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Asylum

Chris Huhne: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the asylum support budget was in each of the last five years; and what it is projected to be in each of the next five years. [242778]

Jacqui Smith [holding answer 16 December 2008]: Expenditure on asylum support in the four years from 2004-05 to 2007-08 was as follows:

	£ million
2004-05	814
2005-06	626
2006-07	515
2007-08	485

Budgeted expenditure for 2008-09 is £452 million. UKBA is currently reviewing plans and forecasts for future years and we are unable to provide information about budgets for these periods until plans have been finalised and agreed by the UKBA Board.

Borders: Personal Records

Philip Davies: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when she expects the e-borders programme to cover all passenger movements in and out of the United Kingdom. [250065]

Mr. Woolas: The e-Borders system will count all passenger and crew movements in and out of the UK by March 2014.

This will be done by processing travel document information provided by carriers in advance of travel.

Burglary

Sandra Gidley: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many reported incidents of domestic burglary there were in (a) England and Wales, (b) the South East, (c) Hampshire and (d) Romsey constituency in each of the last five years. [251038]

Mr. Alan Campbell: The available information on the number of offences recorded by the police is given in the following table.

Crime statistics are not collected at constituency level. The area of Romsey comes within the Test Valley Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnership (CDRP) and therefore these figures have been provided.

Offences of burglary in a dwelling recorded by the police, 2003-04 to 2007-08
Area	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08
England and Wales	402,345	321,507	300,517	292,260	280,704
South East region	40,879	34,629	33,576	32,706	30,098
Hampshire police force area	7,030	5,415	5,810	5,451	5,300
Test Valley CDRP	311	241	299	256	279

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Crime

David T.C. Davies: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department on how many occasions in each of the last three years she or her predecessor was informed that an individual was about to be arrested. [244233]

Mr. Woolas [holding answer 16 December 2008]: There are occasions where, in the course of the duties as Home Secretary, she is advised that an individual is about to be arrested. The information requested is not held centrally.

Crime: Hampshire

Sandra Gidley: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many reported cases of (a) violence against the person, (b) sexual offences, (c) robbery, (d) burglary, (e) theft, (f) fraud and forgery, (g) criminal damage and (h) drug offences there were in (i) Southampton, (ii) Test Valley borough and (iii) the ceremonial county of Hampshire in each of the last five years. [251096]

Mr. Alan Campbell: The available information on the number of offences recorded by the police is given in the following tables. These statistics relate to the Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnerships (CDRPs) for Southampton and Test Valley, and for Hampshire police force area.

Table 1: Offences recorded for the Southampton CDRP, 2003-04 to 2007-08
Offence group	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08
Violence against the person	6,685	7,274	7,745	8,515	8,800
Sexual offences	519	566	541	507	527
Robbery	277	269	369	435	354
Burglary	3,560	3,175	3,220	2,877	2,728
Offences against vehicles	5,674	4,213	4,847	5,426	4,037
Other theft offences	8,067	8,132	8,602	7,926	7,652
Fraud and forgery	1,502	2,108	1,499	1,390	1,190
Criminal damage	9,151	8,753	9,017	9,246	8,302
Drug offences	624	520	824	706	1,314

Table 2: Offences recorded for the Test Valley CDRP, 2003-04 to 2007-08
Offence group	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08
Violence against the person	1,541	1,703	1,620	1,722	1,871
Sexual offences	140	138	133	139	116
Robbery	21	23	31	25	41
Burglary	1,126	931	926	1,071	949
Offences against vehicles	968	729	916	1,121	933
Other theft offences	1,781	1,589	1,725	1,824	1,647
Fraud and forgery	459	540	472	468	157
Criminal damage	1,808	1,912	2,153	2,295	2,209
Drug offences	163	187	103	103	219

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Table 3: Offences recorded for the Hampshire p olice f orce area, 2003-04 to 2007-08
Offence group	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08
Violence against the person	35,148	38,173	38,686	40,569	39,028
Sexual offences	2,565	2,765	2,727	2,640	2,329
Robbery	1,040	948	1,078	1,212	1,066
Burglary	18,014	15,552	16,623	15,624	14,629
Offences against vehicles	22,659	18,870	20,201	21,815	17,948
Other theft offences	40,591	39,212	39,852	39,422	37,641
Fraud and forgery	8,557	9,246	7,851	8,004	5,335
Criminal damage	43,557	42,210	42,352	45,362	38,927
Drug offences	3,967	3,773	4,037	4,073	5,754

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