Mrs. Spelman:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will place in the Library a copy of his Department’s guidance on the management of covert human intelligence sources with any elements which would prohibit disclosure redacted. [278359]
Mr. Hanson:
The existing statutory Code of Practice on Covert Human Intelligence Sources, which came into force in 2002, is a published document and copies are available in the House Library. A revised draft version of the code is included in the consultation document “Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000: Consolidating Orders and Codes of Practice” which was published on 17 April 2009. Copies were placed in the House Library and are also available through the Home Office website.
Theft: Bicycles
Paul Holmes:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many bicycle thefts were reported in each police authority area in each year since 1997. [278299]
Mr. Alan Campbell:
The available information relates to offences of theft of a pedal cycle recorded by the police and is given in the following tables:
Table 1: Recorded offences of theft of a pedal cycle, 1997
Police force area
Number
Avon and Somerset
5,279
Bedfordshire
1,327
Cambridgeshire
6,195
Cheshire
2,191
Cleveland
1,955
Cumbria
996
Derbyshire
2,287
Devon and Cornwall
2,176
Dorset
2,068
Durham
1,262
Dyfed-Powys
304
Essex
3,251
Gloucestershire
2,126
Greater Manchester
6,895
Gwent
840
Hampshire
6,207
Hertfordshire
1,460
Humberside
6,963
Kent
3,106
Lancashire
3,839
Leicestershire
3,424
Lincolnshire
2,142
London, City of
157
Merseyside
2,961
Metropolitan police
17,276
Norfolk
2,503
Northamptonshire
1,453
Northumbria
3,675
North Wales
1,083
North Yorkshire
2,951
Nottinghamshire
4,247
South Wales
2,464
South Yorkshire
2,811
Staffordshire
2,145
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Suffolk
1,551
Surrey
1,154
Sussex
4,211
Thames Valley
6,730
Warwickshire
1,422
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West Mercia
2,849
West Midlands
5,757
West Yorkshire
3,947
Wiltshire
1,452
England and Wales
139,092
Table 2: Recorded offences of theft of a pedal cycle, 1998-99 to 2001-02( 1,2)
Number
Police force area
1998-99
1999-2000
2000-01
2001-02
Avon and Somerset
4,730
4,289
3,698
3,555
Bedfordshire
1,241
1,206
952
870
Cambridgeshire
5,606
5,513
4,373
4,171
Cheshire
1,940
2,202
1,865
1,666
Cleveland
1,624
1,702
1,420
1,460
Cumbria
1,001
988
716
691
Derbyshire
1,900
1,755
1,529
1,505
Devon and Cornwall
2,084
2,087
1,667
1,563
Dorset
281
246
265
268
Durham
2,126
2,012
1,634
1,522
Dyfed-Powys
990
1,107
916
867
Essex
2,955
3,207
2,635
2,299
Gloucestershire
1,899
2,204
1,796
1,691
Greater Manchester
5,948
6,203
5,190
5,007
Gwent
824
803
676
557
Hampshire
5,878
5,807
4,730
4,455
Hertfordshire
1,380
1,416
1,373
1,339
Humberside
5,967
5,730
4,775
4,330
Kent
2,450
2,383
2,175
1,821
Lancashire
3,255
3,042
2,793
2,702
Leicestershire
3,050
2,762
2,323
2,132
Lincolnshire
2,174
2,318
1,879
1,750
London, City of
258
250
203
334
Merseyside
2,440
2,634
2,064
1,678
Metropolitan police
17,092
18,659
14,470
14,340
Norfolk
2,349
2,400
2,102
1,926
Northamptonshire
1,657
1,530
1,229
1,146
Northumbria
2,758
3,187
2,947
2,468
North Wales
1,100
1,130
950
896
North Yorkshire
2,948
2,600
2,175
2,442
Nottinghamshire
4,344
4,296
3,749
3,555
South Wales
2,278
2,313
1,829
1,951
South Yorkshire
2,520
2,668
2,219
1,891
Staffordshire
1,814
2,061
1,724
1,667
Suffolk
1,940
2,023
1,709
1,728
Surrey
1,193
1,189
1,388
1,301
Sussex
3,895
3,686
3,062
2,959
Thames Valley
6,787
7,992
6,000
5,346
Warwickshire
1,490
1,284
1,100
1,060
West Mercia
2,735
2,518
2,071
1,903
West Midlands
5,012
5,044
4,198
4,004
West Yorkshire
3,107
3,377
2,773
2,673
Wiltshire
1,537
1,417
1,167
1,224
England and Wales
128,557
131,240
108,509
102,713
(1) The coverage was extended and counting rules revised from 1998-99. Figures from that date are not directly comparable with those for 1997. (2) The data in this table are prior to the introduction of the National Crime Recording Standard in April 2002. These figures are not directly comparable with those for later years.
