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HOME DEPARTMENT
Antisocial Behaviour Orders
Angela Watkinson:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many antisocial behaviour orders were issued in the London borough of Havering in 2005; and how many of them were breached. [53238]
Hazel Blears:
The number of antisocial behaviour orders (ASBOs) issued at all courts, as notified to the Home Office from 1 January 2005 to 30 June 2005 (latest available), in which prohibitions have been imposed in the London borough of Havering is 10.
ASBO breach data are currently available from 1 June 2000 to 31 December 2003 for ASBOs issued since 1 June 2000. These data are available at criminal justice system area level only.
Child Curfew Orders
Mr. Stewart Jackson:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many child curfew orders have been issued in the Peterborough city council local authority area since 2001. [52325]
Hazel Blears:
The available information is shown in the following table.
Persons aged 10 to 17 sentenced to curfew orders in Peterborough(14) 2001–04
| Number of offenders
|
|---|
| 2001 | 25
|
| 2002 | 20
|
| 2003 | 30
|
| 2004 | 18
|
(14) Petty sessional area of Peterborough and cases sentenced at the Crown Court following committal from Peterborough PSA.
Source:
RDS NOMS 15 February 2006
Community Engagement (Policing)
Mr. Stewart Jackson:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps the Government are taking to improve (a) community engagement and (b) neighbourhood policing in Cambridgeshire; and if he will make a statement. [52518]
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Hazel Blears:
The Government are committed to ensuring that, by 2008, every area in England and Wales will be benefiting from dedicated, visible, accessible and responsive neighbourhood policing teams. Effective community engagement will be key to the success of these teams, allowing local people to have real influence over local policing priorities.
We are working closely with an ACPO led Neighbourhood Policing Programme team to help forces to implement neighbourhood policing and engage with local communities. This work includes sharing the learning from 43 neighbourhood policing pathfinders countrywide, and producing with the Association of Police Authorities a practical Community Engagement Guide for policing practitioners. We are also making £88 million and £340 million available to police authorities in 2006–07 and 2007–08 respectively as our contribution to increasing police community support officer numbers to 24,000 by March 2008.
Correspondence
Mr. Spellar:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when the Immigration and Nationality Directorate will reply to the letter from the right hon. Member for Warley of 1 November 2005 on behalf of Mrs Sherif, Montague Road, Smethwick. [53905]
Mr. McNulty:
The Immigration and Nationality Directorate wrote to my right hon. Friend the Member for Birmingham, Warley on 23 February 2006.
Crime Statistics (Licensing Hours)
Mr. Andrew Turner:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he is making comparisons of the incidence of alcohol-related (a) violent crime, (b) domestic violence, (c) motor crime and (d) disorder before and since the implementation of new licensing hours under the Licensing Act 2003 in equivalent (i) months and (ii) other periods of time. [44624]
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Paul Goggins:
The Home Office is leading on the national evaluation of the impact of the Licensing Act on levels of crime and disorder.
To provide a national assessment of the impact of the extension of licensing hours on levels of crime and disorder, data will be obtained from the Home Office's British Crime Survey and the Offending and Criminal Justice Survey. These surveys, will allow for changes to be assessed on a yearly basis for alcohol-related violent crime and domestic violence. Administrative data on other motoring related offences such as road casualties related to drink driving and breath-tests will also be considered on an annual basis. To supplement the national measures five areas have been selected as case studies. Recorded crime data will be analysed for two years prior to the Act becoming operational (baseline data) with recorded crime data for the year following the Act's implementation.
The Home Office's Alcohol Misuse Enforcement Campaign (AMEC), which ran from 12 November 2005 to 24 December 2005, and focused on tackling alcohol related crime, provided an initial assessment of levels of recorded crime post implementation of the Licensing Act 2003. Provisional data, released on 8 February 2006, suggested that in those police force areas that took part in the campaign more serious violence fell by 21 per cent. compared to more serious violence recorded in December 2004.
Police
Lynne Featherstone:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many police officers there are in each division of each police force in England and Wales; and what is the population of the areas covered by each division. [52281]
Hazel Blears:
The available information is shown in the following table. Figures are for Basic Command Units which broadly equate to police force divisions. Population data is based on mid-2003 estimates supplied by the Office for National Statistics.
