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To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate his Department made of the annual level of fraud involving the existing one pound coin in order to inform the decision to introduce a new style coin.

Asked by

Gregory Campbell (Democratic Unionist Party)

Answering body

Treasury

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

28 April 2014

Reference

196039; 579 cc542-3W

House

House of Commons

Convictions

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many people were convicted for each category of conviction used by the Crown Court relating to financial gain in each (a) county and (b) other area for which figures are available in the last year.

Asked by

Steve Barclay (Conservative)

Answering body

Justice

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

5 February 2014

For answer on

10 February 2014

Answered on

6 March 2014

Our ability to tackle fraud has improved significantly in recent years, but we recognise that fraud continues to affect individuals, charities, public bodies and businesses. The Government is committed to working with those bodies to deter and prevent fraud and with the enforcement agencies to increase the disruption and punishment of organised and opportunistic fraudsters.

The number of persons convicted at the Crown court for acquisitive or fraud and forgery offences, by police force area in England and Wales, from 2008 to 2012, can be viewed in the table. The proportion of persons convicted and sentenced at the Crown court who were sentenced to an immediate custodial sentence has increased over the last three years for each of the four acquisitive or fraud and forgery offence groups, as has the average length of custodial sentence handed down to those offenders.

Convictions data for 2013 are planned for publication in May 2014.

