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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what work her Department is undertaking to tackle homophobic crimes.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what work her Department is undertaking to tackle homophobic crimes.
Asked by
Sian C James
(Labour)
Answered by
Lord Coaker
(Labour)
Answering body
Home Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
5 October 2007
For answer on
8 October 2007
Answered on
15 October 2007
This Government take all hate crime including homophobic hate crimes very seriously. We have identified five priorities for tackling hate crime:"Increasing reporting""Bringing more offences to justice""Increasing confidence that hate crime will be taken seriously""Using local and national data to understand better the nature and extent of hate crimes""Tackling repeat victimisation."This June the Government made £250,000 available through the victims fund to tackle hate crime and support victims. Over £100,000 of this money has been awarded to tackling homophobic and transphobic hate crime.Since April 2007 we have asked the police to flag homophobic and other hate crimes so we can better understand the nature and extent of homophobic hate crime. The Race for Justice Steering Group works to bring more hate crime offences to justice, including homophobic hate crimes. In December 2006 we produced guidance to community safety practitioners to help them tackle homophobic hate crime.We are also planning to amend the Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill to provide for offences to tackle the incitement of hatred on grounds of sexual orientation.
Subjects
Prosecutions; Homophobia
Date
15 October 2007
Reference
156447; 464 c789W
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people have been prosecuted for manufacturing methylamphetamine in the past five years; and how many such cases involved the use of over-the-counter medicines for this purpose.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people have been prosecuted for manufacturing methylamphetamine in the past five years; and how many such cases involved the use of over-the-counter medicines for this purpose.
Asked by
Ashok Kumar
(Labour)
Answered by
Lord Coaker
(Labour)
Answering body
Home Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
3 July 2007
For answer on
5 July 2007
Answered on
11 July 2007
Prior to 18 January 2007, methylamphetamine production formed part of the offence ““Production or being concerned in the production of a controlled drug: Amphetamine”” under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971. It was not possible to separately identify the production of methylamphetamine or its constituent parts from other types of amphetamine within this offence, nor was it possible to identify which cases involved the use of over-the-counter medicines for this purpose.Following methylamphetamine’s reclassification from a class B drug to a class A drug, ““Production of or being concerned in the production of a controlled drug: Methamphetamine (Crystal Meth)”” became a new offence under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2006, section 4(2).Information on the number of persons proceeded against at magistrates court and found guilty at all courts under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 sec. 4(2) [Class ‘B’ Drug] for the offence of ““Production or being concerned in the production of a controlled drug: Amphetamine, in England and Wales for the years 2001 to 2005”” can be found in the following table. Court proceedings data for 2006 will be available in the autumn of 2007.
| Number of persons proceeded against at magistrates court and found guilty at all courts under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 sec. 4(2) [Class ‘B’ Drug], for the offence of production or being concerned in the production of a controlled drug: Amphetamine, in England and Wales for the years 2001-05¹, ², ³ | |
|---|---|
| Number | |
| Prosecuted | |
| 2001 | 8 |
| 2002 | 12 |
| 2003 | 10 |
| 2004 | 5 |
| 2005 | 13 |
| Found guilty | |
| 2001 | 4 |
| 2002 | 3 |
| 2003 | 10 |
| 2004 | 7 |
| 2005 | 7 |
| 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 Prior to 18 January 2007 the production of Methamphetamine was not a separate offence. The following is the new Act and offence description for Methylamphetamine offences: | |
| The Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 Production of or being concerned in the production of [Class ‘A’ Drug] Methylamphetamine (Crystal Meths) s.4(2) Production of or being concerned in the production of a controlled drug Methylamphetamine (Crystal Meth). | |
| Source: | |
| Office for Criminal Justice Reform—Ministry of Justice |
Subjects
Prosecutions; Misuse; Methamphetamine
Date
11 July 2007
Reference
462 c1520-1W; 148034
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prosecutions have been brought in each major city in the United Kingdom by the Serious Organised Crime Agency since its launch.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prosecutions have been brought in each major city in the United Kingdom by the Serious Organised Crime Agency since its launch.
