Percentage
 Proportion of out of court disposals given within each calendar year (% in each out of court disposal category)
 20062007
Police force areaCautionsPNDsCannabis warningsCautionsPNDsCannabis warnings

Avon and Somerset

52.4

24.8

22.8

65.3

17.8

16.9

Bedfordshire

62.8

29.2

8.1

67.3

27.3

5.3

British Transport Police

100.0

100.0

Cambridgeshire

63.9

22.9

13.2

54.7

27.7

17.6

Cheshire

64.7

27.8

7.6

63.3

29.0

7.7

Cleveland

59.2

37.3

3.5

55.1

38.8

6.1

Cumbria

60.4

34.6

5.0

64.9

31.5

3.6

Derbyshire

61.5

32.6

5.9

63.7

30.1

6.2

Devon and Cornwall

50.4

39.7

9.9

58.8

32.9

8.3

Dorset

60.0

34.4

5.5

63.6

29.7

6.7

Durham

70.4

25.9

3.7

65.4

29.9

4.7

Essex

69.3

26.3

4.4

72.2

22.1

5.7

Gloucestershire

50.3

44.8

5.0

56.0

37.2

6.8

Greater Manchester

47.0

37.0

15.9

46.4

35.0

18.7

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Hampshire

58.0

31.8

10.2

52.7

34.5

12.9

Hertfordshire

48.3

42.5

9.2

52.4

35.5

12.1

Humberside

49.5

46.4

4.1

39.4

55.0

5.6

Kent

60.1

36.9

3.0

57.7

38.1

4.2

Lancashire

51.1

48.2

0.7

48.6

49.7

1.7

Leicestershire

60.4

24.2

15.4

55.7

25.1

19.2

Lincolnshire

66.5

32.0

1.6

64.0

27.7

8.3

London

47.4

22.4

30.2

42.0

21.2

36.9

Merseyside

17.0

49.5

33.5

28.3

40.6

31.0

Norfolk

69.1

20.6

10.3

61.7

25.1

13.3

Northamptonshire

63.4

34.2

2.4

64.3

32.0

3.7

Northumbria

71.7

28.1

0.2

63.3

30.0

6.7

North Yorkshire

40.4

41.4

18.3

45.2

46.5

8.3

Nottinghamshire

74.7

17.4

7.9

69.8

20.0

10.3

South Yorkshire

63.4

31.8

4.8

55.7

38.3

6.0

Staffordshire

63.8

25.7

10.6

67.8

23.0

9.2

Suffolk

68.2

24.5

7.3

63.3

27.6

9.2

Surrey

60.2

32.5

7.3

54.3

36.4

9.4

Sussex

56.7

32.0

11.3

60.5

26.8

12.7

Thames Valley

60.2

30.5

9.3

54.3

34.3

11.4

Warwickshire

67.1

19.5

13.4

75.2

17.6

7.3

West Mercia

65.5

28.5

6.0

68.2

25.5

6.3

West Midlands

64.9

25.0

10.0

68.3

24.9

6.9

West Yorkshire

65.8

28.9

5.3

70.4

23.8

5.8

Wiltshire

58.2

34.8

7.0

62.6

32.2

5.2

Dyfed Powys

69.1

18.6

12.3

70.4

15.8

13.8

Gwent

68.5

24.9

6.6

69.0

22.4

8.7

North Wales

28.5

61.8

9.7

24.6

64.8

10.6

South Wales

42.8

47.7

9.5

40.9

43.6

15.5

England and Wales

55.7

32.0

12.3

54.3

31.0

14.7

Percentage
 Proportion of out of court disposals given within each calendar year (% in each out of court disposal category)
 20082009
Police force areaCautionsPNDsCannabis warningsCautionsPNDsCannabis warnings

