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Police: Milton Keynes

Mr. Lancaster: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much funding his Department provided for (a) policing and (b) victim support services in Milton Keynes in each year since 1997. [321871]

Mr. Alan Campbell: The information available can be found in the following tables. There is no available breakdown on figures just for Milton Keynes, as it is included in (a) Thames Valley policing figures and (b) Buckinghamshire victim support services figures.

Thames Valley police authority funding
	£ million
1997-98	176.0
1998-99(1)	185.8
1999-2000	188.7
2000-01	195.3
2001-02	218.9
2001-02(2)	213.6
2002-03	223.3
2003-04	231.9
2004-05	239.9
2005-06	249.7
2005-06(3)	249.7
2006-07	259.7
2007-08	270.7
2007-08	270.6
2008-09	275.3
2009-10	313.8
(1) For the National Criminal Intelligence Service (NCIS) in 1997-98. (2) For the National Crime Squad (NCS) in 2001-02. (3) For pensions and security funding in 2006-07. Note: 1. These figures comprises the Home Office police grant and certain specific grants and capital provision, and also the Revenue Support grant and National non-domestic rates (both provided by the Department for Communities and Local Government). 2. Figures are not directly comparable across all years because of adjustments to the base line for funding transfers from general grant.

Buckinghamshire Victim Support Services funding
	Office of Criminal Justice Reform funding for Victim Support (£)
2001-02	201,951
2002-03	204,389
2003-04	205,845
2004-05	408,146
2005-06	408,076
2006-07	408,076
2007-08	448,805
2008-09	510,995
Notes: 1. Figures provided by the Office of Criminal Justice Reform. 2. The table above illustrates funding given to Buckinghamshire Victim support. There is no available breakdown on figures for Buckinghamshire before 2001.

Proof of Identity

Mr. Hoyle: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what information his Department holds on which major retailers accept the UK CitizenCard as proof of age. [321952]

Mr. Alan Campbell: The Home Office is aware that the CitizenCard is accepted by a number of major retailers. However, we do not hold specific information on which retailers accept the card and which do not.

The Government support PASS, which is the national proof-of-age accreditation scheme. PASS sets minimum standards for proof-of-age cards including CitizenCard. The PASS hologram on a card is the hallmark indicating that the card issuer has passed a stringent audit carried out by trading standard officers. PASS cards are easily recognisable both to retailers and young people and provide assurance that the age details on the card are correct.

Theft: Motor Vehicles

Mr. Hepburn: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many vehicle-related thefts have been reported in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) England and Wales in each year since 1997. [321594]

Mr. Alan Campbell: The available information is for offences recorded by the police and is given in the following tables. Statistics for Jarrow constituency are not available centrally and figures for South Tyneside relate to the South Tyneside Community Safety Partnership area.

Table 1: Vehicle-related thefts recorded by the police , 1997
	Number of offences
Offence	1997
South Tyneside CSP
Theft of a motor vehicle	n/a
Theft from a vehicle	n/a
North East Region
Theft of a motor vehicle	24,641
Theft from a vehicle	34,814
England and Wales
Theft of a motor vehicle	407,239
Theft from a vehicle	710,333
n/a = Not available.

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Table 2: Vehicle-related thefts recorded by the police , 1998-99 to 2001-02( 1,2)
Number of offences
Offence	1998-99	1999-2000	2000-01	2001-02
South Tyneside CSP
Theft of a motor vehicle	n/a	1,008	1,014	743
Theft from a vehicle	n/a	1,585	1,671	1,471
North East Region
Theft of a motor vehicle	21,650	18,402	16,307	15,346
Theft from a vehicle	27.524	29,953	27,920	27,113
England and Wales
Theft of a motor vehicle	391,807	374,668	310,613	328,115
Theft from a vehicle	685,919	669,232	571,176	655,161
n/a = Not available. (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. These figures are not directly comparable with those for later years.

Table 3: Vehicle-related thefts recorded by the police , 2002-03 to 2008-09( 1)
Number of offences
Offence	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09
South Tyneside CSP
Theft of a motor vehicle	734	587	507	461	405	366	306
Theft from a vehicle	1,581	1,117	1,069	1,281	947	779	561
North East Region
Theft of a motor vehicle	13,872	13,277	10,893	9,783	8,028	7,060	5,878
Theft from a vehicle	28,132	24,378	20,761	20,833	19,183	15,344	13,645
England and Wales( 2)
Theft of a motor vehicle	318,507	291,858	242,732	214,182	193.384	170,008	147,342
Theft from a vehicle	663,679	603,256	500,360	507,239	502,651	432,374	396,950
(1) The data in this table takes account of the Introduction of the National Crime Recording Standard in April 2002. These figures are not directly comparable with those for earlier years. (2) Includes British Transport Police from 2002-03 onwards.

Treasury

Income Tax Personal Allowance

16. Danny Alexander: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he last reviewed the levels of the income tax personal allowance; and if he will make a statement. [322200]

Mr. Timms: The 2009 pre-Budget report confirmed that the personal allowance and age-related allowances will remain at their 2009-10 levels for 2010-11, providing a real terms benefit relative to the fall in September's retail price index.

Income Tax

17. Mr. Mullin: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what recent representations he has received on the basic rate of income tax; and if he will make a statement. [322201]

Mr. Timms: Treasury Ministers and officials receive representations from a wide range of organisations and individuals. As was the case with previous Administrations, it is not the Government's practice to provide details of all such representations.

Steve Webb: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many and what proportion of those in receipt of (a) working tax credit only, (b) child tax credit only and (c) working tax credit and child tax credit pay (i) standard rate and (ii) higher rate income tax. [318389]

Mr. Timms: The information requested is provided in the following table.

Tax Credits received at April 2008	Number of families with taxpayers( 1) , by the highest rate of tax paid by at least one adult in the family		Proportion of families with taxpayers( 1 ) (%)
	Basic rate( 2)	Higher rate	Basic rate( 2)	Higher rate( 3)
Working Tax Credit (WTC)	280,000	0	77	0
Child Tax Credits (CTC)	2,470,000	210,000	69	6
CTC and WTC	1,310,000	0	76	0
(1) Income from savings and investments is not included in the tax calculation (2) This includes families that had starting rate income taxpayers (3) This includes families that had basic and higher rate income taxpayers

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