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Mr. Jack : Information concerning arrests, for all offences, 1981 to 1991 is given in the table. Cautioning data by police force area is published annually in "Criminal statistics England and Wales Supplementary tables Volume 3", table S3.7A in issues 1981 to 1990 and table S3.6A in issue 1991 refer. Copies are available in the Library. 1992 information will not be available until the autumn. Data on the number of people charged are not collected centrally.
Arrests for all types of offences
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Police Evidence
Mr. Blair : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many police forces are currently able to comply with the recommendations in the report of the working group on pre-trial issues (a) that witnesses'
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statements, interview records, case summaries and records of previous convictions be typed, (b) that there be a time limit of three weeks for the police to provide a full file of evidence to the Crown prosecution service and (c) that there be a time limit of two weeks for the police to provide an abbreviated file of evidence to the Crown prosecution service ; and what is his assessment of the reasons for the extent of non-compliance.Mr. Jack : Around a quarter of all police forces have so far implemented the full typing recommendations. The balance of forces are working to achieve this by 31 December 1993 a date set in 1992 as one of the recommendations of the steering group on pre-trial issues. All forces have introduced the time limit guidance for the provision of full and abbreviated files to the Crown prosecution service. While there will always be complex or difficult cases where it is not possible to meet the targets, police forces are working to achieve compliance with the standard.
Prison Population
Ms. Primarolo : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the average number of prisoners in each prison in the latest year for which figures are available.
Mr. Peter Lloyd : Responsibility for this matter has been delegated to the Director General of the Prison Service, who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from Derek Lewis to Ms Dawn Primarolo, dated 12 May 1993 :
The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your Parliamentary Question, for written answer on 10 May, on the average population in each Prison Service establishment.
The attached table shows the average population in all establishments in England and Wales in 1992-93.
Average population figures for
year ending 31 March 1993
|Number
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Acklington |677
Albany |252
Aldington |103
Ashwell |384
Askham Grange |97
Aylesbury |231
Bedford |245
Belmarsh |732
Birmingham |888
Blantyre House |93
Blundeston |325
Brinsford |319
Bristol |398
Brixton |718
Brockhill |150
Bullingdon |418
Bullwood Hall |104
Camp Hill |396
Canterbury |167
Cardiff |424
Castington |239
Channings Wood |562
Chelmsford |337
Coldingley |205
Cookham Wood |112
Dartmoor |509
Deerbolt |493
Dorchester |193
Dover |218
Downview |280
Drake Hall |166
Durham |646
East Sutton Park |78
Elmley |502
Erlestoke |205
Everthorpe |221
Exeter |380
Featherstone |547
Feltham |867
Finnamore Wood |76
Ford |457
Frankland |309
Full Sutton |439
Garth |484
Gartree |241
Glen Parva |686
Gloucester |190
Grendon |180
Guys Marsh |141
Haslar |110
Hatfield |146
Haverigg |304
Hewell Grange |134
High Down |319
Highpoint |598
HIndley |393
Hollesley Bay |288
Holloway |456
Holme House |445
Hull |330
Huntercombe |191
Kingston |94
Kirkham |465
Kirklevington |19
Dr. Kypros Loucas
Mr. Gerrard : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his answer of 18 March, Official Report, column 320, if a decision has yet been reached on the employment of Dr. Kypros Loucas at Wormwood Scrubs prison.
Mr. Peter Lloyd : Responsibility for this matter has been delegated to the Director General of the Prison Service who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from Derek Lewis to Mr. Neil Gerrard, dated 12 May 1993 : The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question about the employment of Dr. Kypros Loucas. The employment of Dr. Loucas at HMP Wormwood Scrubs was terminated with effect from 22 March 1993.
Minimum Sentences
Mr. Bennett : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what criteria he uses (a) when deciding whether to make a recommendation of minimum sentence and (b) when making that recommendation.
Mr. Jack : It is assumed that by "recommendation of minimum sentence", the hon. Member refers to the part played by the Secretary of State in the administration of the mandatory sentence of life imprisonment. This is the only occasion on which the Secretary of State would be involved in considering the minimum period that should be served in custody ; in such cases, it is his responsibility to determine, after taking into account the views of the trial judge and the Lord Chief Justice, the minimum period necessary to satisfy the requirements of retribution and deterrence. This period is known as the "tariff".
epartment what is the number of whole-time equivalent prison medical officers in each prison.
Mr. Peter Lloyd : Responsibility for this matter has been delegated to the Director General of the Prison Service who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from Derek Lewis to Ms Dawn Primarolo, dated 12 May 1993 :
The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question regarding the number of whole time equivalent prison medical officers in each prison.