Police officer strength and population figures by Basic Command Unit, 31 March 2005
| Police force |
BCU | Police officers
(full-time equivalent(15)) | Population figures(16)
|
|---|
| Avon and Somerset | Bath and North East Somerset | 221.4 | 170.9
|
| Bristol | 935.7 | 391.5
|
| Central Services | 1,157.9 | —
|
| North Somerset | 233.6 | 191.4
|
| Somerset East | 274.2 | 258.9
|
| Somerset West | 304.2 | 248.5
|
| South Gloucester | 271.4 | 246.8
|
| Total | | 3,398 | 1,508.2
|
| Bedfordshire | Bedford | 277.6 | 187.1
|
| Dunstable | 252.4 | 199.9
|
| Luton | 343.0 | 185.2
|
| Central Services | 358.7 | —
|
| Total | | 1,232 | 572.2
|
| Cambridgeshire | Central | 312.2 | 236.9
|
| Northern | 307.7 | 173.9
|
| Southern | 365.5 | 319.0
|
| Central Services | 432.6 | —
|
| Total | | 1,418 | 729.8
|
| Cheshire | Chester and Ellesmere Port | 338.1 | 200.1
|
| Congleton and Vale Royal | 302.3 | 215.5
|
| Crewe | 191.8 | 112.7
|
| Halton | 252.8 | 118.4
|
| Macclesfield | 249.9 | 150.3
|
| Warrington | 332.8 | 193.2
|
| Central Services | 539.7 | —
|
| Total | | 2,207 | 990.3
|
| Cleveland | Hartlepool | 189.8 | 90.2
|
| Langbaurgh (Redcar and Cleveland) | 242.7 | 139.1
|
| Middlesbrough | 317.5 | 139.0
|
| Stockton | 280.2 | 186.3
|
| Central Services | 658.5 | —
|
| Total | | 1,689 | 554.5
|
| Cumbria | Barrow and Kendal | 377.6 | 173.0
|
| Carlisle and Penrith | 346.0 | 152.9
|
| Workington and Whitehaven | 375.4 | 163.9
|
| Central Services | 161.3 | —
|
| Total | | 1,260 | 489.8
|
| Derbyshire | Alfreton (A Division) | 318.4 | 227.9
|
| Buxton (B Division) | 265.5 | 159.8
|
| Chesterfield (C Division) | 347.5 | 269.9
|
| Derby (D Division) | 508.9 | 318.6
|
| Central Services | 641.9 | —
|
| Total | | 2,082 | 976.2
|
| Devon and Cornwall | Cornwall and Isles of Scilly (after April) | 784.0 | 513.5
|
| North and East Devon (after April) | 689.4 | 461.0
|
| Plymouth | 582.6 | 241.5
|
| South and West Devon (after April) | 612.7 | 385.2
|
| Central Services | 730.1 | —
|
| Total | | 3,399 | 1,601.2
|
| Dorset | Bournemouth | 316.6 | 168.3
|
| Dorset Eastern | 220.7 | 209.3
|
| Dorset Western | 205.8 | 171.2
|
| Poole | 186.9 | 150.6
|
| Central Services | 545.0 | —
|
| Total | | 1,475 | 699.4
|
| Durham | North Durham | 607.4 | 320.9
|
| South Durham | 554.5 | 271.4
|
| Central Services | 576.1 | —
|
| Total | | 1,738 | 592.4
|
| Dyfed Powys | Carmarthenshire | 348.4 | 176.0
|
| Ceredigion | 153.4 | 77.2
|
| Pembrokeshire | 239.1 | 116.3
|
| Powys | 273.5 | 129.3
|
| Central Services | 168.1 | —
|
| Total | | 1,183 | 498.7
|
| Essex | Basildon | 272.5 | 172.4
|
| Braintree | 232.2 | 204.9
|
| Chelmsford | 219.7 | 212.5
|
| Colchester | 199.7 | 158.9
|
| Harlow | 366.6 | 268.5
|
| Rayleigh | 163.1 | 165.9
|
| Southend | 287.5 | 160.3
|
| Tendring | 181.4 | 140.9
|
| Thurrock | 254.9 | 145.3
|
| Stansted airport(17) | 85.4 | —
|
| Central Services | 967.3 | —
|
| Total | | 3,230 | 1,629.6
|
| Gloucestershire | Cheltenham and Tewkesbury | 306.6 | 185.1
|
| Cotswold and Stroud | 252.6 | 184.7
|
| Forest and Gloucester | 357.4 | 198.7
|
| Central Services | 391.4 | —
|
| Total | | 1,308 | 568.5
|
| Greater Manchester | Bolton | 549.2 | 263.8
|
| Bury | 330.5 | 181.9
|
| North Manchester | 736.2 | 128.9
|
| Oldham | 457.2 | 218.1
|
| Rochdale | 448.4 | 206.6
|
| Salford | 591.1 | 216.5
|
| South Manchester | 951.2 | 303.6
|
| Stockport | 492.9 | 282.5
|
| Tameside | 432.1 | 213.4
|
| Trafford | 431.2 | 211.8
|
| Wigan | 484.6 | 303.8
|
| Central Services | 2,214.1 | —
|
| Total | | 8,119 | 2,531.0
|
| Gwent | Caerphilly and Blaenau Gwent | 465.3 | 239.2
|
| Newport | 302.8 | 139.3
|
| Pontypool (formerly Torfaen and Monmouthshire) | 299.2 | 176.8
|
| Central Services | 370.8 | —
|
| Total | | 1,438 | 555.3
|
| Hampshire | Basingstoke and Deane | 206.2 | 154.4
|
| Central Hampshire | 216.0 | 165.1
|
| Solent East | 274.6 | 214.7
|
| Havant | 223.5 | 142.7
|
| Isle of Wight | 193.9 | 136.3
|
| New Forest | 216.7 | 171.2
|
| North East Hampshire | 216.7 | 175.7
|
| Portsmouth | 404.3 | 188.7
|
| Southampton | 482.7 | 221.1
|
| West Hants | 271.3 | 227.2
|
| Central Services | 1,097.7 | —
|
| Total | | 3,803 | 1,797.1
|
| Hertfordshire | Hertfordshire Central | 564.9 | 323.2
|
| Hertfordshire Eastern | 635.8 | 416.4
|
| Hertfordshire Western | 547.4 | 301.3
|
| Central Services | 396.7 | —
|
| Total | | 2,145 | 1,040.9
|
| Humberside | East Riding of Yorkshire | 449.7 | 321.3
|
| Kingston upon Hull | 699.2 | 247.9
|
| North East Lincolnshire | 342.5 | 157.4
|
| North Lincolnshire | 287.9 | 155.0
|
| Central Services | 472.7 | —
|
| Total | | 2,252 | 881.7
|
| Kent | Canterbury | 229.6 | 139.5
|
| Maidstone | 285.6 | 188.3
|
| Medway | 384.9 | 257.8
|
| North Kent | 387.5 | 228.8
|
| South-East Kent | 361.5 | 186.0
|
| Swale | 229.3 | 125.3
|
| Thanet | 230.3 | 127.7
|
| Weald | 229.0 | 145.6
|
| West Kent | 264.6 | 200.9
|
| Central Services | 1,028.2 | —
|
| Total | | 3,630 | 1,599.9
|
| Lancashire | Lancashire Central | 387.4 | 130.5
|
| Lancashire Eastern | 614.3 | 277.4
|
| Lancashire Northern | 436.9 | 244.1
|
| Lancashire Southern | 497.9 | 316.1
|
| Lancashire Western | 556.5 | 217.5
|
| Pennine | 582.2 | 243.8
|
| Central Services | 510.4 | —
|
| Total | | 3,586 | 1,429.2
|
| Leicestershire | Central Leicestershire | 465.9 | 130.1
|
| East Leicestershire | 419.0 | 300.1
|
| North Leicestershire | 367.2 | 242.9
|
| West Leicestershire | 445.8 | 265.8
|
| Central Services | 612.3 | —
|
| Total | | 2,311 | 938.8
|
| Lincolnshire | East Lincolnshire | 283.1 | 191.5
|
| South Lincolnshire | 284.0 | 250.9
|
| West Lincolnshire | 344.5 | 222.9
|
| Central Services | 322.3 | —
|
| Total | | 1,234 | 665.3
|
| London, City of | Bishopsgate | 209.7 | 1.8
|
| Snowhill | 228.8 | 6.2
|
| Central Services | 442.0 | —
|
| Total | | 881 | 8.0
|
| Merseyside | Knowsley | 317.4 | 150.2
