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|Ordinary account |Balance |Investment account|Balance
|(000s) |£ million |(000s) |£ million
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1988 |15,741 |1,646.6 |4,300 |7,733.4
1989 |15,762 |1,579.4 |4,521 |7,839.0
1990 |15,758 |1,494.3 |4,817 |8,527.1
1991 |15,782 |1,440.0 |4,874 |8,876.7
1992 |15,848 |1,424.2 |4,884 |8,917.4
1993<1> |15,901 |1,443.1 |4,810 |8,970.3
<1> As at 30 September.
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The number of deposits under £10 is not available for periods before 1992. Customer deposits for 1992 and the estimated figures for January to September 1993 are as follows :Column 553
|Deposits under £10|Value |Total deposits |Value
|(000s) |£ million |(000s) |£ million
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Ordinary account
1992 |2,388 |13.6 |10,945 |560.9
1993 |<1> |<1> |7,587 |488.9
Investment account
1992 |1,626 |9.0 |7,557 |987.2
1993 |<2> |<2> |4,135 |908.5
<1> Minimum deposit increased to £10 from 1 February 1993.
<2> Minimum deposit increased to £20 from 1 February 1993.
Off-licences (Single Market)
Mr. Whittingdale : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made as to the effect of the single market on sales of beers, wines and spirits from off-licence retail outlets.
Sir John Cope : There are many factors other than the single market affecting off-licence sales, in particular a trend towards the purchase of alcoholic drinks at retailers such as supermarkets, which are not covered by the off-licence category in the retail sales inquiry figures produced by the Central Statistical Office. It is therefore not possible to estimate the effects of the single market on the sales of alcohol at off-licences.
Alcohol Imports
Mr. Whittingdale : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many officers in Customs and Excise are engaged in the enforcement of the regulations relating to the import of beers, wines and spirits from European Community countries.
Sir John Cope : Customs and Excise have 292 officers employed on single market activities. Their duties include the control of registered excise dealers and shippers and the protection of legitimate trade by verifying that goods imported from other EC countries for commercial purposes are charged with any United Kingdom duty and VAT which is payable.
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Mr. Whittingdale : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many prosecutions there have been since 1 January for breaches of the law covering import of beers, wines and spirits from Community countries ; and what was the value of the goods involved.
Sir John Cope : Customs and Excise have prosecuted four individuals since 1 January for breaches of the law covering the import of beers, wines and spirits from other EC countries. The total amount of revenue involved was £4,299.44. There are 108 other cases involving excise goods generally--for example, alcoholic liquors and tobacco products--for which prosecution proceedings have been instituted but not yet brought to a conclusion.
Central and Local Government Costs
Mr. David Shaw : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list for (a) central Government and (b) local government the (i) total wage and salary costs, (ii) total non-contributory pension costs and (iii) additional employment costs and benefit costs for each year since 1978-79, together with the gross national product and the proportion thereof in respect of each item for each year.
Mr. Nelson : The table shows the figures.
Central Government pay includes non-contributory pension costs not available separately as well as employers' contributions to national insurance and contributory pension schemes. No information is available on additional employment costs.
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£ million
|Pay central
|government
Year |Forces |Civilians |Total |Local authorities|Social security
|benefits
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1979 |2,548 |9,408 |11,956 |12,557 |18,122
1980 |3,047 |12,307 |15,354 |15,549 |21,813
1981 |3,387 |13,948 |17,335 |17,907 |27,002
1982 |3,692 |14,758 |18,450 |19,224 |31,677
1983 |4,022 |16,187 |20,209 |20,903 |32,336
1984 |4,282 |16,750 |21,032 |22,295 |34,350
1985 |4,761 |17,659 |22,420 |23,290 |37,609
1986 |5,048 |18,685 |23,733 |25,387 |40,860
1987 |5,381 |20,497 |25,878 |27,527 |41,961
1988 |5,696 |22,109 |27,805 |30,200 |43,056
1989 |5,990 |24,396 |30,386 |31,835 |44,965
1990 |6,449 |26,984 |33,433 |34,539 |48,898
1991 |7,338 |28,101 |35,439 |37,809 |57,381
1992 |7,908 |28,732 |36,640 |40,181 |65,525
Per cent. of GNP
1979 |1.5 |5.4 |6.9 |7.2 |10.4
1980 |1.5 |6.1 |7.6 |7.7 |10.9
1981 |1.5 |6.3 |7.9 |8.1 |12.3
1982 |1.5 |6.2 |7.7 |8.0 |13.2
1983 |1.5 |6.1 |7.7 |7.9 |12.2
1984 |1.5 |5.9 |7.4 |7.8 |12.1
1985 |1.5 |5.7 |7.2 |7.5 |12.1
1986 |1.5 |5.6 |7.1 |7.6 |12.3
1987 |1.5 |5.6 |7.1 |7.6 |11.5
1988 |1.4 |5.4 |6.9 |7.4 |10.6
1989 |1.3 |5.5 |6.8 |7.2 |10.1
1990 |1.3 |5.6 |7.0 |7.2 |10.2
1991 |1.5 |5.7 |7.2 |7.6 |11.6
1992 |1.5 |5.5 |7.0 |7.7 |12.6
European Monetary Institute
Mr. Rowlands : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the estimated capital cost and annual budget of the European Monetary Institute.
