§ Mr. DobsonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the total sum paid out in fees by his Department to management consultants in 1979–80 and in each following year up to and including 1991–92; and what is his estimate for 1992–93.
§ Mr. Kenneth Clarke[holding answer 22 May 1992]: For information prior to 1990–91, I refer the hon. Member to the reply given by the then Home Secretary on 1 May 1991, at column 177. The Home Office spent 411W approximately £1,686,000 for the financial year 1991–92. There is no centrally determined estimate for expenditure on management consultancies in 1992–93.
Notifiable offences recorded by the Police in which shot guns were reported to have been used. England and Wales Number of offences 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 Avon and Somerset 10 15 16 12 24 26 Bedfordshire 11 15 10 4 9 14 Cambridgeshire 7 11 II 13 24 24 Cheshire 9 9 6 11 12 9 Cleveland 1 3 3 4 2 4 Cumbria 7 2 21 4 7 3 Derbyshire 13 10 15 11 7 11 Devon and Cornwall 23 29 20 16 17 12 Dorset 3 0 0 2 2 3 Durham 8 5 12 6 15 9 Essex 30 28 36 24 25 37 Gloucestershire 0 2 5 6 6 3 Greater Manchester 51 65 87 99 103 87 Hampshire 23 20 11 12 14 21 Hertfordshire 17 19 19 14 22 18 Humberside 8 10 17 18 9 13 Kent 41 34 52 41 57 37 Lancashire 8 16 7 17 8 25 Leicestershire 8 5 12 19 7 8 Lincolnshire 6 8 9 7 6 5 London, City of 5 7 3 I 1 2 Merseyside 35 33 48 61 89 64 Metropolitan 464 441 419 426 447 374 Norfolk 19 22 8 15 11 16 Northamptonshire 7 12 14 16 20 9 Northumbria 24 26 48 45 85 60 North Yorkshire 6 5 12 12 3 20 Nottinghamshire 18 6 7 8 11 17 South Yorkshire 22 17 20 11 22 25 Staffordshire 11 11 9 12 9 9 Suffolk 13 12 10 15 13 8 Surrey 17 16 10 7 14 10 Sussex 16 17 11 10 20 19 Thames Valley 24 43 49 39 28 40 Warwickshire 11 10 7 7 21 4 West Mercia 10 12 11 13 15 12 West Midlands 63 97 87 80 49 50 West Yorkshire 25 21 38 44 30 36 Wiltshire 3 4 5 0 5 2 Dyfed-Powys 9 7 8 16 13 18 Gwent 5 7 6 4 8 5 North Wales 9 9 24 14 10 7 South Wales 5 19 11 10 13 17 England and Wales 1,105 1,160 1,234 1,206 1,313 1,193
§ Mr, MilburnTo ask the Secretary of state for the Home Department how many criminal offences involving shotsguns have been domestic incidents in each year from 1985 in each police force area.
§ Mr. JackFor offences involving shptguns, informations about the relationship between suspect and victim is
Year Police force area 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 Avon and Somerset 0 2 0 0 0 1 Bedfordshire 1 0 0 0 0 0 Cambridgeshire 0 0 0 0 0 0 Cheshire 0 1 0 0 0 1 Cleveland 0 0 0 0 0 0 Cumbria 0 0 1 0 0 0