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Written question asked by David Amess (Conservative) on Friday, 6 January 2006, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 10 January 2006. It was answered by Paul Goggins (Labour) on Monday, 30 January 2006 on behalf of the Home Office.

Highways Act

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) males and (b) females were (i) prosecuted and (ii) convicted during 2004 of an offence under section 131(2) of the Highways Act 1980, including that provision as applied by section 27(6) of the Countryside Act.
Answer

Data from the court proceedings database held by the Office for Criminal Justice Reform on the number of males and females proceeded against and found guilty at the magistrates courts for offences under a number of sections including section 131 of the Highways Act 1980, England and Wales, 2004 is given in the table. It is not possible to separately identify those offences under section 131 from offences under other sections collected within the same code group.

Number of males and females proceeded against and found guilty at the magistrates courts for offences under certain sections of the Highways Act 1980, England and Wales 2004 Offence description: various offencesStatute: Highways Act 1980, SS 46, 73, 74, 79, 131, 134 & 136(64)
2004
Proceeded against Found guilty
Male 15 8
Female 2 2
(64) These data are provided on the principal offence basis.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
41011; 442 c205-6W;442 c205-6W
Session
2005-06
Subjects
Convictions Prosecutions Public footpaths Roads Rights of way
Legislation
Highways Act 1980
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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