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Environmental Information Regulations 2004

Caroline Lucas: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice if he will make it his policy to bring forward legislative proposals equivalent to those for public bodies under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 to cover (a) water utility companies and (b) other private companies; and if he will make a statement. [32332]

Mr Djanogly: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by the Under-Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, my hon. Friend the Member for Newbury (Richard Benyon) on 21 December 2010, Official Report, columns. 1339-40W.

Offenders: Rehabilitation

Keith Vaz: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what projects his Department is operating with organisations in the charity sector to provide rehabilitation for offenders and former offenders. [32563]

Mr Blunt: According to our records, there are over 200 voluntary, community and social enterprise organisations engaged with the National Offender Management Service, in either custody or community, working with prisons and/or probation trusts to meet a range of offender needs. It is not currently possible to list the full range of interventions delivered, either wholly or in part, by these voluntary, community and

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social enterprise organisations. This information is not stored centrally, and would require very large scale data retrieval from NOMS headquarters, prisons and probation trusts.

Prison Sentences

Philip Davies: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice pursuant to the answer of 20 December 2010 to question 31730, on sentencing, how many offenders in each category received a custodial sentence. [32793]

Mr Blunt: Tables 1-5 show figures for sentences given for indictable offences to offenders with 16 or more previous convictions or cautions, who received an immediate custodial sentence, by category of offence and gender.

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Tables 6-10 show figures for sentences given for indictable offences to offenders with 16 or more previous convictions or cautions, who received an immediate custodial sentence, by category of offence and ethnicity. These figures are derived from table 6.2 of “Sentencing Statistics: England and Wales 2009” which was published on 21 October 2010.

The figures have been drawn from the police’s administrative IT system, the police national computer (PNC), which, as with any large scale recording system, is subject to possible errors with data entry and processing. The figures are provisional and subject to change as more information is recorded by the police. The ethnicity information recorded on the PNC reflects the police officer’s view of the offender’s ethnicity.

Table 1: Number of offenders with 16-25 previous convictions or cautions who received an immediate custodial sentence for an indictable offence by offence category and gender, 2007 - 09
Number of offenders
  2007 2008 2009
England and Wales Male Female Male Female Male Female

Violence against the person

2,604

155

2,760

148

2,679

162

Sexual offences

190

1

180

—

163

1

Burglary

2,957

75

3,285

90

3,048

82

Robbery

692

34

747

49

858

44

Theft and handling stolen goods

5,529

873

5,986

1,053

5,206

887

Fraud and forgery

225

29

253

32

264

43

Criminal damage

202

8

227

11

206

12

Drug offences

1,139

101

1,325

103

1,215

76

Indictable motoring offences

301

3

294

1

212

—

Other indictable offences

1,535

92

1,585

108

1,421

88

Total

15,374

1,371

16,642

1,595

15,272

1,395
Table 2: Number of offenders with 26-50 previous convictions or cautions who received an immediate custodial sentence for an indictable offence by offence category and gender, 2007 - 09
Number of offenders
  2007 2008 2009
England and Wales Male Female Male Female Male Female

Violence against the person

1,312

96

1,593

131

1,728

117

Sexual offences

69

1

74

—

73

1

Burglary

1,851

38

2,208

37

2,173

36

Robbery

253

19

317

20

347

27

Theft and handling stolen goods

5,131

761

6,134

911

5,772

806

Fraud and forgery

152

22

164

20

164

17

Criminal damage

98

5

117

9

110

3

Drug offences

599

29

743

50

723

49

Indictable motoring offences

117

2

116

3

119

3

Other indictable offences

784

55

909

56

855

32

Total

10,366

1,028

12,375

1,237

12,064

1,091
Table 3: Number of offenders with 51-75 previous convictions or cautions who received an immediate custodial sentence for an indictable offence by offence category and gender, 2007 - 09
Number of offenders
  2007 2008 2009
England and Wales Male Female Male Female Male Female

Violence against the person

226

25

267

23

243

33

Sexual offences

7

—

4

—

8

—

Burglary

97

2

146

3

133

3

Robbery

11

2

9

1

14

3

Theft and handling stolen goods

710

87

863

112

1,000

132

Fraud and forgery

16

5

24

1

19

—

Criminal damage

7

1

9

2

6

1

Drug offences

21

6

38

2

42

2

Indictable motoring offences

8

1

6

—

2

—

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Other indictable offences

71

3

71

5

82

6

Total

1,174

132

1,437

149

1,549

180
Table 4: Number of offenders with 76-100 previous convictions or cautions who received an immediate custodial sentence for an indictable offence by offence category and gender, 2007 - 09
Number of offenders
  2007 2008 2009
England and Wales Male Female Male Female Male Female

