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Written Answers to Questions
Wednesday 22 March 1995
TRADE AND INDUSTRY
Summary Financial Statements
Mr. Peter Atkinson: To ask the President of the Board of Trade what plans he has to seek views on the proposed changes to the regulations governing summary financial statements. [16083]
Mr. Jonathan Evans: My Department has today published a consultative document seeking views on a number of recommendations for changes to the regulations governing summary financial statements. The document recommends changes to the procedures for consulting shareholders, the content of the SFS and the drafting of the regulations. The proposals have been developed with the help of business and the accountancy profession. They aim to make the SFS regime simpler and a more attractive option for companies and encourage their more widespread use.
The Department believes that greater use of SFS would benefit both business and shareholders. For business, they offer opportunities for cost savings and improved shareholder communications. Shareholders--in particular, private investors--benefit by receiving company information in a form which is easier to understand and more relevant to their needs, while still retaining the right to receive full reports if they choose.
The Department is also seeking views on changes to the content of SFS issued by insurance companies, which are necessary to align with new EU rules.
Copies of the consultative document have been placed in the Libraries of both Houses.
Comments should reach my Department by 19 May 1995.
Regional Development Organisations
Mr. Peter Atkinson: To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he has yet considered the business plans of the English regional development organisations; and what level of financial support he proposes to offer for1995 96. [16084]
Mr. Eggar: I am pleased to announce a 53 per cent. increase in funding next year to attract inward investment to the English regions.
Grants for the eight regional development organisations will be £8.551 million in 1995 96, compared with £5.605 million for the previous year. The increase reflects the real importance that the Government attach to maintaining and developing Britain's place as the preferred location for investment in the EU. It is apparent from their performance that they continue to play an important and successful role in attracting inward investment to Britain.
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I am also pleased to welcome the setting up of a new regional development organisation for the west of England which is planned to begin operation in the autumn.RDOs have been working closely with my Department's Invest in Britain Bureau. The increase in funding will allow them to continue and step up their activity to attract further investment over the next year, in the face of European and global competition. I have allocated the grant aid as follows:
|Percentage
|1995-96 grant |share of total
RDO |£000 |grant
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Northern Development
Company (NDC) |1,650 |19.3
INWARD Ltd.
(in the North West) |1,378 |16
Yorkshire and Humberside
Development Association
(YHDA) |1,400 |16.4
West Midlands Development
Agency (WMDA) |1,118.2 |13.1
Devon and Cornwall
Development International
(DCDI) |895 |10.5
East Midlands |800 |9.4
London First Centre |1,000 |11.7
West of England Development
Agency |310 |3.6
Regional Supply Network
Mr. Peter Atkinson: To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will make a statement about progress on the establishment of a regional supply network. [16085]
Mr. Heseltine: I am pleased to report that the regional supply network, which forms part of my Department's Business Links services, will become operational in April 1995. The network has, with funding from my Department, been established in fulfilment of a commitment in last year's competitiveness White Paper, Cm 2563. It will consist of 10 regional supply offices covering England and will complement similar existing operations in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The network will:
help purchasers to find the most competitive sources of supply; provide new business opportunities for competitive suppliers; encourage the spread of best practice, supplier development and local chains;
highlight current deficiencies in local supplier capabilities, signpost firms to Business Links and other relevant business support organisations which will help to rectify such deficiencies. Further information is contained in a leaflet on the regional supply network. I am placing copies in Library of the House.
Philippines
Mr. Amess: To ask the President of the Board of Trade what estimate he has made of the value to British companies of contracts signed following the visit of the Philippines President. [14419]
Mr. Ian Taylor: During President Ramos's visit, agreements to the value of approximately £700 million were signed with United Kingdom companies, including
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British Gas, Balfour Beatty, GKN, Stramit and GEC Alsthom. UK companies are pursuing a number of other projects in the Philippines and I am confident that following the President's successful visit, UK commercial interests in the Philippines will develop further.Privatisation
Ms Armstrong: To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will list in respect of each privatisation since 1979, including industries previously located at the Department of Energy, (a) the net equity proceeds to Government as a result of privatisation, (b) the market value at the end of the first day of trading and (c) the current market value. [15349]
Mr. Heseltine: I refer the hon. Member to my answer to the hon. Member for The Wrekin (Mr. Grocott) on 31 October 1994, Official Report, columns 989 90 . Information on market values at the end of the first day of trading is not held centrally by my Department. In a number of cases, information on market capitalisation at flotation and movement in share values at the end of the first day's trading is contained in the National Audit Office report on the relevant sale, copies of which are available in the Library of the House.
