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Stop and Search
Mrs. Curtis-Thomas: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether the Association of Chief Police Officers has (a) reviewed and (b) revised its guidelines on stop and search procedures. [191322]
Ms Blears:
The Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) last issued guidance on stop and search procedures in August 2001 (Manual of guidance on stop and search). They have no plans to revise or review this guidance but have contributed to the Recording of 'stops' Implementation Guide (issued by the Home Office in March 2004) and the 'Interim Guidance on
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Stop and Search' (issued by the Home Office, ACPO, and the APA in July 2004). They will also be a member of the Stop and Search Action Team Delivery Board that will deliver the Stop and Search Manual in 2005.
Mrs. Curtis-Thomas: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department with which groups he has had discussions regarding stop and search and arrest and detention powers. [191540]
Ms Blears: The Home Office launched the Stop and Search Action Team (SSAT) in July 2004 to ensure that the police use their powers of stop and search fairly and as effectively as possible. The SSAT are working with both police and community representatives to deliver their work programme.
The PACE Codes that govern arrest and detention powers are consulted on widely by the police service, authorities and community groups. This is then referred to the Home Affairs Select Committee and then onto Parliament for approval.
Violent Crime
Mr. Jim Cunningham: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many violent attacks against Asian men were recorded in each of the last five years, broken down by police force area. [192980]
Ms Blears [holding answer 25 October 2004]: This information is not collected centrally. It is not possible to identify the ethnicity of victims of violent attacks from the recorded crime statistics.
Tom Cox: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many reported cases of violence against women there have been in the Metropolitan police force area during the last 12 months. [193800]
Ms Blears: This information is not collected centrally. However, the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis reports as follows:
The British Crime Survey provides a measure of incidents of violence against women which includes those offences that are not reported to the police. Further information is available in chapter 5 of Home Office Statistical Bulletin 10/04 'Crime in England and Wales 2003/04'. A copy is available in the Library and it can also be accessed via the Home Office website.
Women Chief Constables
Tom Cox: To ask the Secretary of State for The Home Department how many women are chief constables in each of the policing divisions. [191955]
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Ms Blears: Four women currently hold chief constable or equivalent posts in police forces in the United Kingdom.
CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT
Creative Partnerships Programme
Mr. Boris Johnson: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what contribution her Department has made to the additional £70 million funds allocated to the Creative Partnerships programme until 2006. [195402]
Estelle Morris: The Department allocated all of the additional £70 million for the delivery of the Creative Partnerships programme until 2006. This is enabling the programme to continue to support the existing 16 partnerships, and to expand to nine new areas this year and a further 11 areas in 2005. DfES has allocated an additional £2.5 million to the programme in 2004–05.
Mr. Boris Johnson: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport which indices of multiple deprivation were used to select those areas included in (a) phase one, (b) phase two and (c) phase three of the Creative Partnerships programme. [195403]
Estelle Morris: The primary indices of deprivation used to select areas for inclusion in the first phase of Creative Partnerships were: the DETR Index of Multiple Deprivation 2000; the DfEE Free School Meal Index; and, the list of DETR Rural Development Areas. For phases two and three of the programme, the primary indices were the list of Neighbourhood Renewal Fund Areas and the Index of Multiple Deprivation 2000.
For all three phases of the programme, the regional offices of Arts Council England were permitted some flexibility in selecting areas, to take account of cultural and regional priorities, and the need for the programme to achieve a national spread.
Mr. Boris Johnson: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what plans she has to extend the Creative Partnerships programme beyond phase three areas. [195404]
Estelle Morris: There are currently no plans to extend Creative Partnerships beyond the 36 areas already directly involved in the programme. However, the Creative Partnerships team will continue to work nationally and locally with colleagues from other areas to spread the lessons being learned through the programme more widely.
National Lottery
Mr. Dobson: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what assessment her Department has made of the impact of more casinos on the (a) takings and (b) disbursements of the national lottery. [194114]
Mr. Caborn:
The position remains as set out in paragraph 5.11 of "A safe bet for success", laid before Parliament as Cm 5397.
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Social Exclusion (Lottery Funding)
Vera Baird: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what assessment she has made of the contribution that the lottery has made to combating social exclusion in the Tees Valley. [194580]
Estelle Morris [holding answer 1 November 2004]: Lottery distributors are required to take into account the need to reduce economic and social deprivation in making awards. It is not possible to identify the exact value of funding to the Tees Valley, or to identify the exact value of funding specifically to target social exclusion. Redcar has received a total of 234 awards amounting to £18,730,581 from the lottery.
Lottery funding has transformed the lives of thousands of people across the UK; it has raised over £16 billion for good causes and funded over 160,000 projects.
Tourism
Mr. Sanders: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what the growth rates in the tourism industry were in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available. [195224]
Mr. Caborn: Tourism industry growth rates are currently available on a consistent basis only since 2000, and these are shown in the table:
| Gross value added (£ billion) | Growth (%) | |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 32.0 | — |
| 2001 | 31.5 | -1.5 |
| 2002 | 32.2 | 2.1 |
| 2003 | 32.8 | 1.9 |
Source:
UK Tourism Satellite Accounts First Steps project, September 2004
Mr. Sanders: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what her estimate is of current growth rates in the tourism industry. [195250]
Mr. Caborn: The latest estimate for growth in the tourism industry is for 2002–03, and stood at 1.9 per cent. This estimate is from the UK Tourism Satellite Account First Steps Project, which was published in September 2004.
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