timetable is for the construction of the new Sellafield mixed oxide fuel plant (SMP) ; and when he expects it to be operational.
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Mr. Eggar [holding answer 14 April 1993] : Work on the proposed Sellafield mixed oxide fuel plant has not yet reached the stage of taking a decision to proceed with construction.
Ministerial Engagements
Mr. Wallace : To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will list (a) his official engagements and (b) those of the hon. Member for Enfield, North (Mr. Eggar) on (i) 30 March, (ii) 31 March and (iii) 1 April.
Mr. Eggar [holding answer 14 April 1993] : Following the debate on the Government's coal review on 29 March, both my right hon. Friend the President of the Board of Trade and I had a full programme of official engagements on the following three days.
My right hon. Friend attended Cabinet on 1 April as well as two Cabinet Committees and other meetings with Cabinet colleagues and overseas visitors in this period. I had a bilateral with the Danish Minister for Energy on 1 April and three constituency engagements during those three days. We both voted in the House on 30 and 31 March.
Post and Telecommunications Services
Mr. Cousins : To ask the President of the Board of Trade what plans he has to seek further advice from Kleinwort Benson, KPMG, Price Waterhouse and others on the Post Office review in the 1993-94 financial year ; and what provision has been made for payment for this advice in the current year's budget for his Department.
Mr. Leigh [holding answer 15 April 1993] : My Department will continue to take advice from external consultants on the Post Office review as necessary. Payment for any such work in 1993-94 would be made from the total sum allocated by my Department for consultancy (£6,429,000) on sub-heading C3(2) of class IV, vote 1 (HC 495-IV). Final allocations have not yet been made within this overall figure.
Mr. Cousins : To ask the President of the Board of Trade what was the balance of payments in (a) post and (b) telecommunications services in the last five years, distinguishing between the balance of payments with other countries of the European Community and elsewhere.
Mr. Needham [holding answer 15 April 1993] Separate information for (a) post and (b) telecommunication services is not available. Information on overall United Kingdom overseas transactions in post and telecommunication services is published by the Central Statistical Office in "The Pink Book, United Kingdom Balance of Payments" which is available in the Library of the House.
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