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Security Industry Authority

Peter Luff: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will increase the powers of the Security Industry Authority in relation to wheel clamping. [110906]

Mr. Coaker: There are currently no plans to increase the powers of the Security Industry Authority in the regulation of wheel-clamping.

Sexual Offences Act

Mr. Spring: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people have been convicted for offences under the Sexual Offences Act 2003 since the Act came into force. [111262]

Mr. Coaker: The Sexual Offences Act 2003 came into force on 1 May 2004. Data from the court proceedings database held by the Office for Criminal Justice Reform show that in 2004 and 2005 5,126 persons were convicted of offences under the Act.

War Criminals

Mr. Dismore: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will take steps to contact the director of the Zentrale Stelle der Landesjustizverwaltungen zur Aufklärung von NS-Verbrechen in Ludwigsburg, Germany for details of former German prisoners of war held in the UK who appear on the black list of special category
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prisoners of war and who may now be resident in the UK; and if he will make a statement. [116952]

Mr. McNulty: Details of the Zentrale Stelle der Landesjustizverwaltungen were known to the War Crimes Inquiry which reported in 1989 and it would therefore be for the police to consider if information from these records would now assist them in any particular war crimes investigation.

Wreck Salvage Offences

Mr. Gordon Prentice: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people were convicted of offences related to taking goods and other material washed up from a wreck in each year since 1981. [111647]

Mr. Coaker: Under sections 237 (2), 245 and 246 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995, prosecutions can be brought for various offences related to the possession or sale of goods taken from a shipwreck. Under section 236 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 prosecutions can be brought for failure to report any wreck material to the Receiver of Wreck.

The Maritime and Coastguard agency advises that there have been no prosecutions for these offences since 1993. The role of Receiver of Wreck was centralised and taken on by the (then) Coastguard Agency in 1993, so data from 1981-1992 are not available as the role was then dealt with on a local basis by Customs and Excise.

Young Offenders

Jenny Willott: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) male and (b) female (i) juvenile and (ii) young adult offenders were held in secure accommodation in each region in England and Wales in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement. [106972]

Mr. Sutcliffe: Information on the numbers of young adult offenders, grouped together with juvenile offenders, (a) male and (b) female in each region in England and Wales since 1997 can be found in the following table. Information on the numbers of juvenile young offenders taken separately covering the period requested could not be obtained without disproportionate cost.

The figures provided have been drawn from administrative IT systems.

Although care is taken when processing and analysing the returns, the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large scale recording system, and although shown to the last individual the figures may not be accurate to that level.


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Young persons detained in prison establishments in England and Wales, by region, 1997-2006 (as at 30 June each year)
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006

High security

Male

92

84

90

158

137

106

113

127

Female

Total

92

84

90

158

137

106

113

127

Contracted out

Male

1,198

1,231

1,328

Female

2

31

32

Total

1,200

1,262

1,360

Central

Male

1,433

1,572

1,460

Female

0

Total

1,433

1,572

1,460

Eastern

Male

485

567

373

362

532

535

523

Female

135

114

127

Total

485

567

373

362

667

649

650

East Midlands

Male

880

838

831

1,298

1,369

1,093

1,083

924

957

939

Female

4

1

3

Total

880

838

831

1,298

1,369

1,093

1,083

928

958

942

Female managed

(Male)

Female

502

517

659

557

Total

502

517

659

557

Juvenile managed

Male

2,851

2,575

Female

Total

2,851

2,575

Kent

Male

429

409

359

382

492

484

Female

3

4

1

8

8

14

Total

432

413

360

390

500

498

Kent Surrey and Sussex

Male

482

346

369

371

Female

Total

482

346

369

371

Lancashire and Cumbria

Male

462

490

Female

Total

462

490

London

Male

720

659

341

324

640

616

597

Female

58

69

57

Total

0

0

0

720

659

341

324

698

685

654

London N and East Anglia

Male

411

382

436

Female

142

144

150

Total

553

526

586

London South

Male

1,014

967

894

Female

0

Total

1,014

967

894

Mersey and Manchester

Male

435

880

819

Female

62

77

79

Total

497

957

898

Manchester Mersey and Cheshire

Male

981

996

Female

Total

981

996

Mercia

Male

742

801

791

Female

51

42

45

Total

793

843

836

North East

Male

1,407

1,331

1,165

718

688

647

590

837

790

753

Female

11

21

17

65

63

32

Total

1,418

1,352

1,182

718

688

647

590

902

853

785

North West

Male

1,347

1,172

1,161

1,091

1,083

1,210

1,160

1,144

Female

0

0

31

40

43

Total

1,347

1,172

1,161

0

0

1,091

1,083

1,241

1,200

1,187

South Coast

Male

706

721

723

Female

80

0

0

Total

786

721

723

South West

Male

1,102

1,099

710

742

723

615

642

Female

56

46

66

Total

1,102

1,099

710

742

779

661

708

Sussex (with Surrey 2004)

Male

115

106

142

Female

14

14

Total

115

120

156

Thames Valley and Hampshire (and IOW from 2002)

Male

913

892

620

601

977

1,070

1,066

Female

Total

913

892

620

601

977

1,070

1,066

Wales

Male

428

377

460

469

1

Female

Total

428

377

460

469

1

Wales and the West

Male

492

630

686

Female

150

53

47

Total

642

683

733

West Midlands

Male

1,448

1,429

1,073

1,031

1,590

1,550

1,623

Female

46

24

24

Total

0

0

0

1,448

1,429

1,073

1,031

1,636

1,574

1,647

Yorkshire

Male

1,300

1,393

1,412

Female

64

109

125

Total

1,364

1,502

1,537

Yorkshire and Humberside

Male

1,608

1,535

1,165

1,117

1,038

1,069

1,064

Female

98

86

87

Total

1,608

1,535

1,165

1,117

1,136

1,155

1,151

Total

Male

10,596

11,096

10829

10,729

10,537

10,951

10,485

10,272

10,304

10,433

Female

563

450

464

502

517

659

557

503

496

499

Total

11,159

11,546

11,293

11,231

11,054

11,610

11,042

10,775

10,800

10,932

Notes: 1. Over time the data categories by region have been subject to reorganisation.
2. Regional descriptions are as was extant at the time.

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