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Mr. Clegg: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people were arrested in the last year for which figures are available. [88945]
John Reid: Number of persons arrested for recorded crime (notifiable offences) during 2004-05 (latest available) is 1.35 million.
Mr. Burstow: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people were convicted of (a) drunkenness, (b) driving after consuming alcohol or taking drugs and (c) causing death by dangerous driving when under the influence of drink or drugs in each year since 2003 in (i) England, (ii) each region and (iii) each London borough. [88957]
Mr. Sutcliffe: Data from the court proceedings database held by the Office for Criminal Justice Reform, on the number of people convicted of (a) drunkenness, (b) driving after consuming alcohol or taking drugs and (c) causing death by careless driving when under the influence of drink or drugs (i) England, (ii) each region and (iii) each London Court Area from 2003 to 2004 can be found in the following tables, a copy of which I will place in the House Library. Note that the offence stated in part (iii) of the question relates to ‘careless' driving rather than ‘dangerous’ driving. Because regional boundaries and court area boundaries differ slightly, totals for London may differ between tables when both breakdowns are used.
Court proceeding statistics for 2005 will be available in the autumn of 2006.
In addition to this, the penalty notice for disorder (PND) scheme was brought into effect in all police forces in England and Wales in 2004. Under the scheme the police are able to issue persons committing specified minor offences including being drunk in a highway and drunk and disorderly, with a fixed penalty notice. No admission of guilt is required and payment of the penalty discharges all liability for the offence. Data on the number of PNDs issued for these offences in each police force area in England in 2004 and 2005 (provisional) can also be found in the following tables. It is not possible to identify the number of PNDs which were issued in each London borough as the data are not collected at that level of detail centrally.
| Number of persons convicted at all courts for offences relating to ‘drunkenness' and ‘drunkenness with aggravation' by region, England 2003 to 2004( 1, 2, 3) | ||||
| Drunkenness, simple | Drunkenness, with aggravation | |||
| Region | 2003 | 2004 | 2003 | 2004 |
| (1 )These data are on the principal offence basis. (2) Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts, and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used. (3) Includes the offence of “drunk and disorderly” [Criminal Justice Act 1967 Sec.91] and other miscellaneous offences of drunkenness with aggravation. Drunkenness, simple includes offences under S.12 Licensing Act 1872, Sporting Events (Control of Alcohol etc) Act 1985 SS.1(4), 1A(4), 2.(2) and S.12 Criminal Justice & Police Act 2001 Source: Office for Criminal Justice Reform | ||||
| Number of people convicted at all courts for offences relating to causing death by careless driving when under the influence of drink or drugs, by region England 2003 to 2004( 1, 2, 3) | ||
| Region | 2003 | 2004 |
| (1) These data are on the principal offence basis. (2) Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts, and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used. (3) Offence under the Road Traffic Act 1988 Sec 3A as added by the Road Traffic Act 1991 Sec 3 and amended by CJA 1993, Sec 67. Source: Office for Criminal Justice Reform | ||
Criminal Assets
Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what value of criminal assets were recovered in each of the last five years. [88654]
Mr. Coaker: The information requested is set out in the Table.
| Recovered criminal assets (England, Wales and Northern Ireland) | |
| Total recovered (£ million) | |
Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what sums from recovered criminal assets were allocated to police forces in each of the last five years. [88660]
Mr. McNulty: The allocation of recovered criminal assets to police forces was first introduced in 2004-05 under a new incentive scheme. A total of £13 million was distributed to police forces in England, Wales and Northern Ireland on the basis each force’s asset recovery performance in that year. A further £26 million was allocated to forces on the basis of performance in 2005-06.
Criminal Justice Boards
Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what targets have been set for local criminal justice boards. [88661]
Mr. Sutcliffe: The targets that the Lord Chancellor, the Attorney-General and I have agreed with local criminal justice boards (LCJBs) for 2006-07 are set out in the Criminal Justice System Business Plan 2006-07. Each LCJB has targets to: improve confidence in the CJS; increase victim and witness satisfaction; bring more offences to justice; improve the enforcement of fines, failure to appear warrants, community penalties and confiscation orders; and meet the Persistent Young Offender pledge. The CJS Business Plan 2006-07 can be accessed at http://www.cjsonline.gov.uk/downloads/application/pdf/CJSpercent20Businesspercent20Planpercent202006-7.pdf
Criminal Justice IT Programme
Mr. Bellingham: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on the operation of the criminal justice IT programme. [58652]
Mr. Sutcliffe: The organisations that make up the Criminal Justice System use a variety of information systems designed to meet their local needs, but which were not originally designed to share information with colleagues working in other criminal justice organisations.
This is why, in response to the “Justice for All” Government White Paper, the Criminal Justice System Information Technology (CJS IT) programme was established in 2002 with the following vision: “By March 31 2008, anyone involved in the CJS—users of it or people working within it—should have access from any browser enabled device, to a seamless, coherent set of computer systems and information to cover the breadth of their dealings”.
The overall cost of the CJS IT programme, across both SR2002 and SR2004, is £1.95 billion. This funding is ring-fenced, with spending controlled by five key-holders: the Home Secretary, the Attorney-General, the Lord Chancellor, the Minister with responsibility for the CJS and the Director of Criminal Justice IT (CJIT).
The programme sits under its own NCJB (National Criminal Justice Board) Sub-Group, chaired by the Minister with responsibility for the CJS—a role that
has been delegated to me—dedicated to tracking progress and assisting in the resolution of cross-cutting issues.
The programme also reports to the Operational Board of the Office for Criminal Justice Reform—a cross-departmental organisation that supports all criminal justice agencies in working together to provide an improved service to the public and which reports on an equal basis to the Home Office, Department for Constitutional Affairs and Law Officers' Department.
Criminal Justice IT (CJIT), which was created to co-ordinate the CJS IT programme, is working with the criminal justice organisations to identify and implement ways to join up the individual processes, systems and services.
CJIT has developed a set of key tools, techniques and repeatable processes to ensure successful delivery of this large-scale IT programme, many of which are creating best practice. These include evidence-based CJS IT portfolio prioritisation/investment appraisal, active benefits realisation, performance management, and full open, factual and transparent reporting to all stakeholders.
Expenditure and deliverables for the CJS IT programme are approved annually by the five key-holders and monthly progress reports are provided to various governance bodies (including the Operational Board of the Office for Criminal Justice Reform) and key stakeholders (including Her Majesty's Treasury).
Criminal Records Bureau
Keith Vaz: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many applications were made to the Criminal Records Bureau for (a) enhanced and (b) standard checks in the last year for which figures are available. [48697]
Joan Ryan: I refer my right hon. Friend to the answer given on 8 February 2006, Official Report, column 1268W. In 2005, the Bureau received 293,615 standard disclosures and 2,443,207 enhanced disclosures.
Mr. Frank Field: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how long on average an applicant to the Criminal Records Bureau in (a) November 2005 and (b) February 2006 waited for a reply. [88623]
Joan Ryan: I refer my right hon. Friend to my written answer of 6 July 2006, Official Report, column 1325W.
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