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Police: Firearms

John Battle: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 11 October 2007, Official Report, column 718W, on police: firearms, how many operations there were in which firearms were authorised in (a) the City of Leeds and (b) Leeds West constituency in each of the last 10 years. [159841]

Mr. McNulty: This information is not available centrally. Information on the number of police operations in which firearms were authorised is only available by force area.

Proceeds of Crime: East of England

Mr. Ruffley: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the value was of assets (a) seized and (b) frozen under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 in each police force area in the East of England in each year since 2002. [159231]

Mr. Coaker: The information requested is not available. Information is available from 2003-04 on the value of cash forfeiture orders and confiscation orders obtained by police forces. This information is set out in the table.


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Value of Cash Forfeiture Orders and Confiscation Orders obtained by Police Force Area, 2003-04 to 2006-07
£
2006-07 2005-06 2004-05 2003-04

Bedfordshire Police

401,264

272,110

154,828

3,392,094

Cambridgeshire Constabulary

974,930

211,225

2,695,434

278,679

Essex Police

1,069,979

652,297

192,804

0.00

Hertfordshire Constabulary

1,209,485

568,276

440,353

929,368

Norfolk Constabulary

269,184

3,574,093

911,868

89,325

Suffolk Constabulary

468,491

666,872

430,715

137,649


Prostitution

Lynne Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department by what means the Government plans to implement its commitment in Section 5.6 of the 2006 document A Coordinated Prostitution Strategy, January 2006, to amend the definition of a brothel so that two (or three) individuals may work together. [159178]

Mr. Coaker: This proposal remains a part of the prostitution strategy, although we are committed to further consultation before any legislative changes are made.

As part of the strategy, we are currently looking at how we can make further progress in terms of tackling demand for prostitution and trafficking. It would be wrong to pre-empt this work by consulting on the change to the definition of a brothel. We will return to this commitment once we have considered our options to tackle demand.

Runaway Children: Lancashire

Mr. Evans: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many children under the age of 18 years ran away from their homes in Lancashire in each of the last 10 years; and how many of these subsequently returned home; [159254]

(2) how many children under the age of 18 years were reported missing in Lancashire in each of the last 10 years; and how many of these cases were subsequently resolved. [159255]

Mr. McNulty: This is a matter for the force concerned.

Sexual Offences: Victim Support Schemes

Jo Swinson: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many sexual assault referral centres there are in each police force area in England and Wales (a) in absolute terms and (b) per thousand population. [157753]

Mr. Coaker: There are currently 18 Sexual Assault Referral Centres (SARCs) in operation across England and Wales. A further 18 Centres are currently in development and will bring the total to 36 by the end of 2008-09.

The following table shows the location of each SARC in relation to each

police force area. We do not routinely collect information on SARCs per thousand population.


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Sexual Assault Referral Centres (SARCs) by police force areas in England and Wales
Police force area SARC location

Avon and Somerset

Bristol (under development)

Bedfordshire

Cambridgeshire

Cheshire

Crewe or Warrington (under development)

Cleveland

Middlesbrough (under development)

Cumbria

Devon and Cornwall

Plymouth (under development) Exeter (under development)

Derbyshire

Codner

Dorset

Bournemouth (under development)

Durham

Durham

Dyfed-Powys

Carmarthen

Essex

Gloucestershire

Gloucester (under development)

Greater Manchester

Manchester

Gwent

Risca (near Newport)

Hampshire

Portsmouth

Hertfordshire

Humberside

Hull (under development)

Kent

Dartford

Lancashire

Preston

Leicestershire

Leicester

Lincolnshire

London Metropolitan

Camberwell

Paddington

Whitechapel

London City

Merseyside

Liverpool (under development)

Norfolk

Norwich (under development)

Northamptonshire

North Wales

Colwyn Bay (under development)

North Yorkshire

Northumbria

Newcastle Sunderland

Nottinghamshire

Nottingham

South Wales

Merthyr Tydfil Cardiff (under development)

South Yorkshire

Rotherham (under development)

Staffordshire

Stafford (under development)

Suffolk

Surrey

Sussex

Crawley (under development)

Thames Valley

Aylesbury (under development)

Warwickshire

West Mercia

West Midlands

Walsall

West Yorkshire

Kirklees (under development)

Calderdale (under development)

Wiltshire

Swindon


Shoplifting: East of England

Mr. Ruffley: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people were convicted of shoplifting in the East of England in each year since 1997, broken down by parliamentary constituency; and how many of these convictions led to (a) a caution, (b) probation and (c) a custodial sentence. [159230]


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Mr. Coaker: The number of people cautioned, convicted and sentenced to community and custodial disposals for theft from shops in the East of England Region, broken down by police force area, in each year from1997 to 2005 is shown in the Table. Data for 2006 will be available in November 2007. The Ministry of Justice is unable to provide a breakdown by parliamentary constituency as the data is not held to that level of detail.

