Written question asked by John Cummings (Labour) on Thursday, 24 January 2008, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 28 January 2008. It was answered by Lord Coaker (Labour) on Tuesday, 19 February 2008 on behalf of the Home Office.

Offensive Weapons: Durham

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people were arrested and prosecuted for the carrying and use of a knife in the Durham police authority area in 2007.

Answer: The arrests collection undertaken by the Ministry of Justice provides data on persons arrested for recorded crime (notifiable offences), by age group, gender, ethnicity, and main offence group only, i.e. violence against the person, sexual offences, robbery, burglary, etc. More detailed data about specific offences do not form part of this collection.The information requested on prosecutions for 2007 will be available in the autumn of 2008.

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