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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.
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
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 |
| 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 | |
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]
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:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question asking 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)
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) compiles unemployment statistics for local areas from the Annual Population Survey and
its predecessor the annual Labour Force Survey (LFS) following International Labour Organisation (ILO) definitions.
However, estimates of unemployment for the requested age bands and geographies are not available. As an alternative, in Table 1 we have provided the number of persons, aged 16 to 24, claiming Jobseeker's Allowance, in the requested geographies, for (a) over 6 months and (b) over 12 months in September 2009 and the previous 11 months.
National and local area estimates for many labour market statistics, including employment, unemployment and claimant count are available on the NOMIS website at:
| 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 |
| (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:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Questions asking 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; and 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. (295115 & 295116)
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) compiles unemployment statistics for local areas from the Annual Population Survey and its predecessor the annual Labour Force Survey (LFS) following International Labour Organisation (ILO) definitions.
However, estimates of unemployment for the requested age bands and geographies are not available. As an alternative, in Table 1 we have provided the number of persons, aged 16 to 24, claiming Jobseeker's Allowance, in the requested geographies, for (i) over 6 months and (ii) over 12 months in September 2009 and the previous 11 months. Table 2 contains the number of persons aged 16 to 24 claiming Jobseeker's Allowance in the requested geographies for (i) May 1997 and (ii) September 2009 and the previous 11 months.
National and local area estimates for many labour market statistics, including employment, unemployment and claimant count are available on the NOMIS website at:
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