Total FPNS for speed limit offences
Police force 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008

Avon and Somerset

99,405

85,331

67,933

52,606

57,746

53,069

Bedfordshire

66,709

56,762

44,736

48,407

30,029

19,884

Cambridgeshire

28,510

19,802

44,997

20,502

25,371

22,548

Cheshire

29,564

40,306

25,056

28,570

26,992

23,032

Cleveland

24,729

19,939

24,912

19,044

13,951

11,017

16 Mar 2011 : Column 473W

16 Mar 2011 : Column 474W

Cumbria

24,692

31,531

27,441

32,023

29,096

30,774

Derbyshire

44,517

44,412

30,905

31,484

22,389

16,652

Devon and Cornwall

63,916

91,662

53,474

42,467

62,549

49,234

Dorset

63,185

71,832

79,522

51,599

36,900

26,086

Durham

6,538

4,184

2,816

2,817

3,138

3,531

Dyfed-Powys

3,072

2,221

1,435

1,054

1,654

1,713

Essex

66,281

68,852

85,745

60,705

44,796

25,956

Gloucestershire

3,139

4,913

10,849

13,406

9,380

7,547

Greater Manchester

44,903

43,531

59,478

60,283

42,609

37,330

Gwent

1,013

859

506

531

507

384

Hampshire

45,324

52,587

58,750

49,404

49,324

36,719

Hertfordshire

28,696

61,637

49,738

81,805

41,593

34,945

Humberside

25,755

52,288

48,494

36,718

34,184

21,993

Kent

54,594

66,661

53,289

47,179

51,438

25,208

Lancashire

96,660

63,233

63,568

57,658

55,167

41,678

Leicestershire

45,417

26,357

7,281

24,605

20,634

15,506

Lincolnshire

27,970

29,258

32,613

25,750

24,849

26,834

London, City of

4,864

6,358

10,275

5,089

2,785

3,082

Merseyside

8,883

8,058

18,411

33,049

26,601

34,894

Metropolitan Police

80,213

104,920

126,426

102,482

73,738

94,955

Norfolk

31,640

26,938

25,117

25,346

24,878

20,359

North Wales

61,645

51,069

74,485

59,491

42,537

29,327

North Yorkshire

5,836

5,971

4,923

51,880

38,504

39,410

Northamptonshire

49,902

49,108

47,866

5,256

7,748

7,779

Northumbria

69,018

94,319

55,708

42,242

25,283

14,716

Nottinghamshire

53,276

53,188

53,696

42,917

34,750

32,975

South Wales

65,852

45,343

45,189

33,208

40,426

48,453

South Yorkshire

51,418

42,635

65,352

51,462

37,911

8,014

Staffordshire

47,565

41,249

46,219

50,823

31,547

35,269

Suffolk

16,606

40,847

40,029

34,442

30,378

34,678

Surrey

7,057

8,200

17,509

39,520

28,941

27,366

Sussex

60,364

45,619

58,606

48,627

46,832

37,632

Thames Valley

123,586

92,834

97,049

137,312

54,385

53,909

Warwickshire

27,737

34,206

40,401

30,316

27,468

18,794

West Mercia

78,408

57,844

53,711

46,213

54,975

52,109

West Midlands

43,542

58,052

46,612

44,497

45,357

34,620

West Yorkshire

70,011

68,827

66,031

49,528

41,386

37,177

Wiltshire

42,738

50,641

52,412

51,458

36,959

30,338

England and Wales

1,894,750

1,924,384

1,919,565

1,773,775

1,437,685

1,227,496

Young Offenders

Sadiq Khan: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice on what dates he has met the Secretary of State for (a) Education and (b) Communities and Local Government to discuss the resettlement of young offenders since May 2010. [46902]

Mr Blunt: I met the Under-Secretary of State for Education, the hon. Member for East Worthing and Shoreham (Tim Loughton), on 7 September 2010 and we will be meeting again on 30 March to discuss youth justice issues, including resettlement of young offenders.

I have yet to meet with Ministers in the Department for Communities and Local Government but my officials have been working closely with colleagues there, on the implications of the localism agenda for locally devolved Youth Offending Teams.

