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Detective Inspector Gladding

Mr. Mullin: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will call for a report from the Chief Constable of Gloucester on what disciplinary action has been taken against Detective Inspector Gladding following the comments in the Appeal Court in the case of R. v. Mills and Poole; and if he will make a statement. [38183]

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Mr. Maclean: No disciplinary action has been taken. The Police Complaints Authority announced in March 1993, following a full investigation by the then assistant chief constable of Thames Valley, that there was no evidence to justify disciplinary proceedings against any officers in the case.

Asylum Seekers

Mr. Henderson: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many asylum seekers, and from which countries, have had their applications considered under the short procedure from (a) 15 March 1995 until 27 November 1995, (b) 27 November 1995 until 20 March 1996 and (c) 20 March 1996 to the latest convenient date; how many of these applications in each period were (i) granted, (ii) refused and (iii) transferred to the full procedure. [38429]

Mr. Kirkhope: The requested information on short procedure applications is given in the tables. Over the period 15 May 1995 to 30 June 1996, there were 5,735 refusals and three grants of asylum from short procedure applications. As at 30 June, there were 996 cases still under consideration. Information on cases transferred is available only at disproportionate cost.

Short procedure applications, by nationality, 15 May-30 November 1995

	Number
Nigeria	528
India	255
Pakistan	221
Romania	143
Ghana	138
Poland	45
Algeria	15
Kenya	14
Tanzania	11
Uganda	11
Gambia	6
Bulgaria	6
Columbia	4
Sri Lanka	3
Zaire	2
Ivory Coast	2
Zimbabwe	2
Others	11
Total	1,417

Short procedure applications, by nationality, 1 December 1995-31 March 1996

	Number
Nigeria	618
India	451
Pakistan	322
Algeria	310
Ghana	205
Poland	78
Sierra Leone	74
Romania	66
Gambia	53
Turkey	50
Bulgaria	45
Sri Lanka	39
Bangladesh	29
Kenya	26
Ivory Coast	25
Tanzania	16
Zaire	14
Lithuania	13
Columbia	8
Slovakia	8
Cyprus	7
Jamaica	7
Ethiopia	6
China	5
Angola	5
Czech Republic	5
Cameroon	4
Uganda	3
Zimbabwe	3
Russia	3
Brazil	3
Guyana	3
Hungary	3
Sudan	2
Eritrea	2
Estonia	2
Peru	2
Others	19
Total	2,534

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Short procedure applications, by nationality, 1 April-30 June 1996

	Number
Nigeria	528
Pakistan	314
India	292
Algeria	203
Ghana	194
Sir Lanka	173
Columbia	113
China	93
Sierra Leone	85
Romania	79
Turkey	75
Poland	69
Lithuania	54
Bangladesh	52
Bulgaria	50
Gambia	45
Zaire	45
Ecuador	36
Cyprus	25
Angola	22
Russia	16
Sudan	16
Ukraine	16
Zimbabwe	15
Ivory Coast	11
Tanzania	11
Jamaica	11
Kenya	10
Lebanon	10
Uganda	9
Cameroon	9
Ethiopia	8
Congo	8
Togo	7
Slovakia	6
Eritrea	6
South Africa	6
Burundi	5
Egypt	5
Philippines	5
Brazil	2
Estonia	2
Gabon	2
Kuwait	2
Benin	2
Cuba	2
Honduras	2
Sengal	2
Others	30
Total	2,783

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Mr. Alton: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department in how many cases for the last year for which figures are available an in-country asylum application led to an applicant being issued with a visitor visa to Britain. [39034]

Mr. Kirkhope: The requested information is not available.

Mr. Madden: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what guidance he has issued to the immigration and nationality department on the treatment of applications for asylum in the United Kingdom by an Iranian national who leaves Iran legally; and if he will make a statement. [38961]

Mr. Kirkhope: It is understood that stringent checks are in place at airports in Iran, making it difficult for a person of interest to the authorities there to leave with a passport in their own identity. This situation is taken into account when applications for asylum from Iranians are considered, but each case is considered individually on its merits under the 1951 United Nations convention relating to the status of refugees, and asylum or exceptional leave is granted in appropriate cases.

Violence

Mr. Touhig: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list in percentage terms the main causes of injury in incidents of violence against persons in the last available year. [38324]

Mr. Maclean: The information is not available in the form requested. Such information as is available relates to offences of homicide and firearms offences. Statistics on offences currently recorded as homicide by apparent method of killing are published in table 4.3. of "Criminal Statistics, England and Wales 1994". Table 3.8 of the same publication gives figures for overall notifiable offences in which firearms were reported to have caused injury. A copy of the Criminal Statistics publication is available in the Library.

Ban Glasses (Injury)

Mr. Touhig: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate he has made of the compensation awarded annually by the Criminal Injuries

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Compensation Board to victims of injuries caused by bar glasses. [38323]

Mr. Maclean: The board comments that a significant number of injuries are known to arise from incidents in public houses and similar places, but no estimate is available of the amounts paid to victims of bar glass injuries.

Immigration Rules

Mr. Henderson: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) men and (b) women have been (i) granted and (ii) refused (1) entry clearance, (2) leave to enter the United Kingdom and (3) leave to remain in the United Kingdom in 1994, 1995 and 1996 to the latest convenient date under the provisions of paragraphs 169-75 of the Consolidated Immigration Rules, HC 395 of Session 1994-95 as (x) ministers of religion, (y) missionaries and (z) members of religious orders. [38426]

Mr. Kirkhope: I will write to the hon. Member.

Stalking

Mr. Trickett: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what action he proposes to recommend to the chief constable one of whose serving officers has been said, by a presiding judge, to have stalked a neighbour. [38744]

Mr. Maclean: None. The matter is entirely for the chief constable to consider.