Violence against the person

94

8

110

15

108

9

Sexual offences

2

—

—

—

2

1

Burglary

10

—

14

2

20

1

Robbery

1

—

1

1

—

—

Theft and handling stolen goods

132

18

176

21

182

11

Fraud and forgery

3

1

11

—

5

—

Criminal damage

—

1

3

—

3

—

Drug offences

5

1

4

1

4

1

Indictable motoring offences

—

—

—

—

—

—

Other indictable offences

10

4

15

5

14

1

Total

257

33

334

45

338

24
Table 5: Number of offenders with 101 or more previous convictions or cautions who received an immediate custodial sentence for an indictable offence by offence category and gender, 2007 - 09
Number of offenders
  2007 2008 2009
England and Wales Male Female Male Female Male Female

Violence against the person

77

8

103

14

127

21

Sexual offences

3

—

2

—

1

—

Burglary

8

—

9

—

10

2

Robbery

1

1

—

—

—

—

Theft and handling stolen goods

91

9

128

15

155

16

Fraud and forgery

3

4

3

1

4

2

Criminal damage

9

1

7

—

4

—

Drug offences

—

1

3

1

2

2

Indictable motoring offences

—

—

—

—

—

—

Other indictable offences

11

8

17

1

15

1

Total

203

32

272

32

318

44
Note: These figures do not include those with an unknown gender.
Table 6: Number of offenders with 16-25 previous convictions or cautions who received an immediate custodial sentence for an indictable offence by offence category and ethnicity, 2007 - 09
Number of offenders
  2007 2008
England and Wales White Black Asian Other Not recorded White Black Asian Other Not recorded

Violence against the person

2,451

231

59

5

13

2,533

263

73

13

26

Sexual offences

168

19

1

—

3

154

16

6

1

3

Burglary

2,764

213

31

5

19

3,031

256

55

14

19

Robbery

608

92

22

1

3

670

101

17

2

6

Theft and handling stolen goods

5,684

471

199

19

29

6,261

494

222

24

38

Fraud and forgery

206

32

13

1

2

240

24

21

—

—

Criminal damage

199

8

1

—

2

227

8

3

1

—

Drug offences

1,046

136

41

8

9

1,181

162

72

8

5

Indictable motoring offences

260

29

11

—

4

271

19

4

1

—

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Other indictable offences

1,475

107

37

3

5

1,492

139

44

10

8

Total

14,861

1,338

415

42

89

16,060

1,482

517

74

105
Number of offenders
  2009
England and Wales White Black Asian Other Not recorded

Violence against the person

2,505

252

61

4

19

Sexual offences

140

16

6

2

—

Burglary

2,840

227

46

6

11

Robbery

767

99

29

1

6

Theft and handling stolen goods

5,358

465

210

19

41

Fraud and forgery

238

40

24

5

—

Criminal damage

202

15

1

—

—

Drug offences

1,052

152

73

4

10

Indictable motoring offences

181

15

16

—

—

Other indictable offences

1,325

126

47

3

8

Total

14,608

1,407

513

44

95
Table 7: Number of offenders with 26- 50 previous convictions or cautions who received an immediate custodial sentence for an indictable offence by offence category and ethnicity, 2007 - 09
Number of offenders
  2007 2008
England and Wales White Black Asian Other Not recorded White Black Asian Other Not recorded

Violence against the person

1,270

102

23

4

9

1,539

140

25

3

17

Sexual offences

66

2

1

—

1

64

7

1

—

2

Burglary

1,732

131

17

2

7

2,057

155

19

5

9

Robbery

238

26

4

1

3

290

40

6

—

1

Theft and handling stolen goods

5,268

501

85

14

24

6,333

541

117

20

34

Fraud and forgery

152

19

1

1

1

168

13

2

1

—

Criminal damage

96

5

2

—

—

120

3

1

—

2

Drug offences

557

56

9

2

4

710

68

9

1

5

Indictable motoring offences

109

6

3

—

1

108

7

2

1

1

Other indictable offences

764

59

9

3

4

869

79

13

—

4

Total

10,252

907

154

27

54

12,258

1,053

195

31

75
Number of offenders
  2009
England and Wales White Black Asian Other Not recorded

Violence against the person

1,654

143

30

6

12

Sexual offences

63

10

1

—

—

Burglary

2,021

160

17

3

8

Robbery

340

28

3

1

2

Theft and handling stolen goods

5,943

486

109

17

23

Fraud and forgery

160

17

3

—

1

Criminal damage

107

4

1

1

—

Drug offences

688

59

18

3

4

Indictable motoring offences

111

9

2

—

—

Other indictable offences

807

53

19

—

8

Total

11,894

969

203

31

58

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Table 8: Number of offenders with 51-75 previous convictions or cautions who received an immediate custodial sentence for an indictable offence by offence category and ethnicity, 2007 - 09
Number of offenders
  2007 2008
England and Wales White Black Asian Other Not recorded White Black Asian Other Not recorded