We recognise that young people leaving custody are some of the most vulnerable young people in our society and that their effective resettlement is critical to breaking the cycle of offending. Young offenders have complex and wide ranging problems which require intensive support and access to services which can directly address their offending behaviour.

The recent Green Paper proposals set out how we are considering introducing elements of payment by results into youth justice to incentivise local authorities to reduce youth offending, of which resettlement is a key part.

Young Offenders: Sentencing

Mr Ruffley: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many (a) 15, (b) 16 and (c) 17-year-olds were given custodial sentences in each police force area since 2007; and what the average length of sentence was. [46833]

Mr Blunt: The number of defendants aged 15 to 17 sentenced to an immediate custodial sentence and the average custodial sentence length and other sentences at all courts by police force area, England and Wales, 2007-09 (latest available) is provided in the tables.

Data for 2010 are planned for publication in the spring of 2011.

16 Mar 2011 : Column 475W

16 Mar 2011 : Column 476W

Number of defendants aged 15 to 17 given an immediate custodial sentence, average custodial sentence length (1) and other sentences at all courts, by police force area, England & Wales, 2007 - 09 (2, 3)
  2007 2008 (5)
Police force area and age Immediate custody Average custodial sentence length (months) Other sentences (4) Sentenced Immediate custody Average custodial sentence length (months) Other sentences (4) Sentenced

Avon and Somerset

               

15

28

8.3

454

482

18

8.8

349

367

16

27

7.8

567

594

32

8.8

483

515

17

54

8.2

729

783

55

15.1

669

724

                 

Bedfordshire

               

15

8

8.5

134

142

6

8.7

130

136

16

24

8.5

215

239

17

16.9

156

173

17

31

10.3

223

254

30

16.0

231

261

                 

Cambridgeshire

               

15

11

6.2

204

215

12

10.3

189

201

16

25

6.5

283

308

23

11.0

274

297

17

26

8.1

328

354

31

14.4

286

317

                 

Cheshire

               

15

18

6.8

313

331

15

11.2

272

287

16

42

9.1

401

443

28

8.2

358

386

17

46

11.1

547

593

47

12.9

470

517

                 

City of London

               

15

0

0

0

0

0

0

16

0

0

0

0

0

0

17

0

0

5

5

0

0

8

8

                 

Cleveland

               

15

7

6.9

309

316

9

9.7

252

261

16

20

8.0

336

356

15

13.6

406

421

17

30

12.4

410

440

42

11.5

444

486

                 

Cumbria

               

15

15

4.5

295

310

8

8.8

252

260

16

23

7.9

341

364

20

7.8

311

331

17

30

6.8

351

381

33

7.8

363

396

                 

Derbyshire

               

15

22

5.9

335

357

35

6.1

301

336

16

28

9.7

411

439

24

8.9

354

378

17

66

9.6

542

608

49

10.9

518

567

                 

Devon and Cornwall

               

15

2

4.0

439

441

5

14.0

382

387

16

2

9.0

618

620

13

17.4

545

558

17

17

24.7

747

764

25

14.4

747

772

                 

Dorset

               

15

168

168

1

72.0

132

133

16

7

5.7

265

272

2

36.0

178

180

17

12

11.8

364

376

13

16.2

268

281

                 

Durham

               

15

8

6.5

312

320

11

8.0

207

218

16

20

7.2

428

448

20

8.5

343

363

16 Mar 2011 : Column 477W

16 Mar 2011 : Column 478W

17

27

10.3

571

598

16

9.3

414

430

                 

Essex

               

15

26

6.3

471

497

12

7.5

458

470

16

41

8.1

680

721

40

9.3

580

620

17

61

10.1

893

954

82

9.1

789

871

                 

Gloucestershire

               

15

9

13.2

187

196

1

8.0

149

150

16

14

14.1

201

215

10

15.6

185

195

17

10

14.6

305

315

18

12.7

315

333

                 

Greater Manchester

               

15

92

9.5

1,313

1,405

81

9.2

1,048

1,129

16

160

11.9

1,573

1,733

124

9.2

1,330

1,454

17

210

11.1

1,579

1,789

198

11.2

1,558

1,756

                 

Hampshire

               

