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Chris Huhne: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many crimes were recorded in (a) England and Wales, (b) Eastleigh borough, (c) Hampshire, (d) Portsmouth and (e) Southampton involving (i) knives, (ii) guns and (iii) other offensive weapons in each year since 1995. [84662]
Mr. Coaker: Available data for firearms offences (excluding air weapons) relate only to police force area. Information for England and Wales and Hampshire is given in the following tables.
Although the homicide figures record where a sharp or blunt instrument has been used, it is not possible to identify from recorded crime statistics whether other crimes involve the use of a knife or other offensive weapon.
The National Crime Recording Standard was introduced in April 2002. Because of this figures before and after that date are not directly comparable.
| Table (A): Crimes recorded by the police in which firearms (excluding air weapons ) were reported to have been used,1995 to 2001-02 | ||
| England and Wales | Hampshire | |
| (1)
There was a change in counting rules for recorded crime on 1 April
1998. (2) Numbers of some recorded crimes may have
been inflated by some police forces implementing the principles of the
National Crime Recording Standard before 1 April
2002. | ||
| Table (B): Crimes recorded by the police in which firearms (excluding air weapons) were reported to have been used, 2002-03 to 2004-05 | ||
| England and Wales | Hampshire | |
| (1)
The National Crime Recording Standard was introduced in April 2002.
Because of this figures before and after that date are not directly
comparable. | ||
Mr. Kemp: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many crimes were recorded in each year since 1997 in (a) Houghton and Washington East constituency and (b) the Sunderland city council area. [87362]
Mr. McNulty: Information for the Houghton and Washington East constituency is not available centrally. The available information relates to the Sunderland Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnership (CDRP) area and is given in the tables. Data was collected at CDRP level for six key offences only for 1999 and for all crime from 2000-01.
| Table 1: Recorded offences in the Sunderland Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnership area, 1999-2000 to 2001-02 | |
| Number of offences | |
| n/a
= not
available | |
| Table 2: Recorded offences in the Sunderland Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnership area, 2002-03 to 2005-06 | |
| Number of offences | |
| Note:
The data in this table takes account of the introduction of the
National Crime Recording Standard in April 2002. These figures are not
directly comparable with those for earlier
years. | |
Sarah Teather: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) burglaries and (b) robberies there were in Brent in each year since 1997. [87711]
Mr. McNulty: Brent is a Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnership (CDRP) area. Data at CDRP level are only available from 1999-2000 and the available information is given in the following tables.
| Table 1: Recorded offences of burglary and robbery in Brent, 1999-2000 to 2001-02 | ||
| Burglary | Robbery | |
| Notes: 1 .
Figures for 1999-2000 are for domestic burglaries only.
2. Expanded offence coverage and revised counting rules came into
effect on 1 April 1998. The figures in this table are therefore not
directly comparable with those for earlier
years. | ||
| Table 2: Recorded offences of burglary and robbery in Brent, 2002-03 to 2005-06 | ||
| Burglary | Robbery | |
| Note:
The data in this table takes account of the introduction of the
National Crime Recording Standard in April 2002. These figures are not
directly comparable with those for earlier
years. | ||
Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) arrests, (b) charges and (c) convictions for (i) sexual offences and (ii) theft of cars there have been in each of the last five years. [88655]
Mr. McNulty: Information requested on arrests for sexual offences can be found in the annual Home Office Statistical Bulletin, Arrests for Recorded Crime (notifiable offences) and the Operation of Certain Police Powers under PACE, England and Wales—Table AA refers. Copies are available from the Library.
The
information requested on arrests for theft of cars is not available
centrally. Information on arrests is
based on persons arrested for recorded crime "notifiable" offences by
main offence group (i.e. theft and handling stolen goods, sexual
offences, violence against the person and burglary etc) and therefore
does not identify individual
offences.
Data on charges are not held centrally. However data from the Court Proceedings database held by the Office for Criminal Justice Reform on the number of defendants prosecuted at magistrates court, and convicted of (i) sexual and (ii) theft of cars offences in England and Wales, 2000 to 2004, are contained in the following table.
2004 data show the inclusion of a new list of offences brought under the Sexual Offences Act 2003, which came into effect on 1 May 2004.
Statistics for 2005 court proceedings will be available in the autumn of 2006.
| Number of defendants prosecuted at magistrates court and found guilty at all courts for sexual offences( 1) , England and Wales, 2000 to 2004( 2, 3) | ||
| Prosecuted | Guilty | |
| (1)
This includes Sexual Offences Act 1956, Mental Health Act 1959, Sexual
Offences Act 2003, Offences Against the Person Act 1861 s.57, Sex
Offenders Act 1997 s.3(1) (a) and (b), Indecency with Children Act 1960
s.1. (2 )These data are provided on the principal
offence basis. (3) 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 police forces 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. (4 )2004 data show
the inclusion of a new list of offences brought under the Sexual
Offences Act 2003, which came into effect on 1 May 2004.
Source: Office for Criminal Justice
Reform. | ||
Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many offences have been brought to justice in each of the last five years. [88659]
Mr. Sutcliffe: The information requested is contained in Chapter 5 of “Criminal Statistics 2004” which can be found at: http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs05/hosb1905.pdf
Table 5.1 on page 96 gives figures for the number of offences brought to justice in England and Wales between 1998/99 and 2004/05. The Departmental Report for 2005-06 has just been published, please use the following link; http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/documents/annual-report-06.pdf?view=Binary
The provisional offences brought to justice figures for 2005 can be found on page 29, and reference is also made on pages 28, 75 and 94.
Figures for 2005-06 will be published in the autumn of 2006.
Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department: (1) how many convictions for (a) murder, (b) rape, (c) sexual assault, (d) manslaughter and (e) robbery have been (i) overturned, (ii) reduced and (iii) increased after appeal in each of the last five years. [88500]; (2) how many convictions for (a) murder, (b) rape, (c) sexual assault, (d) manslaughter and (e) robbery have been overturned in the last three years; and in how many cases of each type the sentence was reduced. [88665]
Ms Harman: I have been asked to reply.
The following table sets out, for the past five years, the number of conviction appeals allowed, sentence appeals allowed and references by the Attorney General where the Court of Appeal Criminal Division decided to increase the sentence following review.
All figures relate to cases where the named offence (including inchoate offences) was the main offence under consideration by the Court. However, some results may reflect circumstances where the court also reviewed other offences committed by the same applicant.
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 is not collected at that level of detail centrally.
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 is 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 | ||
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