Mr. Pickles:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department with reference to the answer of 17 March 2008, Official Report, columns 806-07W, on official residences, whether the right hon. Member for Sheffield, Brightside paid rent in respect of his occupancy of the property at South Eaton Place during the two periods when he resided there while not holding Ministerial office. [245934]
Mr. Woolas:
The right hon. Member for Sheffield, Brightside (Mr. Blunkett) made a payment in respect of his occupancy of the property at South Eaton Place for a period in 2005.
Police Cautions
Chris Grayling:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many cautions were given for each offence in the last year for which figures are available. [254496]
Jacqui Smith:
Information on the number of offenders cautioned, broken down by offence group, are published in table 3.2 of the Ministry of Justice publication “Criminal Statistics—England and Wales 2007”. A copy is available in the House Library.
A breakdown of the offences included in the categories in table 3.2 is provided in appendix 3 of the publication.
The increase in cautions in recent years is broadly consistent with the improved performance of the CJS which in 2007-08 saw a 44 per cent. increase in the number of offences brought to justice since 2001-02.
Table 3.2: Offenders( 1) cautioned by sex and type of offence, 1998-2007—England and Wales
Number of offenders (thousand)
Sex and type of offence
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
Males( 1)
Indictable offences
Violence against the person
18.4
16.6
15.5
15.2
17.9
21.5
27.5
38.1
43.8
39.6
Sexual offences
1.7
1.4
1.3
1.2
1.2
1.3
1.5
1.7
1.8
1.9
Burglary
7.5
6.8
5.8
5.7
5.0
4.9
4.9
5.6
6.8
6.2
Robbery
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.3
0.3
0.4
0.5
0.6
0.5
Theft and handling stolen goods
51.4
46.4
40.0
36.6
30.7
30.7
34.2
38.0
42.0
41.8
Fraud and forgery
4.7
4.6
3.8
3.6
3.3
3.5
3.7
4.4
5.2
5.6
Criminal damage
2.4
2.6
2.8
2.9
2.6
3.1
4.6
6.0
7.5
7.4
Drug offences
52.3
43.5
36.4
34.9
39.8
40.2
28.5
30.1
32.5
37.6
Other (excluding motoring offences)
4.2
3.7
3.6
3.4
3.6
4.2
4.7
5.5
7.3
7.8
Total (excluding motoring offences)
142.9
126.1
109.7
103.8
104.4
109.8
110.0
129.9
147.6
148.5
Summary offences (excluding motoring offences)
76.9
76.1
69.6
68.0
63.8
70.9
76.0
87.6
112.0
120.2
All offences(2) (excluding motoring offences
219.8
202.3
179.3
171.8
168.2
180.6
185.9
217.5
259.6
268.7
Females
Indictable offences
Violence against the person
5.1
4.7
4.4
4.4
5.7
7.2
9.1
13.0
13.4
12.7
Sexual offences
0.1
0.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
Burglary
0.9
0.9
0.8
0.7
0.8
0.7
0.7
0.8
0.9
0.8
Robbery
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.2
0.1
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Theft and handling stolen goods
32.2
29.1
27.6
26.9
23.5
23.8
27.8
29.6
30.3
31.0
Fraud and forgery
2.7
2.6
2.4
2.2
2.0
2.0
2.3
2.5
2.8
3.0
Criminal damage
0.4
0.4
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.6
0.9
1.3
1.5
1.4
Drug offences
6.4
5.8
4.7
4.5
5.1
5.5
4.1
4.3
4.9
5.4
Other (excluding motoring offences)
0.8
0.9
0.8
0.8
0.8
1.0
1.3
1.4
2.1
2.1
Total (excluding motoring offences)(2)
48.8
44.5
41.2
40.1
38.5
41.0
46.3
53.0
56.2
56.6
Summary offences (excluding motoring offences)
19.2
19.4
18.5
18.0
18.6
20.2
23.5
28.5
34.2
37.6
All offences(2)( )(excluding motoring offences)
68.1
63.9
59.7
58.1
57.2
61.2
69.8
81.4
90.3
94.2
All offenders
Indictable offences
Violence against the person
23.5
21.2
19.9
19.6
23.6
28.8
36.6
51.0
57.3
52.3
Sexual offences
1.7
1.5
1.3
1.2
1.2
1.4
1.6
1.8
1.9
2.0
Burglary
8.4
7.7
6.6
6.4
5.8
5.6
5.6
6.5
7.7
7.0
Robbery
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.5
0.4
0.4
0.5
0.6
0.7
0.6
Theft and handling stolen goods
83.6
75.4
67.6
63.5
54.2
54.5
61.9
67.6
72.4
72.8
Fraud and forgery
7.4
7.2
6.2
5.8
5.3
5.5
6.0
6.9
8.0
8.6
Criminal damage
2.7
3.0
3.2
3.4
3.1
3.7
5.5
7.2
9.0
8.8
Drug offences
58.7
49.4
41.1
39.4
44.9
45.7
32.6
34.4
37.4
43.1
Other (excluding motoring offences)
5.0
4.6
4.4
4.1
4.4
5.3
6.0
6.9
9.4
10.0
Total (excluding motoring offences)(2)
191.7
170.6
150.9
143.9
142.9
150.7
156.3
182.9
203.8
205.1
Summary offences (excluding motoring offences)
96.2
95.6
88.1
85.9
82.4
91.1
99.5
116.0
146.2
157.8
All offences(2 )(excluding motoring offences)
287.9
266.1
239.0
229.9
225.4
241.8
255.8
298.9
350.0
362.9
(1) Other offenders i.e. companies, public bodies etc. are included with males. (2) May not sum due to rounding.