|
| North Liverpool | 806.0 | 250.9
|
| Sefton | 478.5 | 281.6
|
| South Liverpool | 471.4 | 191.0
|
| St. Helens | 354.9 | 176.7
|
| Wirral | 578.1 | 313.8
|
| Central Services | 1,332.1 | —
|
| Total | | 4,339 | 1,364.2
|
| Metropolitan Police | Barking and Dagenham | 419.1 | 165.9
|
| Barnet | 561.0 | 324.4
|
| Bexley | 382.7 | 219.1
|
| Brent | 679.4 | 267.8
|
| Bromley | 489.2 | 298.3
|
| Camden | 850.4 | 210.7
|
| City of Westminster | 1,617.1 | 222.0
|
| Croydon | 692.0 | 336.7
|
| Ealing | 686.2 | 305.0
|
| Enfield | 574.7 | 280.3
|
| Greenwich | 605.2 | 223.7
|
| Hackney | 788.5 | 208.4
|
| Hammersmith and Fulham | 526.1 | 174.2
|
| Haringey | 683.2 | 224.7
|
| Harrow | 342.2 | 210.7
|
| Havering | 383.4 | 224.6
|
| Heathrow(17) | 437.5 | —
|
| Hillingdon | 497.8 | 247.6
|
| Hounslow | 509.7 | 212.9
|
| Islington | 683.4 | 180.1
|
| Kensington and Chelsea | 561.6 | 174.4
|
| Kingston upon Thames | 298.2 | 150.4
|
| Lambeth | 984.5 | 268.5
|
| Lewisham | 645.9 | 248.3
|
| Merton | 351.7 | 191.4
|
| Newham | 781.9 | 250.6
|
| Redbridge | 458.7 | 245.1
|
| Richmond upon Thames | 286.8 | 179.2
|
| Southwark | 891.4 | 253.8
|
| Sutton | 291.0 | 178.5
|
| Tower Hamlets | 761.0 | 206.6
|
| Waltham Forest | 545.8 | 221.6
|
| Wandsworth | 582.3 | 274.1
|
| Central Services | 11,223.9 | —
|
| Total | | 31,073 | 7,379.8
|
| Norfolk | Norfolk Central | 447.3 | 308.3
|
| Norfolk Eastern | 377.1 | 240.1
|
| Norfolk Western | 364.9 | 262.4
|
| Central Services | 364.9 | —
|
| Total | | 1,554 | 810.7
|
| Northamptonshire | Northampton | 368.3 | 195.2
|
| Northamptonshire Eastern | 200.0 | 152.7
|
| Northamptonshire Northern | 226.8 | 137.3
|
| Northamptonshire Western | 176.3 | 157.4
|
| Central Services | 317.4 | —
|
| Total | | 1,289 | 642.7
|
| Northumbria | Gateshead | 460.3 | 191.0
|
| Newcastle | 815.8 | 273.6
|
| North Tyneside | 389.9 | 183.8
|
| Northumberland | 644.8 | 309.2
|
| South Tyneside | 345.9 | 151.7
|
| Sunderland | 680.8 | 283.1
|
| Central Services | 751.1 | —
|
| Total | | 4,088 | 1,392.4
|
| North Wales(18) | North Wales Central | 0 | 205.8
|
| North Wales Eastern | 0 | 279.2
|
| North Wales Western | 0 | 185.9
|
| Central Services | 0 | —
|
| Total | | 1,676 | 670.8
|
| North Yorkshire | North Yorkshire Central | 410.1 | 259.9
|
| North Yorkshire Eastern | 399.4 | 242.8
|
| North Yorkshire Western | 403.6 | 256.5
|
| Central Services | 347.4 | —
|
| Total | | 1,560 | 759.2
|
| Nottinghamshire | Nottinghamshire Area A | 319.1 | 211.2
|
| Nottinghamshire Area B | 303.3 | 218.0
|
| Nottinghamshire Area C | 852.8 | 273.9
|
| Nottinghamshire Area D | 367.0 | 326.2
|
| Central Services | 679.6 | —
|
| Total | | 2,522 | 1,029.3
|
| South Wales | Bridgend | 247.4 | 129.9
|
| Cardiff | 685.9 | 315.1
|
| Merthyr Tydfil | 135.8 | 55.4
|
| Neath and Port Talbot | 238.4 | 135.3
|
| Rhondda Cynon Taff | 377.6 | 231.6
|
| Swansea | 454.5 | 224.6
|