Consultants
Mr. Bayley: To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will list (a) the consultants, (b) the tasks for which they were employed and (c) the payments made to them from the budget of his Department in (i) 1992 93 and(ii) 1993 94.
Mr. Ian Taylor: The detailed information cannot be provided except at disproportionate costs. However, I refer the hon. Member to the answer that I gave to the hon. Member for Gordon (Mr. Bruce) on 10 February 1995, Official Report , column 429 .
Regional Selective Assistance
Mrs. Lait: To ask the President of the Board of Trade, pursuant to his answer of 15 March, Official Report, column 567, if he will set out the targets for the different size bands of projects applying for assisted area grants. [14937]
Mr. Eggar: Target times for processing applications for regional selective assistance are as follows:
Application size |Per cent. band --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Up to £25,000 |80 within 35 working days £25,000 to £100,000 |75 within 45 working days £100,000 to £1 million |75 within 60 working days £1 million or more |65 within 100 working days
These targets are currently under review.
Channel 5 Television
Mr. David Nicholson: To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will make a statement on the progress made to date in obtaining international clearances for the revised Channel 5 frequency plan; which frequencies have now achieved clearances from which foreign jurisdictions; which are outstanding; and if he expects any impediments to final clearances being achieved by October. [15394]
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Mr. Ian Taylor: I am pleased to report that most of the revised Channel 5 transmitter plan has been cleared. The coverage of the service is now around 67 per cent. of the population compared with the base figure of around 50 per cent. which had been cleared as part of the original Channel 5 plan.
The Radiocommunications Agency has cleared internationally 20 out of 26 proposals put forward by the Independent Television Commission, including major transmitters such as Winter Hill, which will ensure that a major part of the north-west of England, including Manchester and Liverpool, will be able to receive the service. Achievement of the outstanding clearances will increase coverage of Channel 5 to around 70 per cent. of the population.
The following transmitters which have been fully cleared by all foreign Administrations:
Location --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Winter Hill |Channel 48/Horizontal Polarisation Croydon |Channel 37/Horizontal Polarisation Sutton Coldfield |Channel 37/Horizontal Polarisation Black Hill |Channel 37/Horizontal Polarisation Burnhope |Channel 68/Horizontal Polarisation Belmont |Channel 56/Horizontal Polarisation Fawley |Channel 34/Horizontal Polarisation Fenham |Channel 56/Vertical Polarisation Tacolneston |Channel 52/Horizontal Polarisation Durris |Channel 67/Horizontal Polarisation Chelmsford |Channel 63/Horizontal Polarisation Perth |Channel 55/Vertical Polarisation Tay Bridge |Channel 34/Vertical Polarisation Plympton |Channel 30/Vertical Polarisation Huntshaw Cross |Channel 67/Horizontal Polarisation Craigkelly |Channel 48/Horizonal Polarisation Mounteagle |Channel 67/Horizontal Polarisation Selkirk |Channel 52/Horizontal Polarisation Cambret Hill |Channel 37/Horizontal Polarisation Oxford |Channel 49/Horizontal Polarisation
The following are still under discussion between the
Radiocommunications Agency and neighbouring administrations: the transmitters at Black mountain, Londonderry, Presely and Blaen Plwyf are under consideration by the Irish Administration; the Radiocommunications Agency is currently examining a response from the French Administration concerning the proposals for the Mendip and Redruth transmitters.
It is not possible to predict the outcomes or timing of the outstanding negotiations, although the discussions are taking place in a positive and constructive way.
