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Crime Prevention
Chris Grayling: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what information her Department collects on each crime and disorder reduction partnership. [257042]
Jacqui Smith: The Home Office collects information relating to the community safety indicators of the new National Indicator Set for Local Government in England. Much of this information is available at CDRP level, including crime data.
The Home Office also collects specific information from CDRPs relating to particular policy areas where this is deemed necessary to support delivery. Currently this relates to quarterly information on antisocial behaviour, which is submitted on a voluntarily basis from each CDRP on local activity, and information due in April from 198 areas involved in a three-month Alcohol Related Partnership Activity campaign ending in March 2009.
Crime Prevention: International Cooperation
James Brokenshire: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps she has taken in preparation for the UN General Assembly Special Session on Narcotic Drugs; and what objectives she has set for the session. [256803]
Mr. Alan Campbell: A 1998 UN General Assembly special session on countering the world drug problem agreed a political declaration to establish goals and targets to be met over a 10 year period. A high-level segment at the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs in March 2009 will review progress against the 1998 Declaration and adopt a further declaration on future approaches to countering the world drug problem.
The Government's priorities for the review process are:
Improving and strengthening data collection and analysis by the UN as an essential basis for all UN drugs activity;
Adherence by UN drugs bodies to the UN's "Delivery as One" concept - supporting the UN's Millennium Development goal to reduce the incidence of HIV/AIDS, and improving access to controlled opiate-based medication for developing nations;
Encouraging of effective law-enforcement effort through greater information sharing and analysis on the manufacture, supply and consumption of drugs in order to ensure that policy decisions are based on evidence;
Recognition of the effectiveness of using intelligence in combating drug supply, in particular combating trafficking in narcotic drugs, and encouraging sharing of intelligence between law enforcement agencies;
Recognition that illicit production and trafficking of drugs fuels instability and insecurity in many parts of the world;
Strengthening regional and international co-operation in combating the illicit cultivation, manufacture, trafficking and consumption of illicit drugs;
Affirmation of the need to devote particular attention to measures for the control of precursor chemicals;
Reflection of the Government's position that eradication of illicit crops in Afghanistan and elsewhere is targeted on areas where farmers have access to alternative sources of income.
Crime: Business
Chris Grayling: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many offences of (a) shoplifting, (b) robbery of business property and (c) theft by an employee were recorded by police in the quarter (i) July to September 2006, (ii) July to September 2007 and (iii) July to September 2008. [257044]
Jacqui Smith: The information requested is given in the following table.
| Selected offences recorded by the police in England and Wales | |||
| Offence | July to September 2006 | July to September 2007 | July to September 2008 |
Crimes of Violence
Mr. Ruffley: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many and what percentage of incidents of violence against the person in each police force area in 2007-08 involved a (a) knife, (b) hitting implement, (c) glass or bottle, (d) stabbing implement, (e) firearm, (f) stone or stones, (g) syringe and (h) other implement. [256750]
Mr. Alan Campbell: The particular nature of incidents cannot be identified from the main recorded crime dataset. Available information is from the firearm offences database and relates only to violence against the person offences recorded by the police in England and Wales in which firearms (including air weapons) were reported to have been used.
Departmental Legislation
Chris Grayling: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what (a) primary and (b) secondary legislation sponsored by her Department and directly affecting the operation of police forces was introduced since 1997. [254501]
Jacqui Smith: The principal measures in primary and secondary legislation since 1997 to 2009 which affect police forces are set out in the following lists. There were 189—an average of 16 per year. Between 1990 and 1997 there were—an average of 17 per year.
1. Police Act 1997 (c. 50)
2. Police and Firemen's Pensions Act 1997 (c.52)
3. Police (Health and Safety) Act 1997 (c.42)
4. Police (Insurance of Voluntary Assistants) Act 1997 (c.45)
5. Police (Property) Act 1997 (c.30)
6. Police (Northern Ireland) Act 1998 (c.32)
7. Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2000 (c.32)
8. Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001 (c.16)
9. Police Reform Act 2002 (c.30)
10. Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2003 (c.6)
11. Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (c.15)
12. Police and Justice Act 2006 (c.48)
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