15

41

9.3

802

843

28

8.7

595

623

16

70

8.5

1,019

1,089

59

10.0

961

1,020

17

89

10.0

1,231

1,320

86

9.1

1,196

1,282

                 

Hertfordshire

               

15

4

5.5

235

239

12

8.8

225

237

16

12

5.5

298

310

15

9.1

302

317

17

28

9.7

457

485

26

10.7

433

459

                 

Humberside

               

15

15

8.5

432

447

20

11.8

377

397

16

52

11.2

494

546

36

9.8

482

518

17

59

11.9

569

628

46

11.3

477

523

                 

Kent

               

15

22

11.3

483

505

16

11.5

432

448

16

44

8.6

622

666

28

9.4

565

593

17

81

10.4

746

827

51

11.1

663

714

                 

Lancashire

               

15

34

9.8

631

665

32

11.6

529

561

16

50

10.8

916

966

47

11.2

753

800

17

68

11.7

1,068

1,136

67

11.5

941

1,008

                 

Leicestershire

               

15

21

7.5

318

339

15

5.6

246

261

16

36

9.1

435

471

32

9.8

394

426

17

44

9.2

558

602

39

9.6

426

465

                 

Lincolnshire

               

15

4

9.0

122

126

2

25.0

119

121

16

7

10.6

194

201

6

6.7

207

213

17

18

7.5

338

356

13

14.4

300

313

                 

16 Mar 2011 : Column 479W

16 Mar 2011 : Column 480W

Merseyside

               

15

42

7.5

515

557

29

13.4

452

481

16

73

8.6

778

851

45

12.9

717

762

17

101

10.4

926

1,027

100

14.4

864

964

                 

Metropolitan police

               

15

173

10.3

2,540

2,713

191

12.9

2,276

2,467

16

235

10.7

3,313

3,548

316

12.5

3,122

3,438

17

470

13.6

3,971

4,441

495

13.9

4,098

4,593

                 

Norfolk

               

15

2

12.0

187

189

16

8.3

182

198

16

16

8.4

292

308

17

8.8

271

288

17

17

12.0

368

385

19

11.4

406

425

                 

North Yorkshire

               

15

13

8.9

306

319

4

6.0

228

232

16

14

11.3

351

365

20

12.4

312

332

17

28

10.3

449

477

26

11.3

448

474

                 

Northamptonshire

               

15

17

7.8

138

155

16

8.8

143

159

16

26

10.3

148

174

20

11.3

203

223

17

56

10.2

213

269

25

10.7

240

265

                 

Northumbria

               

15

22

8.9

970

992

16

10.3

820

836

16

48

10.2

1,238

1,286

37

8.7

1,085

1,122

17

57

8.3

1,473

1,530

53

9.4

1,298

1,351

                 

Nottinghamshire

               

15

32

11.7

359

391

21

8.3

302

323

16

42

12.4

517

559

28

13.3

413

441

17

69

12.0

601

670

78

12.5

561

639

                 

South Yorkshire

               

15

29

6.9

516

545

28

11.6

457

485

16

52

10.5

568

620

59

12.3

534

593

17

62

10.4

667

729

70

13.3

762

832

                 

Staffordshire

               

15

11

11.0

332

343

9

8.2

219

228

16

22

10.5

380

402

25

12.0

345

370

17

29

10.8

498

527

38

13.2

517

555

                 

Suffolk

               

15

17

8.0

231

248

8

6.8

192

200

16

25

8.0

335

360

21

8.7

301

322

17

32

9.8

476

508

33

11.0

395

428

                 

Surrey

               

15

6

5.7

181

187

3

4.0

149

152

16

8

11.8

278

286

3

4.0

281

284

16 Mar 2011 : Column 481W

16 Mar 2011 : Column 482W

17

11

12.9

413

424

16

17.4

386

402

                 

Sussex

               

15

16

10.1

536

552

12

10.9

445

457

16

22

13.7

669

691

26

11.7

586

612

17

46

13.9

800

846

45

17.6

691

736

                 

Thames Valley

               

15

14

12.9

444

458

16

5.7

475

491

16

64

9.4

688

752

31

11.1

590

621

17

75

9.8

899

974

58

11.5

885

943

                 

Warwickshire

               