Mr. Nelson : Article 16 of the protocol on the statute of the European Monetary Institute annexed to the Maastricht treaty states that the council of the EMI will determine the size of its resources to ensure that the EMI has sufficient income to cover its administrative expenditure. The council of the EMI will decide these questions following establishment of the EMI on 1 January 1994.
Mr. Rowlands : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is his estimate of the number of staff to be employed by the European Monetary Institute ; and how many of these will be found from within the existing establishment of the Community's institutions.
Mr. Nelson : This will be a matter for the council of the EMI to decide. I would expect the EMI to employ more permanent staff than the Committee of Central Bank Governors, which it will replace, as the EMI is charged with a number of additional tasks. The committee of governors has a secretariat of 35 staff and is also supported by a number of sub-committees and other groups which, in many cases at present, are serviced by staff from national central banks.
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Tax Avoidance
Mr. Mandelson : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is his estimate of the additional revenues obtained for the Treasury by the measures he has adopted to limit tax avoidance via trusts and offshore tax havens since 1991.
Mr. Dorrell : Information is not available in the form requested, but details of the estimated yields from the measures referred to in the question are given in the "Financial Statement and Budget Report" for the relevant year.
Newspapers and Magazines
Mr. Peter Bottomley : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what information he has as to (a) the price elasticity and (b) the range of profitability of newspapers and magazines.
Sir John Cope : The Institute for Fiscal Studies has estimated the price elasticity for leisure goods, which include books, newspapers and magazines, to be 0.657. The Newspaper Society has different elasticities for different types of regional papers ranging from 0.3 to 0.5. The Newspaper Society suggests that regional daily papers have an average profitability of 11 per cent., and regional weeklies, 7 per cent.
Mr. Cash : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish a table showing for each EC member state (a) the current rate of VAT imposed on periodicals, (b) whether postage subsidies or a special rate for periodicals is available, (c) whether a newsprint subsidy
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is available, (d) whether transport costs are subsidised and (e) whether overseas distribution costs are subsidised.Sir John Cope : The current rate of VAT applied to periodicals in all EC countries as well as whether partial subsidies or special rates are available for periodicals are shown in the table. For the remaining items, (c) , (d) and (e) , it is not possible to obtain the information on the ground of disproportionate cost.
Country |(a) VAT rate on periodicals per cent. |(b) Whether postal subsidies or special rates available -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Belgium |<1>0 6 |Not known Denmark |25 |Yes France |<5>2.1 |Yes Germany |7 |Yes Greece |<2>4 (3) |Not known Ireland |12.5 |Not known Italy |4 |Yes Luxembourg |3 |Not known Netherlands |6 |Yes Portugal |<4>5, <3>30, (<4>4, <3>21) |Not known Spain |3 |Yes United Kingdom |0 |Yes <1> Magazines which appear at least 50 times a year and whose aim is to educate or entertain the general public are subject to the zero rate. <2> The rates in brackets apply in certain distant Greek Islands. <3> Obscene and pornographic material is subject to an increased rate of 30 per cent. (21 per cent. in the autonomous regions of Madeira and the Azores Archipelagoes.) <4> Providing they are considered in the legislation covering these items to be of a cultural, educational, recreational or sporting nature. (A lower rate of 4 cent. applies in the autonomous regions of Madeira and the Azores Archipelagoes.) <5> The following rates apply to Corsica: 0.9 per cent. and 2.1 per cent. Source: (a) VAT in Europe (International Bureau of Fiscal Documentation) 1993. (b) Periodical Publishers Association (UK) 1989.
