19 Feb 2007 : Column 162W—continued
| Number of offences |
| | 2003( 1) | 2004 |
| Police force area | Court proceedings( 3) | Fixed penalty notices issued | Court proceedings( 3) | Fixed penalty notices issued |
|
Avon and Somerset
|
17,163
|
5
|
17,489
|
47
|
|
Bedfordshire
|
5,041
|
—
|
4,534
|
—
|
|
Cambridgeshire
|
3,301
|
—
|
3,120
|
63
|
|
Cheshire
|
6,385
|
—
|
6,515
|
40
|
|
Cleveland
|
5,575
|
48
|
6,597
|
70
|
|
Cumbria
|
3,488
|
—
|
3,446
|
—
|
|
Derbyshire
|
5,793
|
—
|
6,326
|
—
|
|
Devon and Cornwall
|
9,676
|
—
|
8,943
|
—
|
|
Dorset
|
7,034
|
—
|
6,075
|
—
|
|
Durham
|
5,802
|
—
|
5,300
|
—
|
|
Essex
|
7,489
|
—
|
7,132
|
—
|
|
Gloucestershire
|
4,412
|
—
|
3,695
|
—
|
|
Greater Manchester
|
38,208
|
9
|
34,942
|
44
|
|
Hampshire
|
10,619
|
—
|
9,750
|
111
|
|
Hertfordshire
|
7,216
|
11
|
7,463
|
177
|
|
Humberside
|
5,509
|
—
|
5,170
|
—
|
|
Kent
|
9,788
|
10
|
10,673
|
12
|
|
Lancashire
|
21,229
|
37
|
16,065
|
91
|
|
Leicestershire
|
11,304
|
34
|
10,833
|
62
|
|
Lincolnshire
|
5,883
|
—
|
6,621
|
—
|
|
London, City of
|
2,563
|
2
|
2,812
|
21
|
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|
Merseyside
|
12,776
|
—
|
13,023
|
—
|
|
Metropolitan Police
|
43,100
|
43
|
47,806
|
147
|
|
Norfolk
|
6,322
|
—
|
5,084
|
—
|
|
Northamptonshire
|
4,157
|
5
|
5,804
|
40
|
|
Northumbria
|
12,951
|
38
|
11,685
|
7
|
|
North Yorkshire
|
3,774
|
33
|
4,065
|
95
|
|
Nottinghamshire
|
9,224
|
21
|
9,224
|
42
|
|
South Yorkshire
|
13,745
|
—
|
11,416
|
—
|
|
Staffordshire
|
7,214
|
36
|
7,439
|
122
|
|
Suffolk
|
5,808
|
—
|
5,718
|
—
|
|
Surrey
|
4,657
|
—
|
3,927
|
—
|
|
Sussex
|
5,808
|
—
|
4,371
|
—
|
|
Thames Valley
|
14,516
|
—
|
12,920
|
—
|
|
Warwickshire
|
3,756
|
31
|
4,160
|
50
|
|
West Mercia
|
7,735
|
—
|
7,249
|
—
|
|
West Midlands
|
36,409
|
—
|
39,696
|
37
|
|
West Yorkshire
|
26,966
|
3
|
32,404
|
46
|
|
Wiltshire
|
4,794
|
—
|
4,641
|
—
|
| | | | | |
|
Dyfed-Powys
|
3,094
|
—
|
2,244
|
—
|
|
Gwent
|
4,083
|
—
|
3,474
|
—
|
|
North Wales
|
5,968
|
78
|
6,022
|
139
|
|
South Wales
|
16,932
|
—
|
15,946
|
—
|
| | | | | |
|
England and Wales
|
447,267
|
444
|
441,819
|
1,463
|
(1) Fixed penalty of £200 introduced as from 1 June 2003.
(2) Only covers tickets paid where there is no further action.
(3) May include cases where fixed penalty notices were originally issued but not paid and subsequently referred to court.
(4) An offence under the Road Traffic Act 1988 s. 143 (2)
Notes:
1. It is known that for some police force areas, the reporting of court proceedings in particular those relating to summary motoring offences, may be less than complete. Work is under way to ensure that the magistrates courts case management system currently being implemented by the Department for Constitutional Affairs reports all motoring offences to the Office for Criminal Justice Reform. This will enable more complete figures to be disseminated.
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 limitations are taken into account when these data are used.
