House of Commons Hansard Written Answers for 19 Mar 2003 (pt 16)

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Burglaries

Keith Vaz: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many burglaries were reported to the police in the (a) Greater London area and (b) England in the last year that figures are available; and how many of those have been resolved. [102233]

Mr. Bob Ainsworth: The number of burglary offences recorded and detected by the police for the 12 months to March 2002, are given in the table.

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Burglary offences

Police force area Recorded Detected

Greater London⁽¹³⁾ 116,498 12,187

England 846,287 100,634

	Burglary offences
Police force area	Recorded	Detected
Greater London⁽¹³⁾	116,498	12,187
England	846,287	100,634

⁽¹³⁾ Metropolitan Police and City of London police force areas.

Cannabis

Mr. Mullin: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will publish his response to the criticism by UNGASS of the Government's proposed reclassification of cannabis. [102805]

Mr. Bob Ainsworth: Copies of my letter to Herr Herbert Schaepe, the Secretary to the International Narcotics Control Board, will be placed in the Library.

Community Sentences

Hugh Bayley: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) Anti-Social Behaviour Orders, (b) Parenting Orders and (c) Curfew Orders have been issued in York in each of the last three years. [102644]

Mr. Bob Ainsworth: The information is as follows:

(a) Anti-Social Behaviour Orders (ASBOs) were introduced from 1 April 1999. Information held centrally up to 31 May 2000 is for the number of ASBOs issued within England and Wales by police force area only.

From 1 June 2000 official statistics on the number of ASBOs issued within England and Wales are based on quarterly returns from Magistrates' Courts Committees (MCCs). From copies of the orders we have been able to identify local authority areas involved. The number of notifications received by the Home Office of ASBOs issued in York, from 1 June 2000 to 30 September 2002 (latest available) is six.

We are aware that the numbers of ASBOs made nationally have been consistently under-reported in returns made by magistrates' courts and are considering how reporting can be improved.

(b) Youth Justice Board figures indicate that between April 2000 and December 2002 a total of eight Parenting Orders were imposed in York.

(c) Figures from the electronic monitoring contractors indicate that six Curfew Orders with electronic monitoring were imposed in York during the period 2000 to 2002.

No applications have yet been received to establish a local child curfew scheme under section 14 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998. Some local authorities and police forces have considered the possibility but concluded that other measures should be taken to tackle relevant local problems.

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Correspondence

Mr. Salmond: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he will reply to the letter dated 20 January 2003 from the hon. Member for Banff and Buchan regarding his constituent Mr. R. Edgar of Peterhead. [102388]

Hilary Benn [holding answer 13 March 2003]: I will write to the hon. Member as soon as possible.

Mr. Burns: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he will reply to the letter from the hon. Member for West Chelmsford of 11 November 2002, ref 23338/2. [102933]

Beverley Hughes [holding answer 17 March 2003]: I wrote to the hon. Member on 11 March 2003.

Crime Statistics

Mr. Evans: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the percentage clear-up rate for crimes in Wales was in each year since 1997. [102536]

Mr. Bob Ainsworth: The requested information is given in the following table.

Percentage

Detection rate

1997⁽¹⁴⁾ 41

1997–98⁽¹⁵⁾ 41

1998–99⁽¹⁶⁾ 46

1999–2000⁽¹⁷⁾ 40

2000–01⁽¹⁷⁾ 41

2001–02⁽¹⁷⁾^,⁽¹⁸⁾ 39

	Detection rate
1997⁽¹⁴⁾	41
1997–98⁽¹⁵⁾	41
1998–99⁽¹⁶⁾	46
1999–2000⁽¹⁷⁾	40
2000–01⁽¹⁷⁾	41
2001–02⁽¹⁷⁾^,⁽¹⁸⁾	39

⁽¹⁴⁾ Recorded on a calendar year basis up to 1997, and then on a financial year basis thereafter.

⁽¹⁵⁾ The number of crimes recorded in that financial year using the coverage and rules in use until 31 March 1998.

⁽¹⁶⁾ The number of crimes recorded in that financial year using the expanded offence coverage and revised counting rules which came into effect on 1 April 1998.

⁽¹⁷⁾ Revised detections guidance was implemented on 1 April 1999.

⁽¹⁸⁾ Three out of the four police force areas in Wales (Dyfed Powys, North Wales and South Wales) adopted the principles of the National Crime Recording Standard (NCRS) prior to its national introduction across England and Wales on 1 April 2002. This may have affected the detection rates given.

There was a change in counting rules for detections on 1 April 1999. The new instructions provide more precise and rigorous criteria for recording a detection, with the underlying emphasis on the successful result of a police investigation. Numbers of detections before and after this date are therefore not directly comparable.

Hugh Bayley: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the heads under which City of York Council received money to tackle crime in each year since 1997; and how much was received in each case. [102649]

Mr. Bob Ainsworth: The following table outlines the heads under which programme funding has been provided to the City of York Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnership since 1997 to tackle crime and identifies the level of funding in each case.