Mr. Peter Bottomley : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate the net change of turnover of newsagents if VAT were introduced on newspapers and magazines.
Sir John Cope : Various trade interests, including the Multiple Newsagents Association, have provided estimates of the effect on turnover should VAT be extended to this area.
Mr. Peter Bottomley : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what representations he has received in favour of VAT on (a) national newspapers, (b) regional and local priced newspapers, (c) free newspapers and (d) magazines.
Sir John Cope : A small number of representations have been received in favour of ending the zero rate of VAT on books, newspapers and magazines.
Mr. Peter Bottomley : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimates he has as to the proportion of weekly newspapers that would be expected to convert to free distribution if VAT were imposed.
Sir John Cope : Ministers have received various reports from the industry which predict some movement of weekly paid-for newspapers to the free sector if VAT were extended to this area.
Mr. Peter Bottomley : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what are the rates of VAT on newspapers and magazines in each other OECD country.
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Sir John Cope : Following is the information requested.
VAT on newspapers and magazines in each other OECD country
Country |Newspapers |Magazines
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Australia |No VAT |No VAT
Austria |10 per cent. |10 per cent.
Belgium |0 per cent.<1> |0 per cent<1>
|6 per cent. |6 per cent.
Canada |Exempt |Exempt
Denmark |0 per cent. |25 per cent.
Finland |Exempt<2> |Exempt<2>
|22 per cent. |22 per cent.
France |2.1 per cent.<3> |2.1 per cent.<3>
Germany |7 per cent. |7 per cent.
Greece |4 per cent.(3 per cent.)<4> |4 per cent.(3 per cent.)<4>
Iceland |14 per cent. |14 per cent.
Ireland |12.5 per cent. |12.5 per cent.
Italy |4 per cent. |4 per cent.
Japan |3 per cent. |3 per cent.
Luxembourg |3 per cent. |3 per cent.
Netherlands |6 per cent. |6 per cent.
New Zealand |12.5 per cent. |12.5 per cent.
Norway |0 per cent.<5> 22 per cent. |0 per cent.<5> 22 per cent.
Portugal |5 per cent.(4 per cent.)<6> |5 per cent.(4 per cent.)<6>
Spain |3 per cent. |3 per cent.
Switzerland |No VAT |No VAT
Turkey |8 per cent. |8 per cent.
United States |No VAT |No VAT
Mr. Peter Bottomley : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate the total revenue from VAT charged on advertising in the various categories of newspapers and magazines.
Sir John Cope : When the zero rating of advertisements in newspapers and magazines was withdrawn in May 1985 the change was costed at £50 million. No subsequent estimate has been made.
Smaller Businesses
Mr. Colvin : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when the Nelson review of finance for smaller businesses will be complete ; and if he will make a statement.
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Mr. Nelson : I expect my industrial finance initiative programme of visits to business people around the country to be completed by the middle of next year.
Mr. Colvin : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish the terms of reference for the Nelson review of finance for smaller businesses.
Mr. Nelson : My right hon. and learned Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer has asked me to examine current sources of funding for industry, with the aim of identifying whether there are any market imperfections or regulations that inhibit or distort the flows of finance, and, if there are, to consider how present arrangements can be improved.
There are no formal terms of reference for the industrial finance initiative, but it will look at the strategic role that financing plays and examine the scope for new approaches. In particular, I will be examining the financing of small to medium-sized enterprises. The intention is to improve the financial climate for business and to inform the consideration of public policies that bear on the provision of finance for industry.
Fraud
Mr. Mandelson : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his answer of 25 October, Official Report, column 422, if he will take steps to obtain an estimate of the percentage of fraud involving transactions between the United Kingdom and offshore tax havens.
Mr. Dorrell : There are no steps that can be taken to obtain a reliable estimate.
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
Mr. Chris Smith : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what studies his Department has conducted to identify the effects on United Kingdom national income, in real terms, of the signing of the GATT treaty as currently envisaged.
Mr. Nelson : The World Bank/OECD recently published a study which estimated that the gain to world real income resulting from a successful GATT round could be just over $200 billion--1992 prices--by the year 2002. Within this, the EC was estimated to get a very substantial gain of around $80 billion.
