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Police: Gloucestershire
Mr. Harper: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the (a) security grant, (b) crime fighting fund grant, (c) police community support officer grant, (d) basic crime unit grant and (e) probationer training grant will be for Gloucestershire in 2009-10. [240348]
Mr. Coaker: The Government announced a three year police funding settlement for policing 2008-09 to 2010-11 in December 2007. This provided a background of stability and continuity against which the police and all stakeholders could plan, in partnership, with much greater certainty and confidence.
On 26 November 2008 the Government confirmed that they are implementing the settlement for 2009-10 broadly unchanged from that announced last year.
The information requested is set out in the following table.
Proceeds of Crime
Mr. Grieve: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department with reference to the answer of 14 October 2008, Official Report, column 1079W, on the proceeds of crime, what initiatives have been funded through allocations to police forces under the asset recovery incentive scheme. [241884]
Jacqui Smith: In 2007-08 police forces invested most of their monies from the incentive scheme in further developing their asset recovery and financial investigation capacity, with the funding of financial investigator posts, anti-money laundering teams, and asset recovery operations. In addition some funds were used on local projects to tackle gun and knife crime. The Metropolitan Police Service also made a grant to the Safer London Foundation. Other forces supported a range of community initiatives, including youth projects, road shows, prevention of doorstep crime, over-60s club, and equipment for a faith based community centre.
Prostitution
John McDonnell: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what consideration she has given to the application of the definition of a prostitute controlled for another person's gain to male and female prostitutes in circumstances where the other person is (a) a receptionist, (b) also working as a prostitute, (c) working as a prostitute on the same premises, (d) a partner or a flatmate who shares premises with the prostitute, (e) a landlord letting the premises where the prostitute is working and (f) a dependant. [242658]
Mr. Alan Campbell: We have announced our intention to include the offence of controlling a prostitute for gain in the forthcoming Policing and Crime Bill, which will be introduced as soon as parliamentary time allows. An explanation of the intended application of this offence will be given during the passage of this Bill.
John McDonnell:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what consideration she has
given to the application of the definition of a prostitute controlled for another person's gain to male and female prostitutes in circumstances where the prostitute has voluntarily entered into a working relationship with another person. [242659]
Mr. Alan Campbell: We have announced our intention to include the offence of controlling a prostitute for gain in the forthcoming Policing and Crime Bill, which will be introduced as soon as parliamentary time allows. An explanation of the intended application of this offence will be given during the passage of this Bill.
John McDonnell: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate she has made of the number of prostitutes working in the UK who are (a) women, (b) men, (c) under the age of 16 years, (d) addicted to drugs, (e) homeless, (f) supporting dependants and (g) working for another person's gain; on what research her estimates are based; and if she will place in the Library a copy of the research. [242661]
Mr. Alan Campbell: This information is not available.
Prostitution: Age
John McDonnell: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent estimate she has made of the average age of a person working as a prostitute in the UK; on what research her estimate is based; and if she will place in the Library a copy of the research. [242660]
Mr. Alan Campbell: This information is not available.
Prostitution: Public Consultation
John McDonnell:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what consideration she gave to
conducting a public consultation as part of her review of the demand for prostitution; and whether she plans to conduct a public consultation on the recommendations of the review. [242663]
Mr. Alan Campbell: The review of tackling the demand for prostitution engaged with key stakeholders and practitioners, including the police and the Crown Prosecution Service as well as a variety of organisations that provide support to individuals involved in prostitution, and considered a range of evidence from a number of sources. There are no plans to conduct a public consultation on the recommendations of the review.
Theft
Dr. Kumar: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many incidents of (a) theft and (b) burglary have been reported in (i) the UK, (ii) the North East, (iii) Tees Valley district and (iv) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency in each year since 1997. [242655]
Mr. Alan Campbell: The available information relates to offences of theft and burglary recorded by the police. Figures for England and Wales and the North East region are given in the following tables. The Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency comes within the Middlesbrough basic command unit for which these data are only available from 2000-01. Data for Tees Valley are not available.
| Table 1: Offences of theft and burglary recorded by the police, 1997 | ||
| Number of offences | ||
| 1997 | ||
| Area | Theft | Burglary |
| n/a = Not available. | ||
| Table 2: Offences of theft and burglary recorded by the police, 1998-99 to 2001-02 | ||||||||
| Number of offences | ||||||||
| 1998-99 | 1999-2000 | 2000-01 | 2001-02 | |||||
| Area | Theft | Burglary | Theft | Burglary | Theft | Burglary | Theft | Burglary |
| n/a = Not available. 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 is prior to the introduction of the National Crime Recording Standard. These figures are not directly comparable with those for later years. | ||||||||
| Table 3: Offences of theft and burglary recorded by the police, 2002-03 to 2007-08 | ||||||
| Number of offences | ||||||
| 2002-03 | 2003-04 | 2004-05 | ||||
| Area | Theft | Burglary | Theft | Burglary | Theft | Burglary |
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