Memorandum submitted by Dr Elaine M Drage,
Director, Trade Policy 2, Department of Trade and Industry
1. In response to the International Development
Committee deliberations recently, the DTI undertook to provide
the following attached information:
(i) Annual figure for prosecutions for corruption
1993-99.
(ii) Latest OECD review on Codes of Conduct
(2000), though you should be aware that some of the documentation
they reviewed is now 3-4 years old (not printed).
(iii) R v Raud case (not printed).
2. We also offered to provide information
on the OECD's evaluations of other countries in respect of their
compliance with the Bribery Convention. The best way to access
this material is through the OECD website which contains all the
OECD Bribery Working Group Phase I country evaluations. The address
is: www.oecd.org/daf/nocorruption/report.htm
NUMBER OF OFFENDERS PROSECUTED AT THE MAGISTRATES'
COURTS AND CONVICTED AT ALL COURTS, FOR VARIOUS ACTS, ENGLAND
AND WALES, 1993-97
England and Wales
Act and section
| Year | Prosecuted at Magistrates' Courts
| Total convictions at all Courts | Tried at the Crown Court
| Total sentenced | Total immediate custody
| Average sentence length (months) | Other
|
| Conspiracy to defraud—Common Law and Criminal Justice Act 1987 Section 12
| 1993 | 1,000 | 321
| 432 | 319 | 170
| 19.3 | 149 |
| 1994 | 989 |
295 | 414 | 294 |
186 | 19.9 | 108 |
| 1995 | 1,003
| 383 | 536 | 381
| 262 | 18.3 | 119
|
| 1996 | 1,069
| 477 | 630 | 473
| 350 | 22.6 | 123
|
| 1997 | 1,119
| 500 | 668 | 499
| 325 | 19.6 | 174
|
| Soliciting or receiving bribe or receiving bribe or giving or offering bribe—Public Bodies Corrupt Practises Act 1889 Section 1
| 1993 | 5 | —
| — | — | —
| — | — |
| 1994 | 9 |
3 | 6 | 3 | 2
| 7.0 | 1 |
| 1995 | 10 |
7 | 9 | 6 | 4
| 6.0 | 2 |
| 1996 | 7 |
5 | 4 | 4 | 2
| 13.5 | 2 |
| 1997 | 8 |
3 | 6 | 3 | 1
| 6.0 | 2 |
| Corrupt transactions with agents—Prevention of Corruption Act 1906 & 1916 Section 1
| 1993 | 19 | 11
| 11 | 10 | 7 |
15.9 | 3 |
| 1994 | 13 |
12 | 12 | 9 | 8
| 21.8 | 1 |
| 1995 | 22 |
12 | 19 | 12 | 9
| 13.8 | 3 |
| 1996 | 25 |
22 | 24 | 21 | 9
| 21.4 | 12 |
| 1997 | 11 |
20 | 35 | 19 | 15
| 17.7 | 4 |
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Source: Crime and Criminal Justice Unit (RDS), Home
Office.
10 November 2000 (IOS 735-00).
NUMBER OF OFFENDERS PROSECUTED AT THE MAGISTRATES' COURTS
AND CONVICTED AT ALL COURTS, FOR VARIOUS ACTS, ENGLAND AND WALES,
1998-99
England and Wales
Act and section
| Year | Prosecuted at Magistrates' Courts
| Total convictions at all Courts | Tried at the Crown Court
| Total sentenced | Total immediate custody
| Average sentence length (months) | Other
|
| Conspiracy to defraud—Common Law and Criminal Justice Act 1987 Section 12
| 1998 | 1,175 | 466
| 615 | 462 | 313
| 23.8 | 1 |
| 1999 | 1,174
| 420 | 567 | 419
| 275 | 22.0 | 2
|
| Soliciting or receiving bribe or receiving bribe or giving or offering bribe—Public Bodies Corrupt Practises Act 1889 Section 1
| 1998 | 15 | 6
| 7 | 6 | 5 |
19.8 | 1 |
| 1999 | 7 |
3 | 10 | 3 | 2
| 6.0 | 1 |
| Corrupt transactions with agents—Prevention of Corruption Act 1906 & 1916 Section 1
| 1998 | 16 | 11
| 14 | 9 | 4 |
17.5 | 5 |
| 1999 | 9 |
7 | 11 | 8 | 8
| 19.25 | — |
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Source: Crime and Criminal Justice Unit (RDS), Home
Office.
30 October 2000 (IOS 707-00).
Dr Elaine M Drage
Director, Trade Policy 2, Department of Trade and Industry
November 2000
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