These figures may well underestimate the full benefit as the study does not tak to the round. Nor does it take account of the adverse impact on national incomes that would arise if failure of the round resulted in a deterioration in the world trading environment.
Civil Servants
Mr. Matthew Taylor : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what rules his Department operates in regard to civil servants having interests in private sector companies.
Mr. Nelson : I regret that it has not been possible to provide a substantive answer before prorogation. I shall write to the hon. Member shortly and place a copy of the letter in the Library.
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VAT (Air Fares)
Mr. Davidson : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is his estimate of the loss of traffic on routes between Scotland and London which would follow the imposition of value-added tax at 17.5 per cent. on air fares ; if he will outline the increase in fares which will result from the imposition of VAT ; and on what basis these figures were arrived at.
Sir John Cope : I regret that it has not been possible to provide a substantive answer before prorogation. I shall write to the hon. Member shortly and place a copy of the letter in the Library.
Housing
Ms Estelle Morris : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what plans he has to introduce tax incentives for private developers to boost the provision of housing for rent or sale to lower income groups.
Mr. Dorrell : I cannot anticipate my right hon. and learned Friend's Budget statement.
Telephone Sex Lines
Dr. Spink : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimates have been made of the cost to the public purse of the use of telephones at Whitehall to make 0898 sex line calls ; and if he will make a statement.
Sir John Cope : The Government telephone network lines serving Her Majesty's Treasury bar access to all 0898 numbers.
Rail Season Tickets
Mr. Hunter : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is his policy with regard to changing the benefit in kind rules to make interest- free loans to purchase rail season tickets exempt from taxation.
Mr. Dorrell : Most interest-free loans provided by employers to employees to purchase rail season tickets are already exempt from tax. An employee does not pay tax on employer-provided loans where the total benefit of all loans in a year is not more than £300. This exemption saves work for employers, employees and for the Inland Revenue.
Mr. Hunter : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is his policy with regard to making the cost of rail season tickets tax allowable.
Mr. Dorrell : I cannot anticipate my right hon. and learned Friend's Budget statement. However, under the current law, the cost of rail season tickets for home to work travel is not tax deductible. That applies to both employees and to the self-employed.
VAT (Domestic Fuels)
Mr. Pickthall : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list those domestic fuels which (a) are and (b) are not liable for VAT.
Sir John Cope : All fuels supplied for domestic use are currently zero-rated.
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Taxation
Mr. Robert B. Jones : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will set out for each main source of taxation the percentage of the tax yield represented by collection and administrative costs.
Mr. Dorrell : Costs of collection and administration in 1992-93 as a percentage of tax yield are given in the table.
|Per cent.
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Income tax |2.42
Corporation tax |0.93
Capital gains tax |3.91
Petroleum revenue tax |2.14
Inheritance tax, capital transfer tax and estate duty |2.16
Stamp duties |0.50
VAT |0.87
Car tax |0.05
Customs duties and associated work |9.74
Excise duties |0.13
Civil Service
Mr. Michael Spicer : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list for each of the last 10 years the number of people employed by the civil service.
Mr. Dorrell : The numbers of permanent staff employed at 1 April for each of the last 10 years were :
|Numbers
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1984 |623,972
1985 |599,026
1986 |594,365
1987 |597,814
1988 |579,627
1989 |569,215
1990 |562,388
1991 |553,863
1992 |565,319
1993 |554,212
Public Sector Borrowing Requirement
Ms Harman : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the reasons for the differences between the forecast public sector borrowing requirement of £50.1 billion for 1993-94 contained in table 1.2 of the March 1993 "Financial Statement and Budget Report" and the earlier forecast of £7 billion for the same financial year contained in the March 1991 "Financial Statement and Budget Report" ; and if he will estimate how much of this difference was attributable to (a) discretionary changes to tax and other receipts, (b) discretionary expenditure changes, (c) changes in taxation and other receipts resulting from errors in forecasting the level of output, (d) changes in expenditure resulting from errors in forecasting the level of output, (e) errors in forecasting debt interest and (f) other forecasting errors.
