HC Deb 14 February 2001 vol 363 cc180-1W
Mr. Derek Twigg

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the level of(a) violent crime, (b) theft of vehicles, (c) thefts from vehicles, (d) house burglaries and (e) vandalism was in Cheshire in each year from 1997 to 2000. [149662]

Mr. Charles Clarke

The details covering this period are given in the table. Owing to the change in counting rules for recorded crime on 1 April 1998, direct comparisons cannot be made between the data for before and after this date. However, for England and Wales as a whole, it has been estimated that the change in counting rules increased the number violent of crimes counted by 83 per cent., thefts of and from vehicles by 1 per cent., all burglaries by 0.1 per cent. and criminal damage by 5 per cent.

Government provision 1990–91 to 2003–04
Police SSA £ million Home Office provision £ million Total £ million Percentage change in real terms
Government provision 1990–91 to 2003–04
Police SSA £ million Home Office provision £ million Total £ million Percentage change in real terms
1990–91 12,125 2,483 14,608 —
1991–92 12,342 2,901 15,243 17.2
1992–93 12,671 3,088 15,759 16.4
1993–94 12,788 3,279 16,067 12.6
1994–95 12,909 3,389 16,298 12.4
1995–96 3,081 3,586 6,667 c. 0.5
1996–97 3,167 3,654 6,821 -0.9
1997–98 3,259 2,765 7.024 0.1
1998–99 3,310 3,923 7,233 0.1
1999–2000 3,447 3,992 7,439 0.5
2000–01 3,533 4,185 7,718 1/7
2001–02 3,842 4,653 8,495 7.4
2002–03 4,041 4,969 9,010 3.5
Government provision 1990–91 to 2003–04
Police SSA £ million Home Office provision £ million Total £ million Percentage change in real terms
2003–04 4,205 5,088 9,293 0.6
1 Before 1995–96 Welsh SSAs were unhypothecated at county level and payments to police authorities in Wales were agreed by constituent counties. SSAs for Welsh police authorities are included in the table only from 1995–96, in which year they were £160 million.

Notes:

1. Home Office provision is grant/special grant, capital grant, credit approvals and central Home Office spending.

2. Real terms figures are shown at 1999–2000 prices using GDP deflator at December 2000.