There are 243 prison medical officers employed in the Prison Service. This figure includes medical officers of all
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grades and part-time medical officers where appropriate. In some instances two part-time posts will form a full-time equivalent. A list of all establishments showing the breakdown of prison medical officers in each prison by grade and indicating both full and part- time posts has been laid in the library of the House.Police (Complaints)
Mr. Nigel Evans : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the number of complaints against the police investigated in each police authority in England and Wales for each year since 1987.
Mr. Charles Wardle : Figures of those complaints that receive a full investigation are not readily available. The table gives figures for all complaint cases received by forces during 1987-92. A case may consist of more than one matter giving cause for complaint.
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Complaints cases received 1987-1992
Police forces in England and Wales
Total cases
received
|1987 |1988 |1989 |1990 |1991 |1992
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Avon and Somerset |412 |463 |446 |561 |641 |726
Bedfordshire |131 |117 |111 |125 |138 |183
Cambridgeshire |134 |174 |227 |273 |252 |212
Cheshire |298 |293 |315 |335 |313 |355
City of London |36 |41 |41 |45 |49 |24
Cleveland |339 |319 |311 |252 |293 |275
Cumbria |263 |239 |284 |298 |251 |275
Derbyshire |239 |258 |288 |310 |296 |315
Devon and Cornwall |254 |271 |294 |447 |500 |488
Dorset |220 |216 |201 |179 |170 |160
Durham |298 |329 |238 |201 |206 |166
Dyfed and Powys |149 |179 |184 |137 |156 |153
Essex |268 |294 |350 |405 |426 |394
Gloucestershire |182 |224 |230 |252 |322 |329
Greater Manchester |1,265 |1,289 |1,398 |1,700 |1,750 |1,820
Gwent |209 |226 |289 |266 |268 |234
Hampshire |394 |350 |614 |628 |586 |583
Hertfordshire |171 |212 |229 |239 |272 |238
Humberside |435 |447 |420 |501 |471 |463
Kent |359 |440 |428 |392 |452 |512
Lanccashire |260 |281 |317 |338 |447 |463
Leicestershire |340 |327 |345 |400 |286 |306
Lincolnshire |182 |134 |81 |74 |65 |74
Merseyside |778 |839 |1,008 |1,181 |1,101 |1,204
Norfolk |229 |216 |253 |299 |303 |328
Northamptonshire |110 |104 |136 |185 |195 |192
Northumbria |385 |413 |441 |508 |474 |470
North Wales |135 |112 |234 |317 |280 |314
North Yorkshire |131 |189 |200 |218 |184 |185
Nottinghamshire |283 |340 |380 |387 |389 |388
South Wales |539 |573 |596 |546 |580 |625
South Yorkshire |331 |349 |436 |442 |380 |435
Staffordshire |379 |441 |476 |499 |554 |478
Suffolk |203 |181 |229 |224 |198 |251
Surrey |210 |210 |247 |264 |232 |226
Sussex |193 |161 |199 |285 |368 |477
Thames Valley |438 |399 |420 |458 |398 |522
Warwickshire |110 |117 |171 |233 |155 |105
West Mercia |257 |320 |371 |381 |297 |321
West Midlands |644 |748 |944 |958 |948 |1,075
West Yorkshire |932 |922 |1,058 |977 |973 |944
Wiltshire |162 |160 |166 |193 |141 |151
Metropolitan |4,864 |5,294 |5,350 |4,371 |3,928 |4,294
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Total |18,149 |19,211 |20,956 |21,284 |20,688 |21,733
NHS Loto
Mrs. Jane Kennedy : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when the police completed their investigation into the National Hospital Trust lottery scheme, NHS Loto, mentioned in paragraph 85 of the report of the Gaming Board for Great Britain 1989-90 ; what was the outcome of the investigation ; and what action has since been taken.
Mr. Peter Lloyd : I understand that the case is currently being considered by the Crown prosecution service in the light of recent reports by the police.
Immigration Service (Privatisation)
Mr. Allen : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans he has to privatise or contract out duties presently carried out by immigration officials ; what research has been carried out to assess the possibility of future privatisation in this area ; what representations he has received on this matter ; and if he will make a statement.
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Mr. Charles Wardle : The Home Office market testing programme for 1992-93 includes the provision of catering and security guard services and the recruitment of Immigration Service personnel by the immigration and nationality department. The proposals for 1993-94 are to market test in the immigration and nationality department, the typing, postroom and registries, reprographic and messengerial support services. Discussions have been held including with trade union representatives.
My right hon. and learned Friend has no plans to market test the work of immigration officers at ports of entry or the work of other officials who take decisions on his behalf under immigration law.
