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26 OCTOBER 2009
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Table 3.16: Violent incidents where the victim believed the offender(s) to be under the influence of alcohol or drugs, 1995 to 2008-09, BCS
Percentages and numbers
Statistically
significant change
1995 1997 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09
1995 to
2008-09
2007-08
to
2008-09
Unweighted
base
1,078 915 1,285 1,397 1,398 1,455 1,512 1,658 1,477 1,449 — —
Number of
violent
incidents
(Thousand)
Offender(s)
perceived to
be under the
influence of: 2
Alcohol 1,656 1,457 1,244 1,177 1,299 1,105 1,023 1,087 971 973 * —
Drugs 655 603 549 544 474 390 531 398 390 334 * —
Unweighted
base
16,348 14,947 32,824 36,479 37,931 45,120 47,729 47,138 46,903 46,220 — —
1
‘All violence’ includes wounding, assault with minor injury, assault without injury and robbery. See Section 5 of Volume 2 for more information.
2
Questions asked only if the victim was able to say something about the offender(s), and if there was more than one offender, victims were asked if any of the
offenders were perceived to be under the influence. Questions were not asked if any offenders were perceived to be under school age.
Note:
For an explanation of year-labels see ‘Conventions Used in Figures and Tables’ at the start of this volume.
Source:
Table 3.16 at the following link: http:/www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs09/hosb1109chap3.xls
Crime Prevention: Internet
John Mann: To ask the Secretary of State for the
Home Department how much has been spent from the
public purse on the policing of online crime in the most
recent period for which figures are available. [294925]
Mr. Alan Campbell: The Government take online
crime very seriously, and have provided funding for a
number of specialist units to tackle this form of crime.
The Government have provided over £6 million for the
Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (CEOP)
this year to protect children online. The Government
have provided £3.5 million over three years for the
Police Central e-Crime Unit (PCeU) to develop the
police response to cybercrime within the UK. The
Government also fund the Serious Organised Crime
Agency (SOCA) e-crime unit, as part of the overall
funding for the Agency.
Departmental Manpower
John Mann: To ask the Secretary of State for the
Home Department how many staff there were in his
Department (a) in 1997 and (b) on the latest date for
which figures are available. [292065]
Mr. Woolas: Information on the number of staff in
the Home Department in 1997 has been published by
Cabinet Office (Tables 1A-1D) and is available on-line
at:
http://www.civilservice.gov.uk/Assets/css97_tcm6-2540.pdf
It should be noted that HM Prison Service is listed
separately in this table but was part of the Home Office
in 1997.
The Quarterly Public Sector Employment Survey
statistics for June 2009 are published by ONS and are
available on-line. This survey confirms that there are
currently 24,640 civil servants working for the Home
Office and its Agencies.
http://www.statistics.gov.uk/downloads/theme_labour/
Table6AllDepts.xls
Employment numbers over the period will have been
affected by machinery of Government changes.
Direct Selling
Mr. David Anderson: To ask the Secretary of State
for the Home Department if he will make an
assessment of the merits of developing a password
identification system to protect vulnerable people from
bogus doorstep callers. [291791]
Mr. Alan Campbell: All electricity, gas and water
companies have a doorstep password scheme which
enable people to set up their own passwords to verify
the identity of doorstep callers. I would encourage
people to sign up to such schemes which can offer
access to other services for vulnerable customers on the
supplier’s Priority Service Register.
DNA: Databases
James Brokenshire: To ask the Secretary of State for
the Home Department what proportion of the records
held on the National DNA Database relate to DNA
samples taken by police forces in (a) Scotland, (b)
England and Wales and (c) Northern Ireland. [294208]
Mr. Alan Campbell: Table 1 shows the number and
proportion of all subject profiles retained on the national
DNA Database (NDNAD) taken by police forces in
Scotland, England and Wales (including British Transport
police), and Northern Ireland as at 15 October 2009.
Table 2 shows the number and proportion of crime
scene profiles retained on the NDNAD submitted by
police forces in Scotland, England and Wales, and
Northern Ireland as at 15 October 2009.
The number of subject profiles is not the same as the
number of individuals. A proportion of DNA profiles
held on the NDNAD are replicates, that is, a profile for
a person has been loaded on more then one occasion