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Immigration

Gordon Banks: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many immigration cases heard at tribunals required multiple sittings to determine in 2010. [51713]

Mr Djanogly: For the period 1 January to 31 December 2010, 163,903 appeals were determined by the First-tier Tribunal of the Immigration and Asylum Chamber, of which 18,095 (11%) required more than one substantive hearing.

Of the 18,095, 7,111 were ‘out of country’ immigration appeals, 6,318 were ‘in-country’ immigration appeals, 4,283 were asylum appeals, 380 were appeals against deportation and three were appeals against human rights, race discrimination or deprivation of citizenship decisions.

Gordon Banks: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what recent estimate has been made of the average cost to the public purse of an Immigration Tribunal hearing. [51714]

Mr Djanogly: The length and, therefore, cost of a substantive hearing within the immigration and asylum jurisdiction of Her Majesty's Courts and Tribunals Service depends on the type of case. For this reason, an overall average cost is not used by Her Majesty's Courts and Tribunals Service for planning purposes. However, dividing the full cost of the immigration and asylum jurisdiction by the number of oral hearings held, the average cost per hearing during the financial year 2009-10 was £687.

Judiciary: Pensions

Ms Angela Eagle: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) whether he has made an impact assessment of the proposed changes to the judicial pension scheme; and what estimate he has made of the change in the opt-out rate resulting from implementation of the changes; [52270]

(2) what arrangements are in place to ensure that the changes to the judicial pension scheme are sustainable and progressive; [52271]

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(3) what assessment he has made of the effects of the proposed changes to the judicial pension scheme on part-time members of staff who are members of the scheme. [52272]

Mr Kenneth Clarke: At the spending review the Government announced changes to the level of public service pension scheme members' contribution rates which would lead to total savings of £2.8 billion a year by 2014-15, to be phased in from April 2012. Discussions about how this will be implemented are ongoing with the judiciary. The Government will put forward proposals in June, and will then begin formal consultation on the necessary changes to scheme regulations.

The Government are committed to ensuring the changes are fair to pension scheme members and to taxpayers.

An impact assessment covering the judicial pensions schemes has been produced and may be found at:

http://www.dwp.gov.uk/policy/pensions-reform/

The Treasury published an estimate of likely opt-out rates at the spending review:

http://cdn.hm-treasury.gov.uk/sr2010_policycostings.pdf

This estimate has been scrutinised by the independent Office for Budget Responsibility, and will be reviewed when the Government put forward final designs.

Knives: Young People

Mr Ruffley: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many people aged (a) under 19 and (b) over 18 were convicted for illegally carrying (i) knives and (ii) other weapons in each police authority area in (A) 2009 and (B) 2010; and if he will make a statement. [52401]

Mr Blunt: We assume that the question refers to under 18 and over 18-year-olds and have answered accordingly.

The number of offenders found guilty at all courts for possession of knives and possession of offensive weapons (excluding knives), by age group and police force area, England and Wales 1997 to 2009, can be viewed in tables 1 to 4 as follows.

Court proceedings data for 2010 are planned for publication on 26 May 2011.

Table 1: Number of defendants aged under 18 years of age convicted at all courts for knife possession offences ⁽¹⁾ , by police force area, England and Wales, 1997 to 2009 ^{(2, 3)}
Police force area	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Avon and Somerset	6	7	17	7	23	28	19	28	15	30	29	27	20
Bedfordshire	1	5	3	6	6	2	5	7	11	11	19	13	12
Cambridgeshire	3	6	6	2	4	11	8	6	14	10	11	18	10
Cheshire	7	7	13	11	6	14	6	9	24	14	15	20	26
City of London	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Cleveland	3	5	4	6	8	12	15	12	8	17	15	21	17
Cumbria	10	5	12	8	11	6	9	8	17	11	8	4	13
Derbyshire	8	9	8	5	8	15	17	17	12	14	21	16	17
Devon and Cornwall	9	6	5	14	11	12	22	17	31	18	19	31	27
Dorset	1	4	4	4	3	10	8	6	8	12	13	6	14
Durham	4	6	8	11	10	17	15	19	19	26	21	10	15
Essex	21	24	15	20	26	14	34	45	33	42	32	28	39
Gloucestershire	3	5	3	4	5	5	8	8	6	8	10	11	5
Greater Manchester	21	37	19	46	72	59	54	68	58	88	76	59	74
Hampshire	19	25	18	29	35	27	45	44	33	37	37	52	37
Hertfordshire	7	5	3	3	2	4	15	20	21	19	18	15	18
Humberside	7	6	12	16	15	17	10	14	23	35	27	16	26

