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Wall Insulation
Mr. Harry Greenway : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what consideration he gave to proposing improvements to wall insulation in his Department's consultative document on building regulations (conservation of fuel and power) ; and what public guidance he gives on cavity wall insulation.
Mr. Baldry : The current proposals for revising part L of the Building Regulations would significantly improve wall insulation taking the fabric of the wall as a whole. In particular the proposals would no longer allow lower standards of wall insulation where double glazing is fitted.
The Department's Building Research Establishment has produced a number of publications over the years on cavity wall insulation and made contributions to publications produced by for example the British Standards Institution, and the National House-Building Council. Two of its publications are :
Report No. 143 "Thermal insulation avoiding risks" ; and NHBC Good Practice Guide : "Thermal insulation and ventilation".
Chlorofluorocarbons
Mr. Dafis : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will introduce legislation to make it illegal for recycled CFCs to be used except where proof is demonstrated that none will be used to service leakages.
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Mr. Dafis : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will make it his policy to establish an annual audit indicating the amount of CFCs and hydrochlorofluorocarbons purchased by United Kingdom companies.
Mr. Yeo : No, this would impose an unnecessary burden on business, given the tight controls on the supply of CFCs and the supply and use controls we will be negotiating for HCFCs.
Mr. Dafis : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will bring forward legislation to ban the sale of CFC and hydrochlorofluorocarbons technology and equipment.
Mr. Yeo : Production and supply of new CFCs will end in the European Community by 1 January 1995, with an 85 per cent. cut from 1986 levels by 1 January 1994.
HCFCs are necessary in the short to medium term in some applications to phase out CFCs quickly. Within the EC we will be pressing for strict controls to ensure that HCFCs are used only where other more environmentally suitable alternatives are not available.
Mr. Nigel Evans : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how many people will be enforcing the phase out of CFC 113 in the United Kingdom ; and what information he has as to how many staff will be involved in each of the other European Community countries.
Mr. Yeo : CFC 113 is no longer produced in the United Kingdom. Enforcement of the controls on its importation is carried out by HM Customs and Excise. No officers are exclusively engaged on this work which is carried out alongside their enforcement of other prohibitions and restrictions. I have no information on staff involved in other member states.
Ozone Depletion
Mr. Dafis : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what plans he has to establish an information hotline to advise on emissions of ozone-depleting substances.
Mr. Dafis : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will introduce legislation to ensure that all products made with or containing any ozone depleting substances are clearly marked.
Mr. Yeo : The Government strongly support the European Community eco -labelling scheme which looks at all the effects of products on the environment. There are no plans to have a separate scheme for products containing or made with ozone-depleting substances.
Mr. Dafis : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what plans he has to introduce a more rigorous regime of fines and penalties for the emission of ozone depleting substances.
Mr. Yeo : None. The disposal of waste ozone-depleting substances by releasing them to the atmosphere is an offence under section 33(1)(c) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990. The penalties available to the courts for that offence are, on summary conviction, up to £20,000 [or the Environment if he will list, by local authority ward, the numbers of jobs created by the Leeds development corporation in each year since its creation.
Mr. Baldry : Official statistics for employees in employment are made available for local authority wards and aggregations of them by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Employment. The area covered by the Leeds development corporation does not coincide with ward boundaries.
Information on the numbers of jobs created within the area covered by Leeds development corporation is compiled by the development corporation. The numbers of jobs created within its development area in each year since its designation are :
Year |Number ---------------------- 1988-89 |1,526 1989-90 |2,458 1990-91 |2,320 1991-92 |210 1992-93 |830
Science and Technology
Dr. Moonie : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he will designate one of his Ministers to be responsible for his Department's contribution to the Government's science and technology "Forward Look."
Mr. Yeo : Paragraph 2.37 of the recent White Paper "Realising Our Potential : A Strategy for Science, Engineering and Technology" describes the preparation of the Forward Look by the Office of Science and Technology, and the participation of Government Departments through the existing, well-established machinery of the official and ministerial Cabinet Committees on Science and Technology.
