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MOT Certificates

Mr. Goggins: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans he has to review the penalties for failing to obtain a valid MoT certificate. [156055]

Mr. Charles Clarke: The maximum penalty for the offence of driving a motor vehicle without a valid Ministry of Transport (MoT) certificate under section 47 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 is a fine of up to £2,500 in the case of a vehicle adapted to carry more than eight passengers and £1,000 for any other motor vehicle. The maximum penalty for the related, but more serious offence, of forgery of an MoT certificate, under section 173 of the Road Traffic Act 1988, is two years imprisonment. We are conducting a review of Road Traffic Penalties and have now received responses to our consultation paper published last December. In relation to the fraud offence the consultation paper proposes that the existing anomaly whereby imprisonment is not available where the offence is tried in the magistrates court is removed so that a sentence of imprisonment of up to six months is available for summary disposal of these cases. We made no express proposals in respect of the driving

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without a valid MoT certificate offence but the review continues and we will consider any representations received.

Schengen Agreement

Mr. Bercow: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on the nature of the partial declassification of the Schengen documentation. [156974]

Mr. Charles Clarke: The rules on the classification of Council documents, including Schengen documents, are set out in Council Decision 2000/527/EC of 14 August 2000. The vast majority of Schengen documents are categorised as "limite" and are not therefore classified within the meaning of the Decision. The Council considers it necessary to classify certain documents containing sensitive operational information. However, even classified documents are subject to the provisions of Council Decision 93/731/EC of 20 December 1993 on public access to Council documents. Any request for access to a classified document is considered on its merits. A decision to refuse access to classified documents is ultimately subject to review by the Court of Justice in Luxembourg.

Police

Mr. Hilary Benn: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department for each police force area in England, what was the force's budget in (a) cash terms and (b) real terms for each year since 1990. [156173]

Mr. Charles Clarke: The information is set out in the table.

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Police force net expenditure (England) and percentage change in cash and real terms, 1990-91 to 2000-01

