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Woodlands
Mr. Hanson: To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what assessment he has made of the ancient woodland inventory undertaken by the Nature Conservancy Council.
Mr. Hanson: To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what plans he has to establish a register of ancient woodland in the United Kingdom.
Sir Paul Beresford: I have been asked to reply.
An inventory of ancient woodland in Great Britain, excluding Northern Ireland, was produced by the Nature Conservancy Council between 1981 and 1991. Copies of this, arranged by county in England and Wales, and by district in Scotland, have been widely distributed to local authorities, the Forestry Commission, to conservation bodies and to landowners' representatives such as the Timber Growers Association.
Since 1991, responsibility for maintaining and revising the inventories has been passed to English Nature, the Countryside Council for Wales and Scottish Natural Heritage. These bodies update the information on particular sites in the light of new survey information, including information provided by the organisations and individuals to whom the inventory has gone. Assessment of and amendments to the inventory are thus a continuous process. Information about individual sites or areas is available on request.
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ATTORNEY-GENERAL
Public Appointments
Mr. Milburn: To ask the Attorney-General whether his departments organise receptions for those expressing an interest in public appointments for the first time; how often they are held; what is the annual cost; and how many people attend.
The Attorney-General: No such receptions are organised in the departments for which I am responsible.
EDUCATION
School Meals
Mr. Don Foster: To ask the Secretary of State for Education what were the average number of school meals claimed by (a) local education maintained primary schools, (b) local education authority maintained secondary schools, (c) grant-maintained primary schools and (d) grant- maintained secondary schools in each year since 1990.
Mr. Robin Squire: The available information is as follows:
Average number of school meals taken by day pupils in maintained primary and secondary schools in
England on the census date in
January: 1990 to 1994 (provisional)
|LEA Maintained |Grant Maintained|LEA Maintained |Grant Maintained
|Primary |Primary |<1>Secondary |<1>Secondary
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1990 |96 |274 |373
1991 |94 |286 |363
1992 |95 |117 |300 |384
1993 |97 |139 |321 |384
1994<3> |100 |123 |331 |422
<1> excludes sixth form colleges which ceased to be classified as schools from 1 April 1993
<2> There were no grant-maintained primary schools in 1990 or 1991
<3> provisional
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Cultural and Linguistic Exchanges
Mr. Enright: To ask the Secretary of State for Education (1) what resources the DFE devotes to assist cultural and linguistic exchanges in (a) the primary sector and (b) the secondary sector; (2) how many language or cultural exchange arrangements exist within the state sector of education.
Mr. Boswell: DFE grant to the Central Bureau for Educational Visits and Exchanges in 1994 95 is £4.2 million. Of this, some £860, 000 is targeted at the primary sector and some £1.8 million is targeted at the secondary sector. The rest is targeted at the further and higher education sectors.
The services offered include school linking, foreign language assistants, international in-service training for teachers and participation in multi- lateral--including EU--programmes. It is estimated that some 130,000 state- sector pupils participated in school exchanges in 1991 92, the latest year for which data are available.
The DFE also provides funding to the League for the Exchange of Commonwealth Teachers. It is estimated that in 1993 94 some £262,000 was spent in support of
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primary teacher exchange; and some £230,000 on secondary teacher exchange.Higher and Further Education Fees
Mr. Don Foster: To ask the Secretary of State for Education what was the average registration fee charged to home students by higher and further education colleges in each year since 1990.
Mr. Boswell: Information on the level of registration fees is not collected centrally.
Overseas Visits
Mr. Donohoe: To ask the Secretary of State for Education on how many occasions in the past year the spouse of a Minister in her Department has travelled abroad at public expense to accompany a Minister on public duties, and what has been the total cost to public funds; and on how many occasions such travel has been undertaken at own cost.
Mrs. Gillian Shephard: There have been no occasions in the last year when the spouse of a Minister in the Department for Education has travelled abroad to accompany a Minister on public duties.
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PE Teachers
Mr. Hain: To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many physical education teachers were employed by local education authorities for each year since 1979.
