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Mr. Byrne: The requested information could be obtained only at disproportionate cost by examination of individual case records.

Information on asylum applications, grants of asylum at initial decision and appeal outcomes for Ugandan nationals is published quarterly and annually. Copies are available from the Library of the House and on the Home Office Research Development and Statistics Directorate website at http://homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/immigration1.html.

Mr. Gerrard: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department to which countries it is his Department’s policy not to return failed asylum seekers. [113101]

Mr. Byrne: All asylum claims are considered on an individual basis, and we would not seek to remove an individual who has been found to be in need of international protection. We expect failed asylum seekers to return voluntarily. There is no country to which as a matter of policy we do not seek to enforce return but we are not currently enforcing returns to Zimbabwe pending the resolution of litigation. It remains our intention to resume such returns as soon as possible.

Tony Baldry: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when his Department will make a decision on the asylum application of Mr. Erion Remiraj, reference D1018757. [113251]

Mr. Byrne: I wrote to the hon. Member on 3 January 2007.

Mr. Nicholas Brown: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what arrangements his Department has made for the teaching of English to those seeking asylum within the United Kingdom; and what discussions his Department has had with (a) the Department for Education and Skills and (b) the Learning and Skills Council on English language courses for asylum seekers and the funding arrangements for them. [113525]

Mr. Byrne: Arrangements for the teaching of English are a matter for the Department for Education and Skills, although the application to asylum seekers of the recently announced changes in eligibility for free tuition was of course discussed with the Home Office.

Burglary and Violence Convictions

Mr. Laurence Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what percentage of people convicted of (a) burglary and (b) violence against the person were sent to prison in each of the last 10 years; and what percentage of these were sent to prison for their first offence. [108849]

Mr. Sutcliffe: The information requested is contained in the table.

The most recent custody information for first-time offenders was published in October 2005 in “Sentencing Statistics 2004”, Home Office Statistical Bulletin No. 15/05. This report is available online at http://
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www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs05/ hosb1505.pdf. The percentage of first-time offenders sentenced to custody can be found in Table 6.6.

Figures for first-time offenders sentenced to custody by offence group are not readily available.

Persons sentenced to immediate custody for offences of burglary and violence against the person, England and Wales
Percentage
Burglary Violence against the person

1996

42

31

1997

45

30

1998

47

30

1999

49

31

2000

51

32

2001

51

32

2002

51

31

2003

47

30

2004

45

31

2005

42

32

Note:
Although care is taken in collating and analysing the returns used to compile these figures, the data are of necessity subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale recording system. Consequently, although figures are shown to the last digit in order to provide a comprehensive record of the information collected, they are not necessarily accurate to the last digit shown.
Source:
RDS-NOMS, Home Office.

Community Support Officers

Mr. Clegg: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many police community support officers were planned to be delivered in each police area under the target to introduce 24,000 officers; and how many will be delivered in each area under the plan for 16,000. [109680]

John Reid: Table A gives the estimated number each force would have employed by March 2008 to achieve a national target of 24,000 police community support officers (PCSOs). A written ministerial statement on 27 November announced changes to this plan in the light of the progress that the police service has made towards delivering neighbourhood policing and requests from the service for greater flexibility. Table B gives the number to be delivered by April 2007 to achieve a national target of 16,000 PCSOs for 2007-08.


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Table A: Estimate for 24,000 PCSOs England and Wales
March 2008

Avon and Somerset

541

Bedfordshire

199

Cambridgeshire

287

Cheshire

353

City of London

118

Cleveland

215

Cumbria

170

Derbyshire

288

Devon and Cornwall

535

Dorset

236

Durham

263

Dyfed-Powys

123

Essex

547

Gloucestershire

252

Greater Manchester

1,238

Gwent

221

Hampshire

539

Hertfordshire

369

Humberside

332

Kent

571

Lancashire

630

Leicestershire

350

Lincolnshire

233

Merseyside

742

Metropolitan

6,389

Norfolk

280

North Wales

248

North Yorkshire

269

Northamptonshire

213

Northumbria

671

Nottinghamshire

406

South Wales

511

South Yorkshire

521

Staffordshire

339

Suffolk

216

Surrey

329

Sussex

525

Thames Valley

675

Warwickshire

202

West Mercia

388

West Midlands

1,187

West Yorkshire

1,097

Wiltshire

206

Total

24,024



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Table B: Target 16,000 PCSOs
April 2007

Avon and Somerset

346

Bedfordshire

128

Cambridgeshire

195

Cheshire

237

City of London

52

Cleveland

122

Cumbria

105

Derbyshire

160

Devon and Cornwall

356

Dorset

162

Durham

172

Dyfed-Powys

62

Essex

362

Gloucestershire

178

Greater Manchester

828

Gwent

129

Hampshire

333

Hertfordshire

252

Humberside

210

Kent

382

Lancashire

417

Leicestershire

229

Lincolnshire

149

Merseyside

466

Metropolitan

4,562

Norfolk

189

North Wales

157

North Yorkshire

183

Northamptonshire

138

Northumbria

432

Nottinghamshire

257

South Wales

325

South Yorkshire

328

Staffordshire

209

Suffolk

142

Surrey

222

Sussex

354

Thames Valley

417

Warwickshire

139

West Mercia

270

West Midlands

751

West Yorkshire

760

Wiltshire

135

Total

16,002


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