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Sexual Assault
Judy Mallaber:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps his Department is taking to enable sexual assault referral centres to develop the use of forensic nurses to undertake examinations of service users reporting rape or sexual assault. [43091]
Paul Goggins:
The Home Office funded an independent evaluation of the forensic nurse examiner role at St. Mary's SARC in Manchester, published in 2004. We have since supported the development of a national training course for sexual assault forensic nurse examiners, the start-up costs for which have been funded by the Department of Health. This year the Home Office has also made a grant to the SAFE Centre, Lancashire, to fund a forensic nurse examiner post.
Traffic Offences
Mr. Amess:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many (a) males and (b) females aged (i) 17 to 24, (ii) 25 to 30, (iii) 31 to 35, (iv) 36 to 40 and (v) over 40 years were (A) charged with and (B) convicted of (1) failing to comply with a road sign, (2) offences under sections (x) 14(3), (y) 15(2) and (z) 15(4) of the Road Traffic Act 1988, (3) failing to
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provide a breath specimen for analysis, (4) failing to stop for a police constable and (5) disobeying a police constable stopping traffic in (aa) Essex police area and (bb) Southend police area in 2004; [39658]
(2) how many (a) males and (b) females committed offences in England and Wales under sections (i) 14(3), (ii) 15(2) and (iii) 15(4) of the Road Traffic Act 1988 in 2004. [39659]
Paul Goggins:
Statistics on persons charged with a crime are not centrally collected. Available data from the court proceedings database held by the Office for Criminal Justice Reform for Essex police force area, South East Essex petty sessional area and England and Wales, 2004 is contained in the following tables. It is not possible to identify Southend police area as the data is not collected at this level of detail.
Number of offenders found guilty of certain motoring offences in South East Essex petty sessional area and Essex police force area, 2004(7)
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Offence description |
Principal statute | 17 to 24 years | 25 to 30 years | 31 to 35 years | 36 to 40 years | over 40 years
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| South East Essex petty sessional area | | | | | |
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| 818/01&11 | Fail to comply with traffic light signals/sign | Road Traffic Ac 1988 S.36(1); Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 1 994 S.2(10) | 5 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 5
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| 818/02 | Driving on prohibited road | Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 SS.5(i), 16 and 20 | — | — | — | — | —
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| 818/90 | Other offences of neglect of traffic directions | Road Traffic Act 1988 SS.35(1)&(2), 36(1), 163(3); Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 S.28(3); Traffic Management Act 2004 S.6 | 48 | 43 | 28 | 25 | 93
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| 825/02 | Driving/riding in motor vehicle not wearing seat belt; Driving motor vehicle with child not wearing seat belt | Road Traffic Act 1988 S.14(3), 15(2)&(4) | 1 | 4 | 1 | | 1
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| 803/03 | Failing without reasonable excuse to provide a specimen for a laboratory test or two specimens for analysis of breath if at the relevant time driving or attempting to drive a motor vehicle | Road Traffic Act 1988 S.7(6) | 11 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 12
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| 803/06 | In charge of a motor vehicle and failing to provide a specimen for a laboratory test or two specimens for analysis of breath if at the relevant time driving or attempting to drive a motor vehicle | Road Traffic Act 1988 S.7(6) | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2
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| 803/07 | Failing without reasonable excuse to provide a specimen for preliminary test. | Road Traffic Act 1988 S.6(4) | 1 | — | — | — | 1
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| | | Female
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Offence description |
Principal statute | 17 to 24 years | 25 to 30 years | 31 to 35 years | 36 to 40 years | over 40 years
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| South East Essex petty sessional area | | | | | |
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| 818/01&11 | Fail to comply with traffic light signals/sign | Road Traffic Ac 1988 S.36(1); Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 1 994 S.2(10) | — | 1 | — | 2 | 2
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| 818/02 | Driving on prohibited road | Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 SS.5(i), 16 and 20 | — | — | — | — | —
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| 818/90 | Other offences of neglect of traffic directions | Road Traffic Act 1988 SS.35(1)&(2), 36(1), 163(3); Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 S.28(3); Traffic Management Act 2004 S.6 | 12 | 19 | 9 | 11 | 40
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| 825/02 | Driving/riding in motor vehicle not wearing seat belt; Driving motor vehicle with child not wearing seat belt | Road Traffic Act 1988 S.14(3), 15(2)&(4) | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1
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| 803/03 | Failing without reasonable excuse to provide a specimen for a laboratory test or two specimens for analysis of breath if at the relevant time driving or attempting to drive a motor vehicle | Road Traffic Act 1988 S.7(6) | 1 | 2 | — | 1 |