Mr. Robin Squire: The information requested is only available for 1977, 1984, 1988 and 1992 from the secondary school staffing surveys. The number of full-time teachers in all maintained secondary schools in England who were teaching physical education in each of these years was as follows:1977 41.8 thousand1984 37.9 thousand1988 30.3 thousand1992 24.4 thousand
The same surveys give information on the number of teachers with a post A- level qualification in physical education regardless of whether they were teaching it. The number of full-time teachers in maintained secondary schools with a physical education qualification in each year was:1977 33.9 thousand1984 36.4 thousand1988 31.6 thousand1992 30.3 thousand
In both the above cases the 1992 figures include teachers in grant maintained schools.
No figures are available giving the number of physical education teachers in primary schools or special schools. However, the 1987 primary school staffing survey showed that 12.8,000 teachers in maintained primary schools had a qualification in physical education.
Public Appointments
Mr. Milburn: To ask the Secretary of State for Education whether her Department organises receptions for those expressing an interest in public appointments for the first time; how often they are held; what is the annual cost; and how many people attend.
Mr. Boswell: The Department for Education does not organise receptions for those expressing an interest in public appointments.
School Playing Fields
Mr. Hain: To ask the Secretary of State for Education if she will list the number of school playing fields by local education authority for (a) 1979, (b) 1983, (c) 1987, (d) 1992 and (e) the latest available date.
Mr. Robin Squire: No information is available for years before 1993. The latest available data will take a little time to assemble. I shall write to the hon. Member as soon as it is available.
Mr. Hain: To ask the Secretary of State for Education if she will list the capital receipts from the sale of school playing fields for each of the last six years by education authority.
Mr. Robin Squire: This information is not collected centrally.
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TREASURY
Foster Carers
Ms Coffey: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if allowances paid to local authority foster carers are non-taxable and are not regarded as income.
Sir George Young: To the extent that payments made to a foster carer do no more than meet the actual costs of caring for someone, no tax is payable. But if a profit arises on payments made to reward the foster carer's services in providing care, this profit is taxable.
Ms Coffey: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if foster carers in receipt of boarding-out allowances and who do not receive an additional fee are not classified as self-employed.
Sir George Young: It will depend on whether or not an individual is self-employed, in particular the way in which the caring is organised. Whether a foster carer is self employed or not, to the extent that payments received do no more than meet the actual costs of caring, no tax will be payable. If a profit arises on payments made to reward the foster carer's services in providing care, this profit is taxable.
Where basic boarding allowances paid to foster carers do no more than re- imburse actual costs, no taxable profit arises.
This is reflected in National Foster Care Association guidelines, published in its leaflet NFC 2008, which has been agreed with the Inland Revenue.
Tobacco and Alcohol
Mrs. Lait: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what extra measures have been taken to prevent the illegal importation of tobacco and alcohol since the opening of the single market; how much they have cost; and what is the value of the illegally imported tobacco and alcohol that has been seized and destroyed.
Mr. Heathcoat-Amory: Customs and Excise has allocated some 240 staff to single market excise work most of whom are specially trained excise verification officers--EVOs--whose remit is to detect and prosecute anyone attempting to defraud the Revenue in this way. The annual cost of an EVO is about £30,000. In the 20 months to August 1994 the revenue value of seized tobacco and alcohol was over £4 million. These goods either have been, or will be, destroyed.
Mrs. Lait: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate has been made of the volume of alcohol and tobacco which has been illegally imported since the opening of the single market; and what volume has been destroyed.
Mr. Heathcoat-Amory: It is by definition difficult to form a reliable estimate of the total volume of smuggled goods. In the 20 month period to August 1994 Customs seized 4,298,927 cigarettes, 22, 912 cigars, 25,517 kg of other tobacco and 1,188,449 litres of alcoholic drinks. All the goods sized either have been, or will, be destroyed subject to condemnation proceedings.
Mrs. Lait: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the estimated loss to the Exchequer of the illegal importation of tobacco and alcohol from the continent in each year since the opening of the single market.
