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Convictions: York
Hugh Bayley: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many people were convicted at York (a) magistrates court and (b) Crown court in (i) 1997 and (ii) the latest 12 months for which figures are available; and what the average time taken between charging and sentence for people convicted at each court was in each such period. [322125]
Claire Ward: The number persons found guilty at York magistrates court and York Crown court in 1997 and 2008 (latest available) can be viewed in the following table.
Court data for 2009 are planned for publication in the autumn, 2010.
The Ministry of Justice Court Proceedings database cannot identify the time taken between charge and sentence.
| Number of persons found guilty at York magistrates' court and York Crown c ourt for all offences, 1997 and 2008( 1,2) | |
| Court | Found guilty |
| (1) The figures given in the table on court proceedings 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 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 (3) Includes the Adult and youth Court Source: Justice Statistics Analytical Services in the Ministry of Justice | |
Courts: Video Conferencing
Philip Davies: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of the virtual court pilot at Camberwell Green magistrates court of (a) police officers, (b) court staff, (c) other court operational costs, excluding staff, (d) Crown Prosecution staff and (e) probation staff. [322049]
Claire Ward: The evaluation of the Virtual Courts pilot, which began in May 2009, will assess any variation in the costs of operational staff required to administer the process, compared with the traditional court process. It will also consider the costs of the supporting technology. The final report is expected in autumn 2010.
The total project costs for the pilot are approximately £5 million. This includes the costs of developing the technical infrastructure required to support it, but excludes operational staff costs.
Custodial Treatment: York
Hugh Bayley:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many people received a custodial sentence
at York (a) magistrates court and (b) Crown court in (i) 1997 and (ii) the latest year for which figures are available; and what the average length of sentence at each court was in each such period. [322126]
Claire Ward: The available information is provided in the following table:
| Total custodial sentences in the magistrates court and crown court and the average custodial sentence length (months)( 1) , 1997 to 2008 | ||||||||||||
| 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | |
| (1) Excludes life and indeterminate sentences. Suspended sentence orders were introduced in April 2005. Note s : 1. 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. 2. The data have been taken from the Ministry of Justice Court Proceedings database. The 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. | ||||||||||||
Dangerous Dogs: Prosecutions
Mr. Gordon Prentice: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many (a) prosecutions and (b) convictions there have been in Lancashire for offences in connection with allowing a dog to attack a person in the last 36 months. [321884]
Claire Ward: Information showing the number of defendants proceeded against at magistrates courts and found guilty at all courts in the Lancashire police force area for selected offences under the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991, from 2006 to 2008 (latest available) can be viewed in the table.
Data for 2009 are planned for publication in autumn 2010.
Departmental Internet
Mr. Heald: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many designs for its (a) internal website and (b) intranet his Department and its predecessor have commissioned since 2005; and what the cost was of each such design. [321995]
Mr. Wills: The Department's internal website is the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) intranet. Since 2005 the intranet has been completely redesigned and rebuilt twice. Only the most recent design in 2009 required design work to be commissioned. The total cost for this work is as follows:
| Total cost for design work commissioned for the MOJ intranet-2009 | ||||
| Task | Staff | Days | Rate (£) | Cost (£) |
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