Mr. Portillo [holding answer 4 November 1993] : The recession was longer and deeper than assumed in 1991. The March 1993 "Financial Statement and Budget Report" assumed non-oil GDP grew by over 5 per cent. less between 1991 and 1993 than assumed in 1991. Changes to
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the Government's public expenditure plans can be found in the 1991 and 1992 autumn statements. Changes in taxes and national insurance contributions are set out in the 1992-93 and 1993-94 editions of the "Financial Statement and Budget Report" and in the 1992 autumn statement.HOME DEPARTMENT
Overseas Domestic Workers
Mr. Allen : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department since November 1991, how many overseas domestic workers have applied for indefinite leave to stay on compassionate grounds ; and how many have been granted it.
Mr. Charles Wardle : The available information is that in the period 1 November 1991 to 30 June 1993 150 overseas domestic workers, excluding dependants, were accepted for settlement after four years continuous employment.
Mr. Allen : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many overseas domestic workers have applied to change their employer since November 1991 ; and how many applications have been granted.
Mr. Charles Wardle : The information requested is not available.
Mr. Allen : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many overseas domestic workers have entered the United Kingdom under the 1980 concession since November 1991 ; and how many of their employers have reported to the Home Office that their domestic staff have left their employment while in the United Kingdom ;
(2) how many employers of overseas domestic workers have reported to his Department that their domestic staff have left their employment while in the United Kingdom.
Mr. Charles Wardle : Comprehensive information on the number of overseas domestic workers admitted to the United Kingdom at ports of entry is not available. However, it is estimated that approximately 20,000 grants of entry clearance to come to the United Kingdom as a domestic worker under the 1980 concession were made at posts abroad between 1 January 1992 and 31 August 1993. Corresponding information for November and December 1991 is not available.
Information on the numbers of domestic workers reported as having left their employers is not available.
Mr. Allen : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many overseas domestic workers have applied since November 1991 for an extension to their visa ; and how many have been granted an extension.
Mr. Charles Wardle : During the period 1 November 1991 to 30 June 1993 a total of 2,340 persons, excluding dependants, were granted an extension of stay in the United Kingdom as an overseas domestic worker under the 1980 concession. The number of applications for an extension is not separately identifiable in the statistics.
Mr. Allen : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment he has made of the level of abuse and maltreatment of overseas domestic workers ; and what measures he is taking in response.
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Mr. Charles Wardle : None ; but we keep the general arrangements for the overseas domestic workers scheme under review.
Mr. Allen : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if the Government will include in their "Notice to Employers of Domestic Servants Travelling to the United Kingdom" a statement that it is a criminal offence in the United Kingdom to withhold another person's passport.
Mr. Charles Wardle : No. The information leaflet for domestic servants travelling to the United Kingdom already makes it clear that their passport is an important document and that they should keep it themselves in a safe place. Employers receive a copy of the leaflet for their information.
Children (Indecent Assault)
Mr. Gareth Wardell : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will publish a table showing for each of the last three years for each police authority area in England and Wales (i) how many persons were charged with the offence of indecent assault on children, (ii) how many were subsequently prosecuted by the Crown Prosecution Service and (iii) how many were convicted of the offence.
Mr. Maclean : Information on the number of people charged is not collected centrally. The data relate to the number of persons prosecuted and convicted for offences of indecent assault on a male aged under 16 years and indecent assault on a female aged under 16 years by police force area from 1990 to 1992, which is provisional.