A caution can be given when there is sufficient evidence for a conviction and it is not considered to be in the public interest to institute criminal proceedings.

Probation Orders were renamed Community Rehabilitation Orders in April 2001 and replaced by the Community Order (for adults) in April 2005. For this reason, persons sentenced to all Community Orders have also been shown in the table.


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Persons( 1) cautioned, found guilty and sentenced to community and custodial sentences for theft from shops in the East of England Region, 1997-2005
Year and police force area Persons cautioned Persons found guilty( 2) Persons sentenced to community rehabilitation order Persons sentenced to all community sentences Persons sentenced to immediate custody

1997

Bedfordshire

689

610

78

145

126

Cambridgeshire

450

502

47

96

35

Essex

1,295

1,637

302

458

316

Hertfordshire

638

576

89

130

44

Norfolk

1,187

713

71

178

65

Suffolk

460

586

45

109

54

Total

4,719

4,624

632

1,116

640

1998

Bedfordshire

564

717

98

181

165

Cambridgeshire

411

594

61

118

56

Essex

1,350

1,714

276

519

360

Hertfordshire

586

611

103

162

73

Norfolk

874

928

85

250

80

Suffolk

442

681

79

162

98

Total

4,227

5,245

702

1,392

832

1999

Bedfordshire

681

798

125

219

176

Cambridgeshire

433

704

68

120

82

Essex

1,016

1,622

214

395

360

Hertfordshire

568

779

121

201

86

Norfolk

573

1,027

92

265

122

Suffolk

379

666

59

136

101

Total

3,650

5,596

679

1,336

927

2000

Bedfordshire

492

805

154

215

213

Cambridgeshire

532

872

116

238

101

Essex

946

1,578

229

449

372

Hertfordshire

704

889

129

221

134

Norfolk

638

991

107

302

133

Suffolk

572

749

92

208

106

Total

3,884

5,884

827

1,633

1,059

2001

Bedfordshire

647

867

146

273

236

Cambridgeshire

430

895

121

264

122

Essex

1,014

1,744

230

565

466

Hertfordshire

777

917

154

308

176

Norfolk

495

1,088

146

392

152

Suffolk

599

771

94

180

102

Total

3,962

6,282

891

1,982

1,254

2002

Bedfordshire

513

916

152

287

268

Cambridgeshire

428

857

171

330

97

Essex

810

1,623

236

531

486

Hertfordshire

604

964

160

311

199

Norfolk

382

1,045

151

418

147

Suffolk

396

743

88

203

112

Total

3,133

6,148

958

2,080

1,309

2003

Bedfordshire

641

1,098

155

331

312

Cambridgeshire

420

791

124

281

113

Essex

767

1,686

229

530

542

Hertfordshire

662

1,051

165

364

191

Norfolk

400

944

90

338

152

Suffolk

428

839

98

245

132

Total

3,318

6,409

861

2,089

1,442

2004

Bedfordshire

753

1,073

129

375

285

Cambridgeshire

550

717

124

273

86

Essex

805

1,646

151

526

518

Hertfordshire

760

1,130

134

357

237

Norfolk

580

925

60

297

157

Suffolk

466

726

52

241

104

Total

3,914

6,217

650

2,069

1,387

2005

Bedfordshire

855

879

91

231

229

Cambridgeshire

843

802

39

236

99

Essex

1,277

1,841

68

541

535

Hertfordshire

749

1,126

71

370

239

Norfolk

648

923

35

308

106

Suffolk

487

745

55

238

110

Total

4,859

6,316

359

1,924

1,318

(1) These data are on the principal offence basis.
(2) Probation orders prior to April 2001.
Note:
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 data systems generated by the police forces. 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.
Sources:
RDS-OCJR (cautions and convictions) and RDS-NOMS (sentencing), Ministry of Justice. Refs: 361-07 and Sent 202-07

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