Animal Experiments

Mr. Dafis: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what has been the total public expenditure (a) in each of the last available five years and (b) in total over the last five years, in constant prices, on the identification of alternatives to the use of animals for scientific testing. [37519]

Mr. Sackville: The research into alternatives to the use of animals in scientific procedures for which the Home Office is responsible is that granted through the Animal Procedures Committee

(a) In each of the last five years this has amounted to:

1991-92: £215.000
1992-93: £253.000
1993-94: £308,000
1994-95: £273,000
1995-96: £253,000

(b) The total expenditure over the last five years, in constant 1995-96 prices, is £1,365,309.

Police Numbers

Mr. Congdon: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) if he will list for each of the last five years, as at 31 March, for (a) each borough and (b) the Metropolitan police as a whole, (i) the population and (ii) the number of officers per 10,000 population; [38282]

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(2) if he will list for each of the last five years, as at 31 March, for (a) each division, (b) each borough and (c) the Metropolitan police as a whole, the number of police officers. [38281]

Mr. Maclean: A borough/divisional breakdown is available only using current strength figures; historical borough/divisional strength is not recorded. The other information requested is as follows:

Borough and division	Current police strength (as at 18 July 1996)	Population (as at 30 June 1994)	Number of officers per 10,000 population
Barking and Dagenham	304.45	155,018	19.6
Dagenham	304.45
Barnet and Hertsmere	751.81	308,300	24.4
Barnet and Hertsmere	293.26
Golders Green	223.3
West Hendon	235.25
Bexley	293.05	220,432	13.3
Bexleyheath	293.05
Brent	626.3	244,467	26.6
Wembley	268.6
Willesden Green	357.7
Bromley	474.14	293,019	16.2
Bromley and Orpington	474.14
Camden	696.26	182,448	38.1
Hampstead	208.6
Holborn	201.8
Kentish Town	285.86
City of Westminster	1,702.76	190,743	89.3
Belgravia	294.06
Charing Cross	401.4
Marylebone	332.3
Paddington	352
West End Central	323
Croydon	614.74	326,736	18.8
Croydon	288.36
South Norwood	326.38
Ealing	635.52	289,793	21.9
Ealing	347.03
Southall	288.49
Enfield	543.88	259,773	20.9
Edmonton	261.78
Enfield	282.1
Greenwich	623.45	212,332	29.4
Greenwich	296.5
Plumstead	326.95
Hackney	667.14	192,492	34.7
Stoke Newington	346.34
Shoreditch and Hackney	320.8
Hammersmith and Fulham	535.18	156,597	34.2
Fulham	206.73
Hammersmith	328.45
Haringey	528.1	212,332	24.9
Hornsey	267.4
Tottenham	260.7
Harrow	292.6	210,308	13.9
Harrow	292.6
Havering	366.65	231,706	15.8
Havering	366.65
Hillingdon	428.6	243,387	17.6
Hillingdon	428.6
Hounslow	861.89	202,790	42.5
Chiswick	202.2
Hounslow	272.7
Heathrow Airport	386.99
Islington	546	175,203	31.2
Holloway	259.9
Islington	286.1
Kensington and Chelsea	635.1	150,237	42.3
Brompton	384.7
Notting Hill	250.4
Kingston upon Thames	384.44	138,522	27.8
Kingston	384.44
Lambeth	974.75	260,763	37.4
Brixton	323.7
Streatham	277.71
Vauxhall	373.34
Lewisham	625	242,472	25.8
Catford	289.4
Lewisham	335.6
Merton	320.05	177,259	18.1
Wimbledon	320.05
Newham	633.88	226,850	27.9
Forest Gate	323.48
Plaistow	310.4
Redbridge	545.5	225,102	24.2
Ilford	249.6
Barkingside	295.9
Richmond upon Thames	306.65	172,035	17.8
Twickenham	306.65
Southwark	1,020.36	228,767	44.6
Peckham	374.38
Southwark	373.88
Walworth	272.1
Sutton	418.43	173,376	24.1
Epsom and Sutton	418.43
Tower Hamlets	607.4	170,549	35.6
Limehouse	268
Bethnal Green	339.4
Waltham Forest	472	221,790	21.2
Chingford	239.1
Leyton	232.9
Wandsworth	659.28	266,721	24.7
Battersea	302.9
Wandsworth	356.38

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Year	Number of police officers (Metropolitan Police as a whole) as at 31 March	Population as at 30 June	Number of officers per 10,000 population
1992	28,154	7,387,272	38.1
1993	27,867	7,419,854	37.6
1994	27,699	7,456,173	37.1
1995	27,480	7,456,173	36.9
1996	27,342	7,456,173	36.7

The Surrey element of the population for divisions that straddle London boroughs and Surrey cannot be differentiated and is not included in the population figures.

Mr. Congdon: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the number of police officers per 10,000 population in (a) inner London, (b) outer London and (c) surrounding counties. [38284]

Mr. Maclean: The information requested is as follows:

	Number of officers per 10,000 population
Inner London	(6)40
Outer London	(6)22.6
Thames Valley	(7)18.5
Essex	(7)19.5
Herts	(7)20.5
Kent	(7)20.5
Surrey	(7)21.5

(6) Metropolitan Police figures as at 18 July using the population count supplied by Office for National Statistics as at June 1994.

(7) HMIC figures for surrounding counties are correct as at March 1996.

The figures for London exclude officers based at

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headquarters departments on area and in portfolio units; and in holding branch. The figures for outer London include divisions which cover parts of the Metropolitan police district outside the London boroughs; and exclude Spelthorne division, which falls wholly within Surrey.

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