Refugees
Mr. Maclennan : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many unaccompanied children under 18 years applied for refugee status on arrival in the United Kingdom in 1992 and in each month in 1993 ; and what was the country of origin of these children.
Mr. Charles Wardle : The available information is given in the table.
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Unaccompanied<1> children, aged 17 or under applying for asylum on
their arrival in the United Kingdom, by nationality
1992 (who1993ear)
|January |February|March |April
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Afghanistan |11 |2 |3 |2 |-
Angola |3 |- |- |- |-
Colombia |1 |- |- |- |-
Cyprus |1 |- |- |- |-
Ethiopia |19 |3 |- |1 |-
Ghana |3 |- |- |- |-
Ivory Coast |- |- |- |- |1
Iraq |1 |1 |- |- |-
Iran |1 |- |- |- |-
Kenya |- |1 |- |- |1
Lebanon |3 |- |1 |- |-
Libya |1 |- |- |- |-
Malaysia |1 |- |- |- |-
Pakistan |1 |- |- |- |-
Poland |3 |2 |- |- |-
Sierra Leone |1 |- |- |1 |-
Somalia |53 |7 |1 |5 |4
Sri Lanka |36 |4 |- |7 |1
Turkey |14 |2 |1 |3 |1
Uganda |4 |- |- |4 |-
Former Yugoslavia |18 |- |- |- |-
Zaire |10 |- |- |- |3
|-- |-- |-- |-- |--
Total |185 |22 |6 |23 |11
<1> Unaccompanied at the point of their arrival, and not known to be
joining a close relative in the United Kingdom.
Police (Contracting Unit)
Mr. Gapes : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans he has for contracting out functions and duties currently carried out by the Metropolitan police and other police forces ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Charles Wardle : Compulsory competitive tendering is to be extended to 40 per cent. of the annual cost of police vehicle maintenance and repair in the first instance, and to 90 per cent. of the annual cost of the cleaning of police buildings. CCT will also be extended in due course to a proportion of the cost of police authority and construction services.
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The Metropolitan police are not covered by local authority statutory requirements, but a policy of market testing has been introduced. The aim is to test up to 30 per cent. of the work of the personnel, finance, technology, and property services departments over the next two and a half years. Action plans are also being drawn up to market test other administrative and support functions. The extend to which the above work will be contracted out or retained in-house will depend upon the results of individual testing exercises.I refer also to the reply I gave to my right hon. Friend the Member for Westminster, North (Sir J. Wheeler) on 16 February, at columnn 139, that the court escort service in the Metropolitan police district and in three other areas should be contracted out.
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Safer Cities
Mr. Michael : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the sums of money the Government are making available directly to each of the original 16 safer city projects during the transitional period, together with the date on which transitional finance will commence in each case and the length of time for which it will continue to be available in each case.
Mr. Jack : The original 16 safer cities projects will cease to receive Home Office funding after March 1994.
Each of these projects has £100,000 available in grant funding in 1993 -94 to support local crime prevention schemes. In addition, in the current financial year they have access to further funds from a central pool of £500,000 which has been set aside to assist the development locally of continuing structures from the maintenance of multi-agency crime prevention work.
Mr. Michael : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what criteria are being used to decide how the transitional money being made available to the original 16 safer cities projects should be allocated to the respective projects.
Mr. Jack : The original 16 safer cities projects due to close in March 1994 have access to a central pool of £500,000 to assist the development locally of continuing structures for the maintenance of multi- agency crime prevention work. That is the only criterion for the use of this money. The projects were invited to submit their plans and expenditure proposals to the Home Office on the assumption that, subject to the viability of the plans, they will each receive about £31,000 from the pool.
Rail Lines (Vandalism)
Mr. Milburn : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will provide a table listing the dates, details and sentences of court hearings for acts of vandalism on rail lines during each of the last three years.
Mr. Freeman : I have been asked to reply.
The information in the form requested could be obtained only at disproportionate cost. However, for the period concerned the number of prosecutions for vandalism on rail lines is as follows :
|England and Wales|Scotland |Total
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1991 |582 |48 |630
1992 |531 |59 |590
<1>1993 |106 |11 |117
<1> 1 January 1993 to 11 May 1993.
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These figures include summary and indictable prosecutions and sentences ranged from four years imprisonment to conditional discharges, depending on the severity of each individual incident.Traffic Wardens
Mr. Michael : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) if he will make it his policy to bring forward any measures necessary to empower a traffic warden to require the production at a police station by a motorist of a current certificate of motor vehicle insurance in any case in which he or she is currently empowered to require production of a driving licence ;
(2) what powers he has to extend to traffic wardens the power to require a motorist to produce at a police station a certificate of vehicle insurance in any case in which he or she is currently empowered to require production of a driving licence.
