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Table 6: Number of offenders sentenced to immediate custody at all courts in England, for motoring offences,( 1) by offence type, from 1998 to 2007( 2, 3)
Number
Offence group	Offence type	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
2	Dangerous driving	1,412	1,475	1,591	1,753	2,022	2,186	2,116	1,827	1,584	1,454
3	Driving etc., after consuming alcohol or taking drugs	3,536	3,433	3,239	3,249	3,099	2,880	2,811	2,580	2,104	1,879
4	Careless driving	1	2	1	1	-	-	2	1	1	-
5	Accident offences	52	69	67	70	76	64	70	77	59	49
7	Driving licence related offences	9,966	11,230	11,665	12,402	12,562	13,300	11,177	9,175	7,008	5,420
9	Vehicle insurance offences	8	5	15	4	7	10	18	5	7	3
10	Vehicle registration and excise licence offences	1	-	2	-	1	2	-	-	-	-
13	Vehicle test offences	1	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
14	Fraud, forgery etc. associated with vehicle or driver records	14	22	9	9	20	15	13	12	7	6
15	Vehicle or part in dangerous or defective condition	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
16	Speed limit offences	1	2	1	1	-	-	1	-	2	-
18	Neglect of traffic directions	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	2	2
19	Neglect of pedestrian rights	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	-
20	Obstruction, waiting and parking offences	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-
23	Load offences	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
25	Miscellaneous motoring offences	2	4	8	5	5	3	3	3	1	3
	Total	14,994	16,243	16,602	17,494	17,792	18,460	16,213	13,681	10,778	8,818
(1) Offence groups are shown only where data have been reported within the period given. (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.

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Drugs: Newcastle

Jim Cousins: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many (a) trials and (b) convictions there have been for drug offences in Newcastle between 2000 and 2009. [302533]

Claire Ward: Information showing the number of defendants proceeded against and found guilty at Newcastle
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Upon Tyne Petty Sessional Area (PSA), including those found guilty at the Crown court where Newcastle Upon Tyne PSA was the committing court for drug offences, 2000 to 2007 (latest available) is shown in the following table.

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

Number of defendants proceeded against and found guilty at Newcastle Upon Tyne petty sessional area (PSA), including those found guilty at the Crown Court where Newcastle Upon Tyne PSA was the committing court for indictable drug offences( 1) , 2000 to 2007( 2,3)
	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
Proceeded against	678	832	747	787	541	573	536	505
Found guilty	588	722	675	708	500	509	530	455
(1) Includes indictable only and triable either way offences. (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.

Electoral Register

Mr. Grieve: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how much income local authorities have received from the sale of electoral register details to (a) businesses and (b) charities in each of the last seven years. [303904]

Mr. Straw: The Government do not collect information from local authorities on the revenue received from the sale of the electoral register.

The fees charged for the sale of the registers are set with a view to the recovery of reasonable administration costs. In August 2008, the Local Government Association and the Association of Electoral Administrators surveyed local authorities on the overall income generated by the sale of the edited version of the electoral register. 204 local authorities responded to the survey, which found that the overall revenue received was an average of £1,900 per annum.

The Government are currently consulting on the future of the edited register. The consultation opened on 24 November 2009 and closes on 23 February 2010.

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