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Young offender institutions

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Establishment and type

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Swaleside

Wakefield

Wayland

Wymott

Aylesbury

Bullwood Hall

Feltham

Hollesley Bay

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Whatton

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Crime Statistics

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or should be taken to reduce demand. We intend to honour fully the commitments undertaken on behalf of the United Kingdom, and we shall be looking to other countries and interested organisations represented at the summit to do the same. We are considering more specific ways in which the summit can be followed up.

Police (Amendment) Regulations

55. Mr. Latham: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what representations he has received from police officers regarding the Police (Amendment) Regulations; and what reply he has sent.

REGISTRY Action Taken Mr. Peter Lloyd: My right hon. Friend has received a large number of representations on this subject from police officers, from hon. Members on behalf of police officers and from police representative organisations. In response he has explained his reasons for setting aside certain aspects of the Police Negotiating Board agreement on rent allowance. He has also made a number of important changes to his original proposals to meet points which were raised.

53. Mr. Murphy: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department in how many police force areas in England and Wales reported crime fell in 1989.

Mr. John Patten: Six. The information is published in table 8 of Home Office statistical bulletin 10/90, a copy of which is available in the Library.

61. Mr. Clelland: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he next plans to meet the Chief Constable of Northumbria to discuss crime figures.

Mr. Peter Lloyd: My right hon. and learned Friend has no plans to do so at the present time.

69. Mr. John P. Smith: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he next plans to meet the Chief Constable of Dorset to discuss crime figures.

Mr. Peter Lloyd: My right hon. and learned Friend has no plans to do so at the present time.

Drug Demand Reduction

54. Mr. Rathbone: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what drug demand reduction activities the Government plan to follow up the world ministerial drugs summit in London on 9 to 11 April.

Mr. Mellor: My right hon. Friend the Prime Minister announced in her opening address to the world ministerial drugs summit our plans to establish a United Kingdom task force to advise other countries on ways of reducing the demand for drugs. This task force will draw on the fund of experience and expertise which is available in the United Kingdom on such measures as community drug prevention initiatives, drugs education and publicity and programmes for the treatment and rehabilitation of drug

misusers.

A detailed, 35-point political declaration, a copy of which is in the Library, was adopted unanimously at the conclusion of the summit. As well as committing all countries represented to give higher priority to demand reduction, the London declaration contains a host of useful practical guidance on specific measures which can

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Child Pornography

57. Mrs. Maureen Hicks: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what consideration is being given to tougher penalties for child pornography.

Mr. John Patten: We have no plans to increase the maximum penalties for child pornography offences. The maximum penalty for some offences is already three years' imprisonment. In addition, a new offence was introduced by the Criminal Justice Act 1988 of possession of an indecent photograph of a child with a penalty of a fine of up to £2,000.

Sound Broadcasting, London

59. Mr. McCrindle: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on the prospective arrangements for competitive sound broad- casting in the London area.

Mr. Mellor: During the past few months six of the IBA's incremental radio contractors have come on air in London to provide alternatives to the existing BBC and IBA local radio stations. Four more are due to start later this year, one covering Heathrow and Gatwick. Under the Broadcasting Bill currently before Parliament the new Radio Authority will be able to advertise further licences in the future. The areas covered will depend on audience demand and frequency availability.

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60. Mr. Teddy Taylor: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is his estimate of the total number of citizens of Macao who will be entitled to settle in the United Kingdom; and what is the scope of dependants and relatives who will be permitted to join such persons.

Mr. Peter Lloyd: I understand that, under Portuguese law, about 90,000 residents of Macao are entitled to Portuguese nationality. Under European Community law a national of a member state is entitled to enter and reside in any other member state for the purpose of exercising

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