Mr. Charles Wardle [holding answers 10 and 11 May 1993] : Sections 95(5) and 96 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 empower the Secretary of State to make a statutory instrument prescribing the appropriate functions of traffic wardens. Those provisions could be used to empower traffic wardens to require the production of a current certificate of motor insurance in the circumstances described. There are no plans at present to do so.
Crime Statistics
Mr. Michael : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many crimes were recorded for the Metropolitan police area and for each borough within the metropolitan area in 1989, 1991 and 1992 ;
(2) how many crimes were recorded for the Metropolitan police area and for each borough within the metropolitan area in 1989, 1991 and 1992 as (a) burglary of a house, (b), non-domestic burglary, (c) theft from a motor vehicle and (d) theft of a motor vehicle, including taking without consent ;
(3) how many crimes in each category of crime were recorded for the Metropolitan police area and for each borough within the metropolitan area in 1989, 1991 and 1992 ;
Mr. Jack [holding answer 29 April 1993] : Tables giving recorded crime figures broken down by offence group and by borough within the Metropolitan police district are in the Library. Figures for burglary in a dwelling, other burglary and theft of and from motor vehicles by borough have been supplied by the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis and are given in the tables.
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Notifiable offences recorded by offence and local authority, borough or district
Metropolitan police district
Borough/district Burglary in a Burglary in other
dwelling building
|1989 |1991 |1992<1>|1989 |1991 |1992<1>
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Barking |1,246 |2,136 |2,329 |1,056 |1,801 |1,546
Barnet |3,231 |4,209 |4,327 |1,311 |1,792 |1,692
Bexley |1,264 |1,896 |1,975 |889 |988 |1,301
Brent |3,700 |5,138 |5,819 |1,612 |2,029 |2,000
Bromley |3,178 |3,538 |3,973 |1,341 |2,062 |2,340
Camden |3,830 |4,602 |5,105 |2,515 |3,395 |3,108
Croydon |3,041 |4,063 |4,503 |1,723 |1,968 |2,199
Ealing |3,255 |4,455 |4,555 |1,608 |1,839 |1,867
Enfield |2,999 |3,131 |3,103 |1,379 |1,815 |1,844
Greenwich |3,097 |4,335 |4,560 |1,387 |2,134 |2,388
Hackney |4,854 |5,833 |5,559 |1,998 |2,588 |2,437
Hammersmith |2,616 |3,602 |3,266 |1,056 |1,126 |1,364
Haringey |3,941 |5,078 |4,072 |1,564 |1,837 |1,481
Harrow |1,682 |2,390 |2,852 |746 |988 |1,007
Havering |1,374 |2,340 |2,710 |1,193 |1,555 |1,596
Hillingdon |1,537 |2,418 |2,330 |1,445 |2,257 |1,600
Hounslow |1,780 |2,630 |3,122 |1,225 |2,250 |1,615
Islington |2,818 |3,356 |3,460 |2,033 |1,882 |1,961
Kensington and Chelsea |4,164 |4,492 |4,422 |1,406 |1,184 |1,441
Kingston |861 |1,256 |1,509 |643 |1,141 |1,329
Lambeth |5,584 |8,791 |8,488 |1,626 |1,951 |2,063
Lewisham |5,193 |5,555 |6,322 |1,479 |2,200 |2,247
Merton |1,893 |2,771 |2,862 |1,054 |1,151 |1,112
Newham |3,671 |4,713 |4,272 |2,105 |2,403 |2,521
Redbridge |2,071 |3,124 |3,463 |1,225 |1,531 |1,527
Richmond |1,348 |2,013 |1,791 |741 |1,526 |1,086
Southwark |5,270 |6,604 |6,322 |2,336 |2,939 |2,677
Sutton |1,305 |1,755 |1,966 |626 |1,166 |1,277
Tower Hamlets |2,549 |2,728 |2,685 |2,148 |2,314 |2,523
Wandsworth |3,775 |5,844 |4,244 |1,727 |2,092 |1,966
Waltham Forest |2,820 |3,229 |3,208 |1,474 |1,390 |1,438
Westminster |4,777 |5,264 |5,350 |4,286 |4,236 |4,339
Broxbourne (part) |369 |325 |324 |432 |291 |308
Elmbridge (part) |421 |510 |468 |245 |234 |339
Epping Forest (part) |487 |514 |587 |247 |324 |436
Epsom and Ewell |428 |708 |687 |360 |451 |435
Hertsmere |516 |614 |579 |415 |740 |681
Reigate and Banstead (part) |265 |357 |354 |138 |263 |173
Spelthorne |376 |417 |492 |464 |685 |560