Asked by
Nicholas Brown
(Labour)
Answered by
Lord Coaker
(Labour)
Answering body
Home Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
30 April 2007
For answer on
2 May 2007
Answered on
22 May 2007
SOCA is not itself a prosecuting body, but its work often results in prosecutions in the UK or overseas. Investigatory work to prepare for such prosecutions may be done directly by SOCA, or by one or more of SOCA’s partners with SOCA support. Prosecutions in the UK are taken either by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) or the Revenue and Customs Prosecutions Office (RCPO). The venue for the prosecution is not necessarily where the offences took place.Figures are available for prosecutions taken in the UK during 2006-07 as a result of SOCA led investigations, which are set out in the following table. These do not include prosecutions taken overseas or in the UK as a result of work carried out by partners with SOCA input.
| City | Total |
| Belfast | 1 |
| Birmingham | 13 |
| Bolton | 2 |
| Bournemouth | 1 |
| Bristol | 8 |
| Cardiff | 2 |
| Carlisle | 1 |
| Chelmsford | 3 |
| Derby | 4 |
| Dover | 1 |
| Dundee | 2 |
| Edinburgh | 1 |
| Essex | 1 |
| Glasgow | 2 |
| Guildford | 3 |
| Hove | 5 |
| Hull | 1 |
| Leeds | 8 |
| Leicester | 9 |
| Lewes | 1 |
| Liverpool | 24 |
| London | 89 |
| Maidstone | 1 |
| Manchester | 13 |
| Newcastle | 14 |
| Northampton | 5 |
| Nottingham | 8 |
| Oldham | 6 |
| Plymouth | 1 |
| Portsmouth | 1 |
| Reading | 6 |
| Sheffield | 9 |
| Shrewsbury | 1 |
| St. Albans | 6 |
| Stafford | 3 |
| Stranraer | 1 |
| Teesside | 6 |
| Winchester | 20 |
| Total | 283 |
Subjects
Prosecutions; Serious Organised Crime Agency
Date
22 May 2007
Reference
460 c1249-50W; 135690
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many people were prosecuted for obstructing Rights of Way in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many people were prosecuted for obstructing Rights of Way in each of the last five years.
Asked by
Anthony D Wright
(Labour)
Answered by
Lord Coaker
(Labour)
Answering body
Home Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
26 April 2007
For answer on
30 April 2007
Answered on
9 May 2007
I have been asked to reply.Data extracted from the court proceedings database held by the Office for Criminal Justice Reform showing the number of defendants proceeded against for offences relating to obstructing Rights of Way in England and Wales, 2001 to 2005 are shown in the following table.
| Number of defendants proceeded against at magistrates1 courts for obstructing Rights of Way, England and Wales, 2001 to 2005¹,² | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Offence | Statute | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 |
| Failure to comply with order to remove obstruction. Failure to comply with order to remove obstruction after conviction. | Highways Act, 1980 S.137ZA(3) as added by Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 s.64 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
| Total | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | |
| 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. |
Subjects
Prosecutions; Rights of way
Date
9 May 2007
Reference
460 c234-6W; 135209
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many drivers were prosecuted for failing to stop after an accident under the Road Traffic Act 1988 in Suffolk in each year since 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many drivers were prosecuted for failing to stop after an accident under the Road Traffic Act 1988 in Suffolk in each year since 1997.
Asked by
David Ruffley
(Conservative)
Answered by
Lord Coaker
(Labour)
Answering body
Home Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
31 January 2007
For answer on
2 February 2007
Answered on
1 March 2007
Available information taken from the Court Proceedings Database held by the Office for Criminal Justice Reform and given in the table shows the number of defendants prosecuted for the offence of ‘failing to stop after an accident’ under the Road Traffic Act 1988 s. 170 (4) from 1997 to 2005 (latest available).
| Proceedings¹ at magistrates courts for accident offences², within Suffolk police force area, 1997-2005 | |
|---|---|
| Number | |
| 1997 | 120 |
| 1998 | 99 |
| 1999 | 82 |
| 2000 | 67 |
| 2001 | 107 |
| 2002 | 95 |
| 2003 | 116 |
| 2004 | 127 |
| 2005 | 105 |
| ¹ These data are on the principal offence basis. | |
| ² Aiding, abetting, causing or permitting accident offences under the RTA88 s. 170(4). | |
| Notes: | |
| 1. It is known that for some police force areas, the reporting of court proceedings in particular those relating to summary motoring offences, may be less than complete. Work is under way to ensure that the magistrates courts case management system currently being implemented by the Department for Constitutional Affairs reports all motoring offences to the Office for Criminal Justice Reform. This will enable more complete figures to be disseminated. | |
| 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 these data are used. |
Notes
Question printed without table at 456 c1084W.
