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Asylum: Burma
Lynne Featherstone:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many asylum applications from Burmese citizens were successful in each of the last five years. [158788]
Mr. Byrne:
Information on asylum applications, initial decisions and appeals for nationals of Burma is shown in the tables.
Asylum applications( 1) received in the United Kingdom, excluding dependants, and initial decisions( 2) , 2002-06, nationals of Burma |
Principal applicants |
| Applications | Initial Decisions |
| Total | Total decisions | Grants of asylum | Grants of ELR | Grants of HP( 3) | Grants of DL( 3) | Total refusals |
2002
|
80
|
85
|
25
|
*
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
55
|
2003
|
120
|
140
|
25
|
*
|
*
|
5
|
105
|
2004
|
60
|
95
|
15
|
n/a
|
|
*
|
80
|
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2005
|
60
|
60
|
25
|
n/a
|
*
|
|
35
|
2006(4)
|
70
|
65
|
25
|
n/a
|
5
|
|
30
|
n/a = not applicable. (1) Figures rounded to the nearest 5 ( = 0, * = 1 or 2). Figures may not sum to the totals shown because of independent rounding. (2) Information is of initial decisions, excluding the outcome of appeals or other subsequent decisions. Decision figures do not necessarily relate to applications received in the same period. (3) Humanitarian Protection and Discretionary Leave replaced Exceptional Leave to Remain from 1 April 2003. (4) Provisional figures.
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Asylum appeal outcomes determined at the Immigration Appellate Authority/Asylum and Immigration Tribunal( 1, 2, 3, 4,) excluding dependants, 2002-06, nationals of Burma |
Principal appellants |
| Total Determined | Allowed | Dismissed | Withdrawn( 5) |
2002
|
80
|
30
|
45
|
5
|
2003
|
115
|
55
|
55
|
5
|
2004
|
115
|
45
|
65
|
5
|
2005
|
70
|
40
|
30
|
5
|
2006(6)
|
40
|
20
|
15
|
5
|
(1) Figures rounded to the nearest 5 ( = 0, * = 1 or 2). Figures may not sum to the totals shown because of independent rounding. (2) The unification of the appeals system came into effect on 4 April 2005. The Asylum and Immigration Tribunal (AIT) was created by a merger of the Immigration Appellate Authority (IAA) and the Immigration Appeals Tribunal (IAT). (3) All figures for appeals determined are cases dealt with by adjudicators/immigration judges. Determinations do not necessarily relate to appeals received within the same period. (4) Prior to 4 April 2005 based on data supplied from the Presenting Officers Unit within the Home Office. From 4 April 2005 based on information supplied by the AIT. (5) Figures include cases withdrawn by the Home Office, as well as those withdrawn by the appellant. (6) Provisional figures.
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Community Support Officers: Young People
Keith Vaz:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many police community support officers there are under the age of 18 years. [155646]
Mr. McNulty:
The information requested is not collected centrally in the police personnel statistics series. The age of serving police community support officers is collected in the following age brackets only.
The recruitment and deployment of PCSOs are operational matters for the police authority and chief constable of each force.
Crime
Mr. Ruffley:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many crimes were committed per head of population in each police force area in each year since 1997. [158856]
Mr. McNulty:
The information requested is shown in the following table.
