§ Simon HughesTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what action he(a) has taken and (b) plans to take in response to the recommendation adopted at the EU Justice and Home Affairs Council in Brussels on 28–29 November 2002 in relation to terrorist profiling; and if he will make a statement. [113361]
§ Mr. Bob AinsworthThe UK fully supported this Danish EU Presidency initiative and took an active part in a successful seminar on the subject held in Copenhagen in January. Although this project is still in its early stages, I understand that the seminar raised some interesting issues and the UK has volunteered to
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Theft or unauthorised taking of a motor vehicle (including aggravated vehicle taking)1—recorded crime, 1997 to 2001–02, and persons convicted 1997 to 2001, by police force area Recorded crime Persons convicted2 Police force area 19973 1998–994 1999–2000 2000–015 2001–025 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Avon and Somerset 12,636 11,257 10,953 10,430 12,181 298 277 342 337 345 Bedfordshire 4,486 4,280 4,531 4,114 3,872 200 174 194 196 171 Cambridgeshire 5,029 3,934 3,596 2,975 2,941 150 151 164 133 117 Cheshire 5,307 4,955 4,594 4,665 4,625 264 214 211 194 144 Cleveland 5,807 4,707 4,402 4,536 4,797 238 222 260 217 220 Cumbria 1,603 1,582 1,373 1,151 1,121 115 134 125 125 114 Derbyshire 6,903 6,298 5,472 4,177 3,832 235 237 197 184 179 Devon and Cornwall 5,275 4,864 4,366 3,807 3,392 243 258 294 202 201 Dorset 3,219 2,963 2,998 2,609 2,499 143 99 121 90 98 Durham 4,973 4,345 3,605 2,951 2,596 182 196 225 195 129 Essex 7,509 7,414 7,174 6,826 7,505 311 357 319 348 327 Gloucestershire 3,255 2,633 2,531 1,893 1,828 124 132 97 90 103 Greater Manchester 40,182 41,294 42,493 37,264 31,969 1,342 1,418 1,420 1,368 1,386 Hampshire 7,220 7,166 7,159 6,370 6,506 345 432 422 393 405 Hertfordshire 4,763 3,934 3,452 3,796 3,907 169 124 145 149 151 Humberside 9,607 8,109 6,812 6,033 6,469 306 310 354 266 229 Kent 11,604 10,335 8,248 8,261 7,237 387 404 342 338 336 Lancashire 8,160 7,350 6,504 6,151 6,154 461 496 437 475 407 Leicestershire 6,952 7,210 6,052 4,734 4,600 332 286 273 169 213 Lincolnshire 2,584 2,106 1,998 1,797 1,885 137 114 151 94 82 London, City of 171 139 212 252 381 16 14 8 22 36 Merseyside 14,830 15,306 16,775 16,157 15,081 605 498 497 532 568 Metropolitan Police 55,432 59,409 62,791 62,452 62,114 1,705 1,766 2,016 2,002 2,094 Norfolk 3,212 3,101 2,983 2,280 1,896 106 103 135 115 99 Northamptonshire 5,734 4,449 3,921 3,722 3,761 148 198 234 171 58 Northumbria 13,861 12,498 10,395 8,693 7,837 660 649 598 473 417 North Yorkshire 3,701 2,990 2,622 2,502 2,350 146 122 166 116 122 Nottinghamshire 11,232 8,510 7,035 7,135 7,706 416 311 296 248 250 South Yorkshire 15,631 13,855 11,918 8,939 8,294 489 446 489 414 327 Staffordshire6 7,128 7,153 6,003 5,484 5,642 250 267 273 227 233 Suffolk 1,768 1,893 1,742 1,765 1,693 206 202 209 131 120 Surrey 2,231 1,861 2,091 2,995 2,913 103 72 97 103 94 Sussex 6,979 7,076 7,721 6,940 5,442 214 193 234 230 234 Thames Valley 15,432 14,528 14,492 11,479 10,255 387 389 307 367 397 Warwickshire 3,513 2,628 2,519 2,246 2,118 104 108 82 86 88 West Mercia 5,631 4,871 4,690 4,079 3,374 214 218 246 241 205 West Midlands 36,044 34,390 33,230 27,762 25,385 1,081 1,125 1,088 1,032 1,079 West Yorkshire 19,893 23,619 21,197 20,171 23,767 789 891 937 799 829 Wiltshire 1,519 1,524 1,615 1,346 1,271 77 99 110 99 86 Dyfed Powys 869 983 868 861 843 109 119 95 96 100 Gwent 3,429 3,601 3,393 3,074 2,610 193 178 187 161 203 participate in a pilot group comprising experts from a number of EU member states and Europol with the aim of further developing this initiative.