Question printed in Bound Volume 456 c1086-7W but not printed in Bound Volume 457.
Subjects
Prosecutions; Road traffic offences
Date
1 March 2007
Reference
118655; 457 c1508-9W
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many cases involving human trafficking or suspected trafficking have been prosecuted under the charge of facilitation of illegal entry since the beginning of Operation Reflex.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many cases involving human trafficking or suspected trafficking have been prosecuted under the charge of facilitation of illegal entry since the beginning of Operation Reflex.
Asked by
Anthony Steen
(Conservative)
Answered by
Lord Coaker
(Labour)
Answering body
Home Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
30 January 2007
For answer on
5 February 2007
Answered on
19 February 2007
[holding answer 5 February 2007]: Data from the court proceedings database held by the Office for Criminal Justice Reform for the number of defendants proceeded against for various offences relating to trafficking of people in England and Wales, 2000 to 2005 can be found in the following table.
| The number of defendants proceeded against at magistrates courts for various offences relating to trafficking of people in England and Wales, 2000 to 2005¹,²,³,4 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Statute | Offence description | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 |
| Immigration Act 1971 Sec 25(1)(a). | Knowingly concerned in making or carrying out arrangements for securing or facilitating the entry into the UK of anyone whom he knows or has reasonable cause for believing to be an illegal entrant. | 169 | 190 | 216 | 213 | 18 | 4 |
| Immigration Act 1971 Sec 25(1 )(b) as added by Asylum and Immigration Act 1996 S.5. | Knowingly concerned in making or carrying out arrangements for securing or facilitating the entry into the UK of anyone whom he knows or has reasonable cause for believing to be an asylum claimant. | 7 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 3 | — |
| Immigration Act 1971 Sec 25(1 )(c) as added by Asylum and Immigration Act 1996 S.5. | Knowingly concerned in making or carrying out arrangements for securing or facilitating the obtaining of leave to remain in the UK by means which he knows or has reasonable cause for believing to include deception. | 5 | 4 | 7 | 8 | — | — |
| Immigration Act 1971 S25 as added by Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 S143 | Assisting unlawful immigration to member state (was 194/11 and 12) | — | — | — | 39 | 135 | 99 |
| Immigration Act 1971 S25A as added by Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 S143 | Helping asylum-seeker to enter the UK. | — | — | — | 8 | 24 | 15 |
| Immigration Act 1971 S25B as added by Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 S143 | Assisting entry to UK in breach of deportation order or exclusion order. | — | — | — | — | 2 | 5 |
| Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants) Act 2004 S.4(2)(5) | Trafficking people within the UK for the purpose of exploitation. | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Immigration Act, 1971 Sec 25(2). | Knowingly harbouring an illegal entrant (or person believed to be an illegal entrant). | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Immigration Act 1971 Sec 25(2). | Knowingly harbouring a non citizen who has remained in UK beyond the time allowed or has failed to observe a condition of the leave. | 1 | — | 1 | 4 | — | 1 |
| Total | 183 | 204 | 228 | 290 | 183 | 126 | |
| 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 The Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants) Act 2004 Section 4 came into force in 2004. | |||||||
| 4 Staffordshire police force were only able to submit sample data for persons proceeded against and convicted in the magistrates courts for the year 2000. | |||||||
| Although sufficient to estimate higher orders of data, these data are not robust enough at a detailed level and have been excluded from the table. | |||||||
| Source: | |||||||
| RDS Office for Criminal Justice Reform |
Subjects
Human trafficking; Prosecutions
Date
19 February 2007
Reference
118556; 457 c110-2W;457 c111-2W
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prosecutions were brought in each of the last five years for offences involving excessive noise from car audio systems.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prosecutions were brought in each of the last five years for offences involving excessive noise from car audio systems.
Asked by
Tony Wright
(Labour)
Answered by
Lord Coaker
(Labour)
Answering body
Home Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
31 January 2007
For answer on
2 February 2007
Answered on
7 February 2007
The Office for Criminal Justice Reform collects and publishes centrally police action for noise offences under the Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986, regs. 54-58, 97-99 combined.It is not possible to identify from the data those offences resulting from excessive noise from car audio systems.