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Kent	8	12	8	16	14	4	8	1	—	—	—	18	25
Lancashire	12	14	13	17	21	22	24	39	29	35	24	28	27
Leicestershire	10	11	10	9	13	19	13	18	22	23	26	20	19
Lincolnshire	3	9	7	7	4	10	11	7	6	11	4	10	12
Merseyside	28	25	23	26	15	23	33	30	30	40	39	39	50
Metropolitan police	148	167	178	194	340	309	246	239	298	337	321	417	380
Norfolk	4	3	6	6	9	5	15	9	9	10	8	19	18
North Yorkshire	7	3	6	8	7	11	10	13	11	18	12	4	13
Northamptonshire	2	4	—	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	5	11
Northumbria	14	23	28	34	44	45	53	57	56	31	62	44	61
Nottinghamshire	7	5	7	13	15	13	17	20	26	31	35	36	26
South Yorkshire	12	12	15	20	22	37	25	18	33	41	31	31	36
Staffordshire⁽⁴⁾	5	6	5	*	6	17	13	11	11	12	21	7	14
Suffolk	4	3	8	7	6	18	15	13	16	18	17	5	15
Surrey	3	5	2	9	11	5	4	10	5	7	5	9	16
Sussex	6	9	9	20	24	15	24	23	27	30	31	25	33
Thames Valley	7	12	5	7	13	13	10	18	23	36	25	21	38
Warwickshire	2	5	4	3	3	5	4	5	5	6	6	10	9
West Mercia⁽⁵⁾	4	8	2	1	2	1	—	3	24	23	19	17	19
West Midlands	28	25	17	41	71	62	48	67	61	71	77	85	83
West Yorkshire	13	5	14	10	17	22	19	44	26	29	36	33	26
Wiltshire	4	11	4	4	4	13	7	10	12	15	11	1	9

Dyfed-Powys	2	4	—	4	3	5	2	3	11	7	9	5	5
Gwent	5	2	6	4	4	2	4	11	10	12	13	9	10
North Wales	4	5	9	10	12	17	9	7	9	10	10	11	10
South Wales⁽⁶⁾	10	11	10	15	22	18	21	15	20	20	16	16	24

England and Wales	482	561	546	680	947	964	925	1,019	1,113	1,265	1,230	1,272	1,359
‘—’ = Nil * = Not available ^{(1 )}Includes offences of having an article with a blade or point in a public place or on school premises. ⁽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⁾ Staffordshire Police Force were only able to submit sample data for defendants 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⁾ Data have been omitted for West Mercia Police Force Area (for the offence of having an article with a blade or point on school premises) from 1999-2004 due to data quality issues. ⁽⁶⁾ Excludes data for Cardiff magistrates court for April, July and August 2008. Source: Justice Statistics Analytical Services—Ministry of Justice.

