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Sentencing
Mr. Garnier:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many and what proportion of (a) adult and (b) young offenders found guilty of (i) sexual offences, (ii) violence against the person and (iii) robbery in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available were given community sentences. [209700]
Mr. Hanson:
The requested information is contained in the following table. The data are a further breakdown of statistics contained in Table 1.2 of the Ministry of Justice statistical bulletin, “Sentencing Statistics 2006”.
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Statistics for 2007 will be published in the autumn.
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| Number of persons given community sentences( 1) for various offence groups and proportion of total sentenced, by age group, all courts, England and Wales, 1997 to 2006 |
| Number of persons |
| | Total sentenced | Community sentence | Proportion of total (percentage) |
| Offence group | Adult | Young offenders( 2) | Adult | Young offenders( 2) | Adult | Young offenders( 2) |
|
1997
| | | | | | |
|
Violence against the person
|
22,862
|
11,675
|
7,267
|
5,043
|
31.8
|
43.2
|
|
Sexual offences
|
3,754
|
714
|
759
|
381
|
20.2
|
53.4
|
|
Robbery
|
1,987
|
3,610
|
83
|
1,224
|
4.2
|
33.9
|
| | | | | | | |
|
1998
| | | | | | |
|
Violence against the person
|
24,740
|
12,379
|
8,134
|
5,666
|
32.9
|
45.8
|
|
Sexual offences
|
3,830
|
760
|
750
|
426
|
19.6
|
56.1
|
|
Robbery
|
2,090
|
3,472
|
142
|
1,214
|
6.8
|
35.0
|
| | | | | | | |
|
1999
| | | | | | |
|
Violence against the person
|
23,626
|
12,357
|
8,032
|
5,704
|
34.0
|
46.2
|
|
Sexual offences
|
3,547
|
763
|
726
|
434
|
20.5
|
56.9
|
|
Robbery
|
2,377
|
3,275
|
174
|
1,132
|
7.3
|
34.6
|
| | | | | | | |
|
2000
| | | | | | |
|
Violence against the person
|
22,716
|
12,817
|
7,857
|
6,236
|
34.6
|
48.7
|
|
Sexual offences
|
3,223
|
718
|
636
|
424
|
19.7
|
59.1
|
|
Robbery
|
2,440
|
3,504
|
146
|
1,246
|
6.0
|
35.6
|
| | | | | | | |
|
2001
| | | | | | |
|
Violence against the person
|
22,190
|
13,246
|
7,824
|
6,729
|
35.3
|
50.8
|
|
Sexual offences
|
3,258
|
779
|
617
|
430
|
18.9
|
55.2
|
|
Robbery
|
2,617
|
4,229
|
150
|
1,683
|
5.7
|
39.8
|
| | | | | | | |
|
2002
| | | | | | |
|
Violence against the person
|
24,237
|
13,536
|
8,751
|
7,720
|
36.1
|
57.0
|
|
Sexual offences
|
3,532
|
841
|
703
|
504
|
19.9
|
59.9
|
|
Robbery
|
3,448
|
4,283
|
205
|
1,510
|
5.9
|
35.3
|
| | | | | | | |
|
2003
| | | | | | |
|
Violence against the person
|
24,933
|
13,098
|
9,234
|
7,763
|
37.0
|
59.3
|
|
Sexual offences
|
3,612
|
721
|
744
|
425
|
20.6
|
58.9
|
|
Robbery
|
3,384
|
3,955
|
284
|
1,740
|
8.4
|
44.0
|
| | | | | | | |
|
2004
| | | | | | |
|
Violence against the person
|
25,607
|
13,650
|
9,674
|
8,300
|
37.8
|
60.8
|
|
Sexual offences
|
3,943
|
880
|
809
|
595
|
20.5
|
67.6
|
|
Robbery
|
3,090
|
4,423
|
261
|
2,038
|
8.4
|
46.1
|
| | | | | | | |
|
2005
| | | | | | |
|
Violence against the person
|
26,312
|
14,442
|
10,078
|
8,951
|
38.3
|
62.0
|
|
Sexual offences
|
3,840
|
907
|
907
|
537
|
23.6
|
59.2
|
|
Robbery
|
2,663
|
4,476
|
308
|
2,231
|
11.6
|
49.8
|
| | | | | | | |
|
2006
| | | | | | |
|
Violence against the person
|
26,889
|
15,016
|
8,860
|
8,372
|
33.0
|
55.8
|
|
Sexual offences
|
4,072
|
860
|
873
|
474
|
21.4
|
55.1
|
|
Robbery
|
2,794
|
5,375
|
314
|
2,643
|
11.2
|
49.2
|
(1) These data are on the principal offence basis.
(2) Young offenders includes data for juveniles (10 to 17-year-olds) in addition to data for young offenders (18 to 20-year-olds).
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:
QMS, Analytical Services
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