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In the light of the recent ruling by the Court of Appeal in the case of two Libyan nationals, AS and
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DD, we have decided to discontinue deportation action in those cases, and in the cases of 10 other Libyan nationals.
We are seeking leave to appeal to the House of Lords against the Court of Appeal's ruling in the case of Abu Qatada, who is a Jordanian national.
Eight people have been deported to Algeria under the arrangements with that country after withdrawing their appeals against the decision to deport them, and I am satisfied with the way these arrangements are operating.
I remain of the view that diplomatic assurances in the context of deportation are a legitimate means of safeguarding the human rights of the individuals concerned, and contribute to the process of assessing whether or not to seek to deport particular individuals to those countries.
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Detection Rates
Mr. Ruffley:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the crime detection rate in (a) each police force and (b) England and Wales was in each year since 1997. [200476]
Mr. Coaker:
The information requested is given in the following table.
The non-sanction detections that contribute to the overall detection rate have fallen in recent years reflecting a significant shift by many police forces away from recording detections of crime where no further action is taken. For this reason overall detection rates over time are not fully comparable. From 1 April 2007 the rules governing recording of non-sanction detections were revised to reduce the scope within which they can be claimed to a very limited set of circumstances.
| Detection rates for all recorded offences by police force area, 1997 to 2006-07 |
| Police force area | 1997 | 1998-99( 1) | 1999-2000( 2) | 2000-01 | 2001-02 | 2002-03 | 2003-04 | 2004-05 | 2005-06 | 2006-07 |
|
Avon and Somerset
|
26
|
24
|
22
|
21
|
14
|
15
|
15
|
17
|
23
|
24
|
|
Bedfordshire
|
35
|
33
|
25
|
27
|
25
|
26
|
23
|
28
|
25
|
22
|
|
British Transport Police
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
15
|
16
|
17
|
20
|
24
|
|
Cambridgeshire
|
27
|
29
|
25
|
24
|
22
|
22
|
23
|
23
|
27
|
25
|
|
Cheshire
|
36
|
37
|
31
|
30
|
26
|
26
|
27
|
26
|
27
|
27
|
|
Cleveland
|
25
|
23
|
22
|
21
|
20
|
23
|
21
|
24
|
30
|
31
|
|
Cumbria
|
40
|
44
|
39
|
34
|
32
|
31
|
32
|
30
|
35
|
36
|
|
Derbyshire
|
25
|
31
|
28
|
26
|
25
|
26
|
25
|
28
|
27
|
26
|
|
Devon and Cornwall
|
32
|
36
|
35
|
34
|
32
|
29
|
29
|
30
|
28
|
27
|
|
Dorset
|
29
|
31
|
26
|
25
|
27
|
25
|
26
|
28
|
30
|
30
|
|
Durham
|
31
|
33
|
32
|
34
|
33
|
34
|
29
|
29
|
27
|
30
|
|
Dyfed-Powys
|
61
|
69
|
65
|
63
|
64
|
68
|
47
|
43
|
45
|
45
|
|
Essex
|
27
|
29
|
30
|
26
|
26
|
27
|
28
|
27
|
31
|
33
|
|
Gloucestershire
|
24
|
31
|
31
|
32
|
30
|
29
|
28
|
27
|
32
|
33
|
|
Greater Manchester
