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Children in Custody

Lynne Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 13 March 2006 to question 47527, on children in custody, if he will make it his policy to record the numbers of children held in penal custody who had (a) some form of mental health problem, (b) a history of having been in care,
 
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(c) literacy levels below the average for their age, (d) reported experience of violence at home, (e) reported suffering from sexual abuse and (f) not accessed educational provision prior to custody. [60307]

Fiona Mactaggart: These details are already recorded, for example in the trainee's ASSET form, but are not collated centrally. Individual information is needed in relation to each trainee; but an overall picture can be obtained from research studies based on samples of trainees. Mental health data obtained by this method is included in the Youth Justice Board's 2005 publication Mental health needs and provision" and data on literacy and school attendance in its 2001 survey An audit of education provision within the juvenile secure estate". These studies are available on the Board's website (www.youth-justice-board.gov.uk). New research on school attendance is currently in hand. The development of electronic systems within the youth justice system should make it possible to collate a larger amount of information than can readily be done at present.

Correspondence

Clare Short: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when the Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Nationality will reply to the letter from the right hon. Member for Birmingham, Ladywood, dated 10th January 2006 on behalf of Mrs. Gladise Masero, Home Office Reference M1087704. [59407]

Mr. McNulty: The Immigration and Nationality Directorate wrote to my right hon. Friend on 17 March 2006.

Clare Short: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when the Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Nationality will reply to the letter from the right hon. Member for Birmingham, Ladywood dated 9 November 2005 regarding (acknowledgement B26843/5) on behalf of Rajinder Kumar, K501739. [59444]

Mr. McNulty: The Director General of the Immigration and Nationality Directorate wrote to my right hon. Friend on 16 March.

Susan Kramer: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when the Immigration and Nationality Directorate will reply in full to the letters from the hon. Member for Richmond Park dated 1 and 14 December 2005 and 1 February 2006 regarding the immigration case of Mr. Hakim Shena Suleyman (Home Office Reference: H421951). [59483]

Mr. McNulty: The Director General of the Immigration and Nationality Directorate wrote to the hon. Member on 16 March.

Clare Short: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when the Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Nationality will reply to the letter from the right hon. Member for Birmingham, Ladywood dated 9 November 2005 (acknowledgement B26882/5) on behalf of Mrs. Zohra Kousar Pak, HO ref. K12009973. [59486]

Mr. McNulty: The Immigration and Nationality Directorate replied to my right hon. Friend on 20 March 2006.
 
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Clare Short: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when the Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Nationality will reply to the letter from the right hon. Member for Birmingham, Ladywood dated 21 December 2005 (acknowledgement B30471/5) on behalf of Mohammed Ubaidul Hassan Ludhi, HO ref. LR15170033181/1. [59487]

Mr. McNulty: The Immigration and Nationality Directorate replied to my right hon. Friend on 17 March 2006.

Clare Short: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when the Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Nationality will reply to the letter from the right hon. Member for Birmingham, Ladywood dated 25 October 2005 (acknowledgement B25206/5) regarding HO Ref G1071997, Mr Sabir Ghazi. [59488]

Mr. McNulty: The Immigration and Nationality Directorate wrote to my right hon. Friend on 20 March 2006.

Clare Short: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when the Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Nationality will reply to the letter from the right hon. Member for Birmingham, Ladywood dated 28 November 2005 (acknowledgement B28213/5) on behalf of Mauvalyn Howell, HO Ref A2329027. [59489]

Mr. McNulty: The Immigration and Nationality Directorate replied to my right hon. Friend on 17 March 2006.
 
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Clare Short: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when the Minister for Immigration will reply to the letter from the right hon. Member for Birmingham, Ladywood dated 6 December 2005 (acknowledgement B29131/5) on behalf of Miss Lethiana Corrodas, HO ref.C1019853. [59490]

Mr. McNulty: The Immigration and Nationality Directorate wrote to my right hon. Friend on 20 March 2006.

Clare Short: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when the Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Nationality will reply to the enquiry from the right hon. Member for Birmingham, Ladywood, dated 4 October 2005 (acknowledgement reference B23510/5) on behalf of Dionne Peast, Home Office reference P363945. [59905]

Mr. McNulty: The Immigration and Nationality Directorate wrote to my right hon. Friend on 20 March 2006.

