Mr. Wallace:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what discussions she has had with the Association of Chief Police Officers on rules of engagement since 2006. [225164]
Mr. Coaker [h olding answer 13 October 2008]: There have been no such discussions. Operational tactics when using firearms are a matter for the police. The use of firearms by the police is closely governed by Guidelines produced by the Association of Chief Police Officers (available at):
Chief Officers must decide in any given circumstances whether armed officers should be authorised to use their firearms. Once authorised to use firearms, it is for the individual officer to ensure they act within the law. The Criminal Law Act 1967 provides that the police may use such force as is reasonable in the circumstances to effect an arrest or to prevent crime.
Robbery: Detection Rates
Mr. Grieve:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the overall detection rate for robbery was in each police force in each year since 1988. [219350]
Jacqui Smith:
Detection rates at police force area level have been published for robbery since 1990 and are given in the following tables.
It should be noted that non-sanction detections which contribute to the overall detection rates have fallen in recent years reflecting a significant shift by many police forces away from recording detections where no further action is taken. For this reason overall detection rates over time are not fully comparable.
Table 1: Overall detection rates for robbery offences by police force area, 1990 to 2001-02
Police force area
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998-99( 1)
1999-2000( 2)
2000-01
2001-02
Avon and Somerset
37
27
20
19
28
25
23
25
23
15
14
10
Bedfordshire
22
18
20
17
20
16
26
32
29
20
23
17
British Transport Police
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Cambridgeshire
44
40
36
40
39
28
53
35
21
25
25
22
Cheshire
60
52
50
41
55
54
60
58
40
36
39
32
Cleveland
29
42
40
33
32
31
25
25
19
19
17
18
Cumbria
54
68
48
48
50
51
51
60
61
51
38
43
Derbyshire
41
33
40
34
29
27
29
29
31
30
24
24
Devon and Cornwall
45
40
31
33
34
30
38
41
37
42
40
34
Dorset
45
45
35
45
42
39
26
37
29
28
19
19
Durham
40
47
52
46
47
54
50
52
38
43
42
36
Dyfed-Powys
67
50
90
65
68
96
81
91
93
68
91
77
Essex
37
32
36
30
33
27
24
38
33
28
26
25
Gloucestershire
42
46
32
33
34
32
25
29
36
29
34
26
Greater Manchester
32
29
27
24
29
22
19
20
19
15
14
14
Gwent
68
58
53
56
51
63
63
68
53
52
51
58
Hampshire
51
39
34
35
33
32
41
36
38
36
32
30
Hertfordshire
37
37
27
49
34
39
39
40
38
28
34
31
Humberside
40
41
21
24
22
23
26
26
27
17
20
17
Kent
39
42
37
34
37
34
45
40
44
42
26
27
Lancashire
56
55
44
43
40
38
38
28
31
30
25
24
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Leicestershire
44
34
37
30
32
37
30
36
32
29
27
21
Lincolnshire
44
53
38
42
45
40
44
58
41
43
38
32
London, City of
34
28
37
20
48
28
21
35
24
14
42
17
Merseyside
21
21
19
21
17
20
24
25
23
18
21
19
Metropolitan Police
15
13
13
14
14
18
22
24
16
12
12
11
Norfolk
50
47
44
32
46
34
31
40
35
28
26
24
Northamptonshire
37
28
36
41
33
33
41
38
45
40
33
32
Northumbria
37
27
28
25
23
26
29
35
32
32
29
32
North Wales
51
54
39
53
52
51
42
52
44
47
39
34
North Yorkshire
46
50
45
38
40
39
40
49
41
34
33
29
Nottinghamshire
36
33
28
32
30
32
33
27
21
21
18
16
South Wales
56
43
42
47
38
42
49
61
46
46
45
42
South Yorkshire
41
36
32
26
31
27
29
33
35
27
28
24
Staffordshire
50
46
34
30
44
34
38
40
32
25
24
20
Suffolk
53
50
47
44
44
47
42
55
43
53
45
40
Surrey
31
33
32
34
34
35
47
35
48
32
36
32
Sussex
36
28
30
29
27
31
35
35
27
22
23
27
Thames Valley
41
29
29
30
27
31
35
35
30
23
25
26
Warwickshire
43
35
38
31
35
28
32
38
29
30
28
30
West Mercia
59
53
49
42
45
36
41
45
39
36
34
28
West Midlands
41
31
24
22
19
18
20
22
23
18
21
21
West Yorkshire
37
31
27
28
28
25
39
39
27
28
23
20
Wiltshire
48
40
28
41
34
46
44
49
40
29
29
32
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.