Subjects
Audio equipment; Motor vehicles; Prosecutions; Noise
Date
7 February 2007
Reference
456 c970W;456 c972W; 118899
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many successful prosecutions have been made for (a) illegal purchase of fireworks, (b) illegal use of fireworks and (c) use of fireworks as a weapon likely to cause human harm in each of the last two years, broken down...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many successful prosecutions have been made for (a) illegal purchase of fireworks, (b) illegal use of fireworks and (c) use of fireworks as a weapon likely to cause human harm in each of the last two years, broken down...
Asked by
David Drew
(Labour; Co-operative Party)
Answered by
Lord Coaker
(Labour)
Answering body
Home Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
9 January 2007
For answer on
11 January 2007
Answered on
23 January 2007
The court proceedings database held by the Office for Criminal Justice Reform is unable to provide conviction data for the illegal purchase of fireworks, as there is no such offence. The number of persons found guilty of throwing, casting or firing fireworks, broken down by police force area, is shown in Table 1. The offence of using adult fireworks during night hours is coded with a wide range of other fireworks offences within the Fireworks Act 2003, and separate conviction data therefore cannot be provided. Cases involving the use of fireworks as a weapon likely to cause human harm cannot be separated, as data is not held to that level of detail.In addition, penalty notices for disorder can be issued for a range of fireworks offences. The offence of throwing a firework in a public thoroughfare came into force on 8 August 2002; the offence of breach of the fireworks curfew was added to the PND Scheme on 11 October 2004. The number of penalty notices issued for these two offences for the years 2004-06 (January to June 2006—provisional) is included in Table 2.
| Number of defendants found guilty of selected firework offences, in England and Wales, 2004 and 2005, broken down by police force area¹,²,³ | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 2005 | |
| Throwing, casting or firing any fireworks in or onto any highway, street, etc, public place | ||
| Avon and Somerset | — | 2 |
| Cheshire | 1 | — |
| Cleveland | 2 | 1 |
| Cumbria | 1 | 1 |
| Devon and Cornwall | 2 | 1 |
| Dorset | — | 1 |
| Durham | 1 | 2 |
| Essex | 1 | 2 |
| Greater Manchester | 2 | 2 |
| Humberside | 2 | — |
| Kent | 1 | 1 |
| Lancashire | 4 | 1 |
| Leicestershire | 3 | 2 |
| Lincolnshire | 4 | 1 |
| Merseyside | 2 | — |
| Metropolitan police | 3 | — |
| North Yorkshire | 1 | 1 |
| Northumbria | 4 | 2 |
| Nottinghamshire | 1 | — |
| South Yorkshire | 4 | 1 |
| Staffordshire | 1 | — |
| Suffolk | 1 | 2 |
| Surrey | — | 1 |
| Sussex | 1 | — |
| Thames Valley | 1 | — |
| West Midlands | 3 | — |
| West Yorkshire | 3 | 1 |
| Gwent | — | 1 |
| North Wales | 1 | — |
| South Wales | 5 | — |
| Total | 55 | 26 |
| Contravening a prohibition imposed by fireworks regulations4 | ||
| Greater Manchester | 0 | 3 |
| Lancashire | 0 | 1 |
| Leicestershire | 1 | 0 |
| Metropolitan police | 5 | 7 |
| Northumbria | 0 | 2 |
| South Yorkshire | 1 | 0 |
| Warwickshire | 0 | 1 |
| West Midlands | 1 | 0 |
| Dyfed-Powys | 0 | 2 |
| Gwent | 0 | 1 |
| South Wales | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 8 | 18 |
| 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 police forces and courts. 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 Where a police force area has not been listed, there have been no convictions. 4 "Contravening a prohibition imposed by fireworks regulations" comprises a number of different offences. These include "Using adult fireworks during night hours when not exempt by 7(2)", "Prohibition of supply of fireworks", "Prohibition of supply of certain fireworks to the general public" and "Prohibition of supply of excessively loud category 3 fireworks". It is however not possible to separate these offences, as data is not collected to that level of detail. |
| Number of persons issued with penalty notices for disorder for selected firework offences, England and Wales, 2004 and 2005, and provisional data for January to June 2006¹,² | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 2005 | January to June 2006² | ||||