| Vale of Glamorgan | 219.7 | 121.2
|
| Central Services | 957.1 | —
|
| Total | | 3,316 | 1,213.2
|
| South Yorkshire | Barnsley | 380.4 | 220.2
|
| Doncaster | 525.8 | 288.4
|
| Rotherham | 395.2 | 251.5
|
| Sheffield Central | 426.1 | 113.2
|
| Sheffield North | 324.7 | 206.9
|
| Sheffield South | 305.0 | 192.4
|
| Central Services | 949.6 | —
|
| Total | | 3,307 | 1,272.6
|
| Staffordshire | Chase | 415.8 | 320.2
|
| North Staffordshire | 299.3 | 217.1
|
| Stoke on Trent | 584.6 | 238.0
|
| Trent Valley | 429.1 | 273.6
|
| Central Services | 580.3 | —
|
| Total | | 2,309 | 1,049.0
|
| Suffolk | Suffolk Eastern | 334.6 | 230.6
|
| Suffolk Southern | 319.4 | 201.8
|
| Suffolk Western | 342.1 | 245.7
|
| Central Services | 326.9 | —
|
| Total | | 1,323 | 678.1
|
| Surrey | East Surrey | 354.2 | 286.2
|
| North Surrey | 359.0 | 282.6
|
| North-West Surrey | 330.0 | 248.7
|
| West Surrey | 337.6 | 247.1
|
| Central Services | 578.0 | —
|
| Total | | 1,959 | 1,064.6
|
| Sussex | Brighton and Hove | 486.0 | 251.5
|
| East Downs | 380.0 | 323.1
|
| Gatwick(17) | 165.5 | —
|
| North Downs | 378.9 | 350.7
|
| Senlac | 302.4 | 172.2
|
| West Downs | 518.9 | 407.9
|
| Central Services | 862.4 | —
|
| Total | | 3,094 | 1,505.4
|
| Thames Valley | Aylesbury Vale | 207.8 | 166.6
|
| Chiltern Vale | 355.9 | 275.3
|
| Milton Keynes | 377.6 | 215.7
|
| Northern Oxfordshire | 281.2 | 229.1
|
| Oxford | 328.4 | 142.4
|
| Reading and Wokingham | 454.2 | 288.0
|
| Slough and District | 298.8 | 159.9
|
| Southern Oxfordshire | 281.6 | 243.8
|
| Thames Forest | 360.5 | 247.6
|
| West Berkshire | 177.3 | 144.2
|
| Central Services | 1,066.2 | —
|
| Total | | 4,189 | 2,112.5
|
| Warwickshire | Northern | 381.6 | 271.4
|
| Southern | 305.4 | 248.0
|
| Central Services | 324.6 | —
|
| Total | | 1,012 | 519.3
|
| West Mercia | Hereford (E Division) | 276.6 | 176.9
|
| North Worcestershire (D Division) | 470.2 | 267.0
|
| Shropshire (F Division) | 393.3 | 286.7
|
| South Worcestershire (C Division) | 414.2 | 282.3
|
| Telford and the Wrekin (G Division) | 332.6 | 160.3
|
| Central Services | 492.8 | —
|
| Total | | 2,380 | 1,173.2
|
| West Midlands | Solihull | 401.0 | 200.3
|
| West Midlands D1 | 378.2 | 98.9
|
| West Midlands D2 | 359.9 | 171.9
|
| West Midlands D3 | 403.1 | 150.9
|
| West Midlands E1 | 343.1 | 141.3
|
| West Midlands E2 | 317.9 | 136.7
|
| West Midlands E3 | 296.5 | 102.0
|
| West Midlands F1 | 388.8 | 15.4
|
| West Midlands F2 | 304.5 | 81.1
|
| West Midlands F3 | 318.1 | 93.9
|
| West Midlands G1 | 336.5 | 113.2
|
| West Midlands G2 | 327.9 | 125.7
|
| West Midlands H1 | 315.4 | 113.2
|
| West Midlands H2 | 356.5 | 139.3
|
| West Midlands J1 | 283.6 | 128.6
|
| West Midlands J2 | 288.1 | 176.2
|
| West Midlands K1 | 359.3 | 147.4
|
| West Midlands K2 | 368.1 | 137.7
|
| West Midlands M1 | 322.1 | 89.3
|
| West Midlands M2 | 264.6 | 116.1
|
| West Midlands M3 | 280.0 | 99.6
|
| Central Services | 1,140.9 | —
