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Driving Under Influence: Sentencing

Mr. Carmichael: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) women, (b) men, (c) women under 30 years old and (d) men under 30 years old who committed drink driving offences in each of the last 10 years were given (i) a prison sentence, (ii) a mandatory disqualification from driving and (iii) a fine. [142587]

Mr. Coaker: Information for the period and at the level of detail requested could be provided only at disproportionate cost. The following table gives information for 1995, 1998, 2001, 2003, and 2004 (the latest available).

Data for 2005 will be available later in the year.

Table A: findings of guilt, immediate custody and number fined at all courts for the offence of driving etc. after consuming alcohol or taking drugs( 1) , females by age of offender, England and Wales
Number of offences
1995 1998 2001 2003 2004
All ages Aged under 30 All ages Aged under 30 All ages Aged under 30 All ages Aged under 30 All ages Aged under 30

Total findings of guilt at all courts

6,793

2,636

8,509

3,014

8,402

2,949

10,112

3,513

10,765

3,863

of which:

Immediate custody(2)

105

31

171

48

179

57

172

54

196

55

Fine

5,510

2,206

6,650

2,509

6,404

2,379

7,701

2,806

8,059

3,036

(1) Offences under the Road Traffic Act 1988 ss. 4 (1) and (2), 5 (a) and (b), 6 (4), 7 (6) and s.7A as added by the Police Reform Act 2002 s. 56.
(2) Immediate custody = Detention and Training Order, Young Offender Institution and Unsuspended sentence of imprisonment.
Notes:
1. 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 these data are used.
2. 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 being implemented by the Ministry of Justice reports all motoring offences to the Office for Criminal Justice Reform. This will enable more complete figures to be disseminated.


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Table B: findings of guilt, immediate custody and number fined at all courts for the offence of driving etc. after consuming alcohol or taking drugs( 1) , males by age of offender, England and Wales
Number of offences
1995 1998 2001 2003 2004
All ages Aged under 30 All ages Aged under 30 All ages Aged under 30 All ages Aged under 30 All ages Aged under 30

Total findings of guilt at all courts

85,693

37,226

84,604

36,451

76,346

35,280

83,588

38,380

85,473

38,700

of which:

Immediate custody(2)

6,178

2,809

6,757

3,002

6,442

3,010

6,136

2,927

5,863

2,755

Fine

63,747

27,513

60,631

26,194

53,512

24,932

57,838

26,447

58,374

26,543

(1) Offences under the Road Traffic Act 1988 ss. 4 (1) and (2), 5 (a) and (b), 6 (4), 7 (6) and s.7A as added by the Police Reform Act 2002 s. 56.
(2) Immediate custody = Detention and Training Order, Young Offender Institution and Unsuspended sentence of imprisonment.
Notes:
1. 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 these data are used.
2. 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 being implemented by the Ministry of Justice reports all motoring offences to the Office for Criminal Justice Reform. This will enable more complete figures to be disseminated.

Table C: driving licence disqualifications( 1) imposed at all courts for the offence of driving etc. after consuming alcohol or taking drugs( 2) , England and Wales, 1995-2004
Number of offences
1995 1998 2001 2003 2004
All ages Aged under 30 All ages Aged under 30 All ages Aged under 30 All ages Aged under 30 All ages Aged under 30

Females

6,299

2,469

8,010

2,862

7,945

2,805

9,542

3,332

10,186

3,660

Males

77,595

33,483

78,178

33,687

71,332

33,021

77,470

35,558

80,122

36,288

(1) Disqualifications given as a secondary disposal. This covers cases where a disqualification from driving was given instead of a licence endorsement.
(2) Offences under the Road Traffic Act 1988 ss. 4 (1) and (2), 5 (a) and (b), 6 (4), 7 (6) and s.7A as added by the Police Reform Act 2002 s. 56.
Notes:
1. 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 these data are used.
2. 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 being implemented by the Ministry of Justice reports all motoring offences to the Office for Criminal Justice Reform. This will enable more complete figures to be disseminated.