Table 2: Number of defendants aged 18 years and over convicted at all courts for knife possession offences ⁽¹⁾ , by police force area, England and Wales, 1997 to 2009 ^{(2, 3)}
Police force area	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Avon and Somerset	44	62	96	80	82	116	133	118	113	138	134	118	166
Bedfordshire	23	31	20	34	26	38	52	61	67	50	43	58	71
Cambridgeshire	21	29	25	13	23	35	26	56	43	57	43	60	61
Cheshire	52	56	39	40	30	40	48	39	58	70	93	76	91
City of London	16	8	4	8	9	17	19	20	18	11	9	6	6
Cleveland	13	26	27	15	34	57	55	69	63	59	75	97	87
Cumbria	22	22	25	19	17	31	36	38	33	30	38	34	63
Derbyshire	31	22	28	35	45	53	65	83	67	63	78	57	79
Devon and Cornwall	38	72	70	56	60	98	107	109	112	102	119	112	141
Dorset	18	37	28	28	29	45	41	53	53	55	50	47	60
Durham	21	24	27	32	25	59	49	49	70	65	71	34	69
Essex	64	73	81	80	73	89	112	156	143	133	128	117	188
Gloucestershire	13	29	15	13	19	21	24	34	33	31	31	39	56
Greater Manchester	181	205	188	176	209	239	250	276	291	305	318	284	339
Hampshire	78	86	75	77	79	86	108	133	129	124	132	180	184
Hertfordshire	24	24	25	24	23	49	68	64	71	65	50	39	92
Humberside	36	39	53	39	31	52	55	92	92	90	120	112	136

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Kent	24	61	76	61	62	29	27	12	12	6	5	65	116
Lancashire	93	106	84	70	85	76	112	122	121	109	127	101	147
Leicestershire	44	58	52	45	52	57	78	80	70	90	92	77	62
Lincolnshire	16	31	47	39	37	40	60	58	47	58	43	78	70
Merseyside	148	144	108	98	106	137	132	169	168	178	176	168	269
Metropolitan police	1,110	1,160	905	970	1,167	1,562	1,441	1,376	1,400	1,354	1,138	1,331	1,262
Norfolk	25	47	40	30	32	54	54	61	60	52	70	73	89
North Yorkshire	30	31	39	25	38	41	40	56	55	39	40	38	67
Northamptonshire	4	7	14	5	3	2	2	3	6	1	3	26	68
Northumbria	79	78	86	87	109	126	130	154	160	186	197	193	277
Nottinghamshire	40	36	38	34	41	55	68	95	91	113	117	109	172
South Yorkshire	41	46	48	46	92	109	122	99	136	109	107	111	154
Staffordshire⁽⁴⁾	18	33	37	*	28	51	50	60	49	80	65	50	76
Suffolk	27	19	18	23	25	43	37	55	53	88	72	32	63
Surrey	16	8	10	16	21	22	33	30	30	30	37	36	53
Sussex	53	57	83	64	76	112	99	91	94	108	109	125	142
Thames Valley	54	67	70	47	64	72	66	99	122	142	114	117	200
Warwickshire	14	25	20	16	15	21	14	22	18	24	26	41	39
West Mercia⁽⁵⁾	17	30	19	6	4	2	3	10	75	77	81	66	95
West Midlands	146	126	120	163	247	281	279	290	258	312	315	318	375
West Yorkshire	33	33	42	47	70	81	89	128	142	143	154	192	212
Wiltshire	17	24	28	24	32	24	33	40	41	55	37	21	58

Dyfed-Powys	14	19	29	23	28	30	34	36	34	22	26	33	35
Gwent	19	16	14	17	16	31	19	37	26	44	53	42	60
North Wales	42	50	51	32	39	57	52	60	68	103	79	74	68
South Wales⁽⁶⁾	59	87	91	68	72	96	90	109	100	133	124	109	169

England and Wales	2,878	3,244	2,995	2,825	3,375	4,336	4,412	4,802	4,892	5,104	4,939	5,096	6,287
‘—’^{( )}= Nil * = Not available ⁽¹⁾ Includes offences of having an article with a blade or point in a public place or on school premises. ⁽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⁾ Staffordshire Police Force were only able to submit sample data for defendants 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⁾ Data have been omitted for West Mercia Police Force Area (for the offence of having an article with a blade or point on school premises) from 1999-2004 due to data quality issues. ⁽⁶⁾ Excludes data for Cardiff magistrates court for April, July and August 2008. Source: Justice Statistics Analytical Services—Ministry of Justice

