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HOME DEPARTMENT
Identity Cards
10. Mr. Dunn: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on the possible introduction of ID cards. [36515]
Mr. Howard: I published a consultation document on identity cards in May and asked for comments by the end of September. Some 3,000 replies have been received and I will be looking very carefully at all these responses before we consider whether and, if so, how an identity card should be introduced.
Young Offenders
20. Mr. Purchase: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the total annual cost of dealing with young people in the judicial and custodial systems; and if he will make a statement. [36525]
Mr. Maclean: Including the costs to the courts, police, Crown Prosecution Service, legal aid and Prison Service of dealing with defendants aged 10 to 20, the total cost in 1993 94 was about £650 million.
Life Sentences
21. Mr. Clifton-Brown: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what representations he has received in relation to the tariff system for remission of life sentences. [36526]
Miss Widdecombe: I have received various representations about the tariff system for mandatory life sentence prisoners.
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Private Security Industry
22. Ms Corston: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will introduce statutory regulation of the private security industry. [36527]
Mr. Maclean: I refer the hon. Member to the reply given earlier today to the hon. Members for Denton and Reddish (Mr. Bennett) and for Newham, North-West, (Mr. Banks).
Private Detective Agencies
23. Mr. Denham: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans he has to issue guidelines on the use of private detective agencies by Government Departments. [36528]
Mr. Maclean: We have no such plans.
Probation Service
24. Sir Fergus Montgomery: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent representations he has received regarding the probation service. [36529]
Mr. Kirkhope: Recent representations have included comments on the proposed arrangements for the recruitment and qualifying training of probation officers; the resources available for probation work; and changes to the boundaries of certain probation areas.
Police Grant Settlement
25. Mr. Waterson: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what representations he has received regarding the police grant settlement. [36530]
Mr. Maclean: Representations about the police grant settlement for 1995 96 were received from 21 chief constables. Correspondence was also received from hon. Members, police and local authorities and members of the public.
Victims Helpline
Mrs. Roche: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many calls the victims helpline has received since its inception; what has been the cost to date of the helpline to the public purse; and if he will make a statement on the feedback callers receive about action taken on their calls. [37692]
Miss Widdecombe: Responsibility for this matter has been delegated to the temporary Director General of the Prison Service, who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from Richard Tilt to Mrs. Barbara Roche, dated 19 October 1995:
The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Question about the Victims Helpline.
From its inception on 5 December 1994 to 4 October 1995 the Helpline had received 230 calls. The total cost over the same period is estimated to be in the region of £26,000 including the start-up cost of £8,400.
The Helpline passes the victims' concerns on to the relevant prison or young offender establishment and the caller is informed of the referral. At establishments, the nature of the action taken and feedback to callers will depend on the circumstances of the individual case.
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Minority Languages
Mr. Ainger: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the expected effect of the European Council of Ministers' decision to end funding for European minority languages and cultures (a) in total cash terms (b) on projects which currently are in receipt of European aid; [37682]
(2) what discussions he has had with his colleagues in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland concerning future European funding for minority languages and cultures; [37683]
(3) what decision the Council of Ministers has reached on the European funds for the promotion and safeguarding of minority languages and cultures from next year's European budget; and when that decision was taken; [37684]
(4) what discussions he has had with colleagues concerning the proposal by the European Council of Ministers to end European funding for minority languages and cultures. [37680]
Mr. Kirkhope: I am also replying on behalf of the Secretary of State for Wales.
At the First Reading of the 1996 European Budget on 24 July 1995, the Budget Council of the European Union reduced all budget lines for which it was agreed that there was no legal base, including this one, to a token entry to cover existing commitments only. This budget line has therefore been reduced from 3.5 mecu to zero.
The European Parliament will have its First Reading of the European Budget on 26 October and, as the expenditure is not compulsory, it remains open to the Assembly to reinstate the budget line as in previous years.
As the European Union Budget Council accepts that there is no legal base for this budget line, there is no case for holding discussions at ministerial level on the substantive merits of the expenditure.
Public Interest Immunity Certificates
Mr. Llew Smith: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he has reviewed the use of public interest immunity certificates following judgments of the Court of Appeal in the Ordtech case. [36749]
Mr. Howard: No. The Court of Appeal upheld in full the certificates signed by the former Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, me and the deputy assistant commissioner for the Metropolitan police. As regards the material in respect of which public interest immunity certificates were made, the court ruled that the public interest immunity claims were well-founded and directed disclosure only of such parts of the material--or summaries thereof--as the signatories of the certificates had proposed and had volunteered for disclosure.