|
| Total | | 8,154 | 2,578.5
|
| West Yorkshire | Bradford North | 361.3 | 175.8
|
| Bradford South | 428.8 | 122.0
|
| Calderdale | 383.8 | 193.2
|
| Chapel Town AC | 314.2 | 145.0
|
| City and Holbeck CA | 506.6 | 150.8
|
| Dewsbury | 290.8 | 174.1
|
| Huddersfield | 402.3 | 217.6
|
| Keighley | 287.0 | 180.0
|
| Killingbeck BB | 289.6 | 133.6
|
| Pudsey and Westwood AA | 537.9 | 285.6
|
| Wakefield | 629.5 | 318.3
|
| Central Services | 1,239.5 | —
|
| Total | | 5,671 | 2,095.9
|
| Wiltshire | Chippenham (C) | 324.1 | 249.3
|
| Salisbury (A) | 292.6 | 191.5
|
| Swindon | 355.1 | 181.2
|
| Central Services | 255.4 | —
|
| Total | | 1,228 | 622.0
|
(15) FTE strength includes police officers who are on career breaks or maternity/paternity leave. FTE figures have been rounded to the nearest whole.
number. Because of rounding, there may be an apparent discrepancy between totals and the sum of constituent items.
(16) Based on the mid-year 2003 population figures provided by ONS.
(17) Airport BCUs do not have a population attributed to them.
(18) North Wales have yet to provide the correct BCU breakdown
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Mr. Stewart Jackson:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many staff were on establishment in the Cambridgeshire police force in each of the last five years. [52521]
Hazel Blears:
The available information is given in the tables.
Police strength in Cambridgeshire by staff type, 2001 to 2005
| Police officers
| Police staff
|
|---|
As at
30 September: | All officers (FTE(19)) | All officers (FTE) less staff on career breaks or maternity/paternity leave | All officers (FTE(19)) | All officers (FTE) less staff on career breaks or maternity/paternity leave
|
|---|
| 2001 | — | 1,350 | — | 668
|
| 2002 | — | 1,398 | — | 759
|
| 2003 | 1,415 | 1,406 | 811 | 807
|
| 2004 | 1,428 | 1,413 | 824 | 817
|
| 2005 | 1,463 | 1,444 | 862 | 849
|
| Traffic wardens(20)
| PCSOs
|
|---|
| As at 30 September: | All officers (FTE(19)) | All officers (FTE) less staff on career breaks or maternity/paternity leave | All officers (FTE(19)) | All officers (FTE) less staff on career breaks or maternity/paternity leave
|
|---|
| 2001 | — | 37 | — | —
|
| 2002 | — | 36 | — | —
|
| 2003 | 20 | 20 | 58 | 58
|
| 2004 | 11 | 11 | 56 | 56
|
| 2005 | 0 | 0 | 92 | 92
|
(19) The full-time equivalent figure is a measure of the total full-time equivalent staff employed by a force, including staff seconded into the force and staff on any long or short-term absence. The FTE figure was first used in March 2003 and are not comparable with data prior to March 2003.
(20) Cambridgeshire Constabulary, along with many other forces, has transferred responsibility for parking controls to the respective district/unitary authority, which has resulted in the force having no traffic wardens by September 2005.
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