Welwyn Hatfield (part) |17 |20 |8 |8 |6 |4
Heathrow airport |5 |16 |2 |27 |69 |26
Thames |- |- |1 |- |1 |-
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Total |97,608 |126,770|128,026|51,293 |64,594 |63,854
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Notifiable offences recorded by offence and local authority, borough or district
Metropolitan police district
Borough/district Burglary in a Burglary in other
dwelling building
|1989 |1991 |1992<1>|1989 |1991 |1992<1>
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Barking |1,246 |2,136 |2,329 |1,056 |1,801 |1,546
Barnet |3,231 |4,209 |4,327 |1,311 |1,792 |1,692
Bexley |1,264 |1,896 |1,975 |889 |988 |1,301
Brent |3,700 |5,138 |5,819 |1,612 |2,029 |2,000
Bromley |3,178 |3,538 |3,973 |1,341 |2,062 |2,340
Camden |3,830 |4,602 |5,105 |2,515 |3,395 |3,108
Croydon |3,041 |4,063 |4,503 |1,723 |1,968 |2,199
Ealing |3,255 |4,455 |4,555 |1,608 |1,839 |1,867
Enfield |2,999 |3,131 |3,103 |1,379 |1,815 |1,844
Greenwich |3,097 |4,335 |4,560 |1,387 |2,134 |2,388
Hackney |4,854 |5,833 |5,559 |1,998 |2,588 |2,437
Hammersmith |2,616 |3,602 |3,266 |1,056 |1,126 |1,364
Haringey |3,941 |5,078 |4,072 |1,564 |1,837 |1,481
Harrow |1,682 |2,390 |2,852 |746 |988 |1,007
Havering |1,374 |2,340 |2,710 |1,193 |1,555 |1,596
Hillingdon |1,537 |2,418 |2,330 |1,445 |2,257 |1,600
Hounslow |1,780 |2,630 |3,122 |1,225 |2,250 |1,615
Islington |2,818 |3,356 |3,460 |2,033 |1,882 |1,961
Kensington and Chelsea |4,164 |4,492 |4,422 |1,406 |1,184 |1,441
Kingston |861 |1,256 |1,509 |643 |1,141 |1,329
Lambeth |5,584 |8,791 |8,488 |1,626 |1,951 |2,063
Lewisham |5,193 |5,555 |6,322 |1,479 |2,200 |2,247
Merton |1,893 |2,771 |2,862 |1,054 |1,151 |1,112
Newham |3,671 |4,713 |4,272 |2,105 |2,403 |2,521
Redbridge |2,071 |3,124 |3,463 |1,225 |1,531 |1,527
Richmond |1,348 |2,013 |1,791 |741 |1,526 |1,086
Southwark |5,270 |6,604 |6,322 |2,336 |2,939 |2,677
Sutton |1,305 |1,755 |1,966 |626 |1,166 |1,277
Tower Hamlets |2,549 |2,728 |2,685 |2,148 |2,314 |2,523
Wandsworth |3,775 |5,844 |4,244 |1,727 |2,092 |1,966
Waltham Forest |2,820 |3,229 |3,208 |1,474 |1,390 |1,438
Westminster |4,777 |5,264 |5,350 |4,286 |4,236 |4,339
Broxbourne (part) |369 |325 |324 |432 |291 |308
Elmbridge (part) |421 |510 |468 |245 |234 |339
Epping Forest (part) |487 |514 |587 |247 |324 |436
Epsom and Ewell |428 |708 |687 |360 |451 |435
Hertsmere |516 |614 |579 |415 |740 |681
Reigate and Banstead (part) |265 |357 |354 |138 |263 |173
Spelthorne |376 |417 |492 |464 |685 |560
Welwyn Hatfield (part) |17 |20 |8 |8 |6 |4
Heathrow airport |5 |16 |2 |27 |69 |26
Thames |- |- |1 |- |1 |-
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Total |97,608 |126,770|128,026|51,293 |64,594 |63,854
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Mr. Michael : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many crimes were recorded in 1992 for (a) each county in England and Wales and (b) each district within each county ; and what was the percentage change in each case compared with the equivalent figures for (i) 1991 and (ii) 1989 ;
(2) how many crimes were recorded for each category of crime in 1992 for (a) each county in England and Wales and (b) each district within each county ; and what was the percentage change in each case compared with the equivalent figure in (i) 1991 and (ii) 1989 ;
(3) how many crimes were recorded for each police authority area in England and Wales in (a) 1991 and
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(b) 1992 as being (i) burglary of homes, (ii) non-domestic burglary, (iii) theft from motor vehicles and cars and (iv) theft of motor vehicles, including taking without consent.(4) what was the total number of crimes recorded for each category of crime for each police force area in England and Wales in 1992.
