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| Table 2: N umber of penalty notices for disorder issued to all persons aged 16 and over, by offence, England and Wales 2005 to 2007( 1) | |||
| Number issued | |||
| Offence code and description | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 |
| (1) Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used. Source: Office for Criminal Justice Reform Evidence and Analysis unit.. | |||
Sexual Offences
James Brokenshire: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many sex offenders have been subject to multi-agency public protection arrangements in the last 12 months. [274074]
Mr. Alan Campbell: Data on MAPPA management and on the number of registered sexual offenders in England and Wales are available in the annual published MAPPA reports
The MAPPA annual report for 2007-08 is the most recent. A total of 5,788 registered sexual offenders were managed via MAPPA meetings between 1 April 2007 and 31 March 2008.
Sexual Offences: Victim Support Schemes
Mr. Jim Cunningham: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent discussions she has had on (a) provision of and (b) funding for sexual assault referral centres. [277677]
Mr. Alan Campbell: The Government have committed to ensuring that every police force has access to a Sexual Assault Referral Centre (SARC) by 2011. There are currently 28 SARCs operating with a further nine in development.
As part of the 2008-09 SARC funding round, the Home Office funded a team of experts led by the Department of Health to assist areas who have yet to develop a SARC with their plans for one, including providing advice on bids and suitable models. The team will be funded by the Department of Health from 2010.
In 2009-10, £1.6 million has been made available for new and existing Sexual Assault Referral Centres (SARCs). £659,000 was allocated in September 2008. A further £941,000 was announced in April 2009 and organisations have until 3 June to submit bids.
Mr. Jim Cunningham: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent discussions she has had on provision of funding for sexual assault referral centres by local authorities. [277678]
Mr. Alan Campbell: The Government have supported the establishment and development of the Sexual Assault Referral Centre (SARC) network since 2003-04. However, because health and police budgets are devolved, SARCs must be resourced primarily at a local level if they are to be sustainable. Sources of funding for SARCs include police forces and primary care trusts, police authorities, hospitals, local authorities, local crime and disorder reduction partnerships and community safety partnerships, local criminal justice boards and donations from businesses and private benefactors. National service guidelines on developing SARCs have been produced jointly by the Home Office and Department of Health which strongly encourage those who commission health and police services to invest in SARCs in line with local assessments of need.
In addition, as part of the 2008-09 SARC funding round, the Home Office funded a team of experts led by the Department of Health to assist areas who have yet to develop a SARC with their plans for one, including
providing advice to areas on developing local partnerships and securing local funding. The Department of Health will be funding the team to continue this support until 2011.
Mr. Jim Cunningham: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent assessment has been made of the adequacy of provision of sexual assault referral centres. [277679]
Mr. Alan Campbell: The Government have committed to ensuring that every police force has access to a Sexual Assault Referral Centre (SARC) by 2011. There are 28 SARCs operating and a further nine in development. Every Government office area has a SARC either in operation or in development.
As part of the 2008-09 SARC funding round the Home Office funded a team of experts led by the Department of Health to assist areas who have yet to develop a SARC with their plans for one. In 2009-10, £1.6 million has been made available for new and existing Sexual Assault Referral Centres (SARCs). £659,000 was allocated in September 2008. A further £941,000 was announced in April 2009 and organisations have until 3 June to submit bids. Priority for funding will be given to areas that do not currently have access to a SARC.
Mr. Jim Cunningham: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent discussions she has had with charities and groups that work with victims of sexual crime on Government assistance for them. [277680]
Mr. Alan Campbell: The Home Office provides core funding of £75,000 each to the two umbrella organisations representing victims of sexual violence: (i) Rape Crisis England and Wales; and (ii) The Survivors Trust. That funding has continued in 2009-10. In addition, the Home Office has contributed to the cross-Government Special Fund of £1.6 million for specialist sexual violence voluntary sector organisations which was announced on 19 March by the Minister for Women and Equality.
The Special Fund and other central Government funds are provided in addition to local funding which may be provided, for example, from local authorities, health bodies and charitable trusts. Local decision makers are best placed to assess local needs, and Government expect the majority of funding to the sexual violence voluntary sector to come from local sources. The Government recognise the ongoing funding problems experienced by the sexual violence voluntary sector, particularly in respect of accessing local funding. We are working with our delivery partners to consider what more can be done to assist organisations to access local funding. This follows on from the recommendations made by the Home Office's Stakeholder Advisory Group on Sexual Violence and Abuse Funding Sub-group.
In addition the Government Equalities Office has commissioned a research project to help improve our understanding of the stability and sustainability of the violence against women voluntary sector, including sexual violence services. We aim to develop a long-term funding strategy for the sector later this year.
Terrorism: Foreigners
Mr. Ancram: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what criteria apply in taking decisions on whether to (a) deport and (b) charge terrorist suspects from overseas following their arrest. [273318]
Mr. Woolas: The criteria which apply to a decision to deport in these circumstances are first, that the person’s deportation from the United Kingdom would be conducive to the public good, and second, that the person’s removal to the intended destination would be consistent with the United Kingdom’s international obligations.
The policy for charging terrorist suspects from overseas is the same as for all suspects and is set out in the Crown Prosecution Service’s Code for Crown prosecutors. In all cases, there are two tests: whether there is sufficient evidence; and whether a prosecution is in the public interest. Whether it would be in the public interest to prosecute such cases will depend on the particular facts of each case.
Theft: Motor Vehicles
Mr. Ruffley: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many and what percentage of (a) domestic burglaries and (b) robberies included the theft of a vehicle in each year since 1997. [273529]
Mr. Alan Campbell: Analyses of the items stolen in incidents of domestic burglary as described by victims interviewed by the British Crime Survey (BCS) are published annually by the Home Office as supplementary tables to our annual crime statistics ‘Crime in England and Wales’. The following table provides an estimate of the proportion of incidents of burglary in which a vehicle or vehicle parts were stolen for all available years from 1997 onwards.
The number of BCS respondents who have been robbery victims is too low to provide a robust breakdown on the nature of items stolen.
| Items stolen in incidents of burglary( 1) ,1997 to 2006-07 | ||||||||
| BCS | ||||||||
| Interviews | ||||||||
| 1997 | 1999 | 2001-02 | 2002-03 | 2003-04 | 2004-05 | 2005-06 | 2006-07 | |
| (1) Figures from 1997 to 2002/03 refer to incidents of burglary with loss. Figures from 2003-04 to 2006-07 refer to incidents of burglary with entry. (2) ‘Vehicle/vehicle parts’ includes ‘motorcycle/moped’, ‘car/van’, and ‘car/van accessories/parts’. | ||||||||
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