Natural Environment Research Council
Dr. Moonie : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what steps he is taking to draw up a concordat of co-operation between his Department and the Natural Environment Research Council.
Mr. Yeo : As the recent White Paper "Realising Our Potential : A Strategy for Science and Technology" makes clear, a new system of research councils will come into effect on 1 April 1994. The Government have proposed that each of these new research councils should work with the Government Departments with which they have a significant policy connection to draw up and publish concordats.
Near-market Research
Dr. Moonie : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what his Department's policy is with regard to the funding of near-market research.
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Mr. Yeo : I refer the hon. Member to paragraphs 2.20 to 2.22 of the White Paper "Realising Our Potential : A Strategy for Science, Engineering and Technology".
Planning Appeals
Ms Quin : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) pursuant to his answer of 8 June, Official Report, column 197-98, concerning planning appeals, if he will name each project listed. (2) pursuant to his answer of 8 June, Official Report, column 197-98, concerning planning appeals, if he will list the parliamentary constituencies in which the projects were located ;
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(3) pursuant to his answer of 8 June, Official Report, column 197-98, concerning planning appeals, how many and which of the projects went ahead ; and in which parliamentary constituency each was situated.Mr. Baldry : The following information is given for the 113 planning appeals decided by the Secretary of State between 1 April 1986 and 31 December 1992 following a local inquiry and contrary to the recommendations of the planning inspector. It is not possible to say whether the projects listed went ahead but the nature of the decision made is indicated. Aggregate data on the outcome of earlier planning appeals has been included in successive reports of the chief planning inspector (copies of which are placed in the House Library) but details of those individual projects could be provided now only at disproportionate cost.
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Proposed development |Planning permission |Parliamentary
|given (Y)es/(N)o |constituency
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1986-87
Microwave radio station-Chichester |Y |Chichester
Residential development-Hayle |Y |St. Ives
Residential development-Bramcote |N |Broxtowe
Residential development-Alcester |N |Stratford upon Avon
Residential development-Maidstone |Y |Maidstone
Residential development-Pinner |N |Harrow West
Commercial development-St. Albans |N |St. Albans
Residential development-Bromley |Y |Lewisham West
Change of Use of land to playing fields-Stafford |Y |Stafford
Residential development-Welwyn Garden City |N |Welwyn Hatfield
Sheltered dwellings-Horsham |N |Horsham
Residential development-Backwell, Avon |N |Woodspring
Office development-Bromley |Y |Ravensbourne
Retail warehouse, garden centre-Peterborough |Y |Peterborough
Residential development-Colchester |N |South Colchester and Maldon
Residential development-Calderdale |Y |Calder Valley
Residential development-Calderdale |Y |Calder Valley
Residential caravan site for gypsy families-Berkshire |N |Reading East
Retail development-Benson, Oxon |N |Henley
Residential development-Weybridge |N |Chertsey and Walton
Retail stores-Cobham |Y |Esher
Industrial development-Rayleigh |Y |Castle Point
Showroom and office development-Westminster |Y |Islington North
Hypermarket-Nottingham |Y |Nottingham East
Commercial development-Cambridge |N |Cambridge
Commercial development-Cambridge |N |Cambridge
1987-88
Residential development-Totton, Hants |N |Romsey and Waterside
Residential development-Monks Park, Avon |N |Bristol, North West
Retirement homes, warden accommodation-Horsmonden, Kent |N |Tunbridge Wells
Restaurent and petrol station-Brentwood |N |Brentwood and Ongar
Restaurant and petrol station-Brentwood |N |Brentwood and Ongar
Residential development-Fareham |N |Fareham
Retail superstore-Luton |N |North Luton
Retail industrial and warehousing-Doncaster |Y |Doncaster, Central
Residential development-Hexham |Y |Hexham
Residential development-Exminster |Y |Tiverton
Offices development-Lambeth |Y |Vauxhall
Offices development-Lambeth |Y |Vauxhall
Mineral extraction-County Durham |Y |North Durham
Supermarket and filling station-Newcastle upon Tyne |N |Newcastle upon Tyne, North
