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| Number of offenders receiving different numbers of cautions( 1) from 2000-08 | |
| Number of offences resulting in a caution | Number of offenders |
| (1) Figures include reprimands and final warnings | |
These figures have been drawn from the police's administrative IT system, the police national computer, 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.
Guidance to the police and Crown Prosecution Service is clear that if an offender has previously received a simple caution, then a further caution should not normally be considered unless there has been a sufficient lapse of time to suggest that a previous caution had a deterrent effect (two years or more), or if the current offence is trivial or unrelated to any previous offences. Repeat offenders should not receive cautions and ought to be prosecuted at court.
In response to concerns, Ministers announced a review of the use of out-of-court disposals on 9 November. The terms of reference for this review will be announced shortly.
Raves: Sussex
Norman Baker: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate he has made of the number of illegal raves which have taken place in each district council area in East Sussex in each of the last five years; and how many (a) crimes and (b) accidents arising from such events were reported in each such year. [304278]
Mr. Alan Campbell: The Home Office does not hold this information.
Repatriation
Dr. Pugh: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what factors his Department took into account in determining (a) the repatriation to Malaysia of Agnes Wong and (b) the sum which she was awarded under the Facilitated Returns Scheme; and if he will make a statement; [303322]
(2) what the maximum sum in assistance is that a foreign national can claim under (a) the Facilitated Returns Scheme, (b) reintegration assistance and (c) each other form of assistance provided by his Department. [303324]
Mr. Woolas: In accordance with the provisions of the Data Protection Act, since the hon. Member is not acting on behalf of this individual I am unable to disclose details of her case, the UK Border Agency can not disclose an individual's data to third parties without the consent of the said individual.
The Facilitated Returns Scheme accounted for around a third of the 5,395 foreign national offenders removed in 2008.
The Facilitated Return Scheme offers non European economic area foreign national detainees the opportunity to volunteer to return to their home country rather than await removal by the UK Border Agency. This option saves the United Kingdom taxpayer the considerable costs of detaining foreign nationals and the costly process of pursuing deportation through the courts.
Eligible detainees are those who can be released because they have completed their sentence and are being detained solely under immigration powers (time served); those eligible for the Early Removal Scheme; or non European economic area nationals from countries with which the United Kingdom has a prisoner transfer agreement.
Foreign national offenders removed under this scheme will now receive the equivalent of a discharge grant payable to British prisoners on their release, which is £46. This is paid on departure from the United Kingdom. In addition to this, a further sum of £454 on a pre-paid card will be given on departure which is for use on arrival in the home country.
Those who volunteer to go home at the end of their sentence could receive a grant up to £3,000 when their sentence is finished. A large part of this is in kind.
Road Traffic Offences
Mr. Moss: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many traffic offences of each type were recorded by police in (a) England and (b) North-East Cambridgeshire in each of the last 10 years. [304580]
Mr. Alan Campbell: The information requested on arrests is not collected centrally.
The Home Office collects data on notifiable offences recorded by the police. Data are available for causing death by dangerous driving, causing death by careless driving whilst under the influence of drink or drugs and dangerous driving. Traffic offences such as parking and speeding etc. are not included in the police recorded crime data.
Information on police action relating to motoring offences (penalties issued by the police such as written warnings and fixed penalty notices) can be found in chapter 3 of the Home Office Statistical Bulletin, 'Police Powers and Procedures', which can be viewed on the web link.
Data on court proceedings for motoring offences can be found in the Ministry of Justice Bulletin 'Criminal Statistics - England and Wales', which can be viewed on the web link.
Shoplifting: Arrests
Mr. Moss: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many shoplifters were reported to police in (a) England and (b) North East Cambridgeshire in each of the last 10 years. [304583]
Mr. Alan Campbell:
Information is not available centrally on the number of shoplifters reported to the police. The available data relate to the number of offences of
shoplifting recorded by the police in England and the figures are given in the following tables. Data for North East Cambridgeshire are not collected centrally.
| Table 1: Offences of shoplifting recorded by the police in England: 1999-2000 and 2001-02 | |
| Number of offences | |
| Table 2: Offences of shoplifting recorded by the police in England 2002-03 to 2008-09( 1) | |
| Number of offences | |
| (1) The National Crime Recording Standard was introduced in 2002-03 and data before and after that date are not directly comparable. | |
Mr. Evans: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) arrests and (b) subsequent convictions for offences of shoplifting there have been in each of the last five years. [304774]
Mr. Alan Campbell [holding answer 7 December 2009]: The information requested on arrests is not collected centrally.
The arrests collection held by the Home Office covers arrests for recorded crime (notifiable offences) only, broken down at a main offence group level only, covering categories such as robbery and theft and handling stolen goods. It is not possible to separately identify arrests for shoplifting from within these offence groups. The arrest collection does not include any information on the outcome of arrests.
Information provided by the Ministry of Justice, showing the number of defendants found guilty at courts for shoplifting in England and Wales, 2003 to 2007 (latest available) can be viewed in the following table.
Data on court proceedings for 2008 are planned for publication on 28 January 2010.
| Number of defendants found guilty at all courts for shoplifting( 1) England and Wales, 2003 to 2007( 2,3) | ||||||
| Offence | Statute | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 |
| (1) Stealing from 'shops and stalls' (shoplifting) is an offence under Theft Act 1968, Section 1. (2) The statistics relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been found guilty of two or more offences the principal offence is the offence for which the heaviest penalty is imposed. Where the same disposal is imposed for two or more offences, the offence selected is the offence for which the statutory maximum penalty is the most severe. (3) Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used. Source: Justice Statistics Analytical Services-Ministry of Justice | ||||||
Speed Limits: Fines
Nick Ainger: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many drivers have received a fixed penalty fine for speeding in the 50 mph limit area approaching the Severn Bridge toll booths on the M4 in each of the last four years. [303535]
Mr. Alan Campbell: The information requested is not collected centrally.
Data on fixed penalty notices issued for motoring offences provided to the Home Office are broken down to police force area level only.
Theft: Bicycles
Norman Baker: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many bicycles have been reported stolen in each region in each year since 1997. [304284]
Mr. Alan Campbell: The available information relates to the number of thefts of pedal cycles recorded by the police and is given in the following tables.
| Table 1: Offences of theft of a pedal cycle recorded by the police-1997 | |
| Number of offences | |
| Table 2: Offences of theft of a pedal cycle recorded by the police 1998-99 to 2001-02( 1, 2) | ||||
| Number of offences | ||||
| English Region and Wales | 1998-99 | 1999-2000 | 2000-01 | 2001-02 |
| 1 The coverage was extended and counting rules revised from 1998-99. Figures from that date are not directly comparable with those for 1997. 2 The data in this table is prior to the introduction of the National Crime Recording Standard in April 2002. These figures are not directly comparable with those for later years. | ||||
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