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Asylum: Housing
Mr. Malins:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many accommodation centres have been set up under section 16 of the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006. [143605]
Mr. Byrne
[holding answer 18 June 2007]: Section 16 of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 provided for the establishment of accommodation centres. None have been established and we have no plans do so.
Bicycles: Theft
Mr. Carmichael:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how bicycle thefts were reported in each police authority in each of the last five years. [145443]
Mr. McNulty:
The available data relate to offences of theft of a pedal cycle recorded by the police and are given in the following table:
Offences of theft of a pedal cycle recorded by the police |
Number |
| 2001-02 | 2002-03 | 2003-04 | 2004-05 | 2005-06 |
Avon and Somerset
|
3,555
|
3,090
|
3,043
|
3,713
|
4,131
|
Bedfordshire
|
870
|
719
|
898
|
881
|
1,073
|
British Transport Police(1)
|
|
2,737
|
2,947
|
3,384
|
4,121
|
Cambridgeshire
|
4,171
|
3,975
|
4,374
|
4,528
|
4,442
|
Cheshire
|
1,666
|
1,551
|
1,746
|
1,565
|
1,731
|
Cleveland
|
1,460
|
1,028
|
1,116
|
1,237
|
1,255
|
Cumbria
|
691
|
606
|
802
|
850
|
866
|
Derbyshire
|
1,505
|
1,301
|
1,358
|
1,131
|
1,156
|
Devon and Cornwall
|
1,563
|
1,443
|
1,712
|
1,825
|
1,792
|
Dorset
|
1,522
|
1,624
|
1,843
|
1,602
|
1,555
|
Durham
|
867
|
726
|
827
|
815
|
802
|
Dyfed-Powys
|
268
|
230
|
330
|
388
|
308
|
Essex
|
2,299
|
2,100
|
2,462
|
2,775
|
2,875
|
Gloucestershire
|
1,691
|
1,588
|
1,653
|
1,322
|
1,577
|
Greater Manchester
|
5,007
|
4,598
|
4,220
|
4,198
|
4,731
|
Gwent
|
557
|
632
|
624
|
570
|
600
|
Hampshire
|
4,455
|
4,253
|
4,545
|
4,869
|
5,843
|
Hertfordshire
|
1,339
|
1,397
|
1,484
|
1,656
|
1,767
|
Humberside
|
4,330
|
3,736
|
3,777
|
3,195
|
3,281
|
Kent
|
1,821
|
1,609
|
1,829
|
2,020
|
1,884
|
Lancashire
|
2,702
|
2,505
|
2,525
|
2,594
|
2,694
|
Leicestershire
|
2,132
|
1,754
|
1,869
|
1,879
|
1,893
|
Lincolnshire
|
1,750
|
1,810
|
1,623
|
1,766
|
1,743
|
London, City of
|
334
|
427
|
355
|
319
|
336
|
Merseyside
|
1,678
|
1,445
|
1,569
|
1,673
|
1,726
|
Metropolitan Police
|
14,340
|
15,812
|
19,261
|
19,317
|
21,238
|
Norfolk
|
1,926
|
1,888
|
2,108
|
1,972
|
2,019
|
Northamptonshire
|
1,146
|
1,053
|
1,157
|
1,318
|
1,152
|
Northumbria
|
2,468
|
2,387
|
2,644
|
2,405
|
2,362
|
North Wales
|
896
|
850
|
783
|
773
|
618
|
North Yorkshire
|
2,442
|
2,331
|
2,563
|
1,989
|
2,049
|
Nottinghamshire
|
3,555
|
2,608
|
2,744
|
2,599
|
2,876
|
South Wales
|
1,951
|
1,717
|
1,822
|
1,978
|
1,762
|
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South Yorkshire
|
1,891
|
1,787
|
1,346
|
1,421
|
1,725
|
Staffordshire
|
1,667
|
1,235
|
1,285
|
1,232
|
1,270
|
Suffolk
|
1,728
|
1,439
|
1,457
|
1,653
|
1,828
|
Surrey
|
1,301
|
1,085
|
1,297
|
1,331
|
1,463
|
Sussex
|
2,959
|
2,329
|
2,683
|
2,811
|
3,165
|
Thames Valley
|
5,346
|
5,264
|
5,547
|
5,879
|
5,994
|
Warwickshire
|
1,060
|
1,001
|
1,076
|
878
|
1,005
|
West Mercia
|
1,903
|
1,484
|
1,559
|
1,596
|
1,592
|
West Midlands
|
4,004
|
3,301
|
3,229
|
2,908
|
3,132
|
West Yorkshire
|
2,673
|
2,250
|
2,374
|
2,175
|
2,521
|
Wiltshire
|
1,224
|
1,050
|
1,001
|
1,074
|
1,253
|
England and Wales
|
102,713
|
97,755
|
105,467
|
106,064
|
113,206
|
(1) British Transport Police data have been included in the England and Wales totals from 2002-03.
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