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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:
| Year | Sexual offences | Homicide | All violent crime(5) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 1,219 | 26 | 7,660 |
| 1986 | 1,247 | 25 | 8,062 |
| 1987 | 1,311 | 31 | 8,940 |
| 1988 | 1,275 | 26 | 10,047 |
| 1989 | 1,537 | 33 | 11,381 |
| 1990 | 1,584 | 43 | 12,109 |
| 1991 | 1,675 | 34 | 13,544 |
| 1992 | 1,361 | 34 | 13,727 |
| 1993 | 1,465 | 27 | 13,828 |
| 1994 | 1,504 | 27 | 13,886 |
| 1995 | 1,416 | 43 | 13,118 |
(5) Offence groups of violence against the person, sexual offences and robbery.
| Offence | 1985 | 1990 | 1995 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sexual offences | 345 | 328 | 256 |
| Homicide | 21 | 24 | 18 |
| Violent crimes(6) | 2,861 | 3,447 | 2,751 |
(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:
(7) Offence groups of violence against the person, sexual offences and robbery.
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| Offence | 1975 | 1980 | 1985 | 1990 | 1995 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sexual offences | 6,848 | 8,042 | 6,010 | 6,605 | 4,702 |
| Homicide | 377 | 477 | 441 | 387 | 455 |
| Violent crimes(8) | 48,660 | 65,123 | 58,564 | 69,215 | 57,484 |
(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:
| Bid | Amount awarded £ |
|---|---|
| Monmouth town centre | 112,500 |
| Prestatyn town centre | 85,500 |
| Wrexham town centre | 50,000 |
There were 13 unsuccessful bids from the following areas:
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Abergele town centre.
Ammanford pedestrian and commercial centre.
Brecon, Newtown and Llandrindod Wells town centres.
Princess of Wales Hospital, Bridgend.
Lansbury Park, Caerphilly.
Llanrumney, Cardiff.
Ysgol John Bright, Llandudno.
Alway, Bettws, Llanmartin and Ringland shopping areas, Newport.
Port Talbot town centre.
Bishop Gore School and Singleton Park, Sketty, Swansea.
De la Beche Street, Dynevor Place and the Kingsway, Swansea.
Tenby town centre and harbour.
Byte Street, Treherbert.
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 | 1997-98 | 1998-99 | 1999-2000 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Signed contracts | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 4.2 |
| British Museum Object Store | 13.0 | 11.0 | 24.0 | |
| British Museum Great Court | 1.0 | 1.0 | ||
| Science Museum Wellcome Wing | 1.0 | 1.0 | ||
| Tate Bankside Roof Observatory | 4.0 | 4.0 | ||
| Tate Millbank Queen Alexander site | 15.0 | 15.0 | ||
| Tate Millbank electric sub-station | 0.3 | 0.3 | ||
| Natural History Museum combined heat and power | 1.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | |
| British Library bibliographic cataloguing | 4.0 | 4.0 | ||
| British Library Boston Spa building | 9.0 | 4.0 | 13.0 | |
| British Library Colindale building | 10.0 | 5.0 | 15.0 | |
| British Library catering and conference | 1.5 | 1.5 | ||
| British Library digitisation | 35.0 | 40.0 | 75.0 | |
| Sports Council IT | 2.0 | 2.0 | ||
| English Heritage--Stonehenge | ||||
| English Heritage--GIS | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | |
| Total | 38.9 | 60.7 | 65.4 | 165 |
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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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