Payment of Bills
Mr. Spellar: To ask the President of the Board of Trade what assessment his Department has made of the period of time by the European Union institutions to pay bills to British companies, with particular reference to small and medium enterprises. [15144]
Mr. Ian Taylor: The United Kingdom Government have not undertaken any assessment of payments by European Commission institutions to British businesses. However, I understand that the European Commission has established a maximum payment period of 60 days and has taken steps to improve compliance with this.
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In addition, the Commission has said that it undertakes regular checks on the payment periods applied by its own departments.Electricity Prices
Sir Donald Thompson: To ask the President of the Board of Trade what evidence he has that Northern Electricity plc misled the Director-General of Electricity Supply as to its true financial position during discussions last year about the appropriate level of electricity pricing; and what consideration is being given to appropriate action by his Department or other authorities to investigate the matters. [15164]
Mr. Eggar: This is a matter for the Director General of Electricity Supply.
Administration and Policy Formulation
Mr. Wigley: To ask the President of the Board of Trade what was the amount of money spent on central administration and policy formulation by his Department in 1993 94; what are the projections for (a) 1994 95 and (b) 1995 96; and if he will make a statement. [14620]
Mr. Ian Taylor: Details of my Department's running costs and administrative spending for the years 1989 90 to 1997 98 are contained in the tables on pages 94 and 97 of my Department's annual report, Cm 2804, copies of which are available in the Library of the House.
Iraq (Sanctions)
Mr. Worthington: To ask the President of the Board of Trade what activities or discussion were forbidden under UN sanctions to the Iraqi- British Interests Group on its recent visit to Iraq.
Mr. Ian Taylor: Any prohibitions under UN sanctions apply to anyone from the United Kingdom visiting Iraq for trade purposes.
PRIME MINISTER
Objectives
Mr. Forman: To ask the Prime Minister how many of their objectives of April 1992 the Government have now achieved; and how many remain. [15354]
The Prime Minister: Since April 1992, the Government's policies have laid the foundations for sustained economic growth. Underlying inflation is down to its lowest for a generation, interest rates are among the lowest in the EC, unemployment is down by over 600,000 since its peak, exports are at record levels, and we are attracting more investment from Japan and America than Germany and France combined.
We have also pressed ahead with our reforms to raise standards in our schools, fight crime, improve the quality of care in the national health service and, with the citizens charter, make the public services more accountable to the taxpayers they serve. Our commitment to continuing improvement in standards in education has been achieved by the national curriculum, extension of objective testing of pupils, inspection of primary as well as secondary schools, continuation of publication of school results, and launch of the Teacher Training Agency. Parental choice
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has been enhanced by the further expansion of the grant-maintained schools and specialist colleges. The national health service is now treating 1 million more patients a year than since before our reforms began; our determination to ensure it is properly funded is borne out by the fact that, for every £1 spent on the service in 1979, over £5 will be spent in 1995 96. Against the backdrop of the largest fall in recorded crime for 40 years, we have introduced a range of measures designed to tilt the balance back in favour of the victims of crime, and ensure that crime does not pay, but criminals do.The Government have made significant progress towards achieving a lasting peace in Northern Ireland. The ceasefire has now lasted for almost seven months, giving a new basis on which we can take the peace process forward. There has also been considerable success in winning the argument in Europe- -especially in our attempts to make the community more open, outward- looking and decentralised.
The Government's objectives for the future remain as stated in the Gracious Speech on 16 November 1994, Official Report , columns 4-6.
Publications
Mr. Malcolm Bruce: To ask the Prime Minster what was the total expenditure on (a) all forms of publicity and (b) all publications and pamphlets produced for his Department and for all the agencies and public bodies for which his Department is responsible for each year since 1979, including the budgeted figure for 1995 96,(i) including and (ii) excluding privatisation-related expenditures and expressed in 1994 prices; and if he will supply information for the period from 1 April 1993 to 1 March 1995 showing (1) the nature and (2) the purpose of each publicity campaign and of each publication involving the expenditure of more than £50,000.
The Prime Minister [holding answer 17 March 1995]: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by my hon. Friend the Parliamentary Secretary, Office of Public Service and Science on 21 March.
