European Convention on Human Rights
Mr Bain:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what reports he has received on progress in negotiations for the EU to become a signatory to the European Convention on Human Rights. [47809]
Mr Djanogly:
This question has been passed to the Ministry of Justice to reply as lead Department on the EU’s accession to the European Convention on Human Rights.
The Council of the European Union appointed the Commission to negotiate on behalf of the EU in June 2010, on the basis of an agreed negotiating mandate. The Commission has since met regularly with a group of experts elected by the member states of the Council of Europe, including one from the United Kingdom, to prepare the accession agreement, including any necessary adaptations to the convention system. An early draft of the agreement was recently prepared by the Council of Europe Secretariat based on these negotiations, which will now form the basis of further discussions and drafting refinement.
The accession agreement must not extend the competences of the EU, affect the powers of its institutions, nor affect the position of the United Kingdom and other member states in relation to the ECHR. The Government will continue to participate fully in the negotiations with these principles in mind.
Immigration: Judges
Nicola Blackwood:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice when he plans to publish revised guidelines for immigration judges; and if he will make a statement. [47956]
Mr Djanogly:
The Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice (Mr Clarke) does not provide any guidance to immigration judges as the judiciary is entirely independent of the Government.
Interim Possession Orders
Mike Weatherley:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many interim possession orders were issued by each county court in England and Wales in each year since 2007. [47717]
Mr Djanogly:
The following table shows the number of interim possession orders made in each county court in 2007, 2008, 2009 and in the first three quarters (January to September) of 2010, the latest period for which data are available.
|
Number of interim possession orders issued by each county court
(1)
in England and Wales, 2007-10 Q3
|
|
Court name
|
2007
|
2008
|
2009
|
2010 Q1-
Q3
|
|
Aberdare
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Aberystwyth
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Accrington
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Aldershot
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
|
Altrincham
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Ashford
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Tameside
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Aylesbury
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Banbury
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Barnet
|
3
|
7
|
9
|
3
|
|
Barnsley
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Barnstaple
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Barrow-in-Furness
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Basingstoke
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Bath
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Bedford
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Birkenhead
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Birmingham CJC
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Bishop Auckland
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Blackburn
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Blackpool
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Blackwood
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Bodmin
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Bolton
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Boston
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Bournemouth
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Bow
|
0
|
4
|
0
|
0
|
|
Bradford
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
|
Brecknock
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Brentford
|
15
|
13
|
7
|
4
|
|
Bridgend
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
5
|
|
Brighton
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
|
Bristol
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Bromley
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Basildon
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Burnley
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Burton-on-Trent
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Bury
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Bury St Edmunds
|
2
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
|
Buxton
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Caernarfon
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Cambridge
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Canterbury
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Cardiff
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Carlisle
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Carmarthen
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
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|
Chelmsford
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Cheltenham
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Chepstow
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Chester
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Chesterfield
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Chichester
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
|
Chorley
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Clerkenwell
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Colchester
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Consett
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Conwy and Colwyn
|
2
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
|
Coventry
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Crewe
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Croydon
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Darlington
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Dartford
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Derby
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Dewsbury
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Doncaster
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Dudley
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Durham
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Eastbourne
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
|
Epsom
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Evesham
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Exeter
|
0
|
8
|
0
|
15
|
|
Gateshead
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Gloucester
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
|
Grantham
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Gravesend
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Grimsby
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Guildford
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Halifax
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Harlow
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Harrogate
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Hartlepool
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Hastings
|
1
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
|
Haverfordwest
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Haywards Heath
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Hereford
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Hertford
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
High Wycombe
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
|
Hitchin
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Horsham
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
|
Huddersfield
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Huntingdon
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Ilford
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Ipswich
|
4
|
4
|
5
|
1
|
|
Keighley
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Kendal
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Kettering
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Kidderminster
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
King’s Lynn
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Kingston-upon-Hull
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
5
|
|
Kingston-upon-Thames
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Lambeth
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Lancaster
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Leeds
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Leicester
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Leigh
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
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|
Lewes
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Lichfield