Entry Clearances

Jim Cousins: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many enforcement actions for breach of (a) UK visitor, (b) resident and (c) overseas status limitations on working his Department and its agencies undertook in (i) 2004-05, (ii) 2005-06 and (iii) 2006-07. [140179]

Mr. Byrne: This information could be obtained only at a disproportionate cost.

Published statistics on immigration and asylum, including enforcement activity are available on the Home Office's research, development and statistics website at:

In January of this year Bulgaria and Romania joined the European Union. Bulgarian and Romanian nationals are the only European economic area (EEA) citizens to have their access to the UK labour market restricted; all other EEA citizens have the right of movement as workers or in case of A8 nationals via the worker registration scheme.

If individuals from Romania and Bulgaria are caught working illegally they are liable to a fixed penalty notice of £1, 000. Records indicate that since January 77 fixed penalty notices have been served.

Entry Clearances: Bexley

Mr. Evennett: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many applications for (a) leave to remain and (b) indefinite leave to remain were (i) granted and (ii) rejected from applicants with addresses in (A) Bexleyheath and Crayford and (B) the London Borough of Bexley in 2006. [127566]

Mr. Byrne: Information regarding the number of people living in the aforementioned constituencies who applied for leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain in 2006 is not available.

Fulbright Fellowship in Police Studies

Mr. Watson: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department which officials from his Department sit on the Fulbright Fellowship in Police Studies selection panel; what specialist training they receive; and if he will make a statement. [143241]

Mr. McNulty: The recent Fulbright Fellowship in Police Studies selection panel convened in April this year was attended by staff from the Equality, Diversity and Human Rights Unit and from the Leadership Academy. All panellists are conversant with interview techniques and questioning and are also briefed on the selection processes adopted by the Fulbright Fellowship.

Mr. Watson: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Fulbright Fellowship in Police Studies scheme for (a) police officers and (b) civilian staff. [143243]

Mr. McNulty: The National Policing Improvements Agency is supportive of the Fulbright Fellowship in Police Studies and will ensure that a programme is put in place to assess the effectiveness of the scheme for both police officers and police staff.

Genetics: Databases

Mark Pritchard: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) UK and (b) foreign
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nationals are recorded on the National DNA Database. [144068]

Joan Ryan: As of 10 June 2007, there were an estimated 3,976,090 individuals on the National DNA Database (NDNAD). The database does not record information on the nationality of those on it.

Identity and Passport Service: Finance

David Davis: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how the Identity and Passport Service will spend the Home Office funding it will receive in 2007-08, broken down by main budget heading. [135915]

John Reid: The allocation of the funding received by the Home Office for the 2007-08 financial year has been broken down in the manner outlined in the following table. Each percentage is based on the total Home Office funding allocated in the budget to date:

Percentage

Salaries and staff costs

21

Contracted staff and consultancy

56

IT and communications:

5

Other “cash costs” (e.g. rent, maintenance, security)

14

“Non-cash” costs (e.g. depreciation)

4


Identity Cards

Mr. Clegg: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Sutton and Cheam of 30 April 2007, Official Report, column 1407W, on identity cards, how much has been spent since the end of September 2006. [139991]

John Reid: Since the merger of the Home Office identity cards programme and the UK Passport Service to create the Identity and Passport Service on 1 April 2006, projects to deliver biometric passports, identity cards and other improvements have been necessarily combined. As much of the functionality needed to implement identity cards is also required for the implementation of biometric passports, this is the most cost-effective way to deliver these initiatives (e.g. both the implementation of biometric passports and identity cards will require a very similar application procedure as well the procurement of biometric recording equipment, data storage capability for biographical and biometric information and offices to facilitate enrolment).

As a result, much of the work conducted by Identity and Passport Service cannot be categorised, both financially and operationally, as contributing towards either the introduction of biometric passports or identity cards alone. The work is accounted for as future development projects.

Since the start of October 2006 to the end of the 2006-07 financial year, the cost of such development projects was £15.5 million.


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