Mr. Jack [holding answer 29 April 1993] : The information collected centrally relates to police force areas and the available statistics are provided in the tables. Figures for crimes recorded by category in 1989 and 1991 are published by police force area in "Criminal Statistics, England and Wales" in table 2.5
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Notifiable offences recorded by the police
England and Wales
Theft from a Theft of a
vehicle vehicle
Police force area |1991 |1992 |1991 |1992
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Avon and Somerset |10,181 |32,109 |19,903 |24,873
Bedfordshire |12,035 |11,008 |8,292 |8,069
Cambridgeshire |8,998 |11,403 |4,655 |5,796
Cheshire |9,485 |12,866 |8,289 |9,010
Cleveland |12,369 |12,063 |11,712 |12,433
Cumbria |6,627 |8,315 |3,632 |3,113
Derbyshire |13,621 |17,052 |7,410 |9,024
Devon and Cornwall |19,526 |22,023 |7,923 |7,641
Dorset |8,618 |8,593 |4,560 |3,677
Durham |10,053 |9,760 |8,640 |8,588
Essex |20,610 |20,509 |11,377 |11,493
Gloucestershire |11,432 |14,563 |3,927 |4,642
Greater Manchester |60,461 |60,112 |55,338 |57,862
Hampshire |26,720 |28,824 |11,919 |11,003
Hertfordshire |10,548 |12,046 |6,149 |6,467
Humberside |17,909 |19,953 |8,506 |8,839
Kent |23,558 |24,971 |17,962 |18,910
Lancashire |21,687 |23,655 |11,042 |12,288
Leicestershire |16,104 |18,239 |10,751 |11,195
Lincolnshire |4,958 |6,801 |2,779 |3,241
City of London |839 |975 |239 |143
Merseyside |22,156 |20,514 |16,983 |15,894
Metropolitan police district |154,453 |161,978 |81,173 |79,459
Norfolk |12,780 |13,197 |5,510 |4,711
Northamptonshire |10,466 |8,909 |6,514 |6,701
Northumbria |32,680 |28,030 |30,356 |28,954
North Yorkshire |8,312 |9,069 |4,999 |4,300
Nottinghamshire |27,884 |27,523 |17,603 |16,913
South Yorkshire |21,848 |22,572 |16,323 |17,915
Staffordshire |15,382 |16,710 |9,290 |11,505
Suffolk |6,037 |6,453 |2,721 |2,702
Surrey |9,851 |10,923 |4,860 |4,912
Sussex |21,020 |22,981 |9,251 |8,953
Thames Valley |40,302 |42,834 |22,556 |22,017
Warwickshire |8,244 |8,925 |4,700 |4,898
West Mercia |11,937 |13,264 |8,652 |7,861
West Midlands |54,360 |56,249 |41,415 |39,574
West Yorkshire |55,425 |52,807 |40,235 |35,821
Wiltshire |5,900 |6,530 |2,967 |2,759
|------- |------- |------- |-------
England |865,376 |905,308 |551,113 |554,156
Dyfed-Powys |3,029 |3,393 |1,476 |1,464
Gwent |6,786 |6,569 |3,240 |3,678
North Wales |6,970 |8,230 |3,102 |3,551
South Wales |31,115 |30,748 |22,970 |22,654
|------- |------- |-------- |-------
Wales |47,900 |48,940 |30,788 |31,347
England and Wales |913,276 |954,248 |581,901 |585,503
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Notifiable offences recorded by the police
England and Wales
Theft from a Theft of a
vehicle vehicle
Police force area |1991 |1992 |1991 |1992
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Avon and Somerset |10,181 |32,109 |19,903 |24,873
Bedfordshire |12,035 |11,008 |8,292 |8,069
Cambridgeshire |8,998 |11,403 |4,655 |5,796
Cheshire |9,485 |12,866 |8,289 |9,010
Cleveland |12,369 |12,063 |11,712 |12,433
Cumbria |6,627 |8,315 |3,632 |3,113
Derbyshire |13,621 |17,052 |7,410 |9,024
Devon and Cornwall |19,526 |22,023 |7,923 |7,641
Dorset |8,618 |8,593 |4,560 |3,677
Durham |10,053 |9,760 |8,640 |8,588
Essex |20,610 |20,509 |11,377 |11,493
Gloucestershire |11,432 |14,563 |3,927 |4,642
Greater Manchester |60,461 |60,112 |55,338 |57,862
Hampshire |26,720 |28,824 |11,919 |11,003
Hertfordshire |10,548 |12,046 |6,149 |6,467
Humberside |17,909 |19,953 |8,506 |8,839
Kent |23,558 |24,971 |17,962 |18,910
Lancashire |21,687 |23,655 |11,042 |12,288
Leicestershire |16,104 |18,239 |10,751 |11,195
Lincolnshire |4,958 |6,801 |2,779 |3,241
