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Mr. Clappison: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people of each nationality have been granted UK citizenship since 1987. [232783]

Mr. Woolas [holding answer 3 November 2008]: Statistics on persons granted British citizenship by previous nationality are published annually in Home Office National Statistics statistical bulletins.

The requested data can be found in table 4 of “Citizenship Statistics United Kingdom” for the years 1987 to 1990 and in “Persons Granted British Citizenship United Kingdom” for the years 1991 to 2007. These publications may be obtained from the Library of the House and from the Home Office Research, Development and Statistics website:

Mr. Clappison: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many applications for UK citizenship were refused on the grounds that the applicant was not of good character in each year since 1997. [232784]

Mr. Woolas [holding answer 3 November 2008]: The available data from 2002 to 2007 are shown in the following table.

Data regarding refusals of applications for British citizenship before 2002 are not available.

Data are published annually as National Statistics and are available from the Library of the House and from the Home Office Research, Development and Statistics website:

Refusal of British citizenship on grounds of the applicant not being of good character, 2002 to 2007

Number of applications refused as not of good character( 1)

2002

740

2003

945

2004

1,185

2005

1,665

2006(2)

1,765

2007(3)

1,695

(1 )Includes applicants who are considered a threat to national security.
(2) Revised
(3) Provisional

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Mr. Clappison: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people renounced UK citizenship in each year since 1987, broken down by new nationality taken. [232785]

Mr. Woolas [holding answer 3 November 2008]: The following table shows the number of people who renounced British citizenship in each of the last six years.

Number of renunciations

2002

1,140

2003

680

2004

670

2005

590

2006

600

2007

585

Total

4,265


Information relating to the nationality acquired or retained as a result of the renunciation and information for the period from 1987 to 2001 could be obtained by the detailed examination of individual case records only at disproportionate cost.


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The information has been provided from local management information and is not a National Statistic. As such it should be treated as provisional and therefore subject to change.

British Nationality: Assessments

Mr. Clappison: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the pass rate was of those taking the Knowledge of Life test (a) applying for citizenship and (b) applying for settlement in each of the last eight quarters for which figures are available. [232781]

Mr. Woolas [holding answer 3 November 2008]: The pass rates for candidates taking the Life in the UK test are as follows.

Candidates are asked whether they are sitting the test because they wish to apply for citizenship or settlement. A small proportion of candidates (1.3 per cent.) are unable to state what type of application they will be making to UKBA following their test and these are recorded as other.

Percentage
Pass rates October to December 2006 January to March 2007 April to June 2007 July to September 2007 October to December 2007 January to March 2008 April to June 2008 July to September 2008

Citizenship

66.2

70.1

64.8

65.7

68.4

70.2

68.9

66.2

Settlement

76.3

74.4

76.1

76.6

75.6

74.2

Other

58.6

49.3

57.3

53.1

53.8

45.3

Note:
Data provided by University for Industry.

Crime: Maps

Miss McIntosh: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what effects local crime mapping has had on householders living in the areas where the scheme is in operation with regard to (a) insurance premiums and (b) other matters. [232990]

Mr. Alan Campbell: All police forces are committed to deliver public-facing crime mapping by December 2008 as part of the Policing Pledge that was announced in the Policing Green Paper ‘From the neighbourhood to the national’ in July 2008. Five forces currently produce monthly crime maps for the public.

(a) We are unaware of any evidence which suggests that crime mapping has had any effects on insurance premiums.

(b) West Yorkshire police have carried out two small scale market research studies with members of the public which seem to suggest crime maps did not increase the level of fear of crime. Those in higher crime areas tend not to be alarmed by the level of crime depicted on crime maps and those in lower crime areas were often surprised about the low level of crime.

Crimes of Violence: Convictions

Mr. Hepburn: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many people were convicted of serious violent crime offences in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) England and Wales in each year since 1997; [228714]

(2) how many people were convicted of violent crime offences in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) England and Wales in each year since 1997. [228715]

Mr. Alan Campbell: The available data have been provided by the Ministry of Justice and give the number of persons found guilty at all courts for offences of violence against the person in the north-east region and in England and Wales from 1997 to 2006. The court proceedings database held by the Office for Criminal Justice Reform cannot provide data for Jarrow constituency or South Tyneside as data are not held at the required level. Court proceedings data for 2007 will be available in November 2008.


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Number of defendants found guilty at all courts for offences of violence against the person in the north-east region and in England and Wales, 1997 to 2006( 1,2,3)

Offence 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006

North-east region

001

Murder

17

16

25

12

16

18

13

13

9

19

002

Attempted murder

3

3

2

7

1

1

6

4

1

003

Threat or conspiracy to murder

48

50

42

36

23

40

42

46

39

37

004

Manslaughter, etc

34

36

18

24

28

30

26

35

39

18

037

Causing death by aggravated vehicle taking

1

1

1

1

3

005

Wounding or other act endangering life

130

127

93

89

99

112

129

115

126

127

006

Endangering railway passenger

4

3

1

1

2

2

3

4

More serious offences

236

236

181

169

167

203

219

214

220

206

007

Endangering life at sea

1

1

1

008

Other wounding, etc

2,096

2,300

2,290

2,172

2,234

2,306

2,181

2,124

2,356

2,511

011

Cruelty to or neglect of children

21

14

27

28

23

18

23

32

30

38

013

Child abduction

2

5

4

3

3

4

3

7

1

5

Less serious offences

2,119

2,319

2,322

2,204

2,260

2,328

2,208

2,163

2,387

2,554

Total indictable violence against the person

2,355

2,555

2,503

2,373

2,427

2,531

2,427

2,377

2,607

2,760

England and Wales

001

Murder

275

256

252

261

285

324

277

361

394

372

002

Attempted murder

70

64

70

65

46

65

94

96

66

79

003

Threat or conspiracy to murder

503

488

457

428

383

448

543

576

600

518

004

Manslaughter, etc

541

549

484

505

565

619

561

590

605

513

037

Causing death by aggravated vehicle taking

7

18

7

12

14

10

13

11

22

9

005

Wounding or other act endangering life

1,864

1,775

1,622

1,531

1,595

1,699

1,675

1,897

1,872

1,721

006

Endangering railway passenger

23

23

23

23

20

36

32

23

30

28

More serious offences

3,283

3,173

2,915

2,825

2,908

3,201

3,195

3,554

3,589

3,240

007

Endangering life at sea

4

3

5

1

1

2

3

7

2

008

Other wounding, etc

30,838

33,431

32,239

31,940

31,913

34,003

34,257

34,977

36,768

38,046

011

Cruelty to or neglect of children

390

390

469

448

415

444

494

542

482

488

012

Abandoning child aged under 2 years

1

1

1

1

1

2

013

Child abduction

40

51

71

50

59

59

82

72

80

81

014

Procuring illegal abortion

5

3

1

1

1

015

Concealment of birth

1

1

2

1

1

4

3

3

Less serious offences

31,279

33,877

32,785

32,445

32,390

34,507

34,841

35,595

37,340

38,622

Total indictable violence against the person

34,562

37,050

35,700

35,270

35,298

37,708

38,036

39,149

40,929

41,862

(1) The statistics relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been found guilty of two or more offences the principal offence is the offence for which the heaviest penalty is imposed. Where the same disposal is imposed for two or more offences, the offence selected is the offence for which the statutory maximum penalty is the most severe.
(2) 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 the courts. 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.
(3) The definition of more serious violence is that used in publications on sentencing relating to the years 1997 to 2006.

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