| Police force area | Throwing fireworks | Breach of fireworks curfew | Throwing fireworks | Breach of fireworks curfew | Throwing fireworks | Breach of fireworks curfew |
| Avon and Somerset | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — |
| Bedfordshire | — | — | 2 | — | 2 | — |
| Cambridgeshire | 2 | — | 2 | — | 2 | — |
| Cheshire | 2 | — | 5 | — | — | — |
| Cleveland | 1 | — | 11 | 2 | — | 1 |
| Cumbria | — | — | 5 | — | 2 | — |
| Derbyshire | 3 | 1 | 4 | — | 2 | — |
| Devon and Cornwall | 2 | — | 15 | 4 | 12 | — |
| Dorset | — | — | 8 | 1 | 9 | — |
| Durham | — | — | 2 | — | — | — |
| Essex | 6 | 1 | 15 | — | 6 | — |
| Gloucestershire | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Greater Manchester | 9 | — | 44 | — | 30 | — |
| Hampshire | 4 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 4 | — |
| Hertfordshire | — | — | 7 | — | 4 | — |
| Humberside | 2 | — | 5 | 1 | 1 | — |
| Kent | 2 | — | 15 | 1 | 5 | — |
| Lancashire | 14 | 2 | 25 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| Leicestershire | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Lincolnshire | 5 | — | 35 | 4 | 12 | 1 |
| London, City of | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Merseyside | 26 | — | 87 | 2 | 19 | 1 |
| Metropolitan | 25 | — | 78 | 1 | 25 | 1 |
| Norfolk | 1 | — | 2 | — | — | — |
| North Yorkshire | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — |
| Northamptonshire | 2 | — | 7 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Northumbria | — | — | 5 | — | 4 | — |
| Nottinghamshire | — | — | 7 | — | 1 | — |
| South Yorkshire | 8 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 1 |
| Staffordshire | 6 | — | 15 | 1 | 17 | — |
| Suffolk | 2 | — | 3 | — | 2 | — |
| Surrey | — | — | 2 | — | — | — |
| Sussex | 9 | — | 57 | 5 | 16 | 2 |
| Thames Valley | 3 | — | 36 | — | 6 | — |
| Warwickshire | 3 | — | 3 | — | — | — |
| West Mercia | — | — | 9 | — | 5 | — |
| West Midlands | 7 | 1 | 25 | — | 8 | — |
| West Yorkshire | 18 | — | 34 | 1 | 6 | — |
| Wiltshire | 1 | — | 2 | — | 4 | — |
| Dyfed-Powys | 1 | — | 3 | — | 3 | — |
| Gwent | 1 | 1 | 12 | — | 5 | — |
| North Wales | 8 | 1 | 20 | 2 | 6 | — |
| South Wales | — | — | 8 | — | — | — |
| England and Wales | 177 | 12 | 642 | 33 | 232 | 11 |
| ¹ 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 police. 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. ² Data for 2006 is from January to June only and is provisional. |
Subjects
Fireworks; Prosecutions
Date
23 January 2007
Reference
115031; 455 c1691-3W
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prosecutions there have been under the Fireworks Act 2003; and what representations he has received on behalf of animal owners concerned about the impact of fireworks.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prosecutions there have been under the Fireworks Act 2003; and what representations he has received on behalf of animal owners concerned about the impact of fireworks.
Asked by
Anne Milton
(Conservative)
Answered by
Lord Coaker
(Labour)
Answering body
Home Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
19 December 2006
For answer on
8 January 2007
Answered on
9 January 2007
Information from the court proceedings database held by the Office for Criminal Justice Reform on the number of defendants proceeded against at magistrates court, for offences under the Fireworks Act 2003 in England and Wales 2005, can be viewed in the following table.In addition, penalty notices for disorder (PND) can be issued for a range of offences under the Fireworks Act 2003. The offences, of breach of the fireworks curfew, possession of category four fireworks, and possession by a person under 18 of an adult firework were added to the PND scheme on 11 October 2004. Persons committing these offences can receive a fixed penalty of £80. The number of persons issued with penalty notices for disorder for firework offences in England and Wales, in 2005, and provisional data for January to June 2006, can also be viewed in the following table.DEFRA has received various correspondence from animal owners concerned about the impact of fireworks.
