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Corruption

Answer

Information on the number of prosecutions and convictions for corruption offences for the years 2001 to 2005 in England and Wales, taken from the court proceedings database, held by the Office for Criminal Justice Reform, are provided in the attached table. Data from Northern Ireland are amalgamated in the table below; data for Scotland are shown in a separate table as its data are provided for the financial year, rather than the calendar year.

Number of defendants proceeded against at magistrates’ courts and found guilty at all courts for offences relating to corruption, England, Wales and Northern Ireland, 2001 to 2005 (1) (2) (3)
Years		2001		2002		2003		2004		2005
Statute	Offence description	Proceeded against	Found guilty	Proceeded against	Found guilty	Proceeded against	Found guilty	Proceeded against	Found guilty	Proceeded against	Found guilty
Public Bodies Corrupt Practices Act 1889 S.1(1)(2)	Soliciting or receiving bribe or giving or offering bribe	1	2	1	-	4	1	3	-	-	-
Prevention of Corruption Act 1906 S.1	Corrupt transactions with agents	10	10	5	20	12	6	3	4	2	2
Total		11	12	6	20	16	7	6	4	2	2
(1) These data are on the principal offence basis.
(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) Those found guilty may have originally been proceeded against for a more serious offence. The year of prosecution and a guilty verdict do not necessarily correspond.

Persons proceeded against and with a charge proved in Scottish Courts for corruption offences (1) (2), 2001-02—2005-06
	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06
Proceeded against	-	1	1	1	1
Charge Proved	-	-	1	1	1
(1) Where principal offence
(2) Includes offences under the Prevention of Corruption Act 1906 and the Public Bodies Corrupt Practices Act 1889.
Data Source: Scottish Executive Justice Department database

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

3957; 692 c195-6WA

Session

2006-07

Related items

Crime: Prison Officers
Wednesday, 20 June 2007
Written questions
House of Lords

Subjects

Corruption Convictions Prosecutions

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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