	1990-91			1991-92			1992-93
		Percentage change			Percentage change			Percentage change
	£000	cash terms	real terms	£000	cash terms	real terms	£000	cash terms	real terms
Avon and Somerset	107,282	10.9	2.9	116,004	8.1	1.9	127,928	10.3	6.8
Bedfordshire	36,053	11.2	3.1	40,027	11.0	4.6	45,036	12.5	9.0
Cambridgeshire	43,173	11.2	3.1	48,001	11.2	4.8	51,126	6.5	3.1
Cheshire	63,620	7.6	(0.2)	68,496	7.7	1.4	74,058	8.1	4.7
City of London	38,288	7.5	(0.3)	41,919	9.5	3.1	45,151	7.7	4.3
Cleveland	52,889	11.3	3.2	58,690	11.0	4.5	62,269	6.1	2.7
Cumbria	41,312	13.4	5.2	46,548	12.7	6.2	50,736	9.0	5.6
Derbyshire	62,086	4.2	(3.3)	66,686	7.4	1.2	76,554	14.8	11.2
Devon and Cornwall	107,378	13.0	4.8	119,619	11.4	5.0	129,634	8.4	4.9
Dorset	50,150	15.0	6.7	54,239	8.2	1.9	57,639	6.3	2.9
Durham	45,673	10.2	2.2	49,517	8.4	2.1	53,853	8.8	5.3
Essex	106,902	15.7	7.3	119,118	11.4	5.0	129,559	8.8	5.3
Gloucestershire	41,526	13.3	5.1	46,370	11.7	5.2	49,361	6.5	3.1
Greater Manchester	236,520	9.6	1.6	256,562	8.5	2.2	281,761	9.8	6.4
Hampshire	114,172	12.5	4.4	127,841	12.0	5.5	142,133	11.2	7.7
Hertfordshire	59,681	13.7	5.4	63,633	6.6	0.5	70,029	10.1	6.6
Humberside	71,151	10.6	2.6	78,591	10.5	4.1	86,795	10.4	6.9
Kent	107,675	10.2	2.2	128,118	19.0	12.1	136,307	6.4	3.0
Lancashire	114,195	13.7	5.5	127,076	11.3	4.8	132,092	3.9	0.7
Leicestershire	63,597	9.9	2.0	70,562	11.0	4.5	75,262	6.7	3.3
Lincolnshire	43,025	13.4	5.2	48,704	13.2	6.6	53,039	8.9	5.5
Merseyside	165,167	10.1	2.1	182,680	10.6	4.2	193,410	5.9	2.5
Metropolitan police	1,273,265	18.2	9.6	1,420,575	11.6	5.1	1,513,654	6.6	3.2
Norfolk	49,106	13.4	5.2	56,134	14.3	7.7	60,658	8.1	4.6
Northamptonshire	41,997	10.6	2.5	47,081	12.1	5.6	52,575	11.7	8.1
Northumbria	124,873	11.1	3.0	139,999	12.1	5.6	145,882	4.2	0.9
North Yorkshire	48,995	10.5	2.5	53,161	8.5	2.2	60,123	13.1	9.5
Nottinghamshire	79,305	14.1	5.9	85,209	7.4	1.2	92,856	9.0	5.5
South Yorkshire	101,200	12.0	3.9	108,676	7.4	1.2	122,395	12.6	9.1
Staffordshire	76,903	14.8	6.5	84,322	9.6	3.3	90,497	7.3	3.9
Suffolk	44,755	12.1	4.0	49,246	10.0	3.7	52,052	5.7	2.4
Surrey	59,126	11.2	3.1	64,426	9.0	2.7	71,426	10.9	7.4
Sussex	94,916	10.5	2.5	108,489	14.3	7.7	117,529	8.3	4.9
Thames Valley	n/a	n/a	n/a	156,072	n/a	n/a	165,443	6.0	2.7
Warwickshire	37,963	18.5	9.9	41,479	9.3	2.9	44,128	6.4	3.0
West Mercia	70,480	11.8	3.7	79,836	13.3	6.7	84,508	5.9	2.5
West Midlands	231,478	10.7	2.7	254,477	9.9	3.6	188,798	13.5	9.9
West Yorkshire	190,733	13.0	4.8	206,169	8.1	1.8	215,727	4.6	1.3
Wiltshire	41,547	15.3	7.0	46,907	12.9	6.4	51,912	10.7	7.2
Total (England)	4,308,157	9.2	1.3	4,931,259	14.5	7.8	5,323,895	8.0	4.6