Public interest immunity certificates are one of the subjects under consideration by Sir Richard Scott. The Government will take careful note of any conclusions and recommendations in his report.
Police Horses
Mr. Harry Greenway: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many police horses are
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currently in service with the Metropolitan police; what were the figures (a) one and (b) two years ago; what costs were involved in each case; and if he will make a statement. [36842]Mr. Maclean: I am advised by the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis of the information set out in the table.
|Annual cost
|In service |per horse<1>
|£
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Current |160 |3,000 to 4,000
As at 31 March 1994 |193 |3,000 to 4,000
As at 31 March 1993 |190 |2,000 to 3,000
<1> The annual cost is an average figure and does not include
staff costs.
Air Weapons
Mr. Tipping: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will set out the legislation which applies to age limits on owners of air weapons; and what plans he has to review this legislation. [37507]
Mr. Maclean: The acquisition, possession and use of air weapons are regulated by the Firearms Act 1968 which prohibits their sale or hire to anyone under the age of 17. Young people under 14 may not buy, hire, be given, or own an air weapon and may use one only if they are supervised by someone who is 21 or over. Those air weapons which are classified as "specially dangerous" under the Firearms (Dangerous Air Weapons) Rules 1969 are subject to firearm certificate control. In its second annual report, the Firearms Consultative Committee, the independent statutory body established to advise Government on the firearms legislation, concluded that the existing law was adequate to deal with levels of misuse. The committee has this year re-examined the legislation surrounding the use of all firearms by young people generally, including air weapons. It has concluded that the existing provisions, while adequate, are complex and recommended that consideration should be given to simplifying them. This recommendation is currently under consideration.
General Pinochet
Mr. Corbyn: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department under what identity General Pinochet recently visited Britain; and what special protection he was offered. [37980]
Mr. Howard: I have no reason to believe that General Pinochet visited in other than his own name. It is not practice to comment on matters bearing on the security of individuals.
Mr. Corbyn: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what entry requirements were made of General Pinochet during his recent visit to the United Kingdom. [37981]
Mr. Kirkhope: General Pinochet was admitted to the United Kingdom as a visitor in accordance with the immigration rules.
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Guatemalan Military Visitors
Mr. Corbyn: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many visas to visit Britain have been granted to representatives of the Guatemalan military in each of the past five years. [37983]
Mr. Kirkhope: The available information shows that entry clearances have been issued under the Foreign and Commonwealth United Kingdom military training assistance scheme to three serving Guatemalan officers in 1995 to attend military training courses in the United Kingdom. In addition, five teachers working for the Guatemalan military authorities have been issued with entry clearances in 1995 to attend short English language training courses in the United Kingdom, under a scheme linked to UKMTAS. No entry clearances for journeys to the United Kingdom for this purpose were issued prior to 1995.
Prisoners (Early Release)
Lady Olga Maitland: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what representations he has received with regards to the early release of prisoners convicted for terrorism. [36509]
Mr. Howard: I have received a number of representations from Members of the House, members of the public and others arguing for and against the early release of terrorist prisoners.
Prisoners (Visits)
Mr. Canavan: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what changes he proposes in the visiting arrangements for prisoners. [36510]
Miss Widdecombe: The Learmont report into prison security makes a number of recommendations to improve the supervision of visits for prisoners. As my right hon. and learned Friend indicated to the House on 16 October, Official Report, columns 30 33, he accepts the broad thrust of Sir John Learmont's analysis and shall give the House a full response in due course.
Youth Crime
Ms Hodge: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what new initiatives he intends to take to tackle youth crime. [36531]
Mr. Maclean: My right hon. and learned Friend announced last week the setting up of an important new ministerial committee on preventing juvenile crime. The committee will ensure the effective co-ordination of the wide range of measures that are already being taken across Departments as well as initiating new steps to strengthen these.
Ethnic Minorities (Manchester)
Mr. Alfred Morris: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what representations he has had from Manchester city council in relation to section 11 funding to meet the special needs of minority ethnic communities; what reply he is sending; what action he is taking; and if he will make a statement.
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Mr. Kirkhope: The leader of the council wrote to my right hon. and learned Friend on 6 October. We are considering the points made and a reply will be sent shortly.
Circus Animals
Mr. Galbraith: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans he has to review the legislation concerning the use of animals in circuses. [37509]
Mr. Kirkhope: None. I have received no evidence to suggest that the current law provides inadequate safeguards for circus animals.
