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.
These data are presented on the principal offence basis: where an offender has been sentenced for more than one offence the principal offence is the one for which the heaviest sentence was imposed; where the same sentence has been imposed for two or more offences the principal offence is the one for which the statutory maximum is most severe.
Departmental Disclosure of Information
David Davis:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice whether (a) agencies and (b) non-departmental public bodies for which his Department is responsible sell information on a commercial basis to (i) companies or individuals in the private sector and (ii) other organisations. [313229]
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Mr. Wills:
Government Departments and agencies and non-departmental public bodies that have Crown status, make most of their information available for free re-use under the PSI Click-Use Licence. Government trading funds, such as Her Majesty's Land Registry, for which I have ministerial responsibility, are able under their trading fund status to charge for the services they provide in order to cover their costs. This covers information and its supply provided to other public bodies, commercial organisations and individuals. In common with other Government policy, some information is sold as priced publications.
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Driving Offences
Norman Baker:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many people have been convicted of driving without insurance in each justice administrative area in each year since 1997. [312785]
Claire Ward:
The number of persons found guilty at all courts in England and Wales for using a motor vehicle uninsured against third-party risks, by police force area, from 1997 to 2007 (latest available) is shown in the following table.
Court proceedings data for 2008 are planned for publication on 28 January 2010.
Number of persons found guilty at all courts for 'using motor vehicle uninsured against third party risks', by police force area, England and Wales, 1997 to 2007( 1, 2)
Police force area
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
Avon and Somerset
5,690
5,918
4,983
5,739
4,746
5,447
5,886
6,364
5,455
4,662
3,744
Bedfordshire
2,125
2,159
1,521
1,456
1,930
2,129
2,344
2,276
2,412
2,190
1,967
Cambridgeshire
1,462
1,562
1,329
1,386
1,130
1,276
1,498
1,618
1,802
2,485
1,769
Cheshire
2,374
2,497
2,508
2,696
2,547
2,973
3,611
3,804
2,769
2,688
3,391
City of London
1,241
1,305
1,040
683
902
1,133
1,395
922
852
974
797
Cleveland
1,656
1,744
1,760
2,272
2,197
2,653
2,298
3,359
2,505
2,323
1,556
Cumbria
1,783
1,656
1,452
1,523
1,454
1,484
1,584
1,449
1,368
1,406
1,563
Derbyshire
2,291
2,168
2,117
2,393
2,727
2,826
3,041
3,785
3,862
2,784
3,476
Devon and Cornwall
3,299
2,639
2,980
4,025
3,760
4,031
4,134
4,042
3,510
4,048
3,724
Dorset
2,072
1,687
1,858
2,246
1,513
1,711
2,086
2,005
2,321
2,123
1,822
Durham
1,647
1,819
2,954
2,834
2,728
2,729
2,454
2,255
1,919
1,572
1,713
Essex
3,242
3,239
3,483
3,752
3,647
3,597
3,536
3,610
3,790
3,851
4,239
Gloucestershire
1,209
1,806
1,757
1,549
1,351
1,115
1,674
1,606
1,365
1,256
1,453
Greater Manchester
13,673
14,063
15,611
15,859
17,506
18,472
20,694
18,836
16,441
15,163
11,747
Hampshire
4,868
4,977
5,166
4,758
4,855
5,121
5,144
5,007
4,188
3,852
3,775
Hertfordshire
1,442
1,792
1,694
2,153
2,427
2,932
3,690
4,061
4,406
4,774
3,746
Humberside
1,932
1,927
2,329
2,423
2,255
2,104
2,550
2,508
2,537
3,072
1,835
Kent
3,541
3,544
3,004
4,868
5,473
6,543
5,700
6,098
5,064
5,281
4,872
Lancashire
8,182
7,661
6,449
7,487
6,240
6,863
8,906
6,642
7,619
6,661
6,443
Leicestershire
4,047
4,299
4,843
4,282
4,321
4,513
5,349
5,376
3,573
3,137
2,199
Lincolnshire
2,030
2,409
2,567
2,141
1,896
1,814
2,574
3,374
2,799
2,937
2,199
Merseyside
5,162
4,786
4,417
4,998
4,930
5,963
7,360
7,208
5,967
4,449
5,714
Metropolitan Police
17,698
15,531
13,844
13,193
14,449
17,674
20,970
25,343
25,520
26,796
29,173
Norfolk
2,356
2,102
2,017
1,803
1,607
1,904
2,619
2,331
2,132
2,156
1,951
North Yorkshire
1,736
1,616
1,615
1,589
1,247
1,216
1,342
1,536
1,674
1,640
1,832
Northamptonshire
2,590
2,583
2,951
2,057
908
506
2,336
3,478
2,922
2,584
1,906
Northumbria
4,929
4,867
5,638
5,957
5,534
5,623
5,901
5,587
6,091
5,884
4,979
Nottinghamshire
3,240
3,540
2,815
3,062
3,066
2,888
3,796
4,347
3,604
3,132
3,372
South Yorkshire
3,823
4,312
4,573
4,826
5,888
5,739
5,686
5,230
5,359
5,162
4,044
Staffordshire
3,209
3,255
3,403
3,906
2,658
3,526
3,794
4,222
4,230
4,001
3,241
Suffolk
1,467
1,561
1,649
1,429
1,547
1,683
2,225
2,247
1,854
1,686
1,365
Surrey
1,532
1,424
1,392
1,611
1,731
1,992
1,853
1,949
1,924
1,942
3,183
Sussex
3,207
2,919
2,757
2,491
2,521
2,275
2,154
2,267
2,100
2,400
2,679
Thames Valley
3,774
3,959
4,783
4,774
4,152
4,892
6,558
6,346
5,581
5,638
5,195
Warwickshire
1,641
1,532
1,341
1,506
1,631
1,528
1,799
2,542
2,230
2,357
1,898
West Mercia
3,176
3,893
3,647
3,947
3,992
4,074
4,292
4,571
4,293
4,537
3,603
West Midlands
10,843
11,214
9,369
10,535
10,622
14,199
17,249
19,314
17,715
15,936
11,047
West Yorkshire
9,161
8,856
9,688
9,383
9,841
8,008
10,745
13,964
11,637
10,243
7,156
Wiltshire
1,502
1,814
1,592
1,638
2,108
2,062
1,983
1,875
1,936
2,071
1,426
Dyfed-Powys
1,327
1,350
1,399
1,432
1,205
1,553
1,503
1,059
1,293
1,234
1,304
Gwent
1,899
2,159
2,162
2,326
2,276
2,188
1,916
1,527
1,514
1,531
1,179
North Wales
2,157
2,087
1,941
1,814
1,453
1,898
3,040
3,351
2,279
3,187
2,258
South Wales
6,269
6,808
6,190
6,303
5,371
6,320
6,639
7,358
6,013
5,671
4,621
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Total
162,504
163,039
160,588
167,105
164,342
179,177
205,908
216,649
198,425
191,476
171,156
(1) The figures given in the table 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 it 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. (2) 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.