Persons1 convicted at the Crown court for acquisitive2 or fraud and forgery offences, by offence group, 2008 to 2012, England and Wales
Number of offenders
Police force area	Offence type	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012
Avon and Somerset	Total number convicted	531	486	576	606	552
	Burglary	157	167	172	193	205
	Robbery	141	123	152	149	132
	Theft and handling of stolen goods	140	119	148	162	122
	Fraud and forgery	93	77	104	102	93
Bedfordshire	Total number convicted	248	305	327	320	247
	Burglary	59	81	76	99	88
	Robbery	72	81	97	82	62
	Theft and handling of stolen goods	52	66	70	79	45
	Fraud and forgery	65	77	84	60	52
Cambridgeshire	Total number convicted	256	291	294	348	294
	Burglary	77	98	94	129	127
	Robbery	57	64	57	80	50
	Theft and handling of stolen goods	56	85	69	79	78
	Fraud and forgery	66	44	74	60	39
Cheshire	Total number convicted	359	357	296	334	318
	Burglary	131	110	123	139	125
	Robbery	76	86	29	66	59
	Theft and handling of stolen goods	92	104	85	81	87
	Fraud and forgery	60	57	59	48	47
City of London	Total number convicted	64	95	89	31	18
	Burglary	1	3	—	1	—
	Robbery	3	4	5	—	—
	Theft and handling of stolen goods	18	37	29	8	5
	Fraud and forgery	42	51	55	22	13
Cleveland	Total number convicted	348	354	329	363	283
	Burglary	131	135	129	141	126
	Robbery	73	68	58	80	55
	Theft and handling of stolen goods	103	92	104	91	70
	Fraud and forgery	41	59	38	51	32
Cumbria	Total number convicted	155	161	167	236	163
	Burglary	48	52	45	76	59
	Robbery	15	28	24	33	21
	Theft and handling of stolen goods	59	56	59	77	46
	Fraud and forgery	33	25	39	50	37
Derbyshire	Total number convicted	347	377	375	453	378
	Burglary	95	112	106	136	136
	Robbery	96	89	96	120	75
	Theft and handling of stolen goods	101	115	111	119	108
	Fraud and forgery	55	61	62	78	59
Devon and Cornwall	Total number convicted	366	452	445	454	397
	Burglary	125	117	145	146	142
	Robbery	52	98	61	77	61
	Theft and handling of stolen goods	121	143	125	141	110
	Fraud and forgery	68	94	114	90	84
Dorset	Total number convicted	166	212	221	179	158
	Burglary	40	52	90	51	57
	Robbery	34	38	28	27	29
	Theft and handling of stolen goods	44	55	51	50	37
	Fraud and forgery	48	67	52	51	35
Durham	Total number convicted	258	311	281	245	265
	Burglary	92	115	123	89	108
	Robbery	46	43	32	47	39
	Theft and handling of stolen goods	77	92	86	80	67
	Fraud and forgery	43	61	40	29	51
Dyfed-Powys	Total number convicted	90	63	64	90	74
	Burglary	29	28	24	36	32
	Robbery	20	8	9	17	9
	Theft and handling of stolen goods	21	21	20	26	17
	Fraud and forgery	20	6	11	11	16
Essex	Total number convicted	648	793	746	808	665
	Burglary	130	161	139	236	208
	Robbery	104	139	98	120	97
	Theft and handling of stolen goods	173	215	241	261	206
	Fraud and forgery	241	278	268	191	154
Gloucestershire	Total number convicted	185	155	166	165	165
	Burglary	49	56	57	59	61
	Robbery	47	28	29	25	34
	Theft and handling of stolen goods	61	44	46	53	38
	Fraud and forgery	28	27	34	28	32
Greater Manchester	Total number convicted	1,861	1,878	1,978	1,910	1,611
	Burglary	548	524	604	606	521
	Robbery	474	458	489	450	409
	Theft and handling of stolen goods	414	464	498	562	437
	Fraud and forgery	425	432	387	292	244
Gwent	Total number convicted	122	131	175	176	184
	Burglary	56	60	63	85	79
	Robbery	30	19	38	34	37
	Theft and handling of stolen goods	19	22	42	32	40
	Fraud and forgery	17	30	32	25	28
Hampshire	Total number convicted	528	625	663	658	665
	Burglary	134	220	200	222	236
	Robbery	109	100	115	115	105
	Theft and handling of stolen goods	155	183	220	216	206
	Fraud and forgery	130	122	128	105	118
Hertfordshire	Total number convicted	360	399	504	526	489
	Burglary	82	82	118	130	144
	Robbery	85	76	86	84	107
	Theft and handling of stolen goods	107	133	165	186	146
	Fraud and forgery	86	108	135	126	92
Humberside	Total number convicted	437	510	507	535	391
	Burglary	164	208	191	226	154
	Robbery	109	110	91	92	91
	Theft and handling of stolen goods	113	124	152	165	109
	Fraud and forgery	51	68	73	52	37
Kent	Total number convicted	689	753	757	720	556
	Burglary	157	173	174	201	151
	Robbery	98	107	105	117	83
	Theft and handling of stolen goods	165	190	214	211	158
	Fraud and forgery	269	283	264	191	164
Lancashire	Total number convicted	723	776	822	874	817
	Burglary	277	304	336	335	371
	Robbery	177	162	128	196	172
	Theft and handling of stolen goods	180	204	238	217	201
	Fraud and forgery	89	106	120	126	73
Leicestershire	Total number convicted	401	418	454	553	447
	Burglary	89	102	154	166	140
	Robbery	78	69	71	126	113
	Theft and handling of stolen goods	101	111	112	158	120
	Fraud and forgery	133	136	117	103	74
Lincolnshire	Total number convicted	151	185	187	200	174
	Burglary	62	67	77	65	61
	Robbery	25	34	27	46	34
	Theft and handling of stolen goods	29	47	59	57	61
	Fraud and forgery	35	37	24	32	18
Merseyside	Total number convicted	591	684	718	688	633
	Burglary	153	197	196	228	211
	Robbery	124	123	133	164	133
	Theft and handling of stolen goods	161	192	207	132	155
	Fraud and forgery	153	172	182	164	134
Metropolitan Police	Total number convicted	5,982	5,972	6,532	6,893	6,407
	Burglary	1,050	1,053	1,213	1,390	1,519
	Robbery	1,398	1,325	1,408	1,567	1,520
	Theft and handling of stolen goods	1,293	1,425	1,720	1,855	1,596
	Fraud and forgery	2,241	2,169	2,191	2,081	1,772
Norfolk	Total number convicted	277	331	330	331	283
	Burglary	69	86	89	86	107
	Robbery	44	50	48	51	42
	Theft and handling of stolen goods	90	123	126	130	85
	Fraud and forgery	74	72	67	64	49
North Wales	Total number convicted	194	214	185	207	284
	Burglary	81	75	72	77	106
	Robbery	26	39	30	37	57
	Theft and handling of stolen goods	34	44	46	46	70
	Fraud and forgery	53	56	37	47	51
North Yorkshire	Total number convicted	189	239	248	303	238
	Burglary	54	56	96	96	91
	Robbery	17	40	27	40	37
	Theft and handling of stolen goods	75	103	95	106	69
	Fraud and forgery	43	40	30	61	41
Northamptonshire	Total number convicted	277	289	325	295	255
	Burglary	56	73	110	80	69
	Robbery	75	67	67	62	51
	Theft and handling of stolen goods	77	75	105	81	82
	Fraud and forgery	69	74	43	72	53
Northumbria	Total number convicted	711	816	800	813	679
	Burglary	208	244	272	268	252
	Robbery	100	142	107	112	119
	Theft and handling of stolen goods	260	264	283	276	182
	Fraud and forgery	143	166	138	157	126
Nottinghamshire	Total number convicted	578	520	608	589	569
	Burglary	228	188	238	217	232
	Robbery	134	148	129	142	136
	Theft and handling of stolen goods	123	96	136	148	107
	Fraud and forgery	93	88	105	82	94
South Wales	Total number convicted	607	601	677	641	632
	Burglary	260	248	318	301	286
	Robbery	131	127	144	138	111
	Theft and handling of stolen goods	134	133	129	112	144
	Fraud and forgery	82	93	86	90	91
South Yorkshire	Total number convicted	708	736	818	695	572
	Burglary	225	230	247	240	223
	Robbery	143	158	144	145	120
	Theft and handling of stolen goods	145	189	284	206	173
	Fraud and forgery	195	159	143	104	56
Staffordshire	Total number convicted	412	436	434	397	393
	Burglary	120	128	132	129	138
	Robbery	69	102	90	80	78
	Theft and handling of stolen goods	107	85	114	105	96
	Fraud and forgery	116	121	98	83	81
Suffolk	Total number convicted	172	182	224	176	194
	Burglary	29	42	64	52	48
	Robbery	33	30	41	27	56
	Theft and handling of stolen goods	48	67	61	55	50
	Fraud and forgery	62	43	58	42	40
Surrey	Total number convicted	273	319	331	321	285
	Burglary	58	71	66	98	92
	Robbery	42	64	70	38	44
	Theft and handling of stolen goods	85	99	104	112	92
	Fraud and forgery	88	85	91	73	57
Sussex	Total number convicted	692	744	622	606	466
	Burglary	134	179	146	188	161
	Robbery	97	141	128	110	85
	Theft and handling of stolen goods	155	153	168	154	103
	Fraud and forgery	306	271	180	154	117
Thames Valley	Total number convicted	751	763	855	869	766
	Burglary	201	179	251	263	266
	Robbery	177	199	196	201	177
	Theft and handling of stolen goods	160	208	215	244	209
	Fraud and forgery	213	177	193	161	114
Warwickshire	Total number convicted	116	109	150	139	181
	Burglary	29	50	48	49	51
	Robbery	35	23	33	33	30
	Theft and handling of stolen goods	21	20	51	40	59
	Fraud and forgery	31	16	18	17	41
West Mercia	Total number convicted	267	308	434	370	313
	Burglary	90	94	154	140	110
	Robbery	46	61	71	69	73
	Theft and handling of stolen goods	64	77	140	94	72
	Fraud and forgery	67	76	69	67	58
West Midlands	Total number convicted	1,733	1,691	1,656	1,871	1,720
	Burglary	447	468	419	535	557
	Robbery	544	534	504	614	568
	Theft and handling of stolen goods	382	360	386	379	386
	Fraud and forgery	360	329	347	343	209
West Yorkshire	Total number convicted	1,190	1,304	1,545	1,632	1,258
	Burglary	401	481	560	644	451
	Robbery	320	316	320	322	333
	Theft and handling of stolen goods	289	322	459	413	323
	Fraud and forgery	180	185	206	253	151
Wiltshire	Total number convicted	125	134	147	144	141
	Burglary	24	34	52	39	38
	Robbery	39	46	29	41	39
	Theft and handling of stolen goods	39	23	33	38	36
	Fraud and forgery	23	31	33	26	28
England and Wales	Total number convicted	25,138	26,479	28,062	28,764	25,580
	Burglary	6,650	7,203	7,983	8,687	8,339
	Robbery	5,615	5,767	5,644	6,176	5,683
	Theft and handling of stolen goods	6,143	6,780	7,806	7,837	6,603
	Fraud and forgery	6,730	6,729	6,629	6,064	4,955
‘—’ = Nil. 1 Excludes 'other' offenders, i.e. companies, public bodies, etc. 2 Acquisitive offences include all burglary, robbery and theft and handling of stolen goods offences. Notes: 1. Custody rate is calculated as the proportion of the total number of persons sentenced who are sentenced to immediate custody. 2. Excludes life and indeterminate sentences. Source: Justice Statistics Analytical Services—Ministry of Justice.

