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Uninsured Vehicles
Mr. French : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people were prosecuted for driving an uninsured vehicle in 1992.
Mr. Maclean : A total of 364,035 proceedings were taken in England and Wales in 1991 for the offence of "using a motor vehicle vehicle uninsured against third party risks".
The number involved is likely to be less because some may have been proceeded against for more than one of these offences.
Figures for 1992 are not yet available.
Police Computer System
Mrs. Mahon : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when the designated computer system for the police national criminal intelligence service will be ready.
Mr. Charles Wardle : The interim computer system which is currently used by the National Criminal Intelligence Service is expected to be replaced early in 1995.
Traffic Offences and Burglaries
Mr. French : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) traffic offences and (b) burglaries were recorded in (i) 1980 and (ii) 1992.
Mr. Maclean : Figures for the number of notifiable offences recorded by the police are published annually in the Home Office Bulletin "Notifiable Offences, England
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and Wales". They include offences of burglary, causing death by reckless driving and (from April 1992) causing death by aggravated vehicle-taking. All other traffic offences are not notifiable. However, statistics giving the action taken for offences relating to motor vehicles (written warnings, vehicle defect rectification scheme notices, fixed penalty notices and court proceedings) are published annually in Home Office Statistical Bulletin "Motor Offences, England and Wales", although 1992 figures have not yet been published. Copies of these publications are in the Library.Mr. French : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what representations he has received concerning the amount of police time that is spent on traffic control compared with burglary prevention and investigation ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Charles Wardle : My right hon. and learned Friend has received a number of representations from hon. Members and from the public in the last 12 months about the time spent by the police on traffic control as opposed to dealing with other crime matters. The police have a key role in the enforcement of traffic legislation. The deployment of police officers to meet the various duties undertaken by the police is an operational matter for individual chief officers of police.
Data Processing
Mr. McAllion : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the numbers of staff by grade that are employed in his Department and agencies in the automatic data processing functional specialism.
Mr. Howard : The information is as follows :
9
Grade |Number
---------------------------------------------------------
Administrative assistant |83
Administrative officer |79
Executive officer |202
Higher executive officer |176
Higher professional and technology officer |1
Senior executive officer |94
|---
Total |635
Prison Population
Mr. Callaghan : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what are the latest figures for the total prison population ; and what those figures were in 1990, 1991 and 1992.
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 Mr. D. Lewis to Mr. Jim Callaghan, dated 26 July 1993 :
The Secretary of State has asked me to write to you directly in reply to your Parliamentary Question about the latest figures for the total prison population and what those figures were in 1990, 1991 and 1992.
The prison population was 44,901 on 23 July. The figures for 30 June each year between 1990 and 1993 are shown in the attached table.
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? Prison population, England and Wales: 1990-1993 Date |Number of persons<2> --------------------------------------------------------------- 30 June 1990 |45,466 30 June 1991 |45,626 30 June 1992 |46,832 30 June 1993<1> |44,225 <1> Provisional figure. <2> Includes prisoners held in police cells (943 in 1990, 872 in 1991, 1,346 in 1992 and none in 1993).
Neighbourhood Watch
Mr. Callaghan : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many neighbourhood watch schemes now exist in England and Wales.
Mr. Charles Wardle : According to the latest information available, there were over 115,000 neighbourhood watch schemes in England and Wales at the end of December 1992. These schemes covered some 5 million households.
Police, Newham
Mr. Leighton : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on the reasons for the reduction in numbers of police officers in the London borough of Newham in the last year.
Mr. Charles Wardle : Deployment of personnel within the Metropolitan police is a matter for the commissioner, but I understand that the reduction is due to civilianisation of some posts, employment of the manpower allocation formula at area level affecting manpower available to divisions, and the transfer of responsibility for court staff, and Whitehall security staff, from division to area or headquarters.
Road Tax Evasion
Mr. French : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people were prosecuted for road tax evasion offences in each year since 1989.
Mr. Maclean : The following table shows the number of proceedings taken in England and Wales in the years 1989 to 1991 for the offence of "motor vehicle licence--failing to pay appropriate duty" :
|Number
------------------------
1989 |166,575
1990 |160,731
1991 |174,828
The number of people involved is likely to be less because some of them may have been prosecuted against for more than one of these offences.
Figures for 1992 are not yet available.
Victim Support Schemes
Mr. Callaghan : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many victim support schemes now operate in England and Wales.
