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British Transport Police

Mrs. May: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prosecutions were made by the British Transport police in each British Transport police area, for (a) selling alcohol or attempting to sell alcohol to a person who is drunk, (b) selling alcohol or attempting to sell alcohol to an individual under 18 years, (c) being drunk and disorderly, (d) being drunk and incapable and (e) violence against the person in each year for which figures are available. [24967]


 
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Hazel Blears: It is not possible to identify prosecutions made by the British Transport police on the Home Office court proceedings database as the prosecuting authority cannot be identified.

Citizenship Tests

Mr. Hollobone: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether people from abroad with only limited English need to pass the Life in the UK test to gain British citizenship. [25428]

Andy Burnham: All those applying for naturalisation as UK citizens will need to demonstrate that they have a sufficient knowledge of life in this country unless they are exempt, for instance on grounds of age. As first set out in the written statement dated 15 June 2005, Official Report, columns 15–16WS, there are two ways of doing this. An applicant may qualify by passing the Life in the UK test, or by successfully completing an accredited ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages) course which includes approved teaching materials on the theme of citizenship.

Crime

Mike Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many cases of antisocial behaviour have been reported to police in Hemel Hempstead constituency in each year since 1997. [25582]


 
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Hazel Blears: There is currently no data on the number of incidents of antisocial behaviour (ASB) due to the subjective nature of ASB itself. The latest data collected on ASB relates to the public perception of ASB in England and Wales and is measured by the British Crime Survey

Mr. Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many convictions for each category of crime there have been in (a) Essex, (b) the Metropolitan police area of London and (c) Hertfordshire in each of the last five years for which figures are available; what the (i) conviction rate and (ii) clear-up rate for each category was in that period; and if he will make a statement. [20093]

Hazel Blears: Information on the number of defendants proceeded against at magistrates courts and found guilty at all courts for each category of offence in Essex, the Metropolitan police force area and Hertfordshire, 1999 to 2003, is given in the table together with the conviction rates. Statistics for 2004 will be published in late November.

The detections rate statistics are based on the number of offences recorded and detected by the police in England and Wales. These data are not comparable with those for convictions, which look at the actual number of defendants found guilty. Data on detection rates are provided in table 2.
Detection rates by offence group and police force area
Percentage

Police force areaTotalViolence against the personSexual offencesRobberyBurglaryTheft and handling stolen goodsFraud and forgeryCriminal damageDrug offencesOther offences
2000–01
Essex26785626131830159667
Metropolitan Police152831121091098946
Hertfordshire24746534141835129666
2001–02
Essex26795025131928149567
Metropolitan Police142632111091088443
Hertfordshire24806831112038129980
2002–03
Essex27714021131722159363
Metropolitan Police14243313138988244
Hertfordshire23665331151823129768
2003–04
Essex28693721121724159566
Metropolitan Police152634121281398749
Hertfordshire25645434171721149367
2004–05
Essex27633323121728159374
Metropolitan Police21433515131012139761
Hertfordshire29684136211921159576




Notes:
1. Offences detected in the current year may have been initially recorded in earlier years and for this reason percentages may exceed 100.
2. Number of recorded crimes and detections will be affected by changes in reporting and recording. For more information see Chapter 3 in 'Crime in England and Wales 2002/03'.




 
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Number of defendants proceeded against at magistrates courts and found guilty at all courts for all offences by offence type, with conviction rates(17). Essex, Hertfordshire and Metropolitan police force areas, 1999–2003

1999
2000
2001
Police force areaProceeded againstFound
guilty
Conviction rate (percentage)Proceeded againstFound
guilty
Conviction rate (percentage)Proceeded againstFound
guilty
Conviction rate (percentage)
Essex
Violence against the person1,454622431,361569421,54761340
Sexual offences228813615181541956634
Burglary828533648374365271740356
Robbery132896715378511988040
Theft and handling stolen goods3,6692,815773,4732,572743,4762,67777
Fraud and forgery591411706373866162740364
Criminal damage53032361483274571,19579867
Drug offences1,2671,131891,1391,001881,13397986
Other indictable offences1,799854471,687790471,81172540
Indictable motoring offences294203692601887229321072
Summary offences (excluding motoring)
19,485
16,1988320,85816,6828015,59512,33079
Summary motoring offences24,21220,6918523,98520,0628426,34522,12584
Total all offences54,48943,9518155,02443,1197853,13241,40978