Table 3B
Number of persons proceeded against at Magistrates' Courts and found guilty at all courts
of indecent assault on children by police force area
England and Wales 1992<1>
Offence/PFA |Total proceeded |Total found guilty
|against
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Indecent assault on Girl under 16
Avon and Somerset |38 |24
Bedfordshire |12 |6
Cambridgeshire |42 |25
Cheshire |55 |44
Cleveland |27 |14
Cumbria |12 |9
Derbyshire |41 |35
Devon and Cornwall |49 |36
Dorset |18 |11
Durham |31 |23
Essex |33 |18
Gloucester |20 |14
Greater Manchester |192 |101
Hampshire |79 |50
Hertfordshire |33 |22
Humberside |51 |44
Kent |28 |46
Lancashire |41 |40
Leicestershire |30 |12
Lincolnshire |23 |12
Merseyside |60 |47
Metropolitan Police<2> |179 |90
Norfolk |25 |23
Northamptonshire |17 |16
Northumbria |73 |61
North Yorkshire |35 |17
Nottinghamshire |104 |65
South Yorkshire |57 |40
Staffordshire |39 |30
Suffolk |21 |13
Surrey |6 |4
Sussex |59 |29
Thames Valley |45 |29
Warwickshire |18 |9
West Mercia |42 |31
West Midlands |101 |63
West Yorkshire |104 |66
Wiltshire |16 |16
Dyfed Powys |24 |16
Gwent |28 |11
North Wales |30 |24
South Wales |67 |45
England |1,856 |1,235
Wales |149 |96
England and Wales |2,005 |1,331
<1> Provisional
<2> Including City of London
Table 3B
Number of persons proceeded against at Magistrates' Courts and found guilty at all courts
of indecent assault on children by police force area
England and Wales 1992<1>
Offence/PFA |Total proceeded |Total found guilty
|against
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Indecent assault on Girl under 16
Avon and Somerset |38 |24
Bedfordshire |12 |6
Cambridgeshire |42 |25
Cheshire |55 |44
Cleveland |27 |14
Cumbria |12 |9
Derbyshire |41 |35
Devon and Cornwall |49 |36
Dorset |18 |11
Durham |31 |23
Essex |33 |18
Gloucester |20 |14
Greater Manchester |192 |101
Hampshire |79 |50
Hertfordshire |33 |22
Humberside |51 |44
Kent |28 |46
Lancashire |41 |40
Leicestershire |30 |12
Lincolnshire |23 |12
Merseyside |60 |47
Metropolitan Police<2> |179 |90
Norfolk |25 |23
Northamptonshire |17 |16
Northumbria |73 |61
North Yorkshire |35 |17
Nottinghamshire |104 |65
South Yorkshire |57 |40
Staffordshire |39 |30
Suffolk |21 |13
Surrey |6 |4
Sussex |59 |29
Thames Valley |45 |29
Warwickshire |18 |9
West Mercia |42 |31
West Midlands |101 |63
West Yorkshire |104 |66
Wiltshire |16 |16
Dyfed Powys |24 |16
Gwent |28 |11
North Wales |30 |24
South Wales |67 |45
England |1,856 |1,235
Wales |149 |96
England and Wales |2,005 |1,331
<1> Provisional
<2> Including City of London
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Table 3B
Number of persons proceeded against at Magistrates' Courts and found guilty at all courts
of indecent assault on children by police force area
England and Wales 1992<1>
Offence/PFA |Total proceeded |Total found guilty
|against
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Indecent assault on Girl under 16
Avon and Somerset |38 |24
Bedfordshire |12 |6
Cambridgeshire |42 |25
Cheshire |55 |44
Cleveland |27 |14
Cumbria |12 |9
Derbyshire |41 |35
Devon and Cornwall |49 |36
Dorset |18 |11
Durham |31 |23
Essex |33 |18
Gloucester |20 |14
Greater Manchester |192 |101
Hampshire |79 |50
Hertfordshire |33 |22
Humberside |51 |44
Kent |28 |46
Lancashire |41 |40
Leicestershire |30 |12
Lincolnshire |23 |12
Merseyside |60 |47
Metropolitan Police<2> |179 |90
Norfolk |25 |23
Northamptonshire |17 |16
Northumbria |73 |61
North Yorkshire |35 |17
Nottinghamshire |104 |65
South Yorkshire |57 |40
Staffordshire |39 |30
Suffolk |21 |13
Surrey |6 |4
Sussex |59 |29
Thames Valley |45 |29
Warwickshire |18 |9
West Mercia |42 |31
West Midlands |101 |63
West Yorkshire |104 |66
Wiltshire |16 |16
Dyfed Powys |24 |16
Gwent |28 |11
North Wales |30 |24
South Wales |67 |45
England |1,856 |1,235
Wales |149 |96
England and Wales |2,005 |1,331
<1> Provisional
<2> Including City of London
Table 3B
Number of persons proceeded against at Magistrates' Courts and found guilty at all courts
