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Wigan North Western Station

Lisa Nandy: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what plans he has for the renovation of Wigan North Western rail station; and if he will make a statement. [1750]

Mrs Villiers: The Government recognises the importance of investing in station improvements, and is committed to facilitating this investment through reforms to the way the railways are run.

Network Rail is responsible for delivering the majority of investment in rail infrastructure across the UK rail network, and does so in accordance with the high level output specification (HLOS) developed by the Department for Transport, which formed the basis on which Network Rail's income was set by the Office of Rail Regulation (ORR) for the current regulatory control period (CP4) in 2008.

The Government's priority is reducing the deficit. As a company funded largely by Government, Network Rail needs to contribute to this. As part of the £683 million savings in departmental spending in 2010-11, Network Rail is reducing by £50 million the amount that had been provisionally allocated to improving the ten stations identified for improvement in the Station Champions' "Better Rail Stations" report. However, Wigan North Western is not precluded from benefitting from other funding such as the £150 million National Stations Improvement programme.

The hon. Member should contact Network Rail's chief executive at the following address for specific detail on Network Rail's plans for Wigan North Western station:

Home Department

Community Policing: Finance

Mr Hanson: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much funding for each area under pathfinder neighbourhood agreements (a) has been allocated in 2010-11 to date and (b) is planned to be allocated in the remainder of 2010-11. [2391]

Nick Herbert: No funding has been provided to neighbourhood agreement pathfinder areas in 2010-11 to date. No decisions have yet been made on the allocation of funding to pathfinder areas in the remainder of 2010-11.


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Departmental Internet

Mr Watson: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the URL is of each website managed by (a) her Department and (b) each non-departmental public body and agency for which her Department is responsible. [2369]

Nick Herbert: The information is as follows:

(a) The Home Office manages the following websites:

Websites

Home Office

www.homeoffice.gov.uk

Neighbourhood policing

www.neighbourhoodpolicing.co.uk

National Counter Terrorism Security Office (NaCTSO)

www.secureyourfertiliser.gov.uk

Police Could You-recruitment website

www.policecouldyou.co.uk

Zahid Mubarek inquiry

www.zahidmubarekinquiry.org.uk/

Warning Service

www.warp.gov.uk

Life in the UK Test

www.lifeintheuktest.gov.uk

Think U Know-(child safety online campaign)

www.thinkuknow.co.uk

National anti fraud network

www.nafn.gov.uk

UK visas

www.ukvisas.gov.uk


(b) Non-departmental public body and agency websites for which the Home Office is responsible are as follows:


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Websites

Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre

www.ceop.gov.uk

Identity and Passport Service

www.ips.gov.uk

Independent Safeguarding Authority

www.isa-gov.org.uk

Centre for the Protection of National Infrastructure

www.cpnatinf.gov.uk

Forensic Science Service

www.forensic.gov.uk

Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC)

www.ipcc.gov.uk

Investigatory Powers Tribunal

www.ipt-uk.com

Office of Surveillance Commissioners

www.surveillancecommissioners.gov.uk

Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner (OISC)

www.oisc.gov.uk

SOCA

www.soca.gov.uk

National Police Improvement Agency

www.npia.police.uk

Alcohol Education and Research Council (AERC)

www.aerc.org.uk

Centre for the protection of the National Infrastructure

www.cpni.gov.uk


Firearms

Keith Vaz: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what her most recent estimate is of the incidence of gun-related crime in (a) rural and (b) urban areas. [2013]

James Brokenshire: Firearms are taken to be involved in a crime if they are fired, used as a blunt instrument or used as a threat. Data only at police force area level on offences involving firearms are submitted to the Home Office by each police force in England and Wales. It is not possible to determine the precise location of offences from this centrally collected information, including whether the specific location is urban or rural.

Available information, relating to non-air weapon offences, was included in table 2.12 of the most recent chapter on offences involving firearms, published within Home Office Statistical Bulletin 01/10 in January 2010. 60% of all non-air weapon firearm offences in England and Wales in 2008-09 occurred in just three police force areas-Metropolitan, Greater Manchester and West Midlands-while just under a quarter of the population of England and Wales reside in these areas.


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Firearm offences (excluding air weapons) by police force area: English regions and Wales, 2004-05 to 2008-09
Recorded crime
Total number of offences
Police force area 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 Offences per 100,000 population, 2008-09

Cleveland

37

41

19

15

34

6.1

Durham

21

18

14

45

22

3.6

Northumbria

182

137

111

78

51

3.6

North East Region

240

196

144

138

107

4.2

Cheshire

61

71

41

59

61

6.1

Cumbria

26

18

21

18

28

5.6

Greater Manchester

1,268

1,200

993

1,160

827

32.1

Lancashire

259

372

364

349

207

14.3

Merseyside

491

485

410

398

353

26.2

North West Region

2,105

2,146

1,829

1,984

1,476

21.5

Humberside

174

108

117

58

62

6.8

North Yorkshire

13

15

14

17

11

1.4

South Yorkshire

185

301

211

202

144

11.0

West Yorkshire

318

355

319

332

287

13.0

Yorkshire and the Humber Region

690

779

661

609

504

9.7

Derbyshire

149

109

83

70

75

7.5

Leicestershire

123

89

109

134

127

13.0

Lincolnshire

90

72

45

41

16

2.3

Northamptonshire

113

128

159

164

112

16.4

Nottinghamshire

303

277

196

240

204

19.1

East Midlands Region

778

675

592

649

534

12.1

Staffordshire

144

128

94

123

44

4.1

Warwickshire

73

80

90

107

56

10.6

West Mercia

151

115

58

124

79

6.6

West Midlands

959

946

979

974

987

37.7

West Midlands Region

1,327

1,269

1,221

1,328

1,166

21.6

Bedfordshire

94

103

86

83

64

10.6

Cambridgeshire

50

34

24

30

34

4.4

Essex

193

280

255

260

176

10.3

Hertfordshire

139

114

89

112

68

6.3

Norfolk

23

29

34

43

29

3.4

Suffolk

59

58

42

38

25

3.5

East of England Region

558

618

530

566

396

6.9

London, City of(1)

3

1

4

3

3

n/a

Metropolitan

3,694

3,883

3,327

3,396

3,087

40.6

London Region

3,697

3,884

3,331

3,399

3,090

40.6

Hampshire

148

85

122

100

80

4.3

Kent

100

142

92

82

93

5.6

Surrey

63

87

60

70

66

6.0

Sussex

67

85

84

69

65

4.2

Thames Valley

437

401

332

322

214

9.7

South East Region

815

800

690

643

518

6.2

Avon and Somerset

196

167

138

116

95

6.0

Devon and Cornwall

189

174

132

111

70

4.2

Dorset

49

27

28

21

16

2.3

Gloucestershire

87

77

65

43

52

8.9

Wiltshire

49

43

69

49

45

6.9

South West Region

570

488

432

340

278

5.3

Dyfed-Powys

40

21

17

25

7

1.4

Gwent

85

53

33

47

36

6.4

North Wales

60

88

98

53

42

6.2

South Wales

104

71

67

84

54

4.4

Wales

289

233

215

209

139

4.6

England and Wales

11,069

11,088

9,645

9,865

8,208

15.1

n/a = Not available.
(1) Not available. Data for London Region includes the City of London.

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