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Bicester Accommodation Centre

Tony Baldry: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much of his Department's budget was allocated to building an accommodation centre for asylum seekers at Bicester in (a) 2003–04, (b) 2004–05 and (c) 2005–06. [43509]

Mr. McNulty: The capital budget allocation for the development of the trial of accommodation centres was £3 million in 2003–04 and £54 million in 2004–05. The capital budget allocation in 2005–06 was £52 million and related only to the centre near Bicester.

Community Support Officers

Miss McIntosh: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what criteria were used in making the decision not to give community support officers powers to arrest. [43415]

Hazel Blears: The primary role of community support officers (CSOs) is to provide high visibility reassurance policing and to tackle low level crime and anti-social behaviour. We have set out our proposals to establish a standard set of powers for CSOs which includes the power to detain a person for up to 30 minutes, pending the arrival of a constable. The proposed standard set of powers will ensure that all CSOs have the powers necessary to play a full role in neighbourhood policing teams.

Correspondence

Daniel Kawczynski: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he will reply to the letterdated 28 November 2005 regarding police re-organisation from Mr. Terrence S. Hyde, a constituent of the hon. Member for Shrewsbury and Atcham. [43060]

Hazel Blears: A reply was sent to Mr. Terence Hyde, on 16 January 2006, and a copy has been sent to the hon. Member.
 
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Clare Short: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when the Immigration and Nationality Directorate will reply to the letter of 22 November 2005 from the right hon. Member for Birmingham, Ladywood, on behalf of Juliet Johnson (Home Office reference J1094975, acknowledgement reference B28026/5). [43175]

Mr. McNulty: Immigration and Nationality Directorate wrote to the right hon. Member for Birmingham, Ladywood on 18 January 2006.

Clare Short: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when the immigration and nationality directorate will reply to the letter of 22 November 2005 from the hon. Member for Birmingham, Ladywood, on behalf of Ansumana Barrow and Fatoumata Barrow (reference B453843, acknowledgement reference BZ8028/5). [44108]

Mr. McNulty: The immigration and nationality directorate replied to the right hon. Member for Birmingham, Ladywood on 19 January 2006.
 
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Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he will reply to the letter of 12 October 2005 from the hon. Member for Hornsey and Wood Green regarding her constituent Mr. Isaac Amas-Osasu (Home Office ref: A1435001). [44722]

Mr. McNulty: The immigration and nationality directorate replied to the hon. Member's letter to the Head of Member of Parliament Correspondence Section on 20 January 2005.

Crime Statistics

Mr. Laws: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many notifiable offences were committed in England in each year since 1976–77, broken down by (a) burglary, (b) car crime, (c) robbery, (d) violent crime and (e) other offences; what the percentage change was in each year; and if he will make a statement. [41306]

Hazel Blears: The available information is given in the following tables.
Table 1: Offences recorded by the police in England Number and percentage

	All burglary		Vehicle crime		Robbery
	Number	Percentage change	Number	Percentage change	Number	Percentage change
1976	486,771	n/a	480,394	n/a	11,267	n/a
1977(10)	571,101	n/a	575,770	n/a	13,395	n/a
1978	536,683	-6	581,395	1	12,867	-4
1979	521,272	-3	559,669	-4	12,218	-5
1980	590,153	13	590,343	5	14,699	20
1981	686,899	16	680,227	15	19,920	36
1982	771,713	12	763,850	12	22,497	13
1983	772,981	0	715,113	-6	21,813	-3
1984	854,736	11	762,280	7	24,610	13
1985	828,808	-3	807,248	6	27,179	10
1986	886,347	7	941,747	17	29,630	9
1987	855,910	-3	997,343	6	32,262	9
1988	776,413	-9	930,414	-7	31,055	-4
1989	786,917	1	969,065	4	32,777	6
1990	961,696	22	1,200,462	24	35,731	9
1991	1,160,470	21	1,416,489	18	44,738	25
1992	1,290,664	11	1,468,715	4	52,224	17
1993	1,307,683	1	1,445,873	-2	57,098	9
1994	1,203,637	-8	1,303,055	-10	59,377	4
1995	1,183,159	-2	1,253,756	-4	67,284	13
1996	1,112,752	-6	1,227,368	-2	73,172	9
1997	968,630	-13	1,057,787	-14	62,261	-15

Number and percentage

	Violent crime(9)		All other offences		Total
	Number	Percentage change	Number	Percentage change	Number	Percentage change
1976	105,583	n/a	954,119	n/a	2,026,867	n/a
1977(10)	110,915	n/a	1,242,780	n/a	2,500,566	n/a
1978	116,242	5	1,196,503	-4	2,430,823	-3
1979	122,602	5	1,205,727	1	2,409,270	-1
1980	126,956	4	1,248,511	4	2,555,963	6
1981	133,415	5	1,320,928	6	2,821,469	10
1982	143,830	8	1,425,591	8	3,104,984	10
1983	146,677	2	1,451,377	2	3,086,148	-1
1984	151,899	4	1,558,657	7	3,327,572	8
1985	162,791	7	1,636,758	5	3,435,605	3
1986	169,696	4	1,659,879	1	3,657,669	6
1987	189,053	11	1,655,090	0	3,697,396	1
1988	205,398	9	1,607,085	-3	3,519,310	-5
1989	227,638	11	1,691,243	5	3,674,863	4
1990	236,985	4	1,915,220	13	4,314,363	17
1991	251,720	6	2,176,456	14	5,005,135	16
1992	268,821	7	2,276,259	5	5,304,459	6
1993	278,380	4	2,215,301	-3	5,247,237	-1
1994	296,208	6	2,194,007	-1	4,996,907	-5
1995	295,428	0	2,120,551	-3	4,852,894	-3
1996	326,387	10	2,123,800	0	4,790,307	-1
1997	326,993	0	2,007,981	-5	4,361,391	-9

n/a=not applicable.
⁽⁹⁾Includes violence against the person, sexual offences and robbery.
⁽¹⁰⁾In 1977, offences of criminal damage of value £20 and under were introduced into the series.



