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Ministerial Travel
Annabelle Ewing: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) on how many occasions in each year since 1992 non-commercial flights were used by Ministers in his Department for official overseas visits; what the (a) destination, (b) Ministers involved, (c) cost and (d) reason for use of non-commercial flights were on each occasion; and if he will make a statement; [6928]
- (2) if he will list all official overseas visits undertaken by Ministers in his Department in each year since May 1997, indicating (a) the cost in (i) cash and (ii) real terms, (b) the number and grade of (i) civil servants and (ii) special advisers accompanying Ministers and (c) the number of official engagements or meetings undertaken on each visit; and if he will make a statement. [6927]
Mr. Blunkett: I refer the hon. Member to the reply given by my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister on 15 October 2001, Official Report, column 823W.
London Weighting
Annabelle Ewing: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will estimate the total annual value of London weightings and London living allowances for his Department; and if he will make a statement. [6854]
Mr. Blunkett: The estimated total value of London weightings and London living allowances for the Home Department (including Agencies) is £38,270,000. These allowances are not consolidated into pay.
Youth Custody Orders (Wirral)
Mr. Frank Field: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many youth custody orders have been issued in each of the last four years in each of the four constituencies on the Wirral. [6358]
Mr. Denham [holding answer 15 October 2001]: The available information, taken from the Home Office Court Proceedings Database, is shown in the table.
Information collected centrally does not permit a distinction between the four Wirral constituencies to be made and figures for the Wirral magistrates court (which covers all four constituencies) have been given. Crown court figures have also been included where the committing court was Wirral.
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The sentence of youth custody was replaced by detention in a young offender institution by the Criminal Justice Act 1988. The table however contains all forms of immediate custody imposed on offenders under 21 years of age during the years requested.
| Year | Sec. 53 C and YPA 1933 | Young offender institution | Secure training order | Total immediate custody |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 4 | 120 | — | 124 |
| 1997 | 1 | 133 | — | 134 |
| 1998 | 2 | 96 | 1 | 99 |
| 1999 | 4 | 105 | 2 | 111 |
Data for 2000 are not yet available.
Violent Offences
Mr. Win Griffiths: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what further information he has collated on violence (a) against women by men and (b) by women against men in addition to that contained in the British Crime Survey; and if he will publish these findings. [6627]
Mr. Denham: There are various sources of information about various forms of interpersonal violence.
The statistics on crimes recorded by the police do not routinely collate information on victims and offender characteristics. Some additional detail was provided in Home Office Statistical Bulletin 12/01.
The "Homicide Index" stores information on victims and suspects of homicide. This information is published in "Criminal Statistics England and Wales 1999", CM 5001, which has been deposited in the Library. This publication also contains information on rape and other sexual offences.
The Policing and Reducing Crime Unit have collated some police force information on cases of robbery in the year 2000. This information includes gender of offenders and victims and will be published in due course.
The Policing and Reducing Crime Unit are to produce a report on male rape using police force data. Information from the British Crime Survey will also feed into this report. This is planned for publication in 2002.
In 2000 the Policing and Reducing Crime Unit published a series of Briefing Notes on "What Works" in reducing domestic violence.
The Serious Crimes Analysis Section, within the National Crime Faculty, have collected a wide range of information about serious sexual offences, murder and abductions. This information is used for operational support of major police investigations in relation to the apprehension of perpetrators. It is not published.
Information relating to women and contact with all aspects of the criminal justice system is given in a 'Section 95' publication—"Statistics on Women and the Criminal Justice System, 2000". This is updated annually by the Home Office. The information on violent victimisation of women comes from sources already
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mentioned—police recorded crime statistics and the Homicide Index. Estimates from the British Crime Survey are also included.
The Performance and Strategic Management Unit are preparing 'Toolkits' on Domestic Violence and Sexual Offences. These are designed to bring together information from public and voluntary sector organisations on all aspects of crime reduction strategy and best practice. These are due to be published later in the autumn of this year.
Community Safety Partnership (Wiltshire)
Mr. Key: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list (a) the members of the Board of the community safety partnership for Wiltshire, (b) the executive teams and their functions and (c) the themes addressed in the current year. [5861]
Mr. Denham [holding answer 15 October 2001]: Information is not held centrally on the membership of crime and disorder reduction partnerships, also commonly referred to as community safety partnerships, established under the Crime and Disorder Act 1998. In Wiltshire, the county council works closely with the four district-based community safety partnerships in the county who have responsibility for developing and implementing individual crime and disorder reduction strategies for their areas. The first strategies were published in March 1999 for the period 1999–2002. The next three-year strategies are due for publication by the end of March 2002. Crime and disorder reduction partnerships play an important role in tackling crime locally, ensuring a joined-up approach to crime prevention and community safety.
Antisocial Behaviour Orders
Mr. Key: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) antisocial behaviour orders and (b) curfew orders have been made in (i) Salisbury district and (ii) Wiltshire since the statutory commencement of the schemes. [5862]
Mr. Denham [holding answer 15 October 2001]: The number of antisocial behaviour orders (ASBOs) being applied for and issued is collected centrally by Magistrates Courts Committee (MCC) area only. We have no record of any such orders being made in the Wiltshire MCC between April 1999 and June 2001.
No applications have been received from local authorities or the police to establish child curfew schemes under section 14 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998, as amended by sections 48 and 49 of the Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001. These amendments extended the upper age limit to 15 and allow the police, as well as local authorities, to initiate schemes. These changes were implemented on 1 August 2001.
Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) antisocial behaviour orders and (b) curfew orders have been made in (i) Worthing borough, (ii) Adur district and (iii) Sussex since the statutory commencement of the schemes. [7611]
Mr. Denham [holding answer 15 October 2001]: The number of antisocial behaviour orders (ASBOs) being applied for and issued is collected centrally by Magistrates Courts Committee (MCC) area only. Between
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April 1999 and June 2001, four antisocial behaviour orders were applied for and issued in the Sussex MCC area.
No applications have been received from local authorities or the police to establish child curfew schemes under section 14 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998, as amended by sections 48 and 49 of the Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001. These amendments extended the upper age limit to 15 and allow the police, as well as local authorities, to initiate schemes. These changes were implemented on 1 August 2001.
Police Cells
Mr. Luff: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many cells in police stations have been closed in each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement; [6559]
- (2) how many police stations (a) have custody facilities and (b) have no such facilities; and if he will make a statement. [6612]
Mr. Denham: It is an operational decision for the Chief Constable to determine the number of custody facilities/ police cells required by his/her force. Information about the number of police stations with custody suites and the number of cell closures in each of the last three years is not held centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
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