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Funding provision£

1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04

Arrest Referral Scheme — 13,221 13,618 13,958 —

Reducing Burglary Initiative⁽¹⁹⁾ 17,065 — — — —

Intervention Work in Schools⁽¹⁹⁾ 79,000 — — — —

CCTV⁽¹⁹⁾ 228,000 — — — —

Partnership Development Fund — 5,583 52,000 47,500 —

Communities Against Drugs — — 163,800 163,800 —

Safer Communities Initiative — — — 59,484 —

Funding for Crime Disorder Reduction Partnerships (CDRPs) — — — — 230,888

Basic Command Unit Fund⁽²⁰⁾ — — — — 208,578

Total 324,065 18,804 229,418 284,742 439,466

	1999–2000	2000–01	2001–02	2002–03	2003–04
Arrest Referral Scheme	—	13,221	13,618	13,958	—
Reducing Burglary Initiative⁽¹⁹⁾	17,065	—	—	—	—
Intervention Work in Schools⁽¹⁹⁾	79,000	—	—	—	—
CCTV⁽¹⁹⁾	228,000	—	—	—	—
Partnership Development Fund	—	5,583	52,000	47,500	—
Communities Against Drugs	—	—	163,800	163,800	—
Safer Communities Initiative	—	—	—	59,484	—
Funding for Crime Disorder Reduction Partnerships (CDRPs)	—	—	—	—	230,888
Basic Command Unit Fund⁽²⁰⁾	—	—	—	—	208,578
Total	324,065	18,804	229,418	284,742	439,466

⁽¹⁹⁾ The total funding for these projects was allocated in 1999–2000 although the projects themselves may have lasted more than one year.

⁽²⁰⁾ The Basic Command Unit Fund will be provided to the Central region of North Yorkshire Police of which the City of York is a part. This funding is for use within the Partnership.

Mr. Rosindell: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on crime committed by asylum applicants residing in the United Kingdom. [102923]

Beverley Hughes: We take very seriously any criminal or anti-social acts committed by asylum seekers. Although there is no evidence to suggest that asylum seekers are disproportionately likely to commit crime, we have taken powers in the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 to prevent serious criminals availing themselves of the protection of the 1951 Refugee Convention. We will seek to remove such criminals from the United Kingdom wherever possible.

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Mr. Burns: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many offenders were recorded in (a) the Chelmsford division of Essex police and (b) Essex in each year since 1997, broken down by category. [103120]

Hilary Benn: It is not possible, from the information collected centrally, to separately identify offenders convicted or cautioned in the Essex police division of Chelmsford. The table gives offenders found guilty at all courts or cautioned ('known offenders') in Essex for the years 1997 to 2001 by offence group.

Figures for 2002 will be published in the autumn.

Offenders found guilty at all courts or cautioned ('known offenders') in Essex, by offence group

Offence group 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001

Violence Against The Person 1,206 1,072 983 825 859

Sexual Offences 164 154 123 119 81

Burglary 821 762 731 614 554

Robbery 69 92 93 94 81

Theft and Handling Stolen Goods 5,163 4,987 4,447 4,085 4,221

Fraud and Forgery 581 569 551 494 504

Criminal Damage 604 414 378 323 858

Drug Offences 2,158 2,173 2,038 1,702 1,588

Other Indictable Non-Motoring 978 1,094 862 829 755

Indictable Motoring Offences⁽²¹⁾ 265 264 202 188 209

Total Indictable Offences 12,009 11,581 10,408 9,273 9,710

Summary Non-Motoring Offences 16,302 18,951 17,980 18,368 14,137

Summary Motoring Offences⁽²¹⁾ 19,489 19,152 20,525 19,931 21,979

Total summary offences 35,791 38,103 38,505 38,299 36,116

Total all offences 47,800 49,684 48,913 47,572 45,826

Offence group	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001
Violence Against The Person	1,206	1,072	983	825	859
Sexual Offences	164	154	123	119	81
Burglary	821	762	731	614	554
Robbery	69	92	93	94	81
Theft and Handling Stolen Goods	5,163	4,987	4,447	4,085	4,221
Fraud and Forgery	581	569	551	494	504
Criminal Damage	604	414	378	323	858
Drug Offences	2,158	2,173	2,038	1,702	1,588
Other Indictable Non-Motoring	978	1,094	862	829	755
Indictable Motoring Offences⁽²¹⁾	265	264	202	188	209
Total Indictable Offences	12,009	11,581	10,408	9,273	9,710
Summary Non-Motoring Offences	16,302	18,951	17,980	18,368	14,137
Summary Motoring Offences⁽²¹⁾	19,489	19,152	20,525	19,931	21,979
Total summary offences	35,791	38,103	38,505	38,299	36,116
Total all offences	47,800	49,684	48,913	47,572	45,826

⁽²¹⁾ Offenders found guilty only; motoring offences may attract written warnings.

Mr. Andrew Rosindell: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many asylum seekers residing in the UK have been prosecuted for (a) sexual crime, (b) violent crime, (c) robbery and (d) other criminal offences in each year from 1997 to 2003; and what the total cost to public funds has been of such prosecutions. [102922]

Hilary Benn: The information requested is not collected centrally.

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