Retail food store-Newcastle upon Tyne |N |Newcastle upon Tyne, North
Retail superstore-Gosforth |N |Newcastle upon Tyne, North
Retail superstore-Milton Keynes |N |Milton Keynes, South West
Residential dwellings-Alvanley, Cheshire |Y |Eddisbury
1988-89
Development of a business park-Crawley |N |Crawley
Business, retail park and residential development-Crawley |N |Crawley
Residential development-Hanham |N |Wansdyke
Residential development-Edenbridge, Kent |N |Sevenoaks
Residential development, nursing homes and residential care homes-Formby, Lancashire |N |Crosby
Residential development-Alton |N |Winchester
Residential development-Weybridge |Y |Chartey and Walton
Residential development-Weybridge |Y |Chartey and Walton
Residential development-Weybridge |Y |Chartey and Walton
Re-alignment of link road and residential development-Hart, Hampshire |N |Aldershot
Residential development-Kempston, Bedfordshire |N |Mid Bedfordshire
Residential and retail development-Bramley, Hampshire |N |Basingstoke
Residential development-Bramley, Hampshire |N |Basingstoke
Service buildings and offices-Waterloo, SE1. |Y |Vauxhall
Residential development-Cleveleys |Y |Wyre
Residential development-Cleveleys |Y |Wyre
Residential development-Long Ashton, Avon |N |Woodspring
Retail warehouse and garden centre-Coventry |Y |Coventry, North East
Residential development-North Morley, Yorkshire |Y |Morley and Leeds, South
1989-90
Trunk-Road Service Area-Swanley, Kent |N |Sevenoaks
Industrial development-Guildford |N |Guildford
Industrial development-Guildford |N |Guildford
Industrial development-Guildford |N |Guildford
Residential, leisure and industrial development-Stratford upon Avon |Y |Stratford upon Avon
Residential development-Codnor, Derbyshire |N |Amber Valley
Residential development-Rochester, Kent |Y |Tonbridge and Malling
Minerals extraction-Thatcham, Berkshire |Y |Newbury
Residential development-Dawlish |Y |Tiverton
Leisure development-Stevenage, Hertfordshire |Y |Stevenage
Leisure development-Stevenage, Hertfordshire |Y |Stevenage
Leisure development-Stevenage, Hertfordshire |Y |Stevenage
Leisure development-Stevenage, Hertfordshire |Y |Stevenage
Office development-Islington, EC1 |N |Hackney South and Shoreditch
Offices development-Windsor |N |Windsor and Maidenhead
Offices development-Windsor |N |Windsor and Maidenhead
Retail development-Test Valley, Hampshire |N |Romsey and Waterside
Hotel development-Hendlip, Worcestershire |Y |Mid Worcestershire
Residential development-East Sussex |N |Hastings and Rye
Residential development-East Sussex |N |Hastings and Rye
Retail development-Staines |N |Spelthorne
1990-91
Housing, leisure, warehouse development-Ashford, Kent |N |Ashford
Mobile homes and caravans-Milton, Cambridgeshire |N |South East Cambridgeshire
Petrol station and restaurant-Northamptonshire |N |Northampon South
Retail development-Northamptonshire |N |Northampton South
Retail development-Thame, Oxfordshire |Y |Henley
Residential and industrial developments-Westbere, Kent |N |Canterbury
Retail and residential development-Amberside, Cumbria |N |Westmorland and Lonsdale
Business park-Oxfordshire |N |Henley
Retail development-Bromley |N |Ravensborough
Retail development-Feltham, L.B. Hounslow |N |Feltham and Heston
Leisure development-Near Swindon, Wiltshire |N |Swindon
Residential development-Downton, Wiltshire |N |Salisbury
Hotel development-Ardeley, Oxfordshire |N |Banbury
Hotel development-Ardeley, Oxfordshire |N |Banbury
Hotel development-Ardeley, Oxfordshire |N |Banbury
Residential development-Cookham, Berkshire |N |Windsor and Maidenhead
Residential development-Peacehaven, East Sussex |N |Lewes
1991-92
Residential and Office development-Datchet, Berkshire |N |East Berkshire
Residential development-Bognor Regis. |N |Chichester
Industrial development-Vale Royal, Cheshire. |Y |Tatton
Industrial development-South Bedfordshire. |N |South West Bedfordshire
Retail development-Greenwich |N |Greenwich
Residential and industrial development-Kent. |N |Canterbury
Hotel development-Wilmslow, Cheshire. |N |Tatton
1992-93
Industrial development-Reading. |N |Reading East
Industrial development-Fareham. |N |Fareham
Retention of caravan-South Norfolk. |N |South Norfolk
Industrial development-Cinderford, Gloucester. |Y |West Gloucestershire
Leisure development-Bromley. |N |Ravensbourne
Ms Quin : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, pursuant to his answer of 8 June, Official Report, column 197-98, concerning planning appeals, what proportion of the total number of public inquiries the figures represent.
