Number of offenders cautioned( 1) for knife possession offences( 2) , England and Wales, 2005 to 2007, broken down by police force area( 3,4)
Force
2005
2006
2007
Avon and Somerset
79
157
147
Bedfordshire
123
131
82
Cambridgeshire
40
36
43
Cheshire
19
19
14
City of London
22
13
11
Cleveland
19
32
43
Cumbria
12
15
20
Derbyshire
10
26
42
Devon and Cornwall
100
82
81
Dorset
6
15
36
Durham
21
44
50
Essex
32
54
17
Gloucestershire
20
26
29
Greater Manchester
150
166
168
Hampshire
85
77
75
Hertfordshire
32
42
64
Humberside
44
50
52
Kent
60
64
65
Lancashire
84
91
74
Leicestershire
34
56
46
Lincolnshire
32
41
49
Merseyside
91
62
113
Metropolitan Police
569
710
750
Norfolk
35
47
46
North Yorkshire
25
24
20
Northamptonshire
36
50
59
Northumbria
81
119
93
Nottinghamshire
65
108
91
South Yorkshire
93
123
131
Staffordshire
3
6
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Suffolk
18
26
31
Surrey
26
34
47
Sussex
478
248
218
Thames Valley
94
115
117
Warwickshire
18
28
13
West Mercia
50
76
55
West Midlands
178
229
199
West Yorkshire
72
68
72
Wiltshire
17
17
15
Dyfed-Powys
70
73
53
Gwent
19
31
36
North Wales
67
50
47
South Wales
25
22
27
England and Wales
3,154
3,503
3,460
(1) From 1 June 2000 the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 came into force nationally and removed the use of cautions for persons under 18 and replaced them with reprimands and final warnings. These figures have been included in the totals. (2) Includes the following offences and statutes;
Having an article with blade or point in public place. (Criminal Justice Act 1988 S.139 as amended by Offensive Weapons Act 1996 S.3).
Having an article with blade or point on school premises. (Criminal Justice Act 1988 S.139A (1)(5)(a) as added by Offensive Weapons Act 1996 S.4(1)). (3) The cautions statistics relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been cautioned for two or more offences at the same time the principal offence is the more serious offence. (4) Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used. Source:
Evidence and Analysis Unit—Office for Criminal Justice Reform
Organised Crime: Illegal Broadcasting
James Brokenshire:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether she has made an assessment of the likelihood of a link between illegal radio broadcasting and organised criminal gangs. [246716]
Mr. Alan Campbell:
We are unaware of a linkage between illegal radio broadcasting and serious organised criminality.
Passports: Compensation
Mr. Grieve:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many claims for compensation have been received by her Department from individuals relating to passport applications and renewals in each of the last five years; and how much her Department paid in compensation in each such year. [247163]
Jacqui Smith [holding answer 14 January 2009]: While the value of compensation paid out to individuals relating to all passport application types over the last five years 19 Jan 2009 : Column 1235W
is held, the number of compensation claims received by the Identity and Passport Service is not recorded.
The value of compensation payments made to the public by the Identity and Passport Service in each of the last five financial years are as follows:
Claims
Value (£)
2003-04
2,300
79,000
2004-05
3,300
145,000
2005-06
3,400
129,000
2006-07
3,000
123,000
2007-08
2,500
77,000
Paul Holmes:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much the Identity and Passport Service has paid in compensation for delays in customers receiving passports in each year since 1997. [248009]
Meg Hillier:
It would not be possible to split out compensation payments for delays without incurring disproportionate cost. However the total compensation payments made to the public by the Identity and Passport Service in each year since 1997 is as follows:
£
1997-98
49,000
1998-99
80,000
1999-2000
402,000
2000-01
115,000
2001-02
83,000
2002-03
119,000
2003-04
79,000
2004-05
145,000
2005-06
129,000
2006-07
123,000
2007-08
77,000
Personation
James Brokenshire:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent estimate she has made of levels of identity fraud; and what recent assessment she has made of public awareness of measures to reduce the risk of becoming a victim of identity fraud. [248648]
Meg Hillier:
British Crime Survey figures for 2006-07 show that 2 per cent. of those surveyed had been victims of identity fraud and our latest estimate is that identity fraud cost the UK economy at least £1.2 billion in the same year.
We are involved in a multi-agency approach through the Identity Fraud Communications Awareness Group to raise public awareness of identity fraud. The group has produced the following website:
