Immigration (Hansard, 4 July 1986)

§ Mr. Lawrence
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what are the latest figures for permanent settlement in the United Kingdom from (a) the West Indies, (b) Pakistan, (c) India and (d) Bangladesh; and how they compare with the comparable figures for settlement in each of the past five years.

§ Mr. Waddington
The numbers of persons accepted for settlement in the United Kingdom, by nationality, are published annually in Command Paper "Control of Immigration: Statistics, United Kingdom". The following table gives the figures for the nationalities requested where they are separately identified in the published statistics.

§ Mr. Hurd
Among the many crime prevention initiatives taken since May 1979 are the following: 663W

—the establishment of the Home Office crime prevention unit to undertake research, formulate policy, monitor implementation and to provide advice;

—the expansion of the Home Office crime prevention centre at Stafford which trains police officers in crime prevention matters;

—the formation of the ministerial group on crime prevention to carry forward the crime prevention strategy and to review the arrangements within and outside of Government of the co-ordination, development and implementation of initiatives;

—the holding of two national seminars at No. 10 Downing street;

—encouraging the expansion of neighbourhood watch and similar schemes;

—raising the profile of crime prevention in the community at large by way of conferences and seminars;

—stimulating crime prevention activities and initiatives now being carried forward by non-Government bodies;

—encouraging the production of British standards on the security of buildings and vehicle security;

—the dissemination of crime prevention advice and guidance: through leaflet, poster, press, radio and television publicity campaigns;

—the provision of funds for crime prevention measures under the urban programme and through the urban housing renewal unit;

—the approval of some 5,000 places for crime prevention projects under the communty programme;

—the dissemination of information about good practice in police and local authority crime prevention schemes;

—the setting up of working groups, to report to the Home Office standing conference on crime prevention, on residential burglary, car security, commercial robbery, shop theft and the prevention of violence associated with licensed premises;

—the production of revised guidelines for crime prevention panels;

—the establishment of five local demonstration projects to stimulate a multi-agency involvement in tackling crime problems of particular concern to communities in specific locations;

—urging local authorities, commerce, voluntary groups, industry, trade unions and all other sectors of the community to identify and act upon the crime prevention potential within their fields of activity.