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Lincoln
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Liverpool
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Llanelli
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Llangefni
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Lowestoft
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Ludlow
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Luton
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Macclesfield
|
8
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Maidstone
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Manchester
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Mansfield
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
|
Mayors and City
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Medway
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Melton Mowbray
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Merthyr Tydfil
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Teesside
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Mold
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Monmouth
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Morpeth
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Neath and Port Talbot
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Nelson
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Newark
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Newbury
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
|
Newcastle-upon-Tyne
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Newport (IoW)
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Newport (Gwent)
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Northampton
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
North Shields
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Northwich
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Norwich
|
4
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Nottingham
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Nuneaton
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Oldham
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Oswestry
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Oxford
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
|
Penrith
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Penzance
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Peterborough
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Plymouth
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Pontefract
|
4
|
9
|
1
|
0
|
|
Pontypool
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Pontypridd
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Poole
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Portsmouth
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Preston
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Rawtenstall
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Reading
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
|
Redditch
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Reigate
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Rhyl
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Rotherham
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Rugby
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Runcorn
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
St Albans
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
0
|
|
St Helens
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Salford
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
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|
Salisbury
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Scarborough
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Scunthorpe
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
|
Sheffield
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Shoreditch
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Shrewsbury
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Skegness
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Skipton
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Slough
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
|
Southampton
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Southend-on-Sea
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Southport
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
|
South Shields
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Stafford
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Staines
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Northampton Bulk Centre
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Stockport
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Stoke-on-Trent
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Stourbridge
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
|
Stratford
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Sunderland
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Swansea
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Swindon
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Tamworth
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Taunton
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
|
Thanet
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Torquay
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Trowbridge
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
|
Truro
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
|
Tunbridge Wells
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Uxbridge
|
8
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
|
Wakefield
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Walsall
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Wandsworth
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Warrington
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Warwick
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Watford
|
0
|
2
|
2
|
0
|
|
Wellingborough
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Telford
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Welshpool and Newton
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
West Bromwich
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
West London
|
6
|
3
|
25
|
2
|
|
Weston-super-Mare
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
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|
Weymouth
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
|
Central London
|
0
|
3
|
5
|
0
|
|
Whitehaven
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Wigan
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Willesden
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
3
|
|
Winchester
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Wolverhampton
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Woolwich
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
|
Worcester
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Workington
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Worksop
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Worthing
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Wrexham
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Yeovil
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
|
York
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Romford
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Milton Keynes
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Total
|
86
|
70
|
67
|
47
|
|
(1) These manually collected data are not quality assured as part of standard statistical processes (except for as mentioned by footnote 3 below) and cannot be verified by data from the main administrative systems in the county courts. The data for Edmonton county court are excluded as they are being subjected to further quality assurance checks.
Notes:
1. Data from 2007 to March 2009 were gathered from the Department’s Management Information System. Data from April 2009 were collected from the courts online data monitoring system One Performance Truth (OPT).
2. 2010 Q3 is the latest period for which data are available.
3. Quality assurance checks have been carried out to remove outliers. However, these decisions have not been verified by contact with the courts. These figures should therefore be treated with caution.
4. IPOs can be given for the possession of both commercial and residential properties from trespassers.
5. Data for 2010 are provisional.
Source:
Ministry of Justice
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Knives: Convictions
Mr Ruffley:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many people were convicted of carrying a knife in a public place in each police force area in each year since 1997. [47820]
Mr Blunt:
The number of persons found guilty at all courts for having an article with blade or point in public place, by police force area in England and Wales, for the years 1997 to 2009 (latest available) is shown in the following table.
Court proceedings data for 2010 will be available in the spring of 2011.