 
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Table 2: Offences recorded by the police in England⁽¹¹⁾ Number and percentage

	All burglary		Vehicle crime		Robbery
	Number	Percentage change	Number	Percentage change	Number	Percentage change
1998–99	911,243	n/a	1,021,565	n/a	65,982	n/a
1999–2000	869,704	-5	992,054	-3	83,368	26
2000–01	803,144	-8	924,795	-7	94,264	13
2001–02	846,301	n/a	1,025,945	n/a	120,329	n/a

Number and percentage

	Violent crime(12)		All other offences		Total
	Number	Percentage change	Number	Percentage change	Number	Percentage change
1998–99	571,027	n/a	2,343,260	n/a	4,847,095	n/a
1999–2000	662,525	16	2,521,415	8	5,045,698	4
2000–01	692,552	5	2,511,903	0	4,932,394	-2
2001–02	773,897	n/a	2,637,449	n/a	5,283,592	n/a

n/a=not applicable.
⁽¹¹⁾Using the expanded coverage and revised counting rules which came into effect on 1 April 1988. Figures in this table are not directly comparable with those for earlier years.
⁽¹²⁾Includes violence against the person, sexual offences and robbery.



Table 3: Offences recorded by the police in England⁽¹³⁾ Number and percentage

	All burglary		Vehicle crime		Robbery
	Number	Percentage change	Number	Percentage change	Number	Percentage change
2002–03	851,988	1	926,971	-10	106,652	-11
2003–04	783,970	-8	843,228	-9	99,914	-6
2004–05	650,682	-17	699,474	-17	87,625	-12

Number and percentage

	Violent crime(14)		All other offences		Total
	Number	Percentage change	Number	Percentage change	Number	Percentage change
2002–03	935,019	21	2,888,938	10	5,602,916	6
2003–04	1,052,601	13	2,965,518	3	5,645,317	1
2004–05	1,127,681	7	2,817,212	-5	5,295,049	-6

⁽¹³⁾The National Crime Recording Standard was introduced nationally in April 2002. Because of this, figures in this table are not directly comparable with those for earlier years.
⁽¹⁴⁾Includes violence against the person, sexual offences and robbery.

Mr. Jenkins: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many recorded offences of (a) burglary, (b) thefts and (c) thefts from cars there have been in each division of the Staffordshire police force in each year since 1997. [43474]

 
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Hazel Blears: The available information relates to offences recorded in basic command units (BCUs) in the Staffordshire police force area and is given in the tables. Data at BCD level have only been collected since 1999.
 
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Table 1: Recorded offences in Staffordshire 1999–2000 to 2001–02 Number of offences

Basic Command Unit	Offence	1999–2000	2000–01	2001–02
Chase	Domestic burglary	1,624	1,615	1,912
	Thefts	(15)—	10,094	9,750
	of which:
	Thefts from cars	2,536	3,134	2,968
North Staffordshire	Domestic burglary	1,600	1,235	1,417
	Thefts	(15)—	6,347	7,791
	of which:
	Thefts from cars	2,625	2,086	2,861
Stoke on Trent	Domestic burglary	4,336	3,176	3,093
	Thefts	(15)—	12,435	14,095
	of which:
	Thefts from cars	4,275	3,367	3,857
Trent Valley	Domestic burglary	1,513	1,523	1,661
	Thefts	(15)—	9,085	10,132
	of which:
	Thefts from cars	2,162	2,000	2,632

⁽¹⁵⁾Not available
Note:
The data in this table are prior to the introduction of the National Crime Recording Standard. The data are therefore not directly comparable with those for subsequent years.




Table 2: Recorded offences in Staffordshire 2002–03 to 2004–05 Number of offences

Basic Command Unit	Offence	2002–03	2003–04	2004–05
Chase	Domestic burglary	1,446	1,342	1,003
	Thefts	9,098	8,955	8,001
	of which:
	Thefts from cars	2,302	2,505	2,030
North Staffordshire	Domestic burglary	1,178	922	753
	Thefts	6,989	6212	5,329
	of which:
	Thefts from cars	2,198	1,832	1,489
Stoke on Trent	Domestic burglary	2,438	2,491	1,732
	Thefts	12,711	12,100	10,448
	of which:
	Thefts from cars	3,237	3,106	2,501
Trent Valley	Domestic burglary	1,396	1,410	1,225
	Thefts	9,606	9,226	8,439
	of which:
	Thefts from cars	2,357	2,133	1,780

Note:
The data in this table take account of the introduction of the National Crime Recording Standard in April 2002. The data are therefore not directly comparable with those for earlier years.

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