City of London |839 |975 |239 |143
Merseyside |22,156 |20,514 |16,983 |15,894
Metropolitan police district |154,453 |161,978 |81,173 |79,459
Norfolk |12,780 |13,197 |5,510 |4,711
Northamptonshire |10,466 |8,909 |6,514 |6,701
Northumbria |32,680 |28,030 |30,356 |28,954
North Yorkshire |8,312 |9,069 |4,999 |4,300
Nottinghamshire |27,884 |27,523 |17,603 |16,913
South Yorkshire |21,848 |22,572 |16,323 |17,915
Staffordshire |15,382 |16,710 |9,290 |11,505
Suffolk |6,037 |6,453 |2,721 |2,702
Surrey |9,851 |10,923 |4,860 |4,912
Sussex |21,020 |22,981 |9,251 |8,953
Thames Valley |40,302 |42,834 |22,556 |22,017
Warwickshire |8,244 |8,925 |4,700 |4,898
West Mercia |11,937 |13,264 |8,652 |7,861
West Midlands |54,360 |56,249 |41,415 |39,574
West Yorkshire |55,425 |52,807 |40,235 |35,821
Wiltshire |5,900 |6,530 |2,967 |2,759
|------- |------- |------- |-------
England |865,376 |905,308 |551,113 |554,156
Dyfed-Powys |3,029 |3,393 |1,476 |1,464
Gwent |6,786 |6,569 |3,240 |3,678
North Wales |6,970 |8,230 |3,102 |3,551
South Wales |31,115 |30,748 |22,970 |22,654
|------- |------- |-------- |-------
Wales |47,900 |48,940 |30,788 |31,347
England and Wales |913,276 |954,248 |581,901 |585,503
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Notifiable offences recorded by the police
England and Wales
Theft from a Theft of a
vehicle vehicle
Police force area |1991 |1992 |1991 |1992
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Avon and Somerset |10,181 |32,109 |19,903 |24,873
Bedfordshire |12,035 |11,008 |8,292 |8,069
Cambridgeshire |8,998 |11,403 |4,655 |5,796
Cheshire |9,485 |12,866 |8,289 |9,010
Cleveland |12,369 |12,063 |11,712 |12,433
Cumbria |6,627 |8,315 |3,632 |3,113
Derbyshire |13,621 |17,052 |7,410 |9,024
Devon and Cornwall |19,526 |22,023 |7,923 |7,641
Dorset |8,618 |8,593 |4,560 |3,677
Durham |10,053 |9,760 |8,640 |8,588
Essex |20,610 |20,509 |11,377 |11,493
Gloucestershire |11,432 |14,563 |3,927 |4,642
Greater Manchester |60,461 |60,112 |55,338 |57,862
Hampshire |26,720 |28,824 |11,919 |11,003
Hertfordshire |10,548 |12,046 |6,149 |6,467
Humberside |17,909 |19,953 |8,506 |8,839
Kent |23,558 |24,971 |17,962 |18,910
Lancashire |21,687 |23,655 |11,042 |12,288
Leicestershire |16,104 |18,239 |10,751 |11,195
Lincolnshire |4,958 |6,801 |2,779 |3,241
City of London |839 |975 |239 |143
Merseyside |22,156 |20,514 |16,983 |15,894
Metropolitan police district |154,453 |161,978 |81,173 |79,459
Norfolk |12,780 |13,197 |5,510 |4,711
Northamptonshire |10,466 |8,909 |6,514 |6,701
Northumbria |32,680 |28,030 |30,356 |28,954
North Yorkshire |8,312 |9,069 |4,999 |4,300
Nottinghamshire |27,884 |27,523 |17,603 |16,913
South Yorkshire |21,848 |22,572 |16,323 |17,915
Staffordshire |15,382 |16,710 |9,290 |11,505
Suffolk |6,037 |6,453 |2,721 |2,702
Surrey |9,851 |10,923 |4,860 |4,912
Sussex |21,020 |22,981 |9,251 |8,953
Thames Valley |40,302 |42,834 |22,556 |22,017
Warwickshire |8,244 |8,925 |4,700 |4,898
West Mercia |11,937 |13,264 |8,652 |7,861
West Midlands |54,360 |56,249 |41,415 |39,574
West Yorkshire |55,425 |52,807 |40,235 |35,821
Wiltshire |5,900 |6,530 |2,967 |2,759
|------- |------- |------- |-------
England |865,376 |905,308 |551,113 |554,156
Dyfed-Powys |3,029 |3,393 |1,476 |1,464
Gwent |6,786 |6,569 |3,240 |3,678
North Wales |6,970 |8,230 |3,102 |3,551
South Wales |31,115 |30,748 |22,970 |22,654
|------- |------- |-------- |-------
Wales |47,900 |48,940 |30,788 |31,347
England and Wales |913,276 |954,248 |581,901 |585,503
FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
Northern Cyprus
Mr. Gapes : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many Government Ministers have visited northern cyprus since 1979.
