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Mr. Ruffley: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many drivers convicted of driving when under the influence of alcohol or drugs in the East of England in each year since 1997 had previous convictions for the same offence, broken down by police authority. [159229]

Mr. Coaker: Information on the Court Proceedings Database maintained by the Ministry of Justice does not enable the identification of repeat drink or drug driving offenders.

Departments: Accountancy

Mr. Letwin: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what accounts directions were issued by her Department in financial years (a) 2005-06 and (b) 2006-07. [156631]

Mr. Byrne: Under the Government Resource and Accounts Act 2000, HM Treasury issues accounts directions to departments, pension schemes and agencies and under the Government Trading Fund Act 1973 to trading funds.

For the years 2005-06 and 2006-07 the Home Office has issued accounts directions for the form and content of resource and other accounts to the following sponsored bodies:

2005-06

2006-07

Departments: Road Traffic Offences

Norman Baker: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many fixed penalty tickets were incurred by vehicles within the purview of her Department in the last year for which figures are available; and what the total cost was. [157895]

Mr. Coaker: This information is not collected centrally.

I refer the hon. Gentleman to his question answered on 18 October 2007, Official Report, column 1185W, by my hon. Friend, the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport (Jim Fitzpatrick).

Detection Rates

Mr. Laurence Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the detection rates were for reported crime in England and Wales in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available, broken down by categories of crime. [158723]

Mr. McNulty [holding answer 16 October 2007]: The information is shown in the following table.


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Detection rates by offence group in England and Wales
Percentage detected
Total crime Violence against the person Sexual offences Robbery Burglary Offences against vehicles( 1) Other theft offences Fraud and forgery Criminal damage Drug offences Other offences

1997

28

79

77

27

23

16

33

48

19

98

78

1998-99

29

71

68

23

19

13

32

36

17

97

78

1999-2000(2)

22

65

59

18

13

8

27

30

15

97

74

2000-01(3)

24

59

45

17

12

8

25

28

14

95

79

2001-02(4)

23

57

45

17

12

8

24

27

13

94

77

2002-03(5, 6)

23

54

39

19

12

9

21

26

13

93

76

2003-04

23

50

36

19

13

9

20

26

13

93

73

2004-05(7)

26

53

34

20

13

10

20

26

14

95

70

2005-06

27

54

35

18

14

10

22

29

15

95

71

2006-07

27

51

32

19

14

11

23

28

15

95

70

(1) Offences of aggravated vehicle taking and theft of and from a vehicle. Includes interfering with a motor vehicle from 1998-99 onwards.
(2) Revised detections guidance was implemented on 1 April 1999. The new instructions provided more precise and rigorous criteria for recording a detection.
(3) Excludes British Transport police, Durham, Hampshire, Leicestershire, South Yorkshire and West Yorkshire.
(4) Excludes British Transport police, Durham and Leicestershire.
(5) The National Crime Recording Standard was implemented in April 2002. It was expected to have an inflationary effect on recorded crime, and the general assumption was that it would depress the detection rates in 2002-03 and 2003-04 since additional recorded crimes would generally be less serious and possibly harder to detect.
(6) Data for the British Transport police have been included from 2002-03 onwards.
(7) The classification and coverage of offences included in the sexual offences group changed from 1 May 2004 following the introduction of the Sexual Offences Act 2003. This added a number of new offences and the definitions of other offences were broadened.

Driving Offences: Greater London

Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many incidents there were of a vehicle failing to stop at the scene of a crime in the Greater London area in each of the last five years. [159004]

Mr. Coaker: This information is not collected centrally.

Driving Under Influence: Greater London

Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people were cautioned or charged for the offence of driving while unfit under the influence of drugs in the Greater London area in each of the last five years. [159001]

Mr. Coaker: This information is not collected centrally.

Driving: Insurance

Mr. Ruffley: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people were prosecuted for driving cars while uninsured in each police authority area in the East of England in each year since 1997. [159233]

Mr. Coaker: Available information is given in the table.

Information collected centrally on motoring offences does not identify the type of vehicle involved, unless the offence is specific to that type of vehicle

Proceedings at magistrates courts for the offence of using a motor vehicle uninsured against third party risks( 1) within the east region of England by police force area, 1997-2004
Police force area 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003( 2) 2004

East region

27,095

27,875

26,278

27,553

29,550

32,351

35,177

33,051

Bedfordshire

4,724

4,449

3,479

3,594

4,651

4,731

5,041

4,534

Cambridgeshire

3,440

3,425

3,058

2,929

2,508

2,875

3,301

3,120

Essex

7,161

7,025

7,336

7,898

7,708

7,811

7,489

7,132

Hertfordshire

4,580

5,799

4,748

5,258

5,816

6,612

7,216

7,463

Norfolk

3,932

3,434

3,468

3,951

4,744

5,563

6,322

5,084

Suffolk

3,258

3,743

4,189

3,923

4,123

4,759

5,808

5,718

(1) An offence under the Road Traffic Act 1988 s. 143 (2). (2) As from 1 June 2003, ‘driving a motor vehicle while uninsured against third party risks' became a fixed penalty offence. 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. 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 those data are used.
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