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Table B : Fixed penalty notices issued( 1) by the police for obstruction, waiting and parking offences( 2, 3) , England and Wales , 2002 to 200 6
	Number of tickets
2002	1,165,006
2003	1,043,006
2004	882,500
2005	573,497
2006	489,948
(1) Paid i.e. no further action. (2) Offences under the Road Traffic Act 1988 s.22; Transport Act 2000 ss. 173 (5); 173 (6); 173 (7); 174 (3); 175(2); 175 (3): 175 (4); 190 Highway Act 1835 ss. 72 and 78; RTA 1988 ss. 19 and 21; Highways Act 1980 s. 137 (1); Road Traffic Regulations Act 1984 ss. 5 (1), 8, 32-36 and 45-53; Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986 Regs. 101 and 103; Transport Act 2000 part III; Metropolitan Police Act 1839 s. 54 (1) (3) Does not include decriminalised parking enforcements (DPE). 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 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.

Genetics: Databases

Jenny Willott: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the reasons have been for the removal and destruction of DNA samples from the National DNA database following a request to do so from the person from whom the DNA was taken; and if she will make a statement. [197287]

Meg Hillier: Under the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (PACE), the police have the power indefinitely to retain profiles on the National DNA Database (NDNAD) derived from samples taken from persons arrested for a recordable offence and detained in a police station, regardless of whether they are charged or convicted. While the decision on whether to agree to a request from an individual to have their DNA profile removed from the NDNAD lies with the chief officer of the police force which took the sample, profiles will normally be retained unless there are exceptional circumstances.

Given that a number of factors may be applicable to each individual decision, there is no specific breakdown of the reasons for the removal and destruction of DNA samples from the NDNAD following a request to do so from the person from whom the DNA was taken.

The Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) has a national Criminal Records Office (ACRO), based in Hampshire, which deals with matters relating to criminal records, DNA and fingerprints on behalf of chief officers. In the area of removals from the NDNAD, they assist chief officers in arriving at a decision, by providing examples of how requests have been dealt with in other police forces and offering advice. However, the final decision remains with chief officers, who are not obliged to refer cases to ACRO or to agree with its recommendations.

Mr. Gordon Prentice: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people without a criminal conviction have made representations to her Department to have their names removed from the national DNA database. [202014]

Meg Hillier: Under the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984, the decision on whether to agree to a request from an individual to have their DNA profile, fingerprints and associated records removed from police databases
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lies with the chief officer of the police force which took the DNA sample and fingerprint records, so requests from people without a criminal conviction go to chief officers, and not the Home Office. No central records are kept of the number of such requests made, and the number of those which are from people without a criminal conviction.

Jenny Willott: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when she plans to publish the National DNA Database Annual Report for (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08; and if she will make a statement. [213044]

Meg Hillier [holding answer 23 June 2008]: A precise date for the publication of the National DNA Database Annual Report for 2006-07 is not yet available, but it is expected to be published in the near future. The timescale for the production of the Annual Report for 2007-08 is shortly to be considered by the National DNA Database Strategy Board.

Human Trafficking

Damian Green: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate her Department has made of the number of men and boys trafficked into the United Kingdom for suspected involvement in the sex industry in the latest period for which figures are available. [214531]

Mr. Coaker: To date there has been no estimate made of the number of men and boys trafficked into the UK for the purposes of sexual exploitation.

Operations Pentameter 1 and 2 have focussed on trafficking for sexual exploitation irrespective of gender and the analysis of those operations will inform our estimate of the scale and nature of the problem.

Damian Green: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department which companies and organisations have given her Department and the UK Human Trafficking Centre free or reduced rates to run campaign materials against human trafficking. [214538]

Mr. Coaker: There have been no companies that have given the Home Office free or reduced rates for campaign materials on human trafficking.

Principals Agency in Leeds provided a reduced rate to the UKHTC for design work the agency carried out on the Blue Blindfold campaign and CBS Outdoor provided reduced rates for displaying posters on buses.

Damian Green: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much her Department and the UK Human Trafficking Centre spent on (a) commissioning and (b) mounting the Blue Blindfold Campaign; and which costs of the campaign were met from the budget of (i) the UK Human Trafficking Centre and (ii) her Department centrally. [214540]

Mr. Coaker: There were no commissioning costs incurred in respect of the Blue Blindfold campaign.

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A total of £20,994 has been spent on the campaign so far on production of materials and placing of the posters on buses. Of this total, £13,000 was met by the Home Office, with the remainder being met from the UKHTC's budget.

Human Trafficking: Sex Establishments

Damian Green: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what discussions her Department is conducting with the newspaper industry over the placing of advertisements by establishments offering sexual services in newspapers; and whether her Department has made any estimate of the number of trafficked women potentially working in such establishments. [214628]

Mr. Coaker: In November 2007 I met with representatives from the newspaper and advertising industries on this issue. The Newspaper Society have reviewed guidance it issues to publishers to ensure it fully reflects concerns about human trafficking for sexual exploitation. In January the Government Equalities Office also published Women Not for Sale, which raised the issue of the links between this type of advertisement, and the trafficking of women into the UK for the purposes of prostitution.

