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Assisted Dying

Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many cases of (a) assisted suicide and (b) euthanasia have been reported in each of the last five years. [46260]

Ms Rosie Winterton: I have been asked to reply.

The information requested is shown in the following table.
 
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Number of defendants proceeded against magistrates courts and found guilty at all courts for aiding or abetting suicide

	Proceeded against	Found guilty
2000	4	2
2001	2	2
2002	2	4
2003	3	1
2004	3	2

Asylum Seekers

Ms Abbott: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment has been made of the provision of dental services for women asylum seekers in detention centres. [56619]

Mr. McNulty: Any person detained in a removal centre has access to dental services as and when required. These services are provided by outside professionals and detainees may be treated on site, where such facilities exist for this purpose, or externally as appropriate.

Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnerships

Mr. Pickles: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department on which local authority boundaries crime and disorder reduction partnerships are based in two-tier local government areas. [55095]

Hazel Blears: Section five (4) of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 sets out the local government areas on which CDRPs are based. In two-tier areas CDRPs are organised on district council boundaries.

Crime Statistics

Mr. Spring: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many violent crimes were committed in each county of the East of England region in each year since 1997. [55781]

Hazel Blears: The available information is given in the following table.
Eastern region—violent crime recorded by the police

Police force area	1997–98
Bedfordshire	4,476
Cambridgeshire	4,202
Essex	6,016
Hertfordshire	2,995
Norfolk	3,570
Suffolk	3,105

Police force area	1998–99(32)	1999–2000	2000–01	2001–02
Bedfordshire	5,668	6,121	6,339	6,724
Cambridgeshire	6,213	7,056	7,426	8,584
Essex	9,443	11,480	12,232	13,703
Hertfordshire(33)	3,884	4,471	5,366	5,775
Norfolk	6,189	7,094	6,469	6,931
Suffolk	4,365	5,915	6,993	8,128

⁽³²⁾ Numbers affected by changes in the counting rules and coverage of recorded crime. Data not comparable with earlier years.
⁽³³⁾ Boundary changes came into effect in 1999–2000.





 
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Police force area	2002–03(36)	2003–04	2004–05
Bedfordshire	9,560	10,316	11,787
Cambridgeshire	14,174	15,185	14,758
Essex	24,583	28,782	28,135
Hertfordshire	9,083	13,972	18,691
Norfolk	11,862	12,819	14,133
Suffolk	8,786	10,460	11,227

⁽³⁴⁾ Numbers affected by the introduction of the National Crime Recording Standards which came into effect in 2002–03. Data not comparable with earlier years.



 
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Mr. Spring: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many unsolved crimes were recorded by police forces in each county of the East of England region in each year since 1997. [55784]

Hazel Blears: The available information is given in the form of a table showing crime recorded and crime detected in each financial year from 1997–98 to 2004–05. As offences detected in the current year may have been initially recorded in an earlier year it is not possible to determine the numbers of undetected crime in a particular year.
Eastern Region—Recorded and detected crime by police force area

	1997–98(35)		1998–99(36)		1999–2000		2000–01
	Offences	Detections	Offences	Detections	Offences	Detections	Offences	Detections
Bedfordshire	44,622	15,65	49,076	16,386	53,607	13,313	49,566	13,602
Cambridgeshire 57,657		15,857	67,256	19,236	68,722	17,395	64,337	15,325
Essex	87,569	24,617	95,797	27,447	10,2777	30,503	10,6768	27,708
Hertfordshire	48,770	16,336	49,309	16,839	65,015	14,153	64,009	15,259
Norfolk	52,176	18,611	57,129	20,895	59,387	18,063	57,240	14,786
Suffolk	34,413	13,545	39,908	16,470	43,355	15,575	44,317	15,562

	2001–02		2002–03(38)		2003–04		2004–05
	Offences	Detections	Offences	Detections	Offences	Detections	Offences	Detections
Bedfordshire	52,210	12,871	60,895	15,637	62,382	14,648	57,973	16,228
Cambridgeshire 69,559		15,625	85,029	18,701	79,960	18,393	73,659	17,213
Essex	11,3150	29,567	13,6181	37,244	14,4512	39,748	13,4789	37,036
Hertfordshire(37)	67,37	16,427	86,396	19,914	95,117	24,115	97,065	28,595
Norfolk	58,923	14,711	71,270	17,220	69,846	18,441	66,376	18,741
Suffolk	50,492	16,426	50,315	17,093	53,443	17,445	52,101	16,723

⁽³⁵⁾ Offences excludes the offence of criminal damage of 20 and under Offences Detections Offences Detections Offences Detections Offences Detections
⁽³⁶⁾ Numbers affected by changes in the counting rules and coverage of recorded crime. Data not comparable with earlier years.
⁽³⁷⁾ Boundary changes came into effect in 1999–2000
⁽³⁸⁾ Numbers affected by the introduction of the National Crime Recording Standards which came into effect in 2002–03.
Data not comparable with earlier years.

Electronic Monitoring

Kelvin Hopkins: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many instances have been reported of (a) the location of a person subject to active tracking being lost and regained and (b) of tracking equipment being tampered with in each of the regions for which Group 4 Securicor has contracts for providing electronic monitoring services since 1 April 2005. [55668]

Fiona Mactaggart: Satellite tracking is being piloted in three areas: Greater Manchester, West Midlands and Hampshire. Since the start of the pilots in September 2004, there have been no cases of active tracking. Group 4 Securicor provide tracking services in two of the three pilot areas (Greater Manchester and Hampshire). The number of equipment tampers in each of these areas is set out in the table.

Area	Tampers
Greater Manchester	40
Hampshire	23

Kelvin Hopkins: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what levels of satisfaction with training provided by Group 4 Securicor have been reported in each of the regions for which the company has contracts for providing electronic monitoring services since 1 April 2005. [55669]

Fiona Mactaggart: This service level applies to special technical training provided by a contractor to Home Office officials or criminal justice agencies. It does not include internal staff training. Since 1 April 2005, Group 4 Securicor have provided training for two sessions related to an electronic monitoring data access service. The service level requires that 80 per cent. of those trained rate the training as satisfactory or better. Group 4 Securicor received a satisfactory rating from 100 per cent. of those trained in the first session, and from 75 per cent. of those trained in the second session.

Kelvin Hopkins: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the cumulative period is of electronic monitoring service breaks since 1 April 2005 in each of the regions for which Group 4 Securicor has contracts for providing electronic monitoring services. [55670]

Fiona Mactaggart: This service level relates to periods of time when the contractors need to test, maintain and upgrade their systems. During these periods a back-up system is made operational to ensure that curfewees are continuously monitored and the electronic monitoring service remains unaffected. On each occasion the
 
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contractor must seek approval from the Home Office before proceeding. During the period 1 April 2005 to 28 February 2006, Group 4 Securicor used a total of three hours and eight minutes for this purpose. The process is carried out through a central IT system and not by individual regions.

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