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Number of persons found guilty at all courts for the offence of having an article with blade or point in public place, by police force area, England and Wales, 1997 to 2009
(1, 2, 3)
|
|
Police force area
|
1997
|
1998
|
1999
|
2000
(4)
|
2001
|
2002
|
2003
|
2004
|
2005
|
2006
|
2007
|
2008
(5)
|
2009
|
|
Avon and Somerset
|
50
|
68
|
113
|
87
|
104
|
144
|
152
|
146
|
128
|
168
|
163
|
145
|
184
|
|
Bedfordshire
|
24
|
37
|
23
|
40
|
32
|
40
|
57
|
67
|
77
|
61
|
62
|
71
|
83
|
|
Cambridgeshire
|
23
|
35
|
31
|
15
|
26
|
46
|
34
|
62
|
54
|
67
|
53
|
77
|
71
|
|
Cheshire
|
59
|
65
|
52
|
51
|
36
|
54
|
54
|
48
|
80
|
83
|
108
|
95
|
117
|
|
City of London
|
16
|
8
|
4
|
8
|
9
|
17
|
18
|
20
|
18
|
11
|
9
|
6
|
6
|
|
Cleveland
|
16
|
32
|
31
|
21
|
42
|
69
|
70
|
80
|
71
|
75
|
89
|
118
|
103
|
|
Cumbria
|
32
|
27
|
37
|
27
|
28
|
37
|
45
|
46
|
50
|
39
|
46
|
37
|
75
|
|
Derbyshire
|
39
|
31
|
36
|
40
|
53
|
68
|
82
|
99
|
78
|
77
|
99
|
71
|
95
|
|
Devon and Cornwall
|
46
|
78
|
75
|
69
|
71
|
108
|
128
|
126
|
140
|
119
|
137
|
142
|
165
|
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22 Mar 2011 : Column 1006W
|
Dorset
|
19
|
41
|
32
|
31
|
32
|
55
|
49
|
59
|
60
|
66
|
62
|
53
|
73
|
|
Durham
|
25
|
30
|
34
|
42
|
34
|
76
|
64
|
68
|
89
|
91
|
91
|
43
|
84
|
|
Essex
|
84
|
93
|
96
|
99
|
99
|
103
|
141
|
200
|
174
|
173
|
156
|
144
|
220
|
|
Gloucestershire
|
16
|
34
|
18
|
17
|
24
|
26
|
32
|
42
|
38
|
38
|
41
|
50
|
61
|
|
Greater Manchester
|
198
|
239
|
206
|
222
|
280
|
298
|
303
|
344
|
347
|
389
|
390
|
341
|
405
|
|
Hampshire
|
96
|
110
|
93
|
106
|
113
|
112
|
152
|
174
|
162
|
160
|
169
|
230
|
218
|
|
Hertfordshire
|
31
|
28
|
28
|
27
|
24
|
53
|
83
|
84
|
91
|
84
|
68
|
52
|
109
|
|
Humberside
|
44
|
47
|
65
|
53
|
46
|
69
|
63
|
105
|
114
|
123
|
147
|
126
|
159
|
|
Kent
|
28
|
73
|
84
|
76
|
74
|
33
|
34
|
13
|
12
|
6
|
5
|
83
|
139
|
|
Lancashire
|
105
|
120
|
96
|
87
|
105
|
98
|
135
|
157
|
149
|
143
|
148
|
129
|
173
|
|
Leicestershire
|
50
|
65
|
62
|
53
|
65
|
75
|
86
|
97
|
87
|
111
|
115
|
94
|
78
|
|
Lincolnshire
|
18
|
38
|
54
|
46
|
41
|
50
|
71
|
64
|
53
|
68
|
47
|
88
|
82
|
|
Merseyside
|
176
|
168
|
131
|
124
|
120
|
159
|
164
|
198
|
197
|
218
|
214
|
202
|
315
|
|
Metropolitan police
|
1,258
|
1,327
|
1,081
|
1,162
|
1,501
|
1,866
|
1,681
|
1,606
|
1,693
|
1,680
|
1,449
|
1,720
|
1,609
|
|
Norfolk
|
29
|
50
|
46
|
36
|
41
|
59
|
69
|
70
|
69
|
61
|
77
|
88
|
106
|
|
North Yorkshire
|
38