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| 803/06 | In charge of a motor vehicle and failing to provide a specimen for a laboratory test or two specimens for analysis of breath if at the relevant time driving or attempting to drive a motor vehicle | Road Traffic Act 1988 S.7(6) | — | — | — | 1 | —
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| 803/07 | Failing without reasonable excuse to provide a specimen for preliminary test. | Road Traffic Act 1988 S.6(4) | — | — | — | — | —
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| | | Male
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Offence description |
Principal statute | 17 to 24 years | 25 to 30 years | 31 to 35 years | 36 to 40 years | over 40 years
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| Essex police force area | | | | | |
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| 818/01&11 | Fail to comply with traffic light signals/sign | Road Traffic Ac 1988 S.36(1); Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 1 994 S.2(10) | 11 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 32
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| 818/02 | Driving on prohibited road | Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 SS.5(i), 16 and 20 | 1 | — | — | — | —
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| 818/90 | Other offences of neglect of traffic directions | Road Traffic Act 1988 SS.35(1 )&(2), 36(1), 163(3); Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 S.28(3); Traffic Management Act 2004 S.6 | 145 | 149 | 106 | 105 | 386
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| 825/02 | Driving/riding in motor vehicle not wearing seat belt; Driving motor vehicle with child not wearing seat belt | Road Traffic Act 1988 S.14(3), 15(2)&(4) | 6 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 8
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| 803/03 | Failing without reasonable excuse to provide a specimen for a laboratory test or two specimens for analysis of breath if at the relevant time driving or attempting to drive a motor vehicle | Road Traffic Act 1988 S.7(6) | 44 | 57 | 38 | 35 | 59
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| 803/06 | In charge of a motor vehicle and failing to provide a specimen for a laboratory test or two specimens for analysis of breath if at the relevant time driving or attempting to drive a motor vehicle | Road Traffic Act 1988 S.7(6) | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2
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| 803/07 | Failing without reasonable excuse to provide a specimen for preliminary test. | Road Traffic Act 1988 S.6(4) | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | 4
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| | | Female
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Offence description |
Principal statute | 17 to 24 years | 25 to 30 years | 31 to 35 years | 36 to 40 years | over 40 years
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| Essex police force area | | | | | |
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| 818/01&11 | Fail to comply with traffic light signals/sign | Road Traffic Ac 1988 S.36(1); Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 1 994 S.2(10) | 3 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 11
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| 818/02 | Driving on prohibited road | Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 SS.5(i), 16 and 20 | — | — | — | — | —
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| 818/90 | Other offences of neglect of traffic directions | Road Traffic Act 1988 SS.35(1 )&(2), 36(1), 163(3); Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 S.28(3); Traffic Management Act 2004 S.6 | 53 | 55 | 54 | 47 | 179
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| 825/02 | Driving/riding in motor vehicle not wearing seat belt; Driving motor vehicle with child not wearing seat belt | Road Traffic Act 1988 S.14(3), 15(2)&(4) | 1 | 1 | — | 4 | 4
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| 803/03 | Failing without reasonable excuse to provide a specimen for a laboratory test or two specimens for analysis of breath if at the relevant time driving or attempting to drive a motor vehicle | Road Traffic Act 1988 S.7(6) | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 15
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| 803/06 | In charge of a motor vehicle and failing to provide a specimen for a laboratory test or two specimens for analysis of breath if at the relevant time driving or attempting to drive a motor vehicle | Road Traffic Act 1988 S.7(6) | — | — | — | 1 | —
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| 803/07 | Failing without reasonable excuse to provide a specimen for preliminary test. | Road Traffic Act 1988 S.6(4) | — | — | — | — | —
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(7) These data are on the principal offence basis.
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Visas
Mr. Oaten:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many applications made in the United Kingdom for a spouse visa submitted prior to the introduction of the no switching rule remain to be dealt with; and when he expects that all such applicants will have heard the result of their applications. [43335]
Mr. Charles Clarke:
The no switching rule for leave to remain as a spouse came into force on 1 April 2003. This date precedes accurate data from the current casework database, and statistics are therefore not entirely reliable. Provisional management information suggests that about 70 spouse applications in General Group have been outstanding from before 1 April 2003. It is not known how many of these cases might be switching applications.