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	1993-94			1994-95			1995-96
		Percentage change			Percentage change			Percentage change
	£000	cash terms	real terms	£000	cash terms	real terms	£000	cash terms	real terms
Avon and Somerset	134,323	5.0	2.3	141,105	5.0	3.6	141,091	0.0	-2.8
Bedfordshire	48,666	8.1	5.3	51,514	5.9	4.4	54,533	5.9	2.9
Cambridgeshire	56,879	11.3	8.4	58,553	2.9	1.5	60,917	4.0	1.1
Cheshire	79,971	8.0	5.2	82,804	3.5	2.1	86,786	4.8	1.9
City of London	50,920	12.8	9.9	52,185	2.5	1.1	55,851	7.0	4.0
Cleveland	66,289	6.5	3.7	69,007	4.1	2.7	67,861	-1.7	-4.4
Cumbria	51,699	1.9	-0.7	53,981	4.4	3.0	53,196	-1.5	-4.2
Derbyshire	78,964	3.1	0.5	84,362	6.8	5.4	86,012	2.0	-0.9
Devon and Cornwall	137,578	6.1	3.4	140,830	2.4	0.9	144,513	2.6	-0.3
Dorset	59,345	3.0	0.3	66,285	11.7	10.1	63,040	-4.9	-7.6
Durham	57,825	7.4	4.6	59,237	2.4	1.0	62,432	5.4	2.4
Essex	136,952	5.7	3.0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Gloucestershire	51,298	3.9	1.2	55,006	7.2	5.7	53,815	-2.2	-4.9
Greater Manchester	302,885	7.5	4.7	319,467	5.5	4.0	329,893	3.3	0.4
Hampshire	146,008	2.7	0.1	155,257	6.3	4.9	163,085	5.0	2.1
Hertfordshire	74,029	5.7	3.0	84,435	14.1	12.5	87,825	4.0	1.1
Humberside	90,194	3.9	1.2	92,365	2.4	1.0	96,418	4.4	1.5
Kent	142,749	4.7	2.0	153,757	7.7	6.2	155,223	1.0	-1.9
Lancashire	142,518	7.9	5.1	144,420	1.3	-0.1	151,646	5.0	2.1
Leicestershire	78,201	3.9	1.2	81,166	3.8	2.4	86,855	7.0	4.0
Lincolnshire	55,645	4.9	2.2	n/a	n/a	n/a	58,974	n/a	n/a
Merseyside	207,217	7.1	4.4	215,139	3.8	2.4	219,547	2.0	-0.8
Metropolitan police	1,545,265	2.1	-0.6	1,581,975	2.4	1.0	1,635,386	3.4	0.5
Norfolk	63,907	5.4	2.6	68,392	7.0	5.5	70,233	2.7	-0.2
Northamptonshire	55,136	4.9	2.2	59,983	8.8	7.3	56,742	-5.4	-8.0
Northumbria	158,758	8.8	6.0	174,700	10.0	8.5	177,760	1.8	-1.1
North Yorkshire	62,805	4.5	1.8	63,166	0.6	-0.8	62,846	-0.5	-3.3
Nottinghamshire	98,224	5.8	3.0	105,645	7.6	6.1	106,334	0.7	-2.2
South Yorkshire	128,102	4.7	2.0	136,352	6.4	5.0	143,113	5.0	2.0
Staffordshire	96,404	6.5	3.8	99,778	3.5	2.1	98,286	-1.5	-4.2
Suffolk	55,237	6.1	3.4	56,751	2.7	1.3	55,724	-1.8	-4.6
Surrey	75,322	5.5	2.7	84,371	12.0	10.5	83,000	-1.6	-4.4
Sussex	122,444	4.2	1.5	130,124	6.3	4.8	137,785	5.9	2.9
Thames Valley	178,169	7.7	4.9	190,492	6.9	5.4	193,124	1.4	-1.5
Warwickshire	47,139	6.8	4.1	49,517	5.0	3.6	47,553	-4.0	-6.7
West Mercia	91,372	8.1	5.3	98,032	7.3	5.8	95,815	-2.3	-5.0
West Midlands	296,973	2.8	0.2	311,337	4.8	3.4	329,194	5.7	2.8
West Yorkshire	224,987	4.3	1.6	234,588	4.3	2.8	237,084	1.1	-1.8
Wiltshire	54,272	4.5	1.8	59,182	9.0	7.5	54,456	-8.0	-10.6
Total (England)	5,604,671	5.3	2.6	5,867,013	4.7	3.2	6,008,912	2.4	-0.4