Table 3: Number of defendants aged under 18 convicted at all courts for possession of offensive weapons (excluding knives), by police force area, England and Wales, 1997 to 2009 ^{(1, 2, 3)}
Police force area	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Avon and Somerset	23	14	17	17	20	29	25	23	30	31	29	29	19
Bedfordshire	8	4	8	7	8	6	6	24	6	14	13	15	12
Cambridgeshire	8	7	4	11	14	12	7	6	19	10	11	8	13
Cheshire	18	22	12	24	21	17	11	26	27	34	20	21	14
City of London	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Cleveland	17	7	14	14	20	13	16	18	12	18	15	26	21
Cumbria	10	15	9	7	10	9	13	9	10	15	16	12	6
Derbyshire	18	13	20	15	18	16	19	29	29	23	25	29	16
Devon and Cornwall	13	10	11	18	13	16	19	25	22	24	21	29	23
Dorset	5	5	8	9	6	3	5	8	9	12	11	15	5
Durham	20	17	25	23	29	19	12	23	20	30	33	20	18
Essex	35	28	22	23	35	32	28	52	29	41	43	31	35
Gloucestershire	8	16	4	9	7	9	7	10	16	7	17	10	2
Greater Manchester	64	66	86	83	121	116	95	133	123	97	125	101	73
Hampshire	31	30	28	34	50	45	33	44	55	57	58	55	47
Hertfordshire	4	7	5	22	14	6	12	20	22	18	29	26	11

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Humberside	9	23	25	18	21	17	30	34	23	20	34	32	22
Kent	25	29	25	27	37	25	27	33	47	50	36	44	39
Lancashire	39	16	26	38	38	31	35	45	58	46	64	61	47
Leicestershire	21	24	16	25	22	22	30	27	18	25	40	22	10
Lincolnshire	5	18	6	8	17	7	12	20	8	11	16	6	5
Merseyside	40	46	25	31	49	40	34	57	66	56	67	74	53
Metropolitan police	187	169	169	241	339	377	304	392	384	376	415	526	350
Norfolk	12	16	6	10	11	6	14	12	13	11	15	14	8
North Yorkshire	8	5	13	8	3	9	9	15	11	13	25	16	10
Northamptonshire	3	8	15	7	4	7	—	5	1	4	6	15	12
Northumbria	54	75	70	69	81	96	66	81	87	69	76	74	66
Nottinghamshire	13	29	22	31	48	35	38	39	44	33	48	35	25
South Yorkshire	19	23	26	37	36	43	37	45	42	39	47	52	41
Staffordshire⁽³⁾	20	13	20	*	25	14	22	31	39	25	30	17	19
Suffolk	9	6	11	5	6	9	11	11	26	20	17	10	13
Surrey	4	5	4	11	13	7	11	12	14	12	12	10	6
Sussex	8	12	14	12	19	15	19	32	39	27	34	26	19
Thames Valley	21	20	18	16	30	26	17	18	42	39	41	40	32
Warwickshire	9	7	5	8	6	2	6	10	4	9	8	8	9
West Mercia	8	11	15	6	23	19	14	17	28	36	21	21	15
West Midlands	54	70	65	94	129	118	92	91	102	115	121	124	108
West Yorkshire	41	39	56	55	48	54	86	77	84	83	60	61	40
Wiltshire	5	7	13	5	9	16	10	9	20	19	9	12	5

Dyfed-Powys	4	9	5	11	3	5	9	7	4	7	6	10	9
Gwent	10	9	14	15	15	10	13	20	13	21	12	13	8
North Wales	9	12	4	24	16	15	8	20	31	18	21	14	20
South Wales⁽⁴⁾	26	32	29	34	33	35	34	43	25	36	33	27	25

Total	945	994	990	1,162	1,467	1,408	1,296	1,653	1,702	1,651	1,780	1,791	1,331
‘—’ = Nil * = Not available ⁽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⁾ Staffordshire Police Force were only able to submit sample data for defendants 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. ⁽⁴⁾ Excludes data for Cardiff magistrates court for April, July and August 2008. Source: Justice Statistics Analytical Services—Ministry of Justice.

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