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Mr. Heathcoat-Amory: It is notoriously difficult to calculate the true extent of smuggling. An assumed detection rate of one in 20, in the calendar year 1993 would suggest a revenue loss of the order of £35 million. The revenue value of seizures during the eight months of 1994 was £2.4 million.
Mrs. Lait: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many prosecutions there have been, since the opening of the single market, for the illegal importation of alcohol and tobacco; and how many have been successful.
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Mr. Heathcoat-Amory: To 31 August 1994 Customs and Excise prosecuted 289 individuals for the illegal importation of alcohol and tobacco from other EU countries. The courts acquitted in two cases although one of these is the subject of an appeal by Customs.
Mrs. Lait: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the rate of excise duty, VAT or other tax on (a) wine, (b) spirits and (c) beer in each EU country; and what is the difference in each case for United Kingdom levels.
Mr. Heathcoat-Amory: The rates of excise duty and VAT on wine, spirits and beer in each EU country are shown in the following table.
Spirits Table Wine Beer
|£ per hl |VAT rate |£ per hl at |VAT rate |£ per hl at |VAT rate
|pure alcohol |per cent. |11 per cent. aby|per cent. |5 per cent. |per cent.
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Belgium |1,289.60 |20.5 |29.87 |20.5 |14.98 |20.5
Denmark |3,070.90 |25 |69.31 |25 |34.05 |25
France |1,106.23 |18.6 |2.69 |18.6 |7.63 |18.6
Germany |1,066.95 |15 |- |15 |8.05 |15
Greece |400.12 |18 |- |18 |8.28 |18
Ireland |2,161.39 |21 |212.88 |21 |77.48 |21
Italy |420.37 |19 |- |13 |13.93 |19
Luxembourg |852.97 |15 |- |12 |8.12 |15
Netherlands |1,236.94 |17.5 |40.11 |17.50 |17.5 |17.5
Portugal |549.76 |16 |- |5 |10.81 |16
Spain |425.47 |15 |- |15 |6.37 |15
United Kingdom |1,981.00 |17.5 |134.77 |17.5 |52.25 |17.5
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Public Appointments
Mr. Milburn: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether his Departments organise receptions for those expressing an interest in public appointments for the first time; how often they are held; what is the annual cost; and how many people attend.
Mr. Nelson: My right hon. and learned Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer's departments do not organise receptions for those expressing an interest in public appointments for the first time.
Economic and Finance Council
Mr. Jenkins: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his oral answer to the hon. Member for Stafford (Mr. Cash) of 20 October, Official Report , column 417, if he will make a statement on the emergency ECOFIN meetings attended on 21 October with special
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reference to the United Kingdom's case against the EC Commission in the European Court of Justice regarding the proposal in respect of Italian milk quotas.Mr. Kenneth Clarke: I refer to the answer which I gave to the hon. Member for Southport (Mr. Banks) on 25 October.
Firearms
Mr. Corbyn: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what are the total seizures of illegal firearms for each port of entry for each month since January 1992.
Mr. Heathcoat-Amory: Customs do not hold central statistics for seizures of weapons that can be broken down in this way. Such figures could be produced only at disproportionate cost. However, the table sets out the number of detections of illegal weapons by Customs and Excise per collection--regional command--for each quarter since 1 April 1993.
Collection Number of
detections
|30 June |30 September|31 December |31 March |30 June |30 September
|1993 |1993 |1993 |1994 |1994 |1994 |Total
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Belfast |- |- |1 |- |- |- |1
Birmingham |- |- |- |2 |1 |- |3
Dover |26 |26 |5 |1 |22 |30 |110
East Anglia |3 |2 |5 |5 |5 |23 |43
East Midlands |- |2 |1 |1 |3 |- |7
Edinburgh |2 |- |6 |11 |- |7 |26
Glasgow |- |- |- |- |2 |2 |4
Leeds |2 |- |- |6 |2 |9 |19
Liverpool |8 |- |- |- |- |8 |16
London Airports |1 |74 |4 |46 |16 |19 |160
London Central |1 |- |- |- |- |- |1
London North and West |- |- |- |- |- |- |-
London Port |2 |8 |12 |- |27 |17 |66
London South |- |- |- |- |- |1 |1
Manchester |- |1 |- |- |6 |9 |16
Northhampton |2 |1 |1 |4 |6 |- |14
Northern England |4 |2 |- |1 |- |- |7
Southhampton |10 |16 |- |11 |26 |13 |76
South Wales and Borders |7 |1 |6 |7 |1 |- |22
South West England |2 |2 |2 |2 |3 |10 |21
Thames Valley |- |- |- |1 |3 |2 |6
Total detections |70 |135 |43 |98 |123 |150 |619
Total firearms seized<1> |2,214 |3,045 |1,734 |170 |220 |2,190 |9,573
<1> Firearms includes: handguns, rifles, shotguns, gas canisters and stun guns.