Mr. Baldry : The following is the information :
|A |B |C |D
Year |Total number of |Of which decisions |Of which decisions |Proportion of column
|appeal decisions |by Secretary of |by Secretary of |C to column B per
|following an |State following |State contrary to |cent.
|inquiry |inquiry |the Inspector's
|recommendation
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1979 |2,599 |861 |17 |2.0
1980 |2,786 |845 |15 |1.8
1981 |2,913 |919 |34 |3.7
1982 |2,723 |596 |20 |3.4
1983 |2,257 |370 |13 |3.5
1984 |1,551 |253 |16 |6.3
1985-86<1> |2,114 |362 |25 |6.5
1986-87<2> |2,098 |451 |26 |5.8
1987-88 |1,960 |356 |18 |5.1
1988-89 |2,204 |267 |19 |7.1
1989-90 |2,347 |299 |21 |7.0
1990-91 |1,960 |172 |17 |9.9
1991-92 |1,808 |99 |7 |7.1
1992-93<3> |1,505 |166 |5 |3.0
<1> From 1 January 1985 to 31 March 1986
<2> 1986-87 and subsequent years are 1 April to 31 March
<3> Data available to 31 December 1992
Benomyl
Mr. Campbell-Savours : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what investigations are being carried out into the impact of the use of Benomyl and related products on the environment.
Mr. Yeo : Benomyl and related fungicides are used on a wide variety of crops to prevent certain fungal diseases. They have been used for many years without any detrimental effects on the environment being observed. The pesticide will be reviewed in due course at European Community level under the new Pesticides Directive, 91/414/EEC.
Rough Sleepers
Mr. Fishburn : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what is the outcome of the recent consultation exercise on the next phase of the Government's rough sleepers initiative ; and if he will make a statement.
Sir George Young : Under the first phase of the rough sleepers initiative, from 1990-91 to 1992-93, the Government provided resources of £96 million to assist people sleeping rough in central London.
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Independent research, funded by this Department, into the effectiveness of the rough sleepers initiative, shows that it has been a success. Through the initiative, several thousand people with a history of sleeping rough have been provided with accommodation. The number of people sleeping rough in central London has fallen by more than a half, from estimates of over 1,000 before the initiative began, to around 420 at a count in November 1992.The Government have made available a further £86 million over the next three financial years, 1993-94 to 1995-96, to continue the rough sleepers initiative in central London. On 18 January 1993 I issued a discussion paper, "The Rough Sleepers Initiative : The Next Three Years". It contained a range of proposals, based on recommendations from the independent research, aiming to ensure closer targeting of resources on central London's street homeless.
Almost 100 organisations responded to the paper. There has been a broad measure of support for the main thrust of our proposals. In the light of those responses, I am today issuing a strategy document that outlines the way forward for the rough sleepers initiative over the next three financial years until 1995-96, to assist our aim to make it unnecessary for people to sleep rough in central London. We will continue to concentrate on funding permanent accommodation in houses and flats, with outreach work and resettlement support from voluntary organisations, to allow people sleeping rough to make a successful transition to a settled life. To ensure the better targeting of resources we are concentrating help on a limited number of specialist agencies with referral rights into RSI permanent accommodation ; making referral agencies responsible for upholding the eligibility criteria ; focusing some of the resources on zones, commencing with the Strand, with particular encouragement for consortia to come forward with proposals to reduce significantly the numbers sleeping rough in a specific area ; and reducing the number of housing associations to develop permanent move-on accommodation under the initiative. Also, we are aiming to move towards a more contractual relationship with agencies, in the form of grants with tight, clearly-defined objectives. This, along with regular counts of the number of people sleeping rough in central London, will assist the better monitoring of the initiative.
The further £86 million made available for this initiative, and the proposals in the strategy document to target resources more closely on those in need, will ensure that people sleeping rough in central London will continue to be helped to start a new life away from the streets. I am keen that this initiative should make a further significant impact on the problem of people sleeping rough in the capital.
I have arranged for copies of the strategy document to be placed in the Libraries of this House and the other place.
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HOME DEPARTMENT
Bail Hostels
Mr. Bayley : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many and what percentage of (a) residents of bail hostels and (b) people remanded in the community for a similar range of offences have been convicted subsequently of an offence committed while they were on remand, in the latest year for which figures are available.
Mr. Maclean : Information is not available in the form requested. RPU report 65 "Offending while on bail ; a survey of recent studies" is available in the Library. However, this report does not give detail on bail hostels alone ; no such study has been published.
Juvenile Offenders
Sir Anthony Durant : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what representations he has received regarding current measures to deal with persistent juvenile offenders.
Mr. Maclean : Representations have been received from a wide range of agencies and individuals. Since 2 March 1993, when my right hon. and learned Friend, the Member for Rushcliffe (Mr. Clarke), made his statement at columns 139-42 in which, inter alia, he outlined the Government's proposals for a new secure training order, most representations have agreed with the Government's conclusion that the existing arrangements are unsatisfactory and have given general support to the new measures which we have proposed.
Firearms Control Board
Mr. William Ross : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he now expects to make a statement as to the date that the Firearms Control Board will be set up.
Mr. Charles Wardle : No decision has yet been taken on whether to establish a new civilian firearms control board. My right hon. and learned Friend will make an announcement as soon as possible.
Drugs-related Offences
Ms Ruddock : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many drugs-related offences were reported in the Metropolitan police area in January-December 1992 ; and how many resulted in prosecutions and convictions respectively.
Mr. Maclean : Information for 1992 is not yet available. Information on drug seizures and offenders dealt with in 1992 will be published later this year in the Home Office Statistical Bulletin "Statistics of drugs seizures and offenders dealt with, United Kingdom, 1992" (area tables), a copy of which will be placed in the Library.
New Age Travellers
Mr. Aspinwall : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he intends to introduce measures to deal with serious types of illegal trespassing and threats to the public by new age travellers.
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Mr. Charles Wardle : The proposals which were announced on 31 March to strengthen section 39 of the Public Order Act 1986 and to give the police new powers to deal with illegal rave parties will be introduced as soon as a legislative opportunity arises.
Mr. Aspinwall : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will call for a report from the chief constables of the forces involved on the cost of the police operation code-named Haystack over the recent bank holiday weekend to control convoys of new age travellers ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Charles Wardle : Operation Haystack was the police operation mounted by Gloucestershire constabulary to deal with the activities of new age travellers in its area over the May bank holiday. I understand from the chief constable that the cost of the operation, including the deployment of officers who would have been on duty anyway, was approximately £200,000.
Police, Wales
Mr. Llwyd : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many policemen there are in each Welsh police authority indicating (a) the number from ethnic backgrounds, (b) who are Welsh speakers and (c) in total ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Charles Wardle : Information on numbers of officers who speak Welsh is not held centrally. The other information requested is set out in the table.
