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Culture, Media and Sport
Members: Correspondence
Sir Michael Spicer:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport when he will reply to the letter from the hon. Member for West Worcestershire, dated 18 January, about cuts to grants for the arts DCMS Ref: 86913. [190774]
Margaret Hodge:
I replied to the letter of 18 January from the hon. Member for West Worcestershire on 23 February.
Home Department
Boyhood to Manhood Foundation
Keith Vaz:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what funding her Department provides to the from Boyhood to Manhood Foundation. [176832]
Mr. Coaker:
The From Boyhood to Manhood Foundation received £4,980 from the fifth round of the connected fund, and £4,950 from the sixth round, which was completed in August 2007. We are working with the organisation to help it develop its business plans for the longer term but are also currently finalising an immediate grant payment so that they may continue their services to boys and young men who may otherwise fall into criminal activity.
Crime: Rural Areas
Mr. Paice:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) burglaries, (b) offences involving violence against the person, (c) sexual offences and (d) car and property crimes there were in rural areas in each year since 1997. [187442]
Mr. Coaker:
The information requested is shown in the following tables.
| Table 1: numbers of offences recorded in rural police force areas—1997 |
| Police force area | Offence | 1997 |
|
Cambridgeshire
|
Violence against the person
|
3,364
|
| |
Sexual offences
|
390
|
| |
Burglary
|
12,668
|
| |
Property crime
|
55,343
|
| |
Vehicle crime
|
15,344
|
| | | |
|
Cumbria
|
Violence against the person
|
2,828
|
| |
Sexual offences
|
229
|
| |
Burglary
|
6,868
|
| |
Property crime
|
32,224
|
| |
Vehicle crime
|
7,207
|
| | | |
|
Devon and Cornwall
|
Violence against the person
|
6,549
|
| |
Sexual offences
|
808
|
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Burglary
|
20,017
|
| |
Property crime
|
85,692
|
| |
Vehicle crime
|
23,233
|
| | | |
|
Durham
|
Violence against the person
|
1,924
|
| |
Sexual offences
|
341
|
| |
Burglary
|
12,209
|
| |
Property crime
|
44,514
|
| |
Vehicle crime
|
11,108
|
| | | |
|
Dyfed-Powys
|
Violence against the person
|
2,132
|
| |
Sexual offences
|
337
|
| |
Burglary
|
2,590
|
| |
Property crime
|
14,722
|
| |
Vehicle crime
|
2,372
|
| | | |
|
Gloucestershire
|
Violence against the person
|
1,456
|
| |
Sexual offences
|
240
|
| |
Burglary
|
11,559
|
| |
Property crime
|
44,990
|
| |
Vehicle crime
|
13,748
|
| | | |
|
Lincolnshire
|
Violence against the person
|
3,051
|
| |
Sexual offences
|
329
|
| |
Burglary
|
10,551
|
| |
Property crime
|
39,163
|
| |
Vehicle crime
|
7,624
|
| | | |
|
Norfolk
|
Violence against the person
|
2,889
|
| |
Sexual offences
|
487
|
| |
Burglary
|
10,935
|
| |
Property crime
|
49,038
|
| |
Vehicle crime
|
11,890
|
| | | |
|
North Wales
|
Violence against the person
|
2,575
|
| |
Sexual offences
|
480
|
| |
Burglary
|
7,554
|
| |
Properly crime
|
36,980
|
| |
Vehicle crime
|
7,911
|
| | | |
|
North Yorkshire
|
Violence against the person
|
2,425
|
| |
Sexual offences
|
262
|
| |
Burglary
|
11,359
|
| |
Property crime
|
46,898
|
| |
Vehicle crime
|
11,721
|
| | | |
|
Suffolk
|
Violence against the person
|
2,448
|
| |
Sexual offences
|
400
|
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| |
Burglary
|
6,094
|
| |
Property crime
|
31,997
|
| |
Vehicle crime
|
6,687
|
| | | |
|
West Mercia
|
Violence against the person
|
3,175
|
| |
Sexual offences
|
751
|
| |
Burglary
|
16,334
|
| |
Property crime
|
71,410
|
| |
Vehicle crime
|
18,924
|
| | | |
|
Wiltshire
|
Violence against the person
|
2,373
|
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| |
Sexual offences
|
355
|
| |
Burglary
|
6,361
|
| |
Property crime
|
29,727
|
| |
Vehicle crime
|
7,524
|
Note:
The defining of rural police force areas within England and Wales has been taken in accordance with the ACORN (‘A Classification Of Residential Neighbourhoods’) guidance as published in the Statistical Bulletin 01/02 ‘Rural Crime England and Wales’. Of the 13 forces given in the table, ACORN defines four of them as ‘Most Rural’ (Dyfed-Powys, Lincolnshire, North Yorkshire and North Wales), and nine of them as ‘Less Rural’ (Cambridgeshire, Cumbria, Devon and Cornwall, Durham, Gloucestershire, Norfolk, Suffolk, West Mercia and Wiltshire).
