§ Mr. McAllionTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list those agencies in his Department which are being considered for privatisation or contractorisation.
§ Mr. Kenneth ClarkeThe Home Office has three agencies: the Fire Service College, the Forensic Science Service and the United Kingdom Passport Agency, and a fourth—the Prison Service Agency—is due to be launched
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Number of cautions, prosecutions and convictions for drug trafficking offences by police force area 1989, 1990 and 19911 England and Wales 1991 Police Force Area Cautions Prosecutions Convictions 1989 1990 19911 1989 1990 19911 1989 1990 19911 Avon and Somerset 10 8 33 122 167 169 77 92 83 Bedfordshire — 4 13 35 59 50 27 50 23 Cambridgeshire 10 18 2 84 99 76 64 79 60 Cheshire 4 4 7 99 122 174 78 77 108 Cleveland 4 — 9 37 56 50 24 29 29 Cumbria 7 3 13 45 54 58 47 37 58 Derbyshire — 4 3 51 83 91 38 55 64 Devon and Cornwall 4 6 21 132 122 153 108 106 105 Dorset 3 — 4 58 68 74 39 52 59 Durham 1 — — 15 23 39 14 17 15 Essex 5 14 10 252 285 393 169 167 216 Gloucestershire 1 3 8 26 42 27 21 25 30 Greater Manchester 4 2 33 407 453 534 257 321 375 Hampshire 9 22 17 200 199 269 121 156 154 Hertfordshire 1 12 16 79 101 89 59 90 51 Humberside 15 19 14 93 91 144 77 73 99 Kent 46 66 25 319 361 349 286 331 357 Lancashire — 7 5 110 179 198 77 99 133 Leicestershire — — 2 45 34 83 39 29 so Lincolnshire 7 3 14 26 42 71 19 39 38 Merseyside 5 11 14 370 483 503 208 278 263 Metropolitan Police District2 77 34 24 2,000 1,919 1,887 1,938 1,773 1,516 Norfolk 7 9 17 92 107 140 70 95 80 Northamptonshire 3 6 3 55 75 71 27 53 49 Northumbria 1 5 5 114 165 161 73 110 122 North Yorkshire 19 5 15 21 48 60 14 23 37 Nottinghamshire 2 5 2 79 75 122 54 47 55 South Yorkshire 2 1 10 122 136 152 63 75 94 Staffordshire 5 1 5 40 45 88 45 31 76 Suffolk 5 11 17 104 108 113 70 74 73 Surrey 42 25 8 60 82 91 35 44 54 Sussex 2 4 6 516 396 673 473 399 375 Thames Valley 8 23 19 110 141 147 102 107 110 Warwickshire 2 8 19 27 23 56 22 29 37 West Mercia 14 29 31 78 102 82 72 76 60 West Midlands 6 5 18 341 333 333 263 220 244 West Yorkshire 13 20 38 151 231 300 95 144 191 Wiltshire — 5 6 25 43 38 15 34 20 Dyfed-Powys 7 4 13 52 49 50 41 27 37 Gwent 2 11 1 26 43 58 15 25 29 North Wales — 5 5 38 61 46 45 46 58 South Wales 7 12 5 154 180 273 109 130 177 England 344 402 506 6,540 7,152 8,108 5,280 5,538 5,563 Wales 16 32 24 270 333 427 210 228 301 England and Wales 360 434 530 6,810 7,485 8,535 5,490 5,766 5,864 in April 1993. As the then Prime Minister explained to the House on 24 October 1988, at column 14, the status of potential agencies is carefully considered before the agency is launched. The future status of an agency will normally be re-examined during the periodic review of an agency's framework document which is a standard part of each agency's arrangements.