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	1996-97			1997-98			1998-99
		Percentage change			Percentage change			Percentage change
	£000	cash terms	real terms	£000	cash terms	real terms	£000	cash terms	real terms
Avon and Somerset	152,087	7.8	4.4	152,673	0.4	-2.4	162,726	6.6	3.6
Bedfordshire	56,627	3.8	0.6	58,570	3.4	0.6	61,778	5.5	2.5
Cambridgeshire	65,024	6.7	3.4	68,681	5.6	2.7	73,432	6.9	3.9
Cheshire	94,177	8.5	5.1	104,005	10.4	7.4	107,093	3.0	0.1
City of London	57,317	2.6	-0.6	57,893	1.0	-1.8	60,350	4.2	1.4
Cleveland	73,108	7.7	4.4	75,426	3.2	0.3	81,295	7.8	4.8
Cumbria	56,856	6.9	3.5	61,709	8.5	5.5	62,532	1.3	-1.5
Derbyshire	90,420	5.1	1.8	95,641	5.8	2.9	100,064	4.6	1.7
Devon and Cornwall	150,392	4.1	0.8	155,435	3.4	0.5	166,330	7.0	4.0
Dorset	67,831	7.6	4.2	69,727	2.8	0.0	73,117	4.9	2.0
Durham	68,035	9.0	5.6	75,166	10.5	7.4	74,673	-0.7	-3.4
Essex	151,412	n/a	n/a	157,487	4.0	1.1	156,822	-0.4	-3.2
Gloucestershire	58,420	8.6	5.2	58,633	0.4	-2.4	62,862	7.2	4.2
Greater Manchester	341,170	3.4	0.2	353,319	3.6	0.7	354,171	0.2	-2.5
Hampshire	172,845	6.0	2.7	180,791	4.6	1.7	186,661	3.2	0.4
Hertfordshire	88,863	1.2	-2.0	93,011	4.7	1.8	95,068	2.2	-0.6
Humberside	99,719	3.4	0.2	106,220	6.5	3.6	112,571	6.0	3.0
Kent	161,625	4.1	0.9	174,211	7.8	4.8	175,577	0.8	-2.0
Lancashire	161,865	6.7	3.4	169,275	4.6	1.7	177,310	4.7	1.8
Leicestershire	92,853	6.9	3.6	98,789	6.4	3.5	102,790	4.1	1.2
Lincolnshire	61,508	4.3	1.0	66,184	7.6	4.6	66,664	0.7	-2.1
Merseyside	221,172	0.7	-2.4	224,327	1.4	-1.4	240,267	7.1	4.1
Metropolitan police	1,683,181	2.9	-0.3	1,676,617	-0.4	-3.1	1,716,425	2.4	-0.5
Norfolk	75,547	7.6	4.2	80,222	6.2	3.3	80,543	0.4	-2.4
Northamptonshire	59,252	4.4	1.2	64,605	9.0	6.0	67,057	3.8	0.9
Northumbria	186,410	4.9	1.6	195,092	4.7	1.8	205,270	5.2	2.3
North Yorkshire	67,042	6.7	3.4	71,840	7.2	4.2	75,344	4.9	2.0
Nottinghamshire	113,591	6.8	3.5	120,556	6.1	3.2	127,018	5.4	2.4
South Yorkshire	150,949	5.5	2.2	166,027	10.0	7.0	167,159	0.7	-2.1
Staffordshire	107,832	9.7	6.3	110,264	2.3	-0.6	116,231	5.4	2.5
Suffolk	60,963	9.4	6.0	63,676	4.5	1.6	66,096	3.8	0.9
Surrey	85,345	2.8	-0.4	90,976	6.6	3.7	91,425	0.5	-2.3
Sussex	150,626	9.3	5.9	157,631	4.7	1.8	161,847	2.7	-0.2
Thames Valley	201,397	4.3	1.0	210,333	4.4	1.6	209,675	-0.3	-3.1
Warwickshire	47,686	0.3	-2.8	51,003	7.0	4.0	52,015	2.0	-0.8
West Mercia	102,078	6.5	3.2	107,788	5.6	2.7	113,755	5.5	2.6
West Midlands	337,992	2.7	-0.5	360,129	6.5	3.6	368,608	2.4	-0.5
West Yorkshire	265,233	11.9	8.4	281,745	6.2	3.3	277,994	-1.3	-4.1
Wiltshire	59,993	10.2	6.7	58,535	-2.4	-5.1	68,811	17.6	14.3
Total (England)	6,298,443	4.8	1.6	6,524,212	3.6	0.7	6,719,426	3.0	0.1