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Press Officers
Mr. Grocott: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list the number of press officers currently employed by his Departments who are normally based (a) in the Department in London (b) in the House and (c) at each other location.
Mr. Nelson [holding answer 25 October 1994]: The number of press officers currently employed by the Departments responsible to the Chancellor of the Exchequer is shown in the table.
|Number
----------------------------------------------
HM Treasury |7
HM Customs & Excise |4
Board of Inland Revenue |7
Department for National Savings |2
Registry of Friendly Societies |1
Crown Estate Office |2
All of these staff are based in London. None are normally based in the House. Agencies which are accountable to the Chancellor and which employ press officers are not included in the table.
HOME DEPARTMENT
Court Sentences
Ms Ruddock: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what percentage of people sentenced in the courts received (a) a custodial sentence and (b) a non-custodial sentence in each month of 1993.
Mr. Maclean: The 1993 information, which is provisional, on sentencing at both the magistrates' court and the Crown court is given in the tables A to C. Data provided by the Lord Chancellor's Department for committals for trial at the Crown court is given in table D.
Table A Persons sentenced at magistrates' courts for all offences by month, type of
offence and type of sentence England and Wales 1993*
Indictable Offences
Total sentenced Custodial Non-Custodial
sentences sentences
|Number |Percentage|Number |Percentage|Number |Percentage
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January |20,810 |100 |709 |3 |20,101 |97
February |19,578 |100 |909 |5 |18,669 |95
March |22,451 |100 |1,155 |5 |21,296 |95
April |19,876 |100 |1,044 |5 |18,832 |95
May |19,077 |100 |983 |5 |18,094 |95
June |20,698 |100 |1,135 |5 |19,563 |95
July |20,683 |100 |1,159 |6 |19,524 |94
August |18,934 |100 |1,287 |7 |17,674 |93
September |20,163 |100 |1,465 |7 |18,698 |93
October |18,995 |100 |1,435 |8 |17,560 |92
November |20,479 |100 |1,409 |7 |19,070 |93
December |16,497 |100 |1,208 |7 |15,289 |93
|------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |-------
Total |238,241 |100 |13,898 |6 |224,343 |94
Summary non-motoring Offences
Total Sentenced Custodial Non-custodial
Sentences Sentences
|Number |Percentage|Number |Percentage|Number |Percentage
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January |37,341 |100 |170 |0 |37,171 |100
February |34,623 |100 |213 |1 |34,410 |99
March |42,220 |100 |283 |1 |41,937 |99
April |35,866 |100 |237 |1 |35,629 |99
May |34,889 |100 |229 |1 |34,660 |99
June |40,034 |100 |224 |1 |39,810 |99
July |38,790 |100 |266 |1 |38,524 |99
August |36,659 |100 |309 |1 |36,350 |99
September |39,463 |100 |299 |1 |39,164 |99
October |37,181 |100 |331 |1 |36,850 |99
November |39,024 |100 |323 |1 |38,701 |99
December |31,405 |100 |334 |1 |31,071 |99
|------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |------
Total |447,495 |100 |3,218 |1 |444,277 |99
Summary Motoring Offences
Total sentenced Custodial Non-custodial
sentences sentences
|Number |Percentage|Number |Percentage|Number |Percentage
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January |58,887 |100 |424 |1 |58,463 |99
February |54,406 |100 |498 |1 |53,908 |99
March |61,334 |100 |600 |1 |60,734 |99
April |54,268 |100 |572 |1 |53,696 |99
May |49,279 |100 |541 |1 |48,738 |99
June |55,780 |100 |637 |1 |55,143 |99
July |54,416 |100 |668 |1 |53,748 |99
August |52,369 |100 |664 |1 |51,705 |99
September |57,974 |100 |854 |1 |57,120 |99