Violence against the person

217

33

—

—

1

263

24

2

1

—

Sexual offences

7

—

—

—

—

2

—

1

—

1

Burglary

93

5

—

1

—

141

7

—

—

1

Robbery

11

2

—

—

—

9

1

—

—

—

Theft and handling stolen goods

713

71

10

2

1

866

95

12

1

1

Fraud and forgery

10

6

4

1

—

25

—

—

—

—

Criminal damage

8

—

—

—

—

11

—

—

—

—

Drug offences

22

5

—

—

—

36

2

—

—

2

Indictable motoring offences

9

—

—

—

—

5

1

—

—

—

Other indictable offences

68

6

—

—

—

68

6

1

—

1

Total

1,158

128

14

4

2

1,426

136

16

2

6
Number of offences
  2009
England and Wales White Black Asian Other Not recorded

Violence against the person

251

21

1

2

1

Sexual offences

7

1

—

—

—

Burglary

121

14

1

—

—

Robbery

14

3

—

—

—

Theft and handling stolen goods

1,052

61

12

3

4

Fraud and forgery

18

1

—

—

—

Criminal damage

7

—

—

—

—

Drug offences

37

4

1

—

2

Indictable motoring offences

2

—

—

—

—

Other indictable offences

78

7

2

1

—

Total

1,587

112

17

6

7
Table 9: Number of offenders with 76-100 previous convictions or cautions who received an immediate custodial sentence for an indictable offence by offence category and ethnicity, 2007 - 09
Number of offenders
  2007 2008
England and Wales White Black Asian Other Not recorded White Black Asian Other Not recorded

Violence against the person

99

3

—

—

—

122

3

—

—

—

Sexual offences

2

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

Burglary

9

1

—

—

—

15

1

—

—

—

Robbery

1

—

—

—

—

2

—

—

—

—

Theft and handling stolen goods

144

6

—

—

—

184

12

—

1

—

Fraud and forgery

3

1

—

—

—

5

6

—

—

—

Criminal damage

1

—

—

—

—

3

—

—

—

—

Drug offences

4

2

—

—

—

5

—

—

—

—

Indictable motoring offences

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

Other indictable offences

12

1

—

—

1

19

—

—

—

1

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Total

275

14

0

0

1

355

22

0

1

1
Number of offenders
  2009
England and Wales White Black Asian Other Not recorded

Violence against the person

113

4

—

—

—

Sexual offences

3

—

—

—

—

Burglary

19

2

—

—

—

Robbery

—

—

—

—

—

Theft and handling stolen goods

176

14

—

3

—

Fraud and forgery

5

—

—

—

—

Criminal damage

3

—

—

—

—

Drug offences

5

—

—

—

—

Indictable motoring offences

—

—

—

—

—

Other indictable offences

15

—

—

—

—

Total

339

20

0

3

0
Table 10: Number of offenders with 101 or more previous convictions or cautions who received an immediate custodial sentence for an indictable offence by offence category and ethnicity 2007 - 09
Number of offenders
  2007 2008
England and Wales White Black Asian Other Not recorded White Black Asian Other Not recorded

Violence against the person

78

4

—

—

3

108

1

1

—

7

Sexual offences

3

—

—

—

—

2

—

—

—

—

Burglary

7

—

1

—

—

8

—

1

—

—

Robbery

2

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

Theft and handling stolen goods

98

—

—

—

2

140

2

—

—

1

Fraud and forgery

6

—

1

—

—

4

—

—

—

—

Criminal damage

10

—

—

—

—

7

—

—

—

—

Drug offences

1

—

—

—

—

2

2

—

—

—

Indictable motoring offences

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

Other indictable offences

19

—

—

—

—

16

1

—

—

1

Total

224

4

2

0

5

287

6

2

0

9
Number of offenders
  2009
England and Wales White Black Asian Other Not recorded

Violence against the person

139

8

—

—

1

Sexual offences

1

—

—

—

—

Burglary

11

1

—

—

—

Robbery

—

—

—

—

—

Theft and handling stolen goods

166

2

—

—

3

Fraud and forgery

5

1

—

—

—

Criminal damage

4

—

—

—

—

Drug offences

3

1

—

—

—

Indictable motoring offences

—

—

—

—

—

Other indictable offences

16

—

—

—

—

Total

345

13

0

0

4

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Tracey Crouch: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many prisoners convicted of each category of offence received a custodial sentence of (a) four years or more and (b) less than four years in each of the last five years. [32842]

Mr Blunt: The tables show information on custodial sentences in prison establishments in England and Wales

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by sentence length band and offence category as of June each year from 2006 to 2009 and at 30 September 2010.

