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Offenders
Miss Widdecombe: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people were convicted under the Hunting Act 2004 in (a) 2005 and (b) 2006, broken down by police force area. [177950]
Mr. Coaker: Data showing the number of defendants proceeded against, found guilty, cautioned and fined under the Hunting Act 2004, broken down by police force area, are in the following below table.
| Number of defendants proceeded against at magistrates1 courts, found guilty at all courts and fined, and the number of offenders cautioned by the police of offences under the Hunting Act 2004, England and Wales, by Police force area( 1,)( )( 2,)( )( 3,)( )( 4) | ||||
| Police force area | Proceeded against | Found guilty | Fined | Cautioned |
| (1) These data are on the 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 data systems generated by the courts and 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. (3) The Hunting Act 2004 came into force in February 2005. (4) Where police forces are not listed assume a nil figure. | ||||
Offenders: Deportation
Mr. Clappison: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate she has made of the average cost of returning a non-UK prisoner to serve his or her sentence in their home country. [177454]
Mr. Hanson: I have been asked to reply.
Under existing international prisoner transfer agreements to which the UK is a party, the cost of repatriating a prisoner and his continued detention following transfer is a matter for the state to which the prisoner is transferred.
Mr. Malins: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether records are kept or exist of the number of judicial recommendations for deportation of convicted criminals each year. [177871]
Maria Eagle: I have been asked to reply.
Her Majesty's Court Service maintains a central database of completed criminal proceedings in the Crown court. This contains a record of judicial recommendations for deportation made in relation to defendants in these proceedings.
| D efendants with judicial recommendations for deportation in the Crown court, 2002-06 | |
| Number | |
Opium: Licensing
Mr. Frank Field: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many licences have been issued for growing poppies for medical purposes; and in which counties growers are licensed. [178025]
Mr. Coaker: The growing of opium poppies for medical purposes is not licensed under either international law, via the 1961 UN Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, or domestic law, via the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971. Control arrangements in other growing countries are not known.
Passports: Lost Property
Mr. Gregory Campbell: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many UK passports issued in Belfast were reported as either lost or stolen in 2006. [175642]
Meg Hillier [holding answer 7 January 2008]: Of the total processed reports of loss or theft of a British passport in 2006, 15,316 were originally issued by the Belfast office.
Police
Mr. Ruffley: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) police officers and (b) operational police officers per head of population there were in each police authority in England in each of the last five years. [172860]
Mr. McNulty: The information requested is shown in the following tables.
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