Crime Prevention
Ms Janet Anderson: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will publish details of those local authorities which have established designated units with a specific responsibility to reduce the fear of crime and improve crime prevention measures, reporting directly to the chief executive, by party of control. [37524]
Mr. Maclean: The information requested is not held centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
Bail
Mr. Michael: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many persons aged (a) 10 to 16 years, (b) 17 to 21 years and (c) over 21 years were on magistrates court bail at the latest date available; how many in each age group were the subject of a bail condition; what were those bail conditions; and for each age group, how many were re-arrested and subsequently charged with an additional offence; [37177]
(2) how many of those persons bailed from magistrates courts in England and Wales were bailed (a) unconditionally, (b) with a condition of residence, (c) with a condition of reporting to the police, (d) with a condition of loss of passport, (e) with a condition of a hostel and (f) with any other condition at the latest date available; and what percentage of each group were subsequently re-arrested and charged; [37175]
(3) how many persons were subject of (a) police bail and (b) magistrates court bail at the latest date available; and to how many were conditions attached; [37174]
(4) what percentage of all persons granted magistrates court bail was re- arrested and subsequently charged with a further offence. [37176]
Mr. Maclean: The available statistics are published annually in chapter 8 of "Criminal Statistics, England and Wales", particularly tables 8.5 and 8.6. Information by age group for indicatable offences is given in table 1. Information of persons found guilty or cautioned for absconding after release on bail is given in table 2. Information on bail conditions imposed by magistrates courts is not routinely collected. Provisional figures from a sample survey for the proportion given any bail condition are given in table 3. Information on the use of different types of bail conditions is given in a report published by the Institute of Local Government Studies
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for the Home Office in July 1995, "Conditional Bail or Bail with Conditions: the use and effectiveness of Bail Conditions", a copy of which is in the Library.Information on offending on bail was given in Home Office research paper No. 65 "Offending while on bail: a survey of recent studies". More up-to- date figures are given in a 1994 report of the Hampshire police and probation service and show that 14 per cent. of persons given bail committed an offence during a period of police or court bail.
Table 1: Persons proceeded against at magistrates courts for
indictable offences, who were remanded by age group, 1993.
England and Wales Number<1>, percentage
|21 and
|10-16 |17-20 |over |All ages
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Number proceeded
against<2> |44,100 |141,200 |401,600 |586,900
Number of persons
remanded<3> |27,500 |91,600 |253,800 |373,000
Percentage of persons
proceeded against
who were remanded |62 |65 |63 |64
Number of persons
remanded on bail |25,800 |80,800 |226,000 |332,600
Number of persons
remanded in
custody<4> |1,800 |10,800 |27,800 |40,400
Persons remanded in
custody as
percentage of total
remanded |6 |12 |11 |11
<1> The figures quoted in this table should be taken as broad
estimates only, due to date quality problems.
<2> Includes those who failed to appear following summons or
police bail.
<3> Excludes those who failed to appear following summons or
police bail.
<4> Includes those remanded in custody at any stage of proceedings
at magistrates courts, who may also have been given bail at some
stage of those proceedings.
Table 2: Persons found guilty or cautioned for absconding after
release on bail<1> by age group, 1993 and 1994.
England and Wales Number
|10-16 |17-20 |21 and over|All ages
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1993 |457 |5,465 |13,616 |19,538
1994 |599 |5,415 |14,794 |20,808
<1> Section 6, Bail Act 1976.
Table 3: percentage of persons granted court bail for whom conditions were attached<1> Age group |Percentage ---------------------------------- 10-16 |26 17-20 |26 21 and over |29 All ages |27 <1> Based on a sample of 200 people granted bail in 1994.
Mr. Michael: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when the Home Office last carried out a comprehensive review of the Bail Act 1976; to what extent the review compared the effectiveness of different bail conditions; and if he will publish the results. [37178]
Mr. Maclean: Bail provisions are kept under review in various ways. Work on analysing the bail process in a number of areas took place in 1993 and 1994 and a first report was published by the Home Office research and planning unit in December 1994, RPU paper 90. A further report is expected next year.
A separate research report undertaken for the Home Office on the effectiveness of bail conditions was published earlier this year by Birmingham university.
Copies of both reports have been placed in the Library.
Mr. Michael: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many bail information schemes are currently operating in (a) courts and (b) prisons; and what assessment he has made of their impact in respect of avoiding remands into custody. [37184]
Mr. Kirkhope: The most recent available information is that in March 1995 there were 235 schemes, most court based. Studies have shown that schemes have typically led to a reduction of about 10 per cent. in the proportion of relevant cases in which a custodial remand took place.
