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Special Constables: Recruitment

Mr. Watson: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether the target of recruiting 14,000 special constables by March 2007 has been met; and if he will make a statement. [127422]

Mr. McNulty [holding answer 9 March 2007]: The Police Service Strength statistical bulletin published on 26 July 2006 shows that on 31 March 2006 there were 13,179 special constables in England and Wales. Figures for 31 March 2007 will be published in July this year.

Stop and Search

Nick Herbert: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) stop and account and (b) stop and search forms were completed by each police force in England and Wales in the last year for which figures are available. [122932]

Mr. McNulty [holding answer 23 February 2007]: The last year for which figures are available for stop and searches are 2004-05 and are shown in the following table below. These figures reflect the number of stop and searches recorded by each police force area in relation to powers under section one of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984, and other legislation; section 60 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994; section 44 of the Terrorism Act 2000.

From 1 April 2005, police forces have been required to collect figures on the recording of encounters by police officers in accordance with paragraphs 4.11 - 4.20 of the PACE code of practice on exercise by police officers of statutory powers of stop and search (Code A). Issues relating to the quality and completeness of the 2005-06 figures mean they remain subject to further work before they can be published by the Home Office, however police forces are able to use their data for local accountability.


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‘Stop and searches’ of persons under s1 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984, and other legislation, 2004-05
Police force area Total

Avon and Somerset

17,897

Bedfordshire

3,507

Cambridgeshire

5,328

Cheshire

13,536

Cleveland

14,367

Cumbria

5,702

Derbyshire

10,592

Devon and Cornwall

21,096

Dorset

6,160

Durham

9,317

Essex

8,131

Gloucestershire

4,018

Greater Manchester

58,118

Hampshire

24,336

Hertfordshire

12,083

Humberside

6,159

Kent

11,482

Lancashire

21,642

Leicestershire

13,597

Lincolnshire

6,878

London, City of

6,915

Merseyside

21,354

Metropolitan Police

237,104

Norfolk

6,345

Northamptonshire

7,123

Northumbria

24,698

North Yorkshire

3,832

Nottinghamshire

4,318

South Yorkshire

24,151

Staffordshire

19,525

Suffolk

4,274

Surrey

9,755

Sussex

12,312

Thames Valley

20,542

Warwickshire

5,713

West Mercia

9,327

West Midlands

30,119

West Yorkshire

74,256

Wiltshire

4,648

Dyfed-Powys

8,316

Gwent

6,059

North Wales

11,899

South Wales

13,446

England and Wales

839,977

Note:
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 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.

Vandalism

Mr. Ruffley: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many instances of vandalism were reported in (a) England, (b) Suffolk, (c) Bedfordshire, (d) Cambridgeshire, (e) Essex, (f) Hertfordshire and (g) Norfolk in each year since 1997. [127868]

Mr. Coaker: The available information relates to offences of criminal damage recorded by the police and the information is in the tables.

Table 1: Offences of criminal damage recorded by the police—1997
Number

England

822,029

Suffolk

7,835

Bedfordshire

8,025

Cambridgeshire

9,250

Essex

18,845

Hertfordshire

9,831

Norfolk

9,782


Table 2: Offences of criminal damage recorded by the police—1998-99 to 2001-02
Number
1998-99 1999-2000 2000-01 2001-02

England

823,520

890,756

906,800

1,007,634

Suffolk

7,898

9,547

10,150

12,095

Bedfordshire

7,893

8,048

7,892

8,191

Cambridgeshire

11,925

12,110

13,197

13,972

Essex

18,834

21,766

24,673

26,990

Hertfordshire

10,177

11,560

13,839

15,302

Norfolk

10,393

10,978

11,481

13,065

Note: 1. The coverage was extended and counting rules revised from 1998-99. Figures from that date are not directly comparable with those for 1997. 2. The data in this table is prior to the introduction of the National Crime Recording Standard. These figures are not directly comparable with those for later years.


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Table 3: Offences of criminal damage recorded by the police—2002-03 to 2005-06
Number
2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06

England

1,043,197

1,139,308

1,121,057

1,107,752

Suffolk

11,497

12,817

12,781

13,067

Bedfordshire

10,050

11,065

10,561

10,817

Cambridgeshire

16,153

16,534

16,227

14,680

Essex

30,337

34,253

32,406

30,564

Hertfordshire

17,988

19,887

20,762

20,986

Norfolk

16,030

17,462

17,470

17,577

Note: The data in this table takes account of the introduction of the National Crime Recording Standard in April 2002. These figures are not directly comparable with those for earlier years.

Young Offenders: Mental Health Services

Justine Greening: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many young offenders were referred to (a) acute local child and adolescent mental health services and (b) non-acute local child and adolescent mental health services in each year since 2002; and if he will make a statement. [126058]

Mr. Ivan Lewis: I have been asked to reply.

The information requested is shown in the table.

Referrals to child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) by youth offending teams for each year since 2002
Acute Non-acute

2002

510

2,052

2003

936

6,427

2004

833

6,102

2005

689

5,937

2006

525

6,440

Source:
Youth Justice Board.

A combined screening and assessment method for mental health, physical health and substance misuse of young people in the young peoples estate is currently in development and planning for the implementation stage is under way. This project is supported by a cross- departmental working group of National Treatment Agency, Youth Justice Board, Prison Health and Prison Service Women and Young People Group.

A new framework “Promoting Mental Health for Children held in Secure Settings: A Framework for Commissioning Services”, developed in partnership by the Department of Health, Home Office, Youth Justice Board and Department for Education and Skills, will be launched this month and will set out best practice guidelines for commissioning services for children in secure settings.


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