Press and Public Relations
Mr. Malcolm Bruce: To ask the Prime Minister what was the total annual expenditure by the Prime Minister's Office on press and public relations for each year since 1987 88, including the estimated expenditure for 1994 95 and the budgeted expenditure for 1995 96. [14588]
The Prime Minister [holding answer 17 March 1995]: Expenditure on the No. 10 press office for each year since 1987 is as follows. There is no separate expenditure on public relations.
£000
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HOME DEPARTMENT
Administration and Policy Formation
Mr. Llwyd: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much money was spent on central administration and policy formulation by his Department in 1993 94; what are the projections for (a) 1994 95 and (b) 1995 96; and if he will make a statement. [14250]
Mr. Michael Forsyth: Details of the Home Office's running costs and central services spending for the years 1989 90 to 1997 298 are contained, respectively, in the tables in annexe 3 and annexe 1 of the Home Office Annual Report, Cm 2808, copies of which are available in the Library.
Nottingham Probation Service
Mr. Tipping: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when the hon. Member for Sherwood may expect a reply to his letter dated 22 December 1994 about the Nottingham probation service. [14705]
Mr. Nicholas Baker: A reply was sent on 17 March.
Football Hooliganism
Mr. Madden: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what are the main conclusions of the joint inquiry by the football associations of England and Ireland into the violence at the England v. Ireland football match in Dublin on 15 February; and if he will place a copy of the report in the Library. [15436]
Mr. Maclean: I understand that a report has been prepared by the Football Association and that the Football Association of Ireland will be producing a separate report. It is for the FA to decide whether to make its findings public.
Sex Offenders
Mr. Hardy: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will ensure that a national database is maintained in regard to those who commit sexual offences against children and young people.
Mr. Allason: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans he has for the introduction of a permanent register of convicted paedophiles and sex offenders; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Maclean [holding answer 27 February 1995]: A comprehensive database, known as Phoenix, which will cover all reportable offences including paedophile and other sex offences, is currently being developed by the Government on behalf of the police service. It will come into service for new offences in the late spring of this
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year, and the transfer of existing records to the new database will be complete by mid 1996. Phoenix is a development of exceptional importance to the police service, and I believe that it will meet many of the concerns which have led to suggestions for a separate register of certain convicted sex offenders.Access to Police Records
Sir Ivan Lawrence: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans he has to grant Government Departments and agencies direct access to criminal records held on the police national computer for security vetting purposes. [16058]
Mr. Maclean: I have agreed with the Association of Chief Police Officers that limited direct access to the criminal record information held on the police national computer will be allowed to six Departments and agencies. The checks performed under this arrangement will be carried out strictly in accordance with the existing statement of security vetting policy announced by my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister on 15 December, Official Report , columns 764 - 66 . The Departments and agencies, which will be taking up the new service at differing times, are the Ministry of Defence, the Secret Intelligence Service, the Security Service, the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority--acting also on behalf of BNFL plc, URENCO, URENCO (Capenhurst) Ltd. and the UK NIREX--the Home Office, and the Department of Trade and Industry.
The new arrangements will allow these bodies to improve the efficiency of their procedures through direct preliminary checks which would establish whether or not a subject has a criminal record, but would not give them access to the record itself. In the minority of cases where the preliminary search indicates that the subject has a criminal record, the Departments or agencies would continue to ask the national identification service-- formerly the national identification bureau--to supply the record itself.
Asylum Seekers
Mr. Clive Soley: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is his policy in relation to Ethiopians seeking political asylum in the United Kingdom. [15331]
Mr. Nicholas Baker: All asylum applications from Ethiopian nationals are considered individually in accordance with our obligations under the 1951 United Nations convention relating to the status of refugees.