Avon and Somerset

63.7

19.9

16.4

56.8

25.2

17.9

Bedfordshire

65.5

27.3

7.3

60.7

29.6

9.7

British Transport Police

100.0

100.0

Cambridgeshire

55.1

26.6

18.3

59.4

25.1

15.5

Cheshire

61.3

25.7

13.0

50.3

33.7

15.9

Cleveland

56.6

35.0

8.4

53.4

38.5

8.2

Cumbria

68.6

25.3

6.1

65.2

32.7

2.2

Derbyshire

63.6

29.8

6.6

54.3

34.0

11.7

Devon and Cornwall

66.6

23.4

10.0

63.3

23.2

13.5

Dorset

68.8

24.4

6.8

66.0

27.0

7.0

Durham

64.6

30.4

5.0

50.0

45.2

4.8

Essex

66.4

23.5

10.1

73.9

17.4

8.6

Gloucestershire

72.1

17.7

10.2

72.8

16.4

10.8

Greater Manchester

45.2

33.7

21.1

42.3

38.4

19.3

Hampshire

55.0

28.5

16.5

53.1

32.4

14.4

Hertfordshire

55.6

28.5

16.0

51.1

34.4

14.5

Humberside

41.5

50.6

7.9

44.9

47.5

7.6

Kent

52.7

41.7

5.6

56.2

38.6

5.2

Lancashire

48.8

47.9

3.2

48.2

47.1

4.7

Leicestershire

53.5

25.3

21.2

56.2

23.7

20.1

Lincolnshire

71.0

21.1

8.0

69.9

21.9

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London

40.6

20.0

39.4

42.1

22.6

35.2

Merseyside

27.6

41.3

31.0

26.7

50.5

22.9

Norfolk

57.1

29.8

13.1

55.1

35.5

9.3

Northamptonshire

68.0

25.0

7.0

65.8

23.9

10.2

Northumbria

63.0

32.8

4.2

59.0

35.6

5.4

North Yorkshire

52.5

36.5

11.1

57.7

29.2

13.0

Nottinghamshire

72.7

19.0

8.3

69.3

19.1

11.6

South Yorkshire

51.5

40.4

8.1

48.2

42.8

9.0

Staffordshire

57.0

29.2

13.8

47.7

38.1

14.1

Suffolk

61.8

27.9

10.3

63.7

26.8

9.5

Surrey

57.7

30.3

12.0

55.1

32.7

12.2

Sussex

63.5

24.9

11.6

71.5

19.9

8.6

Thames Valley

54.3

34.4

11.3

53.3

37.0

9.8

Warwickshire

73.9

18.9

7.2

62.7

23.1

14.2

West Mercia

67.6

24.5

7.9

63.0

26.4

10.6

West Midlands

71.4

20.6

7.9

69.4

20.5

10.1

West Yorkshire

72.8

19.2

8.0

69.3

21.1

9.7

Wiltshire

56.1

37.6

6.4

60.0

33.7

6.3

Dyfed Powys

69.4

17.9

12.7

65.8

19.2

15.0

Gwent

61.1

26.0

12.9

66.4

25.6

8.0

North Wales

42.0

45.4

12.6

42.8

44.9

12.3

South Wales

53.7

26.3

20.1

48.9

28.7

22.4

England and Wales

53.8

28.9

17.3

52.9

31.0

16.1

Percentage
 Proportion of out of court disposals given within each calendar year (% in each out of court disposal category)
 20102011(5)
Police force areaCautionsPNDsCannabis warningsCautionsPNDsCannabis warnings

