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Table 2: Incidents of prostitution-related activity—2007-08
Police force area	Number of incidents
Avon and Somerset	173
Bedfordshire	150
British Transport Police	n/a
Cambridgeshire	82
Cheshire	12
Cleveland	89
Cumbria	6
Derbyshire	116
Devon and Cornwall	16
Dorset	128
Durham	1
Dyfed-Powys	3
Essex	102
Gloucestershire	20
Greater Manchester	247
Gwent	65
Hampshire	121
Hertfordshire	26
Humberside	91
Kent	92
Lancashire	129
Leicestershire	200
Lincolnshire	3
London, City of	5
Merseyside	124
Metropolitan Police	1,446
Norfolk	232
Northamptonshire	18
Northumbria	39
North Wales	2
North Yorkshire	7
Nottinghamshire	70
South Wales	328
South Yorkshire	283
Staffordshire	142
Suffolk	181
Surrey	19
Sussex	18
Thames Valley	85
Warwickshire	12
West Mercia	4
West Midlands	538
West Yorkshire	145
Wiltshire	54
England and Wales	5,624
n/a = Not available

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Table 3: Incidents of antisocial behaviour—2007-08
Police force area	Number of incidents
Avon and Somerset	103,561
Bedfordshire	39,617
British Transport Police	n/a
Cambridgeshire	54,749
Cheshire	57,429
Cleveland	64,105
Cumbria	45,427
Derbyshire	75,649
Devon and Cornwall	106,403
Dorset	48,844
Durham	63,412
Dyfed-Powys	35,133
Essex	95,164
Gloucestershire	36,133
Greater Manchester	252,656
Gwent	67,556
Hampshire	142,061
Hertfordshire	84,801
Humberside	53,075
Kent	88,347
Lancashire	171,470
Leicestershire	58,442
Lincolnshire	40,099
London, City of	1,902
Merseyside	112,623
Metropolitan Police	387,862
Norfolk	62,033
Northamptonshire	62,699
Northumbria	171,347
North Wales	50,670
North Yorkshire	50,656
Nottinghamshire	88,240
South Wales	117,884
South Yorkshire	127,635
Staffordshire	61,888
Suffolk	43,970
Surrey	64,048
Sussex	106,526
Thames Valley	100,542
Warwickshire	30,390
West Mercia	88,770
West Midlands	172,034
West Yorkshire	148,521
Wiltshire	33,629
England and Wales	3,868,002
n/a = Not available

Crimes of Violence: Betting Shops

Dr. Kumar: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if she will bring forward policies designed to prevent violence against betting shop workers; and if she will make a statement. [247932]

Mr. Alan Campbell: The Government take the problem of violence against betting shop workers very seriously and work is being undertaken across Government Departments to tackle it. A working group lead by James Purnell, the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and Pat McFadden, Minister for Employments Relations, and Postal Affairs has recently been established to consider action to be taken to deal with this issue. This will be attended by representatives of the book making industry, the third sector, the police, local authorities and other Government Departments.

Demonstrations

Andrew Rosindell: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how much has been spent on policing demonstrations in London on each day since 27 December 2008; [247698]

(2) how much has been spent on policing demonstrations in Manchester on each day since 27 December 2008. [247699]

Mr. Coaker: The information requested is not held centrally. This is a matter for the police authority and the chief constable or Metropolitan Police Commissioner as appropriate.

Departmental Manpower

Mr. Grieve: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many members of her Department’s staff are employed in the (a) Programme and Project Management Support Unit, (b) Reform and Change Team, (c) Strategic Policy Team, (d) Delivery Unit and (e) Reform Programme Office of the Strategy and Reform Directorate; and how many are employed in the Directorate in total. [247826]

Mr. Woolas: The following table provides the total number of staff employed by the Strategy and Reform Directorate and the specific directorates requested in the question.

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	Headcount as at 31 December 2008
Total staff headcount(1) in Strategy and Reform Directorate	99
Which includes:
(a) Programme and Project Management Support Unit	18
(b) Reform Team(2)	11
(c) Strategic Policy Team	25
(d) Delivery Unit	10
(1) Headcount includes permanent and non-permanent staff (contractors, non-paid contractors, agency) and non-active staff. (2) Merge of Reform and Change Team with Reform Programme Office.

Drugs: Sentencing

James Brokenshire: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people have received the maximum sentence on conviction for dealing in (a) Class A drugs, (b) Class B drugs and (c) Class C drugs in each year since 1997. [248647]

Mr. Alan Campbell: The information requested is included in the following table. The data given includes possession with intent to supply, as well as supplying.

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