15

3

8.0

119

122

3

14.0

95

98

16

9

9.3

219

228

5

15.6

148

153

17

22

14.5

225

247

16

13.4

209

225

                 

West Mercia

               

15

12

6.5

345

357

14

10.1

317

331

16

33

7.8

475

508

22

10.4

430

452

17

38

11.6

751

789

45

7.2

627

672

                 

West Midlands

               

15

66

8.5

923

989

63

9.5

822

885

16

126

11.9

1,355

1,481

121

11.1

1,110

1,231

17

166

14.1

1,715

1,881

210

12.2

1,427

1,637

                 

West Yorkshire

               

15

56

8.5

798

854

58

8.8

823

881

16

124

10.1

984

1,108

86

10.0

884

970

17

148

12.2

1,016

1,164

152

13.8

1,141

1,293

                 

Wiltshire

               

15

4

9.0

134

138

6

11.0

122

128

16

4

11.5

176

180

4

9.5

200

204

17

11

8.9

285

296

9

16.0

232

241

                 

Dyfed-Powys

               

15

2

8.0

140

142

2

7.0

109

111

16

8

5.5

188

196

5

17.4

199

204

17

19

7.3

248

267

9

5.8

252

261

                 

Gwent

               

15

12

6.2

196

208

6

17.3

154

160

16

12

5.5

306

318

15

9.9

242

257

17

32

7.7

387

419

26

11.8

315

341

                 

North Wales

               

15

17

8.0

218

235

13

9.6

211

224

16

24

10.1

266

290

28

8.3

265

293

17

29

9.4

292

321

35

7.3

310

345

                 

16 Mar 2011 : Column 483W

16 Mar 2011 : Column 484W

South Wales

               

15

16

8.5

323

339

16

21.8

273

289

16

47

8.1

532

579

52

15.1

458

510

17

85

10.3

707

792

72

13.7

573

645

                 

Wales

               

15

47

7.7

877

924

37

16.0

747

784

16

91

8.1

1,292

1,383

100

12.6

1,164

1,264

17

165

9.3

1,634

1,799

142

11.3

1,450

1,592

                 

England

               

15

922

8.9

17,531

18,453

852

10.3

15,163

16,015

16

1,647

10.1

23,061

24,708

1,477

11.0

20,699

22,176

17

2,445

11.5

28,307

30,752

2,455

12.4

26,703

29,158

  2009
Police force area and age Immediate custody Average custodial sentence length (months) Other sentences (4) Sentenced

Avon and Somerset

       

15

23

10.0

363

386

16

38

10.5

446

484

17

59

10.5

540

599

         

Bedfordshire

       

15

6

6.0

120

126

16

7

10.3

172

179

17

18

9.0

235

253

         

Cambridgeshire

       

15

12

13.0

211

223

16

12

9.2

238

250

17

33

11.6

298

331

         

Cheshire

       

15

13

9.3

215

228

16

28

12.4

284

312

17

54

12.8

406

460

         

City of London

       

15

0

0

0

0

16

0

0

0

0

17

0

0

2

2

         

Cleveland

       

15

18

6.9

296

314

16

24

6.9

349

373

17

33

12.3

432

465

         

Cumbria

       

15

4

6.5

170

174

16

7

5.1

217

224

17

28

7.4

375

403

         

16 Mar 2011 : Column 485W

16 Mar 2011 : Column 486W

Derbyshire

       

15

17

9.9

253

270

16

44

11.6

353

397

17

54

9.4

424

478

         

Devon and Cornwall

       

15

7

8.0

306

313

16

26

10.3

491

517

17

34

12.5

750

784

         

Dorset

       

15

2

4.0

103

105

16

1

4.0

200

201

17

5

14.8

266

271

         

Durham

       

15

2

5.0

187

189

16

12

12.5

289

301

17

25

10.3

420

445

         

Essex

       

15

18

5.2

457

475

16

25

9.0

603

628

17

71

12.2

837

908

         

Gloucestershire

       

15

3

5.3

115

118

16

8

17.5

190

198

17

5

39.0

231

236

         

Greater Manchester

       

15

62

8.6

916

978

16

99

11.4

1,288

1,387

17

162

10.2

1,601

1,763

         

Hampshire

       

