House of Commons Hansard Written Answers for 27 Nov 2007 (pt 0017)

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Number of offenders cautioned for all offences, in England and London, 1997 to 2005 ^{( 1,3)}
	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
England	263,712	268,779	247,846	222,750	214,161	210,552	225,013	241,873	283,578
London ⁽²⁾	54,778	58,720	46,948	37,317	32,239	33,168	32,298	32,438	35,959
⁽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 those data are used. ⁽²⁾ The London total is the number of offenders cautioned in the Metropolitan and City of London Police force areas. ⁽³⁾ From 1 June 2000 the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 came into force nationally and removed the use of cautions for persons aged under 18 and replaced them with reprimands and final warnings. These figures have been included in the totals.

Offences detected by means of a cannabis warning^{( 1)}
Number of detections
Area	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07
England	37,119	60,059	77,110
London⁽²⁾	13,665	21,722	30,927
London boroughs
Barking and Dagenham	⁽³⁾—	347	588
Barnet	⁽³⁾—	343	461
Bexley	⁽³⁾—	163	218
Brent	⁽³⁾—	2,125	1,978
Bromley	⁽³⁾—	247	373
Camden	⁽³⁾—	564	1,205
City of Westminster	⁽³⁾—	1,762	3,371
Croydon	⁽³⁾—	447	783
Ealing	⁽³⁾—	826	1,591
Enfield	⁽³⁾—	678	1,471
Greenwich	⁽³⁾—	558	579
Hackney	⁽³⁾—	1,077	1,138
Hammersmith and Fulham	⁽³⁾—	409	735
Haringey	⁽³⁾—	922	1,540
Harrow	⁽³⁾—	308	408
Havering	⁽³⁾—	171	354
Hillingdon	⁽³⁾—	968	1,061
Hounslow	⁽³⁾—	353	635
Islington	⁽³⁾—	563	737
Kensington and Chelsea	⁽³⁾—	438	861
Kingston upon Thames	⁽³⁾—	114	204
Lambeth	⁽³⁾—	1,669	1,754
Lewisham	⁽³⁾—	614	922
Merton	⁽³⁾—	178	210
Newham	⁽³⁾—	1,001	776
Redbridge	⁽³⁾—	374	681
Richmond upon Thames	⁽³⁾—	141	220
Southwark	⁽³⁾—	1,245	1,549
Sutton	⁽³⁾—	157	190
Tower Hamlets	⁽³⁾—	547	1,004
Waltham Forest	⁽³⁾—	1,000	1,387
Wandsworth	⁽³⁾—	717	1,554
Total	13,160	21,026	30,538
⁽¹⁾ Prior to 16 January 2007 these were named ‘Formal warnings for cannabis possession’. ⁽²⁾ includes the City of London police and the Metropolitan police service. ⁽³⁾ Data not available by borough for 2004-05.

Antisocial Behaviour

Mr. Boris Johnson: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the average number of recorded incidents of anti-social behaviour for each police officer was in (a) England, (b) London and (c) each London borough in each year since 1997. [166938]

Mr. Coaker: The information requested is not collected centrally. Antisocial behaviour is not, in itself, an offence as defined by statute. It is the outcome of incidents of antisocial behaviour that will be recorded as crimes by the police as appropriate e.g. criminal damage.

Antisocial Behaviour Orders: Lancashire

Mr. Evans: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many anti-social behaviour orders were issued in (a) Ribble Valley and (b) Lancashire in each year since 2001. [167776]

Mr. Coaker [holding answer 26 November 2007]: The available information is shown in the following table:

Number of ant -social behaviour orders issued at all courts, as reported to the Home Office by the Court Service, in the Lancashire Criminal Justice System area and Ribble Valley borough council^{( 1)} area by year, January 2001 to December 2005
Area	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	Total issued January 2001 to December 2005
Lancashire	11	13	54	126	148	352
Ribble Valley BC⁽¹⁾	1	—	2	3	6	12
⁽¹⁾ The local authority area is derived from the area in which the boundary prohibitions apply. The court that issued an ASBO can be outside the area in which the prohibitions have been imposed. For example, an issuing court may be in the North Yorkshire Criminal Justice System area, but restrictions apply solely to a local authority area within Lancashire. Notes: 1. Previously issued data have been revised following joint Home Office/Court Service data reconciliation exercises. 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. 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: Prepared by RDS-OCJR

Arson: Young People

Mr. Ruffley: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many cases of arson were carried out by people under the age of 18 years who were convicted of such offences in each police force area in each year since 1997. [167012]

Mr. Coaker: The information requested is not held centrally. Offences of arson recorded by the police are collected by the Home Office but details of the age of the alleged offenders of such offences are not available.

Statistics on those convicted for arson offences are held by the Ministry of Justice.

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Crimes of Violence: Alcoholic Drinks

Mr. Ruffley: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) incidents of violence against the person and (b) police emergency call-outs resulting from incidents occurring (i) on and (ii) in the vicinity of premises licensed to sell alcohol for consumption on the premises under the Licensing Act 1964 there were in each year since 1997 in England and Wales, broken down by police force area. [166836]

Mr. Coaker: The Home Office collects data on the number of offences of violence against the person recorded by the police. However, no information is collected centrally on the location of such incidents. Details of the location for emergency call-outs is not collected centrally.

Firearms: North East Region

Dr. Kumar: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many incidents involving ( a) replica firearms, (b) air rifles and (c) BB guns have been reported in (i) Teesside, (ii) the north-east and (iii) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency in each of the last five years. [166593]

Mr. Coaker: Available information is given in the following table in which (a) ‘replica firearms’ are denoted as imitation firearms and (b) air rifles are incorporated within the figures for offences involving air weapons.

(c) Statistics on the number of offences involving BB guns have only been collected separately since April 2004. Data prior to that date are not available centrally.

Data collected centrally for recorded crime involving firearms in England and Wales are only available at police force area level. Information on Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland is therefore included within the north-east region which includes Cleveland, Northumbria and Durham police forces.

Crimes recorded by Cleveland police and the north-east region^{( 1)} police force area in which firearms were reported to have been used ,by type of weapon, 2001-02 to 2005-06
Weapon type	2001-02^{( 2)}	2002-03^{( 3)}	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06
Cleveland
Imitation firearms	3	6	22	20	30
Air weapons	280	283	361	305	173
BB guns	⁽⁴⁾—	⁽⁴⁾—	⁽⁴⁾—	19	29

North east region^{( 1)}
Imitation firearms	43	51	147	147	109
Air weapons	879	806	887	739	516
BB guns	⁽⁴⁾—	⁽⁴⁾—	⁽⁴⁾—	111	91
⁽¹⁾ North east region includes Cleveland, Durham and Northumbria police forces. ⁽²⁾ Figures for some crime categories may have been inflated by some police forces implementing the principles of the National Crime Recording Standard before 1 April 2002. ⁽³⁾ The National Crime Recording Standard was introduced on 1 April 2002.Figures for some crime categories may have been inflated by this. ⁽⁴⁾ Figures are not available centrally. Data were collected separately since April 2004.

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