Mr. Fisher: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his answer of 16 February, to the hon. Member for Davyhulme (Mr. Churchill), Official Report , columns 755-56 , how many of those port asylum applicants, refused both asylum and exceptional leave to remain in each year since 1992 but who have not yet departed voluntarily or been removed (a) are currently detained pending the outcome of an appeal or awaiting removal, (b) have been placed on restriction orders or granted temporary admission and (c) are known to have absconded. [14799]
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Mr. Nicholas Baker: The information available is given in the table:
Number of applicants
Position at 16
March 1995
|Detained pending |Granted
Year of |outcome of an appeal|temporary
refusal |or awaiting removal |admission |Absconded
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1992 |0 |65 |10
1993 |13 |815 |290
1994 |78 |3,950 |280
Total |91 |4,830 |580
M11 Link Road Protests
Mr. Cohen: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the total number of arrests made to date in connection with protests against the M11 link road; how many were made under the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994; what were the reasons for the arrests; and what have been the outcomes of these cases. [15336]
Mr. Maclean: This information is not collected centrally.
Wildlife Sales Offences
Mr. Morley: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department which police forces monitor relevant trade journals to identify potential wildlife sales offences. [15048]
Mr. Maclean: This is an operational matter for individual chief officers of police and is not recorded centrally.
Road Death Inquests
Mr. Miller: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many inquests into road deaths have been held in the presence of a jury, in each year from 1978 to 1994; [14856]
(2) what statistical records his office holds for the length of time elapsing between death on the road and an inquest taking place for each year from 1984 to 1994; [14858]
(3) how many inquests into road deaths have been held after summary charges, in each year, by county, from 1978 to 1994; [14857] (4) how many inquests have been reconvened after a guilty plea in respect of road deaths in the Crown court for each year from 1984 to 1994. [14859]
Mr. Nicholas Baker: The available information collected on deaths reported to coroners is published in an annual Home Office Statistical Bulletin. The latest bulletin, "Statistics of Death reported by Coroners: England and Wales, 1993", issue 7/94, was published on 21 April 1994 and is available in the Library. Specific information on road deaths is not collected separately.
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Fear of Crime
Ms Janet Anderson: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what recent representations he has received from women's organisations on the subject of crime and the fear of crime; [14860]
(2) if he will give details of meetings he has had with representatives of women's organisations to discuss crime and the fear of crime. [14863]
Mr. Maclean: The information requested is as follows.
On 11 March 1994, the Women's National Commission, an advisory committee to the Government, forwarded a copy of its 1991 recommendations on women in prison, the operation of the criminal justice system and the management of prisons as they affect women in particular, to find out how far current practice reflected what was recommended.
On 15 March 1994, the Conservative Women's National Committee forwarded recommendations on law and order issues. Matters raised included juvenile crime, media portrayal of crime, drug abuse, police-community partnerships and sentencing and prisons. On 14 November 1994, Mothers against Teenage Criminal Hooligans--MATCH--forwarded for comments a survey of the views of some 500 people about youth crime.
A number of representations have also been received from individuals and organisations working, or experiencing, the problems associated with domestic violence.
On 15 November 1994 the Minister of State met Mothers Against Murder and Aggression--MAMAA--which was formed in the wake of the Jamie Bulger murder to address issues of abuse and violence against and by children and young people.
On 7 December 1994 the Home Secretary addressed a plenary meeting of the Women's National Commission. His speech covered juvenile crime, domestic violence and victims and witnesses of crime.
Police Service Employees
Ms Janet Anderson: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will give details of the number of (a) women and (b) men employed at each grade within the police service, for each police authority for every year since 1989 with details of their responsibilities. [14862]
Mr. Maclean: Information on the duties to which officers are assigned could be provided only at disproportionate cost. Tables giving the information requested on police ranks have been placed in the Library.
Ms Janet Anderson: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the number of Asian and Afro-Caribbean officers, both male and female in each police authority, in each year since 1989; and what are the figures as a percentage of officers employed in each area. [14398]
Mr. Maclean: The information for 1992 and 1993 is provided in the table. Figures for earlier years are not held centrally.