Avon and Somerset

55.6

27.0

17.5

55.2

25.9

18.9

Bedfordshire

65.9

19.9

14.2

64.7

18.4

16.9

British Transport Police

100.0

53.5

34.3

12.2

Cambridgeshire

57.6

28.3

14.1

48.2

27.2

24.6

Cheshire

53.2

29.5

17.3

53.0

27.3

19.6

Cleveland

57.1

34.5

8.4

58.3

33.2

8.5

Cumbria

61.6

28.8

9.6

55.3

28.0

16.6

Derbyshire

54.2

30.0

15.8

52.8

29.6

17.6

Devon and Cornwall

62.6

22.4

15.0

62.4

23.4

14.2

Dorset

63.9

26.3

9.9

61.2

26.7

12.1

Durham

62.6

31.6

5.7

62.9

29.3

7.7

Essex

71.1

18.8

10.1

68.3

19.5

12.2

Gloucestershire

70.9

14.5

14.6

64.3

15.9

19.8

Greater Manchester

41.9

35.6

22.4

46.0

31.4

22.6

Hampshire

54.4

30.9

14.7

52.9

27.2

19.9

Hertfordshire

47.1

37.2

15.7

50.0

33.2

16.8

Humberside

53.7

38.4

7.9

52.8

38.8

8.3

Kent

57.5

36.3

6.3

57.7

36.6

5.7

Lancashire

50.9

42.9

6.3

48.6

43.9

7.5

Leicestershire

52.8

24.0

23.2

54.1

24.0

21.9

Lincolnshire

63.9

26.1

10.1

63.5

26.1

10.4

London

44.9

21.0

34.0

44.3

21.3

34.4

Merseyside

27.2

50.9

21.9

30.5

48.7

20.8

Norfolk

55.9

32.6

11.5

59.0

29.3

11.7

Northamptonshire

66.1

19.5

14.4

66.4

18.7

14.9

Northumbria

56.2

37.0

6.8

53.7

37.9

8.4

North Yorkshire

48.7

36.2

15.1

49.7

32.8

17.5

Nottinghamshire

65.7

18.6

15.6

71.4

14.3

14.3

South Yorkshire

47.0

44.6

8.4

42.7

47.6

9.7

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Staffordshire

51.3

33.4

15.2

51.7

30.9

17.3

Suffolk

65.7

25.7

8.6

64.2

23.9

11.9

Surrey

53.8

32.4

13.8

46.8

34.6

18.6

Sussex

63.8

23.7

12.5

60.4

23.7

16.0

Thames Valley

49.9

39.0

11.1

51.7

36.9

11.4

Warwickshire

67.0

22.6

10.4

65.1

24.4

10.5

West Mercia

63.0

27.2

9.8

64.5

22.8

12.7

West Midlands

65.7

21.6

12.7

56.5

27.7

15.8

West Yorkshire

64.7

20.2

15.1

67.3

17.6

15.1

Wiltshire

58.4

34.9

6.7

56.7

33.1

10.2

Dyfed Powys

62.9

19.6

17.4

60.1

20.1

19.8

Gwent

57.2

31.8

11.0

58.2

31.6

10.2

North Wales

50.1

34.9

15.0

58.5

30.0

11.5

South Wales

46.7

33.8

19.5

43.9

37.1

19.0

England And Wales

52.3

30.3

17.4

52.8

29.0

18.2

— = Nil n/a = Not available (1) Includes cautions, Penalty Notices for Disorder (PNDs) for offenders aged 16 and over, and formal warnings for cannabis possession. (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) The cautions statistics relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When an offender has been cautioned for two or more offences at the same time the principal offence is the more serious offence. (4) Penalty Notices for Disorder and formal warnings for cannabis possession were introduced nationally in 2004. (5) Prior to 2011, cautions administered by the British Transport Police were not collated centrally by the Ministry of Justice. Source: Justice Statistics Analytical Services - Ministry of Justice

Bail

Sadiq Khan: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) what offences have been committed by those remanded on bail in each year between 1997 and 2012; [139130]

(2) what offences have been committed by people remanded on bail in each month in (a) 2010, (b) 2011 and (c) 2012; [139131]

(3) what the average number of offences committed by people remanded on bail was in each year from 1997 to 2012. [139132]

Jeremy Wright: Please note the police national computer (PNC) only came into existence in 2000 and information prior to this came from several sources and is not considered as reliable.

In addition being remanded on bail does not necessarily mean that an offender will be found guilty of the original offence.

In response to PQ 139130, Table 1 shows the number of offences committed by those remanded on bail in each year from 2000 to June 2012.

In response to PQ 139131, Tables 2, 3 and 4 show the number of offences committed by those remanded on bail in each month in 2010, 2011 and 2012 respectively.

In response to PQ 139132, the MOJ does not hold this information centrally. We are able to provide data regarding offences committed while remanded on bail from the PNC database. However the PNC does not hold any information about the bail offence or details. The information regarding bail statistics comes from entirely different data sources and it would not be possible to match these data sources together and provide an accurate answer.

These figures have 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. The figures are provisional and subject to change as more information is recorded by the police.

In particular the recording of information on whether or not the offence was committed while the offender was on bail is known to be incomplete. This is because the police have available to them a number of ways of recording the bail status of an offender of which the ‘offence committed on bail’ field on the PNC is one. For operational purposes police forces make differing use of these various sources and as a result figures derived purely from the PNC do not provide a complete picture of these offences, and therefore changes over time. These data may not represent real changes in offending while on bail.

Table 1: Number of offences committed by those remanded on bail(1) in each year from 2000 to June 2012(2), England and Wales
Number of offences committed
Class200020012002200320042005

Breach offences

5,485

4,795

5,244

5,580

4,862

5,486

Burglary

7,957

7,071

7,744

7,045

5,849

5,777

Criminal damage

2,522

1,947

2,169

2,215

2,235

2,429

Drug offences

7,961

7,300

7,929

8,918

6,928

8,461

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Fraud and forgery

4,505

4,202

4,069

3,995

3,721

3,564

Indictable motoring offences

938

840

1,078

1,143

993

846

Other indictable offences

16,055

15,923

18,604

20,218

19,054

18,685

Robbery

1,605

1,931

2,061

1,804

1,670

1,645

Sexual offences

277

355

357

357

411

440

Summary motoring offences

23,285

22,911

25,062

28,096

25,430

23,758

Summary offences excluding motoring

23,581

21,953

23,352

25,416

27,282

31,625

Theft and handling stolen goods

36,555

36,435

37,408

34,795

28,781

28,684

Violence against the person

4,801

4,544

5,065

5,590

6,267

8,517

Total(3)