2002
2003
Police force areaProceeded againstFound
guilty
Conviction rate (percentage)Proceeded againstFound
guilty
Conviction rate (percentage)
Essex
Violence against the person1,298618481,47170248
Sexual offences20179391867741
Burglary6804056064841063
Robbery20695461718449
Theft and handling stolen goods3,1692,484782,9942,45782
Fraud and forgery5933956752538674
Criminal damage7284416164840262
Drug offences1,095981901,03889686
Other indictable offences1,806726402,00179940
Indictable motoring offences2781926924618374
Summary offences (excluding motoring)17,86214,2558017,29813,93281
Summary motoring offences32,74726,9328226,46621,96083
Total all offences60,66347,6037853,69242,28879

1999
2000
2001
Police force areaProceeded againstFound guiltyConviction rate (percentage)Proceeded againstFound guiltyConviction rate (percentage)Proceeded againstFound guiltyConviction rate (percentage)
Metropolitan police
Violence against the person11,0244,9054411,1665,0764511,8535,41346
Sexual offences1,117532481,043463441,28352741
Burglary5,2643,297635,3023,276625,3102,97756
Robbery2,8061,410503,5911,451404,8561,76736
Theft and handling stolen goods23,27618,5118021,36316,7997921,16016,35677
Fraud and forgery4,8253,306694,6093,269714,3022,99770
Criminal damage3,1371,804582,5711,458572,5511,34053
Drug offences11,2809,9998910,3878,8688511,4659,18180
Other indictable offences12,0886,9955812,0386,8025712,6697,14156
Indictable motoring offences1,162779671,085741681,18776765
Summary offences (excluding motoring)
96,567
79,40182100,23483,61 18379,56264,07981
Summary motoring offences80,26863,3877971,61055,5427870,37055,09978
Total all offences252,814194,32677244,999187,35676226,568167,64474

2002
2003
Police force areaProceeded againstFound guiltyConviction rate (percentage)Proceeded againstFound guiltyConviction rate (percentage
Metropolitan police
Violence against the person12,8086,3945011,9925,87149
Sexual offences1,461603411,54856737
Burglary5,7153,339585,3433,20760
Robbery4,8721,936404,0481,83545
Theft and handling stolen goods22,51717,7737920,23915,84578
Fraud and forgery4,8163,420715,0383,60171
Criminal damage2,4371,378572,4591,35755
Drug offences12,40410,4618412,32710,40884
Other indictable offences14,5188,2355713,9837,86556
Indictable motoring offences1,304857661,5761,00864
Summary offences (excluding motoring)98,04481,0988393,10676,54882
Summary motoring offences74,83659,4427978,79062,51879
Total all offences255,732194,93676250,449190,63076

 
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1999
2000
2001
Police force areaProceeded againstFound guiltyConviction rate (percentageProceeded againstFound guiltyConviction rate (percentage)Proceeded againstFound guiltyConviction rate (percentage
Hertfordshire
Violence against the person90339344973467481,00545645
Sexual offences11449431036361875563
Burglary373254684262556039822657
Robbery74638513657421248972
Theft and handling stolen goods1,7431,315752,0151,482741,9661,48275
Fraud and forgery376263704453487834325073
Criminal damage6940585637662941141
Drug offences525447854814218853646286
Other indictable offences871440519054474996049451
Indictable motoring offences84678010981741118072
Summary offences (excluding motoring)
9,382
7,3247810,6408,161779,9557,68777
Summary motoring offences12,85410,2037912,2189,2397611,8668,96176
Total all offences27,36820,8587628,50721,0587427,38020,28374

2002
2003
Police force areaProceeded againstFound guiltyConviction rate (percentageProceeded againstFound guiltyConviction rate (percentage
Hertfordshire
Violence against the person1,046539521,19050743
Sexual offences11470611325239
Burglary5243146054531357
Robbery1851136117711062
Theft and handling stolen goods2,1021,558742,1611,67177
Fraud and forgery3712807540929773
Criminal damage6432501066057
Drug offences5824818363054587
Other indictable offences1,025471461,37962445
Indictable motoring offences149956419812865
Summary offences (excluding motoring)8,8406,6967611,2648,46975
Summary motoring offences13,82310,3897515,18611,98779
Total all offences28,82521,0387333,37724,76374


(17) Conviction rate is based on the proportion of defendants proceeded against, who were found guilty
Note:
These data are on the principal offence basis.
Source:
RDS—Office For Criminal Justice Reform.





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