Mr. Maclean : I understand there are some 360 local victim support schemes and branches in England and
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Wales. In addition there are 36 schemes operating in the Crown court as the Crown court witness service of Victim Support.Traffic Offences and Burglaries
Mr. French : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what information he collects about the priorities exercised by each police constabulary in allocating resources to (a) traffic offences and (b) burglary.
Mr. Charles Wardle : This information is not collected centrally.
Fatal Stabbings
Mr. French : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many fatal stabbings have been recorded by each police constabulary in each of the past five years.
Mr. Maclean : The table shows the number of offences currently recorded as homicide involving the use of a sharp instrument in England and Wales for the years 1987 to 1991 :
Offences currently recorded as homicide involving the use of a sharp
instrument
England and Wales Number of
offences
Police force area |1987 |1988 |1989 |1990 |1991
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Avon and Somerset |9 |2 |2 |2 |3
Bedfordshire |4 |3 |2 |2 |3
Cambridgeshire |2 |2 |1 |1 |2
Cheshire |1 |2 |2 |3 |2
Cleveland |- |3 |6 |3 |3
Cumbria |- |- |- |3 |-
Derbyshire |- |2 |4 |2 |3
Devon and Cornwall |4 |6 |1 |3 |3
Dorset |- |1 |- |1 |2
Durham |1 |- |- |3 |-
Essex |3 |6 |5 |1 |7
Gloucestershire |- |1 |3 |1 |3
Greater Manchester |14 |12 |6 |4 |7
Hampshire |4 |1 |2 |6 |3
Hertfordshire |- |7 |2 |1 |5
Humberside |3 |4 |2 |3 |2
Kent |4 |6 |2 |4 |2
Lancashire |9 |5 |5 |6 |3
Leicestershire |- |- |1 |5 |3
Lincolnshire |2 |- |2 |- |2
London, City of |- |- |- |- |-
Merseyside |3 |7 |4 |6 |11
Metropolitan Police
District |70 |57 |59 |52 |73
Norfolk |1 |1 |1 |7 |8
Northamptonshire |5 |4 |1 |1 |-
Northumbria |5 |3 |6 |6 |5
North Yorkshire |2 |1 |4 |2 |2
Nottinghamshire |5 |1 |- |4 |5
South Yorkshire |4 |7 |3 |5 |8
Staffordshire |2 |3 |2 |3 |3
Suffolk |- |- |4 |2 |2
Surrey |3 |2 |2 |1 |2
Sussex |1 |2 |4 |4 |3
Thames Valley |2 |6 |7 |5 |7
Warwickshire |2 |- |1 |- |1
West Mercia |1 |1 |- |2 |1
West Midlands |15 |9 |10 |8 |12
West Yorkshire |10 |7 |13 |10 |15
Wiltshire |2 |1 |4 |1 |3
Dyfed-Powys |2 |2 |- |- |1
Gwent |2 |3 |1 |- |-
North Wales |1 |4 |- |- |2
South Wales |3 |6 |6 |11 |1
England and Wales |201 |190 |182 |184 |223
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Secured by Design Initiative
Mr. Lidington : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans he has to promote the Secured by Design initiative.
Mr. Charles Wardle : Secured by Design is a police initiative which has had the Government's full support since its inception, and we publish publicity material promoting its merits. The initiative will be further promoted in forthcoming guidance to local planning authorities on crime prevention to be issued by the Department of the Environment in consultation with the Home Office.
Dog Breeders
Mr. Dowd : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what criteria local authorities must use when considering applications or renewal of licences for dog breeders.
Mr. Charles Wardle : Applications for licences for dog breeders are considered against the criteria set out in Section 1(4) of the Breeding of Dogs Act 1973.
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Violent Crime
Mr. Callaghan : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps he plans to take to curb the increase in violent crimes.
Mr. Charles Wardle : I refer the hon. Member to the reply given to his question on 7 June 1993 at column 76.
Knives
Mr. French : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people were convicted for possession of a knife in public without good reason in each of the last five years.
Mr. Maclean : Information available centrally, which is given in the table, relating to the number of persons found guilty for possession of knives under the Prevention of Crime Act 1953 section 1, and the Criminal Justice Act 1988, section 139 for the years 1987 to 1991. Information for 1992 is not yet available.
