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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.
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
|
| | | | | | | | | | |
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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
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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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
|
| | | | | | | | | | |
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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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