of indecent assault on children by police force area
England and Wales 1992<1>
Offence/PFA |Total proceeded |Total found guilty
|against
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Indecent assault on Girl under 16
Avon and Somerset |38 |24
Bedfordshire |12 |6
Cambridgeshire |42 |25
Cheshire |55 |44
Cleveland |27 |14
Cumbria |12 |9
Derbyshire |41 |35
Devon and Cornwall |49 |36
Dorset |18 |11
Durham |31 |23
Essex |33 |18
Gloucester |20 |14
Greater Manchester |192 |101
Hampshire |79 |50
Hertfordshire |33 |22
Humberside |51 |44
Kent |28 |46
Lancashire |41 |40
Leicestershire |30 |12
Lincolnshire |23 |12
Merseyside |60 |47
Metropolitan Police<2> |179 |90
Norfolk |25 |23
Northamptonshire |17 |16
Northumbria |73 |61
North Yorkshire |35 |17
Nottinghamshire |104 |65
South Yorkshire |57 |40
Staffordshire |39 |30
Suffolk |21 |13
Surrey |6 |4
Sussex |59 |29
Thames Valley |45 |29
Warwickshire |18 |9
West Mercia |42 |31
West Midlands |101 |63
West Yorkshire |104 |66
Wiltshire |16 |16
Dyfed Powys |24 |16
Gwent |28 |11
North Wales |30 |24
South Wales |67 |45
England |1,856 |1,235
Wales |149 |96
England and Wales |2,005 |1,331
<1> Provisional
<2> Including City of London
Table 3B
Number of persons proceeded against at Magistrates' Courts and found guilty at all courts
of indecent assault on children by police force area
England and Wales 1992<1>
Offence/PFA |Total proceeded |Total found guilty
|against
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Indecent assault on Girl under 16
Avon and Somerset |38 |24
Bedfordshire |12 |6
Cambridgeshire |42 |25
Cheshire |55 |44
Cleveland |27 |14
Cumbria |12 |9
Derbyshire |41 |35
Devon and Cornwall |49 |36
Dorset |18 |11
Durham |31 |23
Essex |33 |18
Gloucester |20 |14
Greater Manchester |192 |101
Hampshire |79 |50
Hertfordshire |33 |22
Humberside |51 |44
Kent |28 |46
Lancashire |41 |40
Leicestershire |30 |12
Lincolnshire |23 |12
Merseyside |60 |47
Metropolitan Police<2> |179 |90
Norfolk |25 |23
Northamptonshire |17 |16
Northumbria |73 |61
North Yorkshire |35 |17
Nottinghamshire |104 |65
South Yorkshire |57 |40
Staffordshire |39 |30
Suffolk |21 |13
Surrey |6 |4
Sussex |59 |29
Thames Valley |45 |29
Warwickshire |18 |9
West Mercia |42 |31
West Midlands |101 |63
West Yorkshire |104 |66
Wiltshire |16 |16
Dyfed Powys |24 |16
Gwent |28 |11
North Wales |30 |24
South Wales |67 |45
England |1,856 |1,235
Wales |149 |96
England and Wales |2,005 |1,331
<1> Provisional
<2> Including City of London
Table 3B
Number of persons proceeded against at Magistrates' Courts and found guilty at all courts
of indecent assault on children by police force area
England and Wales 1992<1>
Offence/PFA |Total proceeded |Total found guilty
|against
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Indecent assault on Girl under 16
Avon and Somerset |38 |24
Bedfordshire |12 |6
Cambridgeshire |42 |25
Cheshire |55 |44
Cleveland |27 |14
Cumbria |12 |9
Derbyshire |41 |35
Devon and Cornwall |49 |36
Dorset |18 |11
Durham |31 |23
Essex |33 |18
Gloucester |20 |14
Greater Manchester |192 |101
Hampshire |79 |50
Hertfordshire |33 |22
Humberside |51 |44
Kent |28 |46
Lancashire |41 |40
Leicestershire |30 |12
Lincolnshire |23 |12
Merseyside |60 |47
Metropolitan Police<2> |179 |90
Norfolk |25 |23
Northamptonshire |17 |16
Northumbria |73 |61
North Yorkshire |35 |17
Nottinghamshire |104 |65
South Yorkshire |57 |40
Staffordshire |39 |30
Suffolk |21 |13
Surrey |6 |4
Sussex |59 |29
Thames Valley |45 |29
Warwickshire |18 |9
West Mercia |42 |31
West Midlands |101 |63
West Yorkshire |104 |66
Wiltshire |16 |16
Dyfed Powys |24 |16
Gwent |28 |11
North Wales |30 |24
South Wales |67 |45
England |1,856 |1,235
Wales |149 |96
England and Wales |2,005 |1,331
<1> Provisional
<2> Including City of London
Political Refugees
Mr. Parry : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many political refugees are now resident in the United Kingdom ; and if he will publish a table showing how many are from each country.