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Number of offenders convicted of offences of possession of knives 1987 to 1991
England and Wales
|1987 |1988 |1989 |1990 |1991
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Carrying of offensive weapons without lawful authority or
excuse<1> (found guilty) |5,896|5,793|5,097|4,281|3,907
Carrying article with blade or point in public place<2>
(found guilty) |<3>- |130 |1,544|1,578|1,737
<1> Prevention of Crime Act 1953, section 1. May include a small number of offences involving
truncheons etc.
<2> Criminal Justice Act 1988, section 139.
<3> Not available.
Mr. Callaghan : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prosecutions have been brought under the Criminal Justice Acts provisions banning the public carrying of knives.
Mr. Maclean : Information is given in the table. 1992 data will not be available until the autumn.
Number of prosecutions for the offence of carrying an article with blade or point under section 139 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988<1>. 1988-1991 Year |Prosecutions --------------------------------------- 1988 |150 1989 |2,018 1990 |2,146 1991 |2,397 <1>Came into force in October 1988.
lice authority area in England and Wales ; and how many additional places the Government aims to provide by 1995 in each police authority area.
Mr. Maclean : There are bail hostels in 20 police authority areas as listed :
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Bail Hostels in England and Wales in 1993
Police Authority |Hostel |Beds
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Cheshire |Bunbury House |22
Cheshire |Linden Bank |22
Cleveland |South Bank |24
Devon and Cornwall |Dudley Centre |22
Greater Manchester |Chorlton Hostel |27
Gloucestershire |Ryecroft |16
Hampshire |Dickson House |28
Hampshire |Southampton |22
Kent |Dover Bail |18
Lancashire |Blackburn |18
Leicestershire |Howard House |20
Merseyside |Merseybank |28
Metropolitan |Canadian Avenue |23
Metropolitan |Corfton Road |20
Metropolitan |Kelley House |28
Metropolitan |Kew |14
Metropolitan |Tulse Hill |27
North Wales |Ty Newydd |12
Northumbria |Cuthbert House |22
Northumbria |Pennywell |22
Oxfordshire |Clarks House |27
South Wales |Emroch House |15
Staffordshire |Lichfield Road |20
West Midlands |Marshall House |22
West Midlands |Stonnall Road |12
West Midlands |Sycamore Lodge |32
West Midlands |Welford |26
South Yorkshire |Town Moor |25
West Yorkshire |Howden House |27
West Yorkshire |Walmer Villas |18
|Beds |659
|Hostels |30
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There are approved probation/bail hostels in 36 police authority areas as listed :
Probation/Bail Hostels in England and Wales 1993
Police Authority |Hostel |Beds
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Avon and Somerset |Ashley House |20
Avon and Somerset |Bridge House |15
Avon and Somerset |Brigstocke Road |29
Avon and Somerset |Glogan House |16
Bedfordshire |Bedford |25
Bedfordshire |Napier Road |23
Cambridgeshire |Peterborough |26
Cheshire |Bewsey Street |20
Cleveland |The Crescent |25
Cumbria |Bowling Green |24
Derbyshire |Burdett Lodge |25
Devon and Cornwall |Lawson House |20
Devon and Cornwall |Meneghy House |18
Dorset |Bournemouth |25
Dorset |Weston |27
Durham |Fir Tree Grange |28
Essex |Basildon |32
Essex |Windyridge |30
Greater Manchester |Ascot House |22
Greater Manchester |Bradshaw |27
Greater Manchester |Hopwood |18
Greater Manchester |St. Josephs |29
Greater Manchester |Wilton Place |29
Greater Manchester |Withington Road |37
Hampshire |The Grange |18
West Mercia |Braley House |23
Herts |St. Albans |26
Humberside |Queens Road |19
Kent |Fleming House |23
Kent |Hollywood Manor |30
Lancashire |Highfield House |18
Lancashire |Hoole House |24
Leicestershire |Charnwood Lodge |18
Leicestershire |Kirk Lodge |35
Lincolnshire |Wordsworth House|28
Merseyside |Adelaide House |22
Merseyside |Canning House |27
Merseyside |Southwood |23
Metropolitan |Beckenham Road |20
Metropolitan |Bedford/Shenley |30
Metropolitan |Camden House |29
Metropolitan |Ellison House |25
Metropolitan |KPH |19
Metropolitan |Seafield Lodge |14
Metropolitan |St. Edmunds |25
Metropolitan |St. Mungo |25
Metropolitan |St. Vincents |24
Metropolitan |West Park |22
Metropolitan |Westbourne House|40
North Wales |Plas-y-wern |12
Norfolk |John Boag House |29
Northamptonshire |Bridgewood |23
Northamptonshire |Stone House |24
Northumbria |Ozanam House |27
Northumbria |St. Christophers|22
Nottinghamshire |Astral Grove |15
Nottinghamshire |Southwell House |16
Nottinghamshire |Trent House |22
South Wales |Mandeville House|26
Staffordshire |Wenger House |42
Suffolk |Lightfoot House |22
Suffolk |The Cottage |18
Surrey |St. Catherines |19
Sussex |Brighton |15
Thames Valley |Abingdon Road |22
Thames Valley |Elizabeth Fry |20
Thames Valley |Manor Lodge |27
Thames Valley |Milton Keynes |16
Thames Valley |St. Leonards |23
Thames Valley |Wellesley House |18
West Midlands |Bilston |15
West Midlands |Carpenter House |16
West Midlands |Crowley House |18
West Midlands |Stoke Green |22
Warwickshire |Kenilworth Road |18
Warwickshire |McIntyre House |18
South Yorkshire |Centre 45 |36
South Yorkshire |Norfolk Park |49
South Yorkshire |Rookwood |37
West Yorkshire |Albion Street |24
West Yorkshire |Cardigan House |23
West Yorkshire |Elm Bank |17
West Yorkshire |Ripon House |17
West Yorkshire |St. Johns House |28
|Beds |1,993
|Hostels |84
The approved hostel expansion programme aims to provide 1,365 additional places between April 1988 and March 1996. Of these, 914 are already on stream and are included in the tables. The remaining places have been provisionally allocated but until the appropriate properties or sites are identified the precise numbers cannot be determined.
Mr. Michael : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the bail hostels and combined probation and bail hostels in England and Wales currently operated by voluntary organisations ; and what target he has set for increasing this number by 1995.
Mr. Maclean : The approved hostels that are currently operated by voluntary managing committees are as listed :
Approved bail hostels in England and Wales managed by voluntary managing committees. Probation area |Hostel |Location |Beds --------------------------------------------------------------------------- London Inner |Kelley House |London |28
Probation and bail hostels in England and Wales managed by voluntary managing committees. Probation area |Hostel |Location |Beds ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Avon |Ashley House |Bristol |20 Berkshire |Elizabeth Fry |Reading |20 Essex |Windyridge |Nayland |30 Kent |Hollywood Manor |Sevenoaks |30 London Inner |KPH |London |19 London Inner |St. Edmunds |London |25 London Inner |St. Mungo |London |25 London Inner |St. Vincents |London |24 Merseyside |Adelaide House |Liverpool |22 Northants |Stone House |Northampton |24 Northumbria |Ozanam House |Newcastle/Tyne |25 Northumbria |St. Christophers|Newcastle/Tyne |22 Warwickshire |McIntyre House |Nuneaton |18 Yorkshire West |Cardigan House |Leeds |23 Yorkshire West |Ripon House |Leeds |17 Yorkshire West |St. Johns House |Leeds |28
The approved hostel expansion programme aims to provide 1,365 additional places between April 1988 and March 1996. Of these 914 are already on stream. The remaining places have been provisionally allocated but until appropriate properties or sites are identified the precise numbers cannot be determined. Within the overall programme there is no specific target for expansion by voluntary hostels.
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Prison Ships
Ms. Eagle : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what companies his Department has been in contact with regarding the proposal to moor prison ships in Birkenhead and Barrow ; (2) what timetable he is considering for the possible establishment of floating prisons ;
(3) what is the estimated cost of hiring staffing and maintaining prison ships in the Wallasey or Birkenhead docks.
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 Mr. D. Lewis to Ms Angela Eagle, dated 26 July 1993 :
The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Questions about prison ships.
Maritime detention facilities are one of the options being considered as part of a Prison Service contingency planning exercise. This exercise is intended to identify options for coping with levels of prisoner population that exceed the available accommodation. A number of sites with the necessary docking facilities are being reviewed, but no decision has been taken on the feasibility of this option.
As consideration of the option is at such an early stage, it is not possible to give the details of costs. Nor have there been any decisions on which companies could supply the accommodation. As the contacts so far have been of a very preliminary nature and any decision to proceed with this option might involve a competitive tender, details of individual companies interested could not properly be revealed at this stage.
Fines
Mr. Alton : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much money was levied in fines after convictions under the criminal law for each of the last 10 years for which figures are available ; what amounts were actually collected in fines paid for each year ; and in aid of which vote fines collected for breaches of the criminal law are appropriated.
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