135,527

130,208

140,143

145,184

133,486

139,918

Number of offences committed
Class2006200720082009201020112012(2)

Breach offences

7,468

9,245

10,718

11,449

12,441

12,167

5,318

Burglary

6,419

6,858

6,854

6,631

7,220

7,069

3,206

Criminal damage

2,853

2,603

2,024

1,828

1,810

1,600

707

Drug offences

9,607

11,755

12,769

13,408

13,998

13,263

5,959

Fraud and forgery

3,220

3,390

3,791

3,721

3,456

3,288

1,460

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Indictable motoring offences

900

814

738

670

605

490

238

Other indictable offences

19,255

20,591

19,906

16,024

13,975

12,287

5,592

Robbery

2,163

2,410

2,208

2,257

2,092

2,363

1,106

Sexual offences

557

526

632

609

709

635

311

Summary motoring offences

22,831

21,723

16,920

14,363

11,084

9,630

4,224

Summary offences excluding motoring

38,498

46,686

43,050

42,771

41,885

37,694

17,047

Theft and handling stolen goods

30,854

35,024

34,767

34,603

35,905

35,981

17,654

Violence against the person

9,787

11,097

10,080

9,926

10,131

9,519

4,274

Total(3)

154,413

172,724

164,473

158,266

155,332

146,015

67,126

(1) The bail included in this table includes all people remanded on bail, including police bail (prior to first court appearance), and court bail (both magistrates and crown court). For further information regarding bail please see the Court Proceedings section of Criminal Justice Statistics publication: http://www.justice.gov.uk/statistics/criminal-justice/criminal-justice-statistics (2) 2012 only includes January to June in line with published information. (3) Includes a small number of crimes which fall outside of any of the other categories. Note: Data Sources and Quality: 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. Source: Ministry of Justice
Table 2: Number of offences committed by those remanded on bail(1) in each month in 2010, England and Wales
Number of offences committed, 2010
ClassJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Breach offences

925

942

1,110

964

974

1,041

1,216

1,094

1,102

1,045

1,143

885

Burglary

475

574

678

532

579

652

712

606

630

654

601

527

Criminal damage

157

151

156

160

146

166

189

155

138

144

123

125

Drug offences

1,038

1,051

1,272

1,077

1,217

1,220

1,282

1,155

1,192

1,231

1,210

1,053

Fraud and forgery

264

309

390

293

286

258

318

281

290

300

244

223

Indictable motoring offences

52

52

55

41

46

48

52

38

65

59

55

42

Other indictable offences

1,088

1,078

1,252

1,138

1,148

1,178

1,325

1,178

1,183

1,276

1,199

932

Robbery

144

169

169

164

168

159

204

202

193

192

175

153

Sexual offences

61

44

86

50

69

49

62

60

45

60

61

62

Summary motoring offences

972

924

1,038

885

843

990

1,053

831

1,028

884

932

704

Summary offences excluding motoring

3,372

3,286

3,779

3,422

3,505

3,813

3,663

3,704

3,581

3,431

3,655

2,674

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Theft and handling stolen goods

2,605

2,721

3,172

3,032

2,893

2,904

3,170

3,032

3,254

3,228

3,257

2,637

Violence against the person

729

795

962

837

805

869

942

823

950

842

852

725

Total(2)

11,882

12,101

14,119

12,595

12,685

13,348

14,188

13,159

13,652

13,346

13,511

10,746

Source: Ministry of Justice
Table 3: Number of offences committed by those remanded on bail(1) in each month in 2011, England and Wales
Number of offences committed, 2011
ClassJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Breach offences

