Robert Neill:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the Answer to my hon. Friend the Member for Meriden, of 21 May 2009, Official Report, column 1514W, on Valuation Office: training, if he will place in the Library an electronic copy of the e-Learning Programmes in Module 5 on council tax. [296804]
Ian Pearson:
I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to the hon. Member for Meriden (Mrs. Spelman) on 22 October 2009, Official Report, columns 1676-77W.
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Justice
Driving Under Influence
Mr. Ruffley:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many drivers convicted of driving in each police authority when under the influence of alcohol or drugs in the East of England in each year since 1999 had previous convictions for the same offence. [295947] [Official Report, 15 December 2009, Vol. 502, c. 1MC.]
Claire Ward:
The figures requested are shown in the following table.
These figures have been drawn from the police's administrative IT system, the police national computer (PNC), which, as with any large scale recording system, is subject to possible errors with data entry and processing. The figures are provisional and subject to change as more information is recorded by the police.
Number of drivers convicted of driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs( 1) in the East of England, 2000-08, with a previous conviction( 2) for the same offence
Force
Number of drivers convicted of driving under the influence of alcohol/drugs (East of England)
Number of these drivers with a previous conviction for the same offence
Percentage of drivers with a previous conviction for the same offence
2000
Bedfordshire
601
101
16.8
Cambridgeshire
645
78
12.1
Essex
1,985
268
13.5
Hertfordshire
1,287
187
14.5
Norfolk
893
115
12.9
Suffolk
713
77
10.8
Grand Total
6,124
826
13.5
2001
Bedfordshire
725
132
18.2
Cambridgeshire
675
107
15.9
Essex
2,008
312
15.5
Hertfordshire
1,417
216
15.2
Norfolk
897
129
14.4
Suffolk
785
112
14.3
Grand Total
6,507
1,008
15.5
2002
Bedfordshire
769
165
21.5
Cambridgeshire
742
131
17.7
Essex
2,149
396
18.4
Hertfordshire
1,669
289
17.3
Norfolk
1,040
164
15.8
Suffolk
924
162
17.5
Grand Total
7,293
1,307
17.9
2003
Bedfordshire
920
206
22.4
Cambridgeshire
833
176
21.1
Essex
2,280
478
21.0
Hertfordshire
1,655
327
19.8
Norfolk
1,081
212
19.6
Suffolk
1,030
185
18.0
Grand Total
7,799
1,584
20.3
2004
Bedfordshire
938
191
20.4
Cambridgeshire
996
191
19.2
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Essex
2,491
540
21.7
Hertfordshire
1,677
337
20.1
Norfolk
1,095
213
19.5
Suffolk
1,129
213
18.9
Grand Total
8,326
1,685
20.2
2005
Bedfordshire
958
231
24.1
Cambridgeshire
1,192
246
20.6
Essex
2,356
560
23.8
Hertfordshire
1,717
387
22.5
Norfolk
1,140
244
21.4
Suffolk
987
219
22.2
Grand Total
8,350
1,887
22.6
2006
Bedfordshire
1,037
241
23.2
Cambridgeshire
1,202
251
20.9
Essex
2,557
580
22.7
Hertfordshire
1,810
432
23.9
Norfolk
1,226
268
21.9
Suffolk
1,054
236
22.4
Grand Total
8,886
2,008
22.6
2007
Bedfordshire
999
268
26.8
Cambridgeshire
1,186
265
22.3
Essex
2,472
572
23.1
Hertfordshire
1,862
421
22.6
Norfolk
1,222
299
24.5
Suffolk
993
199
20.0
Grand Total
8,734
2,024
23.2
2008
Bedfordshire
877
233
26.6
Cambridgeshire
1,060
258
24.3
Essex
2,380
582
24.5
Hertfordshire
1,662
408
24.5
Norfolk
1,057
257
24.3
Suffolk
878
220
25.1
Grand Total
7,914
1,958
24.7
(1) The data include a range of offences under the Road Traffic Act. They can be found in sections 4(1), 5(1) (a), 7(6), 4(2), 5(1) (b), 6(4) and 7A as amended by the Police Reform Act 2002 and the Transport and Works Act 2002. (2) Previous convictions are taken whether committed in East of England of elsewhere in England and Wales.
