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Departments: Vetting
Mrs. May:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what checks are made of the membership of, and affiliation to, extremist groups of those employed by his Department. [124524]
Mr. Byrne:
All staff joining the Home Office require security clearance, and the level at which this is carried out is dependent on particular roles and responsibilities.
Staff are security cleared to Enhanced Baseline Standard level and some are additionally cleared at a higher levelCounter Terrorist Checks, Security Check or Developed Vetting. Where a higher level check is carried out an individual is asked to complete a questionnaire which asks about involvement in terrorism, sabotage or actions intended to overthrow or undermine Parliament by political, industrial or violent means. Where Developed Vetting is carried outthe highest level checkthere is a mandatory face-to-face interview where these questions are put to individuals again and may be explored.
If at any stage of the vetting process, or subsequently, information comes to light that a person has any affiliations which give cause for concern, full inquiries are made and appropriate steps taken. These could include refusal or withdrawal of clearance or even dismissal. Against the background of these checks, it would be redundant to ask Home Office staff to declare membership of extremist organisations.
Domestic Violence: Edmonton
Mr. Love:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many recorded instances of (a) domestic violence towards women and (b) trafficked women there were in Edmonton constituency in 2006. [140755]
Mr. Coaker:
From the information collected centrally on recorded crime, it is not possible to identify recorded cases of domestic violence. Such offences are not specifically defined by law and details of the individual circumstances of offences are not collected.
The offence of trafficking for sexual exploitation was introduced by the Sexual Offences Act 2003 and was implemented in May 2004. Edmonton comes within the Enfield basic command unit and there were two offences of trafficking for sexual exploitation recorded by the police in Enfield in 2005-06.
Driving Under Influence: Breathalysers
Mr. Vara:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many drink driving tests have been carried out by each police force in each of the last 10 years. [140771]
Mr. Coaker:
The information requested can be found in the following table.
Screening breath tests by police force area, 1995 to 2004 |
Total tests |
| 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
Avon and Somerset
|
6,700
|
15,100
|
16,000
|
19,700
|
19,200
|
15,800
|
15,400
|
15,100
|
24,500
|
27,300
|
Bedfordshire
|
6,100
|
6,400
|
6,000
|
5,300
|
2,900
|
3,300
|
4,200
|
6,200
|
6,600
|
7,800
|
Cambridgeshire
|
16,300
|
16,200
|
19,100
|
17,800
|
13,600
|
12,800
|
12,700
|
13,000
|
12,300
|
12,300
|
Cheshire
|
15,300
|
21,300
|
25,500
|
23,300
|
20,500
|
15,800
|
13,600
|
12,200
|
11,900
|
20,200
|
Cleveland
|
28,200
|
26,100
|
31,600
|
34,200
|
28,600
|
18,800
|
14,100
|
11,000
|
8,700
|
8,100
|
Cumbria
|
7,800
|
9,800
|
11,200
|
9,400
|
7,100
|
6,100
|
5,100
|
4,700
|
5,500
|
8,400
|
Derbyshire
|
20,500
|
28,600
|
34,500
|
35,700
|
49,200
|
52,000
|
42,100
|
37,900
|
32,600
|
31,000
|
Devon and Cornwall
|
6,800
|
9,100
|
15,200
|
15,700
|
14,700
|
13,000
|
13,500
|
12,600
|
10,900
|
10,700
|
Dorset
|
5,800
|
7,400
|
9,100
|
10,100
|
9,200
|
12,300
|
10,400
|
10,400
|
8,500
|
7,000
|
Durham
|
4,500
|
4,100
|
4,300
|
7,400
|
12,700
|
15,300
|
16,300
|
9,500
|
7,600
|
6,100
|
Essex
|
27,700
|
32,400
|
28,700
|
28,400
|
24,100
|
27,200
|
18,900
|
16,100
|
15,500
|
25,300
|
Gloucestershire
|
5,200
|
7,000
|
9,400