There has been no estimate on the number of trafficked women who are involved in related activity.

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Identity Cards

Lynne Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the proposed method for the collection of fingerprints for the identity card scheme is. [202450]

Meg Hillier [holding answer 29 April 2008]: The precise manner of enrolment of fingerprint biometrics has yet to be finalised for identity cards to be issued to British citizens under the Identity Cards Act 2006. However, it is intended that 10 plain fingerprints should be recorded and stored on the National Identity Register.

This will be compatible with fingerprint biometrics recorded for identity cards to be issued to foreign nationals under the UK Borders Act 2007.

Parking Attendants

Norman Baker: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) traffic enforcement officers, (b) traffic wardens and (c) council parking attendants were operating in each police authority area in each year since 1997. [214743]

Mr. Coaker: Available data for the numbers of police officers whose primary role is within the traffic function and for the numbers of traffic wardens are given in the following tables. Data on local authority parking attendants and civil enforcement officers are not collected centrally.

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Police officers FTE whose main function is ‘Traffic’( 1) , 1996-97 to 2006-07
Full-time equivalent( 2)
	1996-97( 3)	1997-98( 3)	1998-99( 4)	1999-2000( 4)	2000-01( 4)	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07
Avon and Somerset	—	—	—	—	—	216	222	228	215	148
Bedfordshire	—	—	—	—	—	75	80	80	81	68
Cambridgeshire	—	—	—	—	—	85	99	101	99	96
Cheshire	—	—	—	—	—	194	200	194	85	91
Cleveland	—	—	—	—	—	64	73	2	61	72
Cumbria	—	—	—	—	—	107	110	108	111	114
Derbyshire	—	—	—	—	—	107	121	116	119	110
Devon and Cornwall	—	—	—	—	—	192	198	211	215	225
Dorset	—	—	—	—	—	91	86	82	81	80
Durham	—	—	—	—	—	111	119	108	105	100
Dyfed Powys	—	—	—	—	—	136	105	141	143	136
Essex	—	—	—	—	—	241	242	243	243	231
Gloucestershire	—	—	—	—	—	62	66	67	73	67
Greater Manchester	—	—	—	—	—	406	392	359	342	352
Gwent	—	—	—	—	—	93	95	96	102	95
Hampshire	—	—	—	—	—	248	246	244	240	237
Hertfordshire	—	—	—	—	—	150	151	149	149	145
Humberside	—	—	—	—	—	123	119	225	181	100
Kent	—	—	—	—	—	104	—	122	116	109
Lancashire	—	—	—	—	—	198	187	190	197	184
Leicestershire	—	—	—	—	—	92	95	85	77	72
Lincolnshire	—	—	—	—	—	90	89	96	102	100
London, City of	—	—	—	—	—	24	24	28	24	23
Merseyside	—	—	—	—	—	125	119	115	138	150
Metropolitan Police	—	—	—	—	—	583	592	1029	603	611
Norfolk	—	—	—	—	—	120	121	107	112	110
Northamptonshire	—	—	—	—	—	70	71	65	63	63
Northumbria	—	—	—	—	—	245	253	165	167	172
North Wales	—	—	—	—	—	115	114	76	81	98
North Yorkshire	—	—	—	—	—	151	138	101	97	99
Nottinghamshire	—	—	—	—	—	26	121	133	134	139
South Wales	—	—	—	—	—	243	245	243	243	252
South Yorkshire	—	—	—	—	—	180	127	134	141	143
Staffordshire	—	—	—	—	—	50	49	58	28	35
Suffolk	—	—	—	—	—	68	72	76	80	77
Surrey	—	—	—	—	—	108	110	107	99	87
Sussex	—	—	—	—	—	164	163	163	160	169
Thames Valley	—	—	—	—	—	259	259	245	236	237
Warwickshire	—	—	—	—	—	103	103	93	97	93
West Mercia	—	—	—	—	—	292	115	117	116	129
West Midlands	—	—	—	—	—	384	405	393	401	383
West Yorkshire	—	—	—	—	—	320	314	317	343	324
Wiltshire	—	—	—	—	—	91	96	93	13	89
Total	—	—	7,525	7,238	7,005	6,902	6,706	7,104	6,511	6,412
(1) Staff with multiple responsibilities (or designations) are recorded under their primary role or function. The traffic function Includes staff who are predominantly employed on motorcycles or in patrol vehicles for the policing of traffic and motorway related duties. The function does not include officers employed in accident investigation, vehicle examination and radar duties. (2) This and other tables contain full-time equivalent figures that have been rounded to the nearest whole number. Because of rounding, there may be an apparent discrepancy between totals and the sums of the constituent items. (3) Data are unavailable for 1996-97 and 1997-98. (4) Data by police force area are not available centrally.

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