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This table is also available as table 2.8 of the Ministry of Justice statistical bulletin, “Sentencing Statistics 2006” at the following website:

Offensive Weapons: Sentencing

Chris Huhne: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many people were convicted for possession
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of bladed and pointed articles in a public place in each police authority area in each of the last 10 years; and how many of these received a (a) custodial sentence, (b) community sentence and (c) fine. [195259]

Maria Eagle: The requested information is contained in the following tables.

Number of persons sentenced( 1) for the offence of possession of having an article with a blade or point in a public place, all courts, England and Wales, 1997 to 2006
1997 1998
Police f orce Immediate custody Community sentence Fine Immediate custody Community sentence Fine

Avon and Somerset

5

17

10

9

17

15

Bedfordshire

5

6

7

9

12

7

Cambridgeshire

1

6

7

4

9

5

Cheshire

7

14

17

11

18

22

City of London

0

3

5

0

0

5

Cleveland

1

0

8

1

9

9

Cumbria

2

7

16

3

7

8

Derbyshire

1

10

15

7

5

11

Devon and Cornwall

7

9

10

18

20

19

Dorset

3

6

7

7

12

7

Durham

1

4

9

3

11

7

Essex

19

34

17

27

39

13

Gloucestershire

1

4

6

2

8

12

Greater Manchester

20

52

51

30

49

70

Hampshire

6

20

26

11

26

27

Hertfordshire

3

12

10

4

9

5

Humberside

9

11

9

7

16

10

Kent

2

10

8

8

18

25

Lancashire

9

19

38

18

20

34

Leicestershire

4

23

6

10

28

12

Lincolnshire

0

2

5

1

11

7

Merseyside

8

31

81

15

31

70

Metropolitan Police

190

231

489

225

278

489

Norfolk

1

8

10

9

20

7

North Yorkshire

4

9

10

3

10

12

Northamptonshire

3

1

1

1

2

3

Northumbria

4

23

33

8

19

23

Nottinghamshire

7

18

9

5

22

6

South Yorkshire

3

15

15

7

18

22

Staffordshire

0

4

8

4

9

10

Suffolk

2

4

16

1

6

7

Surrey

0

5

3

0

0

4

Sussex

5

24

13

14

22

12

Thames Valley

9

13

19

8

20

25

Warwickshire

0

6

3

3

14

10

West Mercia

0

6

8

4

8

9

West Midlands

10

35

86

12

31

65

West Yorkshire

4

13

18

8

12

8

Wiltshire

0

8

4

2

20

5

Dyfed-Powys

3

2

3

2

3

5

Gwent

1

4

14

1

2

10

North Wales

5

13

18

9

12

24

South Wales

7

10

29

19

16

28

Total

93,841

139,990

987,985

100,566

149,388

1,049,115


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