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| Table C: Proceedings at magistrates courts for the offence of failing to pay appropriate duty( 1) by police force area, England and Wales, 1997-2004 |
| Number of offences |
| Police force area | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
|
Avon and Somerset
|
8,090
|
9,329
|
7,676
|
6,786
|
5,893
|
7,963
|
7,027
|
6,513
|
|
Bedfordshire
|
2,392
|
2,132
|
1,488
|
1,166
|
846
|
1,308
|
2,149
|
275
|
|
Cambridgeshire
|
1,338
|
489
|
23
|
13
|
48
|
13
|
22
|
68
|
|
Cheshire
|
2,612
|
1,549
|
1,211
|
3,534
|
4,078
|
3,782
|
4,826
|
4,368
|
|
Cleveland
|
3,206
|
2,282
|
2,265
|
2,319
|
1,990
|
1,585
|
2,432
|
1,984
|
|
Cumbria
|
1,552
|
745
|
784
|
915
|
78
|
10
|
1,085
|
1,051
|
|
Derbyshire
|
3,489
|
1,824
|
1,242
|
1,090
|
980
|
1,131
|
3,870
|
2,923
|
|
Devon and Cornwall
|
7,173
|
6,561
|
6,162
|
5,923
|
5,540
|
8,827
|
9,826
|
6,947
|
|
Dorset
|
2,452
|
3,075
|
2,591
|
2,948
|
3,376
|
3,058
|
3,601
|
3,479
|
|
Durham
|
1,314
|
1,236
|
728
|
336
|
162
|
47
|
11
|
10
|
|
Essex
|
8,920
|
9,377
|
10,784
|
9,703
|
6,439
|
7,091
|
6,080
|
5,724
|
|
Gloucestershire
|
2,206
|
2,117
|
1,660
|
1,627
|
1,794
|
1,667
|
2,230
|
2,417
|
|
Greater Manchester
|
6,377
|
5,950
|
5,502
|
6,917
|
5,087
|
4,570
|
8,756
|
13,548
|
|
Hampshire
|
6,190
|
6,097
|
7,513
|
7,813
|
7,921
|
8,768
|
7,714
|
7,618
|
|
Hertfordshire
|
4,567
|
4,903
|
5,068
|
5,142
|
4,935
|
3,559
|
4,643
|
5,672
|
|
Humberside
|
4,094
|
2,400
|
4,333
|
4,838
|
4,532
|
4,649
|
5,410
|
4,106
|
|
Kent
|
998
|
1,958
|
189
|
43
|
2,250
|
4,503
|
5,411
|
5,831
|
|
Lancashire
|
3,611
|
5,479
|
5,146
|
5,890
|
7,215
|
5,351
|
6,414
|
4,688
|
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19 Feb 2007 : Column 166W
|
Leicestershire
|
5,201
|
5,745
|
5,460
|
5,802
|
5,487
|
5,881
|
5,671
|
4,324
|
|
Lincolnshire
|
3,128
|
2,753
|
2,661
|
2,162
|
2,078
|
2,303
|
2,501
|
2,042
|
|
London, City of
|
762
|
1,052
|
632
|
344
|
389
|
476
|
408
|
245
|
|
Merseyside
|
2,036
|
4,797
|
2,762
|
4,656
|
5,573
|
4,864
|
8,252
|
7,955
|
|
Metropolitan Police
|
19,618
|
16,980
|
16,375
|
15,408
|
15,603
|
14,649
|
26,813
|
40,086
|
|
Norfolk
|
2,623
|
972
|
903
|
875
|
1,937
|
2,059
|
3,118
|
2,819
|
|
Northamptonshire
|
3,626
|
4,100
|
3,908
|
4,824
|
4,408
|
4,880
|
4,462
|
3,435
|
|
Northumbria
|
4,092
|
3,107
|
3,619
|
4,559
|
4,245
|
3,618
|
3,183
|
2,588
|
|
North Yorkshire
|
1,590
|
1,309
|
1,076
|
924
|
950
|
714
|
846
|
1,227
|
|
Nottinghamshire
|
4,831
|
5,185
|
4,965
|
4,558
|
4,001
|
4,265
|
3,920
|
4,439
|
|
South Yorkshire
|
3,382
|
1,339
|
981
|
954
|
1,249
|
1,336
|
3,771
|
4,292
|
|
Staffordshire
|
2,573
|
1,696
|
571
|
409
|
146
|
81
|
75
|
167
|
|
Suffolk
|
2,402
|
2,894
|
2,923
|
3,593
|
2,912
|
2,911
|
2,993
|
2,596
|
|
Surrey
|
1,556
|
1,442
|
1,478
|
2,197
|
2,269
|
2,612
|
2,240
|
143
|
|
Sussex
|
5,928
|
7,635
|
5,330
|
7,114
|
6,794
|
6,803
|
7,733
|
317
|
|
Thames Valley
|
2,844
|
1,581
|
1,239
|
2,811
|
2,456
|
1,894
|
3,409
|
4,935
|
|
Warwickshire
|
2,320
|
1,227
|
1,002
|
942
|
872
|
798
|
983
|
1,901
|
|
West Mercia
|
2,614
|
3,383
|
2,944
|
3,419
|
3,122
|
3,099
|
3,061
|
122
|
|
West Midlands
|
17,406
|
9,389
|
7,432
|
6,607
|
5,035
|
5,528
|
14,040
|
11,350
|
|
West Yorkshire
|
7,572
|
6,112
|
5,685
|
6,246
|
5,662
|
5,151
|
8,547
|
9,139
|
|
Wiltshire
|
1,503
|
3,400
|
2,330
|
2,146
|
2,292
|
2,281
|
2,425
|
2,138
|
| | | | | | | | | |
|
Dyfed-Powys
|
2,463
|
2,587
|
2,289
|
2,067
|
1,841
|
1,925
|
1,784
|
1,487
|
|
Gwent
|
3,021
|
2,584
|
1,985
|
2,783
|
3,456
|
4,330
|
4,184
|
3,400
|
|
North Wales
|
2,200
|
1,400
|
1,359
|
1,613
|
1,941
|
2,781
|
3,188
|
2,240
|
|
South Wales
|
6,686
|
6,187
|
4,550
|
4,155
|
4,383
|
4,776
|
6,362
|
7,189
|
| | | | | | | | | |
|
England and Wales
|
182,558
|
166,359
|
148,824
|
158,171
|
152,265
|
157,897
|
205,476
|
197,798
|
(1) Offence under the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994 s. 29 (1) - (3)
Notes:
1. It is known that for some police force areas, the reporting of court proceedings in particular those relating to summary motoring offences, may be less than complete. Work is under way to ensure that the magistrates courts case management system currently being implemented by the Department for Constitutional Affairs reports all motoring offences to the Office for Criminal Justice Reform. This will enable more complete figures to be disseminated.
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.
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