| Previous Section | Index | Home Page |
17 Mar 2009 : Column 1088W—continued
Crimes of Violence
Mr. Ruffley: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many times the power to issue directions to leave under section 27(1) of the Violent Crime Reduction Act 2006 have been used in each police force area in each year since 2006. [263499]
Mr. Alan Campbell: The information requested on the number of directions to leave issued by the police, and arrests for failing to comply with the direction to leave is not collected centrally.
The arrests collection held by the Home Office covers arrests for recorded crime (notifiable offences) only, broken down at a main offence group level, covering categories such as violence against the person and robbery.
Offences of failing to comply with directions to leave under section 27 of the Violent Crime Reduction Act 2006 are not notifiable offences and do not form part of the arrests collection.
Crimes of Violence: Crime Prevention
James Brokenshire:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many woundings were
reported in each of the four cities targeted by the Tackling Gangs Action Programme where the weapon used was (a) a gun and (b) a sharp or pointed instrument in each of the last three years. [263192]
Mr. Alan Campbell: Available data for Manchester, Liverpool, London and Birmingham relate to offences recorded at police force area level by the following forces: Greater Manchester, Merseyside, Metropolitan and West Midlands. Figures in the following table are based upon headline figures presented in tables 1.03, 1.13 and 2b of “Homicides, Firearm Offences and Intimate Violence 2007/08” (HOSB 02/09), and table 3.09 of “Crime in England and Wales 2007/08” (HOSB 07/08).
| Offences involving the use of a sharp instrument or firearm resulting in injury: TGAP forces, 2005-06 to 2007-08( 1) | |||||
| Number of offences | |||||
| Weapon type | Greater Manchester | Merseyside | Metropolitan | West Midlands | |
| n/a = Not available. These data have been collected centrally only since April 2007. (1) Offences are shown according to the financial year (April to March) in which they were recorded by police. This is not necessarily the year in which the offence took place or the year in which any court decision was made. (2) Currently recorded homicides as at 4 November 2008; figures are subject to revision as cases are dealt with by the police and by the courts, or as further information becomes available. (3) Includes air weapons, crossbows. Excludes cases where weapon used as a blunt instrument. (4) Includes knives and other sharp instruments. (5) Includes air weapons, excludes crossbows. Injury incurred by weapon being fired or used as a blunt instrument. (6) Relates only to offences recorded as ‘wounding with intent to do GBH’ or ‘wounding or inflicting GBH’ (i.e. without intent). | |||||
Departmental Art Works
Mr. Vara: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department which works of art from the Government Art Collection each Minister in her Department has selected for display in a private office. [259442]
Mr. Woolas: The following works of art have been selected:
Departmental Security
Damian Green: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 27 January 2009, Official Report, column 284W, on departmental security, what procedures are in place to minimise the security risk posed by lost or stolen security passes. [254554]
Mr. Woolas: It is not our policy to disclose security procedures.
Departmental Translation Services
Damian Green: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much her Department spent on translation services in 2008, broken down by area of allocation. [263213]
Mr. Woolas: The Department's expenditure on translation and interpretation services in 2007-08, being the most recent period for which audited figures are available, is set out in the table.
| £000 | |
The figures cannot be broken down by allocation, without incurring disproportionate cost.
The offer of interpreter services was introduced in the Identity and Passport Service (IPS) when interviews for first time adults became compulsory in 2007-08.
Face-to-face interviews for first time applicants are designed to help tackle fraud and ensure the British passport remains among the most secure in the world.
Interviews are tailored to the individual in order to securely establish identity and it is possible that some interviews could require the assistance of an interpreter to help IPS staff satisfy themselves that the person attending is the legitimate passport applicant
| Next Section | Index | Home Page |