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	1999-2000			2000-01
		Percentage change			Percentage change
	£000	cash terms	real terms	£000	cash terms	real terms
Avon and Somerset	174,336	7.1	4.7	181,210	3.9	2.2
Bedfordshire	63,611	3.0	0.6	66,426	4.4	2.6
Cambridgeshire	75,052	2.2	-0.1	79,244	5.6	3.8
Cheshire	113,280	5.8	3.3	114,576	1.1	-0.6
City of London	57,852	-4.1	-6.3	58,947	1.9	0.1
Cleveland	85,256	4.9	2.5	85,600	0.4	-1.3
Cumbria	64,786	3.6	1.2	67,400	4.0	2.2
Derbyshire	105,590	5.5	3.1	110,819	5.0	3.1
Devon and Cornwall	175,055	5.2	2.8	182,873	4.5	2.7
Dorset	76,957	5.3	2.8	80,996	5.2	3.4
Durham	79,662	6.7	4.2	85,775	7.7	5.8
Essex	167,969	7.1	4.6	184,485	9.8	7.9
Gloucestershire	65,755	4.6	2.2	68,695	4.5	2.7
Greater Manchester	374,804	5.8	3.4	400,004	6.7	4.9
Hampshire	197,483	5.8	3.4	202,527	2.6	0.8
Hertfordshire	104,448	9.9	7.3	120,945	15.8	13.8
Humberside	113,944	1.2	-1.1	119,900	5.2	3.4
Kent	186,261	6.1	3.6	193,127	3.7	1.9
Lancashire	182,004	2.6	0.3	190,181	4.5	2.7
Leicestershire	107,262	4.4	1.9	110,150	2.7	0.9
Lincolnshire	69,378	4.1	1.7	72,725	4.8	3.0
Merseyside	248,414	3.4	1.0	257,114	3.5	1.7
Metropolitan police	1,838,888	7.1	4.7	1,837,571	-0.1	-1.8
Norfolk	87,182	8.2	5.7	91,514	5.0	3.2
Northamptonshire	69,148	3.1	0.7	73,076	5.7	3.9
Northumbria	212,704	3.6	1.2	218,387	2.7	0.9
North Yorkshire	78,178	3.8	1.4	83,750	7.1	5.3
Nottinghamshire	129,465	1.9	-0.4	134,302	3.7	2.0
South Yorkshire	176,007	5.3	2.9	181,054	2.9	1.1
Staffordshire	127,000	9.3	6.7	126,964	0.0	-1.7
Suffolk	70,506	6.7	4.2	74,061	5.0	3.2
Surrey	100,094	9.5	7.0	120,130	20.0	18.0
Sussex	165,564	2.3	-0.1	172,513	4.2	2.4
Thames Valley	227,020	8.3	5.8	236,952	4.4	2.6
Warwickshire	55,164	6.1	3.6	59,011	7.0	5.1
West Mercia	111,446	-2.0	-4.3	125,700	12.8	10.9
West Midlands	381,484	3.5	1.1	395,102	3.6	1.8
West Yorkshire	286,088	2.9	0.5	304,125	6.3	4.5
Wiltshire	69,823	1.5	-0.9	71,981	3.1	1.3
Total (England)	7,074,920	5.3	2.9	7,339,912	3.7	2.0

Notes:

1994-95 figures for Lincolnshire and Essex and 1995-96 figures for Essex were not available. The compilers adjusted the grand total for comparison.

From 1996-97, expenditure was recorded net of police loan charges grant on pre-April 1990 debt charges.

Loan charge grant for 1993-94 to 1995-96 has been deducted from forces' expenditure for comparative purposes.

Deductions for loan charge grants have been made at the grand total level only for 1990-91 to 1992-93 (ca. £30 million per annum).

Percentage changes have been calculated in real terms at 1999-2000 prices using GDP deflators (March 2001).

Source:

CIPFA Police Statistics: Actuals except for 2000-01 (estimates).

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