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Chris Huhne:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice pursuant to the answer of 31 March 2008,
Official Report, column 562W, on sentencing, (1) what the figures in the table represented as a percentage of the total number of people convicted of a third class A drug trafficking offence in each year since 2000; and what the average sentence was of all those convicted of such an offence in each of those years; [199529]
(2) what the figures in the table represented as a percentage of the total number of people convicted of a third domestic burglary offence in each year since 2000; and what the average sentence was of all those convicted of such an offence in each of those years. [199530]
Mr. Hanson: I am unable to answer the questions, because the Courts Proceedings Database does not include criminal histories.
The Courts Proceedings Database does not allow us to identify all those offenders who have committed their third class A drug trafficking offence or third domestic burglary. We can identify those who were given the minimum only through a specific disposal code. To identify all these individuals would require us to extract data from the Police National Computer (PNC). This would take time and we think would not be reliable for drug trafficking as our extract of PNC records police prosecutions only. In addition, the results from the two separate administrative systems may not be directly comparable due to differences in recording practice.
Jenny Willott: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many and what proportion of (a) males and (b) females given prison sentences in each of the last 10 years were aged (i) below 16, (ii) 16 to 18, (iii) 19 to 21, (iv) 22 to 25, (v) 26 to 30, (vi) 31 to 40, (vii) 41 to 50 and (viii) 51 years or over; and if he will make a statement. [200114]
Mr. Hanson: The requested information is contained in the following tables. The data are broken down into the age groups of juveniles (10-17), young adults (18-20) and adults (21+).
For persons aged 21 and over this includes all adult persons where the age has not been reported to the Ministry of Justice.
Statistics for 2007 will be published in the autumn.
Number of persons sentenced( 1) and given immediate custody by age and sex, all courts, England and Wales, 1997 to 2006 | ||||||||||
Number of persons and percentages | ||||||||||
1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | ||||||
Age group | Immediate custody | Percentage of total( 2) | Immediate custody | Percentage of total( 2) | Immediate custody | Percentage of total( 2) | Immediate custody | Percentage of total( 2) | Immediate custody | Percentage of total( 2) |
2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | ||||||
Age group | Immediate custody | Percentage of total( 2) | Immediate custody | Percentage of total( 2) | Immediate custody | Percentage of total( 2) | Immediate custody | Percentage of total( 2) | Immediate custody | Percentage of total( 2) |
(1) Principal offence basis. (2 )Percentage of the total number of males and females respectively sentenced for all ages, all courts. Note: These figures have been drawn from administrative data systems. Although care is taken when processing and analysing the returns, the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large scale recording system. Source: RDS-NOMS, Ministry of Justice |
Jenny Willott: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the average age was of (a) males and (b) females given a custodial sentence in each of the last 10 years; and if he will make a statement. [200115]
Mr. Hanson: All adult offenders where the age has not been reported to the Ministry of Justice are assumed to be age 25. This will create a bias in the calculation of average age and therefore we do not produce figures on this basis.
Mr. Ruffley: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many sentences were given to young offenders, broken down by type of offence, in each of the last 10 years. [199329]
Mr. Hanson: The available information is contained in the table.
Statistics for 2007 will be published in the autumn.
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