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These data are presented on the principal offence basis. Where an offender has been sentenced for more than one offence the principal offence is the one for which the heaviest sentence was imposed. Where the same sentence has been imposed for two or more offences the principal offence is the one for which the statutory maximum is most severe.

Entry Clearances

Mr. Carswell: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many and what proportion of appeals against refusal of a family visit visa from (a) India, (b) Nigeria, (c) Bangladesh and (d) Pakistan have been dismissed in the last six years. [273593]

Mr. Woolas: The number of appeals against the refusal of applications for family visit visas at visa-issuing posts in India, Nigeria, Bangladesh and Pakistan that were (a) received and (b) dismissed in each of the last five calendar years is shown in the following tables. Reliable data is not held for years prior to 2004.

2004 2005 2006

Appeal d ecisions Dismissed Dismissed (%) Appeal d ecisions Dismissed Dismissed (%) Appeal d ecisions Dismissed Dismissed (%)

Bangladesh

350

119

34

719

275

38

2,027

956

47

India

3,690

1,380

37

3,321

986

30

8,153

2,956

36

Nigeria

1,506

563

37

3,101

1,442

47

4,147

1,846

45

Pakistan

430

90

21

2,832

678

24

11,889

5,473

46


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2007 2008

Appeal d ecisions Dismissed Dismissed (%) Appeal d ecisions Dismissed Dismissed (%)

Bangladesh

3,146

1,557

49

4,450

2,128

48

India

9,427

4,657

49

8,841

4,198

47

Nigeria

8,703

6,090

70

8,740

7,149

82

Pakistan

14,646

7,994

55

17,230

8,783

51


Information is unpublished and treated as provisional.

Mark Lazarowicz: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many applications for residence permits by the spouses or partners of EU citizens have been awaiting a decision for more than six months. [284546]

Mr. Woolas: Information relating to the number of applications for residence permits from the spouses and partners of EU nationals are in the same category as other family members and is not recorded separately and therefore is not readily available.

Essex Police Authority: Absenteeism

Bob Spink: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the rate of (a) absence and (b) absence resulting from injury at work was among Essex Police Authority employees in each of the last five years; what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of such absences; and if he will make a statement. [283890]

Mr. Hanson: Figures for staff employed by Essex police authority are not collected centrally.

This is a matter for Essex county council and the chief constable of the police force.

Forensic Science: North West

Mr. Hoyle: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many incidents of violent crime requiring forensic science capabilities there have been in the police force areas covering (a) Lancashire, (b) Merseyside, (c) Cumbria, (d) North Wales, (e) Greater Manchester and (f) Cheshire in each of the last five years. [282984]

Mr. Alan Campbell [holding answer 29 June 2009]: The table gives details of the number of violent crimes which had a crime scene examination and the number of crimes at which potential DNA material, finger marks and footwear marks were collected in each of the years from 2004-05 to 2007-08 for the police forces referred to. Figures for the 2008-09 financial year will be available shortly.

It should be noted that in crimes where potential forensic material is collected, only a proportion of the forensic material collected is submitted to a forensic laboratory for analysis. The proportion varies for DNA material, finger marks and footwear marks.

The information provided is from police force data collected by the Home Office on forensic activity and related detections. The data cover DNA, finger mark and footwear mark activity. These data are normally used for management information only and are not subject to the detailed checks that apply for National Statistics publications.


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Violent crime( 1)

Cheshire Cumbria Greater Manchester Lancashire Merseyside North Wales Total

2004-05

Crimes which have a crime scene examination

571

169

2,392

831

478

480

4,921

Crimes where potential DNA material collected

210

112

863

223

319

201

1928

Crimes where potential fingerprints collected

119

52

1,143

140

229

107

1790

Crimes where potential footwear marks collected

35

20

150

73

58

40

376

2005-06

Crimes which have a crime scene examination

383

336

2,014

992

704

191

4,620

Crimes where potential DNA material collected

166

75

758

200

396

134

1729

Crimes where potential fingerprints collected

77

49

592

134

254

80

1186

Crimes where potential footwear marks collected

35

12

138

88

57

49

379

2006-07

Crimes which have a crime scene examination

1,072

394

1,574

1,091

1,018

156

5,305

Crimes where potential DNA material collected

196

110

724

278

537

100

1945

Crimes where potential fingerprints collected

116

62

635

186

289

70

1358

Crimes where potential footwear marks collected

45

27

505

101

73

56

807

2007-08

Crimes which have a crime scene examination

849

312

1,443

919

1,063

122

4708

Crimes where potential DNA material collected

174

117

714

264

580

82

1931

Crimes where potential fingerprints collected

60

50

666

171

316

57

1320

Crimes where potential footwear marks collected

37

32

317

96

61

45

588

(1) 'Violent crime' covers all violence against the person offences.

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