Police Officers (Assaults)
Mr. Rooker: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the latest level of recorded assaults upon police officers. [37081]
Mr. Maclean: The information provided by Her Majesty's inspectorate of constabulary shows that there were 17,950 assaults on officers during 1993, the latest year for which figures are currently available. The corresponding figure for 1992 was 18,108. Figures for the financial year 1994 95 are expected to be published later this month.
Police Cautions
Mr. Michael: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many juveniles and young persons were informally cautioned by the police for each of the last three years; [37181]
(2) how many juveniles in England and Wales were known to have received (a) one informal caution, (b) two informal cautions, (c) three informal cautions, and (d) four or more informal cautions for the latest available data. [37182]
Mr. Maclean: No information is collected centrally on the extent of any police informal action. Some results from a sample of police forces on the method of police disposal of cases--prosecution, caution and "other means"--are being collected and will be published in due course.
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Victim Support
Mr. Rooker: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on the delays in agreeing an automatic referral policy from the police to Victim Support arising from data protection considerations. [37077]
Mr. Kirkhope: Following meetings with the Data Protection Registrar, the police and Victim Support, it was agreed earlier this year that the police could continue to operate the automatic referral arrangements under which they routinely passed information about victims of crime to local victim support schemes. Police forces and victim support schemes were notified accordingly.
Electoral Registration
Mr. Rooker: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what new initiatives his Department undertook to improve electoral registration for the recent annual registration process. [37083]
Mr. Kirkhope: We continue to give general guidance to electoral registration officers and to advise them on best practice based on annual research which we commission. We also run an annual publicity campaign to coincide
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with the canvass. This year, a new television advertisement with associated posters was commissioned and produced at a cost of £800, 000.Mr. Rooker: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will bring forward changes to election law to allow challenges to be made to the use of a vote by a person who is falsely registered. [37076]
Mr. Kirkhope: We are examining ways in which the possible risk of fraudulent electoral registration might be reduced and hope to reach conclusions soon.
Recorded Crimes
Mr. Michael: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many crimes were recorded in each borough by the Metropolitan police within each category of crime in the year to June 1995; how many incidents of theft or unauthorised taking of a motor vehicle and of theft from a motor vehicle were recorded in each borough; and how many of the burglaries recorded in each borough were (a) in a dwelling and (b) in another building. [37167]
Mr. Maclean: The information requested has been supplied by the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis and is contained in the table. These figures have been revised since the publication of the recorded crime figures.
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Notifiable offences recorded in the metropolitan police district by borough district
Metropolitan Police District-12 months to June 1995
Number of offences
|Barking |Barnet |Bexley |Brent |Bromley |Camden |Croydon |Ealing |Enfield |Greenwich
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Total |13,930 |24,147 |17,510 |24,421 |26,619 |34,937 |32,900 |27,029 |20,966 |40,942