1992
1 2 3 4 5
Total number of Number of black Black officers Number of Asian Asian officers
police officers officers percentage officers percentage
Force |M |F |M |F |M |F |M |F |M |F
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Avon and Somerset |2,745.00 |316.00 |10.00 |5.00 |0.33 |0.16 |2.00 |0.00 |0.07 |0.00
Bedfordshire |955.00 |166.00 |13.00 |8.00 |1.16 |0.71 |9.00 |3.00 |0.80 |0.27
Cambridgeshire |1,087.00 |150.00 |11.00 |5.00 |0.89 |0.40 |6.00 |0.00 |0.49 |0.00
Cheshire |1,670.00 |231.00 |1.00 |1.00 |0.05 |0.50 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00
City of London |685.00 |93.00 |6.00 |2.00 |0.77 |0.26 |1.00 |0.00 |0.13 |0.00
Cleveland |1,317.00 |184.00 |2.00 |0.00 |0.13 |0.00 |9.00 |2.00 |0.60 |0.13
Cumbria |1,048.00 |148.00 |1.00 |0.00 |0.08 |0.00 |1.00 |0.00 |0.08 |0.00
Derbyshire |1,604.00 |206.00 |8.00 |2.00 |0.44 |0.11 |16.00 |3.00 |0.88 |0.17
Devon and Cornwall |2,578.00 |337.00 |3.00 |0.00 |0.10 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00
Dorset |1,154.00 |164.00 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00 |2.00 |0.00 |0.15 |0.00
Durham |1,245.00 |131.00 |3.00 |1.00 |0.22 |0.07 |1.00 |0.00 |0.07 |0.00
Dyfed-Powys |848.00 |109.00 |1.00 |1.00 |0.10 |0.10 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00
Essex |2,552.00 |365.00 |9.00 |1.00 |0.31 |0.03 |9.00 |0.00 |0.31 |0.00
Gloucestershire |1,021.00 |127.00 |5.00 |1.00 |0.44 |0.09 |3.00 |0.00 |0.26 |0.00
Greater Manchester |6,122.00 |933.00 |106.00 |21.00 |1.50 |0.30 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00
Gwent |894.00 |106.00 |2.00 |0.00 |0.20 |0.00 |2.00 |0.00 |0.20 |0.00
Hampshire |2,883.00 |402.00 |6.00 |2.00 |0.18 |0.06 |7.00 |1.00 |0.21 |0.03
Hertfordshire |1,430.00 |258.00 |6.00 |1.00 |0.36 |0.06 |3.00 |2.00 |0.18 |0.12
Humberside |1,839.00 |194.00 |2.00 |0.00 |0.10 |0.00 |3.00 |0.00 |0.15 |0.00
Kent |2,666.00 |440.00 |2.00 |0.00 |0.06 |0.00 |7.00 |2.00 |0.23 |0.06
Lancashire |2,813.00 |392.00 |3.00 |3.00 |0.09 |0.09 |14.00 |2.00 |0.44 |0.06
Leicestershire |1,601.00 |229.00 |18.00 |2.00 |0.98 |0.11 |19.00 |2.00 |1.04 |0.11
Lincolnshire |1,064.00 |127.00 |1.00 |0.00 |0.08 |0.00 |2.00 |1.00 |0.17 |0.08
Merseyshire |4,039.00 |614.00 |25.00 |6.00 |0.54 |0.13 |18.00 |1.00 |0.39 |0.02
Norfolk |1,290.00 |136.00 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00
North Wales |1,203.00 |153.00 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00
North Yorkshire |1,258.00 |150.00 |1.00 |0.00 |0.07 |0.00 |4.00 |0.00 |0.28 |0.00
Northamptonshire |1,067.,00|136.00 |10.00 |2.00 |`0.83 |0.17 |6.00 |0.00 |0.50 |0.00
Northumbria |3,196.00 |387.00 |3.00 |1.00 |0.08 |0.03 |7.00 |2.00 |0.20 |0.06
Nottinghamshire |2,075.00 |246.00 |22.00 |7.00 |0.95 |0.30 |16.00 |2.00 |0.69 |0.09
South Wales |2,873.00 |288.00 |18.00 |1.00 |0.57 |0.03 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00
South Yorkshire |2,651.00 |349.00 |18.00 |2.00 |0.60 |0.07 |10.00 |1.00 |0.33 |0.03
