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Chloe Smith: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many convictions of residents of Norwich North constituency for each type of motoring offence have resulted in a custodial sentence since 1997. [301701]

Maria Eagle: The number of convictions at all courts in the Norfolk police force area for motoring offences (by offence type) is given in Table 1 from 1997 to 2007 (latest available). Sentences of immediate custody imposed at all courts are given in Table 2.

Court proceedings data held centrally do not identify where those convicted are resident. Data are not available at parliamentary constituency level.

Data for 2008 are planned for publication on 28 January 2010.

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Table 1: Defendants found guilty at all courts in the Norfolk police force area, for motoring offences,( 1) by offence type, from 1997 to 2007( 2,3)
Number
Offence group	Offence type	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
2	Dangerous driving	45	40	47	31	32	59	67	60	56	59	72
3	Driving etc., after consuming alcohol or taking drugs	1,025	1,034	915	838	1,018	1,109	1,150	1,105	1,141	1,241	1,119
4	Careless driving	724	771	814	809	1,009	857	662	497	549	514	490
5	Accident offences	144	157	128	109	118	127	131	137	133	146	103
7	Driving licence related offences	484	464	525	485	593	595	642	582	542	503	475
9	Vehicle insurance offences	2,503	2,193	2,072	1,848	1,640	1,944	2,620	2,335	2,149	2,199	1,978
10	Vehicle registration and excise licence offences	322	47	52	218	175	222	272	125	42	21	10
11	Work record and employment offences	53	39	28	19	16	26	22	16	13	14	12
12	Operator's licence offences	25	21	11	17	13	11	10	8	6	4	3
13	Vehicle test offences	645	505	420	365	343	321	256	211	223	306	283
14	Fraud, forgery etc associated with vehicle or driver records	129	78	76	61	83	67	58	32	20	39	25
15	Vehicle or part in dangerous or defective condition	286	261	203	179	190	170	150.	162	116	138	110
16	Speed limit offences	1,157	1,315	1,589	1,306	1,507	1,264	2,323	2,737	2,798	3,426	2,643
18	Neglect of traffic directions	809	655	347	253	265	330	255	158	142	182	188
19	Neglect of pedestrian rights	47	82	48	39	25	18	21	20	14	8	19
20	Obstruction, waiting and parking offences	116	82	67	64	113	101	80	58	36	26	18
21	Lighting offences	34	38	18	35	6	22	42	33	21	50	26
22	Noise offences	76	85	55	40	30	32	26	17	7	14	18
23	Load offences	126	161	125	74	85	97	125	58	35	56	31
24	Offences peculiar to motor cycles	6	3	8	10	6	8	3	4	4	7	5
25	Miscellaneous motoring offences	467	161	202	202	227	191	882	990	1,094	935	842
	Total	9,223	8,192	7,750	7,002	7,494	7,571	9,797	9,345	9,141	9,888	8,470

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