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Violent Crime

Mr. Sheerman: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) sex offences, (b) homicides and (c) other violent crimes were recorded in West Yorkshire in each of the last 10 years; and what percentage of these led to successful prosecutions. [19690]

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Mr. Maclean: The requested information on recorded crime is given in the following table:

Notifiable offences recorded by the police West Yorkshire police force area

YearSexual offences Homicide All violent crime(5)
19851,219267,660
19861,247258,062
19871,311318,940
19881,2752610,047
19891,5373311,381
19901,5844312,109
19911,6753413,544
19921,3613413,727
19931,4652713,828
19941,5042713,886
19951,4164313,118

(5) Offence groups of violence against the person, sexual offences and robbery.


The available court data relate to defendants convicted in the West Yorkshire police force area and are given in the following table. Information is given for the years 1985, 1990 and 1995 only. The provision of data for other years would involve disproportionate cost. It is not appropriate to express these figures as a percentage of recorded offences as they relate to offenders who may have been proceeded against for more than one offence.

Number of defendants convicted at all courts for (a) sexual offences, (b) homicide and (c) violent crimes(6) in the West Yorkshire Police Force Area 1985, 1990 and 1995
West Yorkshire police force area

Offence 1985 1990 1995
Sexual offences345328256
Homicide212418
Violent crimes(6)2,8613,4472,751

(6) Includes the indictable offence groups of violence against the person, sexual offences and robbery and the summary offence of common assault.


Mr. Sheerman: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) sex offences, (b) homicides and (c) violent crimes were recorded in each of the last 20 years; and what percentage of these led to successful prosecutions. [19691]

Mr. Maclean: The requested information on recorded crime is given in the following table:

Notifiable offence recorded by the police
England and Wales

YearSexual offences Homicide All violent crime(7)
197523,731515106,044
197622,203565111,562
197721,313482117,233
197822,367532122,590
197921,843629129,285
198021,107620133,359
198119,424559139,913
198219,729618151,261
198320,410550153,871
198420,222621159,299
198521,456616170,650
198622,684661178,203
198725,154688198,829
198826,529624216,214
198929,733641239,858
199029,044669249,904
199129,423725265,085
199229,528687284,201
199331,284670294,231
199431,971726310,332
199530,274745310,936

(7) Offence groups of violence against the person, sexual offences and robbery.


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The available court data relate to defendants convicted in England and Wales and are given in the following table. Information is given for the years 1975, 1980, 1985, 1990 and 1995 only. The provision of data for other years would involve disproportionate cost. It is not appropriate to express these figures as a percentage of recorded offences as they relate to offenders who may have been proceeded against for more than one offence.

Number of defendants convicted at all courts for (a) sexual offences, (b) homicide and (c) violent crimes(8) 1975, 1980, 1985, 1990 and 1995
England and Wales

Offence 197519801985 1990 1995
Sexual offences6,8488,0426,0106,6054,702
Homicide377477441387455
Violent crimes(8)48,66065,12358,56469,21557,484

(8) Includes the indictable offence groups of violence against the person, sexual offences and robbery and the summary offence of common assault.


Closed Circuit Television

Mr. Alan Williams: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the successful bids, in Wales, for CCTV funding; and how many bids were rejected and in which areas of Wales they were located. [20050]

Mr. Maclean: In the third round of the closed circuit television challenge competition--1997-98--the following bids from Wales were successful:

BidAmount awarded £
Monmouth town centre112,500
Prestatyn town centre85,500
Wrexham town centre50,000

There were 13 unsuccessful bids from the following areas:


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NATIONAL HERITAGE

Sporting Ambassadors

Lady Olga Maitland: To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage when she will announce the conclusions of the committee chaired by Sir Colin Cowdrey on sporting ambassadors. [20511]

Mr. Sproat: I will be announcing the committee's conclusions on the morning of 14 March and copies of the announcement will be placed in the Libraries of the House.

Private Finance Initiative

Mr. Milburn: To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage if she will provide a breakdown by project of PFI schemes for which her Department is responsible as identified in table 5.5 of the Red Book. [18930]

Mr. Sproat [holding answer 6 March 1997]: The breakdown is in the following table. The figures in the table represented best estimates at the time the "Financial Statement and Budget Report 1997-98" was prepared. The figures in the FSBR are rounded to the nearest £10 million.

PFI Capital expenditure

PFI Capital expenditure1997-981998-991999-2000Total
Signed contracts1.41.41.44.2
British Museum Object Store13.011.024.0
British Museum Great Court1.01.0
Science Museum Wellcome Wing1.01.0
Tate Bankside Roof Observatory4.04.0
Tate Millbank Queen Alexander site15.015.0
Tate Millbank electric sub-station0.30.3
Natural History Museum combined heat and power1.02.03.0
British Library bibliographic cataloguing4.04.0
British Library Boston Spa building9.04.013.0
British Library Colindale building10.05.015.0
British Library catering and conference1.51.5
British Library digitisation35.040.075.0
Sports Council IT2.02.0
English Heritage--Stonehenge
English Heritage--GIS1.01.02.0
Total38.960.765.4165


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TRADE AND INDUSTRY

Industrial Tribunals

Mr. Byers: To ask the President of the Board of Trade how many law members of industrial tribunals were surveyed in the recent review of members' expenses and how many replied; what was the proportion of employee to employer members taking part; how many responses were received from each region; if he will place details of the survey in the Library; and what action he plans to take as a result of the survey. [20049]

Mr. John M. Taylor: Prior to the recent notification to lay members of industrial tribunals of changes to the arrangements for payment of their fees and expenses, an analysis of claims was undertaken. The analysis was based on a random sample of 400 claims made by members from across Great Britain. The sample did not separately identify claims made by employer and employee nominees. I will arrange for a summary of the results to be placed in the Library of the House.

Small Firms Loans Guarantee Scheme

Sir Michael Grylls: To ask the President of the Board of Trade what plans he has to improve the Government publicity relating to the small firms loan guarantee scheme. [19758]

Mr. Page: There are no plans to change the way in which the scheme is publicised.

Information on the scheme is widely available. Details appear in relevant DTI publications and there is a separate scheme booklet. This is widely distributed to lenders and business intermediaries throughout the United Kingdom and is freely available directly from the DTI. Currently, around 5,000 copies a month are requested.

The main focus for promoting the scheme lies with lenders and intermediaries. The scheme is appropriate only when a lender considers the business proposal for a loan to be viable, and would be prepared to lend, but for the lack of collateral to use as security against a conventional loan or overdraft.

Sir Michael Grylls: To ask the President of the Board of Trade what plans he has to make the booklet relating to the small firms loans guarantee scheme more comprehensive. [19759]

Mr. Page: The booklet will be updated later this year to reflect recent changes.


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