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Burglary: Tamworth

Mr. Jenkins: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the detection rate for domestic burglary was in Tamworth in each of the last five years. [179491]

Mr. Coaker: The information requested is not available centrally for Tamworth. While detections data is available for basic command units (BCUs), Tamworth is not a BCU.

Cannabis

David Davis: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when the outcome of the review on cannabis will be announced. [185323]

Jacqui Smith: The Government will consider carefully the findings of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs when it submits its advice in late April 2008. A decision whether or not to bring a proposal to Parliament to reclassify the drug from class C back to class B under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 will then follow.

Crime

David Davis: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans she has to make membership of a gang (a) an offence and (b) a factor to be taken into account in sentencing. [183950]

Jacqui Smith: We have no plans to make membership of a gang, in and of itself, an offence. The Sentencing Guidelines Council has already declared that, where an offender operates in a group or gang, this should be regarded as an aggravating factor, indicative of a higher than usual level of culpability, to be taken into account in sentencing (Guideline on Overarching Principles: Seriousness, 16 December 2004).

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Jo Swinson: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what research she has evaluated on the link between crime and unhappiness. [187589]

Mr. Coaker: Research has not been commissioned specifically looking at the link between crime and unhappiness.

However, the British Crime Survey (BCS) asks about the impact of crime and fear of crime on quality of life. The latest analysis, from the 2006-07 BCS, shows victims of crime were more likely to report that crime and fear of crime had a high or moderate impact on their quality of life than those who had not been victims. This analysis can be found in the Home Office Statistical Bulletin Crime in England and Wales 2006-07, a copy of which can be found in the House of Commons Library.

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Crime: Cars

Mr. Moss: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many car-related crimes there were in (a) Cambridgeshire police authority area and (b) each division within the authority in each of the last three years, broken down by category. [187208]

Mr. Coaker: The requested information is given in the table.

Recorded crime statistics have been provided for Cambridgeshire police force area and for the three Basic Command Units (BCUs) within. BCUs equate to police divisions.

Offences against vehicles broken down by Basic Command Unit in Cambridgeshire police force area
Basic Command Unit	Offence Description and Code	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07
Cambridgeshire Central	Vehicle interference and tampering (126)	284	217	195
Cambs Central (after April 2006)	Aggravated vehicle taking (37.2)	54	33	26
	Theft from vehicle (45)	1,517	1,452	1,444
	Theft or unauthorised taking of motor vehicle (48)	657	584	575
	Total offences against vehicles	2,512	2,286	2,240
Cambridgeshire Northern	Vehicle interference and tampering (126)	531	442	519
Cambs Northern (after April 2006)	Aggravated vehicle taking (37.2)	67	46	58
	Theft from vehicle (45)	3,013	2,718	2,905
	Theft or unauthorised taking of motor vehicle (48)	1,185	949	890
	Total offences against vehicles	4,796	4,155	4,372
Cambridgeshire Southern	Vehicle interference and tampering (126)	235	251	225
Cambs Southern (after April 2006)	Aggravated vehicle taking (37.2)	69	43	36
	Theft from vehicle (45)	1,919	1,910	2,080
	Theft or unauthorised taking of motor vehicle (48)	688	610	762
	Total offences against vehicles	2,911	2,814	3,103
Cambridgeshire Police Force Area total	Vehicle interference and tampering (126)	1,050	910	939
	Aggravated vehicle taking (37.2)	190	122	120
	Theft from vehicle (45)	6,449	6,080	6,429
	Theft or unauthorised taking of motor vehicle (48)	2,530	2,143	2,227
	Total offences against vehicles	10,219	9,255	9,715

Crime: Tamworth

Mr. Jenkins: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what changes there have been in crime rates in Tamworth in (a) the last year and (b) the last five years, broken down by category of offence. [187757]

Mr. Coaker: The available information relates to percentage changes in crimes recorded in the Tamworth Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnership area and is given in the following table. Data for 2001-02 are not directly comparable with those for later years. Therefore the percentage change between 2002-03 and 2006-07 has been provided.

Percentage change in offences recorded by the police in Tamworth
Offence group	Percentage change between 2002-03 and 2006-07	Percentage change between 2005-06 and 2006-07
Violence against the person	16	4
Sexual offences	7	-11
Robbery	-22	-15
Burglary	-28	0
Offences against vehicle	-26	-10
Other theft offences	-7	-15
Fraud and forgery	-42	-11
Criminal damage	4	-3
Drug offences	191	25
Other miscellaneous offence	35	-2
Total	-4	-4

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Crime: Warrington

Helen Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the crime rates were in
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Warrington in each of the last five years, broken down by category of offence. [189488]

Mr. Coaker: The information requested is given in the table.

Offences recorded by the police in the Warrington crime and disorder reduction partnership area, 2002-03 to 2006-07
Offence group	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07
Violence against the person	1,843	2,491	3,204	3,901	3,694
Sexual offences	205	237	253	235	228
Robbery	116	148	137	111	153
Burglary	2,570	2,505	2,264	2,207	1,995
Offences against vehicles	3,160	2,900	2,753	2,615	2,603
Other theft offences	3,966	4,313	3,979	4,597	4,586
Fraud and forgery	644	840	1,026	586	594
Criminal damage	3,657	4,334	5,011	4,938	4,375
Drug offences	323	335	322	477	469
Other offences	190	210	171	251	260
Total	16,674	18,313	19,120	19,918	18,957

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