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Community Sentences

Simon Hughes: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what proportion of (a) men and (b) women serving community sentences in the last two years breached the terms of their sentence. [93303]

Hilary Benn: The information requested for England and Wales for the years 2000 and 2001 is contained in the table.

Data for 2002 is not yet available.

Offenders whose breaches(1) of original community sentence or order were proved to the satisfaction of the court by type of sentence or order breached and the proportion breaching original orders—England and Wales
Numbers and percentages

20002001
MaleFemaleTotalMaleFemaleTotal
Number of offenders breaching orders
Community rehabilitation order(2)10,6992,75913,45810,5122,81613,328
Supervision order7411428839681701,138
Community punishment order(2)15,9561,37517,33114,8051,31416,119
Attendance centre order1,3321271,459870105975
Community punishment and rehabilitation order(2)6,4576207,0776,2796386,917
Curfew order4096447367487761
Reparation order3854312742169
Action plan order1021912134075415
Drug treatment and testing order35338614109723
Total community sentences35,7695,11440,88335,1895,35640,545
Number of offenders sentenced
Community rehabilitation order(2)44,27112,18856,45946,29512,02258,497
Supervision order9,7111,84511,5569,3301,75311,083
Community punishment order(2)44,5175,46649,98344,0525,71249,764
Attendance centre order6,4595827,0415,3644605,824
Community punishment and rehabilitation order(2)17,3001,94119,24113,1991,46314,662
Curfew order2,3252722,5973,4673963,863
Reparation order3,3826023,9846,7461,2297,975
Action plan order3,6786784,3567,2291,4218,650
Drug treatment and testing order270513213,5666634,229
Total community sentences131,91323,625155,538139,87825,119164,997
Offenders breaching orders as a percentage of offenders sentenced(3)
Community rehabilitation order(2)242323232323
Supervision order77710910
Community punishment order(2)362635332432
Attendance centre order182019152015
Community punishment and rehabilitation order(2)363135413741
Curfew order222823232624
Reparation order(4)(4)(4)(4)(4)(4)
Action plan order(4)(4)(4)(4)(4)(4)
Drug treatment and testing order(4)(4)(4)(4)(4)(4)
Total community sentences282327282327

(1) Breaches cover the commission of further offences or the breaking of other conditions laid down in the orders. Examples of such "other conditions" include, among other things: Requirements as to residence; to participate in or refrain from specified activities; attendance at probation centre; to undergo treatment for medical condition or drug/alcohol dependency.

(2) New names for these community sentences came into force in April 2001. Community rehabilitation order was previously probation order, community punishment order was previously community service order and community punishment and rehabilitation order was previously combination order.

(3) An approximation to the breach rate because offenders breaching in one year may have been given the sentence or order in an earlier year. The average of the number of sentences for the year indicated and in the previous year has been used as the denominator to provide a better estimate.

(4) not available. (These orders have not been available for a sufficient length of time for a breach rate to be calculated. Such orders have also been excluded from the breach rate for 'Total Community Sentences').


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Joint Enterprise (Murder)

Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans he has to propose amendments to the Criminal Justice Bill to deal with the use of joint enterprise to reduce a charge of murder by parents or carers of children to a charge of child cruelty. [97858]

Hilary Benn: We are considering what measures may be needed to deal with Joint Enterprise, in addition to those already contained in the Bill. The legislative timetable may not permit the measures to be finalised in time for inclusion in the Criminal Justice Bill. If this is the case, we will legislate at the earliest opportunity.

Memorials (Safety)

Mrs. Dean: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what guidance has been given to local authorities about the safety-testing of non-monolithic memorials without approved ground anchor fixing; [98951]

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Hilary Benn: As I explained in my reply to the hon. Member for Westbury (Dr. Murrison) on 27 January 2003, Official Report, Column 622W, we hope to be in a position to issue appropriate guidance later this year in the light of the consideration currently being given to these matters by a Home Office-chaired group of relevant representative and professional organisations.

