Wheelclamping

HC Deb 06 June 1995 vol 261 cc133-4W

Mr. Corbett

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will place in the Library a copy of the assessment by the Association of Chief Police Officers of(a) the extent of problems associated with wheelclamping on private land and (b) the practicality of proposals to overcome these. [25867]

Notifiable offences recorded by the Local Authority Borough or District
Metropolitan Police District 1994	Number of offences
Borough/District	Total	Violence against the person	Sexual offences	Robbery	Burglary and going equipped	Theft and handling stolen goods	Fraud and forgery	Criminal damage	Other offences	Theft of vehicle	Theft from vehicle	Burglary in a dwelling	Burglary in another building
Barking	14,938	677	124	202	3,558	6,471	513	3,288	105	1,045	2,095	1,962	1,591
Barnet	24,524	778	169	389	5,046	11,326	868	5,794	154	1,085	4,885	3,912	1,898
Bexley	17,831	794	181	173	3,502	8,266	518	4,296	101	1,105	2,740	2,208	1,205
Brent	26,149	1,527	209	1,875	4,985	10,778	987	5,590	198	805	3,307	3,119	1,245
Bromley	27,893	1,297	180	264	5,593	13,080	791	6,518	170	1,131	4,765	3,752	1,765
Camden	35,746	1,491	158	1,176	6,313	19,612	1,267	5,443	286	1,163	5,597	3,633	2,635
Croydon	32,520	2,187	286	632	6,116	14,829	1,232	7,009	229	1,217	4,859	4,038	2,066
Eating	28,127	1,434	222	749	4,566	12,943	1,232	6,806	175	1,367	4,123	3,196	1,366
Enfield	20,996	1,380	160	373	4,039	9,404	805	4,712	123	876	4,165	2,795	1,828
Greenwich	32,519	1,902	408	471	7,021	13,784	872	7,774	287	1,461	4,457	4,944	2,046
Hackney	29,263	1,529	265	2,251	7,364	11,708	1,075	4,750	321	498	1,721	2,816	984
Hammersmith	23,332	1,201	142	823	4,249	11,877	641	4,239	160	897	4,967	2,882	1,353
Haringey	22,313	1,363	197	1,184	4,393	9,888	779	4,325	184	1,259	2,972	3,161	1,183
Harrow	14,591	653	101	255	3,140	6,164	578	3,633	67	378	2,216	2,154	966
Havering	17,637	532	299	110	3,652	8,802	623	3,557	62	1,658	2,461	2,039	1,581
Hillingdon	23,316	1,190	133	183	4,169	10,791	674	6,074	102	988	4,127	2,413	1,489
Hounslow	27,476	1,854	306	423	5,371	10,882	1,125	6,976	539	816	3,296	2,467	1,482
Islington	27,682	1,895	191	1,098	4,913	13,125	758	5,339	363	984	4,002	2,778	1,588
Kensington and Chelsea	27,706	1,072	153	956	4,408	16,346	959	3,570	242	702	3,058	2,931	630
Kingston	19,499	1,158	109	251	4,438	8,258	621	4,322	342	325	2,542	1,933	1,541
Lambeth	30,418	2,223	292	2,236	5,866	12,605	898	5,940	358	978	3,160	5,459	1,503
Lewisham	30,532	2,076	297	1,096	7,474	12,702	887	5,607	393	1,527	3,995	5,395	2,080
Merton	18,474	967	135	451	3,466	8,309	903	4,106	137	676	2,319	1,700	1,013
Newham	30,157	1,748	617	1,040	6,606	13,189	1,042	5,695	220	1,718	3,752	3,303	2,329
Redbridge	20,294	1,002	140	266	3,811	10,112	1,002	3,817	144	1,183	1,566	1,539	727
Richmond	15,292	903	124	260	3,693	6,364	436	3,301	211	323	1,873	1,604	981
Southwark	40,836	2,840	353	2,292	7,734	18,008	1,312	7,810	487	1,953	6,117	5,040	2,710
Sutton	13,881	819	126	112	3,429	6,071	436	2,800	88	606	1,706	2,166	1,220
Tower Hamlets	25,084	1,345	192	532	4,938	12,009	700	5,118	250	1,090	3,705	1,708	2,405
Wandsworth	36,889	2,234	323	1,353	6,905	15,480	1,457	8,152	986	1,238	5,024	3,137	1,510
Waltham Forest	20,309	1,119	106	649	3,815	9,749	745	4,025	101	1,279	2,654	2,353	1,433
Westminster	56,796	2,020	252	2,051	6,950	36,560	2,837	5,642	484	636	4,629	2,611	3,443
Broxbourne (part)	3,413	265	8	23	448	1,756	102	800	11	90	849	345	303
Elmbridge (part)	2,269	167	25	177	141	1,138	81	514	26	0	17	7	7
Epping Forest (part)	4,306	305	21	24	605	2,206	150	959	36	304	701	364	229
Epsom and Ewell	5,937	293	41	41	1,432	2,432	198	1,459	41	154	771	746	418
Hertsmere	5,219	161	30	43	732	2,634	179	1,419	21	161	1,060	369	335
Reigate and Banstead (part)	2,607	144	9	5	519	1,106	116	689	19	71	459	334	177
Spelthome	8,817	596	65	53	1,971	3,631	257	2,110	134	187	1,460	514	784
Welwyn Hatfield (part)	55	3	1	0	6	27	7	7	4	1	10	7	4
Heathrow Airport	4,640	66	7	69	53	3,473	415	325	232	50	375	4	20
Thames	93	0	0	0	1	61	0	31	0	0	0	0	1
Central Cheque Squad	1,376	0	0	0	0	68	1,226	80	2	0	0	0	0
MPD total	871,752	47,210	7,157	26,611	167,431	408,024	32,304	174,421	8,594	33,985	118,557	97,828	54,074

Mr. Maclean

[holding answer 24 May 1995]: The assessment was made by the Association of Chief Police Officers as part of the process of developing and considering possible policy options and it would not therefore be appropriate to publish it. I can, however, say that it indicated that the problems arising from the activities of unscrupulous operators are confined to a few force areas and that there is not considered to be a significant problem in other forces.