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Number held in reorientation for more than seven days and 28 days since January 2004
Number

Held for more than seven days

276

Held for more than 28 days

21


Dr. Vis: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many times control and restraint was used in Ashfield Young Offender Institution in each month since January 2005. [116833]

Mr. Sutcliffe: The figures requested are included in the following table.


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Number of times control and restraint was used in Ashfield YOI in each month since January 2005
Month Number

2005

January

11

February

19

March

18

April

23

May

34

June

35

July

29

August

40

September

42

October

44

November

48

December

27

2006

January

44

February

30

March

25

April

25

May

33

June

24

July

30

August

44

September

37

October

44

November

40

December

26


Assets Recovery Agency

Mr. Lidington: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether the Government informed any political party in Northern Ireland of its decision to abolish the Assets Recovery Agency in advance of his written statement to Parliament. [116815]

Mr. Coaker: The Government did not inform any political party of its plans to merge the Assets Recovery Agency and the Serious Organised Crime Agency in advance of the written statement on 11 January 2007, Official Report, column 21WS.

Community Support Officers

Sandra Gidley: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment he has made of the impact on response to crime in Hampshire of the planned reduction in funding for police community support officers. [115772]

Mr. McNulty: The funding for neighbourhood policing in Hampshire, including police community support officers (PCSOs), will increase by 46 per cent. from £4.8 million in 2006-07 to £7 million in 2007-08. By April 2007 Hampshire constabulary will have 333 PCSOs. They will play an important part in the
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continuing roll out of neighbourhood policing which will further reduce the fear of crime and address antisocial behaviour.

Mr. Hoyle: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans he has for recruitment of community support officers in Chorley. [117215]

Mr. McNulty: Police community support officer (PCSO) recruitment is a matter for the force concerned.

The Home Office has provided funding though the Neighbourhood Policing Fund to increase the number of PCSOs in Lancashire to 417. It is a matter for the Chief Constable how these are deployed across the force area.

Correspondence

Sarah Teather: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he will write to the hon. Member for Brent, East on the subject of the deportation of Irish nationals; and if he will place a copy of the letter in the Library. [103251]

Mr. Byrne: I wrote to the hon. Member on 22 November 2006 regarding this matter.

Crime Statistics

Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prosecutions there have been since 1996 for (a) the murder of a child or young person under 18, (b) the manslaughter of a child or young person under 18, (c) common assault and battery and (d) cruelty to a person under 16 where the prosecuted person had parental responsibility for the victim, or was the partner of the person with parental responsibility. [114452]

Mr. McNulty [holding answer 11 January 2007]: Data from the court proceedings database held by the Office for Criminal Justice Reform on the number of defendants proceeded against at magistrates courts in England and Wales for offences relating to cruelty or neglect of children for the years 1996 to 2005, are provided in the following table.

Information on the familial relationship between defendant and victim is not held centrally. From the court proceedings database it is also not possible to identify the number of prosecutions for common assault and battery where victims were under 18 years of age.

Suspects indicted for homicide by outcome of proceedings, where the victim was under 18 years old, England and Wales, 1995 to 2004-05 can be found in the following table.

Latest data from the Homicide Index were published in table 2.09 of “Violent Crime Overview, Homicide and Gun Crime 2004/2005” (HOSB 02/06). The table provided shows the number of suspects indicted where the victim was aged under 18.


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Number of defendants proceeded against at magistrates courts for offences relating to cruelty or neglect of children in England and Wales, 1996-2005( 1, 2)
Proceeded against
Statute Offence description 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

Children and Young Persons Act 1933 Sec 1

Cruelty or neglect of children

503

608

710

839

750

662

787

955

921

836

(1) These data are on the principal offence basis.
(2) Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used.
Source:
RDS Office for Criminal Justice Reform

Suspects indicted for homicide by outcome of proceedings( 1) , where victim under 18 years old, England and Wales, 1995 to 2004-05( 2,)
Number
Indictment and outcome 1995 1996 1997 1997-98 1998-99 1999-2000 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05

All suspects

Indictment( 3)

Murder

61

71

86

71

83

58

88

57

65

49

18

Manslaughter(4)

15

28

24

23

18

22

33

14

21

8

5

Infanticide

1

2

0

1

4

0

1

1

1

0

1

Total

77

101

110

95

105

80

122

72

87

57

24

Outcome:

Not convicted of homicide( 5)

Not tried - count to remain on file(6)

0

1

7

6

6

0

6

1

3

0

0

Found unfit to plead

1

0

0

0

0

1

2

0

0

0

0

Found not guilty by reason of insanity

1

0

0

0

1

0

1

0

0

0

0

Convicted of lesser offence

2

4

12

6

3

6

6

1

4

1

0

Acquitted on all counts

19

19

19

15

23

17

21

12

25

17

6

Committed suicide or died

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Total

23

24

38

27

33

24

36

14

32

18

6

Convicted of homicide:

Murder

30

24

36

34

27

33

27

26

22

18

10

Sec. 2 manslaughter

6

6

6

7

3

3

1

3

1

1

1

Other manslaughter

15

43

27

23

35

19

53

28

32

20

6

Infanticide

3

4

3

4

7

1

5

1

0

0

1

Total

54

77

72

68

72

56

86

58

55

39

18

Total

77

101

110

95

105

80

122

72

87

57

24

(1). As at 28 November 2005; figures are subject to revision as cases are dealt with by the police and the courts, or as further information becomes available. Figures for 2003-04 and 2004-05 are therefore likely to rise as cases progress through court.
(2) Offences are shown by the year in which they were initially recorded by police as homicide. This is not necessarily the year in which the incident took place or the year in which any court decision was made.
(3) In addition there were 402 suspects in 2004-05, for whom court proceedings were not completed by 28 November 2005.
(4) Three corporate manslaughters were included in 2000-01 and one in 2001-02.
(5) The offences for which these persons were indicted may nevertheless remain currently recorded as homicide.
(6) This usually implies that the suspect has been dealt with for some less serious offence.
Source:
Based on table 2.09 of “Violent Crime Overview, Homicide and Gun Crime 2004/2005” (HOSB 02/06).

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