|
| Table 2: numbers of offences recorded in rural police force areas, 1998-99 to 2001-02 |
| Police force area | Offence | 1998-99 | 1999-2000 | 2000-01 | 2001-02 |
|
Cambridgeshire
|
Violence against the person
|
5,345
|
6,090
|
6,416
|
7,345
|
| |
Sexual offences
|
431
|
418
|
464
|
560
|
| |
Burglary
|
12,759
|
12,377
|
10,243
|
11,161
|
| |
Property crime
|
59,026
|
59,810
|
55,346
|
59,362
|
| |
Vehicle crime
|
13,233
|
12,443
|
11,348
|
12,745
|
| | | | | | |
|
Cumbria
|
Violence against the person
|
5,582
|
5,142
|
4,152
|
5,334
|
| |
Sexual offences
|
200
|
224
|
168
|
199
|
| |
Burglary
|
5,812
|
5,455
|
4,782
|
4,942
|
| |
Property crime
|
32,109
|
30,395
|
27,117
|
30,254
|
| |
Vehicle crime
|
6,477
|
5,414
|
4,278
|
4,483
|
| | | | | | |
|
Devon and Cornwall
|
Violence against the person
|
11,758
|
12,479
|
11,992
|
12,434
|
| |
Sexual offences
|
876
|
936
|
911
|
960
|
| |
Burglary
|
17,808
|
17,307
|
15,606
|
15,257
|
| |
Property crime
|
92,381
|
91,288
|
84,823
|
82,186
|
| |
Vehicle crime
|
22,270
|
21,438
|
20,145
|
17,549
|
| | | | | | |
|
Durham
|
Violence against the person
|
4,955
|
5,397
|
5,180
|
6,410
|
| |
Sexual offences
|
243
|
251
|
238
|
333
|
| |
Burglary
|
10,135
|
9,083
|
7,626
|
8,864
|
| |
Property crime
|
42,891
|
40,886
|
37,128
|
42,340
|
| |
Vehicle crime
|
10,056
|
9,126
|
8,047
|
7,798
|
| | | | | | |
|
Dyfed-Powys
|
Violence against the person
|
4,680
|
5,519
|
5,424
|
5,517
|
| |
Sexual offences
|
317
|
292
|
304
|
292
|
| |
Burglary
|
2,615
|
2,072
|
1,978
|
2,122
|
| |
Property crime
|
16,216
|
14,999
|
14,788
|
14,928
|
| |
Vehicle crime
|
2,480
|
2,203
|
2,120
|
2,050
|
| | | | | | |
|
Gloucestershire
|
Violence against the person
|
3,230
|
4,240
|
4,998
|
4,695
|
| |
Sexual offences
|
344
|
323
|
348
|
267
|
| |
Burglary
|
10,111
|
9,308
|
7,809
|
8,468
|
| |
Property crime
|
42,676
|
44,221
|
42,221
|
43,128
|
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Vehicle crime
|
11,196
|
10,244
|
8,464
|
8,140
|
| | | | | | |
|
Lincolnshire
|
Violence against the person
|
4,239
|
3,866
|
3,743
|
4,812
|
| |
Sexual offences
|
393
|
325
|
281
|
414
|
| |
Burglary
|
10,257
|
10,719
|
9,583
|
9,592
|
| |
Property crime
|
40,036
|
40,302
|
39,261
|
42,565
|
| |
Vehicle crime
|
6,944
|
6,871
|
6,627
|
6,782
|
| | | | | | |
|
Norfolk
|
Violence against the person
|
5,461
|
6,382
|
5,777
|
6,021
|
| |
Sexual offences
|
508
|
415
|
364
|
509
|
| |
Burglary
|
10,154
|
10,243
|
9,450
|
9,043
|
| |
Property crime
|
48,725
|
50,132
|
49,168
|
50,355
|
| |
Vehicle crime
|
10,834
|
10,428
|
9,823
|
9,797
|
| | | | | | |
|
North Wales
|
Violence against the person
|
4,703
|
5,739
|
5,358
|
7,349
|
| |
Sexual offences
|
334
|
373
|
406
|
466
|
| |
Burglary
|
7,226
|
6,892
|
7,246
|
7,368
|
| |
Property crime
|
36,178
|
36,21 1
|
39,711
|
43,798
|
| |
Vehicle crime
|
7,254
|
7,501
|
7,186
|
7,661
|
| | | | | | |
|
North Yorkshire
|
Violence against the person
|
4,827
|
5,101
|
4,898
|
5,624
|
| |
Sexual offences
|
297
|
294
|
289
|
346
|
| |
Burglary
|
11,237
|
10,402
|
9,829
|
11,656
|
| |
Property crime
|
47,780
|
45,896
|
44,290
|
50,771
|
| |
Vehicle crime
|
9,641
|
8,596
|
7,585
|
8,171
|
| | | | | | |
|
Suffolk
|
Violence against the person
|
3,820
|
5,303
|
6,395
|
7,353
|
| |
Sexual offences
|
405
|
389
|
421
|
486
|
| |
Burglary
|
6,241
|
6,214
|
5,738
|
6,346
|
| |
Property crime
|
33,335
|
35,365
|
35,456
|
40,288
|
| |
Vehicle crime
|
6,446
|
6,501
|
6,291
|
6,915
|
| | | | | | |
|
West Mercia
|
Violence against the person
|
6,995
|
8,213
|
7,805
|
17,032
|
| |
Sexual offences
|
618
|
585
|
537
|
806
|
| |
Burglary
|
14,631
|
14,313
|
13,369
|
15,398
|
| |
Property crime
|
70,058
|
72,272
|
66,487
|
80,214
|
| |
Vehicle crime
|
16,174
|
15,743
|
13,218
|
13,061
|
| | | | | | |
|
Wiltshire
|
Violence against the person
|
4,390
|
4,519
|
4,515
|
4,379
|
| |
Sexual offences
|
404
|
358
|
334
|
378
|
| |
Burglary
|
6,129
|
5,718
|
5,043
|
5,824
|
| |
Property crime
|
31,511
|
31,701
|
30,047
|
32,191
|
| |
Vehicle crime
|
6,759
|
6,598
|
5,271
|
5,264
|
Notes:
1. The offence coverage was extended and counting rules revised from 1998-99. Figures from that date are not directly comparable with those for 1997.
2. The data in this table is prior to the introduction of the National Crime Recording Standard (NCRS). These figures are not directly comparable with those for later years.
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