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Home Office

Answer

Mr. Michael Brown: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list for each police authority in England and Wales the number, and percentage of people arrested for possession of cannabis who were (a) cautioned, (b) tried in a magistrates court and (c) tried in a higher court in (i) 1990, (ii) 1994 and (iii) the latest available date. [20528] Mr. Maclean: [holding answer 17 March 1997]: Detailed data on the number of people arrested are not collected centrally. Information available on the number of people cautioned, proceeded against at magistrates courts and tried at the Crown court for 1994 and 1995 by police force area is given in the tables. Comparable 1990 data for offences of possession of a controlled drug do not distinguish the type of drug. Number of persons cautioned, proceeded against{1} at magistrates' courts and tried at the Crown Court for the offence of Possession of Cannabis by Police Force Area, 1994 and 1995 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Cautioned Proceeded against at Magistrates' Total tried at the Crown Court court{1} Police Force Area 1994 1995 1994 1995 1994 1995 Avon and Somerset 594 282 228 259 33 25 Bedfordshire 77 94 118 182 18 19 Cambridgeshire 498 377 141 63 7 6 Cheshire 784 590 290 360 8 17 Cleveland 306 406 47 67 4 10 Cumbria 326 315 255 228 7 9 Derbyshire 259 468 147 175 9 22 Devon and Cornwall 1,084 1,073 258 311 31 23 Dorset 144 196 112 127 5 8 Durham 153 217 103 147 2 5 Essex 851 848 285 284 9 18 Gloucestershire 459 593 108 157 3 4 Greater Manchester 2,230 2,032 722 767 48 58 Hampshire 1,380 1,131 328 456 26 29 Hertfordshire 482 453 187 229 5 8 Humberside 398 280 93 137 3 7 Kent 684 619 342 289 11 22 Lancashire 1,180 1,341 256 407 26 27 Leicesterhire 380 337 130 174 6 6 Lincolnshire 198 235 203 191 13 16 London, City of 347 535 33 64 2 2 Merseyside 597 820 790 829 26 41 Metropolitan Police 13,268 14,007 4,291 3,443 232 237 Norfolk 236 490 190 272 6 7 Northamptonshire 448 535 60 76 9 1 Northumbria 832 1,192 192 166 18 17 North Yorkshire 307 309 193 201 16 13 Nottinghamshire 361 378 188 218 19 20 South Yorkshire 728 731 237 336 13 18 Staffordshire 424 478 166 213 15 14 Suffolk 537 494 82 119 10 7 Surrey -- 235 142 183 7 16 Sussex 821 937 361 366 11 16 Thames Valley 795 692 548 594 16 16 Warwickshire 349 459 69 71 -- 3 West Mercia 773 824 187 247 10 9 West Midlands 1,632 1,526 469 420 32 36 West Yorkshire 566 686 723 803 43 52 Wiltshire 400 275 54 57 -- -- Dyfed-Powys 470 469 153 206 5 7 Gwent 494 497 106 130 8 8 North Wales 820 837 297 292 7 8 South Wales 500 578 409 402 21 20 England and Wales 38,172 39,871 14,293 14,718 800 907 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} Includes those who were committed for trial at the Crown Court.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

20528; 292 c494-6W

Session

1996-97

Subjects

Criminal proceedings Crime Cannabis Drugs Prosecutions Police cautions

Contains statistics

Yes