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Table 3: Drug offen ces recorded by the police2002-03 to 2005- 06 |
Police force area | 2002- 03 | 2003- 04 | 2004- 05 | 2005- 06 |
Avon and Somerset
|
2,308
|
2,457
|
2,739
|
4,642
|
Bedfordshire
|
1,069
|
1,130
|
1,131
|
1,228
|
Cambridgeshire
|
904
|
1,047
|
1,174
|
1,442
|
Cheshire
|
1,717
|
1,695
|
1,546
|
1,748
|
Cleveland
|
1,685
|
1,368
|
1,451
|
1,822
|
Cumbria
|
1,038
|
1,189
|
1,321
|
1,576
|
Derbyshire
|
1,877
|
1,932
|
2,023
|
1,680
|
Devon and Cornwall
|
4,516
|
4,826
|
4,356
|
4,147
|
Dorset
|
1,371
|
1,455
|
1,577
|
1,703
|
Durham
|
1,289
|
1,205
|
1,062
|
1,299
|
Dyfed-Powys
|
2,978
|
2,420
|
2,327
|
2,495
|
Essex
|
2,377
|
2,295
|
2,328
|
2,889
|
Gloucestershire
|
1,311
|
1,288
|
1,218
|
1,352
|
Greater Manchester
|
5,667
|
5,981
|
6,703
|
8,843
|
Gwent
|
1,585
|
1,422
|
1,332
|
1,412
|
Hampshire
|
3,938
|
3,967
|
3,773
|
4,037
|
Hertfordshire
|
1,553
|
1,678
|
1,754
|
2,044
|
Humberside
|
1,883
|
1,874
|
2,048
|
2,127
|
Kent
|
3,236
|
2,795
|
2,170
|
2,713
|
Lancashire
|
4,084
|
3,640
|
3,411
|
3,245
|
Leicestershire
|
1,629
|
1,821
|
1,942
|
2,747
|
Lincolnshire
|
1,060
|
1,061
|
951
|
1,230
|
London, City of
|
790
|
744
|
876
|
1,023
|
Merseyside
|
5,419
|
5,497
|
5,649
|
11,952
|
Metropolitan Police
|
33,311
|
32,332
|
33,011
|
42,681
|
Norfolk
|
1,392
|
1,508
|
1,602
|
1,821
|
Northamptonshire
|
979
|
971
|
1,477
|
1,394
|
Northumbria
|
6,040
|
5,414
|
4,636
|
5,159
|
North Wales
|
1,830
|
1,830
|
1,834
|
2,120
|
North Yorkshire
|
1,582
|
1,624
|
1,690
|
1,915
|
Nottinghamshire
|
2,352
|
2,830
|
2,667
|
3,301
|
South Wales
|
3,872
|
3,837
|
3,705
|
3,483
|
South Yorkshire
|
3,448
|
3,191
|
3,013
|
3,283
|
Staffordshire
|
2,264
|
2,586
|
2,689
|
3,242
|
Suffolk
|
1,689
|
1,923
|
1,974
|
2,015
|
Surrey
|
1,934
|
1,689
|
1,904
|
1,787
|
Sussex
|
2,665
|
3,050
|
3,343
|
4,276
|
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Thames Valley
|
4,903
|
5,404
|
6,167
|
7,515
|
Warwickshire
|
751
|
944
|
914
|
1,313
|
West Mercia
|
2,053
|
2,218
|
2,278
|
2,537
|
West Midlands
|
8,828
|
8,656
|
7,840
|
10,035
|
West Yorkshire
|
5,015
|
5,295
|
5,666
|
6,739
|
Wiltshire
|
898
|
971
|
1,066
|
1,340
|
Total
|
141,090
|
141,060
|
142,338
|
175,352
|
Note:
Numbers of recorded crime were affected by changes in reporting and recording following the introduction of the National Crime Recording Standard in April 2002. These data are not comparable with earlier years.
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Entry Clearances
Mr. Clegg:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what discretionary powers are available to him to permit individuals to enter the UK in exceptional circumstances. [141395]
John Reid:
Normally any request to enter the United Kingdom must be made within a category within the Immigration Rules. However, it is possible to grant someone limited leave to enter the United Kingdom under the category of Leave Outside the Rules.
There are two circumstances in which Leave Outside the Rules will be considered in non-asylum and non-protection cases:
There are currently 25 immigration policy concessions which are outlined in chapter 1, section 14 of the Immigration Directorate Instructions, which may be found at:
Cases where there are particular compelling circumstances will be considered on their individual merits and in line with any relevant policy at that time. The decision to grant leave outside the rules in such cases will only follow in rare circumstances where there are genuinely compassionate and circumstantial reasons and no other option is available.
Firearms: Crime
Mr. Graham Stuart:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many firearms offences have been committed in each police authority area in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement. [142139]
Mr. Coaker:
The information requested is set out in the following table.