Staffordshire |1,867.00 |302.00 |18.00 |6.00 |0.,83 |0.28 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00
Suffolk |1,091.00 |145.00 |3.00 |2.00 |0.24 |0.16 |0.00 |2.00 |0.00 |0.16
Surrey |1,435.00 |222.00 |10.00 |1.00 |0.60 |0.06 |4.00 |1.00 |0.24 |0.06
Sussex |2,653.00 |326.00 |7.00 |3.00 |0.23 |0.10 |2.00 |1.00 |0.07 |0.034
Thames Valley |3,222.00 |541.00 |21.00 |8.00 |0.56 |0.21 |24.00 |4.00 |0.64 |0.11
Warwickshire |857.00 |123.00 |0.00 |1.00 |0.00 |0.10 |7.00 |2.00 |0.71 |0.20
West Mercia |1,804.00 |256.00 |8.00 |2.00 |0.39 |0.10 |3.00 |1.00 |0.15 |0.05
West Midlands |5,908.00 |1,052.00 |154.00 |49.00 |2.21 |0.70 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00
West Yorkshire |4,438.00 |629.00 |24.00 |10.00 |0.l47 |0.20 |43.00 |5.00 |0.85 |0.10
Wiltshire |1,010.00 |157.00 |0.00 |2.00 |0.00 |0.17 |7.00 |0.00 |0.60 |0.00
Provincial total |85,758.00|12,020.00|561.00 |159.00 |0.57 |0.16 |267.00 |40.00 |0.27 |0.04
Metropolitan Police |<1>- |<1>- |<1>- |<1>- |<1>- |<1>- |<1>- |<1>- |<1>- |<1>-
England and Wales total<2> |85,758.00|12,020.00|561.00 |159.00 |0.44 |0.13 |267.00 |40.00 |0.21 |0.03
<1> Figures not available centrally.
<2> Excluding the Metropolitan Police.
1993
1 2 3 4 5
Total number of Number of black Black officers Number of Asian Asian officers
police officers officers percentage officers percentage
Force |M |F |M |F |M |F |M |F |M |F
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Avon and Somerset |2,688.00 |336.00 |13.00 |5.00 |0.43 |0.17 |3.00 |0.00 |0.10 |0.00
Bedfordshire |994.00 |173.00 |11.00 |6.00 |0.94 |0.51 |7.00 |4.00 |0.60 |0.34
Cambridgeshire |1,073.00 |152.00 |8.00 |6.00 |0.65 |0.49 |6.00 |1.00 |0.49 |0.08
Cheshire |1,647.00 |226.00 |1.00 |1.00 |0.05 |0.05 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00
City of London |677.00 |115.00 |7.00 |2.00 |0.88 |0.25 |1.00 |0.00 |0.13 |0.00
Cleveland |1,248.00 |166.20 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00 |12.00 |2.00 |0.85 |0.14
Cumbria |1,030.00 |154.00 |1.00 |0.00 |0.08 |0.00 |1.00 |1.00 |0.08 |0.08
Derbyshire |1,581.00 |209.00 |6.00 |1.00 |0.34 |0.06 |15.00 |3.00 |0.84 |0.17
Devon and Cornwall |2,552.00 |353.00 |4.00 |0.00 |0.14 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00
Dorset |1,132.00 |160.00 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00 |2.00 |0.00 |0.15 |0.00
Durham |1,233.00 |154.00 |3.00 |1.00 |0.22 |0.07 |3.00 |0.00 |0.22 |0.00
Dyfed-Powys |815.00 |151.00 |1.00 |1.00 |0.10 |0.10 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00
Essex |2,548.00 |399.00 |11.00 |2.00 |0.37 |0.07 |10.00 |0.00 |0.34 |0.00
Gloucestershire |1,004.00 |136.00 |5.00 |2.00 |0.44 |0.18 |3.00 |1.00 |0.26 |0.09
Greater Manchester |6,058.00 |987.00 |107.00 |22.00 |1.52 |0.31 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00
Gwent |877.00 |112.00 |4.00 |0.00 |0.40 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00
