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Police Cautions: Children

Sarah Teather: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many children were cautioned by police in each year since 1997, broken down by age of child. [132926]

John Reid: Information from the Cautions database held by the Office for Criminal Justice Reform showing the number of juveniles aged 10 to 17 cautioned by the police for all offences in England and Wales from 1997-2005, broken down by age, are provided in the following tables. Both cautions and convictions have increased since 1997.

Number of offenders aged 10 to 17 cautioned in England and Wales, by age, 1997-2007( 1,2,3,4)
Age 1997 7998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

10

2,052

2,297

2,207

2,061

1,979

1,611

1,650

1,719

2,095

11

4,283

4,775

4,599

4,484

4,422

3,537

3,559

3,847

4,536

12

7,744

8,807

8,278

8,247

8,182

6,878

6,990

8,004

9,235

13

12,219

13,746

13,244

12,713

13,296

10,862

11,353

13,356

15,597

14

17,383

17,979

17,662

17,529

17,473

15,227

15,908

18,984

22,397

15

19,737

20,896

19,788

19,267

19,567

17,005

18,732

21 ,663

24,826

16

20,404

20,583

19,008

17,505

17,920

16,313

17,714

20,346

22,149

17

20,698

20,642

19,192

15,735

15,203

15,156

16,027

17,089

18,040

Total

104,520

109,725

103,978

97,541

98,042

86,589

91,933

105,008

118,875

(1) These data are provided on the principal offence basis.
(2) From 1 June 2000 the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 came into force nationally and removed the use of cautions for persons under 18 and replaced them with reprimands and final warnings. These figures have been included in the totals.
(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 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) Offenders aged under 10 cannot be cautioned for an offence.

Number of juveniles found guilty at all courts or cautioned for all offences, England and Wales 1997 to 2005( 1)
Found guilty Cautioned( 2)
Male Female Total Male Female Total

1997

69,697

9,454

79,151

80,866

23,654

104,520

1998

75,701

10,805

86,506

82,441

27,284

109,725

1999

79,389

10,891

90,280

78,478

25,500

103,978

2000

80,513

10,910

91,423

72,089

25,452

97,541

2001

84,128

11,402

95,530

72,070

25,972

98,042

2002

83,181

11,365

94,546

63,554

23,034

86,588

2003

80,849

11,692

92,541

66,910

25,023

91,933

2004

83,413

12,775

96,188

74,476

30,532

105,008

2005

82,431

13,726

96,157

83,199

35,676

118,875

(1) These data are on the principal offence basis.
(2) From 1 June 2000 Cautions for 10 to 17-year-olds were replaced by reprimands and final warnings under the Crime and Disorder Act 1998.
Note:
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 courts. 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.
Source:
RDS—Office for Criminal Justice Reform

Police: Cambridgeshire

Mr. Stewart Jackson: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on police funding in Cambridgeshire. [144067]

Mr. McNulty: Cambridgeshire police authority, like every other police authority in England and Wales, has received a sustained increase in police funding over the last 10 years. Total grants to Cambridgeshire have increased by nearly £30 million (51.2 per cent.) since 1997-98.

Police: Complaints

Mr. Watson: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer to my hon. Friend the Member for Wrexham (Ian Lucas) of 18 May 2007, Official Report, column 960W, on police complaints, when he last met the Independent Police
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Complaints Commission (IPCC) to discuss the number of complaints made to the IPCC. [141789]

Mr. McNulty: I have met the IPCC on a number of occasions to discuss issues around the police complaints system, the most recent being in March 2007 when complaints statistics were discussed.

Police: Death Benefits

Mr. Watson: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assistance he provides to the dependants of fallen police officers; and if he will make a statement. [143204]

Mr. McNulty: The Police (Injury Benefit) Regulations 2006 provide for certain awards and gratuities to be paid by the police authority for the force where the officer last served to his or her dependants where the officer died as the result of an injury received without default in the execution of his or her duty as a constable. A surviving spouse or civil partner will receive a pension of up to half the officer's pensionable pay plus a lump-sum gratuity of up to either five times the officer's pensionable pay or four times the officer's total remuneration for the last twelve months of his or her service, whichever is the lesser amount. Other awards are available for surviving children and adult dependent relatives, subject to eligibility, the amount of any such award depending on the circumstances.

Police: Electronic Equipment

Mr. Iain Wright: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what progress has been made in providing front-line police officers with electronic hand-held devices to assist in reducing officer time away from such duties. [142198]

Mr. McNulty: Many forces are trialling the use of hand held devices, with support and guidance from the National Policing Improvement Agency (NPIA). Through the NPIA, the Home Office has directly funded mobile data trials in progress in six forces.

These trials will enable national standards to be created and provide valuable assessments of operational benefits; the time saved by officers not having to return to the station; and the differences between the bearers and devices in different situations.

Police: Finance

Annette Brooke: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what representations he has received on the use by police authorities of the allocation of receipts from taxation on second homes and the allocation of such funds to the district from which they were collected. [143762]

Mr. McNulty: We have received no such representations.

Police: Health

Mr. Watson: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what funding has been allocated to
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police authorities to enable police officers to maintain high levels of physical fitness in 2007-08. [143252]

Mr. McNulty: Police authorities are responsible for setting their own budgets and therefore determining how the funds received from central and local government are spent.

Police: ICT

Mr. Watson: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department which police forces are equipped with National Strategy for Police Information Systems in respect of (a) custody and (b) case preparation; when he expects the remaining police forces to adopt such systems; and if he will make a statement. [143206]

Mr. McNulty: 23 police forces have implemented the National Strategy for Police Information Systems (NSPIS) electronic custody management application in at least one site. 18 of these have the system deployed in all relevant sites. 26 forces have the NSPIS electronic case management application in live use in at least one site, with full implementation completed in 20 forces.

The implementation programme is now entering its final stages and will be completed in all forces—other than the Metropolitan Police (MPS)—by the end of 2007. The MPS will complete their implementation in 2008.


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