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Immigration and Asylum
Mr. Chaytor:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he will issue the grant of status letter to Ms Nargis Shaheen (Home Office ref no s1128716). [112672]
Beverley Hughes
[holding answer 21 May 2003]: I can inform my hon Friend that Mrs Shaheen's grant of Indefinite Leave to Remain in the United Kingdom was issued to her legal representatives, Bury Law Centre, on 20 May 2003.
Gun Crime
Dr. Kumar:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many crimes involving firearms have occurred in each of the last eight years in (a) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland Constituency, (b) Teesside and (c) England per head of population; and if he will break down the figures to show those (i) involving airguns and (ii) resulting in fatalities. [114292]
Mr. Bob Ainsworth:
Details of recorded crimes involving firearms are not collected on a constituency basis. Available information on the number of recorded crimes and homicides involving firearms in the Cleveland police force area and England is given in the table.
Recorded crimes involving firearms
| Cleveland | England
|
|---|
| All firearm offences | Homicides | All firearm offences | Homicides
|
|---|
| 1994 | 190 | 0 | 12,718 | 60
|
| 1995 | 218 | 0 | 12,799 | 65
|
| 1996 | 201 | 1 | 13,214 | 48
|
| 1997 | 144 | 0 | 11,816 | 57
|
| 1998–99 | 245 | 1 | 13,283 | 49
|
| 1999–2000 | 199 | 2 | 16,234 | 62
|
| 2000–01 | 203 | 0 | 17,083 | 72
|
| 2001–02 | 267 | 1 | 21,659 | 95
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There was a change in counting rules for recorded crime on 1 April 1998, which would have had the effect of increasing the number of offences counted. Similarly, some police forces adopted the principles of the National Crime Recording Standard in advance of its national implementation on 1 April 2002, and this may also have tended to increase the number of crimes counted, particularly in 2001–02.
Heroin Addiction
John Mann:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the waiting list times are for (a) residential rehabilitation and (b) treatment for heroin addiction, broken down by DAT area. [113783]
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Mr. Bob Ainsworth
[holding answer 16 May 2003]: Waiting times for residential rehabilitation and the other main types of treatment services in all Drug Action Team (DAT) areas are regularly monitored by the National Treatment Agency (NTA). Waiting times for the treatment of heroin addiction are not recorded separately from waits for other drug problems.
The latest available figures are taken from the DAT Annual Returns submitted in April 2003 and reflect the position in December 2002. Initial analysis indicates that average longest waiting time for residential rehabilitation was 7.1 weeks.
The following table sets out the waiting times for the main types of treatment in each DAT area.
Longest Actual Waiting Times
| DAT Name | In-patient detoxification | Community Prescribing Specialist | Prescribing Community GPs | Care Structured Planned Counselling | Day Structured Programmes | Rehabilitation Residential
|
|---|
| Barking and Dagenham | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4
|
| Barnet | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6
|
| Barnsley | 5 | 6 | 2 | 6 | n/a | 12
|
| Bath and North East Some | 6 | 41 | 33 | 41 | 5 | 11
|
| Bedfordshire | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3
|
| Bexley | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2
|
| Birmingham | 1 | 60 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0
|
| Blackburn with Darwen | 1 | 16 | 16 | n/a | n/a | 1
|
| Blackpool | 12 | 36 | n/a | 2 | 2 | 3
|
| Bolton | — | — | — | — | — | —
|
| Bournemouth | 9 | 51 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 4
|
| Bracknell Forest | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 20
|
| Bradford | — | — | — | — | — | —
|
| Brent | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3
|
| Brighton and Hove | 13 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8
|
| Bristol, City of | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5
|
| Bromley | 6 | 3 | n/a | 3 | 1 | 3
|
| Buckinghamshire | 6 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4
|
| Bury | 8 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 0
|
| Calderdale | 4 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4
|
| Cambridgeshire | 4 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 20
|
| Camden | 21 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 21
|
| Cheshire | 13 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 4
|
| City of London | 4 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3
|
| Cornwall and Isles of Scilly | 10 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 5
|
| Coventry | 3 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0
|
| Croydon | 12 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 21
|
| Cumbria | 9 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 7
|
| Darlington | 6 | 18 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 12
|
| Derby | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 3 | 0
|
| Derbyshire | 2 | 20 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 3
|
| Devon | 5 | 8 | 3 | 3 | n/a | 14
|
| Doncaster | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | n/a | 0
|
| Dorset | 6 | 26 | 15 | 2 | 10 | 24
|
| Dudley | 0 | 10 | 10 | 10 | n/a | 5
|
| Durham | 3 | 12 | 10 | 24 | 4 | 0
|
| Ealing | — | — | — | — | — | —
|
| East Riding of Yorkshire | 8 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 26
|
| East Sussex | 12 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12
|
| Enfield | — | — | — | — | — | —
|
| Essex | 6 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 10
|
| Gateshead | 0 | n/a | 10 | 0 | n/a | 0
|
| Gloucestershire | 16 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4
|
| Greenwich | 13 | 12 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 3
|
| Hackney | 6 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5
|
| Halton | 4 | 2 | 2 | n/a | n/a | 4
|
| Hammersmith and Fulham | 3 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 5
|
| Hampshire | 16 | 15 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 12
|
| Haringey | 2 | 8 | n/a | 2 | 2 | 2
|
| Harrow | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3
|
| Hartlepool | 11 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 11