Overseas Students

Mr. Cousins: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department which overseas students paying the full overseas student fee are required to re-register home addresses under the foreign national rules; and why they are required to do so. [99091]

Beverley Hughes: Overseas students who are "relevant foreign nationals" and who have been granted leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom for a period exceeding six months are normally required to register with their local police force, and to notify them of any subsequent change to their home address. The purpose of the registration scheme is primarily to provide the Security authorities with information about foreign nationals. Countries whose citizens are "relevant foreign nationals" for the purposes of the scheme are listed at Appendix 2 to the Immigration Rules (HC395), as amended by Cm3953.

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Police Authorities

Mr. Ben Chapman: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on the budgets of police authorities over each of the last five years. [91884]

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Mr. Denham: Information on police authority budget requirements in England and Wales for the last five years and annual percentage changes are set out in the table. Police Authorities have until 1 March 2003 to set their budget requirements for 2003–04.

1998–99 (£ m)1999–2000 (£ m)% change2000–01(£ m)% change2001–02(£ m)% change 2001–02(£ m) Adjusted2002–03(£ m)% change
Avon and Somerset164.8173.35.2181.24.6189.74.7185.6196.15.7
Bedfordshire61.363.43.466.85.470.75.869.272.64.9
Cambridgeshire70.875.26.279.55.784.15.882.390.810.4
Cheshire105.0111.15.8115.13.6121.85.8119.1125.04.9
City of London57.357.1-0.357.91.459.73.158.560.43.2
Cleveland79.383.35.086.53.890.74.988.895.77.8
Cumbria61.964.54.267.44.570.64.769.172.75.2
Derbyshire98.8106.57.8111.14.3117.05.2114.4123.68.0
Devon and Cornwall164.7175.96.8182.43.7191.14.8186.9198.46.1
Dorset72.677.46.681.04.784.64.482.787.96.2
Durham77.081.35.684.03.387.74.385.889.24.0
Dyfed Powys52.855.75.559.05.962.96.662.365.34.8
Essex163.6169.53.6183.18194.86.4190.6198.54.1
Gloucestershire62.466.05.868.63.972.25.270.675.06.2
Gr. Manchester365.7382.54.6393.62.9411.14.4402.3415.33.2
Gwent67.971.45.276.16.680.7679.984.45.6
Hampshire187.1196.55.0204.74.2216.25.6211.5227.57.6
Hertfordshire96.0101.65.8121.219.3129.36.7126.5132.74.9
Humberside110.0114.33.9118.94128.27.8125.4131.64.9
Kent176.1184.24.6193.14.8206.77202.2214.66.1
Lancashire174.4181.34.0189.64.6198.04.4193.7202.04.3
Leicestershire101.1106.35.1110.23.7116.45.6113.9122.67.6
Lincolnshire65.869.75.972.64.276.14.874.477.13.7
Merseyside239.6247.03.1253.72.7271.77.1265.9268.61.0
Metropolitan Police1,777.51,836.23.31,830.0-0.31,980.18.21,941.92,037.74.9
Norfolk81.086.97.391.55.398.47.596.3104.48.4
Northamptonshire66.170.46.573.44.376.84.675.181.68.6
Northumbria202.6212.64.9218.42.7227.64.2222.7228.62.6
North Wales75.279.65.984.05.589.56.588.593.55.6
North Yorkshire74.478.04.881.03.885.968493.110.9
Nottinghamshire122.9129.65.5133.93.2140.34.9137.2145.25.8
South Wales166.9170.01.8179.15.4188.95.5187.0195.04.3
South Yorkshire165.1173.35.0179.73.7187.24.2183.1191.44.5
Staffordshire117.2122.24.3127.03.9134.35.7131.3137.04.3
Suffolk65.869.96.272.94.377.66.475.981.26.9
Surrey88.893.45.2119.928.4122.42.1119.7128.67.4
Sussex161.4168.04.1174.53.9183.95.4179.9189.85.5
Thames Valley217.4229.15.4238.34252.15.8246.6259.35.1
Warwickshire52.855.95.958.95.462.45.961.65.87.8
West Mercia110.3116.55.6125.77.9133.26130.3144.410.8
West Midlands367.2380.93.7394.63.6410.74.1401.8415.53.4
West Yorkshire278.2289.13.9301.44.3314.14.2307.3323.95.4
Wiltshire65.668.95.072.04.575.65.074.077.64.8
Total7,132.407,445.504.47,713.43.68,173.06.08,005.308,421.25.2



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