HC Deb 15 October 2003 vol 411 cc263-4W
Simon Hughes

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many(a) arrests and (b) convictions have resulted from the work of Project Reflex in each month since its inception. [131763]

£
1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03
Publishing
Home Office 3,290,000 2,786,000 2,496,000 5,431,000 9,237,000 7,603,000 7,017,000
NDPBs 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03
CDF
CRE 595,000 738,000 527,000 539,000 942,000 715,000 885,000 642,000
CCRC 95,000 108,000 89,000 69,000 67,000 71,000
CICA
CICAP
1MB 9,000 11,000
PB 33,000 67,000 45,000 45,000 121,000
PCA 160,000 98,000 95,000 53,000 74,000 77,000 79,000 163,000
YJB 108,000 303,000 336,000 340,000
Centrex1 268,000
OISC1 176,000 298,000 310,000
NCIS1 585,000
NCS1 739,000
Total 755,000 836,000 717,000 733,000 1,280,000 1,385,000 1,719,000 3,250,000
Agencies 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03
Prison Service1 407,000 480,000 772,000 925,000 966,000 1,331,000 2,206,000

Beverley Hughes

Between April 2001 and April 2002, Reflex launched 82 operations and disrupted 14 organised crime groups. 67 facilitators were arrested, resulting in 21 convictions. Between June 2002 and April 2003, there were 98 arrests. The total number of convictions to date is not yet available, as some cases are continuing.

Arrests and convictions in this Reflex year, since April 2003, are as follows.

Arrests Convictions to date
April 4 1
May 5 0
June 16 3
July 22 20
August 10 3
September
October 10
Total 67 27

Note

Arrests and convictions are not necessarily related to each other.

In addition, under the first phase of Maxim, a joint operation between the Metropolitan police and Immigration Services, there were 47 arrests including possessing false documents. In the second phase of Maxim, there were 23 arrests, including those holding false documents.