|
33
|
45
|
33
|
45
|
52
|
50
|
69
|
65
|
57
|
51
|
40
|
80
|
|
Northamptonshire
|
6
|
11
|
14
|
8
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
3
|
6
|
1
|
4
|
31
|
79
|
|
Northumbria
|
93
|
101
|
114
|
120
|
150
|
169
|
181
|
208
|
212
|
215
|
254
|
230
|
330
|
|
Nottinghamshire
|
46
|
42
|
45
|
46
|
56
|
68
|
85
|
114
|
117
|
144
|
150
|
144
|
197
|
|
South Yorkshire
|
53
|
61
|
63
|
65
|
114
|
145
|
147
|
116
|
169
|
149
|
137
|
138
|
185
|
|
Staffordshire
|
23
|
38
|
42
|
*
|
33
|
68
|
63
|
69
|
60
|
91
|
84
|
56
|
88
|
|
Suffolk
|
31
|
22
|
26
|
30
|
30
|
61
|
52
|
68
|
68
|
106
|
89
|
37
|
78
|
|
Surrey
|
17
|
11
|
12
|
25
|
32
|
25
|
37
|
40
|
35
|
37
|
42
|
45
|
66
|
|
Sussex
|
57
|
65
|
92
|
83
|
100
|
127
|
123
|
114
|
121
|
138
|
140
|
148
|
169
|
|
Thames Valley
|
60
|
78
|
74
|
53
|
77
|
84
|
75
|
116
|
144
|
177
|
138
|
136
|
236
|
|
Warwickshire
|
16
|
30
|
24
|
19
|
18
|
26
|
18
|
25
|
23
|
30
|
32
|
50
|
48
|
|
West Mercia
|
21
|
37
|
21
|
7
|
6
|
3
|
3
|
13
|
99
|
96
|
100
|
82
|
110
|
|
West Midlands
|
174
|
149
|
135
|
203
|
318
|
343
|
327
|
356
|
316
|
380
|
390
|
400
|
455
|
|
West Yorkshire
|
46
|
40
|
56
|
56
|
87
|
103
|
108
|
172
|
166
|
170
|
189
|
223
|
237
|
|
Wiltshire
|
22
|
36
|
32
|
28
|
36
|
36
|
39
|
50
|
52
|
67
|
48
|
22
|
67
|
|
Dyfed-Powys
|
16
|
22
|
29
|
27
|
31
|
34
|
36
|
38
|
45
|
29
|
35
|
38
|
40
|
|
Gwent
|
24
|
18
|
20
|
21
|
20
|
33
|
23
|
47
|
36
|
56
|
66
|
49
|
70
|
|
North Wales
|
47
|
55
|
60
|
42
|
51
|
74
|
61
|
67
|
77
|
113
|
89
|
85
|
78
|
|
South Wales
|
69
|
95
|
100
|
82
|
93
|
113
|
111
|
124
|
119
|
153
|
140
|
125
|
193
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
England and Wales
|
3,341
|
3,788
|
3,532
|
3,487
|
4,299
|
5,281
|
5,308
|
5,784
|
5,961
|
6,320
|
6,123
|
6,284
|
7,536
|
|
(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 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.
(3) Includes the following offence description and corresponding statute:
Having an article with blade or point in public place
Criminal Justice Act 1988 S.139 as amended by the Offensive Weapons Act 1996
(4) Staffordshire police force were only able to submit sample data for persons proceeded against and convicted in the magistrates courts for the year 2000. Although sufficient to estimate higher orders of data, these data are not robust enough at a detailed level and have been excluded from the table.
(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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