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Road Traffic Offences

Mrs. Villiers: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what proportion of (a) all traffic collisions and (b) traffic collisions on motorways resulted in a criminal prosecution in the latest period for which figures are available. [294715]

Claire Ward: Information available on the Court Proceedings Database held by the Office for Criminal Justice Reform on offences involving vehicles does not identify the circumstances which resulted in a prosecution. A defendant might be proceeded against for an offence of careless driving, dangerous driving, driving while impaired by drink or drugs etc. Any of these offences might directly or indirectly have caused or helped cause a collision.


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While the Department for Transport monitors details of road traffic injury accidents this information is not linked with details of any subsequent prosecution.

Sentencing

Chris Huhne: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many people were sentenced to immediate custody
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in each year since 1997; and how many received sentences of (a) less than three months, (b) between three and six months, (c) between six and 12 months and (d) one year or more. [295806]

Maria Eagle: The requested information is shown in the following table.

Number of people sentenced to immediate custody since 1997
Sentence lengths 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

Up to and including 3 months

35,054

39,427

43,059

41,585

40,884

42,542

40,754

39,707

37,100

34,712

34,427

Over 3 months and up to and including 6 months

22,217

24,314

26,203

28,514

29.030

29,419

29,498

28,492

26,756

24.422

23,109

Over 6 months and less than 12 months

5,808

5.963

5,573

6,419

6.337

6,590

6,038

6,346

6.462

6.401

6.779

12 months or more including indeterminate sentences

30,762

30,862

30,488

29,669

30,022

33,056

31,380

31,777

30,918

30.482

30,891

Total

93,841

100,566

105,323

106,187

106,273

111,607

107,670

106,322

101,236

96,017

95,206

Notes:
1. Sentences of imprisonment for public protection introduced by the Criminal Justice Act 2003 on 4 April 2005
2. 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, Ministry of Justice

The data are presented on the principal offence basis: where an offender has been sentenced for more than one offence the principal offence is the offence for which the heaviest penalty was imposed: where the same sentence has been imposed for more than one offence the principal offence is the one for which the statutory maximum is most severe.

This table has been taken from table 2.3 of 'Sentencing Statistics 2007' publication available at the following link:

Data for 2008 will be published in January 2010.

Chris Huhne: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many prisoners were serving sentences of (a) fewer than three months, (b) between three and six months and (c) between six and 12 months in 2009. [295816]

Maria Eagle: The following table gives the numbers of prisoners serving sentences of (i) less than or equal to three months, (ii) between three and six months, (iii) between six and 12 months, as at 30 June 2009, the latest date for which figures are available:

Less than or equal to 3 months Greater than 3 months less than or equal to 6 months Greater than 6 months less than 12 months

Males and females

1,785

3,330

2,465


The figures are a reworking of those published in the Ministry of Justice monthly bulletin at the following 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.

Television: Licensing

Mr. Gregory Campbell: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many people per 10,000 of the population in Northern Ireland were prosecuted for non-payment of the television licence fee in 2008. [295473]

Bridget Prentice: In 2008, 5,272 people were prosecuted for non-payment of the television licence fee representing a rate of 30 per 10,000 of the population. 4,123 people were convicted and 1,149 cases were dismissed or withdrawn.

Cabinet Office

Unemployment: Bexley

Mr. Evennett: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many people aged between 16 and 24 years in (a) Bexleyheath and Crayford constituency and (b) the London Borough of Bexley had been unemployed for more than (i) six and (ii) 12 months in each of the last 12 months for which figures are available. [295560]


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Angela E. Smith: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.

Letter from Jil Matheson, dated October 2009:

Table 1: Number of persons( 1) aged 16 to 24 claiming jobseeker's allowance by duration of claim
Bexleyheath and Crayford Bexley
Duration Over six months Over 12 months Over six months Over 12 months

October 2008

25

5

70

20

November 2008

25

0

65

15

December 2008

25

5

65

15

January 2009

30

5

85

20

February 2009

35

5

110

20

March 2009

45

5

140

20

April 2009

65

5

170

20

May 2009

70

5

185

20

June 2009

80

5

190

20

July 2009

80

5

190

20

August 2009

105

5

250

25

September 2009

110

10

260

30

(1) Duration of claims is only available for computerised claims, which account for 99.7 per cent. of all claims.
Note:
Data rounded to nearest 5.
Source:
Jobcentreplus Administrative System

Unemployment: Peterborough

Mr. Stewart Jackson: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office (1) how many people aged between 16 and 24 years in (a) Peterborough city council area and (b) Peterborough constituency had been unemployed for over (i) six and (ii) 12 months in each of the last 12 months for which figures are available; [295115]

(2) how many people aged between 16 and 24 years in (a) Peterborough city council area and (b) Peterborough constituency were unemployed in (i) May 1997 and (ii) in each of the last 12 months for which figures are available. [295116]

Angela E. Smith: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.

Letter from Jil Matheson, dated October 2009:


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Table 1: Number of people aged 16 to 24 claiming jobseeker's allowance in Peterborough city council area and Peterborough parliamentary constituency for over six months and 12 months
Peterborough city council Peterborough constituency

Claiming over six months Claiming over 12 months Claiming over six months Claiming over 12 months

October 2008

110

5

75

5

November 2008

80

5

55

5

December 2008

95

5

65

5

January 2009

105

5

70

5

February 2009

115

5

75

5

March 2009

145

5

90

5

April 2009

160

10

95

5

May 2009

205

10

135

5

June 2009

220

10

150

5

July 2009

205

10

140

5

August 2009

270

10

175

5

September 2009

315

15

210

10

Notes:
1. Data has been rounded to the nearest five.
2. People claiming for over 12 months are included in the counts of people claiming for over six months.
Source:
Jobcentre Plus administrative system.

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