October |53,598 |100 |855 |2 |52,743 |98
November |57,075 |100 |873 |2 |56,202 |98
December |45,870 |100 |714 |2 |45,156 |98
|------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |-------
Total |655,256 |100 |7,900 |1 |647,356 |99
All Offences
Total sentenced Custodial Non-custodial
sentences sentences
|Number |Percentage|Number |Percentage|Number |Percentage
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January |117,038 |100 |1,303 |1 |115,735 |99
February |108,607 |100 |1,620 |1 |106,987 |99
March |126,005 |100 |2,038 |2 |123,967 |98
April |110,010 |100 |1,853 |2 |108,157 |98
May |103,245 |100 |1,753 |2 |101,492 |98
June |116,512 |100 |1,996 |2 |114,516 |98
July |113,889 |100 |2,093 |2 |111,796 |98
August |107,962 |100 |2,260 |2 |105,702 |98
September |117,600 |100 |2,618 |2 |114,982 |98
October |109,774 |100 |2,621 |2 |107,153 |98
November |116,578 |100 |2,605 |2 |113,973 |98
December |93,772 |100 |2,256 |2 |91,516 |98
|------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |-------
Total |1,340,992 |100 |25,016 |2 |1,315,976 |98
Table B - Persons sentenced at the crown court for all offences by month, type of
offence and type of sentence England and Wales 1993
Indictable offences
Total sentenced Custodial Non-custodial
sentences sentences
|Number |Percentage|Number |Percentage|Number |Percentage
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January |5,831 |100 |2,375 |41 |3,456 |59
February |6,111 |100 |2,728 |45 |3,383 |55
March |6,942 |100 |3,237 |47 |3,705 |53
April |5,677 |100 |2,743 |48 |2,934 |52
May |5,369 |100 |2,639 |49 |2,730 |51
June |5,251 |100 |2,600 |50 |2,651 |50
July |6,266 |100 |3,186 |51 |3,080 |49
August |4,567 |100 |2,382 |52 |2,185 |48
September |5,265 |100 |2,741 |52 |2,524 |48
October |5,481 |100 |2,823 |52 |2,658 |48
November |5,521 |100 |2,755 |50 |2,766 |50
December |4,699 |100 |2,526 |54 |2,173 |46
|------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |-------
Total |66,980 |100 |32,735 |49 |34,245 |51
Summary non-motoring offences
Total sentenced Custodial Non-custodial
sentences sentences
|Number |Percentage|Number |Percentage|Number |Percentage
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January |213 |100 |26 |12 |187 |88
February |189 |100 |38 |20 |151 |80
March |208 |100 |33 |16 |175 |84
April |162 |100 |34 |21 |128 |79
May |174 |100 |32 |18 |142 |82
June |126 |100 |20 |16 |106 |84
July |159 |100 |30 |19 |129 |81
August |120 |100 |23 |19 |97 |81
September |137 |100 |33 |24 |104 |76
October |130 |100 |32 |25 |98 |75
November |141 |100 |38 |27 |103 |73
December |107 |100 |18 |17 |89 |83
|------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |-------
Total |1,866 |100 |357 |19 |1,509 |81
Summary motoring offences
Total sentenced Custodial Non-custodial
sentences sentences
|Number |Percentage|Number |Percentage|Number |Percentage
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January |118 |100 |28 |24 |90 |76
February |122 |100 |28 |23 |94 |77
March |91 |100 |33 |36 |58 |64
April |88 |100 |27 |31 |61 |69
May |84 |100 |24 |29 |60 |71
June |73 |100 |23 |32 |50 |68
July |93 |100 |24 |26 |69 |74
August |74 |100 |21 |28 |53 |72
September |80 |100 |21 |26 |59 |74
October |68 |100 |20 |29 |48 |71
November |88 |100 |23 |26 |65 |74
December |73 |100 |19 |26 |54 |74
|------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |-------
Total |1,052 |100 |291 |28 |761 |72
All offences
Total sentenced Custodial Non-custodial
sentences sentences
|Number |Percentage|Number |Percentage|Number |Percentage
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January |6,162 |100 |2,429 |39 |3,733 |61
February |6,422 |100 |2,794 |44 |3,628 |56
March |7,241 |100 |3,303 |46 |3,938 |54
