House of Commons Hansard Written Answers for 15 Mar 2010 (pt 0015)

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Justice

Burglary: Convictions

Mr. Hepburn: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many people were convicted of domestic burglary offences committed in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) England and Wales in each year since 1997. [321621]

Claire Ward: Information showing the number of persons found guilty at all courts in the North East Government Office Region (GOR) and England and Wales for domestic burglary offences, from 1997 to 2008 (latest available) can be viewed in the table. Centrally held court proceedings data do not identify the circumstances of each case and it is therefore not possible to separately identify in which areas offences of burglary in a dwelling were committed.

Court proceedings data are not available at parliamentary constituency level. Data are given in the table for the North East GOR in which the Jarrow constituency and South Tyneside are located.

Court proceedings data for 2009 are planned for publication in autumn, 2010.

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N umber of persons found guilty at all courts for burglary in a dwelling offences^{( 1)} in the North East Government Office Region (GOR)^{( 2)} and England and Wales, 1997 to 2008^{( 3,4)}
Area	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008^{( 5)}
England and Wales	17,870	17,306	16,387	14,471	13,684	14,622	14,540	13,503	12,820	12,442	13,138	13,471
Of which:
North East GOR	1,474	1,423	1,307	1,004	1,091	1,206	1,007	790	776	767	827	786
⁽¹⁾ Includes burglary, and aggravated burglary, in a dwelling-Theft Act 1968 sections 9, 9(1)(a), 9(1 )(b), 10. ⁽²⁾ Includes: Cleveland police force area; Durham police force area; Northumbria police force area. ⁽³⁾ 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. ⁽⁴⁾ 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. ⁽⁵⁾ Excludes convictions for Cardiff magistrates court for April, July and August 2008. Source: Justice Statistics Analytical Services-Ministry of Justice

Crimes of Violence: Convictions

Mr. Hepburn: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many people were convicted of offences related to (a) violent crime and (b) serious violent crime in (i) Jarrow constituency, (ii) South Tyneside, (iii) the North East and (iv) England and Wales in each year since 1997. [321591]

Claire Ward: Information showing the number of persons found guilty at all courts in the north-east Government office region (GOR) and England and Wales for offences of violence against the person, from 1997 to 2008 (latest available) is shown in the following table.

Court proceedings data are not available at parliamentary constituency level. Data are given in the table for the north-east GOR in which the Jarrow constituency and South Tyneside are located.

Court proceedings data for 2009 are planned to be published in the autumn 2010.

Persons found guilty at all courts for violence against the person offences in the north-east Government office region (GOR)^{( 1)} , and England and Wales, 1997 to 2008^{( 2, 3)}
Number
Area	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008^{( 4)}
England and Wales
more serious offences⁽⁵⁾	3,283	3,173	2,915	2,825	2,908	3,201	3,195	3,554	3,589	3,242	3,453	3,424
less serious offences⁽⁶⁾	31,279	33,877	32,785	32,445	32,390	34,507	34,841	35,595	37,340	38,622	38,498	38,095
common assault	20,636	24,110	26,406	26,262	26,610	28,949	32,282	38,330	44,745	49,260	52,693	52,319
of which:
North-east GOR
more serious offences⁽⁵⁾	236	236	181	169	167	203	219	214	220	206	225	202
less serious offences⁽⁶⁾	2,119	2,319	2,322	2,204	2,260	2,328	2,208	2,163	2,387	2,554	2,707	2,578
common assault	936	1,050	1,258	1,216	1,140	1,351	1,615	1,869	2,006	2,198	2,885	2,676
⁽¹⁾ Includes: Cleveland police force area Durham police force area Northumbria police force area. ⁽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. ⁽⁴⁾ Excludes convictions for Cardiff magistrates court for April, July and August 2008. ⁽⁵⁾ Includes: murder, attempted murder, threat or conspiracy to murder, manslaughter, infanticide, child destruction, causing death by dangerous driving, manslaughter due to diminished responsibility, causing death by careless driving under the influence of drink or drugs, causing or allowing the death of a child or vulnerable person, causing death by careless or inconsiderate driving, causing death by driving,-unlicensed, disqualified or uninsured drivers, causing death by aggravated vehicle taking, wounding or other act endangering life, endangering railway passenger. ⁽⁶⁾ Includes: endangering life at sea, other wounding etc. (including offences of assaults occasioning actual bodily harm and wounding or inflicting grievous bodily harm), cruelty to or neglect of children, abandoning child aged under two years, child abduction, procuring illegal abortion, concealment of birth. Source: Justice Statistics Analytical Services-Ministry of Justice.

Drugs: Crime

Mr. Hepburn: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many people were convicted of offences related to drugs in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) England and Wales in each year since 1997. [321593]

Claire Ward: Information showing the number of persons found guilty at all courts in the North East Government Office Region (GOR) and England and Wales for drugs offences, from 1997 to 2008 (latest available) can be found in the table.

Court proceedings data are not available at parliamentary constituency level. Data are given in the table for the North East GOR in which the Jarrow constituency and South Tyneside are located.

Court proceedings data for 2009 are planned for publication in autumn, 2010.

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Number of persons found guilty at all courts for drug offences in the North East Government Office Region (GOR)^{( 1)} and England and Wales, 1997to2008^{( 2,3)}
Area	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
England and Wales	40,666	48,821	48,711	44,621	45,621	49,036	51,162	39,197	39,090	39,582	44,565	52,941
Of which:
North East GOR	1,526	2,194	2,528	2,773	3,340	3,624	3,816	2,687	2,759	2,734	2,667	2,626
⁽¹⁾ Includes: Cleveland police force area; Durham police force area; Northumbria police force area. ⁽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. ⁽⁴⁾ Excludes convictions for Cardiff magistrates court for April, July and August 2008. Source: Justice Statistics Analytical Services-Ministry of Justice

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