|
| Havering | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3
|
| Herefordshire | 12 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 12
|
| Hertfordshire | 12 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 12
|
| Hillingdon | 10 | 1 | n/a | 2 | n/a | 0
|
| Hounslow | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3
|
| Isle of Wight | 12 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3
|
| Islington | 14 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 28
|
| Kensington and Chelsea | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4
|
| Kent | 5 | 20 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 16
|
| Kingston upon Hull, City of | 8 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3
|
| Kingston upon Thames | 14 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2
|
| Kirklees | 0 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0
|
| Knowsley | 8 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3
|
| Lambeth | — | — | — | — | — | —
|
| Lancashire | 11 | 35 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 4
|
| Leeds | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | n/a | 6
|
| Leicester | 4 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 44
|
| Leicestershire | 4 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 44
|
| Lewisham | 40 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4
|
| Lincolnshire | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 4 | 2
|
| Liverpool | 8 | 12 | 8 | 4 | n/a | 12
|
| Luton | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1
|
| Manchester | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10
|
| Medway | 5 | 8 | n/a | n/a | 2 | 16
|
| Merton | 11 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2
|
| Middlesbrough | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4
|
| Milton Keynes | 2 | 17 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 14
|
| Newcastle upon Tyne | 4 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8
|
| Newham | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3
|
| Norfolk | 32 | 12 | 2 | 15 | n/a | 32
|
| North East Lincolnshire | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8
|
| North Lincolnshire | 8 | 11 | 2 | 4 | n/a | 12
|
| North Somerset | 19 | 19 | 19 | 6 | 8 | 8
|
| North Tyneside | 3 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3
|
| North Yorkshire | n/a | 10 | 3 | 4 | 1 | n/a
|
| Northamptonshire | 8 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0
|
| Northumberland | 2 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 6
|
| Nottingham | 8 | 9 | 3 | 9 | n/a | 4
|
| Nottinghamshire | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 10
|
| Oldham | 12 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5
|
| Oxfordshire | 5 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 2 | 4
|
| Peterborough | 4 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 20
|
| Plymouth | 12 | 65 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 12
|
| Poole | 9 | 3 | n/a | 1 | 11 | 1
|
| Portsmouth | 8 | 2 | n/a | 2 | 1 | 8
|
| Reading | — | — | — | — | — | —
|
| Redbridge | 6 | 4 | n/a | n/a | 4 | 10
|
| Redcar and Cleveland | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3
|
| Richmond upon Thames | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4
|
| Rochdale | 3 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2
|
| Rotherham | 2 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2
|
| Rutland | 4 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4
|
| Salford | 12 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3
|
| Sandwell | n/a | 4 | n/a | 2 | n/a | n/a
|
| Sefton | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4
|
| Sheffield | 4 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 7
|
| Shropshire | 9 | 21 | 4 | 22 | n/a | 18
|
| Slough | 4 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 6
|
| Solihull | n/a | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3
|
| Somerset | 30 | 31 | 12 | 5 | n/a | 32
|
| South Gloucestershire | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0
|
| South Tyneside | 2 | 8 | n/a | 1 | 2 | 4
|
| Southampton | 4 | 14 | n/a | 4 | n/a | 4
|
| Southend on Sea | 20 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 20 | 4
|
| Southwark | 40 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 16
|
| St. Helens | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4
|
| Staffordshire | 7 | 9 | 3 | n/a | 2 | 6
|
| Stockport | 8 | 3 | 4 | 2 | n/a | 2
|
| Stockton on Tees | 9 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 0
|
| Stoke on Trent | 7 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 4
|
| Suffolk | 5 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5
|
| Sunderland | n/a | 12 | n/a | 8 | 2 | 3
|
| Surrey | 26 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 0
|
| Sutton | 12 | 3 | na | 1 | na | na
|
| Swindon | 1 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 4
|
| Tameside | 8 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2
|
| Telford and Wrekin | 4 | 25 | 3 | 9 | n/a | 0
|
| Thurrock | 4 | 3 | n/a | 4 | n/a | 4
|
| Torbay | 6 | 20 | 1 | 4 | n/a | 4
|
| Tower Hamlets | 6 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6
|
| Trafford | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4
|
| Wakefield | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9
|
| Walsall | 6 | 6 | 3 | 6 | n/a | 4
|
| Waltham Forest | 8 | 8 | n/a | 7 | 0 | 10
|
| Wandsworth | 20 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8
|
| Warrington | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6
|
| Warwickshire | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | n/a | 8
|
| West Berkshire | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6
|
| West Sussex | 2 | 9 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 4
|
| Westminster | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3
|
| Wigan | 14 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3
|
| Wiltshire | — | — | — | — | — | —
|
| Windsor and Maidenhead | 0 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 20
|
| Wirral | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3
|
| Wokingham | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3
|
| Wolverhampton | 4 | 2 | n/a | 2 | 2 | 4
|
| Worcestershire | 0 | 24 | 6 | 1 | n/a | 1
|
| York | n/a | 8 | 2 | 4 | n/a | n/a
|
| Average | 7.36 | 9.26 | 3.90 | 5.04 | 2.96 | 7.18
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