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Table 5 Drug offences recorded by the police in Wales, 1998-99—2001-02
Number of offences

 1998-99 1999-2000 2000-01 2001-02

Dyfed-Powys

2,483

2,030

1,273

2,407

Gwent

2,447

2,214

2,196

1,729

North Wales

1,885

1,586

1,421

1,382

South Wales

2,934

2,690

3,039

3,907

Wales

9,749

8,520

7,929

9,425

Notes:
1. The 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 are prior to the introduction of the National Crime Recording Standard. These figures are not directly comparable with those for later years.

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Table 6 Drug offences recorded by the police in Wales, 2002-03—2006-07
Number of offences

 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07

Dyfed-Powys

2,978

2,420

2,327

2,495

2,484

Gwent

1,585

1,422

1,332

1,412

1,888

North Wales

1,830

1,830

1,833

2,108

2,105

South Wales

3,872

3,837

3,705

3,483

4,051

Wales

10,265

9,509

9,197

9,498

10,528

Note:
1. The data in this table take account of the introduction of the National Crime Recording Standard in April 2002. These figures are not directly comparable with those for earlier years.

Squatting

Mr. Pickles: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what guidance has been issued to the police by her Department on the treatment of squatters. [218300]

Mr. Coaker: The Home Office has not issued any guidance to the police on the treatment of squatters.

Stalking

Tom Brake: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many reviews of the handling of stalker cases involving (a) children and (b) adults being stalked are under way; when the reviews will be completed; and what guidance her Department has issued to police authorities on the need to review cases involving stalkers. [212670]

Mr. Coaker: No specific reviews of the handling of cases involving children and adults being stalked have been commissioned by the Department.

The Government, however, are committed to tackling the incidence of stalking and harassment. The Home Office currently sits on the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) Stalking and Harassment Working Group and has been working closely with them to develop a national risk identification toolkit to ensure that officers are able to apply risk assessments in all cases of stalking and harassment, allowing them to better predict levels of risk to victims.

Revised guidance outlining how police officers should investigate and deal with cases of harassment will be launched by ACPO in the autumn.

Communities and Local Government

Community Development: Wales

Mr. Dai Davies: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what discussions she had with her counterparts in the Welsh Assembly Government on initiatives announced in the White Paper, ‘Communities in control’, Cm 7427, prior to its finalisation for publication. [218906]

Mr. Dhanda: Chapter 1 of ‘Communities in control: real people, real power’ explains that the policies in the White Paper largely cover England only (paragraph 1.57). We will engage with all devolved administrations on implementation, issue by issue.


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Departmental Car Allowances

Sir Nicholas Winterton: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what mileage allowance is provided to each category of entitled worker by (a) her Department and (b) local authorities; and if she will make a statement. [218483]

Mr. Dhanda: Motor mileage allowance may be claimed for the purpose of official travel by all Communities and Local Government staff. For journeys where staff could reasonably be expected to use public transport then an equivalent mileage rate is paid. A higher, standard mileage rate may be claimed where it is not practical to use public transport. The allowance rates are currently:

Standard mileage rate

Public transport rate

Details of motor mileage allowances provided by local authorities are not held centrally.

Departmental Film

Mr. Pickles: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer of 20 May 2008, Official Report, columns 263-4W, on departmental film, if she will place in the Library a copy of (a) the film about the work of the Department and (b) the PowerPoint presentation, “One year on (Celebrating success and looking to the future)”. [217962]

Mr. Dhanda: I have placed a copy of the two films in the Library.

Departmental ICT

Mr. Hoban: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what IT contracts her Departments and its agencies have entered into in the last two years. [215122]

Mr. Dhanda: The Department has awarded the following contracts for IT in the last two financial years. Please note that this list is not exhaustive; it does not, for instance, cover contracts awarded for under £20,000. Details of all IT contracts are not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.


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