Violence against the
person |508 |707 |704 |1,177 |1,145 |1,209 |2,101 |1,287 |1,181 |2,316
Sexual offences |250 |159 |133 |204 |179 |161 |251 |204 |136 |481
Robbery |226 |485 |198 |1,863 |264 |1,305 |817 |825 |466 |987
Burglary going
equipped |3,316 |5,463 |4,628 |4,903 |5,691 |6,152 |7,086 |5,163 |5,069 |10,081
Theft and handling
stolen goods |6,217 |11,117 |7,513 |9,975 |12,465 |19,349 |14,300 |11,861 |9,080 |17,098
Fraud and forgery |431 |911 |508 |1,076 |836 |1,088 |1,353 |1,072 |780 |1,423
Criminal damage |2,876 |5,170 |3,713 |5,025 |5,841 |5,443 |6,731 |6,400 |4,135 |8,161
Other |106 |135 |113 |198 |198 |230 |261 |217 |119 |395
Theft of vehicle |1,177 |1,070 |1,157 |950 |1,314 |1,262 |1,408 |1,365 |1,140 |1,883
Theft from vehicle |1,919 |3,562 |2,560 |3,168 |4,446 |5,452 |4,613 |3,437 |3,111 |5,460
Burglary in a dwelling |1,864 |3,468 |2,694 |3,327 |3,541 |3,350 |4,847 |3,401 |3,061 |7,055
Burglary in another building |1,443 |1,981 |1,921 |1,554 |2,111 |2,751 |2,192 |1,735 |1,988 |2,965
|Kensington and
|Hackney |Hammersmith |Haringey |Harrow |Havering |Hillingdon |Hounslow |Islington |Chelsea |Kingston
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Total |28,213 |13,085 |22,609 |13,019 |16,276 |21,972 |23,332 |27,835 |25,831 |16,527
Violence against the
person |1,355 |671 |1,225 |513 |393 |1,019 |1,290 |1,727 |840 |697
Sexual offences |197 |73 |166 |80 |233 |123 |256 |208 |114 |97
Robbery |2,031 |519 |1,299 |231 |113 |165 |292 |1,309 |1,076 |173
Burglary going
equipped |7,743 |2,049 |4,768 |2,648 |3,461 |4,760 |4,734 |5,517 |4,433 |3,949
Theft and handling
stolen goods |11,300 |6,732 |10,068 |5,805 |8,305 |9,555 |10,215 |13,090 |15,284 |7,736
Fraud and forgery |1,026 |396 |818 |524 |604 |587 |1,279 |861 |897 |547
Criminal damage |4,259 |2,502 |4,098 |3,148 |3,096 |5,676 |4,998 |4,843 |2,974 |3,134
Other |302 |143 |167 |70 |71 |87 |268 |280 |213 |194
Theft of vehicle |1,422 |739 |1,424 |417 |1,681 |998 |745 |1,211 |872 |318
Theft from vehicle |3,721 |2,650 |2,679 |2,042 |2,155 |4,068 |2,977 |4,527 |3,279 |2,110
Burglary in a dwelling |5,322 |1,404 |3,417 |1,760 |1,667 |2,720 |2,827 |3,036 |3,560 |2,441
Burglary in another
building |2,368 |624 |1,333 |873 |1,785 |2,029 |1,876 |2,163 |832 |1,491
|Lambeth |Lewisham |Merton |Newham |Redbridge |Richmond |Southwark |Sutton |Tower Hamlets|Wandsworth
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Total |36,505 |30,281 |14,998 |28,103 |18,891 |12,742 |39,799 |11,060 |24,100 |31,196
Violence against the
person |2,327 |1,910 |624 |1,393 |873 |593 |2,791 |489 |1,039 |1,373
Sexual offences |319 |327 |72 |257 |119 |71 |298 |154 |197 |278
Robbery |2,675 |1,452 |209 |1,127 |225 |151 |2,392 |104 |589 |1,224
Burglary going
equipped |7,219 |7,067 |3,168 |5,962 |4,096 |3,100 |8,342 |2,673 |5,114 |5,621
Theft and handling
stolen goods |15,527 |12,699 |6,637 |12,809 |9,210 |5,859 |17,421 |4,913 |11,761 |15,086
Fraud and forgery |1,237 |938 |771 |798 |858 |452 |1,333 |477 |655 |1,286
Criminal damage |6,778 |5,387 |3,392 |5,533 |3,359 |2,388 |6,750 |2,172 |4,509 |5,797
Other |423 |501 |125 |224 |151 |128 |472 |78 |236 |531
Theft of vehicle |1,616 |1,771 |591 |2,331 |1,959 |338 |1,886 |576 |1,307 |1,273
Theft from vehicle |5,019 |4,141 |2,188 |4,020 |2,554 |1,776 |5,835 |1,260 |4,394 |5,379
Burglary in a dwelling |5,495 |5,120 |1,926 |3,410 |2,556 |1,869 |5,554 |1,639 |2,236 |3,857
Burglary in another
building |1,660 |1,917 |1,226 |2,529 |1,512 |1,218 |2,717 |1,021 |2,833 |1,726
|Epping |Epsom and |Reigate and |Welwyn
|Waltham Forest |Westminster |Broxbourne(part)|Elmbridge(part) |Forest(part) |Well(part) |Hertmere |Banstead(part) |Spelthorne |Hatfield(part)
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Total |20,622 |59,273 |4,069 |4 |3,598 |6,933 |4,796 |2,629 |6,526 |53
Violence against the
person |1,107 |1,881 |251 |0 |231 |281 |122 |98 |351 |1
Sexual offences |156 |279 |9 |0 |14 |50 |32 |6 |40 |0
