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American Samoa, Antarctica, Australia, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia (Kampuchea),Christmas Islands, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Cook Island, Korea (North), East Timor, Fiji, Heard & McDonald Islands, Hong Kong SAR of China (Holder of Certificate of Identity or Document of Identity), Hong Kong SAR of China (Holder of Special Administrative Region Passport), Indonesia, Japan, Kiribati, Laos, Macau, Malaysia, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Mayotte, Micronesia, Mongolia, Burma (Myanmar), Nauru, Nepal, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Niue, Norfolk Island, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Pitcairn Islands, Samoa, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Korea (South), Thailand, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Wallis Futuna Islands.
Mr. Blunkett:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 22 February 2010, Official Report, columns 329-30W,
on asylum, what arrangements are available to asylum claimants, notwithstanding the rules of October 2009, to allow hon. Members to present further evidence supporting the claimant's case where the claimant cannot attend in person for medical reasons. [321447]
Alan Johnson: Anyone who had made their asylum claim before 5 March 2007 and is being dealt with by the Case Resolution Directorate, who feels that they are physically unable to travel to Liverpool to make their further submissions in person, due to a disability or severe illness, may submit their further submissions either directly, or from their MP or representative via fax to the Further Submissions Team in Liverpool. This must be accompanied by documentary evidence to show how they meet the exceptional criteria. Those who fail to meet the exceptional criteria will be advised to book an appointment to submit their further submissions in person. Those who made their claims after 5 March 2007, whose case is being dealt with by one of the regional asylum teams, should contact either their case-owner or the relevant regional contact number.
Asylum: Repatriation
Mr. Steen: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) adult and (b) child asylum seekers have been removed from the UK by the Third Country Unit under the provisions of the Dublin Regulation EC No. 343/2003 to date. [320864]
Mr. Woolas [holding answer 5 March 2010]: The Dublin Regulation came into force in September 2003.
The following figures show numbers removed since the beginning of 2004. They are based on local management information and are not subject to the detailed checks that apply to National Statistics publications.
| Adults | Dependent children | Unaccompanied children( 1) | Total removals | |
| (1) This figure relates to the child's age at the point of removal. Some cases begin the Dublin Regulation process as a child but due to the length of time it takes to progress their cases at the point of removal they have become an adult. | ||||
Crime: North Yorkshire
Hugh Bayley: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many offences of (a) crime related to vehicles, (b) burglary of a dwelling, (c) other burglary, (d) criminal damage, (e) theft, (f) violence and (g) other crimes were reported to North Yorkshire Police in each year since 1997; and how many such offences were committed in the City of York in each such year. [322112]
Mr. Alan Campbell: The available information is given in the tables.
Police recorded crime statistics are affected by changes in reporting and recording practice and can be influenced by police priorities and activity. All of these factors need to be considered when looking at the trends in recorded crime.
The tables note the changes in recording practice introduced in 1998 and 2002. The Audit Commission undertook substantial audit work on crime recording in the years following the introduction of the National Crime Recording Standard in April 2002 (up until 2006-07) This indicated a generally increasing level of NCRS compliance across forces in this period.
| Table 2: Offences recorded by the police in North Yorkshire and in the York Community Safety Partnership area-1 9 98-99 to 2001-02( 1,2) | ||||||||
| Number of offences | ||||||||
| Offence | 1998-99 | 1999- 20 00 | 2000-01 | 2001-02 | ||||
| North Yorkshire | York CSP | North Yorkshire | York CSP | North Yorkshire | York CSP | North Yorkshire | York CSP | |
| 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 in April 2002. These figures are not directly comparable with those for later years. | ||||||||
| Table 3: Offences recorded by the police in North Yorkshire and in the York Community Safety Partnership area-2002-03 to 2008-09 | ||||||||
| Number of offences | ||||||||
| Offence | 2002 - 03 | 2003 - 04 | 2004 - 05 | 2005 - 06 | ||||
| North Yorkshire | York CSP | North Yorkshire | York CSP | North Yorkshire | York CSP | North Yorkshire | York CSP | |
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