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Reoffenders

Mr. Garnier: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many offenders sentenced for violence against the person, sexual offences or robbery in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available had previous convictions for any of those types of offence. [206504]

Mr. Hanson: The requested information is not available. The published statistics on the previous criminal history of offenders do not include information on the types of previous offences. However, we are currently reviewing our criminal history statistics and aim to publish information of this kind towards the end of 2008.

Sentencing

Mr. Garnier: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many and what proportion of those offenders sentenced for violence against the person, sexual offences or robbery received (a) a custodial sentence and (b) a non-custodial sentence or other disposal in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available. [206494]

Mr. Hanson: The requested information is contained in table 1.2 of the Ministry of Justice statistical bulletin, “Sentencing Statistics 2006”, published 13 December 2007 and in the following table.

The publication is available at the following web address:


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Number of persons sentenced( 1) and proportion of total for the offences of violence against the person, sexual offences and robbery, all courts, England and Wales, 1997 to 2006
Number of persons and percentage of total
Offence group Total sentenced Immediate custody Proportion of total sentenced Non-custodial sentence Proportion of total sentenced

1997

Violence against the person

34,537

10,231

29.6

24,306

70.4

Sexual offences

4,468

2,514

56.3

1,954

43.7

Robbery

5,597

4,008

71.6

1,589

28.4

1998

Violence against the person

37,119

11,077

29.8

26,042

70.2

Sexual offences

4,590

2,687

58.5

1,903

41.5

Robbery

5,562

3,962

71.2

1,600

28.8

1999

Violence against the person

35,983

11,038

30.7

24,945

69.3

Sexual offences

4,310

2,615

60.7

1,695

39.3

Robbery

5,652

4,085

72.3

1,567

27.7

2000

Violence against the person

35,533

11,414

32.1

24,119

67.9

Sexual offences

3,941

2,431

61.7

1,510

38.3

Robbery

5,944

4,341

73.0

1,603

27.0

2001

Violence against the person

35,436

11,389

32.1

24,047

67.9

Sexual offences

4,037

2,400

59.5

1,637

40.5

Robbery

6,846

4,775

69.7

2,071

30.3

2002

Violence against the person

37,773

11,792

31.2

25,981

68.8

Sexual offences

4,373

2,562

58.6

1,811

41.4

Robbery

7,731

5,881

76.1

1,850

23.9

2003

Violence against the person

38,031

11,468

30.2

26,563

69.8

Sexual offences

4,333

2,505

57.8

1,828

42.2

Robbery

7,339

5,150

70.2

2,189

29.8

2004

Violence against the person

39,257

12,274

31.3

26,983

68.7

Sexual offences

4,823

2,841

58.9

1,982

41.1

Robbery

7,513

5,063

67.4

2,450

32.6

2005

Violence against the person

40,754

12,842

31.5

27,912

68.5

Sexual offences

4,747

2,701

56.9

2,046

43.1

Robbery

7,139

4,407

61.7

2,732

38.3

2006

Violence against the person

41,905

12,354

29.5

29,551

70.5

Sexual offences

4,932

2,808

56.9

2,124

43.1

Robbery

8,169

4,802

58.8

3,367

41.2

(1) These data are on the principal offence basis.
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
OMS, Analytical Services.

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