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Knives
Tom Cox:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many offences were recorded in which a knife was used within the Greater London area in each of the last five years. [209925]
Ms Blears:
This information is not collected centrally. The number of offences involving knives are not separated out in the recorded crime statistics.
Motoring Offences
Mr. Andrew Turner:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what percentage of those convicted of offences of (a) driving without insurance, (b) driving without a licence and (c) driving after the refusal or revocation of a licence were fined (i) less than 20 per cent., (ii) between 20 and 40 per cent., (iii)between 40 and 60 per cent., (iv) between 60 and 80 per cent. and (v) more than 80 per cent. of the maximum penalty; and what percentage were (A)disqualified immediately, (B) disqualified under the totting-up procedure, (C) awarded up to three points, (D) awarded between four and six points and (E)awarded in excess of six points in the last period for which information is available. [210074]
Ms Blears:
The available information taken from the Home Office Court Proceedings Database on convictions, fines and disqualifications for specific motoring offences 2002 (latest available) is given in the table.
Data for 2003 will be available in March 2005.
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Driving licence endorsements and disqualification imposed at all courts for specific motoring offences, England and Wales 2002
| | Endorsements
without
disqualification
| Total
disqualifications(12)
|
|---|
| Offence type | Total findings of guilt (=100%) | Total | Percentage | Total | Percentage
|
|---|
(a) driving without insurance
Using motor vehicle uninsured against third party risk (RTA88 S143(2)) | 289,100 | 219,100 | 76 | 53,000 | 18
|
(b) driving without a licence
Driving or causing or permitting another person to drive other than
in accordance with a licence (full or provisional) (RTA88 S87(1) and (2) as amended) | 171,300 | 147,300 | 85 | 800 | 0
|
(c) driving after the refusal or revocation of a licence
Driving while disqualified from holding or obtaining a licence
(RTA88 S103(1)) | 48,500 | 25,100 | 52 | 18,200 | 38
|
Driving after false declaration as to physical illness; driving after failing to declare; driving after refusal or revocation(13) (RTA88 SS92–94 as
amended) | 60 | 44 | 73 | 1 | 2
|
(12) Does not include persons disqualified by the courts under S35 of the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 (penalty points system/totting-up). S35 statistics relate to persons only and cannot be attributed to a specific offence.
(13) Cannot separately identify driving after refusal and revocation from the two other offences within the category (part of the same sub classification code)
0 = Less than 0.5 per cent.
Muslim Prison Population
Mrs. Gillan:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what the Muslim prison population in England and Wales is, broken down by (a) sex, (b) nationality and (c) ethnicity; [199893]
(2) what the Muslim prison population was on 1 November in each of the past five years for which figures are available, broken down by (a) ethnicity, (b) nationality and (c) sex. [199894]
Paul Goggins:
The requested information for 31 October in each year from 2000 to 2004, as recorded on the Prison Service central IT system, is provided in the tables.
Population of Muslim prisoners, by gender—England and Wales, 31 October
| Male | Female
|
|---|
| 2000 | 4,551 | 102
|
| 2001 | 4,867 | 113
|
| 2002 | 5,767 | 130
|
| 2003 | 6,132 | 133
|
| 2004 | 6,758 | 146
|
Population of Muslim prisoners, by nationality—England and Wales, 31 October
| 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004
|
|---|
| All | 4,653 | 4,980 | 5,897 | 6,265 | 6,904
|
| United Kingdom | 3,066 | 3,308 | 3,837 | 3,889 | 4,375
|
| | | | |
|
| Africa | | | | |
|
| Algeria | 92 | 93 | 129 | 136 | 135
|
| Angola | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3
|
| Benin | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1
|
| Botswana | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1
|
| Burkina Faso | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1
|
| Burundi | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1
|
| Cameroon United Republic0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2
|
| Central African Republic | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1
|
| Chad | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1
|
| Congo | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4
|
| Congo, Democratic Republic of3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 7
|
| Cote D'lvoire (Ivory Coast)2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 6
|
| Djibouti | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0
|
| Egypt | 8 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 14
|
| Ethiopia | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2
|
| Gabon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1
|
| Gambia | 16 | 14 | 10 | 22 | 32
|
| Ghana | 7 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 15
|
| Guinea | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8
|
| Kenya | 9 | 12 | 17 | 21 | 14
|
| Liberia | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8
|
| Libya | 9 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 15
|
| Malawi | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3
|
| Mali | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0
|
| Mauritania | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
|
| Mauritius | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1
|
| Mayotte | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0
|
| Morocco | 35 | 39 | 33 | 38 | 36
|
| Mozambique | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1
|
| Namibia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0
|
| Niger | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1
|
| Nigeria | 32 | 40 | 36 | 44 | 74
|
| Rwanda | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1
|
| Senegal | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2
|
| Seychelles | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
|
| Sierre Leone | 9 | 8 | 21 | 25 | 27
|
| Somalia | 121 | 109 | 168 | 168 | 212
|
| South Africa | 12 | 12 | 15 | 12 | 10
|
| Sudan | 3 | 3 | 4 | 31 | 16
|
| Tanzania | 3 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 9
|
| Togo | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0
|
| Tunisia | 3 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 14
|
| Uganda | 6 | 9 | 14 | 18 | 19
|
| Zambia | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4