Robbery |658 |2,254 |31 |0 |30 |52 |34 |5 |36 |0
Burglary going
equipped |4,522 |7,433 |717 |0 |644 |1,905 |802 |547 |1,292 |17
Theft and handling
stolen goods |9,395 |38,332 |2,011 |3 |1,740 |2,720 |2,407 |1,187 |2,942 |22
Fraud and forge |745 |3,049 |98 |0 |136 |231 |172 |95 |550 |1
Criminal damage |3,918 |5,440 |931 |1 |774 |1,645 |1,207 |660 |1,236 |12
Other |121 |605 |21 |0 |29 |49 |20 |31 |79 |0
Theft of vehicle |1,487 |877 |221 |0 |289 |208 |190 |74 |186 |2
Theft from vehicle |2,367 |4,792 |796 |1 |521 |904 |993 |572 |1,123 |10
Burglary in a dwelling |2,863 |3,590 |329 |0 |359 |1,124 |361 |307 |547 |8
Burglary in another
building |1,635 |3,729 |383 |0 |282 |774 |429 |233 |733 |9
|Heathrow Airport |Thames |Central Cheque Squad|MPD Total
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Total |4,503 |157 |880 |833,818
Violence against the
person |20 |2 |0 |39,822
Sexual offences |7 |0 |0 |6,390
Robbery |5 |0 |0 |27,897
Burglary going
equipped |43 |14 |0 |171,912
Theft and handling
stolen goods |3,339 |107 |39 |393,231
Fraud and forgery |793 |0 |758 |32,450
Criminal damage |186 |34 |72 |154,404
Other |110 |0 |11 |7,712
Theft of vehicle |64 |4 |0 |39,803
Theft from vehicle |412 |0 |0 |116,993
Burglary in a
dwelling |1 |4 |0 |108,187
Burglary in another
building |39 |10 |0 |62,63
Mr. Michael : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many crimes were recorded by each police force in England and Wales within each category of crime in the year to June 1995; how many incidents of theft or unauthorised taking of a motor vehicle and of theft from a motor vehicle were recorded
by each force; and how many of the burglaries recorded by each police force in England and Wales in the year to June 1995 were (a) in a dwelling and (b) in another building.
Mr. Maclean: The information requested is contained in the following table.
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Notifiable offences recorded by the police by police force area
England and Wales-12 months to June 1995
Number of offences
|Avon and |Devon and
|Somerset |Bedfordshire |Cambridgeshire|Cheshire |Cleveland |Cumbria |Derbyshire |Cornwall |Dorset |Durham
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Total |158,815 |50,815 |63,569 |74,753 |82,866 |41,318 |82,439 |104,044 |55,193 |61,398
Violence against the
person |6,948 |1,847 |2,719 |3,361 |2,569 |2,261 |3,825 |4,415 |1,890 |2,291
Sexual offences |995 |384 |373 |573 |222 |231 |514 |819 |338 |474
Robbery |1,627 |575 |268 |260 |490 |79 |398 |390 |150 |151
Burglary |36,126 |11,854 |14,359 |18,621 |21,166 |9,852 |21,074 |27,755 |11,129 |14,171
Theft and handling
stolen goods |86,586 |26,684 |35,103 |35,233 |41,287 |19,467 |38,417 |52,887 |30,429 |29,395
Fraud and forgery |3,846 |1,732 |1,335 |2,673 |1,496 |1,007 |1,574 |2,858 |2,307 |2,132
Criminal damage |21,723 |7,283 |8,997 |12,467 |15,019 |8,055 |15,870 |13,631 |8,195 |11,988
Other |964 |456 |415 |1,565 |617 |366 |767 |1,289 |755 |796
Theft of vehicle |19,145 |6,491 |6,251 |6,962 |11,972 |2,414 |8,601 |6,158 |3,687 |7,305
Theft from vehicle |32,803 |10,252 |11,248 |12,112 |11,575 |6,964 |13,848 |21,025 |10,339 |8,389
Burglary in a dwelling |17,809 |5,440 |6,413 |8,879 |12,606 |4,171 |8,652 |13,757 |6,438 |7,735
Burglary in another
building |18,317 |6,414 |7,946 |9,742 |8,560 |5,681 |12,422 |13,998 |4,691 |6,436
|Greater
|Essex |Gloucestershire|Manchester |Hampshire |Hertfordshire |Humberside |Kent |Lancashire |Leicestershire |Lincolnshire
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Total |101,687 |57,455 |327,504 |135,683 |56,063 |128,628 |153,800 |123,192 |95,917 |46,458
Violence against the
person |4,316 |1,938 |8,338 |5,559 |1,948 |5,306 |6,960 |3,095 |5,168 |2,300
Sexual offences |559 |379 |1,142 |1,028 |274 |688 |1,008 |533 |589 |370
Robbery |400 |291 |5,005 |524 |286 |538 |704 |637 |1,346 |112
Burglary |21,418 |14,308 |87,071 |26,130 |11,618 |40,644 |29,760 |27,776 |25,852 |11,792
Theft and handling
