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HOME DEPARTMENT
Crime Statistics
Mrs. Clwyd asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what has been the increase since 1978 in the number of crimes of violence committed against women and children
Mr. Mellor: Information on the age and sex of victims of crime is not regularly collected centrally except in respect of homicide" The only other information available relates to certain offences defined as being committed against women or children, such as rape or child destruction. Information on these offences is published annually in "Criminal Statistics, England and Wales" (tables 2.8 and 29 of the issue for 1984, Cmnd. 9621).
Mr. Ron Davies asked the Secretary of State for the Home Deparment whether he has any proposals to collect additional inrmation about the number, age, sex and ethnic origin of victims of crime.
Mr. Melkr: We have no current plans to increase the centrally coated information on victims beyond that supplied by : British crime survey, the regular collection of statistics homicide and that available to the Criminal Injuries Corensation Board; information from all these sources is pushed. However, we do intend to publish an analysis of ca available from the 18 police forces which record the lest information; and information about victims is lected in specific research studies when appropriate.
Citizenship
Mr. Main asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department many applications for British citizenship under (a) son (5) and (b) section 4(5) of the British Nationality. 1981 were (i) received, (ii) granted and (iii) outstang between the following dates (1) 1 January 1953 to 31 arch 1983, (2) | April 1983 to 31 March 1984, (3) 1-ml 1984 to 31 March 1985 and (4) 1 April 1985 to the sent time.
Mr. Wangton: The following is the information requested for faction 405) of the British Nationality Act 1981:
Apras ations under section 4(5)
1 January 198. March 1983
1 April 1983: March 1984
1 April 1984 March 1985
1 April 1985
January 1986
Received
0
0
237
221
Granted
Two hd and thirty-seven applications were outstanding 31 March 1985; 456 applications were outstanding | January 1986. One application has been
refused.
The nur of applications granted under section 5 of the British tonality Act 1981 during the same period
was:
"Pacations granted under section 5
March 1983
1 January 19
March 1984
1 April 1983 1 April 1984 Mar 1985
1 April 1985
March 1486
Number
1,292 5,819
981
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Corresponding information on applications received. and outstanding is not available.
Mr. Madden asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department into which account in his Department the fees accruing from applications made under (a) section 5 of the British Nationality Act 1981 and (b) section 4(5) of the Act are paid.
Mr. Waddington: Applications under section 5 of the British Nationality Act 1981 are made to and processed by the governor of Gibraltar, for a fee decided by and credited to the Government of Gibraltar. The fees for applications under section 4(5) of the British Nationality Act 1981 are taken as appropriations in aid into class IX vote 7, and are accounted for in the appropriation account for the vote.
Mr. Madden asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many applications for British citizenship were received, granted and outstanding, respectively, in each month since March 1985.
Mr. Waddington: The available information is as follows:
1985
April
May
June
Applications for British citizenship
Received
Granted Outstanding.
4,088
3.702
3,799
2.916
3,259
3,447
July
4.157
4.811
*35,598
August
3,900
3,958
September
3,533
4,097
October
4,398
5,445
November
4,622
6,577
*32,678
December
3.656
2,911
1986 January
3,892
3,779
* Outstanding applications are counted by a periodic stocktake.
Mr. Madden asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the estimated cost per application of processing applications for (a) adult registration, (b) naturalisation and (c) registration of minor children in (i) 1985-86 and (ii) 1986-87.
Mr. Waddington: The average estimated cost per application in 1985-86 for the registration of adults and minors is £55; for the naturalisation of the spouses of British citizens it is £55; and for other naturalisations it is £160. Estimates for 1986-87 are currently being prepared in the light of the overall planning assumptions announced in the White Paper on public expenditure published on 15 January.
Holloway Prison
Mr. Kilroy-Silk asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department to what extent the two workshops at Holloway prison were in operation in the most recent week for which information is available; how many prisoners were employed in them; and for how many hours on average they worked.
Mr. Mellor: In the week ending 7 February 1986 the assembly workshop was closed and the light textiles workshop employed 17 inmates for an average of 11⁄2 hours.
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