Mr. Gapes : To ask the Sof northern Cyprus, and on the implications of the visit of the Lord Chancellor to Northern Cyprus.
Mr. Garel-Jones : We do not recognise the so-called Turkish republic of northern Cyprus, and neither does any
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other country except Turkey. We do acknowledge the legitimate interests of the Turkish Cypriot community, and have contact with their leaders in order to promote United Nations efforts for an intercommunal settlement in Cyprus and where British consular or other interests are concerned. The Lord Chancellor's informal meeting with Mr. Denktash is in line with this policy ; and has no implications for our policy of non-recognition.Nuclear Non-proliferation
Mr. Llew Smith : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what consultations his Department carried out with non -governmental organisations concerned with proliferation matters prior to preparing the British policy position and proposals for the first preparatory committee meeting on 10 to 14 May for the fifth review conference on the nuclear non-proliferation treaty ; and what criteria were used in choosing the non-governmental organisations with which he consulted.
Mr. Douglas Hogg : Our Department has regular contacts with non- governmental organisations interested in the treaty on the non- proliferation of nuclear weapons and intends to continue these. We received no requests from such organisations for consultations on our policy in regard to this meeting.
Arms Transfers
Mr. Llew Smith : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for Finchley (Mr. Booth) of 5 May, Official Report, column 144 , what was the cost of compiling the United Kingdom submission to the United Nations register of conventional arms transfers ; to whom it has been circulated ; and what was the purpose of the exports to countries where this is not covered by a note.
Mr. Douglas Hogg : The information requested about the cost of the register is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost. The United Kingdom's return was submitted to the United Nations Secretary-General on 29 April. It was circulated to conference on security and co-operation in Europe participating states on 5 May. The purpose of exports not covered by a footnote in the United Kingdom's return was the fulfilment of contracts placed by the Governments of the countries concerned.
Hungary
Mr. Llew Smith : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if she will make a statement on the purpose and outcome of his recent visit to Hungary.
Mr. Douglas Hogg : I refer the hon. Gentleman to the oral answer given by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs on 12 May, Official Report, column 787.
Belize
Mrs. Dunwoody : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations he has received from the Government of Belize about the proposals to withdraw British troops and personnel from Belize.
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Mr. Garel Jones : We forewarned the Belizean Government about our plans for the evolution of the British military presence and have taken account of their concerns.
Diplomatic Estate
Mr. Nicholas Winterton : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his answer of 27 April, Official Report, column 373, if he will list those publications, in addition to the Official Journal, of the European Community, in which invitations are routinely published for construction companies to tender for work on the overseas diplomatic estate.
Mr. Goodlad : The answer is 2,595. Invitations to tender are not routinely published. It is our policy to invite tenders from construction companies shortlisted after pre-selection procedures.
Mr. Nicholas Winterton : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his answer of 27 April, Official Report, column 373, how often, and in what format, the further information about a wider range of projects to which he refers is circulated to the Export Group for the Construction Industries ; if that information includes all opportunities for work on the overseas diplomatic estate, or only selected opportunities for such work ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Goodlad : The answer is 2,596. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office sends a list about once a year to the Export Group for the Construction Industries of key details about planned projects likely to be of interest to United Kingdom construction companies and of an estimated value above a stated threshold. For 1983-86 the threshold was £250,000 ; for 1987-89, £500,000 ; and since 1990, £1 million. The latest list will be sent within the next few weeks.
Mr. Nicholas Winterton : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his answer of 27 April, Official Report, column 373, who are the current members of the Export Group for the Construction Industries.
Mr. Goodlad : We understand that the current membership of the Export Group for the Construction Industries is as follows : ACER Group
Amec International Construction
Balfour Beatty
Biwater International
Bovis
Brown & Root
CEGELEC Projects
Costain Civil Engineering
Drake & Scull International
John Laing International
Kier International
Lilley Construction
Alfred McAlpine International
Maples
Miller Construction
Mivan Overseas
Mowlem International
Edmund Nuttall
Rotary Group
Sterling International Civil Engineering
Tarmac construction
Taylor Woodrow International
Trafalgar House Construction
Wade Adams Construction
George Wimpey International
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