Crime Statistics

Mr. Moss: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the recorded incidence was of (a) violent crime and (b) serious violent crime in each month from January 2003 (i) in total and (ii) broken down by police authority area. [58177]

Hazel Blears: The available information is given in the tables. Data are provided for violent crime which combines offence groups' violence against the person, sexual offences and robbery. Figures are also provided for more serious violence against the person, a subset of violence against the person.
Violent crime January 2003 to March 2005

	2003
Police force	Jan	Feb	March	April	May	June	July	Aug	Sept	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avon and Somerset	2,273	1,966	2,561	2,179	2,326	2,693	2,842	2,614	2,987	2,709	2,140	2,546
Bedfordshire	832	735	822	837	828	967	884	796	881	883	842	818
Cambridgeshire	1,029	944	1,184	1,132	1,193	1,455	1492	1,434	1,324	1,215	1,160	1,218
Cheshire	1,090	982	1,172	1,265	1,259	1,256	1,364	1,154	1,287	1,444	1,261	1,333
Cleveland	663	750	864	819	874	906	948	1,001	928	1,074	987	921
Cumbria	566	484	499	495	599	564	708	478	711	553	530	557
Derbyshire	1,375	1,306	1,493	1,459	1,538	1,563	1,496	1,727	1,605	1,697	1,389	1,482
Devon and Cornwall	1,859	1,634	2,080	1,955	2,198	2,258	2,571	2,750	2,254	2,405	2,242	2,308
Dorset	701	681	825	844	863	777	980	821	872	872	841	818
Durham	672	697	761	631	615	664	6561	655	583	543	509	526
Dyfed-Powys	481	480	534	477	500	669	840	860	748	754	827	553
Essex	1,924	2,031	2,051	2,216	2,325	2,585	2,539	2,406	2,271	2,569	2,312	2,384
Gloucestershire	784	697	825	710	803	821	882	908	763	741	701	685
Greater Manchester	4,902	4,946	5,554	5,650	5,430	6,052	5,632	5,650	5,702	5,174	5,110	5,557
Gwent	1,312	1,196	1,192	1,326	1,127	906	1,348	1,207	1,284	1,199	965	903
Hampshire	2,362	2,332	2,779	2,392	2,768	2,902	3,435	3,350	3,162	3,366	3,285	3,312
Hertfordshire	707	710	850	918	991	1,092	1,191	1,192	1,003	1,182	1,124	1,179
Humberside	1,446	1473	1902	1651	2095	2,028	2,236	2,425	2,609	2,707	2,526	2,410
Kent	1,727	1,540	1,783	1,741	1,831	1,954	1,970	2,107	1,944	1,937	1,862	1,764
Lancashire	1,404	1,344	1,737	2,022	2,682	2,883	2,832	2,538	2,247	2,259	2,285	2,431
Leicestershire	1,462	1,396	1,546	1,455	1,630	1,722	1,721	1,782	1,660	1,722	1,746	1,549
Lincolnshire	767	666	872	826	893	871	1,048	1,019	897	896	849	899
London, City of	96	86	89	73	62	59	96	92	62	67	83	84
Merseyside	2,202	2,001	2,413	2,314	2,466	2,441	2,408	2,634	2,257	2,297	2,189	2,661
Metropolitan Police	18,606	17,199	19,631	19,172	20,326	21,144	21,555	20,299	19,514	19,238	18,720	17,867
Norfolk	835	827	1,013	987	1,083	1,122	1,184	1,183	1,052	991	1,060	988
Northamptonshire	841	767	955	960	1,074	1,051	1,057	1,006	1,010	1,118	1,106	1,101
Northumbria	2,373	2341	2,477	2389	2,502	2,477	2,444	2,299	2,196	2,148	2,117	2,124
North Wales	966	903	1,080	968	989	992	1,091	1,066	919	892	912	954
North Yorkshire	834	586	857	491	862	762	869	805	1,032	1,016	883	917
Nottinghamshire	1,561	1569	2,035	1,693	1,860	2,089	1,948	1,997	1,788	1,786	1,795	1,781
South Wales	2,069	1,790	1,949	1,814	1,839	1,963	2,032	2,169	1,830	1,895	1,896	1,862
South Yorkshire	1,330	1,357	1,362	1,295	1,349	1,286	1,350	1,373	1,271	1,256	1,282	1,474
Staffordshire	1,681	1,755	1,975	1,974	1,971	2,178	2,079	1,896	2,173	2,228	1,949	2,214
Suffolk	727	643	740	740	850	875	1,012	1,072	979	753	810	859
Surrey	853	686	810	949	1,007	1,013	885	994	777	842	1,015	865
Sussex	1,592	1,570	1,699	1,726	1,877	2,021	1,931	2,001	1,839	1,661	1,854	1,670
Thames Valley	2,236	2,103	2,675	2,583	2,566	2,859	2,809	2,851	2,677	2,640	2,475	2,555
Warwickshire	595	602	622	606	759	697	703	718	639	628	572	617
West Mercia	1,810	1,636	1,750	1,846	1,946	2,129	2,099	2,171	1,954	1,877	1,896	1,922
West Midlands	5,327	4,907	5,743	5,564	5,978	6,162	6,097	6,083	5,536	5,609	5,482	5,575
West Yorkshire	3,101	2,730	3,398	3,297	4,258	4,935	5,577	5,390	4,912	4,843	4,857	4,459
Wiltshire	604	611	565	619	574	594	706	628	553	600	541	538
Total	80,577	75,622	87,724	85,060	91,566	96,437	9,9547	97,600	92,692	92,286	88,997	89,240