Hampshire |2,844.00 |426.00 |7.00 |2.00 |0.21 |0.06 |9.00 |1.00 |0.28 |0.03
Hertfordshire |1,418.00 |261.00 |4.00 |3.00 |0.24 |0.18 |5.00 |2.00 |0.30 |0.12
Humberside |1,817.00 |216.00 |3.00 |0.00 |0.15 |0.00 |2.00 |0.00 |0.10 |0.00
Kent |2,691.00 |462.00 |3.00 |0.00 |0.10 |0.00 |8.00 |1.00 |0.25 |0.03
Lancashire |2,735.00 |402.00 |4.00 |3.00 |0.13 |0.10 |14.00 |2.00 |0.45 |0.06
Leicestershire |1,589.00 |248.00 |19.00 |2.00 |1.03 |0.11 |25.00 |2.00 |1.36 |0.11
Lincolnshire |1,064.00 |140.00 |2.00 |0.00 |0.17 |0.00 |2.00 |2.00 |0.17 |0.17
Merseyside |4,006.00 |656.00 |27.00 |8.00 |0.58 |0.17 |20.00 |1.00 |0.43 |0.02
Norfolk |1,283.00 |151.10 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00
North Wales |1,184.00 |157.00 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00
North Yorkshire |1,182.00 |152.00 |1.00 |0.00 |0.07 |0.00 |4.00 |1.00 |0.30 |0.07
Northamptonshire |1,044.00 |137.00 |9.00 |2.00 |0.76 |0.17 |7.00 |0.00 |0.59 |0.00
Northumbria |3,179.00 |412.00 |1.00 |1.00 |0.03 |0.03 |0.00 |1.00 |0.00 |0.03
Nottinghamshire |2,058.00 |280.50 |21.00 |6.00 |0.90 |0.26 |14.00 |2.00 |0.60 |0.09
South Wales |2,854.00 |288.00 |22.00 |1.00 |0.70 |0.03 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00
South Yorkshire |2,630.00 |385.00 |24.00 |7.00 |0.80 |0.23 |9.00 |0.00 |0.30 |0.00
Staffordshire |1,871.00 |328.00 |13.00 |4.00 |0.59 |0.18 |7.00 |3.00 |0.32 |0.14
Suffolk |1,061.00 |154.00 |4.00 |3.00 |0.33 |0.25 |1.00 |1.00 |0.08 |0.08
Surrey |1,422.00 |228.00 |11.00 |1.00 |0.67 |0.06 |6.00 |1.00 |0.36 |0.06
Sussex |2,628.00 |349.00 |2.00 |5.00 |0.07 |0.17 |3.00 |1.00 |0.10 |0.03
Thames Valley |3,256.00 |567.00 |24.00 |6.00 |0.63 |0.16 |20.00 |5.00 |0.52 |0.13
Warwickshire |862.00 |141.00 |1.00 |1.00 |0.10 |0.10 |9.00 |3.00 |0.90 |0.30
West Mercia |1,790.00 |266.00 |15.00 |4.00 |0.73 |0.19 |1.00 |0.00 |0.05 |0.00
West Midlands |5,833.00 |1,110.95 |81.00 |32.00 |1.17 |0.46 |70.00 |18.00 |1.01 |0.26
West Yorkshire |4,344.00 |642.00 |23.00 |10.00 |0.46 |0.20 |42.00 |6.00 |0.84 |0.12
Wiltshire |1,018.00 |158.00 |0.00 |2.00 |0.00 |0.17 |7.00 |0.00 |0.60 |0.00
Provincial total |84,820.15|12,700.75|503.00 |152.00 |0.52 |0.16 |348.00 |65.00 |0.36 |0.07
Metropolitan Police |23,445,30|3,697.15 |215.00 |79.00 |0.79 |0.29 |142.00 |36.00 |0.52 |0.13
England and Wales total |108,265.5|16,397.90|718.00 |231.00 |0.58 |0.19 |490.00 |101.00 |0.39 |0.08
Visas
Mr. Gill: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list those countries from which visitors to the United Kingdom do not require a visa. [14911]
Mr. Nicholas Baker: Those other than the following countries or territorial entities:
Afghanistan
Albania
Algeria
Angola
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Bangladesh
Belarus
Benin
Bhutan
Bosnia-Herzegovina
Bulgaria
Burkina
Burma
Burundi
Cambodia
Cameroon
Cape Verde
Central African Republic
Chad
China
Comoros
Congo
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