Date

6 March 2014

Reference

186901; 576 cc924-934W

House

House of Commons

Early Guilty Plea Scheme

(2) how many cases of people charged with fraud and forgery offences were resolved by the Early Guilty Plea scheme in 2013; and on how many occasions during that year charges of fraud were left to lie on the file;

Emily Thornberry:

Asked by

Emily Thornberry (Labour)

Answering body

Attorney-General

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

21 January 2014

Reference

183291; 574 c159W

House

House of Commons

Crime: Specialist Printing Equipment and Materials

My honourable friend the Minister of State for Crime Prevention (Jeremy Browne) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement

Member

Lord Taylor of Holbeach (Conservative)

Department

Home Office

Type

Written statements

Notes

Statement received between Tuesday 3 September and Monday 9 September 2013.

Date

23 September 2013

Reference

747 c182WS

House

House of Lords

Specialist Printing Equipment and Materials

The police and the specialist printing equipment and materials industry have identified a rising trend in illegal document factories buying such goods in order to produce counterfeits of credit cards and Government-issued documents including passports and driving licences. This trend helps criminals to enter the country illegally, commit benefit fraud...

Member

Jeremy Browne (Liberal Democrat)

Department

Home Office

Type

Written statements

Date

5 September 2013

Reference

567 cc28-9WS

House

House of Commons

Passports

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many forged United Kingdom passports have been found by United Kingdom authorities in each of the last five years.[HL1793]

Asked by

Lord Marlesford (Conservative)

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Notes

Answer received between Tuesday 20 August and Tuesday 27 August 2013.

Date

29 August 2013

Reference

HL1793; 747 c406WA

House

House of Lords

Coinage: Forgery

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the number of counterfeit £1 coins currently in circulation.

[157875]

Asked by

Tom Blenkinsop (Labour)

Answering body

Treasury

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

6 June 2013

Reference

157875; 563 cc1237-8W

House

House of Commons

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