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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of (a) the average cost per incident of theft, (b) the average loss per completed burglary and (c) the average loss per completed robbery to the retail sector in (i) 2001, (ii) 2002 and (iii)...

Asked by

Stephen O'Brien (Conservative)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

30 November 2004

For answer on

21 December 2004

Answered on

21 December 2004

Mr. Stephen O'Brien: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate he has made of (a) the average cost per incident of theft, (b) the average loss per completed burglary and (c) the average loss per completed robbery to the retail sector in (i) 2001, (ii) 2002 and (iii) 2003; what the level of incidence of (A) violence against staff and (B) completed robbery in the retail sector was in each year; and if he will make a statement. [202140] Ms Blears: The Home Office does not collect these figures on a regular basis. However a commercial victimisation survey was carried out in 2002 which covered the incidence and cost of crime suffered by retailers in the preceding 12 months. A summary of the findings of that survey was published on the 26 November and is available on the Home Office website http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/ rfpubs1.html. A detailed report of the findings is due to be published in spring 2005. The British Retail Consortium carry out a regular survey of their members. Relevant findings from their annual surveys are set out as follows: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Average value of Average stock loss Incidents of Average loss per Incidents of goods stolen by per completed robbery per 100 robbery violence per 1,000 customers burglary outlets staff 2001 111 1,858 6 1,003 7 2002 88 2,722 5 1,967 6 2003 162 4,881 8 1,677 7 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Source: BRC 10 Annual Survey and 11 Annual Survey The Government recognises the detrimental impact that crime can have on retailers, their staff and the communities they serve and is taking positive action to reduce it. On 12 October 2004 I met with senior retailers and their trade associations to discuss the key issues faced by retailers and to seek their views on joint action to reduce retail crime. Actions coming out of this will build on the work already under way. The Home Office has supported the work of the British Retail Consortium in developing retail crime reduction partnerships and is providing 899 of funding for them to set up the Action Against Business Crime (AABC) Group. This Group will provide a national network of business crime reduction partnerships in town and shopping centres across England and Wales. 100 new partnerships will be set up in addition to the 100 or so already established, who will be provided with a support network. Recognising that a large proportion of retail crime is drug related, pilot outreach schemes have been set up, with £170,000 Home Office funding, in Brighton and Northampton to tackle the link between retail crime and drugs misuse. We have recently completed the "Small Retailers in Deprived Areas' initiative which provided £15 million of government funding to the most vulnerable businesses to enable them to install security measures. Over 12,500 businesses benefited from the scheme which also included a training programme on crime reduction for retailers. Advice on crime reduction information is available from the Home Office produced postcards "Don't Discount Crime" and "Putting Crime out of Business", both of which provide easily accessible crime reduction advice to small businesses. These are available on the Home Office website. The Health and Safety Executive has also produced specific advice on managing the risk of work related violence. Retailers can obtain further specific advice and assistance on crime reduction from the Business Crime Reduction Advisers based in each of the Government Offices, the Home Office website and their trade associations. From November 2004 the police will be able to issue fixed penalty notices for some cases of retail or commercial theft. This will ensure that more minor incidents of such theft are dealt with quickly and effectively and the 80 penalty will act as a strong deterrent for first time offenders.

Date

21 December 2004

Reference

202140; 428 c1546-7W;428 c1544-5W

House

House of Commons

Leader of the House of Commons

Supplementary business question on under-age drinking and the retail trade.

Member

Julie Morgan (Labour)

Type

Business questions

Date

9 December 2004

Reference

428 c1283

House

House of Commons

Leader of the House of Commons

Member

Lord Hain (Labour)

Type

Proceeding contributions

Date

9 December 2004

Reference

428 c1283

House

House of Commons

VIOLENCE AGAINST SHOP WORKERS

That this House notes that over 800,000 cases of abuse were reported between 1995 and 2001 against shop workers; compliments the Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers (USDAW) for highlighting the issue; and calls upon the Government to work with employers and unions to raise awareness of the levels...

Primary sponsor

Richard Younger-Ross (Liberal Democrat)

Type

Early day motions

Date

6 December 2004

Reference

292

House

House of Commons

Dept for Culture Media and Sport

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many applications for off-licences have been objected to by local residents in each of the last 10 years; what the main reasons given for such objections were; and what proportion of licences objected to were rejected. - Disproportionate...

Asked by

Ross Cranston (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

2 December 2004

Reference

201653; 428 c192W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Trade and Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what recent research she has commissioned concerning ownership of retail outlets in the high street.

Asked by

Keith Vaz (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

2 December 2004

Reference

200935; 428 c225W

House

House of Commons

McIntosh of Haringey, Lord

Whether they have considered the issue of a £5 coin of size and weight comparable to that of the disused half-crown coin; and what, in terms of buying power, was the equivalent in 1939 to the present £5; and whether it is the case that not all shopkeepers and banks...