T
As at 28 February 1993
|Total police |Officers from ethnic
|officers |minorities
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Dyfed-Powys |961 |Nil
Gwent |1,004 |9
North Wales |1,366 |1
South Wales |3,175 |22
|------ |------
Total |6,506 |32
Paul Malone
Mr. Miller : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what costs were incurred by the West Yorkshire police in carrying out the first investigation into allegations of a possible miscarriage of justice concerning the case of Paul Malone.
Mr. Charles Wardle : This is a matter for the chief constable of the West Yorkshire police.
Mr. Miller : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what costs have been incurred to date by the Metropolitan police in carrying out the current investigation into allegations of a possible miscarriage of justice concerning the case of Paul Malone.
Mr. Charles Wardle : This is a matter for the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis.
Police Retirements
Mr. Miller : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will state the reasons for the retirement of (a) Chief Superintendent McQuoid of the West Yorkshire police and (b) detective chief inspector Howard Jones of the Metropolitan police force.
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Mr. Charles Wardle : These are matters for the individual officers. Under the terms of the Police Pension Regulations 1987 a police officer may retire with full pension rights payable immediately after 30 years pensionable service. Both officers had completed 30 years service with the police at the time of their retirements in March 1990 and May 1993 respectively.
Mr. Miller : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement detailing the policies relating to retirement of senior police officers during lengthy internal police investigations ; and what consideration is given to potential retirements when appointing particular officers to inquiries.
Mr. Charles Wardle : These are matters for police authorities and chief officers in individual cases.
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Crime Statistics
Ms Ruddock : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many offences in the Metropolitan police area were committed by (a) juveniles up to the age of 16 years and (b) young people aged 17-20 years in January to December 1992 ; what proportion of total offences were (i) car-related, (ii) drugs-related, (iii) robbery, (iv) violent crimes and (v) other ; and how many resulted in prosecutions and convictions respectively.
Mr. Maclean : Information is not collected centrally on the number of offences committed by offenders.
Table A shows the number and percentage of "known offenders" (those cautioned and found guilty) by age group in the Metropolitan police district (including City of London) for the offences listed in 1991. Table B shows the number of defendants prosecuted and convicted in the Metropolitan police district (including City of London) for the same offences by age group in 1991.
Data for 1992 will not be available until the autumn.
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Table B
Number of defendants prosecuted at magistrates courts and convicted at all courts in the
Metropolitan police district (including the City of London) by age group and offence 1991.
Aged 10 to under Aged 17 to under
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Offence group |Prosecutions |Convictions |Prosecutions |Convictions
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Indictable offences
Vehicle crime<1>
indictable |185 |132 |705 |484
Summary | 459 | 324 |1,336 |1,070
|------ |------ |------ |------
Total | 644 | 456 |2,041 |1,554
Drug offences |130 |86 |1,631 |1,405
Robbery |471 |236 |636 |400
Violent crimes<2> |718 |395 |1,974 |1,144
Other indictable |2,546 |1,694 |10,213 |7,706
|------- |------- |------- |-------
Total indicable offences |4,050 |2,543 |15,159 |11,139
<1> Includes the indictable offence of stealing a motor vehicle (Theft Act 1968 Section 1);
and the summary offences of stealing and unauthorised taking of a motor vehicle (Theft Act
1968 Section 12(1) as amended by Criminal Justice Act 1988 Section 37).
<2> Includes indictable offence groups Violence against the person' and Sexual offences'.
Table B
Number of defendants prosecuted at magistrates courts and convicted at all courts in the
Metropolitan police district (including the City of London) by age group and offence 1991.
Aged 10 to under Aged 17 to under
17 21
Offence group |Prosecutions |Convictions |Prosecutions |Convictions
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Indictable offences
Vehicle crime<1>
indictable |185 |132 |705 |484
Summary | 459 | 324 |1,336 |1,070
|------ |------ |------ |------
Total | 644 | 456 |2,041 |1,554
Drug offences |130 |86 |1,631 |1,405
Robbery |471 |236 |636 |400
Violent crimes<2> |718 |395 |1,974 |1,144
Other indictable |2,546 |1,694 |10,213 |7,706
|------- |------- |------- |-------
Total indicable offences |4,050 |2,543 |15,159 |11,139
<1> Includes the indictable offence of stealing a motor vehicle (Theft Act 1968 Section 1);
and the summary offences of stealing and unauthorised taking of a motor vehicle (Theft Act
1968 Section 12(1) as amended by Criminal Justice Act 1988 Section 37).
<2> Includes indictable offence groups Violence against the person' and Sexual offences'.
