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| Navy | |||
| Naval Air Squadron (MAS) | Helicopter type | Establishment (requirement) | Actual strength |
| RAF | |||
| Royal Air Force Squadron | Helicopter type | Establishment (requirement) | Actual strength |
The actual strength of the two Apache Units (three and four Regiment Army Air Corps) reflects the fact that these helicopters are relatively new to service and as such these newly formed units will not achieve ‘steady state’(1) until 2010; we are in the process of manning these units and have a number of pilots in the training pipeline. Apache pilot availability is sufficient to meet operational requirements.
(1) Steady state is defined as the point at which the training pipeline is providing sufficient pilots to replace those lost through natural wastage.
Military Bases: Colchester
Bob Russell: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what plans he has to locate further units of 16 Air Assault Brigade at Colchester Garrison; and if he will make a statement. [155480]
Des Browne [holding answer 17 September 2007]: There are no plans to locate further units of 16 Air Assault Brigade at Colchester Garrison.
Territorial Army: Manpower
Mr. Lancaster: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the current establishment of each (a) regiment, (b) corps and (c) sub-unit of the Territorial Army is. [152639]
Mr. Bob Ainsworth: I have written to the hon. Member today and will place a copy of my letter in the Library of the House.
Home Department
Alcoholic Drinks: Children
Mr. Ruffley: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many offences were recorded in respect of retailers selling alcohol to those aged under 18 years in each year since 1997; how many police cautions were issued; and what the average fine levied was. [Official Report, 26 June 2008, Vol. 478, c. 3MC.][154984]
Mr. Coaker [holding answer 10 September 2007]: Information on the number of recorded offences of retailers selling alcohol to those aged under 18 years are summary and are not included in the police recorded crime statistics.
Statistics for the number of police cautions issued and the average fine have been provided by the Ministry of Justice and are given in the table for 1997-2005. Data for 2006 will be available in the autumn of 2007.
| Retailers selling alcohol to those aged under 18 | ||
| Num ber of police cautions issued( 1,2) | Average fine (£) | |
| (1 )These data are on a 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 databases generated by the police. 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. | ||
Asylum: Social Security Benefits
Jeremy Corbyn: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what studies have been undertaken into the effect of appellant asylum seekers who have been denied benefits on social services departments. [155332]
Mr. Byrne [holding answer 12 September 2007]: Asylum seekers are not eligible to receive income support, jobseekers allowance or other similar benefits. As such, no such studies have been undertaken by the Home Office.
Burglary: Surrey
Mr. Malins: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many burglaries were (a) reported and (b) successfully detected in Surrey in each of the last five years for which figures are available. [155326]
Jacqui Smith [ h olding answer 12 September 2007] : The information requested is given in the following table:
| Burglary offences recorded in Surrey | ||
| Financial year | Number of offences | Number of detections |
Cars: Theft
Damian Green: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people in England and Wales were charged for the recovery of their stolen vehicle from police, and police approved, car pounds in each of the last five years, broken down by police force; and how much was received by such car pounds in each such year. [155540]
Mr. McNulty [holding answer 17 September 2007]: This information is not collected centrally. When the police use their powers to remove and store any vehicle, including a stolen vehicle, that is illegally, dangerously or obstructively parked or broken down or abandoned, they may levy prescribed charges to cover the costs incurred. The charges are currently £105 for the removal and £12 per day for storage.
CCTV: York
Hugh Bayley: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much central government funding has been spent on closed-circuit television in York since 1997. [155494]
Mr. Coaker [holding answer 17 September 2007]: Since 1997, the Home Office has specifically provided the City of York with £268,000 for closed circuit television.
Other years' crime reduction funding has been allocated directly to the local Crime and Disorder
Reduction Partnership and Basic Command Unit in York to finance a variety of interventions, including CCTV. Information about the allocation of that funding is not held centrally.
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