 
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Violent crime January 2003 to March 2005

	2004
Police force	Jan	Feb	March	April	May	June	July	Aug	Septr	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avon and Somerset	2,670	2,402	2,846	2,650	2,695	3,245	3,099	2,930	3,123	2,723	3,334	3,156
Bedfordshire	843	847	890	888	1,012	1,133	1,109	969	1,002	961	1,037	1,004
Cambridgeshire	1,135	1,155	1,272	1,199	1,374	1,409	1,454	1,489	1,407	1,280	1,222	1,063
Cheshire	1,260	1228	1306	1333	1405	1485	1354	1,323	1,469	1355	1,479	1,537
Cleveland	995	882	946	969	979	995	984	966	1,011	1,091	1,233	1,183
Cumbria	739	625	732	559	761	693	769	418	1,045	905	899	891
Derbyshire	1,450	1,431	1,499	1,613	1,791	1,646	1,695	1,648	1,546	1,631	1,427	1,401
Devon and Cornwall	2,293	2,218	2,415	2,649	2,861	2,751	2,829	3,100	2,586	2,456	2,418	2,409
Dorset	815	816	852	947	884	990	1,075	1,133	1,025	991	997	9,511
Durham	562	579	671	548	622	616	659	634	653	619	596	640
Dyfed-Powys	891	605	673	748	926	748	798	882	684	776	668	753
Essex	2,417	2,275	2,483	2,529	2,589	2,818	2,555	2,380	2,434	2,360	2,320	2,153
Gloucestershire	724	673	837	750	818	887	959	936	847	988	924	905
Greater Manchester	5,262	5,288	5,911	5,835	5,964	5,725	5,251	6,095	5,016	5,043	5,175	5,002
Gwent	1,182	1,036	1,126	9,05	1,044	1,129	1,600	1,212	1,293	1,264	1,173	1,035
Hampshire	3,371	3,333	3,546	3,803	3,783	3,821	3,705	3,638	3,558	3,506	3,630	3,324
Hertfordshire	1,411	1,263	1,426	1,563	1,738	1,664	1,603	1,659	1,618	1,653	1,476	1,548
Humberside	2,478	2,446	2,871	2,590	2,530	2,506	2,638	2,433	2,320	2,334	2,031	1,890
Kent	18,97	1,873	2,024	2,014	2,150	2,154	2,264	2,074	2,190	2,322	9,925	2,011
Lancashire	2,400	2305	2413	2504	3275	3408	3384	3287	2933	2825	27698	2547
Leicestershire	1,600	1,656	1,826	1,859	1,916	1,977	2,036	2,055	1,939	2,017	2,200	2,195
Lincolnshire	942	974	974	966	1,074	1,073	1,019	1,072	1,032	964	888	893
London, City of	70	92	89	89	82	107	82	63	99	97	92	138
Merseyside	2,611	2790	3009	3196	3339	3674	2990	3082	2804	2965	3001	3003
Metropolitan Police	19,517	19,003	20,672	19,091	21,140	21,400	21,890	21,906	20,799	2,1943	2,1653	20,054
Norfolk	931	1,055	1,183	1,213	1,262	1,261	1,241	1,314	1,079	1,272	1,150	1113
Northamptonshire	1,085	1,088	1,178	1,171	1,203	11,443	1,133	1,126	967	1,140	1,033	933
Northumbria	2,234	2,092	2,359	2,232	2,265	2,205	2,228	2,232	2,187	2,054	2,045	20,005
North Wales	1,007	922	1,037	1,124	1,196	1,023	1,089	1,255	1,038	1,083	972	1,036
North Yorkshire	956	933	981	984	1,179	1,066	1,113	1,117	1,063	1,122	983	1,149
Nottinghamshire	1,843	1,711	19,51	1,679	1,824	1,792	1,815	1,724	1,959	2,058	1,887	1,973
South Wales	1,768	1,751	1,841	1,776	1,937	1,682	1,800	1,814	1,643	1,704	1,740	1,762
South Yorkshire	1,370	1,188	1,343	1,364	1,555	1,577	1,771	1,573	1,809	2,123	1,998	1,975
Suffolk	1,864	1,866	2,317	2,143	2,150	2,310	2,117	2,246	2,185	2,014	2,238	2,132
Surrey	838	780	892	929	1,053	813	1,053	1,066	961	938	1,028	853
Surrey	895	909	697	1,273	1,141	1,093	1,083	1,085	788	1,069	966	843
Sussex	1,910	1,780	1,856	2,156	2,303	2,597	2,793	2,702	2,663	2,631	2,635	2,551
Thames Valley	2,668	2,84	3,025	2,923	3,221	3,363	3,281	3,292	3,187	3,332	3,368	3,295
Warwickshire	595	528	609	688	620	632	587	661	576	597	624	554
West Mercia	1,883	1,754	2,029	1,769	1,987	2,062	1,795	1,760	1,632	1,555	1,505	1,422
West Midlands	5,784	5,514	6,050	5,732	5,931	5,407	5,805	5,683	5,449	5,720	5,354	5,355
West Yorkshire	4,558	3,107	1,752	4,151	4,590	4,035	4,320	4,230	3,908	4,196	4,036	3,893
Wiltshire	663	553	645	508	535	631	587	627	528	541	553	593
Total	9,2387	88,110	95,094	95,612	102,704	102,746	103,412	102,791	98,055	100,218	99,051	95,183