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Domestic Violence
Ms Ruddock : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many incidents of domestic violence were reported in the Metropolitan police area in January to December 1992 ; and how many resulted in (a) prosecutions and (b) convictions, respectively.
Mr. Maclean : Provisional figures provided by the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis show that there were approximately 9,800 incidents of domestic violence reported in the Metropolitan police district in 1992. Information on prosecutions and convictions is not available.
Police (Racial Discrimination)
Mr. Llwyd : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many representations he has received on the subject of racial discrimination within the police authorities over the past 12 months ; and if he will make a statement.
Notifiable Offences
Ms Ruddock : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many notifiable offences in total were recorded in the Metropolitan police area in 1963, 1970, 1979, 1990, 1991 and 1992 ; what proportion the offences were per thousand population respectively ; and what has been the percentage change in notifiable offences since 1963 and 1979 respectively.
Mr. Maclean : Information on the number of offences recorded in the Metropolitan police district and the number per thousand population is contained in the following table. The percentage increase between 1963 and 1992 was 412 per cent. and between 1979 and 1992 it was 169 per cent.
Number of offences and number per 1,000 population
Metropolitan Police District
Year |Number of offences|Number per 1,000
|population
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1963 |229,107 |29
1970 |321,156 |42
1979 |557,378 |76
1990 |834,324 |115
1991 |926,203 |128
1992 |942,878 |130
Car-related Offences
Ms Ruddock : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many car-related offences were reported in the Metropolitan police area in January to December 1992 ; and how many resulted in prosecutions and convictions respectively.
Mr. Maclean : The available information on notifiable offences relates to vehicle crime which includes offences of theft of and from a vehicle and aggravated vehicle taking. In the Metropolitan police district in 1992, there were 241,437 recorded offences.
Information on the number of defendants prosecuted and convicted in 1991 is given in the following table. Data for 1992 will not be a1991
Number of defendants prosecuted at magistrates' courts and found guilty at all courts for vehicle crime offences in the Metropolitan police district<1> 1991 Offence |Prosecutions|Convictions -------------------------------------------------------------------- Theft of a motor vehicle<2> |3,177 |2,324 Theft from a motor vehicle |1,126 |794 Aggravated vehicle taking<3> |<4>- |<4>- Vehicle crime |4,303 |3,118 <1> Including City of London. <2> Including stealing a motor vehicle (Theft Act 1968 Section 1); and stealing and unauthorised taking of a vehicle (Theft Act 1968 Section 12(1) as amended by Criminal Justice Act 1988 Section 37). <3> The Aggravated Vehicle Taking Act 1991 came into force on 1 April 1992. <4> Not applicable.
Security Firms
Mr. Callaghan : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the names of all the private security firms currently employed by his Department, the number of employees for each firm on the contract, the total value of each contract and the total value of all contracts for each financial year since 1987.
Mr. Charles Wardle : The following private security firms are currently employed by the Home Office :
Airline Security Consultants Limited
Burns International Security Services Limited
Group 4 Court Escort Services Limited
Group 4 Remand Services Limited
Group 4 Total Security Limited
Grundig International Limited
Harlow Security Systems Limited
Lisburn Security Services
Maritime Aviation Security Services
Reliance Security Service Limited
SDA (1979) Limited
Securicor Security Services Limited
Securiguard Services Limited
Security Wales Limited
UK Detention Services Limited
The value of each contract is a matter of commercial and contractual confidentiality. Information about the total value of such contracts for each financial year since 1987 is not readily available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost. Information about the number of staff employed on each contract is also not readily available ; in some cases the number varies from day to day according to operational requirements.
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