19 Feb 2007 : Column 314W—continued
| Number |
| | April 2006 | May 2006 | June 2006 | July 2006 | August 2006 | September 2006 |
|
Total asylum applicants removed
|
1,735
|
1,670
|
1,665
|
1,170
|
1,325
|
1,140
|
|
Of whom:
| | | | | | |
|
Principal asylum applicants(4)
|
1,525
|
1,490
|
1,465
|
1,050
|
1,225
|
1,020
|
|
Of whom:
| | | | | | |
|
Dependants of asylum applicants
|
210
|
180
|
200
|
120
|
100
|
125
|
(1) Includes enforced removals, persons departing ‘voluntarily’ after enforcement action had been initiated against them, persons leaving under Assisted Voluntary Return Programmes run by the International Organisation for Migration and those who it is established have left the UK without informing the immigration authorities.
(2) Figures are rounded to the nearest five and may not sum due to rounding.
(3) Provisional figures.
(4) Persons who had sought asylum at some stage, excluding dependants.
|
Domestic Violence
Mr. Ruffley:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many domestic violence prosecutions were undertaken in each English police region in each year since 1997. [118651]
Mr. McNulty:
The CPS holds records of proceedings for domestic violence cases since the full implementation of the compass case management system. The following tables show the number of prosecutions for domestic violence cases completed in each of the 42 areas of the CPS in 2005 and in 2006, together with the number and the proportion of cases resulting in conviction and in an unsuccessful outcome.
| Proceedings for domestic violence: 2005 |
| | Number of convictions | Percentage | Number of unsuccessful outcomes | Percentage | Total |
|
Avon and Somerset
|
750
|
67.1
|
367
|
32.9
|
1,117
|
|
Bedfordshire
|
189
|
44.3
|
238
|
55.7
|
427
|
|
Cambridgeshire
|
333
|
62.1
|
203
|
37.9
|
536
|
|
Cheshire
|
578
|
64.9
|
312
|
35.1
|
890
|
|
Cleveland
|
371
|
65.7
|
194
|
34.3
|
565
|
|
Cumbria
|
292
|
61.1
|
186
|
38.9
|
478
|
|
Derbyshire
|
673
|
56.1
|
526
|
43.9
|
1,199
|
|
Devon and Cornwall
|
726
|
54.3
|
612
|
45.7
|
1,338
|
|
Dorset
|
276
|
64.8
|
150
|
35.2
|
426
|
|
Durham
|
401
|
75.0
|
134
|
25.0
|
535
|
|
Dyfed Powys
|
172
|
61.6
|
107
|
38.4
|
279
|
|
Essex
|
661
|
52.5
|
597
|
47.5
|
1,258
|
|
Gloucestershire
|
440
|
67.7
|
210
|
32.3
|
650
|
|
Greater Manchester
|
1,285
|
65.8
|
668
|
34.2
|
1,953
|
|
Gwent
|
288
|
59.8
|
194
|
40.2
|
482
|
|
Hampshire and IOW
|
906
|
60.8
|
583
|
39.2
|
1,489
|
|
Hertfordshire
|
477
|
51.5
|
449
|
48.5
|
926
|
|
Humberside
|
441
|
75.8
|
141
|
24.2
|
582
|
|
Kent
|
437
|
64.2
|
244
|
35.8
|
681
|
|
Lancashire
|
1,089
|
72.0
|
424
|
28.0
|
1,513
|
|
Leicestershire
|
523
|
59.8
|
351
|
40.2
|
874
|
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19 Feb 2007 : Column 316W
|
Lincolnshire
|
249
|
57.5
|
184
|
42.5
|
433
|
|
London
|
2,067
|
51.0
|
1,982
|
49.0
|
4,049
|
|
Merseyside
|
770
|
51.5
|
724
|
48.5
|
1,494
|
|
Norfolk
|
421
|
71.0
|
172
|
29.0
|
593
|
|
Northamptonshire
|
326
|
59.4
|
223
|
40.6
|
549
|
|
Northumbria
|
950
|
66.7
|
474
|
33.3
|
1,424
|
|
North Wales
|
454
|
68.2
|
212
|
31.8
|
666
|
|
North Yorkshire
|
334
|
58.3
|
239
|
41.7
|
573
|
|
Nottinghamshire
|
550
|
53.2
|
483
|
46.8
|
1,033
|
|
South Wales
|
678
|
52.2
|
622
|
47.8
|
1,300
|
|
South Yorkshire
|
751
|
66.3
|
382
|
33.7
|
1,133
|
|
Staffordshire
|
800
|
47.9
|
869
|
52.1
|
1,669
|
|
Suffolk
|
428
|
63.7
|
244
|
36.3
|
672
|
|
Surrey
|
248
|
53.0
|
220
|
47.0
|
468
|
|
Sussex
|
656
|
57.4
|
487
|
42.6
|
1,143
|
|
Thames Valley
|
832
|
57.5
|
615
|
42.5
|
1,447
|
|
Warwickshire
|
98
|
77.2
|
29
|
22.8
|
127
|
|
West Mercia
|
423
|
51.0
|
406
|
49.0
|
829
|
|
West Midlands
|
1,761
|
59.5
|
1,199
|
40.5
|
2,960
|
|
West Yorkshire
|
1,605
|
55.8
|
1,271
|
44.2
|
2,876
|
|
Wiltshire
|
405
|
66.6
|
203
|
33.4
|
608
|
|
Total
|
26,114
|
59.0
|
18,130
|
41.0
|
44,244
|
