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Antisocial Behaviour Orders: Warrington

Helen Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many antisocial behaviour orders were (a) applied for and (b) granted to Warrington borough council or Golden Gates Housing in the last year for which figures are available. [139926]

Mr. Coaker: The information requested is not held centrally. However, in 2005 18 antisocial behaviour orders were made in the local authority area of Warrington by all applicant authorities, which can include the police, local authority and social housing providers.

Arson: Young Offenders

Matthew Taylor: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what percentage of offenders found guilty of arson were aged between 15 and 19 years in each of the last five years. [139497]

Mr. Coaker: The information requested covering the years 2001-05, is provided in the following table. Data for 2006 will be available in the autumn.

Percentage of offenders found guilty at all courts for arson who were aged 15-19, England and Wales 2001-05( 1,2)
	Percentage
2001	31
2002	29
2003	29
2004	29
2005	29
(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.

Closed Circuit Television

Mr. Clegg: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what research his Department has carried out on the (a) accuracy and (b) utility of facial recognition technology using CCTV footage. [137458]

John Reid: The Home Office recognises the potential of automated facial recognition technologies as applied to CCTV systems in order to support effective policing, security and counter terrorism activities. The Department has undertaken limited assessments to determine the accuracy and utility of these technologies. Recent advances in the performance of face recognition hardware and software have led to the formation of a special interest group representing stakeholders in these activities to determine the way forward, chaired by the biometric centre of expertise at the Home Office scientific development branch.

Crime

Matthew Taylor: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many recorded crimes there were in (a) Devon and Cornwall, (b) the South West and (c) England and Wales in each year since 1979, broken down by type of crime. [140397]

Mr. Coaker: The available data are given in the tables.

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Table 1: Offences recorded by the police in selected areas 1979-1997
Number of offences
	Violence against the person	Sexual offences	Robbery	Burglary	Theft and handling
Devon and Cornwall
1979	1,979	575	91	7,712	25,758
1980	1,959	577	88	8,913	28,064
1981	2,024	467	118	10,434	31,218
1982	2,174	481	131	11,765	34,445
1983	2,354	612	133	12,036	33,538
1984	2,325	557	126	13,324	34,675
1985	2,566	605	124	13,459	38,020
1986	2,642	582	162	15,189	40,649
1987	2,910	613	172	15,800	40,894
1988	3,497	618	167	15,204	39,524
1989	3,837	702	200	15,831	41,334
1990	3,633	831	173	21,758	48,651
1991	3,742	806	295	25,708	57,965
1992	3,926	665	310	28,728	60,658
1993	4,114	985	423	32,578	62,082
1994	4,603	892	403	30,266	54,843
1995	4,709	792	444	26,400	51,651
1996	6,184	772	493	24,841	51,549
1997	6,549	808	389	20,017	48,211
South West
1979	5,865	1,767	387	27,575	91,974
1980	6,339	1,567	446	32,855	98,667
1981	6,519	1,592	615	38,329	109,835
1982	7,393	1,507	646	41,651	122,128
1983	7,686	1,665	574	41,911	118,916
1984	7,871	1,612	618	46,642	125,888
1985	8,422	1,765	655	49,045	135,146
1986	8,893	1,825	943	56,297	146,040
1987	10,231	1,838	1,056	57,658	153,313
1988	11,640	2,136	1,000	52,141	146,783
1989	13,485	2,243	1,230	52,888	153,760
1990	14,152	2,509	1,556	71,536	188,526
1991	14,486	2,538	2,044	89,715	227,430
1992	14,798	2,340	2,197	107,476	247,909
1993	16,002	2,897	2,871	109,270	245,682
1994	17,906	3,255	2,720	101,031	230,321
1995	18,569	2,841	2,667	94,822	210,995
1996	20,835	2,757	3,280	90,455	206,487
1997	21,930	2,799	2,690	77,594	188,575
England and Wales
1979	94,960	21,843	12,482	549,138	1,416,143
1980	97,246	21,107	15,006	622,647	1,463,469
1981	100,207	19,424	20,282	723,218	1,603,151
1982	108,695	19,729	22,837	810,586	1,755,853
1983	111,342	20,410	22,119	813,386	1,705,924
1984	114,187	20,222	24,890	897,466	1,807,981
1985	121,731	21,456	27,463	871,261	1,884,069
1986	125,499	22,684	30,020	931,620	2,003,873
1987	141,042	25,154	32,633	900,104	2,052,005
1988	158,248	26,529	31,437	817,792	1,931,274
1989	176,962	29,733	33,163	825,930	2,012,760
1990	184,665	29,044	36,195	1,006,813	2,374,409
1991	190,339	29,423	45,323	1,219,464	2,761,119
1992	201,777	29,528	52,894	1,355,274	2,851,638
1993	205,102	31,284	57,845	1,369,584	2,751,901
1994	219,744	31,987	60,016	1,261,387	2,560,705
1995	212,588	30,274	68,074	1,239,484	2,452,109
1996	239,342	31,391	74,035	1,164,583	2,383,946
1997	250,827	33,165	63,072	1,015,075	2,164,952

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