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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
NumberPercentage changeNumberPercentage changeNumberPercentage change
1976486,771n/a480,394n/a11,267n/a
1977(10)571,101n/a575,770n/a13,395n/a
1978536,683-6581,395112,867-4
1979521,272-3559,669-412,218-5
1980590,15313590,343514,69920
1981686,89916680,2271519,92036
1982771,71312763,8501222,49713
1983772,9810715,113-621,813-3
1984854,73611762,280724,61013
1985828,808-3807,248627,17910
1986886,3477941,7471729,6309
1987855,910-3997,343632,2629
1988776,413-9930,414-731,055-4
1989786,9171969,065432,7776
1990961,696221,200,4622435,7319
19911,160,470211,416,4891844,73825
19921,290,664111,468,715452,22417
19931,307,68311,445,873-257,0989
19941,203,637-81,303,055-1059,3774
19951,183,159-21,253,756-467,28413
19961,112,752-61,227,368-273,1729
1997968,630-131,057,787-1462,261-15

Number and percentage

Violent crime(9)
All other offences
Total
NumberPercentage changeNumberPercentage changeNumberPercentage change
1976105,583n/a954,119n/a2,026,867n/a
1977(10)110,915n/a1,242,780n/a2,500,566n/a
1978116,24251,196,503-42,430,823-3
1979122,60251,205,72712,409,270-1
1980126,95641,248,51142,555,9636
1981133,41551,320,92862,821,46910
1982143,83081,425,59183,104,98410
1983146,67721,451,37723,086,148-1
1984151,89941,558,65773,327,5728
1985162,79171,636,75853,435,6053
1986169,69641,659,87913,657,6696
1987189,053111,655,09003,697,3961
1988205,39891,607,085-33,519,310-5
1989227,638111,691,24353,674,8634
1990236,98541,915,220134,314,36317
1991251,72062,176,456145,005,13516
1992268,82172,276,25955,304,4596
1993278,38042,215,301-35,247,237-1
1994296,20862,194,007-14,996,907-5
1995295,42802,120,551-34,852,894-3
1996326,387102,123,80004,790,307-1
1997326,99302,007,981-54,361,391-9




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
NumberPercentage changeNumberPercentage changeNumberPercentage change
1998–99911,243n/a1,021,565n/a65,982n/a
1999–2000869,704-5992,054-383,36826
2000–01803,144-8924,795-794,26413
2001–02846,301n/a1,025,945n/a120,329n/a

Number and percentage

Violent crime(12)
All other offences
Total
NumberPercentage changeNumberPercentage changeNumberPercentage change
1998–99571,027n/a2,343,260n/a4,847,095n/a
1999–2000662,525162,521,41585,045,6984
2000–01692,55252,511,90304,932,394-2
2001–02773,897n/a2,637,449n/a5,283,592n/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
NumberPercentage changeNumberPercentage changeNumberPercentage change
2002–03851,9881926,971-10106,652-11
2003–04783,970-8843,228-999,914-6
2004–05650,682-17699,474-1787,625-12

Number and percentage

Violent crime(14)
All other offences
Total
NumberPercentage changeNumberPercentage changeNumberPercentage change
2002–03935,019212,888,938105,602,9166
2003–041,052,601132,965,51835,645,3171
2004–051,127,68172,817,212-55,295,049-6


(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 UnitOffence1999–20002000–012001–02
ChaseDomestic burglary1,6241,6151,912
Thefts(15)10,0949,750
of which:
Thefts from cars2,5363,1342,968
North StaffordshireDomestic burglary1,6001,2351,417
Thefts(15)6,3477,791
of which:
Thefts from cars2,6252,0862,861
Stoke on TrentDomestic burglary4,3363,1763,093
Thefts(15)12,43514,095
of which:
Thefts from cars4,2753,3673,857
Trent ValleyDomestic burglary1,5131,5231,661
Thefts(15)9,08510,132
of which:
Thefts from cars2,1622,0002,632


(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 UnitOffence2002–032003–042004–05
ChaseDomestic burglary1,4461,3421,003
Thefts9,0988,9558,001
of which:
Thefts from cars2,3022,5052,030
North StaffordshireDomestic burglary1,178922753
Thefts6,98962125,329
of which:
Thefts from cars2,1981,8321,489
Stoke on TrentDomestic burglary2,4382,4911,732
Thefts12,71112,10010,448
of which:
Thefts from cars3,2373,1062,501
Trent ValleyDomestic burglary1,3961,4101,225
Thefts9,6069,2268,439
of which:
Thefts from cars2,3572,1331,780




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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