Violent crime January 2003 to March 2005

	2005
Police force	January	February
Avon and Somerset	30,936	2,671
Bedfordshire	880	783
Cambridgeshire	1,044	846
Cheshire	1,643	1,218
Cleveland	1,271	1,204
Cumbria	827	823
Derbyshire	1,408	1,189
Devon and Cornwall	2,163	1,832
Dorset	899	827
Durham	620	579
Dyfed-Powys	613	604
Essex	2,102	1,820
Gloucestershire	884	773
Greater Manchester	5,135	4,691
Gwent	1,158	992
Hampshire	3,165	2,812
Hertfordshire	1,412	1,324
Humberside	1,789	1,758
Kent	2,046	1,995
Lancashire	2,420	2,273
Leicestershire	2,017	1,899
Lincolnshire	980	855
London, City of	92	65
Merseyside	3,129	3,167
Metropolitan Police	2,248	19,027
Norfolk	1,023	1,055
Northamptonshire	950	860
Northumbria	2,109	1,795
North Wales	1,040	957
North Yorkshire	1,057	1,055
Nottinghamshire	1,897	1,878
South Wales	1825	1,791
South Yorkshire	2,293	2,517
Suffolk	1,972	1,979
Surrey	913	744
Surrey	807	803
Sussex	2,412	2,346
Thames Valley	3,036	2,797
Warwickshire	554	557
West Mercia	1,477	1,286
West Midlands	5,879	5,180
West Yorkshire	3,809	3,714
Wiltshire	543	508
Total	95,637	87,849

 
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