|
9,300
|
8,300
|
8,200
|
9,600
|
9,300
|
8,600
|
7,100
|
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Greater Manchester(1)
|
102,400
|
100,400
|
35,500
|
31,200
|
21,500
|
27,300
|
23,900
|
23,200
|
20,900
|
19,900
|
Hampshire
|
17,000
|
18,200
|
25,000
|
27,300
|
31,600
|
35,200
|
35,200
|
35,200
|
37,500
|
38,400
|
Hertfordshire
|
6,400
|
5,900
|
7,400
|
8,100
|
7,000
|
6,000
|
5,500
|
4,300
|
4,000
|
7,300
|
Humberside
|
8,900
|
7,500
|
6,500
|
8,300
|
8,100
|
9,400
|
7,500
|
8,700
|
6,500
|
5,600
|
Kent
|
9,200
|
8,100
|
9,100
|
27,500
|
32,700
|
32,200
|
32,200
|
34,200
|
24,600
|
32,000
|
Lancashire
|
15,900
|
26,100
|
21,300
|
20,300
|
19,100
|
15,500
|
10,000
|
10,600
|
8,000
|
10,200
|
Leicestershire
|
11,700
|
10,300
|
10,200
|
20,200
|
21,100
|
18,600
|
14,900
|
14,500
|
12,000
|
15,400
|
Lincolnshire
|
15,600
|
15,800
|
20,200
|
25,900
|
21,000
|
12,100
|
13,600
|
9,000
|
12,100
|
11,300
|
London, City of
|
3,300
|
4,500
|
3,600
|
3,300
|
1,700
|
1,100
|
1,100
|
1,400
|
1,200
|
700
|
Merseyside
|
15,300
|
15,900
|
14,800
|
18,700
|
18,600
|
12,800
|
7,200
|
7,000
|
7,700
|
5,000
|
Metropolitan Police
|
123,300
|
123,000
|
137,900
|
111,400
|
99,800
|
93,800
|
65,100
|
57,200
|
56,000
|
61,500
|
Norfolk
|
4,200
|
5,500
|
9,200
|
12,400
|
11,600
|
9,100
|
9,100
|
5,300
|
4,000
|
4,800
|
Northamptonshire
|
5,100
|
7,400
|
7,100
|
4,700
|
5,300
|
5,800
|
4,500
|
3,300
|
3,100
|
3,200
|
Northumbria
|
5,800
|
8,400
|
11,900
|
12,200
|
12,500
|
12,700
|
12,400
|
11,800
|
11,100
|
9,800
|
North Yorkshire
|
4,800
|
7,800
|
10,500
|
9,900
|
8,100
|
6,700
|
7,400
|
7,300
|
8,300
|
8,600
|
Nottinghamshire
|
5,700
|
9,300
|
11,500
|
8,900
|
8,400
|
8,400
|
7,700
|
5,800
|
7,100
|
8,200
|
South Yorkshire
|
11,000
|
13,300
|
14,200
|
12,600
|
16,100
|
19,200
|
18,000
|
14,400
|
12,100
|
6,500
|
Staffordshire
|
6,300
|
9,700
|
13,800
|
15,400
|
10,100
|
7,700
|
4,700
|
5,300
|
5,100
|
13,700
|
Suffolk
|
7,500
|
8,200
|
12,300
|
15,600
|
15,100
|
9,200
|
8,600
|
8,900
|
11,600
|
10,600
|
Surrey
|
9,300
|
11,200
|
11,200
|
11,400
|
11,700
|
12,400
|
13,300
|
7,500
|
8,900
|
9,500
|
Sussex
|
15,900
|
24,300
|
26,100
|
17,400
|
17,900
|
20,800
|
21,800
|
17,300
|
17,200
|
15,200
|
Thames Valley
|
47,200
|
39,700
|
33,100
|
34,200
|
30,300
|
30,800
|
26,200
|
25,300
|
16,000
|
15,400
|
Warwickshire
|
8,200
|
9,200
|
8,700
|
8,700
|
8,600
|
7,100
|
5,800
|
5,100
|
5,800
|
5,500
|
West Mercia
|
19,900
|
18,100
|
18,300
|
19,100
|
12,300
|
8,900
|
9,100
|
8,200
|
6,300
|
8,000
|
West Midlands
|
9,100
|
19,500
|
22,600
|
24,100
|
21,300
|
16,200
|
12,200
|
10,500
|
11,000
|
6,600
|
West Yorkshire
|
15,800
|
19,500
|
23,300
|
22,900
|
18,800
|
18,300
|
17,200
|
16,700
|
14,200
|
16,900
|
Wiltshire
|
10,000
|
6,300
|
7,400
|
7,100
|
6,800
|
6,500
|
5,900
|
5,900
|
5,900
|
7,400
|
Dyfed-Powys
|
5,000
|
5,900
|
8,500
|
9,200
|
9,900
|
7,400
|
7,000
|
7,300
|
6,000
|
6,700
|
Gwent
|
4,900
|
9,300
|
12,200
|
11,200
|
10,600
|
10,100
|
6,400
|
3,800
|
2,800
|
1,600
|
North Wales
|
14,900
|
14,900
|
13,300
|
15,200
|
15,900
|
15,000
|
15,100
|
19,600
|
17,300
|
24,200
|
South Wales
|
12,200
|
14,900
|
23,100
|
24,900
|
20,700
|
17,800
|
19,300
|
17,500
|
16,900
|
16,700
|
Total
|
702,700
|
781,100
|
800,300
|
815,500
|
764,500
|
714,800
|
623,900
|
570,200
|
534,300
|
577,600
|
(1) Following the introduction of new breath testing equipment in Greater Manchester in 1998, it became apparent that the total number of tests had been over-estimated in 1997 and adjustments were made. No adjustments for years prior to 1997 were recorded.
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.
Source:
Breath Tests Statistical Collection, held by the Office for Criminal Justice Reform.
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