April |5,927 |100 |2,804 |47 |3,123 |53
May |5,627 |100 |2,695 |48 |2,932 |52
June |5,450 |100 |2,643 |48 |2,807 |52
July |6,518 |100 |3,240 |50 |3,278 |50
August |4,761 |100 |2,426 |51 |2,335 |49
September |5,482 |100 |2,795 |51 |2,687 |49
October |5,679 |100 |2,875 |51 |2,804 |49
November |5,750 |100 |2,816 |49 |2,934 |51
December |4,879 |100 |2,563 |53 |2,316 |47
|------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |-------
Total |69,898 |100 |33,383 |48 |36,515 |52
Table C-persons sentenced at all courts for all offences by month, types of offence and
type of sentence, England and Wales 1993
Indictable offences
Total sentenced Custodial Non-custodial
sentences sentences
|Number |Percentage|Number |Percentage|Number |Percentage
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January |26,647 |100 |3,084 |12 |23,557 |88
February |25,689 |100 |3,637 |14 |22,052 |86
March |29,393 |100 |4,392 |15 |25,001 |85
April |25,553 |100 |3,787 |15 |21,766 |85
May |24,446 |100 |3,622 |15 |20,824 |85
June |25,949 |100 |3,735 |14 |22,214 |86
July |26,949 |100 |4,345 |16 |22,604 |84
August |23,501 |100 |3,669 |16 |19,832 |84
September |25,428 |100 |4,206 |17 |21,222 |83
October |24,476 |100 |4,258 |17 |20,210 |83
November |26,000 |100 |4,164 |16 |21,836 |84
December |21,196 |100 |3,734 |16 |17,462 |82
|------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |-------
Total |305,221 |100 |46,633 |15 |258,588 |85
Summary non-motoring offences
Total sentenced Custodial Non-custodial
sentences sentences
|Number |Percentage|Number |Percentage|Number |Percentage
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January |37,554 |100 |196 |1 |37,358 |99
February |34,812 |100 |251 |1 |34,561 |99
March |42,428 |100 |316 |1 |42,112 |99
April |36,028 |100 |271 |1 |35,757 |99
May |35,063 |100 |261 |1 |34,802 |99
June |40,160 |100 |244 |1 |39,916 |99
July |38,949 |100 |296 |1 |38,653 |99
August |36,779 |100 |332 |1 |36,447 |99
September |39,600 |100 |332 |1 |39,268 |99
October |37,311 |100 |363 |1 |36,948 |99
November |39,165 |100 |361 |1 |38,804 |99
December |31,512 |100 |352 |1 |31,160 |99
|------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |-------
Total |44,9361 |100 |3,575 |1 |445,786 |99
Summary motoring offences
Total sentenced Custodial Non-custodial
sentences sentences
|Number |Percentage|Number |Percentage|Number |Percentage
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January |59,005 |100 |452 |1 |58,553 |99
February |54,528 |100 |526 |1 |54,002 |99
March |61,425 |100 |633 |1 |50,792 |99
April |54,356 |100 |599 |1 |53,757 |99
May |49,363 |100 |565 |1 |48,798 |99
June |55,853 |100 |660 |1 |55,193 |99
July |54,509 |100 |692 |1 |53,817 |99
August |52,443 |100 |685 |1 |51,758 |99
September |58,054 |100 |875 |2 |57,179 |98
October |53,666 |100 |875 |2 |52,791 |98
November |57,163 |100 |896 |2 |56,267 |98
December |45,943 |100 |733 |2 |45,210 |98
|------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |-------
Total |656,308 |100 |8791 |1 |648,117 |99
All offences
Total sentenced Custodial Non-custodial
sentences sentences
|Number |Percentage|Number |Percentage|Number |Percentage
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January |123,200 |100 |3,732 |3 |119,468 |97
February |115,029 |100 |4,414 |4 |110,615 |96
March |133,246 |100 |5,341 |4 |127,905 |96
April |115,937 |100 |4,657 |4 |111,280 |96
May |108,872 |100 |4,448 |4 |104,424 |96
June |121,962 |100 |4,639 |4 |117,323 |96
July |120,407 |100 |5,333 |4 |115,074 |96
August |112,723 |100 |4,686 |4 |108,037 |96
September |123,082 |100 |5,413 |4 |117,669 |96
October |115,453 |100 |5,486 |5 |109,957 |95
November |122,328 |100 |5,421 |4 |116,907 |96