15

29

7.1

639

668

16

41

9.0

780

821

17

85

11.8

1,040

1,125

         

Hertfordshire

       

15

3

12.0

225

228

16

15

10.1

289

304

17

30

10.9

400

430

         

Humberside

       

15

26

9.0

362

388

16

30

12.7

429

459

17

47

14.4

573

620

         

Kent

       

15

15

11.2

472

487

16

39

8.9

529

568

17

62

11.8

707

769

         

Lancashire

       

15

22

11.0

622

644

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16 Mar 2011 : Column 488W

16

48

8.5

738

786

17

60

8.9

954

1,014

         

Leicestershire

       

15

13

6.9

192

205

16

26

7.6

235

261

17

32

12.6

361

393

         

Lincolnshire

       

15

8

5.8

106

114

16

9

12.0

192

201

17

21

8.7

287

308

         

Merseyside

       

15

37

14.4

492

529

16

60

12.4

630

690

17

82

14.4

891

973

         

Metropolitan police

       

15

135

10.2

2,264

2,399

16

239

14.5

3,039

3,278

17

426

14.1

3,755

4,181

         

Norfolk

       

15

9

9.1

199

208

16

11

10.4

236

247

17

17

13.4

328

345

         

North Yorkshire

       

15

6

9.7

210

216

16

12

16.2

328

340

17

32

9.6

424

456

         

Northamptonshire

       

15

7

4.9

138

145

16

21

9.5

194

215

17

34

12.8

232

266

         

Northumbria

       

15

15

10.7

724

739

16

28

7.7

943

971

17

61

9.1

1,266

1,327

         

Nottinghamshire

       

15

27

8.3

255

282

16

30

10.4

382

412

17

67

14.4

587

654

         

South Yorkshire

       

15

23

10.6

381

404

16

47

9.7

503

550

17

78

13.7

698

776

         

Staffordshire

       

15

8

10.3

171

179

16

22

13.4

255

277

17

53

10.4

392

445

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16 Mar 2011 : Column 490W

         

Suffolk

       

15

7

7.1

195

202

16

9

5.6

295

304

17

29

8.6

399

428

         

Surrey

       

15

5

20.0

162

167

16

9

24.0

282

291

17

17

11.8

387

404

         

Sussex

       

15

16

10.8

371

387

16

28

12.5

519

547

17

33

9.6

694

727

         

Thames Valley

       

15

18

7.2

406

424

16

32

11.3

571

603

17

50

10.8

775

825

         

Warwickshire

       

15

1

18.0

67

68

16

5

10.8

111

116

17

7

14.6

194

201

         

West Mercia

       

15

12

8.3

314

326

16

19

10.3

373

392

17

31

9.5

463

494

         

West Midlands

       

15

58

8.4

631

689

16

102

12.2

1,028

1,130

17

189

13.4

1,344

1,533

         

West Yorkshire

       

15

44

9.0

683

727

16

97

10.0

1,011

1,108

17

114

12.8

1,100

1,214

         

Wiltshire

       

15

6

5.0

158

164

16

8

9.5

197

205

17

16

15.4

285

301

         

Dyfed-Powys

       

15

3

10.0

92

95

16

6

11.3

149

155

17

12

8.2

282

294

         

Gwent

       

15

10

7.0

143

153

16

14

6.7

238

252

17

14

7.9

309

323

         

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16 Mar 2011 : Column 492W

North Wales

       

15

11

7.1

203

214

16

22

7.1

266

288

17

39

8.1

353

392

         

South Wales

       

15

23

13.4

369

392

16

41

8.9

458

499

17

85

10.0

723

808

         

Wales

       

15

47

10.3

807

854

16

83

8.2

1,111

1,194

17

150

9.2

1,667

1,817

         

England

       

15

737

9.3

14,151

14,888

16

1,318

11.4

19,209

20,527

17

2,254

12.2

25,353

27,607

(1) Excludes life and indeterminate sentences. (2) 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 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) Other sentences include: absolute and conditional discharge, fine, community sentence, suspended sentence and otherwise dealt with. (5) Excludes data for Cardiff magistrates court for April, July and August 2008. Source: Justice Statistics Analytical Services - Ministry of Justice.