stolen goods |53,627 |30,906 |150,247 |72,861 |29,916 |58,868 |81,150 |60,467 |45,483 |21,724
Fraud and forgery |2,555 |2,231 |6,961 |3,889 |1,277 |3,015 |3,915 |3,438 |3,068 |1,157
Criminal damage |17,926 |6,709 |66,090 |24,135 |10,328 |18,894 |28,695 |25,985 |13,752 |8,329
Other |886 |693 |2,650 |1,557 |416 |675 |1,608 |1,261 |659 |674
Theft of vehicle |8,290 |3,945 |45,883 |9,146 |5,342 |12,176 |16,618 |9,711 |10,169 |3,449
Theft from vehicle |16,808 |13,105 |51,789 |25,379 |13,370 |17,989 |24,548 |21,548 |15,571 |5,587
Burglary in a dwelling |8,643 |6,920 |52,044 |11,105 |4,237 |18,369 |15,315 |17,514 |14,722 |5,883
Burglary in another
building |12,775 |7,388 |35,027 |15,025 |7,381 |22,275 |14,445 |10,262 |11,130 |5,909
|Metropolitan
|City of London |Merseyside |Police |Norfolk |Northamptonshire|Northumbria |North Yorkshire |Nottinghamshire |South Yorkshire |Staffordshire
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Total |5,656 |143,228 |823,693 |53,227 |56,264 |196,020 |64,090 |148,464 |152,818 |90,452
Violence against the
person |125 |7,771 |41,264 |2,045 |2,513 |5,890 |2,000 |7,630 |4,976 |6,097
Sexual offences |20 |925 |6,352 |347 |360 |675 |231 |997 |614 |515
Robbery |29 |2,216 |27,712 |209 |281 |1,307 |171 |1,324 |1,071 |464
Burglary |725 |33,243 |172,734 |13,253 |13,566 |53,890 |16,767 |34,743 |46,595 |25,123
Theft and handling
stolen goods |3,880 |70,409 |379,052 |27,494 |26,687 |79,922 |31,938 |67,615 |69,740 |40,845
Fraud and forgery |436 |2,984 |32,516 |1,427 |1,390 |2,960 |1,004 |3,587 |2,812 |2,059
Criminal damage |335 |23,852 |154,723 |7,854 |10,955 |50,372 |11,531 |31,867 |25,705 |14,867
Other |106 |1,828 |9,340 |598 |512 |1,004 |448 |701 |1,305 |482
Theft of vehicle |77 |16,942 |46,110 |3,278 |6,417 |22,594 |5,329 |16,263 |20,537 |8,520
Theft from vehicle |630 |17,425 |117,875 |8,956 |8,869 |22,565 |11,203 |18,612 |23,804 |15,847
Burglary in a dwelling |45 |20,580 |109,308 |5,004 |6,467 |26,568 |7,175 |20,074 |22,369 |11,915
Burglary in another
building |680 |12,663 |63,426 |8,249 |7,099 |27,322 |9,592 |14,669 |24,226 |13,208
|Suffolk |Surrey |Sussex |Thames Valley |Warwickshire |West Mercia |West Midlands |West Yorkshire|Wiltshire |Dyfed-Powys
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Total |38,061 |45,055 |108,349 |182,351 |39,809 |81,949 |307,291 |280,196 |37,249 |20,220
Violence against the
person |1,969 |2,488 |3,558 |5,887 |1,304 |3,223 |8,963 |8,686 |2,221 |2,002
Sexual offences |339 |458 |710 |808 |230 |478 |1,219 |1,367 |348 |265
Robbery |121 |174 |594 |1,243 |128 |271 |7,347 |3,029 |150 |31
Burglary |7,235 |9,607 |23,872 |38,121 |9,857 |16,298 |86,582 |86,586 |8,247 |3,482
Theft and handling
stolen goods |18,919 |23,218 |56,973 |102,118 |20,636 |44,161 |141,664 |128,295 |18,525 |8,683
Fraud and forgery |1,456 |1,492 |2,710 |5,170 |972 |1,517 |7,637 |5,152 |1,096 |619
Criminal damage |7,350 |6,937 |18,649 |27,374 |6,353 |15,302 |52,087 |44,287 |6,124 |4,607
Other |672 |681 |1,283 |1,630 |329 |699 |1,792 |2,794 |538 |531
Theft of vehicle |1,996 |3,228 |6,599 |19,215 |4,501 |7,284 |41,280 |32,499 |2,401 |1,031
Theft from vehicle |5,367 |7,994 |18,896 |39,264 |7,772 |14,225 |48,270 |43,211 |5,915 |2,081
Burglary in a dwelling |2,925 |4,333 |13,111 |20,806 |4,161 |7,762 |44,969 |54,112 |4,012 |1,367
Burglary in another
building |4,310 |5,274 |10,761 |17,315 |5,696 |8,536 |41,613 |32,474 |4,235 |2,115
|England and
|Gwent |North Wales|South Wales|Wales
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Total |33,349 |42,439 |152,545 |5,104,372
Violence against the
person |2,453 |2,405 |6,192 |208,716
Sexual offences |287 |327 |583 |29,948
Robbery |97 |78 |464 |62,742
Burglary |6,019 |9,868 |37,023 |1,235,912
Theft and handling
stolen goods |16,638 |19,760 |72,984 |2,470,893
Fraud and forgery |1,050 |1,153 |3,438 |137,103
Criminal damage |5,910 |8,239 |30,456 |909,807
Other |895 |609 |1,405 |49,251
Theft of vehicle |3,180 |2,256 |23,593 |498,845