December |98,651 |100 |4,819 |5 |93,832 |95
|------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |-------
Total |1,410,890 |100 |58,399 |4 |1,352,491 |96
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Table D Proportionate use of immediate custody for defendants sentenced at the Crown Court following committal for trial. England and Wales 1992-1994 Month |1992 |1993 |1994 ---------------------------------- January |48 |42 |52 February |48 |46 |54 March |49 |47 |52 April |50 |49 |54 May |49 |50 |54 June |49 |51 |53 July |48 |52 |53 August |48 |54 |53 September |48 |54 |- October |42 |52 |- November |42 |52 |- December |43 |54 |-
Official Hospitality
Mr. Matthew Taylor: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what has been the total amount spent on official hospitality by (a) his Department and (b) his agencies for each year since 1990.
Mr. Howard: The following is the information about expenditure on official hospitality by my Department.
|Department
|(excluding
Year |agencies) £|Agencies £
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1990-1991 |30,080 |Nil
1991-1992 |28,094 |Nil
1992-1993 |21,651 |<2>34,000
1993-1994 |15,233 |<3>33,784
1994-1995<1> |7,863 |<4>11,297
<1> To 30 September.
<2> Expenditure by the Fire Service college
trading fund.
<3> Includes £29,771 by the Fire Service college
trading fund, £307 by the Prison Service agency,
£1,706 by the United Kingdom Passport agency and
£2,000 by the Forensic Science Service agency.
<4> Includes £10,596 by the Fire Service college
trading fund, £76 by the Prison Service agency,
£225 by the United Kingdom Passport agency and
£400 by the Forensic Science Service agency.
Domestic Violence
Mr. Alton: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what information he has about incidents of domestic violence in each of the regions of England and Wales.
Mr. Maclean: The information available has been provided by Her Majesty's inspectorate of constabulary and is in the table; 1993 was the first year that HMIC collected information on incidents of domestic violence recorded by the police in England and Wales. The HMIC is in the process of collecting more reliable data.
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Domestic violence incidents recorded by the Police
in England and Wales in 1993
Forces |Year 1993
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Avon and Somerset |Not available
Bedfordshire |Not available
Cambridgeshire |2,253
Cheshire |17,918
City of London |-
Cleveland |3,448
Cumbria |654
Derbyshire |7,606
Devon and Cornwall |Not available
Dorset |5,624
Durham |3,277
Dyfed-Powys |1,223
Essex |1,724
Gloucestershire |2,401
Greater Manchester |33,988
Gwent |135
Hampshire |Not available
Hertfordshire |3,367
Humberside |8,401
Kent |5,875
Lancashire |6,090
Leicestershire |4,075
Lincolnshire |373
Merseyside |8,850
Norfolk |881
North Wales |287
North Yorkshire |15,841
Northamptonshire |2,104
Northumbria |2,071
Nottinghamshire |1,990
South Wales |3,451
South Yorkshire |482
Staffordshire |Not available
Suffolk |1,396
Surrey |3,155
Sussex |1,157
Thames Valley |9,167
Warwickshire |Not available
West Mercia |916
West Midlands |12,151
West Yorkshire |11,315
Wiltshire |1,517
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Provincial Total |185,163
Metropolitan Police |11,420
|-------
England and Wales Total |196,583
Public Opinion Surveys
Mr. Kirkwood: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list each public opinion survey commissioned by (a) his Department and (b) his agencies since 1 October 1992, showing for each, the subject, objectives, total cost, the period in which it was conducted and the organisation from which it was commissioned.