These figures have been drawn from administrative IT systems, which, as with any large scale recording system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing.

Immediate custodial sentenced population in prison establishments by sentence length and offence category, 2006 - 10
Number of persons
England and Wales 30 September 2010

All Less than four years Four years or more (excluding indeterminate) Indeterminate sentences

Males and females

65,957

28,770

23,916

13,271
         

Violence against the person

18,667

5,951

4,663

8,053

Sexual offences

8,697

1,742

4,665

2,290

Robbery

7,856

2,484

3,714

1,658

Burglary

6,113

4,144

1,846

123

Theft and handling

3,969

3,484

448

37

Fraud and forgery

1,498

1,060

428

10

Drug offences

10,556

4,306

6,221

29

Motoring offences

902

835

49

18

Other offences

7,119

4,392

1,737

990

Offence not recorded

580

372

145

63
Notes: 1. The figures for September 2010 are based on a new data source and includes data on recall prison population; 2. Recalls are not banded by sentence length, so figures above exclude prisoners who have been recalled to prison.
Number of persons
England and Wales 30 June 2009

All Less than four years Four years or more (excluding indeterminate) Indeterminate sentences

Males and females

68,375

31,357

24,497

12,521
         

Violence against the person

19,946

6,979

5,086

7,882

Sexual offences

7,972

1,283

4,637

2,052

Robbery

9,049

3,269

4,186

1,595

Burglary

7,884

5,585

2,153

146

Theft and handling

3,382

3,059

303

20

Fraud and forgery

1,875

1,466

405

4

Drug offences

10,696

4,305

6,377

14

Motoring offences

1,149

1,097

48

3

Other offences

6,117

4,118

1,247

752

Offence not recorded

304

197

54

53
Note: Data taken from Table 7.4 Offender Management Caseload Statistics.
Number of persons
England and Wales 30 June 2008

All Less than four years Four years or more (excluding indeterminate) Indeterminate sentences

Males and females

68,124

32,371

24,371

11,382
         

Violence against the person

18,930

6,844

4,865

7,221

Sexual offences

7,616

1,366

4,426

1,824

Robbery

8,733

3,088

4,186

1,459

Burglary

7,935

5,625

2,184

127

Theft and handling

3,836

3,502

314

20

Fraud and forgery

2,020

1,641

374

5

Drug offences

10,982

4,313

6,657

12

Motoring offences

1,377

1,320

51

6

Other offences

6,439

4,495

1,255

689

Offence not recorded

256

175

60

21
Note: Data taken from Table 7.4 Offender Management Caseload Statistics.

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Number of persons
England and Wales 30 June 2007

All Less than four years Four years or more (excluding indeterminate) Indeterminate sentences

Males and females

65,533

30,466

25,586

9,481
         

Violence against the person

17,616

6,251

5,036

6,329

Sexual offences

7,336

1,449

4,484

1,401

Robbery

8,747

3,087

4,595

1,065

Burglary

7,920

5,448

2,380

92

Theft and handling

3,706

3,326

365

14

Fraud and forgery

1,738

1,358

378

3

Drug offences

10,613

3,719

6,887

8

Motoring offences

1,484

1,430

48

6

Other offences

5,991

4,173

1,302

516

Offence not recorded

383

225

111

47
Note: Data taken from Table 7.4 Offender Management Caseload Statistics.
Number of persons
England and Wales 30 June 2006

All Less than four years Four years or more (excluding indeterminate) Indeterminate sentences

Males and females

63,404

30,104

26,027

7,274
         

Violence against the person

16,215

5,880

4,958

5,377

Sexual offences

6,598

1,392

4,277

929

Robbery

8,415

2,909

4,909

597

Burglary

7,791

5,186

2,555

51

Theft and handling

4,125

3,713

400

12

Fraud and forgery

1,692

1,377

314

1

Drug offences

10,647

3,552

7,091

3

Motoring offences

1,920

1,857

62

1

Other offences

5,594

3,954

1,346

293

Offence not recorded

408

285

112

10
Note: Data taken from Table 8.12 Offender Management Caseload Statistics.

Philip Davies: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice pursuant to the answer of 20 December 2010, Official Report, columns 1120-1W, on sentencing, what the highest number was of previous convictions or cautions of an offender who did not receive an immediate custodial sentence. [32882]

Mr Blunt: The highest number of previous convictions or cautions for an offender who received a non-custodial sentence in 2009 was 578. These previous offences were committed over a period of 50 years. This figure is derived from table 6.2 of “Sentencing Statistics: England and Wales 2009” which was published on 21 October 2010.

This figure has been drawn from the police's administrative IT system, the police national computer, which, as with any large scale recording system, is subject to possible errors with data entry and processing.

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