Mr. Charles Wardle : The available information is that in the period 1979 to mid-1993 around 41,800 persons, including associated dependants, were given leave to remain in the United Kingdom as a refugee. These comprise some 18,500 asylum applicants who were recognised as a refugee and granted asylum in the United Kingdom, and 23,300 south-east Asian refugees accepted for settlement on arrival. Information on the number of these cases who have since died, left the country, obtained British citizenship or otherwise ceased to hold refugee status here, and information prior to 1979, is not available.
An analysis by main nationalities of grants of asylum in the years 1979 to 1984, including associated dependants, is given in table 3 of Home Office statistical bulletin issue 22/90 "Refugee Statistics, United Kingdom 1989". An analysis by main nationalities of grants in the period 1985 to mid-1993, excluding dependants, is given in table 3.1 of Home Office statistical bulletin issue 19/93 "Asylum Statistics United Kingdom 1992" and in the table. An analysis of these figures including dependants is not readily available. A comparison of figures for total grants of asylum including and excluding dependants is given in table 1.2 of issue 19/93. Copies of the above publications are in the Library.
Cases<1><2> recognised as refugees and granted asylum, excluding
dependants, by nationality, 1 January to 30 June 1993
Number of grants to principal applicants
Nationality |1993 (Jan-Jun)
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Europe and Americas
Bulgaria |-
Colombia |5
Romania |-
Turkey |255
Former USSR |-
Former Yugoslavia |-
Other |5
Total |260
Africa
Angola |5
Congo |-
Ethiopia |20
Ghana |5
Nigeria |-
Somalia |40
Sudan |700
Togo and Ivory Coast |<1>
Uganda |<1>
Zaire |<1>
Other |25
Total |795
Middle East
Iran |65
Iraq |105
Lebanon |15
Other |25
Total |210
Asia
China |5
India |-
Pakistan |-
Sri Lanka |5
Other |5
Total |15
Other, and nationality not known |-
Total |1,280
Acceptances for settlement of South-East Asian refugees (including dependants) |300
<1> Figures rounded to the nearest 5 with *=1 or 2.
<2> Provisional figures.
European Parliamentary Constituencies
Mr. Alex Carlile : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what representations the Welsh Boundary Commission has received from Welsh community councils regarding the new European parliamentary constituency boundaries ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Peter Lloyd : The task of reviewing European parliamentary constituency boundaries is being undertaken by the European Parliamentary Constituencies Committee for Wales. It received 69 representations from town and community councils before the deadline of 13 October and eight representations after the deadline. The representations received before the deadline were placed on public deposit on 1 November at the places I listed in my reply to a question from the hon. Member for Gower (Mr. Wardell) on 26 October 1993, Official Report, columns 588-89.
Nuclear Smuggling
Mr. Llew Smith : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on proposals for integrated police co-operation between EC member states to combat the smuggling of nuclear materials, as announced by Commissioner Matutes in the European Commission reply of 22 October to European Parliament question No. 1642/93.
Mr. Charles Wardle : No such proposals were announced by the Commission. Police co-operation between the member states takes place intergovernmentally and the Commission has no right of initiative in this area.
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Burglaries
Mr. Blair : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many of the domestic burglars in the study of those given community service orders in 1987 were reconvicted of burglary within (a) one year and (b) two years from sentence ; of how many further burglary offences those who were reconvicted were found guilty on average within (i) one year and (ii) two years ; and what multiplier was used to arrive at the estimated average of between three and 13 offences per burglar over 12 months quoted in his Department's new release 220/93 dated 18 October ;
(2) what is the average number of further burglaries committed by domestic burglars released from prison service custody over (a) one year and (b) two years.
Mr. Maclean : Of the 193 domestic burglars covered in the study cited by the Home Office director of research and statistics, 96 or 50 per cent, were reconvicted of at least one standard list offence within 12 months--standard list offences include all indictable offences and a few of the more serious types of summary offence. The 96 offenders were convicted between them of 122 further offences, of which 43 per cent. were estimated to have been burglaries--on the basis of the breakdown of offences involved in the first reconviction only. It was assumed that for each of the 122 reconvictions, between five and 20 further offences were committed without resulting in convictions. This assumption was made on the basis of what is known about unreported, unrecorded and undetected crime.
The analysis did not look at this group's reconvictions over the two years following conviction. Neither these figures nor comparable statistics for burglars released from prison service custody are readily available. I shall write to the hon. Member when the statistical analysis has been carried out.
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