|
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3
|
| | | | |
|
| Asia | | | | |
|
| Bangladesh | 108 | 110 | 124 | 137 | 135
|
| Bhutan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1
|
| China | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1
|
| Hong Kong | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0
|
| India | 34 | 35 | 38 | 39 | 35
|
| Indonesia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1
|
| Malaysia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1
|
| Myanmar, Union of (Burma)0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0
|
| Pakistan | 291 | 306 | 361 | 354 | 348
|
| Sri Lanka | 5 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 11
|
| Surinam | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2
|
| Vietnam | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0
|
| | | | |
|
| Central/South America | | | | |
|
| Argentina | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1
|
| Belize | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1
|
| Bolivia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0
|
| Brazil | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5
|
| Columbia | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0
|
| Ecuador | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0
|
| Venezuela | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1
|
| | | | |
|
| Europe | | | | |
|
| Albania | 37 | 35 | 48 | 42 | 56
|
| Andorra | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1
|
| Armenia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2
|
| Austria | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0
|
| Azerbaijan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0
|
| Belgium | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2
|
| Bosnia-Hercegovina | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2
|
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0
|
| Croatia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0
|
| Cyprus | 57 | 49 | 45 | 41 | 38
|
| Czech Republic | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0
|
| Denmark | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3
|
| France | 18 | 21 | 29 | 34 | 35
|
| Germany | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8
|
| Greece | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0
|
| Irish Republic | 5 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 6
|
| Italy | 3 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 13
|
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0
|
| Kyrgystan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2
|
| Lithuania | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0
|
| Macedonia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2
|
| Netherlands | 17 | 22 | 42 | 35 | 24
|
| Norway | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2
|
| Portugal | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5
|
| Romania | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5
|
| Russia | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 13
|
| San Marino | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0
|
| Serbia and Montenegro | 43 | 41 | 68 | 48 | 51
|
| Slovenia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0
|
| Spain | 4 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 5
|
| Sweden | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3
|
| Turkey | 168 | 178 | 174 | 225 | 199
|
| Turkmenistan | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0
|
| Uzbekistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0
|
| | | | |
|
| Middle East | | | | |
|
| Afghanistan | 27 | 16 | 32 | 62 | 59
|
| Bahrain | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1
|
| Iran | 39 | 37 | 57 | 60 | 86
|
| Iraq | 33 | 26 | 81 | 128 | 185
|
| Israel | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7
|
| Jordan | 6 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 8
|
| Kuwait | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6
|
| Lebanon | 7 | 15 | 9 | 18 | 16
|
| Qatar | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0
|
| Republic of Yemen | 1 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 9
|
| Saudi Arabia | 5 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 5
|
| Syrian Arab Republic | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 10
|
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 5
|
| | | | |
|
| North America | | | | |
|
| Canada | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4
|
| United States of America | 9 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 8
|
| | | | |
|
| Oceania | | | | |
|
| Australia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1
|
| Fiji | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2
|
| Samoa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1
|
| Soloman Islands | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1
|
| | | | |
|
| Other | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0
|
| | | | |
|
| West Indies | | | | |
|
| Anguilla | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0
|
| Aruba | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0
|
| Bahamas | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1
|
| Barbados | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5
|
| Dominica | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0
|
| Dominican Republic | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0
|
| Grenada | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1
|
| Guyana | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4
|
| Jamaica | 98 | 120 | 145 | 162 | 166
|
| Montserrat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0
|
| Netherlands Antilles | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2
|
| St Christopher and Nevis | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0
|
| St Kitts and Nevis | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1
|
| St Lucia | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0
|
| St Vincent & The Grenadines2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1
|
| Trinidad and Tobago | 5 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 16
|
| Virgin Islands | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0
|
| Not recorded | 110 | 133 | 162 | 205 | 195
|
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Population of Muslim prisoners, by ethnicity(14)—England and Wales, 31 October
| 2000 | 2001 | 2002
|
|---|
| White | 536 | 605 | 727
|
| Black | 1,598 | 1,667 | 1,889
|
| South Asian | 1,283 | 1,425 | 1,708
|
| Chinese and other | 1,232 | 1,276 | 1,570
|
| Unrecorded | 5 | 7 | 3
|
(14) Information is not available for October 2003 or October 2004