Crimes recorded by the police in which firearms (excluding air weapons) were reported to have been used, by police force area: England and Wales 1997 to 2005-06 |
Recorded crime |
Police force area | 1997 | 1998-99( 1) | 1999-2000 | 2000-01 | 2001-02( 2) | 2002-03( 3) | 2003-04 | 2004-05 | 2005-06 |
North East Region
| | | | | | | | | |
Cleveland
|
18
|
20
|
26
|
16
|
24
|
18
|
45
|
37
|
41
|
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Durham
|
17
|
13
|
40
|
18
|
19
|
16
|
15
|
21
|
18
|
Northumbria
|
78
|
76
|
107
|
99
|
86
|
103
|
169
|
182
|
137
|
| | | | | | | | | |
North West Region
| | | | | | | | | |
Cheshire
|
22
|
32
|
22
|
44
|
50
|
31
|
44
|
61
|
71
|
Cumbria
|
8
|
11
|
5
|
13
|
9
|
13
|
11
|
26
|
18
|
Gtr. Manchester
|
620
|
647
|
875
|
935
|
1,361
|
1,240
|
1,275
|
1,268
|
1,200
|
Lancashire
|
71
|
50
|
78
|
59
|
103
|
66
|
58
|
259
|
372
|
Merseyside
|
127
|
286
|
240
|
278
|
299
|
318
|
483
|
491
|
485
|
| | | | | | | | | |
Yorkshire and the Humber
| | | | | | | | | |
Humberside
|
83
|
76
|
61
|
69
|
63
|
68
|
68
|
174
|
108
|
North Yorkshire
|
28
|
11
|
8
|
9
|
28
|
18
|
23
|
13
|
15
|
South Yorkshire
|
80
|
75
|
114
|
129
|
170
|
153
|
127
|
185
|
301
|
West Yorkshire
|
162
|
193
|
191
|
335
|
332
|
333
|
269
|
318
|
355
|
| | | | | | | | | |
East Midlands Region
| | | | | | | | | |
Derbyshire
|
69
|
52
|
65
|
72
|
58
|
73
|
75
|
149
|
109
|
Leicestershire
|
48
|
98
|
71
|
58
|
74
|
174
|
141
|
123
|
89
|
Lincolnshire
|
5
|
16
|
19
|
24
|
22
|
37
|
26
|
90
|
72
|
Northamptonshire
|
40
|
54
|
48
|
40
|
55
|
107
|
123
|
113
|
128
|
Nottinghamshire
|
120
|
112
|
173
|
157
|
204
|
264
|
233
|
305
|
277
|
| | | | | | | | | |
West Midlands Region
| | | | | | | | | |
Staffordshire
|
36
|
23
|
53
|
108
|
116
|
131
|
108
|
144
|
128
|
Warwickshire
|
20
|
20
|
14
|
39
|
53
|
62
|
102
|
73
|
76
|
West Mercia
|
36
|
38
|
36
|
41
|
54
|
48
|
62
|
151
|
115
|
West Midlands
|
428
|
407
|
664
|
816
|
1.289
|
1,101
|
1,138
|
959
|
946
|
| | | | | | | | | |
East of England Region
| | | | | | | | | |
Bedfordshire
|
43
|
46
|
56
|
48
|
82
|
86
|
89
|
94
|
103
|
Cambridgeshire
|
34
|
35
|
43
|
31
|
49
|
57
|
34
|
50
|
34
|
Essex
|
58
|
47
|
61
|
77
|
98
|
148
|
145
|
193
|
280
|
Hertfordshire
|
45
|
30
|
36
|
36
|
69
|
139
|
138
|
139
|
114
|
Norfolk
|
20
|
34
|
24
|
20
|
26
|
36
|
33
|
23
|
29
|
Suffolk
|
5
|
15
|
18
|
22
|
15
|
28
|
45
|
59
|
58
|
| | | | | | | | | |
London Region
|
1,960
|
2,034
|
2,945
|
3,036
|
4,197
|
4,202
|
3,891
|
3,697
|
3,884
|
| | | | | | | | | |
South East Region
| | | | | | | | | |
Hampshire
|
29
|
38
|
52
|
49
|
58
|
97
|
130
|
148
|
85
|
Kent
|
100
|
76
|
109
|
108
|
60
|
64
|
65
|
100
|
142
|
Surrey
|
31
|
35
|
42
|
52
|
40
|
34
|
88
|
63
|
87
|
Sussex
|
107
|
115
|
119
|
110
|
155
|
136
|
82
|
67
|
85
|
Thames Valley
|
109
|
96
|
107
|
198
|
267
|
362
|
421
|
437
|
401
|
| | | | | | | | | |
South West Region
| | | | | | | | | |
Avon and Somerset
|
55
|
71
|
103
|
100
|
131
|
119
|
123
|
196
|
167
|
Devon and Cornwall
|
40
|
75
|
81
|
64
|
52
|
36
|
84
| |
174
|
Dorset
|
25
|
11
|
12
|
14
|
34
|
17
|
45
|
49
|
27
|
Gloucestershire
|
23
|
22
|
21
|
23
|
89
|
92
|
108
|
87
|
77
|
Wiltshire
|
19
|
19
|
10
|
13
|
26
|
60
|
53
|
49
|
43
|
| | | | | | | | | |
Wales
| | | | | | | | | |
Dyfed Powys
|
13
|
16
|
13
|
26
|
26
|
17
|
37
|
40
|
21
|
Gwent
|
19
|
26
|
19
|
11
|
18
|
52
|
74
|
85
|
53
|
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North Wales
|
19
|
27
|
10
|
6
|
6
|
18
|
11
|
60
|
88
|
South Wales
|
34
|
31
|
52
|
67
|
56
|
74
|
47
|
104
|
71
|
| | | | | | | | | |
England and Wales
|
4,904
|
5,209
|
6,843
|
7,470
|
10,023
|
10,248
|
10,338
|
10,882
|
11,084
|
(1) There was a change in the counting rules for recorded crime on 1 April 1998.
(2) Numbers of some recorded crimes may have been inflated by some police forces implementing the principles of the National Crime Recording Standard before 1 April 2002.
(3) The National Crime Recording Standard was introduced on 1 April 2002. Figures for some crime categories may have been inflated by this
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