| Number of defendants proceeded against at magistrates court for offences under the Fireworks Act 2003 in England Wales, 2005¹,² | ||
|---|---|---|
| Statute | Offence description | Proceeded against |
| Fireworks Act 2003 S.11 (3)(a)(b),(4) | Knowingly or recklessly making a statement which is false in a material particular when a requirement to give information is imposed by or under fireworks regulations. | ³— |
| Fireworks Act 2003 S. 11 (1 )(4) | Contravening a prohibition imposed by fireworks regulations. | 90 |
| Fireworks Act 2003 s.11 (2)(4) | Failure to comply with a requirement imposed in or under fireworks regulations to give or not give information. | 4 |
| Total | 94 | |
| 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 Nil | ||
| Source: | ||
| RDS Office for Criminal Justice Reform |
Subjects
Fireworks; Prosecutions
Date
9 January 2007
Reference
113595; 455 c534-5W;455 c532-3W
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prosecutions relating to the use, distribution, supply or possession of cannabis there were in each year since 2002.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prosecutions relating to the use, distribution, supply or possession of cannabis there were in each year since 2002.
Asked by
John Robertson
(Labour)
Answered by
Lord Coaker
(Labour)
Answering body
Home Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
28 November 2006
For answer on
6 December 2006
Answered on
19 December 2006
Available information relates to the number of persons found guilty or cautioned under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971, of unlawful production, unlawful supply, possession with intent to supply unlawfully, unlawful possession, and unlawful import and export of cannabis from 2002 up to and including 2004.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, police forces and other agencies. 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.
| Persons¹ found guilty or cautioned for drug offences involving cannabis by type of offence, England and Wales, 2002 to 2004 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Type of offence | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
| Unlawful production | 1,940 | 2,640 | 2,480 |
| Unlawful supply | 1,450 | 1,060 | 880 |
| Possession with intent to supply unlawfully | 2,460 | 2,500 | 2,200 |
| Unlawful possession | 78,230 | 77,500 | 45,490 |
| Unlawful import or export | 600 | 340 | 320 |
| ¹ A person who is found guilty of more than one different type of offence is counted against each type of offence under the most severe sentence or order. |
Subjects
Cannabis; Prosecutions
Date
19 December 2006
Reference
454 c1947W;454 c1951W; 106924
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many successful prosecutions have been brought under the Protection of Animals Act 1911 in the last 30 years; and how many such prosecutions were in relation to the use of fireworks.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many successful prosecutions have been brought under the Protection of Animals Act 1911 in the last 30 years; and how many such prosecutions were in relation to the use of fireworks.
Asked by
Philip Hollobone
(Conservative)
Answered by
Lord Coaker
(Labour)
Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
15 November 2006
For answer on
21 November 2006
Answered on
4 December 2006
[holding answer 22 November 2006]: I have been asked to reply.The information requested, taken from the Court Proceedings Database held by the Office for Criminal Justice Reform showing the number of defendants found guilty at all courts for cruelty to animals under the Protection of Animals Act 1911, in England and Wales for the years 1980-2005 are provided in the following table. Data at this level of detail for years prior to 1980 are not available. It is not possible to identify which convictions were related to fireworks as the individual circumstances of these offences are not centrally collected.
| Number of defendants prosecuted at magistrates courts and convicted at all courts under the Protection of Animals Act, 1911 England and Wales, 1980-2005¹ | |
|---|---|
| Code 108/02 | Convictions |
| 1980 | 720 |
| 1981 | 719 |
| 1982 | 728 |
| 1983 | 747 |
| 1984 | 764 |
| 1985 | 848 |
| 1986 | 875 |
| 1987 | 889 |
| 1988 | 877 |
| 1989 | 895 |
| 1990 | 968 |
| 1991 | 862 |
| 1992 | 926 |
| 1993 | 861 |
| 1994 | 731 |
| 1995 | 754 |
| 1996 | 764 |
| 1997 | 867 |
| 1998 | 889 |
| 1999 | 828 |
| 2000 | 861 |
| 2001 | 754 |
| 2002 | 768 |
| 2003 | 783 |
| 2004 | 787 |
| 2005 | 843 |
| ¹ These data are provided on the principal offence basis | |
| Note: | |
| 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 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. | |
| Source: | |
| RDS—Office for Criminal Justice Reform. |
Legislation
Protection of Animals Act 1911
Subjects
Prosecutions
Date
4 December 2006
Reference
454 c49-50W;454 c49-50W; 100527
House
House of Commons