Mr. Howard: The surveys carried out by the Home Department since 1 October 1992 which have included questions on public opinion are as listed. Not all the surveys were primarily focused on public opinion. The fee paid to successful contractors is not shown as this is regarded by the Central Statistical Office as a matter of commercial confidentiality.1. Subject: -- 1994 British Crime Survey
Objectives: --To examine the extent of criminal victimisation amongst householders. The survey includes some opinion questions.
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Period:--January May 1994 (fieldwork)Organisation: --Office of Population Censuses and Surveys (fieldwork) 2. Subject: -- 1994 Commercial Crime Survey
Objectives :--A telephone survey to examine the extent of criminal victimisation against retail and manufacturing business premises. The survey includes some opinion questions.
Period: --April May 1994 (fieldwork)
Organisation: --British Market Research Bureau (fieldwork) 3. Subject: -- Equal Opportunities in the Fire Service
Objectives: --To examine the image of the fire service as a potential employer amongst women and ethnic minorities
Period: --May August 1993
Organisation: --Harris Research 4. Subject: -- Public Attitudes Towards the Police
Objectives: --One of a series of surveys conducted in recent years to assess the impact of the police Quality of Service Programme. Period: -- October 1993 (fieldwork)
Organisation: --Office of Population Censuses and Survey (Omnibus Survey) (fieldwork) 5. Subject: -- Passport Agency Customer Satisfaction Surveys--
Objectives:--Monthly surveys to establish the age profile and renewal habits of passport holders together with their expectations and opinions of the service provided by the Agency.
Period : --May 1992 October 1994
Organisation: --Passport Agency and Eurodata Ltd (data processing) 6. Subject: -- Partners Against Crime Campaign
Objectives: --To assess level of support for local community crime prevention and Neighbourhood Watch.
Period: --September October 1994
Organisation: --NOP on behalf of Public Relations Branch, Home Office 7. Subject: -- Witness Intimidation: Strategies for Prevention
Objectives: --The aim of this postal survey was to assess the extent to which witnesses of crime were harassed and intimidated and to find out if witnesses were satisfied with the police response. Two public surveys were carried out: one by internal staff, the other by an external contractor. Both surveys were more concerned with obtained peoples' experience of intimidation than their opinions. Period: --November December 1993
Organisation: --Internal survey: Police Research Group, Home Office, External survey: Research Surveys of Great Britain (RSGB) 8. Subject: -- Assessing the Expandable Side Handled Baton.
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Objectives: --The aim of this project was to assess the merits expandable side handled baton as an alternative to the standard issue truncheon. Part of this project involved carrying out a small face-to-face survey to assess the attitudes of the public towards the acceptability of the new baton.Period: --6 and 7 May 1994
Organisation: --NOP (on behalf of Touch Ross) 9. Subject: -- Crime Profiling for Residential Burglaries
Objectives: --The aim of this project is to determine the most cost- effective procedures for investigating residential burglaries. Part of this involved carrying out face-to-face interviews with victims to assess their perceptions of the level of service they received from the police so that this information could be related to the method and outcome of the investigation.
Period: --April October 1994
Organisation: --Operational Research Group, Birmingham University10. Subject: -- Norwich Crime Line Study
Objectives: --To examine satisfaction among victims with service provided by the Norwich Crime Reporting/Advice Line (for reporting minor crime over the phone).
Period: --February March 1993
Organisation: --Police Research Group, Home Office11. Subject: -- Crime Screening Study (Victims of Burglary and Autocrime in Three Police Forces.)
Objectives: --A telephone survey to obtain victims' opinions on the police's performance, and the public's priorities for investigation. Period: --August September 1994
Organisation: --Centre for Study of Public Order, Leicestershire University
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