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Rape

Mr. Hancock: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps the Government is taking to counter inaccurate perceptions of (a) the number of falsely-reported rapes and (b) individual responsibility for the crime of rape. [321382]

Mr. Alan Campbell: The information is as follows:

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(a) MOJ and HO are considering the recommendation set out in Baroness Stern's independent review on this issue and will publish a full response to the review later this year.

The Government are working with police and CPS to ensure that every victim has the confidence to report. Guidance on Investigating and Prosecuting Rape published in June 2009 by NPIA states that officers should assume victim reports are accurate unless evidence proves otherwise. Joint ACPO/CPS support team visits will have been made to every force to support the implementation of this guidance by March 2010.

(b) The Government recently launched a new advertising campaign to challenge teenagers' attitudes to violence and abuse in relationships. The campaign is the first part of a communications strategy announced in the Together We Can End Violence Against Women and Girls strategy. This can be viewed at the campaign website:

http://thisisabuse.direct.gov.uk/

A number of local areas run local campaigns to challenge attitudes on rape and in particular, those around consent. The Home Office has contributed to the cost of these campaigns, most recently, the Greater Manchester police awareness campaign "No Consent, No Sex" TV campaign in December 2009.

Shropshire

Mr. Paterson: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many times he has visited
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Shropshire in an official capacity in the last 12 months. [325415]

Alan Johnson: In the last 12 months I have not visited Shropshire in an official capacity.

Stop and Search

Keith Vaz: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many stop and search procedures were performed on members of each ethnic minority in each of the last five years; [323485]

(2) how many stop and search procedures were performed (a) by Leicestershire Police, (b) by officers of police authorities in the East Midlands and (c) in England in each of the last five years; [323486]

(3) how many stop and search procedures were performed on people in each age group in each of the last five years. [323487]

Mr. Hanson: Data on stop and search procedures performed by ethnic appearance in each of the last five years can be found in table 1.

Data on stop and search procedures performed (a) by Leicestershire police, (b) by officers of police authorities in the East Midlands and (c) in England in each of the last five years can be found in table 2.

The stop and searches collection held by the Home Office does not breakdown stop and search procedures by age group.

Table 1: Stop and search procedures performed, under sections 1, 60, 44(1) and 44(2), by ethnic appearance
2007-08
Main	Searches of persons under section 1-general	Searches of persons in anticipation of violence under section 60	Searches of vehicles and occupants under section 44(1)	Searches of persons in order to prevent acts of terrorism under section 44(2)	Total
White	738,505	35,973	42,006	31,961	848,445
Black	172,393	11,837	8,753	6,465	199,448
Asian	89,781	4,125	10,878	9,890	114,674
Other	17,755	433	2,773	3,154	24,115
Not Recorded	17,004	757	807	591	19,159
Vehicle Only Searched	10,485	125	7,409	-	18,019
Total	1,045,923	53,250	72,626	52,061	1,223,860

2006-07
Main	Searches of persons under section 1-general	Searches of persons in anticipation of violence under section 60	Searches of vehicles and occupants under section 44(1)	Searches of persons in order to prevent acts of terrorism under section 44(2)	Total
White	690,643	25,520	16,878	9,695	742,736
Black	152,120	13,219	2,412	1,230	168,981
Asian	77,421	4,522	3,127	2,438	87,508
Other	14,755	618	756	909	17,038
Not Recorded	20,174	780	312	206	21,472
Vehicle Only Searched	7,784	48	4,871	-	12,703
Total	962,897	44,707	28,356	14,478	1,050,438

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2005-06
Main	Searches of persons under section 1-general	Searches of persons in anticipation of violence under section 60	Searches of vehicles and occupants under section 44(1)	Searches of persons in order to prevent acts of terrorism under section 44(2)	Total
White	629,624	22,702	19,187	11,650	683,163
Black	133,769	7,199	2,046	2,110	145,124
Asian	68,173	4,856	2,809	3,994	79,832
Other	13,967	594	944	994	16,499
Not Recorded	32,620	897	493	316	34,326
Vehicle Only Searched	10,522	28	5,504	-	16,054
Total	888,675	36,276	30,983	19,064	974,998

2004-05
Main	Searches of persons under section 1-general( 1)	Searches of persons in anticipation of violence under section 60	Searches of vehicles and occupants under section 44(1)	Searches of persons in order to prevent acts of terrorism under section 44(2)	Total
White	16,383	23,405	17,337	7,456	64,581
Black	180	9,926	2,113	631	12,850
Asian	96	6,858	2,659	1,047	10,660
Other	295	810	842	587	2,534
Not Recorded	4,047	576	402	146	5,171
Vehicle Only Searched	95	36	3,793	-	3,924
Total	861,494	41,611	27,146	9,867	940,118

2003-04
Main	Searches of persons under section 1-general	Searches of persons in anticipation of violence under section 60	Searches of vehicles and occupants under section 44(1)	Searches of persons in order to prevent acts of terrorism under section 44(2)	Total
White	547,369	23,868	14,806	5,840	591,883
Black	108,208	9,385	2,146	558	120,297
Asian	53.794	5,627	2,571	1,097	63,089
Other	10,796	688	904	418	12,806
Not Recorded	16,552	625	867	209	18,253
Vehicle Only Searched	12,725	243	4,396	10	17,374
Total	749,444	40,436	25,690	8,132	74,258
'- 'Data not broken down by vehicle only search (1) Data for searches of person under section 1-general has been estimated

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