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Police: Yorkshire and Humberside

Hugh Bayley: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) crimes were reported to the police, (b) police officers were deployed and (c) police support staff were deployed in each of the police areas in North Yorkshire in 2006. [146757]

Mr. McNulty: The available information relates to the number of offences recorded in each Basic Command Unit in North Yorkshire in 2005-06 and is given in the following table.

Information on the number of officers deployed is not available centrally.

Offences recorded by the police in North Yorkshire , 2005-06
Basic Command Unit	Number of offences
North Yorkshire Central	28,941
North Yorkshire Eastern	16,740
North Yorkshire Western	13,388
Total	59,069

Theft: Bicycles

Mr. Carmichael: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many bicycle thefts were recorded in (a) England and Wales and (b) London in each of the last five years. [146973]

Mr. McNulty: The available data are given in the following table. The data relate to offences of theft of a pedal cycle recorded by the police in the London Region and in England and Wales as a whole. Statistics for Scotland and Northern Ireland are a matter for the respective Secretaries of State.

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Offences of theft of a pedal cycle recorded by the police
Number of offences
	2001-02	( 1) 2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06
London Region (2)	14,674	16,239	19,616	19,636	21,574
England and Wales	102,713	97,755	105,467	106,064	113,206
(1) British Transport police data has been included in the England and Wales totals from 2002-03. (2) includes the Metropolitan police and the City of London.

Work Permits

Mr. Lilley: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 20 June 2007 to question 144097, on work permits, how many work permits in total were issued in each year since 2000 for overseas nationals from (a) Africa, (b) Asia, (c) South America and (d) the Caribbean. [146240]

Mr. Byrne [holding answer 28 June 2007]: The following table shows the number of work permit applications which were approved for overseas nationals, in the period 1 January 2000 to 31 May 2007 from (a) Africa, (b) Asia (c) South America and (d) the Caribbean.

	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007( 1)
Africa	13,430	22,370	27,770	25,520	24,915	20,910	18,290	6,305
Asia	38,340	56,165	66,285	75,825	93,865	81,330	89,340	36,085
South America	1,480	1,925	2,640	2,755	3,400	3,455	4,025	1,910
Caribbean	2,240	2,830	2,885	2,900	2,690	2,625	2,480	905
(1) January to May Notes: 1. Figures are rounded to nearest five. 2. Because of rounding, figures may not add up to totals shown. The figures quoted are not provided under National Statistics protocols and have been derived from local management information and are therefore provisional and subject to change.

Written Questions

Mr. Leech: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) when she expects to reply to Question (a) 125557 and (b) 125547, tabled on 1 March 2007, on English classes for asylum seekers; [131001]

(2) when she expects to answer Questions (a) 125547 and (b) 125557, on English classes for asylum seekers, tabled by the hon. Member for Manchester, Withington for answer on 5 March 2007. [133227]

Mr. Byrne: I replied to the hon. Member as follows:

(a) 125557 on 27 June 2007, Official Report, column 758W and

(b) 125547 on 20 June 2007, Official Report, column 1943W.

Mr. Heald: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when she expects to answer Question 125719 on the IPPR tabled by the hon. Member for North East Hertfordshire on 1 May 2007 for answer on 5 May. [142391]

Mr. Byrne: I replied to the hon. Member on 27 June, Official Report, column 759W.

Mr. Lidington: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when she expects to make a substantive reply to Question (a) 138530 and (b) 138531, on
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asylum cases, tabled by the hon. Member for Aylesbury on 16 May for named day answer on 23 May. [145601]

Mr. Byrne [holding answer 25 June 2007]: I replied to the hon. Member on 27 June 2007, Official Report, column 757W.

Treasury

Alcoholic Drinks: Misuse

Jim Cousins: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many deaths there were with an alcohol-related underlying cause in (a) the north east, broken down by local authority area and (b) the UK, broken down by (i) region and (ii) country, in (A) 2004, (B) 2005 and (C) 2006; and what the death rate per head of population from alcohol-related causes was in each case. [146224]

Jane Kennedy: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician who has been asked to reply.

Letter from Dennis Roberts, dated 2 July 2007:

The National Statistician has been asked to reply to your recent question asking how many deaths there were with an alcohol-related underlying cause in (a) the north east, broken down by local authority area and (b) the UK, broken down by (i) region and (ii) country, in (A) 2004, (B) 2005 and (C) 2006; and what the death rate per head of population from alcohol-related causes was in each case. I am replying in her absence. (146224)

The attached table provides the number of deaths with an alcohol-related underlying cause, with the corresponding age-standardised mortality rate⁽¹⁾, for (a) the north east, by local authority, and (b) the UK, by (i) region and (ii) country, for 2004 and 2005 (the latest year available).

⁽¹⁾ Age-standardised rates are used to allow comparison between populations which may contain different proportions of people of different ages.

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Table 1: Number of deaths with an alcohol-related underlying cause of death( 1) , and corresponding age-standardised mortality rates( 2) , UK and constituent countries( 3) , Government Office Regions, and local authorities in the North East Government Office Region( 4) , 2004 and 2005( 5)
	Deaths (persons), r ate per 100,000 population
	2004		2005
	Number	Rate	Number	Rate
UK	8,221	12.8	8,386	12.9
England	6,036	11.2	6,191	11.4
Wales	416	12.8	407	12.1
Scotland	1,478	26.4	1,513	26.7
Northern Ireland	255	15.4	246	14.6
Government Office Regions
North East	426	15.5	402	14.5
North West	1,166	16.0	1,173	16.1
Yorkshire and The Number	615	11.4	643	11.7
East Midlands	482	10.2	506	10.5
West Midlands	743	13.0	776	13.6
East of England	485	7.7	492	7.9
London	758	11.4	744	11.1
South East	832	9.2	874	9.5
South West	529	8.9	581	9.8
Local authorities
Darlington UA	19	18.6	13	11.8
Hartlepool UA	18	18.6	15	14.8
Middlesbrough UA	25	18.1	20	14.6
Redcar and Cleveland UA	18	10.7	22	15.0
Stockton-on-Tees UA	22	11.1	28	14.2
Chester-le-Street	8	*	6	*
Derwentside	13	14.4	19	19.1
Durham	7	*	14	14.2
Easington	19	20.9	24	23.1
Sedgefield	9	*	6	*
Teesdale	1	*	2	*
Wear Valley	3	*	5	*
Alnwick	4	*	3	*
Berwick-upon-Tweed	4	*	3	*
Blyth Valley	16	18.2	11	11.4
Castle Morpeth	6	*	5	*
Tynedale	4	*	3	*
Wansbeck	9	*	7	*
Gateshead	38	18.0	37	17.2
Newcastle upon Tyne	70	28.0	55	21.6
North Tyneside	44	21.0	36	17.5
South Tyneside	32	19.2	22	13.0
Sunderland	37	12.4	46	15.3
(1) Cause of death was defined using the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10). The specific causes of death categorised as alcohol-related, and their corresponding ICD-10 codes, are shown in the box below. (2) Age-standardised mortality rates per 100,000 population, standardised to the European Standard Population. Age-standardised rates are used to allow comparison between populations which may contain different proportions of people of different ages. To avoid reporting potentially misleading results, rates have not been calculated for areas with less than 10 deaths (marked with an asterisk*). (3) Figures for the UK include deaths of non-residents, whereas figures for sub-national areas exclude non-residents. Therefore, the number of deaths reported in the UK is greater than the sum of the numbers in its constituent areas. (4) Based on boundaries as of 2007. (5) Figures are for deaths registered in each calendar year.

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