Asked by

Lord Brightman (Crossbench)

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

18 November 2004

Reference

666 c207-8WA; HL 4997;HL 4998;HL 4999;HL 5000

House

House of Lords

Dept for Culture Media and Sport

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions her Department has held with Camelot on the purchase and supply of National Lottery terminals to (a) newsagents and (b) shops in the UK.

Asked by

David Leslie Taylor (Labour; Co-operative Party)

Answering body

Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

4 November 2004

Reference

195848; 426 c378W

House

House of Commons

VIOLENCE AGAINST SHOP WORKERS

That this House notes that over 800,000 cases of abuse were reported between 1995 and 2001 against shopworkers; compliments USDAW for highlighting this issue; and calls upon the Government to work with the employers and unions to raise awareness of the levels of violence and abuse, to make the workplace...

Primary sponsor

Richard Younger-Ross (Liberal Democrat)

Type

Early day motions

Date

28 October 2004

Reference

1842

House

House of Commons

Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what action the Government has taken or will be taking to tackle violence against retail staff.

Asked by

Lord Cotter (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

25 October 2004

Reference

425 c1011-2W;425 c1010-1W; 191508

House

House of Commons

Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many voluntary shops are operating, broken down by local authority area; and what financial or other help the Department has provided in each case. - Inc tables and figures.

Asked by

David Drew (Labour; Co-operative Party)

Answering body

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

14 October 2004

For answer on

25 October 2004

Answered on

25 October 2004

Mr. Drew: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many voluntary shops are operating, broken down by local authority area; and what financial or other help the Department has provided in each case. [192339] Alun Michael: There is no accepted definition of what constitutes a `voluntary' shop. Furthermore, there is no one definitive source of information on how many voluntary shops are operating nationally, or therefore broken down by local authority area. The Plunkett Foundation estimates that there are 200 `community owned' rural village shops nationally. This includes 150 that have received support from the Village Retail Services Association over the past 10 years. The Vital Villages programme, which the Countryside Agency ran between April 2001 and April 2004, contained a Community Services Grant. During the programme, £314,020 was granted to a total of 19 projects which involved retail services or facilities and which were owned by non-for-profit organisations, charitable trusts or voluntary groups. This information is broken down in Annex A. The Community Services Grant also funded retail applicants to benefit from retail consultants, who provided business support and advice for these projects. The Rural Enterprise Scheme, which forms part of the England Rural Development Programme, is wide- ranging in its support for projects and offers funding towards the set up costs of community shops. Since the scheme came into force in October 2000 it has assisted eight community shops, amounting to £419,170 grant (a detailed breakdown is at Annex B). Annex A: Retail projects funded by Community Services Grant 2001-04 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Region/Applicant Project name Parish District Amount (£) East Midlands Voluntary group Witham St. Hugh's Witham St. Hugh's North Kesteven 23,688 Community Hall project Charitable trust Palterton Welfare Shop Scarcliff Bolsover 1,971 East of England Voluntary group Itteringham Community Itteringham North Norfolk 19,754 Shop Not for profit organisation Monks Eleigh Community Monks Eleigh Babergh 23,751 Shop Development Not for profit organisation Langham and Boxted Boxted Colchester 17,189 community shop Charitable trust Pakenham New shop and Pakenham St. Edmundsbury 25,000 Post Office in Village hall North East Charitable trust Kielder Petrol station Kielder Tynedale 25,000 South East Voluntary group St. Mary Bourne village St. Mary Bourne Basingstoke and Deane 24,772 shop Not for profit organisation Winchelsea Little shop Icklesham Rother 18,443 Association Not for profit organisation Buriton Village shop and Buriton East Hampshire 14,620 post office Not for profit organisation The Old village Slinford Horsham 25,000 store--Slinford Not for profit organisation Ascott-under-Wychwood Ascott-under- Wychwood West Oxfordshire 10,000 village shop Charitable trust Tackley Community shop Tackley West Oxfordshire 25,000 South West Voluntary group Blisland Amenity centre Blisland North Cornwall 25,000 shop Voluntary group Exbourne and Jacobstowe Exbourne West Devon 10,844 community enterprise Not for profit organisation Coaley Shop and post Coaley Stroud 10,126 office association West Midlands Voluntary group Hinstock Village stores Hinstock North Shropshire 3,862 and post office Voluntary group Bretforton post office Bretforton Wychavon 10,000 and stores Total number of projects: 19 314,020 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Annex B: A detailed breakdown of how the Rural Enterprise Scheme has assisted eight community shops _________________________________________________________________________________________________. What it is Where How much RES funding (£) Village Shop and Post Office Melmsby and Fellside, Penrith 22,248 Ditto Longtown 61,763 Village Post Office Milnthorpe 31,350 Village Store/Cafe/Post Office Brockwier and Hewelsfield, Chepstow 230,384 Village shop adjoining Community Hall Newsham, Richmond 37,441 Post Office and village Community Shop Midgely, Halifax 20,587 Village Store Whittlesford 10,216 Post Office East Hendred 5,176 Total 419,165 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Note: As at 19 October 2004

Date

25 October 2004

Reference

425 c972-4W;425 c970-2W; 192339

House

House of Commons

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will make a statement on the work of the Housing Above Shops Task Force.