1,025

1,004

1,181

905

994

1,099

1,014

1,083

1,002

995

1,030

835

Burglary

535

616

573

506

582

661

637

618

603

609

572

557

Criminal damage

120

122

151

122

149

141

133

124

141

150

126

121

Drug offences

1,114

1,114

1,241

954

1,071

1,206

1,227

1,098

1,103

1,073

1,047

1,015

Fraud and forgery

267

309

283

292

278

257

321

257

249

320

211

244

Indictable motoring offences

40

37

54

30

45

33

43

50

52

50

29

27

Other indictable offences

1,007

1,002

1,067

939

983

1,086

1,042

1,022

1,082

1,053

1,051

953

Robbery

198

213

230

170

189

184

184

192

221

184

204

194

Sexual offences

66

50

47

37

54

56

54

78

47

56

54

36

Summary motoring offences

872

758

973

771

806

855

755

844

784

840

755

617

Summary offences excluding motoring

3,302

3,125

3,325

2,934

3,136

3,291

3,136

3,441

3,224

3,056

3,110

2,614

Theft and handling stolen goods

2,909

2,751

3,047

2,693

3,171

3,205

3,029

2,963

3,085

3,008

3,264

2,856

Violence against the person

812

762

855

714

841

935

843

784

765

787

772

649

Total(2)

12,269

11,864

13,027

11,069

12,303

13,012

12,422

12,554

12,360

12,188

12,228

10,719

Source: Ministry of Justice
Table 4: Number of offences committed by those remanded on bail(1) from January to June 2012(3), England and Wales
Number of offences committed, 2012
ClassJanFebMarAprMayJun

Breach offences

952

907

963

804

955

737

Burglary

568

515

550

509

576

488

Criminal damage

131

120

138

99

120

99

Drug offences

1,083

1,026

1,061

929

971

889

Fraud and forgery

229

259

267

270

225

210

Indictable motoring offences

44

37

39

49

31

38

Other indictable offences

998

978

983

917

868

848

Robbery

215

192

204

149

180

166

Sexual offences

73

60

49

49

37

43

Summary motoring offences

819

732

710

608

688

667

Summary offences excluding motoring

3,194

2,826

2,904

2,600

2,950

2,573

Theft and handling stolen goods

3,068

3,061

3,159

2,732

2,976

2,658

Violence against the person

782

708

748

657

751

628

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Total(2)

12,159

11,425

11,779

10,379

11,332

10,052

(1) The bail included in this table includes all people remanded on bail, including police bail (prior to first court appearance), and court bail (both magistrates and crown court). For further information regarding bail please see the Court Proceedings section of Criminal Justice Statistics publication: http://www.justice.gov.uk/statistics/criminal-justice/criminal-justice-statistics (2) Includes a small number of crimes which fall outside of any of the other categories. (3) 2012 only includes January to June in line with published information. Note: Data Sources and Quality: 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. Source: Ministry of Justice

Citizens Advice Bureaux

Mr Crausby: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what support will be given by his Department to Citizens Advice Bureaux to help those who are no longer entitled to legal aid for legal claims regarding benefits and employment. [141332]

Jeremy Wright: After April, legal aid will be retained for employment matters where discrimination is known; for advice and assistance for welfare benefits appeals on a point of law in the Upper Tribunal and higher courts, and also for representation for welfare benefits appeals in the higher courts. Citizens Advice Bureaux (CABx,), along with other Not for Profit organisations, have been able to bid for legal aid contracts, subject to the Legal Services Commission requirements for contract holders. For members of the public with problems no longer in scope of legal aid, the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) will put in place a new robust referral process to support relevant clients to resolve their problems by signposting them to suitable alternative sources of assistance where they contact the Civil Legal Advice (CLA) helpline, the planned new online information service or a partner organisation, such as CABx.

Funding of the Not for Profit advice sector is a cross-Government issue and substantial funding has already been provided to the sector through £107 million Transition Fund in 2010 and the £20 million UK Advice Fund in 2011 to which a number of CABx bid and received funds. In October 2012, the Cabinet Office published its Review of the Not for Profit Social Welfare Advice Sector in England which acknowledged the role of Government in supporting the sector but also made clear that the sector would need to adopt a more collaborative approach to working with partner organisations across the sector. Alongside the review, the Government launched the £65 million Advice Services Transition Fund, to which CABx have also been able to apply, to support the sector in making the necessary changes. Applicants will be informed of the outcome of any bids in April.

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Civil Proceedings: Legal Costs

David Morris: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what financial assistance is available for people to pay for medical reports to allow them to challenge decisions on benefits eligibility if they do not qualify for legal aid. [140850]

Jeremy Wright: In these circumstances the individual would need to make their own private funding arrangements. However, I should emphasise that independent reports are not a requirement for the tribunal as a medical report from an NHS doctor will be sufficient. The tribunals are user-friendly and therefore the claimant is only required to give the facts of the case (including about his medical condition) in plain language.