Theft from vehicle |4,697 |6,837 |24,782 |819,346
Burglary in a
dwelling |2,809 |3,088 |14,551 |654,163
Burglary in another
building |3,210 |6,780 |22,472 |581,749
Immigration
Mr. Robert McCartney: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will specify the rules presently relating to permanent entry into the United Kingdom by British subjects resident in the various dependent territories, excluding Hong Kong; and what proposals he has to enable entry on the lines of that granted by France to French overseas department residents. [37283]
Mr. Kirkhope: With the exception of the Falkland Islands and Gibraltar, citizens of British dependent territories seeking permanent entry into the United Kingdom must meet the requirements of the Immigration Rules (HC395). I have no plans to enable entry similar to that operated by France in respect of residents of French overseas departments.
Asylum
Mr. John Marshall: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many applications for asylum were made by individuals facing deportation from the United Kingdom in each of the last three years; how many applications for asylum are waiting to be determined; how many of those refused asylum used the appeals procedure in each of the last three years; how many cases were determined in the last six months; and how many of those refused asylum are known to have left the United Kingdom in the current year. [37416]
Mr. Kirkhope: Information on asylum applications and appeals from 1992 to 1995 is given in the table. The number of outstanding applications for asylum as at 31 August 1995 was 62,900. The number of decisions on asylum applications in the last six months--April to September 1995--was 10,600. A total of 1,465 persons who had been refused asylum were removed during January to August 1995. This figure includes those who had departed voluntarily during this time.
Asylum applications and appeals during 1992-95
(January-August)
|1995
|(Jan-
|1992 |1993 |1994 |Aug)
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Applications of which: |24,605|22,370|32,830|27,100
applied after deportation order
served<1> |90 |115 |140 |85
Appeals sent to the Home
Office |- |765<2>|6,675 |8,930
- Not available
<1>Includes those applying for asylum after either a notice of
intent to deport had been served, a court had recommended
deportation or a deport order had been signed against the
applicant.
<2>The Asylum and Immigration Appeals Act came into effect on 26
July 1993, and figures for 1993 are for August to December only.
WALES
New Homes
Mr. Raynsford: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will set out the total number of new homes started by (a) local authorities and new towns and (b) housing associations in Wales in each year since 1974 and his estimate of the likely number of starts in 1995 and 1996. [37491]
Mr. Gwilym Jones: The information requested is given in the following table. Estimates for 1995 and for 1996 are not available.
New dwellings started, by tenure
Number
|Local authorities|Housing
|and new towns |associations
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1974 |8,462 |224
1975 |8,999 |279
1976 |7,012 |331
1977 |3,894 |1,285
1978 |4,002 |1,184
1979 |3,179 |657
1980 |2,439 |384
1981 |1,171 |460
1982 |2,121 |695
1983 |2,008 |640
1984 |908 |326
1985 |891 |579
1986 |742 |507
1987 |909 |1,014
1988 |716 |1,583
1989 |501 |1,612
1990 |338 |2,228
1991 |174 |2,496
1992 |261 |2,658
1993 |75 |3,212
1994 |180 |2,929
Training for Work
Mr. Rowlands: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what estimate he has of the number of people in training for work in (a) Merthyr Tydfil, (b) Rhymney, (c) Mid Glamorgan and (d) Wales; and what were the equivalent figures prior to the new training for work programme. [37549]
Mr. Richards: The information requested is collected on a training and enterprise council basis by the
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