Asked by

Baroness King of Bow (Labour)

Answering body

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

20 October 2004

Reference

425 c780-1W; 192772

House

House of Commons

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what his Department's latest estimate is of the number of residential units available for conversion from unused commercial space above shops to residential properties.

Asked by

Baroness King of Bow (Labour)

Answering body

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

20 October 2004

Reference

425 c780W; 192771

House

House of Commons

Dept for Culture Media and Sport

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many off-licences have been revoked in each of the last 10 years. - Inc table.

Asked by

Ross Cranston (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

18 October 2004

Reference

425 c445-6W; 190637

House

House of Commons

Christmas Day (Trading)

Christmas Day (Trading) Bill. Consideration of Lords amendments. Amendment to Lords amendment No 1 debated and withdrawn. Lords amendment No 1 agreed to. Lords amendments 2-6 agreed to.

Department

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Debates on bills

Date

15 October 2004

Reference

425 c530-72

House

House of Commons

Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001 (Amendment) and Police Reform Act 2002 (Modification) Order 2004;Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001;Police Reform Act 2002

Draft SI on Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001 (Amendment) and Police Reform Act 2002 (Modification) (SI 2004/2540). Lords debate on motion to approve. Agreed to on question.

Lead member

Baroness Scotland of Asthal

Answering member

Viscount Bridgeman

Department

Home Office

Type

Debates on delegated legislation

Date

13 September 2004

Reference

664 c983-9

House

House of Lords

Christmas Day (Trading) Bill 2003/04

Christmas Day (Trading) Bill. Motion that the House resolve itself into Committee. Agreed to on question. Lords Committee stage. Clauses 1,4,5 agreed to. Clauses 2,3 agreed to as amended. Title as amended agreed to. Bill reported with amendments (HL Bill 111 2003/04).

Department

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Committee of the Whole House (HL); Debates on bills

Date

8 September 2004

Reference

664 c680-4

House

House of Lords

Home Office

(Pursuant to reply on 10.03.2004 at 418 c1572W) To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the progress made towards local crime reduction targets in each area participating in the Small Retailers in Deprived Areas scheme. (Figure corrected.)

Asked by

Mark Oaten (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

1 September 2004

Reference

160202; 424 c846W;424 c844-5W

House

House of Commons

Christmas Day (Trading) Bill 2003/04

Christmas Day (Trading) Bill. Lords second reading debate. Agreed to on question and committed to a Committee of the Whole House (HL).

Lead member

Lord Davies of Coity

Answering member

Lord Evans of Temple Guiting

Type

Debates on bills

Date

16 July 2004

Reference

663 c1530-47

House

House of Lords

Treasury

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many claims the Inland Revenue has received under the capital allowances for flats above shops scheme; how many UK residents have benefited from the 100 per cent. capital allowance for renovation or conversion space above shops or other commercial premises to provide...

Asked by

Martin Linton (Labour)

Answering body

Treasury

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

7 July 2004

For answer on

15 July 2004

Answered on

15 July 2004

Martin Linton: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) how many claims the Inland Revenue has received under the capital allowances for flats above shops scheme; [183274] (2) how many UK residents have benefited from the 100 per cent. capital allowance for renovation or conversion space above shops or other commercial premises to provide flats for rent in each year since 11 May 2001; [183275] (3) if he will estimate the cost to his Department of successful claims under the capital allowances for flats above shops scheme in each year between May 2001 and May 2004; [183276] (4) how many claims were made in each year between May 2001 and May 2004 for (a) an initial allowance on a qualifying flat and (b) writing down allowances on a qualifying flat under the capital allowances for flats above shops scheme; [183277] (5) what estimate he has made of the funds recovered as a result of converted dwellings ceasing to qualify for the capital allowances for flats above shops scheme, broken down by (a) the reasons for non-qualification and (b) financial years (i) 2001-02, (ii) 2002-03 and (iii) 2003-04. [183278] John Healey: The scheme for Flat Conversion Allowances (FCA) was introduced in Finance Act 2001 as part of a package of measures designed to encourage the regeneration of Britain's towns and cities, building on recommendations made by the Urban Task Force, chaired by Lord Rogers, in their report "Towards an Urban Renaissance". FCA was always envisaged as a modest scheme. As published by the ODPM in "Evaluation Issues for the Urban White Paper Fiscal Measures" in May 2003, the estimated Exchequer costs were: for 2001-02: negligible; for 2002-03: -£5 million; and for 2003-04: -£5 million. During the combined tax years and accounting period 2001-02 and 2002-03 around 770 claims have been received from companies. No figures are yet available for 2003-04. To minimise any extra burden on businesses there are no requirements to provide detailed information when a business includes a claim for the allowances on its tax return. The information requested beyond the number of claims is not available.

Date

15 July 2004

Reference

423 c1283-4W;423 c1284-5W; 183274;183275;183276;183277;183278

House

House of Commons

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