§ Mr. BattleTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many murders in Leeds were committed by a person well known to the victim in the last five years; and what proportion of the total number of murders this represents; [81484]
(2) what the clear up rate for murders committed in Leeds was in the last five years. [81485]
§ Hilary BennDetails of homicides held centrally locate the offence by police force area only. The available information relates to currently recorded offences of homicide (murder, manslaughter and infanticide) by West Yorkshire police and is given in the following table.
1Home Office grant includes principal formula police grant, Crime Fighting Fund, Rural Policing grant, capital grant, DMA funding and Airwave grant. Under the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM) floors and ceilings arrangements, police authorities in England were guaranteed a minimum increase in principal formula police and ODPM grants of 2.3 per cent, for 2002–03. Floors and ceilings are not applied by the National Assembly for Wales, but to ensure North Wales benefited from a minimum increase of 2.3 per cent., my right hon. Friend, the Home Secretary exceptionally agreed to make a special payment to North Wales police authority of £362,000.
2 National Assembly for Wales grant includes national non domestic rates and revenue support grant.
3 Real terms are at 2001–02 prices using gross domestic product deflator at 27 September 2002.
4Before 1995–96, when most police authorities became independent local authorities, revenue support grant and national non domestic rates were paid as part of respective county council grant funding.
5The grant figure for 2002–03 is not directly comparable with that for 2001–02 owing to changes in funding for the National Crime Squad/National Criminal Intelligence Service, now funded centrally rather than through police authorities. On a comparable basis, grant for 2001—02 would be £93.3 million.