5 Jun 2008 : Column 1114W—continued
The early release figures under the home detention curfew scheme can be found in table 10.17 of Offender Management Caseload Statistics 2006, a copy of which can be found in the House of Commons Library, and which can be found at the following website:
Additionally, the end of custody licence scheme was introduced on 29 June 2007 and between then and 30 April there were 3,748 young offenders released under the scheme. This information is available at the website:
These figures have been drawn from administrative IT systems, which, as with any large scale recording system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing. Data on parole have been rounded to the nearest 10.
Home Department
Airguns
Chris Huhne:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 31 March 2008, Official Report, column 601W, on airguns, how many of the injuries which occurred in each of the last five years were (a) serious and (b) fatal injuries, broken down by (i) age of the victim, (ii) age of the perpetrator and (iii) police force area. [205820]
Jacqui Smith
[holding answer 15 May 2008]: Available data, relating to age of the victim and police force area, are shown in the following tables. Information about suspects is not collected centrally.
| Table A: Offences involving air weapons and BB guns/soft air weapons resulting in serious or fatal injury, by age of victim: England and Wales, 2002-03 to 2006-07 |
| | 2002-03( 1) | 2003-04 | 2004-05( 2) | 2005-06 | 2006-07 |
| Age of victim( 3) | Air weapons | BB guns/soft air weapons( 4) | Air weapons | BB guns/soft air weapons( 4) | Air weapons | BB guns/soft air weapons | Air weapons | BB guns/soft air weapons | Air weapons | BB guns/soft air weapons |
|
Serious injury
| | | | | | | | | | |
|
Under 5 years
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
5 and under 11 years
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
3
|
3
|
1
|
1
|
3
|
2
|
|
11 and under 16 years
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
32
|
13
|
28
|
14
|
19
|
7
|
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|
16 and under 21 years
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
33
|
5
|
29
|
9
|
25
|
9
|
|
21 and under 30 years
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
29
|
7
|
36
|
9
|
15
|
6
|
|
30 and under 50 years
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
31
|
7
|
15
|
3
|
23
|
3
|
|
50 and under 70 years
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
7
|
1
|
7
|
0
|
5
|
1
|
|
70 years and over
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
|
Unknown/not recorded
|
156
|
n/a
|
157
|
n/a
|
9
|
5
|
3
|
3
|
4
|
1
|
|
Total
|
156
|
n/a
|
157
|
n/a
|
144
|
42
|
119
|
41
|
95
|
29
|
| | | | | | | | | | | |
|
Fatal injury
| | | | | | | | | | |
|
Under 5 years
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
5 and under 11 years
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
|
11 and under 16 years
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
|
16 and under 21 years
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
21 and under 30 years
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
30 and under 50 years
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
|
50 and under 70 years
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
|
70 years and over
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Unknown/not recorded
|
1
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Total
|
1
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
3
|
0
|
n/a = not available
(1 )The National Crime Recording Standard was introduced on 1 April 2002. Figures for some crime categories may have been inflated by this.
(2 )More explicit guidelines for the classification of weapons, introduced on 1 April 2004, may have increased the recording of firearm offences, particularly those committed by imitation weapons.
(3 )The age of victims has been collected only since 1 April 2004.
(4 )Data for BB guns/soft air weapons have been separately collected only since 1 April 2004. Prior to that they were included within the ‘imitation weapons’ total.
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