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Solicitor-General

Answer

Mr. Amess: To ask the Solicitor-General how many (a) fraud, (b) forgery, (c) gun crime, (d) internet crime, (e) robbery, (f) snatch theft and (g) alcohol-related violent offence cases the Crown Prosecution Service has brought in (i) Essex and (ii) England and Wales in each year since 1997; and how many of these resulted in (A) conviction and (B) acquittal. [210455] The Solicitor-General: Gun crime, internet crime and alcohol-related violent offences are offences which cannot be separately identified on the Home Office Court Proceedings Database. Snatch theft is categorised as theft from the person. The table sets out the relevant figures for the other requested categories. The figures relate to persons for whom these sentences were for the principal offences for which they were found guilty. 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. Number of defendants proceeded against at magistrates courts, found guilty at all courts and acquitted at crown courts for various offences--Essex police force area and England and Wales, 1997 to 2003 1 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Theft from the person Fraud Proceeded Found guilty Acquitted Proceeded Found guilty Acquitted against against Essex police force area 1997 140 158 9 528 355 19 1998 192 164 8 558 361 14 1999 139 127 9 508 347 23 2000 70 55 4 544 324 5 2001 165 112 5 505 321 11 2002 177 138 3 483 316 12 2003 204 173 5 442 321 6 England and Wales 1997 5,987 5,742 556 20,866 14,661 587 1998 6,256 5,495 573 24,161 17,402 580 1999 6,816 5,691 473 25,101 17,992 679 2000 6,853 5,673 503 23,660 17,039 716 2001 7,340 6,008 579 22,512 16,084 607 2002 8,140 6,498 451 21,494 15,743 494 2003 8,012 6,542 446 20,787 15,223 541 Forgery Robbery Proceeded Found guilty Acquitted Proceeded Found guilty Acquitted against against Essex police force area 1997 314 226 4 137 60 9 1998 300 217 3 163 86 13 1999 231 173 3 132 89 8 2000 234 176 1 153 78 6 2001 304 223 3 198 80 21 2002 249 176 1 206 95 17 2003 191 149 -- 171 84 19 England and Wales 1997 9,851 7,298 137 10,781 5,589 984 1998 9,423 6,900 98 10,450 5,542 1,164 1999 8,893 6,408 103 10,321 5,626 1,214 2000 8,075 5,668 93 12,142 5,891 1,374 2001 8,221 5,731 102 14,871 6,822 1,515 2002 8,381 5,734 90 15,644 7,711 1,172 2003 8,758 6,057 112 13,732 7,303 1,897 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 These data are on the principal offence basis.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

210455; 431 c1408-10W;431 c1402-4W

Session

2004-05

Subjects

Criminal proceedings Crime Alcoholic drinks Convictions Crown Prosecution Service Crown Court Fraud Firearms Forgery Internet Essex Prosecutions Misuse Violence Theft Robbery Acquittals

Link

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