Offences recorded by the police per 1,000 population by police force area, 1997 to 2006-07 |
Rate per 1,000 population |
Police force area | 1997 | 1998-99 | 1999-2000 | 2000-01 | 2001-02 | ( 1) 2002-03 | 2003-04 | 2004-05 | 2006-07 |
Avon and Somerset
|
98
|
102
|
99
|
99
|
118
|
117
|
111
|
107
|
105
|
Bedfordshire
|
86
|
89
|
96
|
88
|
92
|
108
|
109
|
80
|
98
|
Cambridgeshire
|
85
|
94
|
95
|
89
|
95
|
120
|
112
|
101
|
92
|
Cheshire
|
62
|
66
|
66
|
64
|
72
|
86
|
94
|
90
|
90
|
Cleveland
|
116
|
121
|
117
|
116
|
129
|
136
|
138
|
124
|
124
|
Cumbria
|
73
|
82
|
77
|
67
|
76
|
77
|
81
|
88
|
77
|
Derbyshire
|
77
|
87
|
88
|
84
|
92
|
108
|
103
|
87
|
83
|
Devon and Cornwall
|
61
|
71
|
71
|
66
|
64
|
83
|
83
|
83
|
76
|
Dorset
|
65
|
77
|
76
|
73
|
79
|
90
|
90
|
83
|
79
|
Durham
|
79
|
83
|
80
|
74
|
83
|
87
|
82
|
80
|
89
|
Dyfed-Powys
|
38
|
51
|
49
|
48
|
50
|
51
|
63
|
65
|
60
|
Essex
|
60
|
63
|
67
|
66
|
69
|
84
|
89
|
83
|
77
|
Gloucestershire
|
85
|
86
|
92
|
89
|
89
|
99
|
102
|
94
|
91
|
Greater Manchester
|
119
|
141
|
146
|
141
|
147
|
153
|
146
|
128
|
131
|
Gwent
|
85
|
105
|
108
|
102
|
84
|
111
|
107
|
103
|
96
|
Hampshire
|
71
|
73
|
76
|
75
|
76
|
86
|
100
|
96
|
100
|
Hertfordshire
|
58
|
57
|
60
|
62
|
64
|
83
|
92
|
93
|
87
|
Humberside
|
137
|
148
|
138
|
125
|
133
|
153
|
163
|
141
|
127
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Kent
|
79
|
83
|
79
|
81
|
75
|
83
|
86
|
85
|
90
|
Lancashire
|
84
|
83
|
76
|
83
|
96
|
92
|
107
|
106
|
94
|
Leicestershire
|
88
|
101
|
102
|
92
|
94
|
104
|
103
|
103
|
98
|
Lincolnshire
|
70
|
75
|
74
|
71
|
79
|
96
|
92
|
88
|
82
|
London, City of
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
Merseyside
|
89
|
100
|
105
|
102
|
108
|
120
|
124
|
125
|
114
|
Metropolitan police(2)
|
105
|
124
|
138
|
138
|
145
|
152
|
145
|
139
|
124
|
Norfolk
|
69
|
73
|
75
|
72
|
73
|
89
|
87
|
82
|
76
|
Northamptonshire
|
89
|
107
|
99
|
91
|
97
|
117
|
123
|
115
|
101
|
Northumbria
|
98
|
106
|
100
|
95
|
98
|
120
|
114
|
102
|
92
|
North Wales
|
62
|
67
|
68
|
73
|
82
|
98
|
92
|
80
|
79
|
North Yorkshire
|
68
|
75
|
72
|
69
|
78
|
90
|
95
|
81
|
71
|
Nottinghamshire
|
124
|
131
|
133
|
135
|
154
|
159
|
156
|
139
|
131
|
South Wales
|
106
|
109
|
103
|
89
|
92
|
120
|
114
|
102
|
100
|
South Yorkshire
|
100
|
102
|
101
|
96
|
104
|
120
|
112
|
110
|
124
|
Staffordshire
|
85
|
87
|
93
|
99
|
111
|
104
|
104
|
96
|
99
|
Suffolk
|
54
|
60
|
65
|
66
|
74
|
75
|
80
|
77
|
74
|
Surrey
|
50
|
54
|
59
|
59
|
57
|
65
|
69
|
67
|
69
|
Sussex
|
76
|
88
|
91
|
90
|
89
|
88
|
90
|
93
|
88
|
Thames Valley
|
76
|
85
|
91
|
89
|
93
|
100
|
100
|
97
|
99
|
Warwickshire
|
71
|
76
|
76
|
73
|
83
|
87
|
89
|
83
|
85
|
West Mercia
|
69
|
73
|
75
|
69
|
89
|
91
|
92
|
81
|
69
|
West Midlands
|
106
|
120
|
139
|
139
|
142
|
137
|
132
|
114
|
108
|
West Yorkshire
|
116
|
130
|
123
|
122
|
141
|
155
|
156
|
126
|
118
|
Wiltshire
|
56
|
64
|
64
|
60
|
63
|
72
|
70
|
64
|
72
|
Total England and Wales
|
88
|
98
|
101
|
98
|
104|
|
113
|
113
|
105
|
100
|
n/a = not applicable
(1) The National Crime Recording Standard was introduced on 1 April 2002. The effect was to artificially increase the number of offences recorded and therefore the rate. Figures before and after that date are not directly comparable.
(2) Including City of London
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