House of Commons Hansard Written Answers for 16 Mar 2011 (pt 0007)

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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

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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.

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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	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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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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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.

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