|
20
|
25
|
23
|
22
|
21
|
22
|
22
|
23
|
25
|
25
|
|
Gwent
|
51
|
55
|
53
|
57
|
55
|
48
|
45
|
42
|
36
|
33
|
|
Hampshire
|
30
|
35
|
32
|
29
|
29
|
30
|
27
|
28
|
24
|
23
|
|
Hertfordshire
|
32
|
34
|
27
|
24
|
24
|
23
|
25
|
29
|
26
|
29
|
|
Humberside
|
20
|
22
|
19
|
21
|
20
|
20
|
19
|
20
|
23
|
25
|
|
Kent
|
31
|
34
|
33
|
28
|
28
|
28
|
25
|
23
|
26
|
26
|
|
Lancashire
|
29
|
34
|
29
|
27
|
26
|
27
|
27
|
30
|
32
|
35
|
|
Leicestershire
|
34
|
34
|
30
|
28
|
28
|
27
|
22
|
25
|
30
|
28
|
|
Lincolnshire
|
48
|
40
|
28
|
25
|
27
|
23
|
22
|
25
|
26
|
28
|
|
London, City of
|
26
|
33
|
32
|
27
|
34
|
36
|
33
|
36
|
43
|
39
|
|
Merseyside
|
31
|
31
|
26
|
28
|
24
|
25
|
27
|
30
|
28
|
29
|
|
Metropolitan Police
|
26
|
22
|
16
|
15
|
14
|
14
|
15
|
21
|
24
|
21
|
|
Norfolk
|
37
|
37
|
30
|
26
|
25
|
24
|
26
|
28
|
31
|
30
|
|
Northamptonshire
|
35
|
33
|
33
|
33
|
31
|
28
|
28
|
29
|
25
|
26
|
|
Northumbria
|
26
|
30
|
31
|
31
|
31
|
31
|
30
|
29
|
35
|
40
|
|
North Wales
|
34
|
43
|
36
|
31
|
28
|
29
|
33
|
42
|
43
|
48
|
|
North Yorkshire
|
26
|
33
|
31
|
30
|
26
|
26
|
28
|
35
|
35
|
33
|
|
Nottinghamshire
|
28
|
25
|
21
|
20
|
18
|
16
|
18
|
20
|
22
|
23
|
|
South Wales
|
36
|
39
|
31
|
31
|
33
|
29
|
29
|
29
|
26
|
25
|
|
South Yorkshire
|
29
|
32
|
25
|
25
|
23
|
21
|
24
|
26
|
27
|
26
|
|
Staffordshire
|
35
|
32
|
22
|
23
|
20
|
31
|
33
|
35
|
35
|
35
|
|
Suffolk
|
37
|
41
|
36
|
35
|
33
|
34
|
33
|
32
|
30
|
31
|
|
Surrey
|
33
|
40
|
32
|
28
|
25
|
22
|
22
|
26
|
25
|
30
|
|
Sussex
|
26
|
25
|
25
|
23
|
25
|
24
|
24
|
25
|
30
|
31
|
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|
Thames Valley
|
24
|
25
|
20
|
22
|
24
|
25
|
23
|
26
|
28
|
25
|
|
Warwickshire
|
27
|
26
|
22
|
22
|
25
|
26
|
25
|
27
|
25
|
27
|
|
West Mercia
|
28
|
34
|
29
|
28
|
28
|
33
|
31
|
34
|
34
|
34
|
|
West Midlands
|
24
|
30
|
27
|
28
|
29
|
26
|
25
|
23
|
26
|
27
|
|
West Yorkshire
|
27
|
27
|
25
|
23
|
19
|
20
|
20
|
25
|
28
|
29
|
|
Wiltshire
|
32
|
38
|
33
|
29
|
30
|
28
|
28
|
29
|
32
|
26
|
| | | | | | | | | | | |
|
England and Wales
|
28
|
29
|
25
|
24
|
22
|
24
|
23
|
26
|
27
|
27
|
n/a = not available
(1) The number of crimes detected in that financial year using the expanded coverage and revised counting rules which came into effect on 1 April 1998.
(2) New instructions which clarified the rules for detecting crime were introduced on 1 April 1999.
Note:
It should be noted that non-sanction detections that contribute to the overall detection rate have fallen in recent years reflecting a significant shift by many police forces away from recording detections of crime where no further action is taken. For this reason overall detection rates over time are not fully comparable. From 1 April 2007 the rules governing recording of non-sanction detections were revised to reduce the scope within which they can be claimed to a very limited set of circumstances.
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